Israeli paramilitary forces have reportedly been operating something they call "the lottery," in which they detain Palestinians and order them to choose from pieces of paper labeled with punishments such as "broken leg" and "smashed head."
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Cycle of Violence
Israel and Palestine
Israel and Palestine
Much of the violence is under-reported leaving a distorted picture of the cycle of violence. From the start of the roadmap process, this blog will try to catalog any violence resulting in deaths on either side, as well as the number of wounded with one entry per event. It also includes violence against peace activists and charitable volunteers. Prior violence is cataloged for context only.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Gaza: Israeli air strikes: 6 PAL dead, 27 wounded [Repeat, earlier reports did not mention 27 wounded]
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israeli attack on Gaza kills six: "Agencies | Wednesday March 17, 2004
Israeli forces have launched a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing at least six Palestinians and wounding 27 in a series of air strikes. Troops also raided the Rafah refugee camp and demolished seven houses, Palestinian security officials said."
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israeli attack on Gaza kills six: "Agencies | Wednesday March 17, 2004
Israeli forces have launched a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing at least six Palestinians and wounding 27 in a series of air strikes. Troops also raided the Rafah refugee camp and demolished seven houses, Palestinian security officials said."
Gaza: Israeli missile strike: 3 Pal dead
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Israel killed six Palestinians in three missile strikes in north and south Gaza Tuesday and Wednesday, pursuing what it called a relentless new offensive against militants after two suicide bombers hit a strategic Israeli port.
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Israel killed six Palestinians in three missile strikes in north and south Gaza Tuesday and Wednesday, pursuing what it called a relentless new offensive against militants after two suicide bombers hit a strategic Israeli port.
Rafah: Israeli missile attack: 2 Pal dead (15 yr-sold), 1 14-yr-old critically wounded
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Another Israeli missile launched into Rafah at midmorning killed a 15-year-old youth and critically wounded a boy of 14 who died later, medics said.
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Another Israeli missile launched into Rafah at midmorning killed a 15-year-old youth and critically wounded a boy of 14 who died later, medics said.
Rafah: Israeli Missile attack: 2 Pal dead
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed four Palestinians in two missile strikes into a Gaza refugee camp Wednesday, pursuing what it called a relentless offensive against militants after two suicide bombers struck a strategic Israeli port.
Israeli military action against militants and their leaders unfolded Tuesday when three helicopter missiles hit the house of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City. Two Palestinians died, one a militant. The commander escaped with minor injuries.
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In Rafah, on Gaza's border with Egypt, an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles overnight into a group of Palestinians, killing a gunman and a 45-year-old bystander, witnesses said.
Excite - News: "Israel Kills 6 Palestinians in Gaza Missile Strikes | Mar 17, 7:40 am ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed four Palestinians in two missile strikes into a Gaza refugee camp Wednesday, pursuing what it called a relentless offensive against militants after two suicide bombers struck a strategic Israeli port.
Israeli military action against militants and their leaders unfolded Tuesday when three helicopter missiles hit the house of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City. Two Palestinians died, one a militant. The commander escaped with minor injuries.
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In Rafah, on Gaza's border with Egypt, an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles overnight into a group of Palestinians, killing a gunman and a 45-year-old bystander, witnesses said.
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Israeli Helicopters Hit Gaza After Port Bombings
Excite - News: "Israeli Helicopters Hit Gaza After Port Bombings | Mar 14, 9:58 pm ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli helicopter gunships struck two metal foundries in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after two local Palestinian militants killed 10 people in a suicide attack on Israel's second-biggest port.
Palestinian witnesses said one man was wounded when at least 10 missiles slammed into foundries in the Gaza City districts of Sheikh Radwan and Zeitoun, both Islamic militant bastions."
Excite - News: "Israeli Helicopters Hit Gaza After Port Bombings | Mar 14, 9:58 pm ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli helicopter gunships struck two metal foundries in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after two local Palestinian militants killed 10 people in a suicide attack on Israel's second-biggest port.
Palestinian witnesses said one man was wounded when at least 10 missiles slammed into foundries in the Gaza City districts of Sheikh Radwan and Zeitoun, both Islamic militant bastions."
Ashdod (port): suicide attack: 8 Israeli dead, 15? wounded
Excite - News: "Eight Killed in Double Bombing at Israeli Port | Mar 14, 11:22 am ET | By Matthew Tostevin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed in a suspected double suicide bombing at Israel's Ashdod port Sunday and two Palestinian groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
The blasts ripped through warehouses at the port -- one of Israel's busiest, Israeli security sources said.
They said witnesses reported seeing two suspicious figures entering seconds before the blasts occurred at separate sites.
According to medical sources, at least a dozen people were also wounded.
A third explosion heard at the port was apparently unrelated and caused no casualties, the sources said.
The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have claimed joint responsibility for the attack, Hizbollah's al-Manar television reported in Lebanon."
