Four Palestinians die in blast from ordnance found in Gaza war’s rubble

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

B’Tselem, a group which campaigns against human-rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, claims that in June some 370 Palestinians were being held without trial in Israeli prisons. No damages or injuries were reported, according to Israel Public Radio.

Hamas is a Palestinian militant movement that also serves as one of the territories’ two major political parties.

A “price tag” attack is a term used by radical Israeli settlers to denote reprisal against Palestinians in response to moves by the Israeli government to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts, according to officials.

The Shejaia club from the Gaza Strip needs approval to pass through an Israeli border crossing to reach the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, where Sunday’s game with Al-Ahly was scheduled. After a spate of rocket fire from Gaza in June, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Israel sees Hamas “as the responsible party for what happens in Gaza”, and warned that, if necessary, the IDF “will strike with even greater force” to halt the ongoing attacks.

“Shejaiya club told us they would not play the return leg because Israel refused permits to players Omar al-Arir, Mayssara Bawab and Hashem al-Abed Rabbo”, Ismail Matar told AFP.

Police said Ettinger, who is aged around 20, was suspected of “nationalist crimes” but did not accuse him of direct involvement in the firebombing.

In Gaza, Salafists have made no secret of their disdain for Hamas over its observance of a tacit ceasefire with Israel and failure to implement Islamic law.

A number of Hamas security personnel were injured in an Israeli air raid over the Gaza Strip Friday night after half a dozen rockets were fired into Israel Thursday and Friday.

Last week, the prisoners were moved from Section 10 to Section 41 of the jail without being allowed to take any of their belongings with them, the Prisoner’s Center for Studies said but the Israel’s prison administration had promised to return their belongings on Wednesday.