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Six Palestinians were killed on Friday during demonstrations on the Gaza-Israel border, Gaza's health ministry reported. At least 252 injured, 154 live ammunition, one seriously injured and five seriously injured, the ministry said. Some 15,000 Palestinians participated in the weekly border demonstration. The army said some were launching incendiary bombs and explosive devices.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he had ordered that fuel deliveries to Gaza via Israel be halted due to border violence. Lieberman said that "Israel will not tolerate a situation where oil tankers are allowed to enter Gaza, while terror and violence are used against IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens."
The six victims are: Ahmed Ibrahim Zaki El tawil, 27, from Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, Ahmad Ahmad Abdullah Abu Naim, 17, from Nuseirat refugee camp and Mohammed Abdulhafiz Yusuf Ismail, 29, from refugees from al-Bureij. Tamer Iyad Mahmoud Abu Rummaneh, 22, from Rafah, Afifi Mahmoud Atta Afifi, 18, from Gaza City and Abdullah Barham Sulaiman al-Daghmah, 25, from Abasan al-Jadida.
According to reports from Gaza, Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh and his deputy Khalil al-Hayya were reported to have been wounded by gas inhalation during an escorted tour of the fence. east of Gaza City. Hamas leaders in Gaza make an effort to appear in the tents area 700 meters from the border fence.
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The Israeli Defense Forces said protesters threw explosive devices, hand grenades and incendiary bombs, burned tires and threw stones at IDF soldiers and at the fence, the army said. According to the army, he reacted by means of anti-riot dispersal and real fire.
The IDF also said that the army had identified a number of Palestinians climbing the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip, which had then placed an explosive device on the fence and set it on fire. The army added that it had also identified some 20 Gazans who had crossed the security fence and approached IDF positions. The soldiers opened fire on them in response, said the army, Israeli snipers killed three people. According to the IDF, some of the other Palestinians who had crossed the fence brought the bodies back to Gaza.
Earlier Friday, the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported that Hamas had received a letter from the UN Assistant Middle East envoy, James McGoldrick, which included clauses aimed at easing conditions in the Middle East. the Gaza Strip in order to avoid new tensions.
According to the report, Israel calls for the freezing of Palestinian weekly demonstrations, known as the "March of Return", which began in March, as well as to stop all attempts to cross the border, to launch balloons and deer – incendiary flights and return to the ceasefire. fire conditions in the summer of 2014.
At the same time, Hamas is demanding a 50 megawatt increase in electricity supplied to Gaza and a solution to the electrical problem of the enclave. Other demands include extending the fishing area to 12 miles from the coast and then to 20 miles as agreed in the 1990s; unlimited entry of goods into Gaza; exports of goods; and Israeli work permits for 5,000 people in Gaza.
According to the report, the UN is negotiating with other companies to meet the needs of Gaza and to promote projects in the Gaza Strip to provide employment to 15,000 new workers.
On Tuesday, the Qatar-sponsored London-based daily Al-Arabi announced that Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel would travel to Tel Aviv, Ramallah and Amman in the coming days as part of a tour to to promote a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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