Excite - News: "Eight Killed in Double Bombing at Israeli Port | Mar 14, 11:22 am ET | By Matthew Tostevin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed in a suspected double suicide bombing at Israel's Ashdod port Sunday and two Palestinian groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
The blasts ripped through warehouses at the port -- one of Israel's busiest, Israeli security sources said.
They said witnesses reported seeing two suspicious figures entering seconds before the blasts occurred at separate sites.
According to medical sources, at least a dozen people were also wounded.
A third explosion heard at the port was apparently unrelated and caused no casualties, the sources said.
The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have claimed joint responsibility for the attack, Hizbollah's al-Manar television reported in Lebanon."
Saturday, March 13, 2004
Nahal Oz, Gaza: IDF shot: 2 Pal dead
Excite News: "Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians | Mar 13, 3:26 AM (ET)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian militants in an off-limits military zone between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
Soldiers guarding the border zone shot two men crawling inside the prohibited area early Saturday. The men were about 100 yards from the border fence separating Gaza from the nearby Israeli farming village of Nahal Oz, the military said.
The men were carrying two Kalashnikov assault rifles, 10 hand grenades and a pipe bomb and apparently were attempting to cross the fence to attack the farming community, the military said....
Excite News: "Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians | Mar 13, 3:26 AM (ET)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian militants in an off-limits military zone between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
Soldiers guarding the border zone shot two men crawling inside the prohibited area early Saturday. The men were about 100 yards from the border fence separating Gaza from the nearby Israeli farming village of Nahal Oz, the military said.
The men were carrying two Kalashnikov assault rifles, 10 hand grenades and a pipe bomb and apparently were attempting to cross the fence to attack the farming community, the military said....
Jenin: troops in disguise: 5 Pal dead
Israeli Troops in Disguise Kill 5 Palestinian Gunmen in West Bank (washingtonpost.com): "By Molly Moore | Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, March 11, 2004; Page A17
JERUSALEM, March 10 -- Israeli security forces disguised as Palestinians riding in an unmarked car killed five Palestinians on Wednesday afternoon in a shootout in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to a militant leader and an Israeli military spokesman.
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"They were caught by surprise by undercover agents and were not prepared," Zakaria Zbeida, the al-Aqsa commander for the Jenin area, said in a telephone interview. He described the shooting as an ambush.
The Israeli spokesman said several of the slain men were wanted for alleged involvement in attacks against Jewish settlements near Jenin.
"All of us are wanted by the Israelis," said Zbeida, who ranks high on Israel's most-wanted list. "We don't think they are going to greet us with flowers, but that doesn't mean they have the right to assassinate our members."
Israeli Troops in Disguise Kill 5 Palestinian Gunmen in West Bank (washingtonpost.com): "By Molly Moore | Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, March 11, 2004; Page A17
JERUSALEM, March 10 -- Israeli security forces disguised as Palestinians riding in an unmarked car killed five Palestinians on Wednesday afternoon in a shootout in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to a militant leader and an Israeli military spokesman.
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"They were caught by surprise by undercover agents and were not prepared," Zakaria Zbeida, the al-Aqsa commander for the Jenin area, said in a telephone interview. He described the shooting as an ambush.
The Israeli spokesman said several of the slain men were wanted for alleged involvement in attacks against Jewish settlements near Jenin.
"All of us are wanted by the Israelis," said Zbeida, who ranks high on Israel's most-wanted list. "We don't think they are going to greet us with flowers, but that doesn't mean they have the right to assassinate our members."
Monday, March 08, 2004
Nablus, West Bank: IDF troops: 1 Pal dead
Haaretz - Israel News: "08/03/2004 23:58 | Two Palestinians said shot dead by IDF in Gaza field | By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Corespondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in two separate incidents Monday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
A 30-year-old Palestinian grocer from the West Bank town of Salfit, south of Nablus, was shot and killed while IDF troops tried to arrest a suspected terrorist in the town.
Medics said that Khaled Madi was one of three people wounded in the incident, including the suspected militant, and that he died on the way to hospital after suffering critical injuries when he was shot in the abdomen.
The IDF had no immediate comment on the incident. ...
Haaretz - Israel News: "08/03/2004 23:58 | Two Palestinians said shot dead by IDF in Gaza field | By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Corespondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in two separate incidents Monday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
A 30-year-old Palestinian grocer from the West Bank town of Salfit, south of Nablus, was shot and killed while IDF troops tried to arrest a suspected terrorist in the town.
Medics said that Khaled Madi was one of three people wounded in the incident, including the suspected militant, and that he died on the way to hospital after suffering critical injuries when he was shot in the abdomen.
The IDF had no immediate comment on the incident. ...
Morag, Gaza: IDF troops kill: 1 Pal 16-yr old
Haaretz - Israel News: "08/03/2004 23:58 |
Two Palestinians said shot dead by IDF in Gaza field | By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Corespondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in two separate incidents Monday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
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Earlier Monday, a Palestinian youth was killed adjacent to the settlement of Morag, in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to the sources, IDF troops stationed in the settlement shot dead 16-year old Khaled Muamar while he was working in a field owned by his family.
