Tag: Buffer Zone

  • Bulldozing the ceasefire

    Bulldozing the ceasefire

    15 — 17 January 2013 | Khuza’a, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine At about 8.30pm on Tuesday 15th January, Israeli tanks and military bulldozers breached the border adjacent to the village of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis and intruded inside the Gaza Strip. The incursion into Palestinian farmland continued through the night and added to the long…

  • Israeli forces fire on Gaza farmers and internationals in Khuza’a [Update: Video Added]

    12th December 2012 |  Khuza’a, Besieged Gaza. Gaza- Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at unarmed farmers and international activists working in Khuza’a, a small village outside of Khan Younis located near the Israeli border.  At 10:30 AM, the farmers arrived and began to plough approximately 100 meters from the separation fence while internationals…

  • Gaza fishermen after the ceasefire [includes a video]

    Gaza fishermen after the ceasefire [includes a video]

    6 December 2012 | Johnny Barber On Wednesday 5th December, Gaza fishermen staged a peaceful protest in the port of Gaza City, in order to highlight the Israeli attacks on their livelihoods. They were supported by the local Fishing Union, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Gaza fishermen…

  • Demonstration in solidarity with Gaza fishermen on Wednesday, 5 December 2012 at Gaza port

    4 December 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights A demonstration in solidarity with Gaza Fishermen is planned for Wednesday, 5 December 2012, to be held at Gaza Port at 10am. In the period between Wednesday, 28 November, and Saturday, 1 December, at least 29 fishermen have been arrested, at least 9 fishing boats have…

  • Gaza: Harvesting barley at Erez crossing amidst gun fire

    By Hama Waqum 19 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Ten Palestinian volunteers harvested wheat in Gaza’s northern no-go zone on Wednesday, May 16, only 350 meters from where the Israeli Apartheid wall encircles the Gaza Strip. Two weeks ago the barley was cut and gathered and on Wednesday, volunteers loaded the harvest onto…