Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

 

25,757 Palestinians Killed, 49,229 Injured, in US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Starved Gaza Strip

December 11, 2023 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza:  

By December 10, 2023, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strop is 25,757+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (17,997) and those who are still missing under the rubble (7,760+).   

By December 10, 2023, the death toll included 7,875+ children and 6,130+ women.   

The documented injuries exceeded 49,229.   

By December 10, 2023,  there was a complete destruction of 50,000+ housing units, and 305,000+ damaged housing units (61% of Gaza housing units). This forced about 1.5 million people to become homeless, taking refuge in crowded UN schools and ultimately sleeping in the streets.  

The Israeli refusal to allow international aid caravans to enter Gaza freely led the Palestinian population to be on the verge of mass extermination for the lack of food, water, medicine, and fuel.  

By December 6, 2023, 290 health personnel were killed and hundreds were injured, 102 ambulances were destroyed while on duty, killing and injuring their crews, and destroyed 56 health institutions. As a result of the strikes and lack of fuel, 26 hospitals and 46 primary care centers are not functioning.  

By December 10, 2023, there were 275 Palestinians who were killed, 3,300+ who were injured, and 3,760 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023. 

 

Israeli bombing of Gaza continues for the 66th day, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinian civilians, December 11, 2023	A Palestinian child wiping blood from the face of his injured mother on the floor of Nasir hospital, for lack of medical beds and personnel December 11, 2023
Israeli occupation soldiers abducting Palestinian civilians on daily basis, part of the subjugation of the Palestinian population, file, December 11, 2023	Palestinians civilians forced by Israeli occupation massacres and air strikes to leave their neighborhoods, in northern Gaza Strip, December 11, 2023
Palestinian children have been the main victims of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, file, 2023	Scenes of Israeli genocidal war crimes in various parts of Gaza Strip, file, December 10, 2023
A tent camp of displaced Palestinians in Rafa'h, who are forced by the Israeli occupation regime to become refugees for the third time, in 1948, 1967, and 2023, December 11, 2023	Palestinian civilians trying to get victims out from under the rubble, as a result of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a Dair El-Bala'h home, December 11, 2023

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.


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Euro-Med accuse Israeli occupation forces of committing atrocities to displace Palestinian civilians in Gaza city

Monday 11-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)--

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused Israel of forcibly displacing the civilians in Gaza City and its north by committing horrific massacres, carrying out field executions and arbitrarily arresting civilians and abusing them, including women.

In a statement on Monday, the Euro-Med Monitor also accused Israeli forces of escalating their abusive and arrest campaigns against civilians in Gaza in recent days, especially against citizens in shelter centers and houses while committing horrific violations during their assaults.

“The detainees are stripped of their clothes, handcuffed, and subjected to abuse, including being forced to sit on their knees in open areas, severely beaten, harassed, exposed to harsh weather conditions and deprived of their basic needs,” Euro-Med said.

Euro-Med said it documented Israel soldiers’ use of detainees as human shields through forcing them to break into homes and tunnels in several areas they infiltrate during their ground operations in Gaza.

“Israeli forces also blew up homes on the outskirts of Al-Zaytoun, Al-Tuffa'h and Al-Shuja’iya neighborhoods in Gaza City after brutally storming them, beating their male residents and stripping them of their clothes,” Euro-Med said.

Euro-Med also received testimonies about Israeli forces arresting boys and young men while they bleed or suffer from injuries as a result of their exposure to deliberate gunfire, torture and severe beating, in addition to robbing homes.

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Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

Israeli Strikes Kill And Injure Hundreds of Palestinians In Gaza

 IMEMC, DEC 11, 2023

On Monday, Israeli soldiers continued the heavy and indoctrinate bombardment and shelling of various civilian areas, residential towers, homes and various facilities, across the devastated and improvised coastal region, killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians, mainly women and children.

|Update: A Palestinian woman and a child were killed when the army fired a missile at a home for the Mashari family in Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip.|

|Update: Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians after the army targeted a residential block in Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood north of Gaza City. Scores of slain and wounded Palestinians remain under the rubble|

|Update: Corpses of 32 Palestinians were moved to Nasir Medical Center in Khan Younus after they were killed by Israeli missiles in the last 24 hours.|

|Update: The army fire d dozens of missiles at homes and buildings around the Al-Amal Hospital, in Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip. |

|Update: At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli missiles and shells that struck many homes and buildings and were moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza strip.

|Update: An Israeli military drone fired a missile at children, riding their bikes in the Jalal Street in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, killing two and wounding many Palestinians. |

|Update: Palestinian fighters continued to exchange fire with Israeli soldiers and fired shells at Israeli tanks in Khan Younus.

