Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence

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Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence

 

A Palestinian hurls stones at Israeli troops during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border at a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among crowds demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, health officials said, after one of the deadliest days of unrest in the area in years.

 

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Gaza in funerals for the 15 people killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday, and a national day of mourning was observed in the enclave and in the occupied West Bank.

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was responsible for the violence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was protecting its sovereignty and citizens.

 

An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking the details of Saturday's unrest. It broke out when Palestinians gathered on the border between the Hamas-run enclave and Israel then began throwing stones. Palestinian health officials said about 70 were wounded.

 

On Friday at least 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces confronting protesters. The military said some had shot at them, rolled burning tyres and hurled rocks and fire bombs towards troops across the border.

 

Hamas said five of them were members of its armed wing. Israel said eight of the 15 dead belonged to Hamas, designated a terrorist group by Israel and the West, and two others belonged to other militant groups.

 

Tens of thousands of Palestinians had gathered on Friday along the fenced 65-km (40-mile) frontier, where tents had been erected for a planned six-week protest pressing for a right of return for refugees and their descendents to what is now Israel.

 

But hundreds of Palestinian youths ignored calls from the organisers and the Israeli military to stay away from the frontier and violence broke out.

 

The protest, organised by Hamas and other Palestinian factions, is scheduled to culminate on May 15, the day Palestinians commemorate what they call the "Nakba" or "Catastrophe" when hundreds of thousands fled or were driven out of their homes in 1948, when the state of Israel was created.

 

Israel has long ruled out any right of return, fearing an influx of Arabs that would wipe out its Jewish majority. It says refugees should resettle in a future state the Palestinians seek in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Peace talks to that end have been frozen since 2014.

 

Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005 but still maintains tight control of its land and sea borders.

 

Egypt also keeps its border with Gaza largely closed.

 

Abbas's spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdainah, said: "The message of the Palestinian people is clear. The Palestinian land will always belong to its legitimate owners and the occupation will be removed."

 

Israeli military spokesman Brigadier-General Ronen Manelis said Hamas was using the protests as a guise to launch attacks against Israel and ignite the area. He said violence was likely to continue along the border until May 15.

 

"We won't let this turn into a ping-pong zone where they perpetrate a terrorist act and we respond with pinpoint action. If this continues we will not have no choice but to respond inside the Gaza Strip," Manelis told reporters.

 

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent investigation into Friday's bloodshed, and appealed for all sides to refrain from any actions that could lead to further casualties or put civilians in harm's way.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-01

[metisdead]

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[ostyan]

What Israel is doing on an occupied territory is more than disguising. The USA servant politic is even more disguising.

[Jingthing]

What Israel is doing on an occupied territory is more than disguising. The USA servant politic is even more disguising.

Gaza occupied?

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[sanemax]

2 hours ago, ostyan said:

What Israel is doing on an occupied territory is more than disguising. The USA servant politic is even more disguising.

Did you read the bit about Israel leaving Gaza in 2005 ?

[ostyan]

22 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Gaza occupied?

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I m speaking about Israel and occupied territories. I hope everyone can read properly...

[ostyan]

22 hours ago, sanemax said:

Did you read the bit about Israel leaving Gaza in 2005 ?

I m speaking about Israel and occupied territories. I hope everyone can read properly...

[Jingthing]

I m speaking about Israel and occupied territories. I hope everyone can read properly...

The topic is about the border protests in Gaza. Different subject.

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[ostyan]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The topic is about the border protests in Gaza. Different subject.

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Even if it is a different subject, it is true

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, ostyan said:

Even if it is a different subject, it is true

That the U.S. "servant" politic is disguising? Hmm. When do they take off their masks? 

[sanemax]

1 hour ago, ostyan said:

I m speaking about Israel and occupied territories. I hope everyone can read properly...

Gaza is NOT occupied

 

[maximillian]

10 hours ago, sanemax said:

Gaza is NOT occupied

 

 

Right !  Gaza is sealed off. 

[Morch]

2 hours ago, maximillian said:

 

Right !  Gaza is sealed off. 

 

The Gaza Strip blockade is not without context, and is directly related to Hamas agenda and actions. You wish to deny this, go ahead. Just bear in mind that the blockade was not always in place. Then there's that tiny issue of the very same blockade being maintained by Egypt as well.

 

As for the Gaza Strip being "sealed off" - hundreds (at times much more) of trucks carrying goods and supplies go in and out of the Gaza Strip on a daily basis. There were plenty of offers and ideas raised regarding oversight of certain goods (mostly related to construction and industry). Hamas pretty much rejected or breached them all. Of those materials that do make it to the Gaza Strip, quite a bit taken by Hamas in order to advance projects related to its military wing - rather than being used for the benefit of the people.

