Father of arson attack Palestinian toddler dies of injuries

A Palestinian health official said at least four Palestinians from the same family were killed and 13 people were wounded in the Gaza Strip Thursday by an explosion of Israeli military ordnance left over from last summer’s war.

Following Thursday’s goalless draw between Al-Ahli from the West Bank city of Hebron and Gaza’s Shejaiya – their first in 15 years – a second leg was planned for Sunday in Hebron. “A direct hit was confirmed”, Israel’s military said.

But a spokesman for Shejaia said that Israel had refused to issue four players and three club staff with travel permits necessary to leave the Palestinian enclave.

Last summer, Israel went to war against Hamas with the aim of stamping out cross-border rocket and mortar attacks.

Palestinian prisoners in different Israeli prisons threatened a campaign of protests after the Israeli Prison Service said about the plan to separate inmates affiliated to the Hamas resistance group in Nafha prison from those affiliated to Fatah, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies said.

Protracted violence between Islamists in the Gaza Strip has frequently spilled over into Israel, with Salafist groups affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claiming responsibility for multiple rocket attacks against Israel.

Hamas, which dominates the territory and whose charter calls for Israel’s destruction, says it does not operate overseas, and it has shown little tolerance for Salafi movements in the Gaza Strip, occasionally fighting gun battles with their members.

The 50-day conflict killed about 2,200 Palestinians, majority civilians, and 73 on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.

The West Bank barrier, along with checkpoints, roadblocks and permit system, has created a closure regime that has had a dire effect on all aspects of life for Palestine refugees.

“His family has been unable to visit him since 22 March, and they are very anxious about him”.