Hamas Shoots Dead Palestinian for Failing to Stop at Checkpoint

A photo of the destruction caused by an explosion in an apartment in Gaza last Thursday. (dpa)
A photo of the destruction caused by an explosion in an apartment in Gaza last Thursday. (dpa)
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Hamas Shoots Dead Palestinian for Failing to Stop at Checkpoint

A photo of the destruction caused by an explosion in an apartment in Gaza last Thursday. (dpa)
A photo of the destruction caused by an explosion in an apartment in Gaza last Thursday. (dpa)

Hamas security forces shot dead a Palestinian citizen, who had failed to stop at a checkpoint east of Gaza City.

Militants from the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, fired shots at three citizens who were traveling in a civilian vehicle near the Tuffah neighborhood. One of the passengers was killed and the other two wounded.

“Late Friday evening, a speeding vehicle entered one of the checkpoints of the Hama Al-Thoghour forces in the eastern border area of Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City,” Hamas’ interior ministry said in a statement about the shooting.

“The security forces suspected the vehicle of suspicious activity, and they signaled to the driver to stop, but he refused and continued moving at a very high speed.”

“Two shots were fired at the vehicle, but it did not stop, and it fled,” the statement pointed out, acknowledging that one of the passengers had been injured.

A Hamas interior ministry spokesman, Iyad Al-Bazm, stated that the injured Palestinian later died of his wounds after he was transferred to Shifa Hospital, while two other people who were inside the vehicle were kept in custody.

Also, the ministry announced it had opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The development comes days after an explosion at an apartment near a popular Gaza market killed a Palestinian and injured 10 others. Human rights groups are demanding the opening of serious and transparent investigations into such incidents.

Two days ago, the head of the follow-up to government work of Hamas in Gaza, a member of the movement’s political bureau, Issam Al-Dalis, announced the start of a “professional” investigation into the circumstances of the Zawiya market explosion.



UN Seeks Help for Tens of Thousands of Sudan Refugees Fleeing to Libya, Uganda

People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
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UN Seeks Help for Tens of Thousands of Sudan Refugees Fleeing to Libya, Uganda

People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on July 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday it is expanding its Sudan aid plan to two new countries, Libya and Uganda, after tens of thousands of refugees arrived there in recent months.

UNHCR's Ewan Watson told reporters in Geneva that at least 20,000 refugees had arrived in Libya since last year, with arrivals accelerating in recent months, while at least 39,000 Sudanese refugees had arrived in Uganda.

"It just speaks to the desperate situation and desperate decisions that people are making, that they end up in a place like Libya which is of course extremely, extremely difficult for refugees right now," he said.

Sudan's conflict has created the world’s largest displacement crisis with over 11 million people forced to flee their homes. International experts warned Thursday that that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, and that 8.5 million people are facing extreme food shortages.