Ein Hashlosha farmers fear for their lives
- From: "Stan Engel" <Stan_engel@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:43:58 +0700
Hmmm, I had heard that the attacks from Gaza had decreased. That seems to
have been wrong since Hamas shot nine missiles on Wednesday. They were aimed
at potato farmers. This is an attack on civilians. Will the marvelous
peacemakers at the EU or UN take note of this attempt at mass murder of
civilians? Ha!
Ein Hashlosha farmers fear for their lives
'Soldiers are supposed to protect us while we work in the fields,' injured
farmer says following sniper attack from Gaza. Eshkol Regional Council head:
We are not living in Palmach times; we have an army, and it must protect the
farmers'
Yonat Atlas Published: 03.26.08, 18:49 / Israel News
"Despite the apparent agreements with the Palestinians regarding the Qassam
rocket fire, the attacks emanating from Gaza with the use if firearms
continue unabated," Eshkol Regional Council head Haim Yalin told Ynet
following Wednesday morning's sniper attack on Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
Gaza-Israel Border
Palestinians open fire at farmers in Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha / Shmulik Hadad
Ecuadorian volunteer murdered in same area last week. Seven Qassam rockets,
one mortar shell land in Israel; no injuries reported, but damage caused to
crops
Full Story
During the attack, which occurred at around 10 am, Palestinian snipers
opened fire at 32 farmers as they were cultivating their fields. One farmer,
Yochi Kopler, was lightly injured from a ricochet.
The farmers were forced to leave their agricultural fields and return to the
kibbutz, this during the peak of the potato-picking season at the kibbutz
and the entire Eshkol region in the Negev.
"As soon as the attack began we lay on the ground, and we ran away when it
subsided a bit," recounted the injured farmer.
'IDF working to minimize attacks'
According to him, despite past agreements with the kibbutz, IDF soldiers
were nowhere to be found. "The army is violating the agreements according to
which soldiers are supposed to protect us while we work in the fields,"
Kopler said. "We are attacked every time we go to work.
"It is a terrible feeling; sometimes I bring 30 men to the fields with me,
and I think to myself that maybe it just isn't worth it, even though it is
our livelihood," he added.
Yalin said the farmers have no choice but to continue working despite the
risks. "They are frustrated because they cannot reap their harvest. This is
the only work they have.
"We are not living in Palmach times," he said, referring to the days prior
to the establishment of the IDF in which Jewish communities were forced to
protect themselves.
"We have an army, and it must protect the farmers."
The IDF said in a statement that "anytime there is an attack IDF soldiers
are either patrolling the border or operating inside Gaza. The army is
continuously working to prevent such occurrences and is taking preventive
measures to allow the farmers to work and minimize the attacks."
In January a 20-year-old volunteer from Ecuador was killed by a Palestinian
sniper from the Gaza Strip as he was working in the fields of Kibbutz Ein
Hashlosha.
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