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.

 

On Day 83 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 20 Massacres, Raising Palestinian Death Toll to  21,320 and 55,603 Injuries

December 28, 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 Strip:  

By December 28, 2023, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 28,320+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (21,320) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on December 23, 2023: 7,000+).   

By December 28, 2023, the documented injuries exceeded 55,603, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip (80 mutilated corpses were returned on 12/27/23).

By December 28, 2023, there were 315 Palestinians who were killed, 3,524 who were injured, and 4,826, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

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By December 28, 2023, the death toll included 8,800+ children and 6,300+ women.   

By December 27 2023,  there was a complete destruction of 65,000+ housing units, and a partial destruction of 290,000+ housing units (60% 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 28, 2023, 312 health personnel and 97 journalists were killed and hundreds were injured, 104 ambulances were destroyed while on duty, killing and injuring their crews, and destroyed 142 health institutions. As a result of the strikes and lack of fuel, 23 hospitals and 53 primary care centers are not functioning.  

Meanwhile, 126 government offices and 92 schools and universities were completely destroyed, while 285 schools and universities were partially damaged.

115 mosques were completely destroyed, while 200 others were partially damaged, in addition to three churches.

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PRCS crew member helping an injured girl in Gaza, December 28, 2023	Cameraman A'hmed Khairuddeen was killed in the Israeli bombing of Bait Lahya, December 28, 2023 'Hazim Abdul Fatta'h Qattawi was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers at Al-Manara Square in the center of Ramallah, on December 28, 2023
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians forced by Israeli occupation soldiers to sit in Bait Lahya streets, stripped of their clothes, in harsh weather conditions, before being transferred to detention centers, December 7, 2023	Israeli genocidal airstrikes have been targeting civilian residential neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, October-December 2023
Tariq Shakhsheer, 21, succumbs to wounds sustained 10 days ago by Israeli occupation soldier's fire in Nablus, December 28, 2023	Scene of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, prepared for burial, December 25, 2023
Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Maghazi refugee camp, to force its residents to leave it, towards the south of Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023	Palestinian martyrs who were killed in an Israeli genocidal air strike are brought to a hospital in Al-Nusayrat, December 28, 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.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

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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Palestinian Red Crescent denounces Israel’s targeting of Al-Amal Hospital, calls for urgent protection

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) condemned today’s Israeli occupation bombing near the Society’s Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younus in the south of the Gaza Strip, which led to the death of 10 people and the injury of at least 21 others, which comes after the occupation army yesterday bombed in front of the hospital, which led to the death of 31 people and the injury of 25 others, the majority of them are displaced people taking shelter in the PRCS headquarters and the hospital, which houses about 14,000 displaced persons who took refuge in it as a safe haven after they were forced to leave their homes as a result of the continued Israeli bombing.

PRCS expressed in a statement today its deep concern for the safety of its staff working in the hospital and the Society’s headquarters, especially since today’s targeting is considered the fifth on the hospital and its surroundings in less than a week. The day before yesterday, the occupation forces targeted the upper floors of the Society’s headquarters with artillery shelling, which led to several injuries among the displaced persons and the destruction of its VHF antenna considered the only means of communication in light of the communications outage, which poses a major challenge for ambulance and emergency crews in reaching the wounded and sick. A few days ago, a drone shot a 13-year-old displaced child while he was inside the building, leading to his death.

“The occupation’s intensification of targeting the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital during the past days may be considered a prelude to targeting it directly, and we fear it will face what happened to Al-Quds Hospital affiliated with the PRCS in Gaza City, which became out of service as a result of the targeting, the siege, and the prevention of humanitarian and medical supplies,” PRCS said in its statement.

It appealed to the international community and partners in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to intervene immediately and urgently to protect Al-Amal Hospital and to protect its medical staff, the wounded, the sick, and about 14,000 displaced persons, in accordance with international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

M.K. 

