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Israeli troops kill Gaza fishermen

17 February 2011 | Al Jazeera Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinian fishermen along the Gaza-Israeli border, Palestinian medics have said. Gaza’s ministry of health said on Thursday that the men were killed overnight in the north of Gaza, near Beit Lahiya, while they were working with their nets on the shore. The medics said that the victims were shot by Israeli forces before dawn. But the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in a statement said the…

February 17, 2011

Settlers shoot teenager south-west of Nablus

15 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Settlers shot and wounded a boy of 18 whilst he was farming on his father’s land at 1400hrs today, in the village of Jaloud, south-west of Nablus. Wael Mahmoud Tobase Ayad was planting trees together with his brother. As they were finishing, three settlers from a nearby illegal settlement, armed with handguns and a rifle, appeared from amongst some trees between 50 – 100m away. One of the settlers…

February 15, 2011

Turkey Gaza flotilla probe: five shot dead at close range

13 February 2011 | Haaretz A Turkish government inquiry into Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed eight Turks and a Turkish-American says Israeli soldiers shot five victims at close range. Turkey released details of its formal inquiry into the May 31 incident Friday, hours after submitting the report to a United Nations panel investigating the incident. Eight Turkish citizens and a Turkish-American were killed when Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish ship, Mavi Marmara. Israel…

February 13, 2011