Author: ISM Media Group
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Mother of 13 killed by Israeli air-strike – Internationals staying in Jabaliya amid fears of Israeli ground invasion
International Human Rights Activists went to visit one of the families who lost their mother as Israel killed at least 225 in Gaza on the 27th December. They will be staying with the family tonight (27th December) as the family and neighbours have expressed fear over an anticipated ground invasion of the area. Photo from…
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Israeli Ministry of Defence make threatening phone call to residents of Gaza on the day that Israel kills at least 225 Palestinians
27th December 2008 – A family in Rafah say they have received a menacing phone call from the Israeli Ministry of Defence, warning that “any house that has guns or weapons will be targeted next without further warning or any announcement”. At the end of a day where Israeli air-strikes killed at least 225 Palestinians…
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Report from ISM Gaza Strip as Israeli rockets hit Gaza
By Sharon from Australia 3pm from Gaza city I was at home beside the small Gaza port, eating a bread and jam breakfast, when the rockets began to fall at about 11am. Six or seven deafening explosions occurred not far from my building, which rocked from the impact, smoke and dust filling the air. This…
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Human Rights Defenders speak from Gaza as Israel kills over 200 people
27th December 2008 – Human Rights Defenders from various countries are present in Gaza and are witnessing and documenting the current Israeli attacks on Gaza. Due to Israel’s policy of denying access to international media, human rights defenders and aid agencies to the Occupied Gaza Strip, many of these Human Rights Defenders arrived in Gaza…
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Soldiers attack international HRWs in Hebron
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 10:40pm, three international human rights workers (HRW’s)were assaulted by a group of six soldiers on the roadway after the Jewish cemetary in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron. The HRW’s had just returned from celebrating Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and had been denied entry through Checkpoint 56 to the…