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Media Complex Bombed, Two Children And Four Women Killed ,
Death Toll Crosses 100

By Ma'an News

19 November, 2012
Maannews.net

Israeli forces bomb Shuruq media complex for second day. Israeli attacks killed 22 Palestinians on Monday, including two children and four women, and another man died from wounds sustained in an earlier strike during Israel's bombardment of Gaza

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces bombed a tower block that houses several international media offices in Gaza City for second day on Monday, killing a military leader of Islamic Jihad.

Al-Quds brigades leader Ramiz Harb was killed and three others were wounded in the strike on the al-Shuruq building, including a cameraman for Al-Arabiya TV and another for Huna Al-Quds.

The Israeli military said in a statement that Harb was "responsible for propaganda" for the brigades. It says three senior Islamic Jihad members were also in the building.

Israel also struck al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Sunday afternoon, killing Ayed Radi and Amir Al-Malahi, medics said.

A young girl was injured in another strike on the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, and and a man was injured in Sheikh Radwan district.

Israel also shelled Khan Younis in south Gaza, injuring two people.

Israeli attacks killed 22 Palestinians on Monday, including two children and four women, and another man died from wounds sustained in an earlier strike during Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

Attacks on media buildings

Israel drew widespread local and international condemnation for its bombing of two media complexes in Gaza City early Sunday.

The Israeli military said the attacks were pinpoint strikes on Hamas communication devices located on the buildings' roofs, and accused Hamas of using reporters as "human shields" to try and protect their operations.

One of the targeted buildings, the al-Shawa tower, houses Ma'an's Gaza office. There is no military infrastructure of any kind inside the building.

Witnesses said the Shuruq building was hit by at least three missiles on Monday, which sent debris flying into the street below and set a computer shop ablaze.

The building also houses the offices of Britain's Sky News and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya Channel. Most journalists left the premises on Sunday following the initial strike.

Israel's military had no immediate comment on Monday's blast.

Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel's operation began on Wednesday.

Elderly woman and 18-month-old Child Killed

Earlier today, multiple airstrikes killed more than 15 Palestinians, including an elderly woman and 18-month-old, and injured dozens more as Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip entered its sixth day Monday.

Another man died from injuries sustained during the bombardment earlier this week. He was identified as Ramadan Mahmoud of al-Maghazi camp.

Just before noon, an elderly woman was killed when an airstrike struck her home in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

An airstrike on a car in the Tal al-Hawa district of Gaza City killed 23-year-old Muhammad Riyad Shamlakh on Monday morning, medics said.

Mahmoud Said Abu Khatir and Abdullah Harb Abu Khatir were killed by a missile from Israeli jets targeting a motorcycle in Khan Younis in south Gaza. Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the victims were passersby and the motorcyclist was not hurt.

Israeli aircraft targeted a car in the central Gaza Strip earlier Monday morning, killing three people, eyewitnesses said. Tamer Bashir, Amin al-Bashir and Rashid Abu Amrah were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit in Deir al-Balah.

Meanwhile an airstrike killed Omar and Ibrahim al-Astal in al-Qarara in southern Gaza. A four-year girl was seriously injured in the same raid.

At dawn, Muhammed Iyad Abu Zour, 4, Abu Zour, 19, Ahed Al-Qatati, 38, and Sahar Abu Zour were killed after airstrikes hit a house in the al-Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City.

Gaza emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said Abdul-Rahman Muhammad al-Attar killed in airstrike on north Gaza.

Muhammad Salameh Jundi, 31, was killed in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood, Imad Abu Hamda, 30, was killed in al-Shati refugee camp, and Jalal Nasr, 35, died from wounds sustained in a strike on Jabaliya, north of Gaza.

An 18-month-old baby, Rama al-Shandi, was also reported killed in the strikes.

Thirty other people were wounded in the attacks and reporters in Gaza City said a massive blast at 2 a.m. damaged a police station.

In Rafah, five people were killed in three airstrikes targeting the city late Sunday. One person was reported injured.

Israel's army said it targeted 80 sites across the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, including "under-ground rocket launching sites, terror tunnels and training bases, inflicting severe damage to the rocket launching capabilities of terror organizations operating out of the Gaza Strip."

Over 1,350 sites in the Gaza Strip have been targeted since Israel launched Operation Pillar of Cloud on Wednesday, an army statement said.

