erusalem (ANTARA News) - The Palestinian death toll in Israel`s two-week-old offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip surged past 850 on Saturday as Israeli tanks and warplanes pounded the impoverished territory.
At least 854 people have been killed since the massive initial air assault on December 27, including 270 children, according to Dr Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services.
Another 3,490 people have been wounded in the fighting, he was quoted by AFP as saying.
Hassanein explained the surge in casualties by saying that medics had recently pulled several bodies from the rubble in Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya, two areas north of Gaza City that saw fierce fighting on Saturday.
The Palestinian death toll previously stood at 828 killed and 3,350 wounded.
Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed in battle or by rockets launched by Palestinian militants since the start of the war, which is aimed at halting the firing of rockets and mortars into Israel.
source:antara.co.id
Sunday, January 11, 2009
OANA president condemns the killing of journalist in Gaza
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Organization of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) has condemned the killing of Palestinian cameraman Fadal Shana who worked for Reuters news agency, as a result of an indiscriminate attack by Israeli forces in Gaza.
"Israeli forces have targeted vehicles and journalists who were clearly identified as such, with "Press" or "TV" markings. Fadal Shana was killed while filming Israeli tanks in central Gaza," said OANA President Dr. Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf in a statement posted in OANA website (www.oananews.org), Sunday.
The OANA groups 44 news agencies from 33 countries in the Asia Pacific region. Protection of journalists and safety of press crew are the highest priority of OANA Presidency under Dr. Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf, who is also CEO of Antara, the Indonesian News Agency.
"The media have become part of the battleground and journalists are ever more at risk. But, please, don`t kill the messenger. The targeting of journalists is a scandalous violation of human rights and must be stopped," he added.
According to Reuters Deputy Bureau Chief Julian Rake, the 23-year-old Shana had been operating according to standard press procedure. When he was killed, he had been wearing a flak jacket clearly marked with press symbols and his car was marked with press stickers.
The killing of Fadal Shana confirms the fear that media inside Gaza are becoming the targets of Israeli forces. All governments and organizations, he said, have a responsibility to take the utmost care to protect professionals trying to do their jobs.
"It is time for the international community to ensure that any agreement to end hostilities will also take media and journalists out of the firing line." he urged.
The OANA has called for the protection of media and journalists to be guaranteed by Israeli forces in Gaza. Mukhlis Yusuf also called on the world of journalism to raise its voice in protest against Israeli forces` pressure on media trying to cover the Gaza conflict. Israeli forces have imposed a blockade on the world`s media trying to report on the crisis inside Gaza.
"The truth cannot be told unless journalists are free to move, to talk with everyone involved and to see with their own eyes what is happening on the ground," he added
source:antara.co.id
"Israeli forces have targeted vehicles and journalists who were clearly identified as such, with "Press" or "TV" markings. Fadal Shana was killed while filming Israeli tanks in central Gaza," said OANA President Dr. Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf in a statement posted in OANA website (www.oananews.org), Sunday.
The OANA groups 44 news agencies from 33 countries in the Asia Pacific region. Protection of journalists and safety of press crew are the highest priority of OANA Presidency under Dr. Ahmad Mukhlis Yusuf, who is also CEO of Antara, the Indonesian News Agency.
"The media have become part of the battleground and journalists are ever more at risk. But, please, don`t kill the messenger. The targeting of journalists is a scandalous violation of human rights and must be stopped," he added.
According to Reuters Deputy Bureau Chief Julian Rake, the 23-year-old Shana had been operating according to standard press procedure. When he was killed, he had been wearing a flak jacket clearly marked with press symbols and his car was marked with press stickers.
The killing of Fadal Shana confirms the fear that media inside Gaza are becoming the targets of Israeli forces. All governments and organizations, he said, have a responsibility to take the utmost care to protect professionals trying to do their jobs.
"It is time for the international community to ensure that any agreement to end hostilities will also take media and journalists out of the firing line." he urged.
The OANA has called for the protection of media and journalists to be guaranteed by Israeli forces in Gaza. Mukhlis Yusuf also called on the world of journalism to raise its voice in protest against Israeli forces` pressure on media trying to cover the Gaza conflict. Israeli forces have imposed a blockade on the world`s media trying to report on the crisis inside Gaza.