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UN report warns of rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in West Bank, calls for end to unlawful killings

GENEVA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

A United Nations report released today details the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, after 7 October, and calls on Israel to end unlawful killings and settler violence against the Palestinian population.

The report calls for an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations, an end to arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Palestinians, and the lifting of discriminatory movement restrictions.

The UN Human Rights Office has verified the deaths of 300 Palestinians from 7 October to 27 December - including 79 children - in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 7. Of these, Israeli occupation forces killed at least 291 Palestinians, settlers killed eight, and one Palestinian was killed either by Israeli forces or settlers. Prior to 7 October, 200 Palestinians had already been killed in the area in 2023 - the highest number in a 10-month period since the UN began keeping records in 2005.

“The use of military tactics means and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, arbitrary and discriminatory movement restrictions that affect Palestinians are extremely troubling,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, reflecting on the findings of the report.

“The violations documented in this report repeat the pattern and nature of violations reported in the past in the context of the long-standing Israeli occupation of the West Bank. However, the intensity of the violence and repression is something that has not been seen in years,” he added.

“I call on Israel to take immediate, clear and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population, to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities against any form of forcible transfer, and to ensure the ability of herding communities displaced due to repeated attacks by armed settlers to return to their lands.”

The report, which covered the period from 7 October to 20 November, described a sharp increase in airstrikes as well as in incursions by armored personnel carriers and bulldozers sent to refugee camps and other densely populated areas in the West Bank, resulting in deaths, injuries and extensive damage to civilian objects and infrastructure. These incursions, which continue to take place, have resulted in the death of at least 105 Palestinians, among them 23 children, since 7 October up to today.

In one of these instances, on 19 and 20 October, during a 30-hour-long incursion into Nour Shams Refugee Camp in Tulkarm, Israeli forces using military weaponry and means of engagement killed 14 Palestinians, including six children, wounded at least 20 others, and arrested 10 Palestinians, the report said.

Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 4,700 Palestinians, including about 40 journalists, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Some were stripped naked, blindfolded and restrained for long hours with handcuffs and with their legs tied, while Israeli soldiers stepped on their heads and backs, were spat at, slammed against walls, threatened, insulted, humiliated and in some cases subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, the report describes.

In the weeks following 7 October, there has also been a sharp rise in settler attacks with an average of six incidents per day, such as shootings, burning of homes and vehicles, and uprooting of trees. In many incidents, settlers were accompanied by Israeli soldiers, or were themselves wearing army uniforms, and carrying army rifles, the report said. The UN Human Rights Office documented multiple incidents of settlers attacking Palestinians harvesting their olives, including with firearms, and forcing them to leave their land, stealing their harvest and poisoning or vandalizing their olive trees, depriving many Palestinians of a vital source of income.

“The dehumanization of Palestinians that characterizes many of the settlers' actions is very disturbing and must cease immediately. Israeli authorities should strongly censure and prevent settler violence and prosecute both its instigators and perpetrators,” said the UN Human Rights Chief.

Since 7 October, Israeli authorities have imposed severe and systematic restrictions on the movement of Palestinians across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the report said. The ISF has closed almost all entrances to Palestinian villages and towns to vehicular access and disconnected Palestinian cities and towns from main roads by closing road gates and placing earth mounds or concrete roadblocks.

“The report reiterates our calls for a halt to measures that lead to the creation of a coercive environment and concerns regarding forcible transfer, in addition to the continued lack of accountability for settler and ISF violence,” said Türk.

The High Commissioner urged Israel to grant the UN Human Rights Office access to the country.

M.K. 

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Human rights defender Ayman Lubbad speaks of his detention by Israeli occupying forces in Gaza

RAMALLAH, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have been carrying out mass detentions of Palestinians since the start of their ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, said The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al Mezan, and Al-Haq in a statement.

