Tag: Palestinian Red Crescent

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist near West Bank camp

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Family of Ghufran Harun Warasneh, 31, say she was heading to her new job with a local media network when she was gunned down by an Israeli soldier

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist near West Bank camp

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Israel: Ghufran Harun Warasneh, Second Palestinian Woman Journalist Killed In West Bank In A Month:

Israeli forces also obstructed mourners attending the journalist’s funeral, a couple of hours after her killing, according to The New Arab. Ghufran’s cousin, Abdel Rahman Warsaneh said that Israeli forces prevented mourners from entering the refugee camp. He added IDF soldiers used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the crowd.

Fire Reaches Gaza

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As expected, Israel’s crackdown on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank have led to a new escalation in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli security forces have been harassing Palestinians in al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and even restricting the movement of worshipers there since the beginning of April. During the same period, at least 19 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where security forces carried out a series of raids.

Fire Reaches Gaza

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin ambush

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Eyewitnesses tell Middle East Eye that Israeli special forces in a bus blocked a vehicle carrying the men and started firing

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin ambush

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Saraya al-Quds – the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad – held an armed march Saturday night in Khan Yunis (Southern Gaza Strip) following the Israeli killings of three Palestinians in an apparent shootout south of Jenin in the West Bank. The events represent a clear escalation of tensions in the region.

“Islamic Jihad” forces hold armed march following Israeli killing of three Palestinians, News2Share on YouTube.

Israeli warplanes bomb two locations in central Gaza + Scores of worshipers injured for 2nd night as Israel clamps down on worshipers

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Israeli warplanes bomb two locations in central Gaza

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Scores of worshipers injured for 2nd night as Israel clamps down on worshipers

The forces used rubber-coated rounds, stun grenades and teargas to attack the worshipers, leaving at least 90 people wounded, of whom 30 were hospitalized. Several of the injuries were for children below 18, including a 12-month-ol toddler.