22 January 2019

Israel kills a Hamas militant and blocks a Qatari donation in Gaza

On 22 January, an Israeli tank fired in Gaza and killed a Hamas militant. Other 2 Hamas militant got injured according to Gaza authorities’ declarations. Israeli official sources confirmed and claimed that the Israeli Defence Force had retaliated after that an Israeli soldier got injured. Israeli PM Netanyahu also decided to stop the monthly Qatari donation of $15 million to Gaza that started in November. Tensions at the border continue since Palestinian weekly demonstration against the Israeli-led blockade on Gaza were launched last March. On 21 January the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that in almost one year of protests in Gaza 250 Palestinians were killed and 23000 got injured by Israeli army fire.

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