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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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.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Israeli Shelling Kills 18 Gazans; Anger Boils Up ... more than 300 Palestinians killed in operations in Gaza since the summer
Israeli Shelling Kills 18 Gazans; Anger Boils Up | By IAN FISHER and STEVEN ERLANGER | Published: November 9, 2006
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip, Nov. 8 — Israeli artillery shells killed 18 Palestinians, including 8 children and 6 women, at a cluster of houses here on Wednesday, one of the largest single losses of life in Gaza in years.
Some Hamas leaders called for a suicide-bombing retaliation inside Israel and, unusually, for the United States to be taught “hard lessons” as well.
“Nothing happened,” mumbled Isra Athamnah, 5 years old, who was pocked with shrapnel and in shock. The news that her widowed mother, Sanaa, 35, was dead and that she was now an orphan did not sink in.
Others described how an artillery shell had hit a home here in northern Gaza, sending members of the extended Athamnah family outside before dawn. The next volleys struck them as they crowded in a narrow alley between the houses. The dead ranged from less than a year old to 70 years old, witnesses said.
Israeli leaders expressed regret. They have been on the defensive over their performance in the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the more than 300 Palestinians killed in operations in Gaza since the summer. ...
Israeli Shelling Kills 18 Gazans; Anger Boils Up | By IAN FISHER and STEVEN ERLANGER | Published: November 9, 2006
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip, Nov. 8 — Israeli artillery shells killed 18 Palestinians, including 8 children and 6 women, at a cluster of houses here on Wednesday, one of the largest single losses of life in Gaza in years.
Some Hamas leaders called for a suicide-bombing retaliation inside Israel and, unusually, for the United States to be taught “hard lessons” as well.
“Nothing happened,” mumbled Isra Athamnah, 5 years old, who was pocked with shrapnel and in shock. The news that her widowed mother, Sanaa, 35, was dead and that she was now an orphan did not sink in.
Others described how an artillery shell had hit a home here in northern Gaza, sending members of the extended Athamnah family outside before dawn. The next volleys struck them as they crowded in a narrow alley between the houses. The dead ranged from less than a year old to 70 years old, witnesses said.
Israeli leaders expressed regret. They have been on the defensive over their performance in the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the more than 300 Palestinians killed in operations in Gaza since the summer. ...
Israel's actions, as in Lebanon this summer, have ignored the obligation to act in proportion to the threat, to avoid civilian casualties, and comply
The blood of innocents | Leader | Thursday November 9, 2006 | The Guardian
Israel enjoys overwhelming military superiority over its Palestinian enemies, but there was no military or indeed any other logic to yesterday's killing of 18 people, at least 14 of them members of one sleeping family, in the northern Gaza Strip. International and regional reactions to the carnage were grimly predictable. The US called on Israel to exercise "restraint", noting its "regret" at civilian casualties and the launch of an inquiry into how a residential area had come under artillery fire. The EU said it was "appalled". The Palestinian movement Hamas called for swift retaliation. Islamic Jihad promised suicide bombings. Sadly, only the latter statements carried much conviction.
Fifty other Palestinians killed in the preceding week of Israeli operations in the area included civilians as well as fighters who have been provocatively firing home-made Qassam rockets across the border. Yesterday's victims were all civilians and mostly women and children. Their deaths will fan the flames of a conflagration in danger of getting out of control.
Experience suggests that even if the Beit Hanoun slaughter turns out to have been accidental, and Palestinians were to accept that, it will still be remembered as an Israeli atrocity. Israel's critics acknowledge that it has the right to defend itself - and it can only be by chance that rockets launched from Gaza since the August 2005 withdrawal have caused only damage and injuries and no Israeli fatalities. But Israel's actions, as in Lebanon this summer, have ignored the obligation to act in proportion to the threat, to avoid civilian casualties, and comply with international humanitarian law, which includes the personal responsibility of commanders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. ...
