Palestine | News & Headlines – Aug 23, 2014

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات | Daily News Overview | Palestine | Gaza Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuously updated Massacre ends lives of complete Family in central Gaza http://bit.ly/1seqGcv   Palestinian refugees in Sweden hunger strike to demand asylum http://electronicintifada.net/content/palestinian-refugees-sweden-hunger-strike-demand-asylum/13777?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter …   VIDEO | Israel bombs several residential areas in Gaza http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/23/376288/israel-bombs-several-sites-in-gaza/   A mosque […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel missiles ruin 12-story residential tower [Rush video]

Published on Aug 23, 2014 17 people – four of them children- have been injured as Israeli jets fired two missiles at a residential tower in center of Gaza City. Reports say the 12-story apartment building that houses 48 families, has been completely destroyed . Earlier in the day five children lost their lives when […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel Levels 14-story Apartment Complex in Gaza; 6 Civilians Killed in Separate Airstrikes

 Saturday August 23, 2014 23:21 by Celine Hagbard – IMEMC News A massive Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, leveled to the ground a building known as the al-Zafer apartment complex. Several nearby buildings were severely damaged. At least twenty-two people were badly wounded, and emergency workers are attempting to go through the rubble to […]

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Souls Lost. Souls remembered

Originally posted on Words Reign Supreme:
The idea forced its way to the surface: whether one person reads this, or 1 million, the soul I mourn must be remembered. Regardless of your beliefs two facts are universal: we are born and at some point in our journey we perish. Sometimes, in the all too often…

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The boy who clung to the paramedic: the story behind the photo

Originally posted on Epiphanies !:
This photo of a boy injured in an Israeli strike clinging to a medic at al-Shifa hospital went viral on the Internet. (Ezz al-Zanoun / APA images) Thursday night, 17 July, was the heaviest yet since Israel’s bombardment of Gaza began almost two weeks ago. Dozens of people arrived to Gaza…

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#GazaUnderAttack | Aug 23, 2014 | LIVE PHOTO BLOG

Aug 23, 2014 by occpal Continuous new updates On Aug 19, 2014 only a few hours before expiration of the 4th ceasefire Israel broke the ceasefire again. For who paid attention online it may be clear that Israel violated every 4 (humanitarian) ceasefires so far on daily basis. For an overview of previous ceasefires since […]

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Western Media’s Biased Coverage of the War on Gaza Irrational, Israeli Academic Says ~ by Illan Pappé

By Illan Pappé | Global Research, August 23, 2014 As Israel continues its massive military aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has already cost the lives of more than 2,000 Palestinians, the international condemnation of the atrocities committed by the Tel Aviv regime and its cruel massacre of the unarmed citizens of the besieged Gaza […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | They Kill Childhood, Even A Smile Is A Target

Friday August 22, 2014  by Noureddin Ashour – First Published in Arabic by Ministry Of Health | IMEMC News Translated By Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Lama Abu Haseera – Photo By Photo By Mohammad al-‘Arabeed Nour Abu Haseera, 3 years of age, did not know or realize that her smile, her innocent face and […]

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Al-Manar Detects Zionist Piracy Attempt at Lebanese-Palestinian Borders

Islam Times | Aug 24, 2014 Islam Times – Al-Manar TV channel detected a Zionist attempt to confiscate 27000-square-meter lot in the area of Al-Wazzani in southern Lebanon as the Lebanese owners showed the documents which confirm their possession of the land. The Israeli side tries to move the Blue Line which matches with stream […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel Retract False Allegation against UNRWA

MEMO | Saturday, 23 August 2014 11:38 ‘We also call on Israeli military spokespersons and other official sources to ensure the accuracy of their facts before going public’ Israeli officials today retracted their earlier claim on Friday that the rocket that killed a four-year-old child in Southern Israel was launched from an UNRWA school in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas will not accept solutions that touch resistance weapons

MEMO | Saturday, 23 August 2014 13:05   Al-Zahar [Pictured above] commented on the diplomatic efforts lead by France, Germany and the UK to get a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution aimed at ending the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar said on Friday “the Palestinian resistance will not […]

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IOF isolates Silwad town from its vicinity

[ PIC 23/08/2014 – 11:01 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation bulldozes closed on Friday evening the main entrances to Silwad town, north of Ramallah, with concrete blocks. The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) sealed off the road between the town and the villages of Kafr Malek, Ramon, Tayba, Deir Jarir, and al-Mazraa al-Sharqiyav with mounds […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | IOF raids homes, creates roadblocks in Al-Khalil

[ PIC 23/08/2014 – 11:20 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday raided homes in several towns of al-Khalil city and established makeshift checkpoints at the entrances to Sa’ir and Halhoul. Local sources said the IOF ransacked homes in Al-Khalil city as well as the towns of Idna, Yatta and […]

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Israel deletes Foley beheading tweet from government accounts

Ma’an news agency | (updated) 23/08/2014 14:06 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel on Friday removed from two government Twitter accounts a harrowing image of US journalist James Foley about to be beheaded, after the tweets sparked widespread controversy online. The still, taken from a video of the killing of the freelance reporter in Iraq by a […]

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Palestinian campaign for Israel arms boycott takes aim at Italy – In Photos

Published today (updated) 23/08/2014 11:15 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have launched a campaign to pressure Italy to pull out of joint military exercises with the Israeli military in September, as a global movement for an arms boycott of Israel gained strength in the wake of the recent assault.Dozens of Gazans took […]

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