Gaza Live Report: Day 6

17:50 Rushdi Tamimi, who was injured Saturday by Israeli gunfire at a demonstration in Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, has died of his wounds, the Israeli organization B'Tselem is reporting.

17:45 President Mahmoud Abbas applauds factions for uniting to protest across the West Bank in solidarity with Gaza.

The participation of all parties in the protests confirms that Palestinians are united and reject division, the president said, calling for an escalation in peaceful resistance.

17:39 Another man died in the shelling of the Shurouq media building, identified as 53-year-old civilian Salem Bulus Swelim.

17:37 Israeli news site Ynet erroneously reports that the Islamic Jihad leader killed in Gaza is a Ma'an reporter.

Ma'an does not work with, or have any association with Ramiz Harb.

17:15 A group of 38 international aid agencies calls for an urgent ceasefire to prevent another widespread humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip in a joint statement.

"If global leaders do not intervene, Gaza stands on the brink of yet another humanitarian crisis," said Aleksandar Milutinovic, Mercy Corps country director.

17:05 The Israeli army says Ramiz Harb, killed in an attack on the Shorouq media building, was "responsible for propaganda" in Islamic Jihad's military wing.

16:51 The Lebanese army has dismantled two rockets in southern Lebanon that security sources say were aimed at Israel.

Both appeared to have been recently placed in the area..

16:40 A Ma'an reporter has identified the victim of Israel's strike on the Shorouq media tower as Ramiz Harb, a militant leader in Islamic Jihad.

16:36 Medics have identified the men killed in a strike on al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza as Ayed Radi and Amir al-Malah.

16:34 Medics say over 65 Palestinians have been injured since noon in clashes with Israeli forces at protests across the West Bank against Israeli attacks on Gaza.

16:23 Israel denies Mashaal's assertion that Netanyahu has requested a truce, Reuters reports.

16:20 Israel bombs Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

16:16 Two killed in an Israeli airstrike on al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

16:14 Muhammad Salameh Jundi, a 31-year-old killed overnight by an Israeli missile in Gaza City, was mentally disabled, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights says.

16:12 Mashaal says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested a truce. "Whoever started the war must end it," Meshaal told a news conference.

16:06 Speaking from Cairo, Hamas chief Khalid Maashal says Israel has failed to achieve its objectives in Gaza attack.

16:03 One killed, three injured in Israeli strike on Shorouq media building in Gaza City.

15:56 A Ma'an reporter has identified the victim of an Israeli strike on Gaza City's Saftawi Street as Husam Abdul Jawwad.

15:51 Israel bombs building housing media bureaus in Gaza City.

15:34 Israel's military is investigating a missile strike that killed 10 members of the al-Dalou family and two of their neighbors on Sunday. Four women and four children were buried today; the victims range from a 1-year-old to an 83-year-old.

The Israeli newspapers Haaretz and Maariv said the army had fired at the wrong house.

People who know the family said its father is a grocery-shop owner and that he was not at home when the dwelling was hit.

15:27 Russia calls for an end to rocket attacks from Gaza and "disproportionate" Israeli strikes.

"Moscow considers it necessary to stop the military confrontation without delay," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "We again affirm our position on the inadmissibility of firing at Israeli regions and of disproportionate strikes on Gaza."

15:23 Islamic Jihad militants say they have fired a "Fajr" missile at Bat Yam south of Tel Aviv for the first time.

15:15 Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian, injures four others, when it hits Saftawi Street in Gaza City.

14:39 Civil defense forces are still searching for the bodies of two people killed in Sheikh Radwan on Sunday in the rubble of the al-Dalou family home, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights says.

Ten members of the al-Dalou family died when an Israeli missile flattened the family home, and rescue crews spent hours pulling their bodies from the rubble. The bodies of Yara al-Dalou, 17, and Mohammed al-Dalou, 29, have not been found yet. Two neighbors - an 83-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man -- were killed in the same strike.

The funeral of four women and four children from the al-Dalou family was held in Gaza City today. PCHR has identified the children as 1-year-old Ibrahim, Jamal, 6, Yousef, 4, and Sarah, 7.

14:36 Lawyers union official tells Ma'an that several attorneys have suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces fired gas at a demonstration in Halhul.

14:35 Egypt's prime minister says he hope ongoing negotiations will soon reach a ceasefire.