IMEMC, Dec 11, 2023 at 09:33

|In a recorded speech, Abu ObaYda, the spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas, said no Israeli captive will be freed from Gaza without a prisoner-swap agreement that fulfils the demands of the resistance. He said, neither Israel nor its allies, including the White House, will be able to free even one soldier without an agreement. |

Early on Monday, Israeli missiles targeted a home for the SubI'h family in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafa'h, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing at least six Palestinians, mostly children, and wounding dozens.

At least five Palestinians, including three children, were killed, and many were injured when an Israeli missile targeted a home in the Nusayirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Many casualties were also reported in the Israeli bombing of areas in Dair El-Bala'h, in the central part of the coastal region.

In Khan Younus, in southern Gaza, the army fired missiles and shells at homes and buildings in several parts of the city and its surrounding areas, causing dozens of casualties.

Furthermore, the army fired barrages of missiles and shells at many areas in Gaza City, the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, in addition to Jabalya and other areas north and northeast of the Gaza Strip, causing dozens of casualties.

Medical sources said at least 22 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and dozens were injured in Al-Maghazi.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said its fighters killed at least 40 Israeli soldiers and destroyed 44 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles in the last 48 hours.

Several resistance groups in Gaza also said they managed to target and destroy Israeli tanks in Khan Younus, Gaza City, and Jabalya.

In a first audio message in two weeks, Abu Obayda, the spokesperson of the Al-Qassam brigades, said, “Israel will not be able to secure the safe release of Israeli soldiers and settlers in Gaza without a prisoner-swap agreement and without adhering to the legitimate demands of the resistance.”

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli missiles and shells have killed at least 18.000 since October 7 and injured more than 51.300, including thousands who suffered amputations of their limbs and those who remain in very critical condition amidst the lack of basic medical supplies.

Around %70 of the casualties are children, women, and the elderly, while several thousand Palestinians remain buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said in a statement that Israeli soldiers abducted 142 women and girls, including babies with their homes, in Gaza since the beginning of the ground invasion and are now mainly held in the Al-Damoun and HaSharon prisons.

The army also abducted 260 Palestinians from Gaza and continues to hold them captive without charges after labeling them as “unlawful combatants,” although they are civilians and were taken from schools and UNRWA facilities where they sheltered after fleeing their homes.

The number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers in the occupied West Bank has reached 275 in addition to 3000 who were injured, many seriously.

Infection rates and transmissible diseases in the Gaza Strip, especially in centers where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering, have reached an epidemic, an issue that is posing serious risks to the Palestinians, especially due to overcrowded centers and facilities.

There have been serious increases in diarrhea and acute infections, including skin, wound, and internal infections, while people with special needs, including paralysis, in addition to pregnant women, are facing extremely dire conditions, including infections, skin breakdown, sores, and various complications.

The Health Ministry said approximately 1.9 million Palestinians (%85 of the population in the Gaza Strip) have been internally displaced; about 1.2 million have been registered at 151 UNRWA facilities, including about a million in southern Gaza.

More than 60% of the buildings (280,000 structures), including homes, residential towers, medical facilities, and government and private facilities, have been destroyed by Israeli missiles and shells. 

US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 66

Monday 11-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)--

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 66 on Monday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and level whole blocks and homes and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation army carried out hundreds of aerial and artillery attacks last night and in the morning on different areas of Gaza.

One displaced civilian was reportedly injured by Israeli sniper fire during his presence inside a school in Abasan town, east of Khan Younus, while several others were wounded during an Israeli attack on a street near Al-'Awda factory in Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Meanwhile, six martyrs were evacuated to the Nasser Hospital after their bodies were either pulled from the rubble of buildings or found on roads in Khan Younus.

One citizen was also killed and others were injured when an Israeli drone opened fire at citizens near the University College of Science and Technology in Khan Younus.

The Israeli army also massacred at least 50 civilians and injured others after it bombed a house belonging to the family of Suleiman Salem in Gaza City in the morning.

The Nasir Hospital also received 30 martyrs, including five women and six children, and 72 wounded citizens, including 10 women and eight children, following Israeli attacks on different areas of Khan Younus yesterday, Sunday.

Dozens of casualties, including children and women, were also reported on Monday following overnight and morning attacks on different neighborhoods of Gaza, especially in the south. 

