by Nathan Stuckey
8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi died on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012. He was 23 years old. A rope snapped and he plunged down a shaft to his death. He died instantly. His coworkers Jamal Kamel Mahdi and Raed Jaber Mahdi survived, they are still in the hospital. Jamal is in the European Hospital with two broken legs and a broken arm. Raed is in Shifa Hospital. His back is broken. Three years ago Israel slaughtered almost 1,500 Gazans, and nobody was held accountable … Continue reading
Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi, murdered by the Siege
Gaza lives on
16 November 2011 | Al Jazeera English
The Israeli blockade may have taken a heavy toll on Gazans, but this film reveals life and hope among the devastation.
Since 2007, most of the approximately 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have suffered gravely from an intensified land, air and sea blockade imposed by Israel.
The blockade, deemed illegal by the United Nations, was implemented after Hamas, a Palestinian faction labelled a terrorist organisation by Tel Aviv, took control over the territory and ousted Fatah officials from power in the battle of Gaza.
After more than two decades of tight sanctions and even though Israel … Continue reading
Gaza man found dead, another injured due to Israeli shelling
16 July 2011 | Palestine News Network
A Palestinian man, who went missing during an Israeli attack on a tunnel in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, was found dead this morning, local sources reported.
Ibraheem al-Bayok, 21, went missing on Thursday when Israeli jetfighter bombarded the tunnel he works in at the borders with Egypt. Five workers were injured on Thursday while al-Bayok and another worker went missing inside the collapsed tunnel.
Earlier another man was injured when an Israeli military drone fired a missile at a group of residents gathered near their home in Beit Hanoun, a town in … Continue reading
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