JUNE 7, 2015 (WAFA) – The three
Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted on Sunday a secret report recently
published by the United Nations, which indicated an alarming number of child
victims during Israel’s 2014 aggression on Gaza.
According to Reuters, the
report specified unlawful deaths and injuries of Palestinian children caused by
Israeli forces, detention of Palestinian children and attacks on schools.
Al-Ayyam daily said the United
States’ administration lobbied hard against including Israel in the list of child
rights violators in the UN.
On a different note, al-Ayyam
and al-Quds said a Cairo-based court of appeal nullified a previous verdict
listing the Islamic Movement Hamas as a terrorist group. The court ruling was
welcomed by Hamas, al-Quds said.
Al-Quds reported on the
Egyptian authorities which further expanded the buffer zone with the Gaza
Strip. Al-Ayyam said that 10,000 homes on the Egyptian side of the border were
recently demolished to expand the buffer zone.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida quoted Issa
Qaraqe, Chairman of the Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, who drew attention to the
deteriorating health condition of hunger striking prisoner in Israeli jails
Khader Adnan.
The paper said dogs belonging
to illegal Israeli settlers of Harsina attacked a Palestinian-owned flock of
sheep and killed seven of them.
Al-Ayyam quoted Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that only a Jewish state would be liable
of preserving the Jewish nation.
It said Fatah senior official
Nabil Shaath met with the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris,
where they reviewed France’s potential recognition of an independent
Palestinian state.
Al-Quds said a missile which
was fired from Gaza landed in Asqalan. Al-Ayyam quoted Amos Gilad, a former
Israeli security official, who said that Hamas, the de facto authority in Gaza,
was ready to do everything to prevent further security escalation following
rocket fire on Israel by Gaza-based Salafi groups.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida said Saudi
armed forces shot down a scud missile fired at the kingdom by the rebel group
of Houthi in Yemen.
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