"The truth cannot be told unless journalists are free to move, to talk with everyone involved and to see with their own eyes what is happening on the ground," he added
source:antara.co.id
Dozens of Israel demolish New Targets in Gaza
GAZA CITY, SATURDAY-Israeli forces demolish dozens of new locations in Gaza, Saturday (10 / 1). Planes drop leaflets they also contain a warning to Israel that the Gaza population increase attacks.
In short, Israel did not heed the UN appeal for ceasefire to despite 800 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks last two to Gaza. Meanwhile, the male fighter GUERRILLA Hamas has also continued to rocket fire with Israel to the south.
"IDF (Israel Defense Force) will improve the operation in Gaza Strip," the sound of leaflets in Arabic. "IDF does not compete against the population but only in Gaza against Hamas and terror. Keep the safety of our command."
Leaflets that urged people not to help Hamas Gaza and dissociate themselves from a group that is ruled Gaza.
Israeli military says 15 more killed in the militia Saturday night. Fighter they demolish about 40 targets. Including 10 rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, tunnels, and anti-aircraft missile thrower.
On the same day, an Israeli tank killed nine people in a house garden in the city of Jebaliya, north of Gaza. In others, a woman died due to tank fire in the city of Beit Lahiya.
Medical team said nine people were killed in the garden of Israel that came from one family and including two children and two women. "People take them to hospital with a car. They were all placed in a baggage Corpse because the victim's body were destroyed," said adiminitrator hospital, Adham Hakim.
Israeli military, said that his side will not issue any comment about accidentally killed nine civilians are.
Third Week
Meanwhile a report from AFP in Gaza City, said Israel army attack against the Hamas fighter in Gaza has entered the third weekend, Saturday.
At that time, a new round diplomacy is being done to stop the war that has killed more than 800 people, mainly women and children, although the United Nations (UN) has called cease-fire.
Egypt learning efforts that supported the United States (U.S.) to stop the hostilities, which invited protests across the Muslim world, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to meet with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday.
Hamas delegation, including for the first time senior officials from Gaza in addition to the members of the Hamas leaders are in exile in Damascus that station, is also present in the negotiations, negotiations with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman.
UN announces that the government will continue the operation-operation in Gaza, soon after receiving security guarantees from Israel after the attack that shut down one of the UN convoy.
In short, Israel did not heed the UN appeal for ceasefire to despite 800 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks last two to Gaza. Meanwhile, the male fighter GUERRILLA Hamas has also continued to rocket fire with Israel to the south.
"IDF (Israel Defense Force) will improve the operation in Gaza Strip," the sound of leaflets in Arabic. "IDF does not compete against the population but only in Gaza against Hamas and terror. Keep the safety of our command."
Leaflets that urged people not to help Hamas Gaza and dissociate themselves from a group that is ruled Gaza.
Israeli military says 15 more killed in the militia Saturday night. Fighter they demolish about 40 targets. Including 10 rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, tunnels, and anti-aircraft missile thrower.
On the same day, an Israeli tank killed nine people in a house garden in the city of Jebaliya, north of Gaza. In others, a woman died due to tank fire in the city of Beit Lahiya.
Medical team said nine people were killed in the garden of Israel that came from one family and including two children and two women. "People take them to hospital with a car. They were all placed in a baggage Corpse because the victim's body were destroyed," said adiminitrator hospital, Adham Hakim.
Israeli military, said that his side will not issue any comment about accidentally killed nine civilians are.
Third Week
Meanwhile a report from AFP in Gaza City, said Israel army attack against the Hamas fighter in Gaza has entered the third weekend, Saturday.
At that time, a new round diplomacy is being done to stop the war that has killed more than 800 people, mainly women and children, although the United Nations (UN) has called cease-fire.
Egypt learning efforts that supported the United States (U.S.) to stop the hostilities, which invited protests across the Muslim world, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to meet with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday.
Hamas delegation, including for the first time senior officials from Gaza in addition to the members of the Hamas leaders are in exile in Damascus that station, is also present in the negotiations, negotiations with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman.
UN announces that the government will continue the operation-operation in Gaza, soon after receiving security guarantees from Israel after the attack that shut down one of the UN convoy.
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