Israeli military sources confirmed that soldiers on patrol near the Morag settlement fired "warning shots" and said they were checking if anyone had been hit.
Haaretz - Israel News: "08/03/2004 23:58 |
Two Palestinians said shot dead by IDF in Gaza field | By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Corespondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in two separate incidents Monday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said.
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Earlier Monday, a Palestinian youth was killed adjacent to the settlement of Morag, in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to the sources, IDF troops stationed in the settlement shot dead 16-year old Khaled Muamar while he was working in a field owned by his family.
Israeli military sources confirmed that soldiers on patrol near the Morag settlement fired "warning shots" and said they were checking if anyone had been hit.
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Erez Border Crossing, Gaza: failed assault: 6 Pal dead
Excite - News: "Six Palestinians Die in Failed Attack on Israelis | Mar 6, 3:31 pm ET | By Shahdi al-Kashif
EREZ BORDER CROSSING, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Six Palestinians were killed on Saturday during a failed assault on a Gaza border post in speeding jeeps disguised as Israeli military vehicles.
It was an unusual combined attack by three groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- part of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction.
'This was just the first of future joint operations confirming that we choose resistance and unity,' the three organizations said in a joint statement, announcing the deaths of four militants.
Two Palestinian policemen, who an Israeli general said may have been trying to stop the attack, were also killed in disputed circumstances.
Cooperation among the militant groups, which have ignored Palestinian Authority calls for a cease-fire with Israel, is likely to fuel U.S. fears that Israel's threatened unilateral pullback in Gaza could cause anarchy in the area." ...
Excite - News: "Six Palestinians Die in Failed Attack on Israelis | Mar 6, 3:31 pm ET | By Shahdi al-Kashif
EREZ BORDER CROSSING, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Six Palestinians were killed on Saturday during a failed assault on a Gaza border post in speeding jeeps disguised as Israeli military vehicles.
It was an unusual combined attack by three groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- part of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction.
'This was just the first of future joint operations confirming that we choose resistance and unity,' the three organizations said in a joint statement, announcing the deaths of four militants.
Two Palestinian policemen, who an Israeli general said may have been trying to stop the attack, were also killed in disputed circumstances.
Cooperation among the militant groups, which have ignored Palestinian Authority calls for a cease-fire with Israel, is likely to fuel U.S. fears that Israel's threatened unilateral pullback in Gaza could cause anarchy in the area." ...
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Rafah. Gaza: Israeli raids: 1 Pal 14-yr old dead, 9 wounded
Excite News: "Israeli Forces Raid Gaza Town, Kill Boy | Mar 4, 11:00 AM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces raided the southern Gaza town of Rafah early Thursday, killing a 14-year-old boy, bulldozing houses and damaging the water and electricity networks, Palestinian officials said.
The Israeli army said it was searching for secret tunnels Palestinian militants use to smuggle weapons across the border with Egypt. Military sources said the soldiers were attacked by militants shooting rifles and throwing hand grenades, but had no reports of the soldiers returning fire.
Hospital officials said nine Palestinians were wounded."
Excite News: "Israeli Forces Raid Gaza Town, Kill Boy | Mar 4, 11:00 AM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces raided the southern Gaza town of Rafah early Thursday, killing a 14-year-old boy, bulldozing houses and damaging the water and electricity networks, Palestinian officials said.
The Israeli army said it was searching for secret tunnels Palestinian militants use to smuggle weapons across the border with Egypt. Military sources said the soldiers were attacked by militants shooting rifles and throwing hand grenades, but had no reports of the soldiers returning fire.
Hospital officials said nine Palestinians were wounded."
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Gaza: air strike: 3 Pal dead
Excite - News: "Israel Air Strike Kills Three Militants in Gaza | Mar 3, 3:41 pm ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed three Hamas militants in an air strike that tore apart their car near a Jewish settlement in the central Gaza Strip Wednesday.
The Israeli army said it had targeted operatives of the Islamist faction in the latest of track-and-kill sorties against Palestinian militants.
'The Israeli air force attacked a vehicle transporting senior Hamas terrorists who were recently involved in numerous terrorist attacks on Israeli targets and were planning additional attacks,' the army said in a statement.
A Hamas statement acknowledged the three were on 'a jihad mission' and swore revenge, urging a new wave of attacks by all cells 'against the Zionist occupation.'"
Excite - News: "Israel Air Strike Kills Three Militants in Gaza | Mar 3, 3:41 pm ET | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed three Hamas militants in an air strike that tore apart their car near a Jewish settlement in the central Gaza Strip Wednesday.
The Israeli army said it had targeted operatives of the Islamist faction in the latest of track-and-kill sorties against Palestinian militants.
'The Israeli air force attacked a vehicle transporting senior Hamas terrorists who were recently involved in numerous terrorist attacks on Israeli targets and were planning additional attacks,' the army said in a statement.
A Hamas statement acknowledged the three were on 'a jihad mission' and swore revenge, urging a new wave of attacks by all cells 'against the Zionist occupation.'"