As Israel continues bombing Gaza for the 66th day, dozens are killed and injured

GAZA, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) -

On the 66th day of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli war machine continues to bomb various areas of the Gaza Strip and target civilians, which led to the killing and injury of dozens of people, the majority of whom are children and women.

The Red Crescent Society said that at dawn today, occupation warplanes launched violent raids in the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younus.

Medical sources reported that the bodies of more than 40 people were brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h since yesterday as a result of the continuous bombing of homes, in addition to 32 bodies brought to Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

The occupation warplanes bombed a house in the Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing five citizens, including three children, a house in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, killing a woman and a child, and a residential square in the Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in northern Gaza where dozens of bodies were recovered while dozens of others are still under the rubble.

M.K.

Eleven people killed, including children, in early morning Israeli raids on Gaza

GAZA, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) –

Eleven people were killed, including children, and dozens were injured at dawn today after the occupation warplanes bombed homes in Rafa'h and Nusayrat in the Gaza Strip.

In Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, six people, most of them children, were killed and several others were injured after the Israeli occupation warplanes bombed a residential apartment belonging to the Subh family in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of the city.

Five people, including three children, were also killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Nusayrat refugee camp and another house in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation artillery bombed various areas in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes also attacked several areas east of Gaza City, Al-Maghazi camp, Al-Shuja’iya, and Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip.

M.K.

Nearly 18,000 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Sunday 10-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

The death toll from Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip has risen to over 17,997 victims, the Palestinian Health Ministry revealed on Sunday evening.

297 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the health authorities added, saying that many of the casualties are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads.

He further pointed out that 7,875 children and 6,130 women are among the reported victims.

About 49,229 others had been injured since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, Al-Qidra added.

He also noted that 7,760 people are reportedly missing, either under rubble or whose fate is still unknown.

According to Palestinian estimates, more than 61% of Palestinian homes and housing units in the Gaza Strip were destroyed after 305,000 housing units were targeted during the Israeli attack.

Al-Qudra pointed out that 1.5 million people have been displaced since the start of the Israeli aggression amid an acute shortage of food, water, and basic human needs. 

Health Ministry: Over 17,975 people killed, 51,000 injured in Gaza, West Bank since Oct 7th

RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 10, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Ministry of Health announced today that more than 17,975 people were killed and about 51,300 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7.

The majority of the victims are children, women, the elderly, the ministry added in a report.

The ministry said that between October 7 and yesterday evening, at least 17,700 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, and more than 48,000 were injured, 70 percent of whom were children and women, while the number of people killed in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, rose to 275 and 3,300 wounded.

According to the report, thousands are still missing in Gaza.

Violent Israeli air, land and sea bombing continues throughout the Gaza Strip, with continued ground aggression in the eastern parts of Gaza City, Jabalya, the Nusayrat refugee camp, and the eastern areas of Khan Younus Governorate.

The ministry pointed out that aid distribution has stopped in most parts of the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli aggression, with Rafa'h remaining the main area for limited distribution operations.

The Gaza European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip suffers from a severe shortage of medicines, blood products, and medical supplies, with strict fuel rationing, the ministry said, adding that the hospital has treated about 1,000 patients, and shelters around 70,000 civilians amidst difficult conditions.

The occupation forces also continued to besiege Al-'Awda Hospital in Jabalya for the third day in a row. Two health workers were killed by the forces’ bullets.

The ministry revealed that diseases that are prevalent in Gaza include diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, skin infections, and outbreaks of diseases such as hepatitis A.

It added that there have also been significant increases in infectious diseases reported in UNRWA shelters in the south, including diarrhea, and acute respiratory and skin infections, affirming that vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, the wounded, and pregnant women live in difficult conditions in shelter centers there.

The ministry stressed that efforts are continuing to vaccinate children, noting that only 12,000 children have received vaccinations in UNRWA centers since November 4.

It said estimates show that approximately 1.9 million people in Gaza (approximately 85 percent of the population), are internally displaced, with approximately 1.2 million registered in 151 UNRWA facilities, including approximately one million in 94 UNRWA shelters in the south.

The ministry affirmed that the latest updates indicate that more than 60 percent (nearly 280,000) of housing units have been destroyed, which leads to exacerbation of health vulnerabilities.

According to the ministry’s report, Israeli colonists’ attacks continued in the West Bank, where 308 incidents resulting in injuries and damage to the property of Palestinians have been recorded since October 7, adding that at least 143 Palestinian families, including 1,014 people, have been displaced, including 388 children, amid the violence of colonists and access restrictions.

