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.

 

26,368 Palestinians Killed, 50,594 Injured, in US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Starved Gaza Strip

December 13, 2023 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza:  

By December 13, 2023, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strop is 26,368+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (18,608) and those who are still missing under the rubble (7,760+).   

The documented injuries exceeded 50,594.   

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

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 13, 2023, there were 289 Palestinians who were killed, 4,010+ who were injured, and 3,938 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023. 

 

196 Palestinians were killed, 499 were injured by Israeli air strikes and bombardment, in an initial count, on December 13, 2023	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, December 13, 2023
Smoke rising in Jineen, resulting from the Israeli occupation soldiers' attack on the city for the second day, December 13, 2023	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a Palestinian residential neighborhood, in western Khan Younus, December 14, 2023 wafa

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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UN General Assembly adopts resolution for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

Wednesday 13-December-2023, NEW YORK, (PIC)--

 The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

153 member states voted in favor of the ceasefire resolution, while 10 countries opposed it and 23 abstained.

Editor's Note: The ten countries which opposed it are basically Israel and the United States, with eight more states (Austria, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Liberia, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay).

The UN Security Council had failed, for the second time this month, to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, after the United States exercised its veto power, despite the warning from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that there is no effective protection for civilians in Gaza and that there is no safe place in the region.

The latest version of the resolution calls for an “immediate cessation of hostilities for humanitarian reasons”, warning of the “catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.” The concise text also calls for the “protection of civilians,” the “immediate and unconditional release of all hostages,” and “ensuring the delivery of humanitarian aid.”

Meanwhile, in a joint statement on Tuesday, the prime ministers of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand expressed their support for urgent international efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. They stated in their statement, “We are concerned about the shrinking safe space for civilians in Gaza. The ongoing suffering of all Palestinian civilians cannot be the price of Hamas’s defeat.”

They added that a ceasefire cannot be one-sided and called on Hamas to “release all hostages and cease using Palestinian civilians as human shields,” according to the statement. They emphasized that “the ceasefire in Gaza must not be unilateral,” and expressed their opposition to any reoccupation of the Gaza Strip or reduction of its territory.

The statement also stated, “We oppose the forced displacement of Palestinians and support their right to self-determination.”

Meanwhile, the Chinese representative at the United Nations affirmed that “what is happening in Gaza is a tragedy, and we must do more.”

On Monday, the British Parliament discussed proposals and demands regarding the United Kingdom’s stance on the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip. This took place during a session of the parliamentary committee to consider three popular petitions on this matter.

The first petition calls for maintaining neutrality and withdrawing support for Israel, while the second urges the Israeli government to allow fuel, electricity, and food into the Gaza Strip. The third petition calls for adopting a ceasefire and ending the occupation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

According to the British constitution, Parliament is required to discuss petitions that exceed 100,000 signatures through a subcommittee in Parliament. However, these discussions are not binding on the government, which is committed to legislative sessions of Parliament that include 650 members of parliament.

GMO demands speedy delivery of relief aid via Rafa'h Crossing

Wednesday 13-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)--

 The Government Media Office has called for the entry of thousands of tons of aid sent from dozens of countries to assist the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which are stacked on the other side of the Rafa'h border crossing.

In a statement on Wednesday, the office stated that these tons of aid have been present for weeks on the other side of the Rafa'h crossing and have not yet been allowed to enter, unfortunately. Hundreds of tons of aid have been damaged and rendered unusable.

The Office emphasized the urgent need to immediately and urgently deliver this aid to the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, as the situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic and cannot tolerate further delays and procrastination in delivering the aid.

It pointed out that the people of Gaza are suffering from severe shortages of food, water, and medicine, warning that Gaza is approaching famine more than ever before, with reports from the northern governorate of Gaza indicating signs of famine among thousands of children.

GMO warned that the Gaza Strip daily requires 1,000 trucks of supplies and real assistance, such as baby milk, relief and ration supplies, basic goods for markets, medical equipment, rescue and civil defense machinery.

It stressed that the Gaza Strip daily needs one million liters of fuel (1,000,000 liters of fuel daily) to attempt to salvage what can be saved in rehabilitating and operating vital facilities such as bakeries, water wells, drinking desalination stations, and other important facilities.

