By NNN-WAFA
Gaza : Six citizens were killed and four others wounded on Thursday morning in two Israeli strikes on east Jbalya, north trhe Gaza Strip, medical sources said.
They added that Israeli warplane fired missiles on a group of people killing six and wounding four, some seriously.
In another attack, a teacher was killed and five others were wounded on Thursday morning as Israeli artillery bombarded Beit Hanoun town, north the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.
They added that the the teacher Hani Na’aeem was killed and five others , including a student were hit with shrapnel. They were taken to hopital.
In JENIN, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Thursday one citizen and arrested six others in the West Bank city of Jenin, security source said.
They added that the IOF troops, backed by 15 military vehicles, stormed Qabatya town, south Jenin city, conducted a search campaign and hit Tayseer Nazzal 56, with live bullet in the feet. While six citizens were arrested and led into an unknown spot.
In TEL AVIV, European Union special envoy to the Middle East Marc Otte said that Israel’s policies in the Gaza Strip are likely to turn the territory into Somalia, Haaretz reported on Thursday in an interview.
“Israel’s tactics in the Gaza Strip did not work,” Otte said. “The blockade and the sanctions against the population failed, and only strengthened Hamas and weakened [Prime Minister Salam] Fayyad and [President Mahmoud Abbas] Abu Mazen.”
Otte added that “the implications of Israeli activity may be that Gaza becomes Somalia.”
“The pressure on the population did not cause them to throw Hamas to the sea,” he said. “The blockade and its results did not harm Hamas, only made things more complex for Israel and Egypt and created unnecessary tension between the two states.”
“It is time for Israel to decide what it wants to do,” Otte said. “I believe that Israel needs to agree to the Fayyad plan, because this will put the pressure on Hamas, forcing them to decide whether to continue preventing the opening of the crossings.
“Israel needs to understand that it will not get anything better than Salam Fayyad. I understand that the army and the Shin Bet are worried about security in the short term, but they must look a little forward and this is the role of the leadership,” Otte said.