| Israeli Navy kills 18-year old Gaza fisherman, wounds two others | | Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) - At approximately 15:30
on Sunday, 25 February 2018, Israeli gunboats opened fire on a
Palestinian fishing boat sailing within 3 nautical miles off the
Gaza shore. 18 year old Isma’il Saleh Abu Riyalah was hit with a
live bullet to the head and succumbed to his wounds. The two other
members of the fishing crew, Mahmoud Abu Riyalah and ‘Ahed Hasan Abu
‘Ali, lived to fish another day - having been non-lethally hit by
rubber bullet to their legs, forced to strip naked and swim to the
Israeli gunboat, and spending some time in custody. The boat, their
sole means of livelihood, was severely damaged. [ak] | 27/2/2018 |
| IDF chief: Gaza war likely if humanitarian crisis persists | | Stuart Winer - The Times of Israel - IDF Chief of Staff Gadi
Eisenkot reportedly warned ministers during a cabinet meeting on
Sunday that Israel could soon face another war with the Gaza-based
Hamas, as a result of the deteriorating humanitarian and economic
conditions in the coastal enclave. In his briefing, Eisenkot pointed
to the lack of electricity, drinkable water, and food in the Gaza
Strip. The IDF chief favored stepping up aid to Gaza, but
conditioned the full rehabilitation of the Strip on the return of
the bodies of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, killed in
the 2014 war. According to Israeli radio, there is tension between
Eisenkot and the political echelon, who accuse the IDF chief of
"getting Israel blamed for the conditions in Gaza, while the real
blame falls upon Hamas and the Palestinian Authority". [ak]
| 6/2/2018 |
| Israel deports 14-year-old girl to Gaza — without telling her parents | | Edo Konrad -
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"Ghada suffers from epilepsy and has seizures every three to six
months. She is currently undergoing medical treatment is being
treated at Al Amal Medical Center in a-Ram.According to HaMoked,
there are approximately 21,000 Palestinians living in the West Bank
but whose addresses are listed as Gaza. Israel, which controls the
Palestinian population registry, refuses to update their address and
considers them “illegal aliens” unless they have have a special
military permit to live in the West Bank." ca
| 2/2/2018 |
