The Israeli occupation artillery yesterday targeted empty sites and land in the Gaza Strip, while the bodies of the martyrs of the "Land and Return" martyrs who were killed yesterday were commemorated during the commemoration of the Land Day and the Great Return. The Prime Minister of the Israeli Government, Benjamin Netanyahu, To maintain military reinforcements in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip, including tanks, artillery pieces, ground and air forces.
In addition, Israeli artillery fired two shells at an empty area east of Jahr al-Dik area, southeast of Gaza City, and fired several missiles at two locations east of al-Bureij and Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in the early hours, yesterday morning, and fell in open areas within the settlements surrounding the sector.
The Israeli shelling followed the death of four Palestinians and injured 316 others by Israeli fire and tear gas suffocation on Sunday, during the attack on tens of thousands of citizens participating in peaceful marches in commemoration of the 43rd anniversary of the Land Day on the eastern border of the Strip and the Great Return march, Million of land and return », while the funeral of the bodies of martyrs yesterday.
The National Rally of the Families of the Martyrs of Palestine said that 41 martyrs have been shot by the Israeli occupation since the beginning of this year, pointing out in the report of the first quarter of 2019, that among the martyrs 24 of the southern provinces, and 17 of the northern provinces.
The group added that the victims included two martyrs and 12 martyrs (less than 18 years), pointing out that the number of bodies of martyrs detained by the Israeli occupation since the beginning of the year amounted to seven bodies, bringing the total number to 266.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he gave instructions to keep military reinforcements around the Gaza Strip and said during a meeting with Brazilian President Javier Paulsonaro, who began a visit to Israel yesterday: "I ordered the army to remain fully deployed around the Gaza Strip, including tanks Artillery and ground and air forces. "
Netanyahu said that a new era of relations had begun between Israel and Brazil, while Poulsonaro spoke of cooperation in the areas of "defense and security", as the acting Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that Brazil had opened a diplomatic office in Jerusalem. Part of Brazil's embassy in Israel to promote trade and investment.
In the occupied Jerusalem, arrested members of the special units of the occupation police, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in front of the chapel of Bab al-Rahma, while resumed groups of settlers storming the provocative to the mosque, yesterday morning,
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the "Civil Administration" of the occupation, is expected to approve this week the construction of 1427 new settlement units, and the promotion of another 3,500 units in the West Bank.
For its part, confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Palestinian expatriates, that the encouragement of the administration of US President Donald Trump on the settlements, confirms its hostility to peace and international references, and condemned the preparations of the occupation to approve the new settlement units.