Tag: Gaza
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Codepink delegations allowed into Gaza
Codepink | Rabble We have some great news to report!!! The day started out with a 3am call from one of our delegations in Al Arish saying that secret police had contacted them at 2pm to intimidate them and say they would not get into Gaza. We, in Cairo, told them to go on to…
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IAF planes drop intimidating pamphlets over Gaza
ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 25 May 2009 Translation of leaflet (both leaflets have the same message with different maps): To the people of the strip: The Israeli Defense Forces repeat their alert forbidding the coming close to the border fence at a distance less than 300 metres who gets close will subject himself…
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Israeli planes drop warning pamphlets over Gaza
Ha’aretz 25 May 2009 Israel Air Force aircraft have scattered pamphlets over the Gaza Strip warning residents to stay away from the border, The Associated Press reported Monday. The heavily guarded border is the scene of sporadic fighting between militants and Israel Defense Forces troops. Israeli forces killed two Palestinian gunmen in a clash on…
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Israeli forces shoot at Gazan farmers and international accompaniers
ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 24 May 2009 Israeli forces shot live ammunition at 5 international human rights workers and 10 farmers from Khoza’a as they harvested crops several hundred metres from the Green Line. In the morning, human rights workers joined Palestinian farmers in Khoza’a village, located east of Khan Younis in the…
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Palestinians displaced by Operation Cast Lead living in tents
B’Tselem 21 May 2009 According to the UN, Israel destroyed 3,500 homes in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead. Some of the displaced persons now live in tents, in harsh conditions. Participants in B’Tselem’s video project documented life in one encampment.