"I think we are close, but the nature of this kind of negotiation, (means) it is very difficult to predict," Hisham Kandil tells Reuters.

14:20 Egyptian security sources tell Ma'an the Eilat blast this morning was caused by Sinai militants who detonated an explosive device near Israeli workers installing the border fence.

14:15 A Palestinian has been shot in the leg by a live bullet at a protest at Ofer military base near Ramallah, activist Mohammad Khatib tells Ma'an.

He has been taken to Ramallah hospital.

Hundreds of Palestinians are clashing with Israeli forces at a protest against Israel's assault on Gaza.

13:59 Five Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces by a military watchtower near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem.

13:49 Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan says Israeli is carrying out "terrorist acts" in Gaza.

13:35 A rocket fired from Gaza has hit a home in Ashkelon, the Israeli army says. No injuries reported.

13:15 Activists have released a video from a protest on Route 60, which runs from Ramallah to Nablus. An Israeli car is seen running over an activist who protesters identified as Abdallah Abu Rahmeh.

 

13:07 Official close to Netanyahu tells Reuters that Israel is ready for a ground invasion but prefers a diplomatic solution.

12:49 Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shallah begin meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials in Cairo over Gaza bombardment.

12:47 Egypt's foreign minister will head to Gaza on Tuesday alongside a delegation of Arab ministers to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, his ministry spokesman says.

12:35 The head of the union of Palestinian doctors Jawad Awwad is leading a delegation of 17 doctors to the Gaza Strip. They are being flown by Palestine Airlines to el-Arish in Egypt's Sinai and are expected to arrive in Gaza tonight.

12:33 Two Palestinians have been seriously wounded at demonstrations around Bethlehem to support Gaza, a Ma'an reporter says.

Mohammad Saeed al-Badan, 17, was hit by a bullet in his abdomen in Tuqu, and has been evacuated to a specialist hospital in Hebron in a critical condition.

Medics also described the condition of 16-year-old Bilal al-Hzaibi, who was hit by a tear gas canister in the right ear in Dar Salah, as very serious.

12:30 Jerusalem Post reporter Sharon Udasin is concerned about Israeli pets.

Does anyone have pets who are freaking out because of the rocket sirens? If so, please contact me today for a story. Thanks! #jpost
— Sharon Udasin (@sharonudasin) November 19, 2012

She later clarified that she's also concerned about pets in Gaza.

12:15 More than 90 percent of Israeli Jews support the war on Gaza, according to a poll by Israeli daily Haaretz. Support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak has risen 20 percent in Israel compared to approval ratings before the operation, according to the poll.

12:05 Israeli army says no sign of rocket after blasts heard in Eilat. Spokeswoman says incident related to ministry of defense workers.

11:56 Elderly woman is killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun, north Gaza.

11:44 Dozens of youths are throwing rocks at an Israeli military watchtower by a checkpoint near Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem.

11:22 Palestinian man, identified as Ramadan Mahmoud dies of wounds he sustained days ago in al-Maghazi camp.

11:16 Palestinian and international activists block the main road between Nablus and Ramallah, a Ma'an reporter says.

10:55 Medics identify Tal al-Hawa victim as 23-year-old Muhammad Riyad Shamlakh.

10:49 China urges "relevant parties, especially Israel, to maintain maximum restraint and cease fire as soon as possible."

"China is extremely concerned about Israel's continued large-scale military operations towards the Gaza Strip. We condemn the over-use of force causing deaths and injuries amongst innocent ordinary people," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing.

10:30 Palestinian killed in airstrike on a car in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City.

10:26 Victims of Khan Younis strike identified as Mahmoud Said Abu Khatir and Abdullah Harb Abu Khatir.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the victims were passersby and the motorcyclist was not hurt.

10:03 Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinians riding a motorcycle in Khan Younis.

09:13 Southern Gaza victims identified as Ibrahim and Omar al-Astal.

09:10 Five Palestinians who were seriously wounded in the Gaza bombardment were evacuated to Egypt for medical attention yesterday, officials tell Ma'an, including a young girl with bleeding to the brain.

08:50 Deir al-Balah victims identified as Tamer al-Bashir, Amin al-Bashir and Rashid Abu Amrah.

08:47 Two killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza; girl seriously injured.