A military chief of the IOF announced that, as of 17 December 2023, they had taken over a thousand Palestinians captive in Gaza. This announcement followed the emergence of photos and videos on social media platforms, exposing the inhuman and degrading treatment of Palestinians in the city of Bait Lahya, in the northern Gaza Strip. The published pictures and videos showed hundreds of detainees—including children—forced to sit on the street, half-naked and stripped of their clothes in harsh weather conditions, before being transferred in packed Israeli military trucks to unknown locations.

Among those detainees was Ayman Lubbad, a researcher in the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), who was staying at his family home in the northern city of Bait Lahya. He was detained on 7 December 2023 and was released at the Karm Abu Salim (Kerem Shalom) crossing south of the Gaza Strip on 14 December 2023. Currently, he finds himself in Rafah city, separated from his wife and three children. For almost a week, no one had any information on Ayman’s whereabouts or well-being.

In a testimony, Ayman recounted the dreadful experience he had to endure, exemplifying the inhumane and degrading treatment that Palestinian detainees in Gaza have been subjected to in different Israeli detention facilities:

“On 7 December 2023, at approximately 10:00 am, we heard the IOF ordering people, through loudspeakers, to leave their houses and ‘surrender’ themselves. Women and the elderly were instructed to go to Kamal 'Adwan Hospital, while men and boys as young as 14 were instructed to strip and kneel in the street.

“Israeli soldiers shot our neighbor, Mu'hammed Al-Ka'hlout, injuring his hand. They inappropriately photographed us while we were half-naked and forced some of us to dance. They also burned the houses belonging to Al-Muqayd, Mahdi, Al-Ka'hlout, and Sorour families in front of us.

“On the same day at noon, we were taken to the Zikim area by the sea, where we remained until late at night. I learned later that some detainees were released. They took the rest of us to Ofekim military base, handcuffed and blindfolded. As soon as we arrived there, I was given the number 059775 and brought before an interrogator to provide my personal information. Upon learning that I work for a human rights organization, the interrogator threateningly said: ‘I will teach you your rights very well in prison.’

“Later, we were taken to a detention facility designated for Gaza detainees. It was surrounded by barbed wires and had two high places for the emplacement of soldiers. There were 500-700 detainees with one bathroom for each place.

“The IOF were abusing us on a daily basis from around 5:00 am until midnight. We were only allowed to sit on our knees. Any attempt to change the position or remove the blindfold was faced with a severe punishment, including standing with hands raised above the head for over three hours. I, along with a group of detainees, was transferred to a similar place about which we had no information. We could hear the drones taking off and landing. During my transfer, I was beaten by Israeli soldiers several times for no reason. They hit me continuously on my rib cage. I could not sleep for two nights because of the severity of the pain.

“On Monday, 11 December, I was transferred to a new detention facility, it was better than the previous two places. We were held inside the detention facility without being handcuffed or blindfolded, able to move and sleep without much disturbance from the soldiers. I later learned from some detainees that we were in a place located in Jabal Al Mukabbir in Jerusalem.

“At noon of the same day, I underwent an interrogation that lasted until 10 pm, a continuous interrogation session. The interrogator took my personal data and began the interrogation by saying that he was mentally ill and off medication. He insisted that his questions were accurate and demanded that I tell him all the information I had about members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. He delved into the nature of my work at PCHR and sought my opinion about what happened on 7 October. He said that they would start to treat the people of Gaza like ‘dogs.’

“The interrogator questioned and pressed me on extended relatives and their alleged relationship with Hamas. I tried to explain to him that I do not have answers to his questions due to my weak and limited social interaction I have with these distant family members. He threatened me, cursed me, and hit me in the face. As he became angrier he kept on repeating the same questions. He demanded that I try to remember. He kept on coming in and going out of the room. Each time he left the room, he covered my eyes with a blindfold.

“The last time he returned, I repeated to him that I did not have any information or details. At the end of the interrogation, he got up, angrily, blindfolded me, and violently took me out of the building. I stayed for about an hour in the open air sitting on my knees blindfolded. I could not bear the extreme cold, several soldiers came and beat me, and told me ‘Every dog has its day’.

