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| November 25, 2013
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Palestinians plan new flotilla to launch from Gaza

 

 

Palestinian protesters & fishermen will try to reach the open seas of the Mediterranean to remind the world Gaza is still under closure.

The activists are expecting Israel’s Navy to interfere, but say they will not confront seamen.

BY Elior Levy

A group of Palestinian activists from Intifada Youth Coalition is planning on sailing from Gaza Strip in an attempt to challenge the naval blockade on the territory.

Swedish flotilla to Gaza in 2012 (Photo: AFP)

Swedish flotilla to Gaza in 2012 – Photo: AFP

The group of 200 Palestinian activists, backed by other foreign activists who are currently in Gaza, is planning to take boats from the Palestinian coast to the line of the marine closure, six nautical miles from shore, on Friday. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2013
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Isolation is Pushing Hamas to Further Radicalize

 

 

Hamas is dictating ever harsher Sharia restrictions on the Palestinians of Gaza as it loses backing throughout the region.

By Aviel Schneider

 

 

Hamas finds itself increasingly isolated and under pressure after the fall of its Muslim Brotherhood patrons in Egypt, the combined Israeli-Egyptian effort to shut down Gaza’s smuggling and terror tunnels, and Iran’s newfound reluctance to fund the group.

Members of Hamas police take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City, Dec. 17, 2012. – Photo REUTERS-Suhaib Salem

Hamas’ response to this situation has been increasing radicalization. In Gaza today, the Islamists rule by brute force, imposing something of a reign of terror. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2013
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2 day-old lion cubs die in Gaza zoo

 

Although acknowledging “a lack of experience & resources for the birth & treatment of cubs”, zoo workers blame Israel for death of cubs born to smuggled in felines, AFP reports.

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Two lion cubs born in a zoo in the Gaza Strip died Thursday two days after their birth.

2 day-old lion cubs Fajr and Sijil are seen at a zoo in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on November 19, 2013 – Photo AFP, Mohammed Abed

“The lions named Fajr and Sijil died today due to a deterioration of their health at birth,” Shadi Hamad, supervisor of animals at the Hamas-run Bissan park told AFP.

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| November 21, 2013
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Gaza in Deep Sewage, Hamas Refuses to Buy Fuel

Under Egyptian Siege, and no longer able to smuggle stolen or cheap fuel via tunnels, and refusing to pay taxes to PA on purchased fuel, raw sewage is flooding Gaza City neighborhood, with 13 more sewage stations close to overflowing because pumps aren’t running.

By Gil Ronen

 

Raw sewage has flooded streets in a southern neighborhood of Gaza City in recent days, threatening a health disaster, writes the New York Times. The reason: cheap diesel fuel can no longer be smuggled in from Egypt, because Egypt’s army has shut down the smuggling tunnels that connected Gaza with Sinai.

The Hamas government shut down Gaza’s lone power plant on November 1, causing a pump station to flood. Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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Israeli doctors unable to save Hamas PM’s granddaughter, returns to Gaza ‘clinically dead’

Israeli Doctors in Petah Tikva deemed 1yr-old Amal Haniyeh’s chances of survival slim, before returning her home to Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The granddaughter of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was returned from an Israeli hospital to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday reportedly in a state of “clinical death” after Israeli doctors were unable to save her, AFP cited Palestinian sources as saying Monday.

Haniyeh speaks in front of the 'Mavi Marmara,' Mon

Haniyeh speaks in front of the ‘Mavi Marmara,’ Mon – Photo: REUTERS/Osman Orsal

The one-year-old Amal Haniyeh was admitted in serious condition to Schneider Children’s Medical Center for Israel in Petah Tikva on Sunday after being diagnosed with an acute digestive tract infection, source in Gaza said. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2013
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Israel Air Force Responds to Gaza Mortar Attacks on Israel

According to a report by Hamas, Israeli military attacked empty building. Gaza reports no casualties.

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The Israel Air Force launched a strike in the Gaza Strip near the area of Khan Yunis on Tuesday. This marks the second Israeli strike in Gaza in a week.

Smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from sites targeted by Israel Air Force strike in the Gaza Strip, November 16, 2012. – Photo: AFP

According to a report by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces attacked an abandoned building. No casualties were reported.

Last Thursday, the IDF bombed two militants that launched a rocket toward Israel.

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| November 14, 2013
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Hamas Boasts Gaza Ready For Next War With IDF

Hamas military spokesman claimed terrorist organization is ready for their next battle with Israel…just before the IAF destroyed hidden rocket launchers in Gaza in retaliation for shooting mortars into southern Israel.

By Dalit Halevi, Ari Yashar

 

 

Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigade, military arm of Hamas which rules Gaza, said “we’re ready for the next battle.” The statement came just before the latest Gaza clash broke out Thursday afternoon.

According to Ubaida, Hamas is working to develop new methods to surprise and attack “the Zionist enemy.”

The new battle appears to be knocking on the door, as Gazan terrorists opened rocket and mortar fire on Israel Thursday, eliciting an IAF airstrike which took out two concealed rocket launchers. Continue Reading »

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| November 13, 2013
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Hamas celebrates year since Israel’s ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’ in Gaza

 

Hamas minister calls on all Arabs in Israel, Gaza & the West Bank to unite in a ‘Jihad’ to ‘uproot the Jews’ from all of Israel.

