Topic: Beit Hanoun

Israel raid kills one, wounds two in Gaza

Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Canada - 19 days ago
An Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip killed one Palestinian and wounded two on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Hamas-run emergency...

Palestinian wins Gaza's first-ever marathon

AFP Global Edition - 282 days ago
More than 1,400 Palestinians were up before dawn on Thursday to take part in the Gaza Strip's first-ever marathon which runs the entire length of the coastal enclave.As the sun rose, around 50 runners gathered at the start line ...

Death of Gaza civilians 'a mistake': Israeli general

AFP Global Edition - 515 days ago
The Israeli army's killing of three Palestinian civilians at the weekend, among them an elderly Gazan and his grandson, was a mistake, a senior commander admitted on Tuesday.The incident, which took place late on Sunday, saw three civilians in the ...

Palestinian teen killed in Gaza shooting

Reuters US Online Report World News - 889 days ago
GAZA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died on Saturday after being wounded in a shooting incident involving Israeli soldiers in the northern border town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian medical workers said.They said Ghazi al-Zaaneen was seriously wounded on Friday night when ...

Gaza militants bomb Israeli troops: witnesses

AFP Global Edition - 999 days ago
Palestinian militants attacked Israeli troops with two remote-controlled bombs on Sunday north of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, witnesses told AFP.The army retaliated with tank fire without causing casualties, they said.Two groups -- the Al-Quds Brigades armed wing of ...

Tutu calls for end to blockade of Gaza

guardian.co.uk - 1192 days ago
Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel laureate, called for an end to the " abominable" Israeli blockade of Gaza yesterday and condemned a "culture of impunity" on both sides of the conflict.Tutu was in Gaza on a three-day mission, sent by the ...

Israeli shelling of Gaza village could be war crime: UN report

AFP Global Edition - 1234 days ago
The UN Human Rights Council voted Wednesday to adopt a report of inquiry that says the Israeli shelling of a Palestinian village in which 19 people died could be construed as a war crime.The 24-page report on the November 8, 2006 ...

Tutu says Israel may have committed war crime

AP Features - 1242 days ago
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Monday that Israel may have committed a war crime by shelling Beit Hanoun in 2006, but that Palestinians also were at fault for firing rockets at Israeli civilians.Israeli and Palestinian authorities should prosecute people on both sides ...

Desmond Tutu: Israeli shelling in Gaza may be war crime

guardian.co.uk - 1242 days ago
Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel laureate, said yesterday there was a " possibility" Israel had committed a war crime when 18 Palestinians from a single family were killed by Israeli artillery shells in Gaza two years ago.Tutu said the Israeli attack ...

Israeli shelling of Beit Hanoun a possible war crime, Desmond Tutu tells UN

guardian.co.uk - 1242 days ago
Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel laureate, said today there was a " possibility" Israel had committed a war crime when its artillery shells killed 18 Palestinians from a single family in Gaza two years ago.Tutu said the Israeli artillery shelling which ...