“I could hear other detainees screaming as they were getting beaten in a way that was worse than the beating I had to endure.  Around an hour later, I was taken back to the detention area. Most of those detained with me were workers from Gaza who were arrested in Israel after the 7th of October and Palestinians arrested from the so-called ‘humanitarian corridor’ on Salah-Al-Deen Street, which Israel opened for civilians moving from the north to the south of Gaza. Most of the detainees have been detained for about 30-40 days.

“Late on Wednesday night, 13 December 2023, they woke us up while sleeping to count the number of detainees. We noticed that they had brought several handcuffs along with other boxes which turned out to be containing the detainees’ belongings. Civilian buses appeared, so we knew that they would release us. When we got on the bus, the soldiers put cuffs on our hands and legs. Every two detainees were tied together. 

“On Thursday, 14 December 2023, at approximately midnight, the buses started moving from the detention facility until we reached the Karm Abu Salem crossing, east of Rafa'h, at approximately 05:00 am. They removed the cuffs from our hands and legs. We got out of the bus and started walking towards the Palestinian side. I had nothing in my possession except my ID card. I contacted my family members who remained in the Bait Lahya area to inform them that I got out and went to look for my displaced relatives in the city of Rafa'h.”

Ayman’s case is exemplary of the inhumane and degrading treatment as well as torture that Palestinian detainees are subjected to. Hundreds (actually more than 2,520 by 12/27/2023) of Palestinians from Gaza are believed to be still detained in Israeli detention facilities and their place of detention and fate are unknown. Israeli media has reported the death of six Palestinians in Israeli prisons since the 7th of October with at least two dying in Israeli detention facilities, said the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al Mezan, and Al-'Haq. “Our organizations express their deep concern over the detainee’s safety and health,” they added.

The three human rights organization’s lawyers tried to contact the Israeli occupying forces to request information on Palestinian detainees, but the Israeli occupation regime refused to divulge any information about who is being detained and in what conditions, “a conduct which amounts to enforced disappearance,” they said. “As proven from Ayman’s case, there is strong evidence which suggests that they may be subjected to systematic torture.”

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al Mezan, and Al-'Haq reiterated their demand for an end of the enforced disappearance of hundreds of Palestinian detainees, including dozens of women, from Gaza, and that their whereabouts and names be revealed, as well as the immediate halt to the ongoing torture and abuse during arbitrary arrest and detention of people from Gaza, and the Palestinian detainees and prisoners in general.

“We reiterate our call on the relevant international organizations and the international community to intervene promptly to protect Palestinian civilians and exert pressure on the Israeli authorities to release all arbitrarily detained Palestinians,” they said.

M.K.

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GMO: 1,779 Israeli massacres carried out in Gaza

Wednesday 27-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) said in a press conference that the Israeli occupation army carried out 1,779 massacres during its 82-day genocide war on the Gaza Strip.

The GMO expressed surprise at the continued international silence towards the ongoing Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip.

28,110 people were killed or reportedly missing during the Israeli aggression, the GMO said.

21,110 dead bodies arrived at the hospitals; including 8,800 children and 6,300 women, it added, saying that 55,243 people were injured.

310 medical personnel, 35 civil defense members, and 97 journalists were also among the reported victims, the GMO revealed.

More than 1.8 million people were displaced, while 355,000 people were infected with infectious diseases, it added.

Meanwhile, 126 government offices and 92 schools and universities were completely destroyed, while 285 schools and universities were partially damaged.

115 mosques were completely destroyed, while 200 others were partially damaged, in addition to three churches.

65,000 residential units were completely destroyed by the attacks, while 290,000 housing units were partially damaged.

The Israeli attacks also targeted more than 23 hospitals, 53 health centers, 140 health facilities, and 102 ambulances.

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

‎On December 28, 2023, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in the killing of 210 Palestinian civilians and injuring of 360, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 21,320, and the injuries to 55,603, since October 7, 2023.