The ministry demanded an immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and health institutions, appealing to the United Nations, and international and human rights institutions, to immediately implement international humanitarian laws that prohibit attacks on hospitals, health centers, ambulances, health teams, and paramedics immediately.

It also called for urgently allowing sufficient humanitarian and health supplies to enter the Strip, especially medicines, medical supplies, food, dairy, and fuel for electric generators in hospitals, stressing the need for an immediate halt to the displacement of people and immediate support to enhance search and rescue operations.

A.D./T.R.

Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

Two Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire in confrontations near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

(File photo - WAFA Images)

HEBRON,  Sunday, December 10, 2023 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian youths were injured by Israeli gunfire during confrontations with the occupation forces in the town of Soureef in Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Medical sources in the Palestinian Red Crescent said that the occupation forces that stormed the town of Soureef today fired live bullets and wounded two youths who were transferred to Hebron Governmental Hospital to receive treatment.

One of them was hit by a bullet in the thigh, and the other was hit in the pelvis.

Their condition was reported as moderate.

K.T.

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

142 Palestinian females, including babies and elderly, detained during Israel's ground offensive into Gaza - Joint statement

RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 10, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that 142 females, including nursing babies and elderly, are currently being held in Israeli jails after they were abducted by the Israeli occupation during its ground offensive into the Gaza Strip

According to the available data and as indicated in a joint statement, the commission and PPS said the detainees are being held in several Israeli prisons, including Al-Damon and Hasharon prisons.

The Prisoners' organizations have previously issued a statement stating that the Israeli occupation is carrying out horrific and terrible crimes against Gaza detainees, amid its refusal to reveal their fate, in terms of their numbers, places of detention, and health status.

They stressed that the shocking and horrific testimonies of citizens from Gaza recently detained by Israeli forces raise high levels of fear for their fate day after day while warning that they do not rule out the possibility that the occupation might carry out field executions against detainees from Gaza.

To be noted, the Israeli Prison Administration announced that at the end of November 260 abductees from Gaza, who were classified by Israel as “unlawful combatants”, were abducted and detained in its jails.

T.R.

Israeli occupation forces abduct 28 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, including two women

RAMALLAH, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces today abducted 28 Palestinians in raids at their homes across the occupied West Bank, including two women, according to various sources.

One woman, 34, was abducted in the ancient city of Jericho in a raid at her home, and another was abducted in Balata refugee camp in Nablus, said the sources.

Another 19-year-old youth was also abducted in Jericho and two others were detained in Balata camp.

A 17-year-old boy was abducted in Bait 'Awwa, south of Hebron, along with six others detained from various other towns in the Hebron district, including a man and his son from Tarqoumiya.

In Bethlehem, four people were detained, including siblings, eight others were detained in Abu Dees and Al-'Aizariya, east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), two in the Ramallah area, two in Jineen district, and one in Qalqilya, said the sources.

Israel detained 3760 Palestinians in the West Bank since it started its aggression on October 7, according to prisoners' advocacy groups.

M.K.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Twenty-Eight Palestinians In West Bank

 IMEMC, DEC 11, 2023

On Monday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded many parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, causing damage, and abducted at least twenty-eight Palestinians, including a father and his son, two siblings and two young women.

In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in Abu Dees and the Al-'Aizariya towns east of the city, causing damage, and abducted eight Palestinians, identified as Ra-id Rabee’ Abu Zaid, Ziyad Rabee’, A'hmed Khalid Rabee,’ Mu'hammed Sali'h Abu 'Hurriya, 'Omar Nawafla, Mu'hammed Dawood Badr, A'hmed Mazin Abu Al-Reesh and Mu'hammed Damdoum.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, west of Jenin, stormed and searched many homes, including the homes of former political prisoners, and abducted Ya'qoub Infi’at.

During the violent searches of homes, the soldiers interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

Many Palestinians protested the invasions before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs; there have been no reports of injuries.

In nearby Kafr Dan town, the soldiers also stormed and ransacked homes and abducted a young man, Yaseen ‘Aabid.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the Balata refugee camp east of the city, stormed and ransacked homes before abducting three Palestinians, including one woman, identified as Tina A'hmed Hashash, 'Omar Ghazi Abu Dthraa’ and Sidqi Al-Aghbar.

The Israeli bulldozer destroyed several streets in the refugee camp and caused damage to Palestinian cars and property.

In Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers searched homes and abducted 'Abdullah Shana’a.

The army also invaded many neighborhoods in Hijja village, east of the Qalqilya, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at youngsters who protested the invasion.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), south of occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the Wad Abu Free'ha area and the Khalayil Al-Loaz area, southeast of the city, searched homes, and abducted Shadi Jamal 'Obayyat and Mu'hammed 'Imad Al-Radhi.

Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the Duhaisha refugee camp, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), searched many homes, before abducting two siblings, Khaleel Yaseen Jabr and his brother Mu'hammed, in addition to detaining and interrogating several Palestinians for a few hours before releasing them.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in the southern part of the West Bank, many army vehicles invaded Bait 'Ula town northwest of the city, ransacked several homes, and confiscated a Palestinian car.

In addition, the soldiers stormed and ransacked the building of the Islamic Charitable Society and the Al-Aqsa School it runs in Hebron, before confiscating computers, files and equipment in addition to welding shut the charitable society’s the main door.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a young woman, Aya Tayseer Al-Qawasma, and Mo’tasim Firas 'Amro, 19, from their homes in the city.

Furthermore, the soldiers shot a young man and abducted two Palestinians after the army invaded Baitounia town, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.

The abducted Palestinians have been identified as Tariq Nadir Al-Bayya’, and former political prisoner Bilal Abu Radda'ha.

 

Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Illegal Israeli settlers attack farmers south of Nablus

NABLUS, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) –

 Illegal Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian farmers and olive pickers in the town of 'Aqraba, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said several settlers attacked the olive pickers and fired gunshots to intimidate them and force them to leave their lands.

The Israeli occupation forces and colonists have carried out a total of 333 attacks against olive pickers since the start of the season in the first week of last October, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

It said the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers prevented citizens from reaching an area of 500,000 dunums of their lands, including 200,000 dunums that the occupation surrounded in colonies, and 300,000 dunums isolated behind the apartheid wall.

M.K.

Two-story house demolished by Israel near Hebron

HEBRON, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a two-story Palestinian-owned house in the town of Bani Na'eem, east of the southern West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the Israeli occupation soldiers raided the area where the house, owned by a local resident and was ready to move into, and demolished it under the pretext it was built without a permit.

M.K.

Illegal Israeli settlers seize, plant dozens of dunums of Palestinian land in southern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

BETHLEHEM, Sunday, December 10, 2023 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers tonight took over dozens of dunums of land in southern Bethlehem, said a local activist.

Coordinator of the committee against the Apartheid Wall and illegal settlements, Hasan Braijiyah, informed WAFA that a group of colonists seized dozens of dunums of land owned by a resident in an area located adjacent to the Illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and planted it with seeds.

Colonists a few days ago took over around 12 dunums of land in the same location and planted it with forest trees before they seized another 300 dunums, which they also planted.

T.R.

Israeli occupation forces demolish cave, raze road near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, Monday, December 11, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished a cave and bulldozed an agricultural road in the village of Artas, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The director of the Office of the Apartheid Wall and Illegal Settlement Resistance Commission in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Hasan Baraijiyah, told WAFA correspondent that an occupation army force accompanied by three large bulldozers stormed Abu Zaid mountain area, south of Artas, demolished a cave called “Nimr” and bulldozed an agricultural road built by the village council in order for citizens to access their lands.

K.T. 

Illegal Israeli Settlers Confiscate Palestinian Lands Near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

 IMEMC, DEC 11, 2023

On Sunday, illegal paramilitary Israeli settlers confiscated dozens of Dunams of Palestinian farmlands near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the illegal Settlement and Wall Resistance Commission, said a large number of paramilitary colonizers invaded dozens of dunams of Palestinian lands in the Khallet Al-Nakhla area near Abu Nijm, southwest of Bethlehem.

Breijiyya added that the illegal Israeli settlers came from the Efrat illegal Israeli settlement and started planting the lands after preventing the Palestinians from entering them.

Three days ago, the colonizers invaded and confiscated 12 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the same area and planted evergreens, and before that, they confiscated 300 Dunams of Palestinian farmlands under the protection of the Israeli occupation army.

By planting some trees and crops on stolen Palestinian lands, the colonizers try to claim ownership of the lands the stole, or that they were “abandoned by the Palestinians.”

Furthermore, the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and the various military restrictions continued to prevent dozens of thousands of Palestinians from entering their lands across the occupied West Bank.

All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.

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