The blood of innocents | Leader | Thursday November 9, 2006 | The Guardian
Israel enjoys overwhelming military superiority over its Palestinian enemies, but there was no military or indeed any other logic to yesterday's killing of 18 people, at least 14 of them members of one sleeping family, in the northern Gaza Strip. International and regional reactions to the carnage were grimly predictable. The US called on Israel to exercise "restraint", noting its "regret" at civilian casualties and the launch of an inquiry into how a residential area had come under artillery fire. The EU said it was "appalled". The Palestinian movement Hamas called for swift retaliation. Islamic Jihad promised suicide bombings. Sadly, only the latter statements carried much conviction.
Fifty other Palestinians killed in the preceding week of Israeli operations in the area included civilians as well as fighters who have been provocatively firing home-made Qassam rockets across the border. Yesterday's victims were all civilians and mostly women and children. Their deaths will fan the flames of a conflagration in danger of getting out of control.
Experience suggests that even if the Beit Hanoun slaughter turns out to have been accidental, and Palestinians were to accept that, it will still be remembered as an Israeli atrocity. Israel's critics acknowledge that it has the right to defend itself - and it can only be by chance that rockets launched from Gaza since the August 2005 withdrawal have caused only damage and injuries and no Israeli fatalities. But Israel's actions, as in Lebanon this summer, have ignored the obligation to act in proportion to the threat, to avoid civilian casualties, and comply with international humanitarian law, which includes the personal responsibility of commanders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. ...
France demands independent probe of Beit Hanoun incident ... [killing of 18 innocent civilians]
France demands independent probe of Beit Hanoun incident
Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc Chevalier says his country demands independent investigation into IDF shelling of north Gaza town; United States expected to veto Security Council decision against Israel regarding recent IDF operations in Gaza; ‘Israeli occupying forces have committed another massacre,’ Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour says
Yitzhak Benhorin
WASHINGTON - France’s Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc La Sabliere said during a Security Council meeting Thursday that his country demanded an independent investigation of the circumstances of Wednesday’s incident in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.
“France wants an investigation of this attack, an independent investigation,” La Sabliere said.
The US was expected to veto Thursday night’s UN Security Council decision against Israel regarding recent IDF operations in the Gaza Strip and the killing of Palestinians in Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
A Palestinian proposal to establish an international investigation committee and the stationing of UN observers in the Strip was expected to come up in the meeting. Due to US objections, it wasn’t clear whether there would be a vote at the end of the meeting.
The demand to convene the Security Council was raised on Monday by Qatar, the only Arab Council representative. The demand was initially rejected, but the Beit Hanoun incident changed matters.
US Ambassador John Bolton said Qatar's request was discussed by the council on Tuesday "and there was no support for it." ...
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"The Israeli occupying forces have committed another massacre this morning in Beit Hanoun," Mansour said. "The Security Council has to react and to react immediately in order to stop this aggression and these crimes against the Palestinian people."
Danny Carmon, the deputy head of the Israeli delegation to the UN, said during the meeting that the escalation stems from the Qassam rocket fire on Israel, which is acting ‘in self-defense.’ He stressed that the death of the Palestinian family in Beit Hanoun was an ‘unfortunate accident.’
“Israel regrets the death of the innocent civilians,” Carmon said, adding that Israel treated some of those wounded in the incident and launched an investigation into the IDF’s artillery fire in the north Gaza town.
France demands independent probe of Beit Hanoun incident
Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc Chevalier says his country demands independent investigation into IDF shelling of north Gaza town; United States expected to veto Security Council decision against Israel regarding recent IDF operations in Gaza; ‘Israeli occupying forces have committed another massacre,’ Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour says
Yitzhak Benhorin
WASHINGTON - France’s Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc La Sabliere said during a Security Council meeting Thursday that his country demanded an independent investigation of the circumstances of Wednesday’s incident in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.
“France wants an investigation of this attack, an independent investigation,” La Sabliere said.
The US was expected to veto Thursday night’s UN Security Council decision against Israel regarding recent IDF operations in the Gaza Strip and the killing of Palestinians in Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
A Palestinian proposal to establish an international investigation committee and the stationing of UN observers in the Strip was expected to come up in the meeting. Due to US objections, it wasn’t clear whether there would be a vote at the end of the meeting.