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21,320 Palestinians killed in Israeli 83-day genocide war

Thursday 28-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have carried out 20 massacres over the past 24 hours against entire families in Gaza, claiming the lives of 210 people and injuring 360 others.

The medical authorities affirmed that the toll of Israeli aggression on Gaza had risen to 21,320 victims and 55,603 wounded since October 7.

Spokesman for the Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qidra indicated that 312 health personnel were killed during the Israeli attacks, while hundreds more were injured.

The Israeli occupation deliberately targeted 142 medical facilities, put 23 hospitals and 53 primary care centers out of service, and destroyed 104 ambulances, he added

Al-Qudra also pointed out that Israel is still detaining 99 health personnel from the Gaza Strip, including the directors of hospitals in northern Gaza, Dr. Mu'hammed Abu Salmiya, Dr. A'hmed Al-Ka'hlout, and Dr. A'hmed Muhanna, in inhumane conditions and subjecting them to severe torture and abuse.

He pointed out that the Israeli occupation targeted the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex and the Al-Amal Hospital affiliated with the Red Crescent Society in Khan Yunis several times, warning of repeating the same scenario of what happened to Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

He called on international institutions to take effective and urgent steps to ensure the protection of Nasser Medical Complex, its personnel, the wounded and patients, and thousands of displaced people there.

Al-Qidra stated that the Ministry received several specialized medical teams in cooperation with international institutions to support Gaza’s exhausted medical staff, calling for allowing the entry of more specialized teams to save the lives of the thousands of wounded.

Since Oct. 7, the Israeli occupation army has launched a bloody aggression on the Gaza Strip, causing a severe humanitarian and health catastrophe.

Gaza holocaust: Day 83 of the Israeli aggression

Thursday 28-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continues to carry out its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 83rd consecutive day Thursday, through dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling, committing bloody massacres against civilians, conducting field executions, and horrendous crimes in the infiltration areas as part of its genocide, amidst a catastrophic humanitarian situation resulting from the siege and the displacement of over 90% of the population.

Our correspondents reported that the Israeli warplanes and artillery continued their intense airstrikes and shelling on various areas of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, targeting houses, gatherings, facilities, and streets, resulting in hundreds of martyrs and casualties.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced the martyrdom of eight people and the injury of others due to an Israeli shelling near Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the society, in Khan Younus, which shelters thousands of displaced people.

Media sources reported the martyrdom of journalist Ahmed Khair Al-Deen, a cameraman for Al-Quds TV channel, indicating that his body is still under the rubble of his house along with 12 martyrs from his family and 9 martyrs from the neighbors, as a result of Israeli shelling yesterday in the Bait Lahya project in northern Gaza.

Several citizens were injured after targeting an agricultural land inhabited by displaced people in tents in Al-Zahra, north of Rafa'h.

Martyrs and injuries were reported as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of a house and a civilian car in the Al-Mashal'ha neighborhood in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported the arrival of 17 martyrs as a result of Israeli airstrikes last night and early this morning in Nusayrat, Dear El-Bala'h, and Al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip.

Artillery shelling continues towards various areas in central Khan Younus and its east.

Family sources reported the martyrdom of four young men, who were martyred due to Israeli shelling on the house of Sheikh Hassan Abu Shaqra in Al-Shaikh Nasir in Khan Younis last evening. Their bodies have not reached the hospital due to the inability of ambulances to reach the area.

Incursions

Israeli occupation forces continue their incursions on several fronts in the Gaza Strip amidst fierce clashes in those areas.

Our correspondents reported that the occupation forces are committing horrendous crimes within the infiltration areas, including field executions, raiding houses and facilities, looting and destroying them, besieging thousands of citizens in their homes, depriving them of food, water, and healthcare services.

There are injuries and martyrs in houses and streets that medical teams cannot reach. The occupation forces are also carrying out random arrest operations against citizens, accompanied by widespread harassment. 

