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| September 16, 2017
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Two Hamas terrorists died in separate tunnel collapses in Gaza

According to an AFP report, a Hamas terrorist died in a collapsed tunnel in Gaza City and another Hamas terrorist in Khan Yunis was also killed when the tunnel he was in collapsed.

By Elad Benari, Canada,

 

Two Hamas terrorists died in separate tunnel collapses in Gaza overnight Thursday, the group said on Friday, according to AFP.

Khalil al-Dimyati, 32, and Yusef Abu Abed, 22, were killed after two “resistance tunnels” collapsed, Hamas said, referring to tunnels used for military purposes.

A Hamas terror-tunnel leading from Gaza to Israel – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

It did provide details of the locations or causes of the collapses, but confirmed the two men were members of Hamas’s armed wing. Continue Reading »

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| August 15, 2017
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4 yr-old Gaza boy finally walks after Jerusalem doctors remove tumor from his chest

After years of sitting in a wheelchair, unable to stand on his feet and in severe respiratory distress, 4 yr-old Sliman was finally diagnosed correctly, and after the removal of a chest growth undetected in several Gaza hospitals, Sloman is now walking and breathing easier.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

A four-year-old boy from Gaza is able to walk after undergoing complex surgery at Hadassah-University Medical Center, in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem, to remove a tumor from his chest.

Born with a number of birth defects in his spine and chest, Sliman was taken during his short life to several hospitals in Gaza where unsuccessful attempts were made to diagnose his condition. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2017
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Palestinian business executives from Jerusalem allowed into Gaza

 

Israel announced 150 Palestinian investors, mostly from Jerusalem, would be permitted to enter Gaza “to improve and strengthen the economy, infrastructure and humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.”

By i24NEWS – AFP

 

Israel will allow Palestinian business executives from Jerusalem to visit the Gaza Strip for the first time in years, a defense ministry body said Tuesday.

COGAT, the Israeli agency that oversees civilian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, said it would allow in small numbers of businesspeople from annexed east Jerusalem looking to invest in the coastal territory.

Thousands of Gazans in Jabalya marched toward the Hamas-owned electricity company in protest of repeated power outages.

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| April 18, 2017
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Another Gaza terror-tunnel collapses, killing Hamas militant

 

The 20yr-old Gaza militant, a member of Hamas’s armed wing, was pronounced dead en route to hospital.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A Palestinian Hamas operative was killed on Monday morning as a tunnel collapsed on top of him east of Gaza. Several reports named the man as 20-year-old Anas Musa Abu-Shawish, a Gaza resident and a member of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigade.

Abu-Shawish was evacuated to receive medical treatment following the tunnel’s collapse but was already pronounced dead en route to the hospital.

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Incidents like this are not uncommon.

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| April 15, 2017
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Gaza prepares for prolonged power outages

 

With financial donations from Turkey and Qatar to buy diesel fuel for Gaza’s only power plant having ended, and Hamas leaders refusing to pay for fuel, the coastal enclave’s Health Ministry said lives will be in danger.

By Daniel Siryoti and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Gaza is bracing for a severe energy crisis after donor funds from Qatar and Turkey — used to purchase diesel fuel for the coastal enclave’s lone power plant — have run out.

According to the Hamas-controlled Energy Authority in Gaza, it no longer has the funds to buy more diesel fuel and pay the requisite taxes, which are levied by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2017
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Hamas hangs 3 for collaborating with Israel as message to Fukha’s assassins

 

After being sentenced to death for undisclosed acts of ‘collaboration’ with the Jewish State, but unrelated to Mazan Fukha’s assassination, three Palestinians were hanged at a Hamas police compound as a warning.

By Elior Levy

 

Hamas hanged three Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel Thursday morning.The three were sentenced to death before the assassination of Mazan Fukha and have no connection to Hamas’s pursuit of those responsible.

Hamas police guard besides Gallows erected for the execution in a Hamas police compound – Hamas

The three executed prisoners were identified as a 55-year-old man from Khan Yunis, a 30-year-old man from Gaza City and a 42-year-old man whose place of residence was not disclosed. Continue Reading »

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| March 25, 2017
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High ranking Hamas militant assassinated in Gaza

 

According to a Hamas report, Fukha, who was released in the prisoner exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, was shot 4 times in the head by unknown attackers who disappeared.

By Elior Levy

 

Unknown assailants gunned down Hamas operative Mazan Fukha Friday night outside his home in Tel al-Hawa, in the Gaza Strip.

According to Hamas’ military wing, Fukha, who was released in a prisoner exchange deal for captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, was shot in the head  four times with a silenced weapon by unknown attackers who fled the scene.

Fukha, who was deported to Gaza as part of the Shalit deal, was responsible for planning terror attacks in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

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| March 9, 2017
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Hamas getting tough on smugglers as drugs flood Gaza

 

The quantity of drugs seized in January is equal to the whole of 2016 as marijuana, hashish and prescription painkillers are smuggled into Gaza in record amounts.
• Aid to Gaza’s attorney general, “The law states that a punishment up to the death penalty can be applied.”