The demand to convene the Security Council was raised on Monday by Qatar, the only Arab Council representative. The demand was initially rejected, but the Beit Hanoun incident changed matters.
US Ambassador John Bolton said Qatar's request was discussed by the council on Tuesday "and there was no support for it." ...
...
"The Israeli occupying forces have committed another massacre this morning in Beit Hanoun," Mansour said. "The Security Council has to react and to react immediately in order to stop this aggression and these crimes against the Palestinian people."
Danny Carmon, the deputy head of the Israeli delegation to the UN, said during the meeting that the escalation stems from the Qassam rocket fire on Israel, which is acting ‘in self-defense.’ He stressed that the death of the Palestinian family in Beit Hanoun was an ‘unfortunate accident.’
“Israel regrets the death of the innocent civilians,” Carmon said, adding that Israel treated some of those wounded in the incident and launched an investigation into the IDF’s artillery fire in the north Gaza town.
UN: IDF (Israel) killed 116 children in 2006 ... up from [only!?] 52 last year
UN: IDF killed 116 children in 2006 | Associated Press | Published: 11.10.06, 16:43
UNICEF says 17 children killed in Gaza, and 2 in West Bank so far in November, 40 killed in July
Nineteen Palestinian children have been killed in the past 10 days, making November already the second deadliest month of the year for young people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNICEF said Friday.
The UN children's Fund said 17 have been killed in Gaza and two in the West Bank so far in November. Only July - when 40 children were killed - was worse, the agency said. ...
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Bociurkiw estimated that more than 300 children have been injured this month by Israeli attacks. For the year, he said 116 Palestinian children have been killed, compared with only 52 last year.
UN: IDF killed 116 children in 2006 | Associated Press | Published: 11.10.06, 16:43
UNICEF says 17 children killed in Gaza, and 2 in West Bank so far in November, 40 killed in July
Nineteen Palestinian children have been killed in the past 10 days, making November already the second deadliest month of the year for young people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNICEF said Friday.
The UN children's Fund said 17 have been killed in Gaza and two in the West Bank so far in November. Only July - when 40 children were killed - was worse, the agency said. ...
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Bociurkiw estimated that more than 300 children have been injured this month by Israeli attacks. For the year, he said 116 Palestinian children have been killed, compared with only 52 last year.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Hamas Chief: Truce With Israel Is Over ... "roaring reaction so that we avenge all those vicitms,"
Hamas Chief: Truce With Israel Is Over | ov 8, 7:51 AM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal says that a truce with Israel is finished and is appealing to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks. Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing at least 18 members of an extended family, including eight children, and wounding dozens of others, Palestinian health officials said.
"There must be a roaring reaction so that we avenge all those vicitms," Mashaal said.
The military wing of the Palestinians' ruling group called on Muslims around the world to attack U.S. targets, a call disavowed by the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed regret over the deaths and, along with Defense Minister Amir Peretz, offered "urgent humanitarian aid" to the Palestinian Authority and immediate medical treatment to the wounded. ...
Hamas Chief: Truce With Israel Is Over | ov 8, 7:51 AM (ET) | By IBRAHIM BARZAK
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal says that a truce with Israel is finished and is appealing to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks. Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing at least 18 members of an extended family, including eight children, and wounding dozens of others, Palestinian health officials said.
"There must be a roaring reaction so that we avenge all those vicitms," Mashaal said.
The military wing of the Palestinians' ruling group called on Muslims around the world to attack U.S. targets, a call disavowed by the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed regret over the deaths and, along with Defense Minister Amir Peretz, offered "urgent humanitarian aid" to the Palestinian Authority and immediate medical treatment to the wounded. ...
Israeli Shells Kill 18 Palestinians in Gaza, including 8 children, 40 wounded
Israeli Shells Kill 18 Palestinians in Gaza | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: November 8, 2006
Palestinian men gathered next to water stained with blood after Israeli tanks fired on homes in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli tank shells crashed into a residential neighborhood, killing at least 18 people, including eight children, in their sleep early Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses and officials said.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said efforts to form a national unity government were suspended because of the attack. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the army to halt artillery attacks in Gaza.