Israeli airstrikes claim lives of at least 16 civilians in Rafa'h

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

At least 16 civilians were confirmed dead and dozens more injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting a residential building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafa'h, according to local and medical reports.

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes on a house in the Shabboura refugee camp in the Al-Shabboura refugee camp south of the city, leading to a significant number of casualties, both fatalities and injuries.   

Furthermore, another Israeli aerial assault resulted in the destruction of the Al-Taqwa Mosque, located east of the Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City.

In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the tragic loss of over 21,500 lives and left around 54,000 wounded, with over 70% of them being women and children. Nearly 7,000 people are also unaccounted for beneath the debris.

M.N. 

Israeli genocidal airstrike targets civilians in Bait 'Hanoun, resulting in multiple casualties

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

Dozens of innocent civilians were killed and others sustained injuries this evening in an Israeli genocidal airstrike that targeted a group of civilians in the town of Bait 'Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said the Israeli occupation military launched an airstrike, hitting a group of civilians at the entrance of Bai't 'Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack resulted in a significant number of casualties, including both fatalities and wounded.

In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the tragic loss of over 21,500 lives and left more than 55,000 wounded, with over 70% of them being women and children. Nearly 7,000 people are also unaccounted for beneath the debris.

M.N.

Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on sites in Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured, most of them children and women, in a series of raids launched by occupation warplanes, at Thursday dawn, on various sites in the Gaza Strip, on the 83rd day of the aggression.

WAFA correspondents said that an Israeli bombing on Dair El-Bala'h and the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip left a number of dead and wounded.

According to local sources, the occupation targeted a civilian car transporting wounded people from Dair El-Bala'h, which led to the killing of everyone in it.

They reported that at least 7 civilians were killed in an Israeli raid on a house in the Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, saw violent raids by occupation aircraft and artillery, which resulted in the killing and injury of dozens of citizens, most of them children and women.

A number of citizens were killed and others were injured, most of them children and women, in an Israeli bombing that targeted the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that at least seven citizens were killed, and others were injured, as a result of the occupation targeting a house in the camp, while others were injured as a result of the occupation bombing a house in the Zawayida area in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces committed a horrific massacre near Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis yesterday evening, as a result of which about 30 civilians were killed.

The occupation aircraft also launched new raids on the center of the city of Khan Younis, and on agricultural land north of the city of Rafa'h, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

According to health sources, the occupation committed 16 massacres against entire families, killing 195 and injuring 325 during the past 24 hours.

By December 27, the death toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza has risen to 21,110, as well as 55,243 injuries, while thousands are reported missing, an infinite toll, since October 7th.

K.T.

Dozens killed, including two journalists, in the ongoing Israeli war of genocide in Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) -

Dozens of Palestinians were killed, including two journalists, and many others were injured this morning in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in the Gaza Strip on the 83rd day of the aggression.

More than 30 people were killed in the bombing of a residential square in the Bait Lahya project, north of the Gaza Strip, targeting buildings belonging to Khairuddeen, Al-Kurd, and Al-Qadhi families.

Journalist Mu'hammed Khairuddeen and cameraman A'hmed Mahir Khairuddeen were killed in the Israeli bombing that targeted their family homes in the Bait Lahya project.

The Red Crescent Society said that 10 people were also killed and 12 others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house near the Society’s Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

A medical source reported that 17 people were killed as a result of Israeli strikes that targeted homes in the central Gaza Strip since last night.

Israeli warplanes also bombed two homes belonging to Al-Mana'ma and Eid families, and homes in the vicinity of the UNRWA clinic, east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, which led to the death and injury of many people.

By December 27, 2023, the ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza caused the death of 21,110 people, mainly women and children, and the injury of 55,243 others, while thousands remain missing.

M.K.