[metisdead]

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[ostyan]

19 hours ago, Jingthing said:

That the U.S. "servant" politic is disguising? Hmm. When do they take off their masks? 

you do not need to ask a clown to take off his cloth to know he is a clown

 

[ostyan]

6 hours ago, Morch said:

 

The Gaza Strip blockade is not without context, and is directly related to Hamas agenda and actions. You wish to deny this, go ahead. Just bear in mind that the blockade was not always in place. Then there's that tiny issue of the very same blockade being maintained by Egypt as well.

 

As for the Gaza Strip being "sealed off" - hundreds (at times much more) of trucks carrying goods and supplies go in and out of the Gaza Strip on a daily basis. There were plenty of offers and ideas raised regarding oversight of certain goods (mostly related to construction and industry). Hamas pretty much rejected or breached them all. Of those materials that do make it to the Gaza Strip, quite a bit taken by Hamas in order to advance projects related to its military wing - rather than being used for the benefit of the people.

It is the official Israel propaganda about Gaza and Hamas in this respect. Nothing more. New page pls

[Morch]

1 minute ago, ostyan said:

you do not need to ask a clown to take off his cloth to know he is a clown

 

 

But you do, I think, need to make some sense. Even a tiny bit. Alas....

[Morch]

4 minutes ago, ostyan said:

It is the official Israel propaganda about Gaza and Hamas in this respect. Nothing more. New page pls

 

Which part of it is "propaganda"?

 

That the Gaza Strip was not always under blockade?

That the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda?

That the blockade is maintained by Egypt as well?

That hundreds of supply trucks enter the Gaza Strip on a daily basis?

That Hamas rejected or breached any solution involving oversight?

That Hamas used (and uses) construction materials for its own projects?

 

[ostyan]

7 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

But you do, I think, need to make some sense. Even a tiny bit. Alas....

If it is possible, do not personalize, even if the subject is Israel. Thank you

[Morch]

4 minutes ago, ostyan said:

If it is possible, do not personalize, even if the subject is Israel. Thank you

[ostyan]

5 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

Which part of it is "propaganda"?

 

That the Gaza Strip was not always under blockade?

That the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda?

That the blockade is maintained by Egypt as well?

That hundreds of supply trucks enter the Gaza Strip on a daily basis?

That Hamas rejected or breached any solution involving oversight?

That Hamas used (and uses) construction materials for its own projects?

 

 

I would rather use proper English sentences and use logic. Your sentences contradict each other. 

Like that the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda? and hat the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda?

I am not for this or the other side, but if someone uses common sense and read some books, can easily decide. Just read W. Churchill.

I understand if someone is on one side, but the truth has no sides.

 

[Morch]

17 minutes ago, ostyan said:

I would rather use proper English sentences and use logic. Your sentences contradict each other. 

Like that the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda? and hat the blockade is directly related to Hamas actions and agenda?

I am not for this or the other side, but if someone uses common sense and read some books, can easily decide. Just read W. Churchill.

I understand if someone is on one side, but the truth has no sides.

 

 

My sentences do not "contradict each other", and they are presented in proper, understandable English. Are you trying to claim that Hamas actions, and agenda, had nothing to do with the Gaza Strip being put under blockade? As for the "not for this or the other side" bit - save it for someone who haven't read your posts in the past. Churchill got little do to with the topic at hand.

[Sir Dude]

Israel is a nuclear armed country...probably best not to back them into a corner as they are just as crazy as the mullahs on the other side. As for the Palestinian protesters...well, what were you expecting?

[ostyan]

41 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

My sentences do not "contradict each other", and they are presented in proper, understandable English. Are you trying to claim that Hamas actions, and agenda, had nothing to do with the Gaza Strip being put under blockade? As for the "not for this or the other side" bit - save it for someone who haven't read your posts in the past. Churchill got little do to with the topic at hand.

If you do not know Churchill in the subject means a lot. I cannot argue with somebody, who has no knowledge, just well-biased.  Stop here.

[Morch]

36 minutes ago, ostyan said:

If you do not know Churchill in the subject means a lot. I cannot argue with somebody, who has no knowledge, just well-biased.  Stop here.

 

Topic headline: "Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence". Churchill got little to do with it, unless you mean to rehash some bit of history, and even then not much - either way, not what the topic is about.

[Jingthing]

 
Topic headline: "Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence". Churchill got little to do with it, unless you mean to rehash some bit of history, and even then not much - either way, not what the topic is about.

Just a way to denigrate everything you've said without even explaining his view of the connection.

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