But a government spokesman said Israel will continue its operations in Gaza aimed at halting Palestinian rocket attacks.
Spokeswoman Miri Eisin said the army is still investigating Wednesday morning's deadly incident, and that Israel will take full responsibility if mistakes were made.
But, she said: ''The Israeli operation throughout the Gaza Strip will continue as long as Qassam rockets land in Israel, as long as the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip continues, as long as the Hamas government chooses for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to continuously provoke Israel.''
Palestinian security officials said that five tank shells landed in the area near the town of Beit Hanoun within 15 minutes. Most the casualties were in a row of homes belonging to members of the Alathamna extended family, officials said.
Khaled Radi, a health ministry official, said 13 of the 18 dead belonged to the family. He said at least 40 more people, all civilians, were wounded. ...
Israeli Shells Kill 18 Palestinians in Gaza | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: November 8, 2006
Palestinian men gathered next to water stained with blood after Israeli tanks fired on homes in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli tank shells crashed into a residential neighborhood, killing at least 18 people, including eight children, in their sleep early Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses and officials said.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said efforts to form a national unity government were suspended because of the attack. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the army to halt artillery attacks in Gaza.
But a government spokesman said Israel will continue its operations in Gaza aimed at halting Palestinian rocket attacks.
Spokeswoman Miri Eisin said the army is still investigating Wednesday morning's deadly incident, and that Israel will take full responsibility if mistakes were made.
But, she said: ''The Israeli operation throughout the Gaza Strip will continue as long as Qassam rockets land in Israel, as long as the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip continues, as long as the Hamas government chooses for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to continuously provoke Israel.''
Palestinian security officials said that five tank shells landed in the area near the town of Beit Hanoun within 15 minutes. Most the casualties were in a row of homes belonging to members of the Alathamna extended family, officials said.
Khaled Radi, a health ministry official, said 13 of the 18 dead belonged to the family. He said at least 40 more people, all civilians, were wounded. ...
Monday, November 06, 2006
Palestinian officials accuse Israel of a "massacre". ... bringing the toll since Wednesday to nearly 50.
Sunday, 5 November 2006 | Deaths mount in Gazan offensive
Three Palestinians have been killed in Gaza on the fifth day of Israel's offensive in the territory.
Palestinian officials said the deaths came in separate incidents - bringing the toll since Wednesday to nearly 50.
Earlier, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert declined to say when the operation would end, but insisted Israel had no intention of reoccupying the Strip.
Israel says it is targeting militants but Palestinian officials accuse Israel of a "massacre".
Israeli forces have made regular incursions into Gaza and the West Bank following the capture of an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants on 25 June.
'Necessary steps'
Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians, including two gunmen, on the fifth day of an operation which has killed nearly 50 people. Many are said to be militants.
On Saturday at least seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, died in air raids and clashes. ...
Sunday, 5 November 2006 | Deaths mount in Gazan offensive
Three Palestinians have been killed in Gaza on the fifth day of Israel's offensive in the territory.
Palestinian officials said the deaths came in separate incidents - bringing the toll since Wednesday to nearly 50.
Earlier, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert declined to say when the operation would end, but insisted Israel had no intention of reoccupying the Strip.
Israel says it is targeting militants but Palestinian officials accuse Israel of a "massacre".
Israeli forces have made regular incursions into Gaza and the West Bank following the capture of an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants on 25 June.
'Necessary steps'
Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians, including two gunmen, on the fifth day of an operation which has killed nearly 50 people. Many are said to be militants.
On Saturday at least seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, died in air raids and clashes. ...
A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least 37 people in four days
Listen to Maj. Gen. Stern | By Gideon Levy | 11/05/06 "Haaretz" -- --
A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least 37 people in four days - and Israeli public opinion yawns with indifference. A brigade commander tells his soldiers, who killed 12 people in one day: "You've won 12:0," and the soldiers grin broadly. This is the moral nadir we have reached, following a long slide down a slippery slope: Human life has become cheap.