GMO warned the international community, the United States, and all international organizations of the danger of their positions aligning with the Israeli policy of starving, thirsting, and killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

It held them fully responsible for this ongoing crime and reminded them that their practices violate international law, international humanitarian law, the Geneva Convention, and all international conventions and norms.

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

68th day of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, bloody massacres and catastrophic humanitarian conditions

Wednesday 13-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

The IOF destroy homes on top of their residents and commit genocidal crimes, amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation, in light of the IOF ground incursions which are being confronted by valiant resistance.

Media sources reported that the IOF besieged Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza and opened fire at anyone who moved inside its halls.

The PIC correspondent said that the IOF intensified, over the past few hours, their strikes on Khan Younus, committing several massacres there by bombarding many homes on the top of their residents in Al-Amal neighborhood, the refugee camp, and Qizan Al-Najjar, claiming the lives of at least 40 martyrs, including 10 children, several women and elderly people, in just 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the IOF fired flare bombs and artillery shells in the vicinity of Nasir Medical Complex Hospital in Khan Younus before dawn, while dozens of the displaced people in southern Gaza sank in their tents as rain continued to fall.

Journalist 'Abdul Kareem 'Odah was martyred in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of martyred journalists to 87.

The IOF renewed artillery shelling on Al-Tuffa'h and Al-Daraj neighborhoods, east of Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces carried on with their ground incursions into several districts of central Gaza, northern Gaza, and Khan Younus amid fierce resistance.

On Tuesday evening, the Ministry of Health announced that the IOF had committed 17 massacres and systematic genocidal crimes in the Gaza Strip over the past hours, including the city of Rafa'h, which the IOF falsely claims to be safe, resulting in 207 martyrs and 450 injuries, whereas a large number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, announced in a press conference on the 67th day of the brutal Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, that the death toll of Palestinian martyrs who have fallen in this brutal Israeli war since October 7 rose to 18,412 martyrs in addition to 50,100 injuries.

Update: The spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, announced in a press conference on the 68th day of the brutal genocidal war on Gaza, that the initial count of the death toll of Palestinian martyrs who have fallen in this brutal Israeli war since October 7 rose to 18,608 martyrs in addition to 50,594 injuries (Today's initial count was 196 deaths and 499 injuries). 

20 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli strikes in areas in Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, December 12, 023 (WAFA) –

20 Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured at dawn on Wednesday, after Israeli occupation aircraft bombed various areas in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said that 4 people were killed and a number of others were injured  as a result of the targeting of a house of Al-Najjar family in the Qizan Al-Najjar area, south of Khan Younus. Among them were two children, one of whom was an infant. Two children, one of them an infant, were also killed and seven were injured in a bombing that targeted a house for Al-'Amoudi family in the Khan Younus camp.

Nine citizens, including children, were also killed when the occupation targeted a house of Miqdad family in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Younus.

Two people were killed and others were wounded due to the military aircraft’s bombing of a house belonging to the 'Amir family in the Khan Younus camp.

The Israeli occupation artillery areas east and center of Khan Younus, coinciding with the airstrikes.

In Dair El-Bala'h, two children were killed and a number of wounded after the occupation targeted a house belonging to the Fatayir family in Dair El-Bala'h.

The occupation artillery also bombed several areas in the central region of the Gaza Strip, and the Al-Tuffa'h and Al-Daraj neighborhoods.

K.T.

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

Jineen: Israeli aggression continues for the 2nd day in a row

JENIN, Wednesday, December 13, 023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation army continues its aggression against the city of Jineen for the second day in a row, leaving seven Palestinians killed, and number of wounded civilians with various injuries, at dawn and early Wednesday morning.

The eastern neighborhood of the city of Jenin saw confrontations between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces, which turned a number of homes into military points and launched a campaign of arrests among citizens.

The occupation army imposed a complete siege on the neighborhood and closed all its entrances with military vehicles and bulldozers that destroyed the infrastructure and stalls.

The occupation forces also used ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade to bomb three houses in the eastern neighborhood of Jineen belonging to residents 'Uday Bajawi Turkman, whose house was completely burned, Nasruddeen 'Omar Al-Sa'adi, and the house of his brother Firas, as they wreaked havoc and destruction on the contents of several houses after storming them. The owners were identified as: 'Abdullah. Nasir, 'Ali, Samir, and Murad Al-Sa'di.

