Gaza

Palestinian farmer injured by Israeli army fire

Posted on: June 17, 2013

Muhareb Abu Omar, 48 (Photo: Rosa Schiano)

17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine

Friday afternoon, June 14, 2013, Muhareb Abu Omar, a Palestinian farmer aged 48, was wounded by Israeli army fire in the Deir El Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip.

Omar was irrigating his land in the village of Wadi As-Salqa, 600 meters from the barrier that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Muhareb Abu Omar, 48 (Photo: Rosa Schiano)

Omar reported that Israeli jeeps moved along the border while he was working. Suddenly, after … Continue reading

Updated on June 17, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Buffer zone, Deir Al- Balah, Farmers, Gaza, Live ammunition, Wadi As-Salqa

Two fishermen arrested by Israeli navy and their boat confiscated

Posted on: June 16, 2013

The two fishermen arrested, Khader Marwan Al-Saidi, 24, and Hassan Ali Murad, 27 years old (Photo: Rosa Schiano)

17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine
During the night of Friday, June 7, 2013 there was an escalation of attacks by the Israeli navy against the fishermen of Gaza. The Committee of the fishermen of the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees had reported attacks along the coast of Gaza and the arrest of two fishermen, in addition to the destruction of fishing nets.

The two fishermen arrested, Khader … Continue reading

Updated on June 16, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Erez Crossing, Fishermen, Gaza, Naval blockade, Shati Camp

Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem

Posted on: June 16, 2013

Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine

Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — … Continue reading

Updated on June 17, 2013
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Beit Hanoun, Demonstration, Erez Crossing, Gaza, Global Actions, Global March to Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison

Posted on: June 15, 2013

Palestinian children in Gaza hold a protest outside the International Committee of the Red Cross, demanding the release of their relatives detained by Israel. (Joe Catron)

15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine

On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli forces captured Ahmad in August 2008.

Palestinian children in Gaza hold a protest outside the International Committee of the Red Cross, demanding the release of their … Continue reading

Updated on June 15, 2013
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Children, Gaza, Gaza Siege, International law, Prisoner Rights

Video: Farming in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip

Posted on: June 14, 2013

14th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine

Saber Al-Zaneen, coordinator of farmers in Beit Hanoun (north Gaza Strip), explains how difficult it is for farmers to work in that area, the disproportional violence they have to face daily and the danger they are exposed to with no reason.

Updated on June 14, 2013
Posted under: Video
Tags: Beit Hanoun, Buffer zone, Farmers, Gaza

Man wounded by Israeli gunfire in the southern Gaza Strip

Posted on: June 11, 2013

Amer Abu Hadayed, 20 years, hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the European hospital (Photo: Rosa Schiano)

11th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine
On the morning of Monday, 10th June, a Palestinian man was injured by Israeli army fire while working in the area of Sufa, southern Gaza Strip, near the barrier with Israel.

Amer Abu Hadayed, 20 years, hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the European hospital (Photo by Rosa Schiano)
Hadayed Abu Amer, 20, was picking up rocks and … Continue reading

Updated on June 13, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Buffer zone, Gaza, Khan Younis, Live ammunition

Photo essay: Gaza joins the Global March to Jerusalem

Posted on: June 10, 2013

10th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Beit Hanoun, Occupied Palestine

Thousands of Palestinians from across the Gaza Strip rallied by the closed Erez checkpoint on Friday, marking al-Naksa (the setback), Israel’s 1967 seizure of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip, Syria’s Golan Heights, and Sinai Peninsula, ceded to Egypt in 1982.

Israel’s capture of the territories included the ethnic cleansing of over 400,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and West Bank, following al-Nakba (the catastrophe), Zionist militias the and Israeli army’s 1948 expulsion of over 750,000 from lands now claimed by Israel.

The effort was part of the second annual Global March to … Continue reading

Updated on June 10, 2013
Posted under: Photo Story
Tags: Al Naksa, Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Global March to Jerusalem

Journal: Palestinian farmer wounded by Israeli army fire

Posted on: June 7, 2013

7th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine

Sunday morning a young Palestinian farmer was wounded by Israeli army fire in an area called Abu Safiyeh, East of Jabalia, in the Northern Gaza Strip.

The young man, Ahmad Hamdan, 21, was rushed to the hospital Kamal Odwan. We went to visit him in the hospital where we met some of his family members.
According to his uncle Eyad Hamdan, at around 6:00 am on Sunday, June 2, Ahmad was going to pick watermelons along with four or five other workers. Ahmad’s family does not … Continue reading

Updated on June 7, 2013
Posted under: Journals
Tags: Buffer zone, Farmers, Gaza, Jabaliya, Live ammunition

Video: Reality of life for fishermen in Gaza – 6 miles of sea

Posted on: June 6, 2013

6th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine

Zakaria Baker, head of the committee for fishermen in Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) explains the reality for fishermen in Gaza, following Israel re-extending the permitted sailing area for Palestinians from three to six nautical miles. Despite this ‘allowance’, Palestinian fishermen have recently been attacked and their boats confiscated by the Israeli military when they were well inside the previously allowed three nautical miles.

Updated on June 7, 2013
Posted under: Video
Tags: Gaza, Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Naval blockade, Union of Agricultural Work Committees

Farming in Khuza’a, Gaza Strip

Posted on: June 5, 2013

5th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal ·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine

Farmers are working in Gaza buffer zone under threat of Israeli soldiers, tanks, bullets, etc. This video shows the difficulty of daily life for farmers in Khuza’a, south of Gaza Strip.