Zionist Forces Kill Palestinian Youth in Gaza
Zionist forces have shot dead a Palestinian youth participating in demonstrations against the Tel Aviv regime in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The 18-year-old youth was shot in the head by Israeli forces during the protests on Friday. His identity remains unknown.
The occupied territories have witnessed an increase in violence by Israeli forces ever since the Tel Aviv regime imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds back in August 2015.
Hundreds of Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces in tensions since the beginning of last October.
International bodies and rights groups have challenged the killing of Palestinians on numerous occasions. They say the killings in many cases amount to “extrajudicial executions,” as they were carried out by Israeli forces when there was no clear and immediate danger by the Palestinians.
On September 7, Israeli police acknowledged that a Palestinian youth who had been shot dead by the regime forces this week was innocent.
The police initially said they killed 27-year-old Mustafa Nimr in Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem al-Quds on September 5 over an alleged attempt to carry out a car-ramming attack targeting Israeli officers.
However, police sources said later that the victim had not been attempting an attack and 20-year-old Ali Nimr, the car’s driver who was wounded and arrested in the attack, was suspected of involuntary manslaughter.
Israel begins work on underground barrier surrounding Gaza
On the other hand, Israel military officials have confirmed that the Tel Aviv regime has begun construction of a massive underground barrier along the frontier with the already besieged Gaza Strip.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, officials with Israel’s ministry for military affairs said Thursday that work on the underground barrier had begun in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported.
A day earlier, the Israeli news website Ynet also reported that “construction has begun along all towns considered to be next to the fence with Gaza.”
The first part of the underground barrier, which will have above-ground sections as well, will run for 10 kilometers (over six miles).
One Israeli source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Tel Aviv regime has already allotted some $160 million to build one section of the underground concrete barrier.
The barrier would have sensors to detect digging and eventually run the length of the 60-kilometre (35-mile) Gaza border, according to Ynet.
Israel says the plan is aimed at blocking the cross-border tunnels, which are used by Gazans to bring basic goods such as food and construction material in the coastal enclave amid a crippling Israeli siege.
Salah Bardawil, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, said that “the Palestinian people and the resistance can overcome all the obstacles made by the occupation.”
The Gaza Strip has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The siege denies about 1.8 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, proper job, and adequate healthcare and education.
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