 

Thousands of Hamas security forces on Tuesday staged a military parade in the Gaza Strip to mark the anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel last year known as Operation Pillar of Defense.

Hamas hold national flags as they march in Gaza City to mark one year since Israel Gaza operation


Hamas hold national flags as they march in Gaza City to mark one year since Pillar of Defense, Nov. 13, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The hostilities began when Israel assassinated Hamas’ military commander, Ahmad Jabari, in a November 2012 airstrike.

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| November 13, 2013
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Hamas calls dissident opposition group a foreign ‘conspiracy’

Palestinian opposition group the Tamarod failed to organize ‘revolt’ against oppressive Hamas on day commemorating Arafat’s death.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

Hamas officials on Tuesday expressed relief over the failure of calls to stage mass protests against the Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas militants take part in a protest against peace talks between Israel & the Palestinians. - Photo REUTERS

Hamas militants take part in a protest against peace talks between Israel & the Palestinians. – Photo: REUTERS

Tamarod, an anonymous group, had called on Palestinians to revolt against Hamas on November 11. It received its inspiration from the Egyptian Tamarod movement, which launched mass protests that eventually brought down the regime of president Mohammed Morsi earlier this year. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2013
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After Gaza ‘mega-tunnel’, UN ends Gaza projects due to building materials ban

 

Egypt’s closure of Hamas’ smuggling tunnels worsens unemployment in Gaza

By Reuters

 

The UN said on Tuesday it had halted work on all but one of its 20 Gaza building projects as a result of an Israeli ban on importing building materials into the Palestinian enclave.

Entrance to tunnel connecting between Israel and Gaza, October 2013.

Entrance to tunnel connecting between Israel and Gaza, October 2013.- Photo: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

Israel imposed the ban after discovering on October 13 a 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile) tunnel which it said militants planned to use for attacks inside its territory. Islamist Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007, claimed it dug the tunnel.

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| November 2, 2013
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Photo album of Gaza wedding: Happy groom 15, bride 14 yrs-old

Reuters photographer scurries to take pictures, as Palestinian teenager poses with his newly-wed bride.  

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I got a phone call from a friend asking if I wanted to photograph a wedding in Gaza. I told him I wasn’t interested but when he told me the groom was 15 years old and the bride was one year younger than him, I rushed to the location immediately.

Happy young couple - Photo: Reuters

Happy young couple – Photo: Reuters

After arriving I saw people celebrating in the street not far from the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip. Among them was a young Palestinian boy being carried on the shoulders of relatives and friends. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2013
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Gaza’s only power plant closes due to fuel shortage

Inability of producing electricity, which serves almost 1/2 of Gaza’s 1.8 million residents, means the Gazans could suffer 12 hours of daily blackouts.

By Reuters

 

 

Gaza‘s lone power plant shut its generators on Friday due to a fuel shortage, a move that will likely increase already long blackout hours in the impoverished coastal territory run by the Islamist Hamas group.

Palestinian workers walk inside Gaza's main power plant January 20, 2008.

Gaza’s main power plant – Photo: Reuters

Chairman of the Gaza Energy Authority Fathy Asheik-Khalil said the plant, which serves almost half of Gaza’s 1.8 million people, went offline after fuel became too scarce.

Gaza residents have endured around eight hours of daily blackouts in recent years because of fuel shortages. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2013
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Hamas plans frequent attacks on Tel Aviv for next war

 

 

Gaza’s ruling Islamist terror group is boosting its strength in preparation for its next conflict, producing medium-range M-75 rockets at an accelerated pace.

Israel still prefers Hamas over the extremist Salafist regime in Gaza.

By Elior Levy

 

The Shalit prisoner exchange deal and last year’s war against Israel led to a spike in the popularity of Hamas, which also enjoyed the support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. But the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army plunged Hamas into one of its most difficult periods in recent years, while the Palestinian Authority is credited with the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2013
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IDF Phones Gazans, Urging Them to Overthrow Hamas

 

 

Report: Residents of Gaza  have received phone calls from the IDF telling them Hamas is squandering their aid money.

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

Palestinians across the Gaza Strip last week reported receiving calls from the Israeli army warning them against helping Hamas, and suggesting that the terror group cared nothing at all for the well-being of local residents.

Israeli Army Calls Gazans, Urges Them to Turn on Hamas

Free Gaza from Hamas – Israel Today

The pre-recorded Arabic message, which was conveyed by Palestinians to France’s AFP news agency, said:

“The Israeli army warns you against obeying the orders of the terrorist Hamas or having any contact with it. Continue Reading »

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| October 20, 2013
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Hamas PM calls for armed struggle, end to peace talks with Israel

On 2nd anniversary of ‘Shalit deal’, Hamas prime minister calls for Palestinian unity, saying Israel is engaging into negotiations to better its int’l standing while covering continued settlement expansion.

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Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh called on Saturday for the end to the divisions in Palestinian society in order to better confront the dangers of negotiations with Israel and any resulting agreement.

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas chief, delivers speech in Gaza

Ismail Haniyeh, PM of Hamas Gaza government, gives speech in Gaza City, Oct 19, 2013 – Photo: Reuters

Speaking at an event marking two years since the prisoner swap in which 1,027 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons in exchange for kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Haniyeh said that all Palestinian factions and officials should unite and formulate a national strategy that adopts all possible options, including “armed struggle, popular uprising and political, diplomatic and media battles.” Continue Reading »

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