08:27 Israeli media: Blast heard in Eilat.

08:22 Israel has adjusted flight paths for planes using its main international airport near Tel Aviv after rockets were fired from Gaza on the coastal metropolis, the civil aviation chief says.

08:10 Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah.

07:59 Gaza emergency services spokesman says Abdul-Rahman Muhammad al-Attar killed in airstrike on north Gaza.

07:03 Israeli media say 2 rockets hit Eshkol.

07:01: New statement says army "targeted buildings owned by senior terrorist operatives, used as command posts and weapon storage facilities. IAF aircraft with the support of Israeli Navy soldiers targeted several Hamas' police headquarters throughout the Gaza Strip. The IDF also targeted several Hamas-affiliated terrorist squads as they prepared to fire rockets towards Israel, including the squad responsible for firing rockets towards the community of Nahal Oz earlier this morning."

06:57 Israeli army says to disregard earlier statement.

06:54 Israeli army says "approximately 80 terror sites throughout the Gaza Strip, including under-ground rocket launching sites, terror tunnels and training bases, inflicting severe damage to the rocket launching capabilities of terror organizations operating out of the Gaza Strip." Its forces have carried out 1,350 attacks on "terror sites" throughout the Gaza Strip.

06:50 Still no reports of rocket attacks from Gaza since midnight, amid reports of ceasefire talks in Cairo. An army spokesman says 105 rockets hit Israel on Sunday.

06:49 Two women injured in an Israeli attack on a stadium in Tel al-Hawa. Flames break out in a building and houses next to the stadium are damaged.

06:44 The Palestine Liberation Front says Fatah and Hamas must reconcile to end the aggression on Gaza.

06:42 Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya says a greengrocer has been killed in the northern Gaza Strip; identified as Abdul-Rahman Muhammad al-Attar.

06:32 Latest victim of Israeli bombardment of Gaza City identified as Rama al-Shandi, one and a half years old.

06:20 Israel plans to close the Kerem Shalom crossing on Monday.

05:44 Death toll is 88 since Wednesday.

05:31 Clashes erupt in Abu Dis near Jerusalem.

05:30 Update: fourth victim of al-Zaitoun attack identified as Sahar Abu Zour.

05:03 Watch: A delegation of Egyptian youth holds a rally in Gaza:

05:00 Gaza City police station targeted in new Israeli airstrike.

04:45 Medics say nine people have been killed since midnight.

04:40 Three victims of al-Zaitoun attack identified as Muhammad Abu Zour, 4, Nisma Abu Zour, 19, and Ahed al-Katati, 38.

04:38 Death toll is 81 since Wednesday.

04:28 Update: three killed after attack on al-Zaitoun area of Gaza City.

04:15 Palestinian People's Party condemns "massacre" of al-Dalou family in Sheikh Radwan on Sunday.

04:06 Update: one killed, 20 injured in al-Zaitoun area of Gaza City.

03:59 Israel's army says no rockets have been fired from Gaza since midnight.

03:53 At least 10 injured in attack on al-Zaitoun area of Gaza City.

03:50 A BBC reporter uploads an audio recording of Israeli navy shelling.

03:42 Democratic Front: Attacking journalists meant to cover up crimes in Gaza.

03:06 Update: Five now reported killed from three strikes on Rafah late Sunday.

02:07 Overwhelming majorities in the UK and other western European countries believe Palestinians should have their own state and want their governments to vote for recognition of Palestine at the United Nations at the end of the month, according to the latest polls.

02:03 Massive blast reported in Gaza City.

ABSOLUTELY CRAZY BOMB RIGHT NOW, #GAZA
— Rana(@RanaGaza) November 19, 2012

00:47 Hamas' armed wing says it has fired 1,093 projectiles toward Israeli targets since the beginning of Israel's assault on Gaza.

00:45 Palestinians in Gaza will not die in silence, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouq writes in an op-ed for The Guardian newspaper.

00:40 Hizb ut-Tahrir says Arab countries will never fight for Palestinians.

00:28 Fatah revolutionary council calls for urgent meeting to discuss Gaza.

00:10 Three Palestinians, including an elderly woman, are confirmed to have been killed after airstrikes on Rafah late Sunday.

00:01 Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip has entered its sixth day. Follow this live report for minute-by-minute updates of events as they happen. Sunday's coverage is here.

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