Israeli occupation forces abducted 12 Palestinians in the open air and released them after interrogating them. They also surrounded a house in 'Horsh Al-Sa'ada and threatened to bomb it.'Omar Farran Jalamna, bombed another house in 'Halima Al-Sa'diyah, and launched a massive campaign of raids on homes in the Al-Damj and Al-Hawasheen neighborhoods in the camp.

This morning, the occupation forces continued to bomb homes in Jenin camp, destroying its infrastructure, shooting at everyone who wandered around the city and its camp, and launched a campaign of house raids and arrests of citizens.

The Directorate of Education in Jenin, Salam Al-Tahir, announced orders local schools to distance e-learning in the city, its camp, and any town where there is an incursion by the Israeli occupation forces.

Yesterday evening, it was announced that the young man, Rashad Mu'hammed Turkman, 18, died as a result of a critical injury sustained by Israeli occupation bullets, bringing the number of Palestinian killed by Israeli occupation forces since Tuesday dawn to 7.

K.T.

Four Palestinians injured after being severally beat up by Israeli occupation army during their detention

BETHLEHEM, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (WAFA) –

At least four Palestinians from the Al-'Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, sustained injuries after being severely beaten up by Israeli military forces.

Mu'hammed 'Hameeda, chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said four people were severely beaten up by the military soldiers during their detention raid into their family homes, causing them various injuries and bruises.

Two of the injured needed to be transferred to hospital for medical treatment.

T.R. 

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Large-scale abduction campaign in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 13-December-2023, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale raid and abduction campaign in different parts of the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), at dawn Wednesday.

In Al-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem), 25 Israeli patrols broke into 'Hizma town, stormed nearly 50 local homes and abducted several local people before releasing some of them.

Tight Israeli restrictions were imposed on the Palestinian movement in the town, forcing local schools to teach online.

Local sources affirmed that the Israeli occupation forces brutally assaulted several people during the large-scale raid campaign.

Meanwhile, the IOF troops continued their military operation for the second consecutive day in Jineen City and its refugee camp.

The IOF blew up three local homes early today, causing massive destruction, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

A large-scale abduction campaign was also carried out during the raids, during which 100 people were abducted.

Two other homes were also bombed in the Jenin refugee camp.

In Nablus, two Palestinians were abducted after the IOF broke into their family houses.

Several local homes were also stormed and searched.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOF abducted six Palestinians and brutally attacked a driver after stopping his car near 'Husan town.

Similar raids and attacks were also reported in Qalqilya. 

 

Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

House demolished by Israel occupation soldiers in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorate

HEBRON, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a Palestinian-owned house in the town of Yatta, south of the Hebron governorate, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said soldiers broke into Susiya village, south of Yatta, and demolished a two-apartment one-floor house owned by a local resident and his son under the pretext of construction without a permit.

M.K.

Israeli occupation regime forces demolish building in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, December 13, 023 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday demolished a residential building in the Ras Al-'Amoud neighborhood in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces, with military reinforcements, stormed the neighborhood and began demolishing a two-story residential building, each floor containing four apartments, each measuring 110 square meters, located near Wadi Qaddoum.

The four apartments are owned by Zuhair Abdul 'Azeez Ghaith and his brother Murad Abdul Azeez Ghaith, and Fahd Mubarak and his brother Mu'hammed Mubarak.

It is noteworthy that the building was built in 2016, and fines amounting to 800 thousand shekels were paid to the occupation municipality, while a decision was issued to demolish it last Wednesday.

Palestinians in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) say they are forced to build without permit because the Israeli municipality rarely issues permits to the city’s original Palestinian citizens as a way to reduce their number by forcing them to leave it and find accommodation and work elsewhere.

K.T.

Illegal Israeli settlers sabotage water tanks, vehicle in Masafir Yatta

HEBRON, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers today sabotaged a Palestinian-owned vehicle and water tanks in Masafir Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources said that several colonists destroyed a vehicle during an aggression in Shaab al-Butm, and destroyed water tanks in Wadi Abu Jahish, in Masafer Yatta.

M.K.

 

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