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-- on April 30, Israeli warplanes struck two "terror sites," destroying two tunnels; no injuries were reported.
On April 22, Gazan farmland, not tunnels, was targeted when Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered Al Faraheen in an Israeli-declared "buffer zone," hundreds of meters into the Territory putting around 30% of its arable land off limits. Jaber Abu Rjila's home and chicken farm were attacked, his barn destroyed, killing 3,000 birds. His farmland was also razed, destroying fruit and olive trees, and other crops as well as farm equipment, water pumps, and a cistern.
He's a farmer, not a fighter, like many others attacked, at times killed, and always losing their livelihoods - willfully, maliciously, and illegally.
In its first four-month 2010 report, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights documented "Continuous Israeli Violations against Palestinians," killing 13 and injuring 62, including 11 children. IDF forces also arrested 45 Palestinians, including 21 fishermen, some collecting rubble from destroyed Gaza structures.
In addition:
-- 13 Gaza incursions occurred;
-- dozens of dunams of farmland were razed;
-- 14 houses destroyed; and
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