Proof of this came at the end of the week from the big mouth of Major General Elazar Stern, the head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, who occasionally says true things. "The IDF's excessive sensitivity to human life led to some of the failures in the Lebanon war - and this should not happen," Stern told Channel 7. Stern should be praised for these forthright words: Those who embark with unbearable lightness on a futile war of choice cannot allow themselves the luxury of showing sensitivity for the lives of their soldiers. In war, soldiers not only kill, but are also killed. This should have been stated in advance.
But the general's remarks are also tainted with hypocrisy: Those who over a few months kill more than 1,000 Lebanese and 300 Palestinians for dubious reasons do not have the right to speak about sensitivity to human life. The fact that the public protest against the war did not take off demonstrates that after having lost all sensitivity for the lives of others, we are also gradually losing sensitivity for the lives of our children who are killed in vain. The contempt for human life starts with the lives of Arabs and ends with the lives of Jews. ...
Listen to Maj. Gen. Stern | By Gideon Levy | 11/05/06 "Haaretz" -- --
A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least 37 people in four days - and Israeli public opinion yawns with indifference. A brigade commander tells his soldiers, who killed 12 people in one day: "You've won 12:0," and the soldiers grin broadly. This is the moral nadir we have reached, following a long slide down a slippery slope: Human life has become cheap.
Proof of this came at the end of the week from the big mouth of Major General Elazar Stern, the head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, who occasionally says true things. "The IDF's excessive sensitivity to human life led to some of the failures in the Lebanon war - and this should not happen," Stern told Channel 7. Stern should be praised for these forthright words: Those who embark with unbearable lightness on a futile war of choice cannot allow themselves the luxury of showing sensitivity for the lives of their soldiers. In war, soldiers not only kill, but are also killed. This should have been stated in advance.
But the general's remarks are also tainted with hypocrisy: Those who over a few months kill more than 1,000 Lebanese and 300 Palestinians for dubious reasons do not have the right to speak about sensitivity to human life. The fact that the public protest against the war did not take off demonstrates that after having lost all sensitivity for the lives of others, we are also gradually losing sensitivity for the lives of our children who are killed in vain. The contempt for human life starts with the lives of Arabs and ends with the lives of Jews. ...
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Israeli strikes kill 9 Palestinians ... wound 45
Israeli strikes kill 9 Palestinians Nov 1, 3:50 PM (ET) | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
also ... Israeli strikes kill 6 Palestinians, wound 45
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces backed by tanks killed nine Palestinians including at least five militants on Wednesday and one soldier was also killed in one of the heaviest Israeli raids into the Gaza Strip in months.
Israeli soldiers entered northern Gaza before dawn and fighting quickly erupted around the town of Beit Hanoun, followed by air strikes and tank shelling, witnesses said. They said the army, with air support, had surrounded the town.
The operation was one of the biggest since Israel launched an offensive in Gaza to press for the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian gunmen on June 25 in a cross-border raid and to halt militant rocket fire into the Jewish state.
Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was waging "all-out war," and called the operation "despicable."
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said he hoped the attacks, which he branded a "massacre," would not derail Egyptian-brokered talks trying to arrange a swap of Palestinian prisoners in Israel for the release of the captive soldier. ...
Israeli strikes kill 9 Palestinians Nov 1, 3:50 PM (ET) | By Nidal al-Mughrabi
also ... Israeli strikes kill 6 Palestinians, wound 45
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces backed by tanks killed nine Palestinians including at least five militants on Wednesday and one soldier was also killed in one of the heaviest Israeli raids into the Gaza Strip in months.
Israeli soldiers entered northern Gaza before dawn and fighting quickly erupted around the town of Beit Hanoun, followed by air strikes and tank shelling, witnesses said. They said the army, with air support, had surrounded the town.
The operation was one of the biggest since Israel launched an offensive in Gaza to press for the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian gunmen on June 25 in a cross-border raid and to halt militant rocket fire into the Jewish state.
Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was waging "all-out war," and called the operation "despicable."
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said he hoped the attacks, which he branded a "massacre," would not derail Egyptian-brokered talks trying to arrange a swap of Palestinian prisoners in Israel for the release of the captive soldier. ...