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Marijuana and prescription painkillers are flooding into the Gaza Strip as never before, prompting officials from the ruling Islamist group Hamas to seek tougher punishments for smuggling drugs into the coastal enclave.

Drugs (illustration) – Thinkstock

The quantity of drugs seized in Gaza in January was as much as for the whole of 2016, officials said. Continue Reading »

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| January 19, 2017
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Israel’s Defense Minister Liberman promises to rehabilitate Gaza if Hamas overthrown

 

The Gazan’s high taxes “are not going to benefit those residents, not to the health system or the education system, or the electricity grid, but to make missiles, weapons & tunnels.”
– Liberman questions motive of outgoing Obama’s pardon of Chelsea Manning, who leaked U.S. classified documents to the world, but had no mercy for Polard who leaked only to Israel.

BY JEREMY SHARON

 

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman called on the citizens of Gaza to overthrow the Hamas regime and promised that Israeli support and assistance for the Palestinian population in the territory will be forthcoming if such an uprising takes place. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2017
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Hamas police fire live rounds to scatter thousands protesting electricity blackouts

 

An AFP photographer in Jabalya said that Hamas police fired live rounds and used batons to strike protesters & journalists (himself included) demonstrating against massive power cuts from the Hamas-run electricity company.

By i24news – AFP

 

Hamas police on Thursday fired live rounds into the air to disperse a mass demonstration against the electricity crisis in the coastal enclave.

Thousands took to the streets in the Jabalya refugee camp to protest power outages that have occurred repeatedly in recent weeks, and marched towards the headquarters of Hamas-run electricity company in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

An AFP photographer in Jabalya said that police also used batons to control the protesters, and the photographer was hit in the head. Continue Reading »

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| January 10, 2017
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Gaza protesters met with police force for blaming Hamas for electricity shortages

 

Dozens of residents in the Hamas run enclave protested over exaggerated electricity shortages which have been ongoing regularly for several years.

By Elad Benari

 

Dozens of residents of Gaza protested on Monday over ongoing electricity shortages, the latest in a series of demonstrations against the enclave’s Hamas terrorist rulers, AFP reports.

Household gas enters Gaza - Screenshot from Coordinator of Government Activities in Territories

Household gas enters Gaza – Screenshot from Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in Territories

Power shortages have occurred repeatedly in Gaza in recent weeks, with homes in Gaza City typically getting around four hours a day — rather than at least eight normally.

Residents in other cities and refugee camps are getting less than that in the enclave. Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2017
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With Abbas the least popular in the West Bank, Hamas’ no-State Solution wins

 

Since Abbas’ party is deeply fragmented and his leadership undermined with most Fatah members in Gaza defecting to Hamas and the majority of West Bank Palestinians wanting him out of office, there is no functional gov’t to lead an independent Palestinian state regardless of the antisemitic support given by the US (Obama’s gov’t), the UN and the EU.

Hamas’s Fatah and the No-State Solution by Khaled Abu Toameh

 

During a celebration in Ramallah marking the 52nd anniversary of the founding of his Fatah faction, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas declared that 2017 will be the “year of international recognition of the State of Palestine.” Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2016
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VIDEO: Hamas rallies Gazans in anniversary parade with rockets and RPGs

 

WATCH: Palestinian children wield imitation assault rifles as they watch with their families as Hamas gunmen drive through the streets of Gaza brandishing rifles, RPG launchers and showcase rockets with a sign in Hebrew: ‘Coming from underground,’… in reference to their terror-tunnel threat.

By The Associated Press

 

Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of gunmen and children dressed as terrorists and waving mock weapons, rallied in Gaza on Wednesday in support of the militant Islamic group Hamas that rules the territory on the 29th anniversary of its founding.

In a show of force for Hamas, loudspeakers blasted the group’s slogans through the streets as rockets mounted on pickup trucks rolled by. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2016
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Hamas forbids use of Israeli SIM cards in Gaza

 

Hamas is trying to stop sale of smuggled Israeli SIM cards into Gaza saying they pose a security risk, undercut local providers, and allow access to internet content that Hamas deems ‘unacceptable.’

By Reuters

 

Hamas-run authorities in Gaza are trying to stop the sale and distribution of pre-paid SIM cards from Israeli cellular providers, arguing the cards pose economic and security risks and allow users to access “immoral” content.

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Officials from the Palestinian telecommunications and interior ministries, which are overseen by Hamas, said there have always been restrictions on the use of Israeli SIMs in the territory, but now they are determined to stamp them out entirely. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2016
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Media Silent as Palestinians Forcibly Convert Christians: They Can’t Blame Israel

 

 

Christians in Gaza held a rally against the abduction and forced conversion of their children. “Christians who converted to Islam did so under threats, coercion, compulsion and force,” said Christian leader.

By Ryan Jones

 

You’d think a story like this would be making major headlines, given the amount of attention that’s afforded every other aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the forced conversion of Christians to Islam by Gaza’s Hamas rulers just doesn’t seem to interest Western power brokers.

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And that should be a wake-up call for any and all advocating a two-state solution.

Arab media commentator Raymond Ibrahim brings the story after surveying Arabic-language media, where the plight of Gaza Christians seems to be covered far more regularly. Continue Reading »

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