Israel Defense Forces, the report said, bombed residential buildings with no demonstrable military function, used weapons that threatened people and structures around intended targets, and sometimes failed to warn civilians of operations ahead of time.
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories – Israel and Palestinians marked one year since last summer’s war in Gaza on Wednesday, with Hamas’s armed wing boasting of new missiles at a late-night rally and tens of thousands of residents still homeless.
Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said.
“We won’t let Israeli prisoners go before the release of Palestinian prisoners”, Mashaal told the outlet.
The whereabouts and condition of both men remain unknown.
“We face a very cynical and cruel enemy that denies the basic humanitarian obligation to send innocent citizens back to their country”, Netanyahu said after the visit. “We will not relent and will do everything necessary to bring these citizens home”.
On 7 September past year, Abraham Mengistu, an Israeli citizen of Ethiopian origin crossed the border fence via the Zikim beach, which borders the Gaza Strip.
In an assertion, the Israeli navy group that often manages the ability to access Gaza declared that “according tends dependable intellect, Mengistu has been carried out “against his will” by Hamas“.
It was only on Thursday that a court lifted reporting restrictions on the case.
The family of Mr Mengistu are reportedly mad at its government’s slow response to his situation, arguing there would have been more effort to find him if he were white. Although they are Jewish, Ethiopian community members complain of discrimination and police harassment. Some live in organized townships while others still reside in desert tents to stay closer to their nomadic traditions.
The Israeli press had been aware of his disappearance, but couldn’t publish anything due to a military gag order.
Israeli Channel 10 broadcast an interview with a man it identified as Mengisto’s father, holding up a statement critical of Israeli authorities. Lotan apologized publicly on Friday. The official said those attempts were unsuccessful. According to an Israeli official, the man has mild psychological issues and has a history of entering Jordan, Egypt and Gaza. “It is Israel’s moral obligation, even though the guy is not a soldier and passed of his own free will”, Mr. Perry said.
A senior Hamas official said that as a precondition for negotiations, the group would seek the release of almost 60 militants released by Israel in the Schalit deal and then re-arrested past year after the three Israeli teens were kidnapped.
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Israeli air strikes and shelling hammered the densely populated Gaza Strip causing widespread destruction of homes and schools. It was their third war since the Hamas takeover. Hamas acknowledged arresting and questioning him but also stated that they had since released him and they do not believe that he is any longer in Gaza possibly having crossed into Sinai via the smuggling tunnels.