Several civilians, mostly children and women, killed and injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza's Nusayrat refugee camp

GAZA, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) -

Several civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others injured late Wednesday night in an Israeli shelling that targeted the Nusayat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, at least seven civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation targeting of a house in the said camp, while others were injured in Israeli shelling of another house in the Al-Zuwayida area, in the central Strip.

The occupation jets also launched several raids on the city center of Khan Younus, and on farmland north of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Strip.

More than 21,000 civilians have been killed, some 54,000 wounded, and thousands reported missing since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7th.

T.R.

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

Israeli Drone Bombs Five Palestinians, Soldiers Abduct Six Others

 IMEMC, DEC 28, 2023

An Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of Palestinian young men, injuring five, in the northern West Bank city of Jineen, while soldiers invaded exchange shops, stole money and abducted six citizens.

At approximately 1 am on Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the city of Jenin, while reconnaissance drones flew in the airspace above the city.

Israeli occupation soldiers stormed a number of buildings in the city of Jenin and positioned sharpshooters on the rooftops, while reinforcements arrived.

An armed drone fired a missile at a group of Palestinian young men in the area of Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque, in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, injuring five citizens.

Medical sources with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that an armed drone fired a missile at a group of young men, injuring five of them with shrapnel, one of whom was struck in the face.

Armed Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire with the attacking army near the “Watermelon Roundabout” and the “Cinema Roundabout”, while soldiers fired barrages of live rounds.

Similar confrontations occurred in the town of Burqeen, west of the city, and on the outskirts of the Jenin camp, with no injuries reported.

Meanwhile, the army stormed the Arab and Al-Quds banks in the eastern neighborhood, invaded exchange shops, including the Gulf Exchange Corporation and the Fakhruddeen Exchange Company, damaging their contents and confiscating property.

Occupation forces arrested Hani Abu Muwais, the owner of the Gulf Exchange, and stole one million shekels ($276,667 USD) and $350,000 USD from the Al-Fakhr Exchange Company.

Furthermore, occupation forces opened fire at one of the city’s main electricity transformers, causing a power outage in several neighborhoods.

It was added that the army stormed many citizens’ homes in Qabatiya town, south of Jenin, the villages of Beer Al-Basha, Zawiya, Sannour, Jaba’, and ‘Anza, to the southwest.

In related news, Israeli forces abducted, on Thursday morning, five Palestinian young men from Al-Hashimiya village, west of the city.

Soldiers stormed and searched the homes of Khalid Al-Fayid, his brother, Ahmed, his son, Amjad Al-Fayid, Mazin Mu'hammed Al-Fayid, and Osama Al-Jabali, before abducting them. 

Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian during raid in Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth was killed, and 14 others were injured, after they were shot by Israeli occupation forces, at dawn on Thursday, during confrontations that broke out in the vicinity of Al-Manara Roundabout in the center of Ramallah.

Medical sources at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah said that 'Hazim Abdul Fatta'h Qattawi was killed as a result of his wounds by occupation bullets.

Medical sources in the Red Crescent added that among the injured were 4 injuries with live bullets, one in the chest, one in the abdomen, and two injuries in the thigh, including a journalist, after the occupation soldiers opened fire on them in the middle of the city. They received the necessary first aid and treatment, before being transferred to the hospital for complete treatment.

The occupation forces raided several areas in the city of Ramallah, and stormed the city center (Al-Manara and Al-Sa'ah roundabouts), Shireen Abu 'Aaqla Street, Al-'Hisbah Street, Al-Balou', and Al-Teera, and stormed a number of money exchange shops, seized their contents, and detained a number of their owners.

They also stormed Al-Ajouli family's home in Al-Balou' and an exchange shop owned by them in Ramallah.

Security sources told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed Al-Teera neighborhood and raided a residential building and interrogated its residents. A citizen was detained, while they opened fire on a vehicle and wounded its driver.

The sources added that the occupation forces stormed the town of Baitounia and the neighborhoods near the “Ofer” military prison, which is located on citizens’ lands in the town of Baitounia.

The occupation forces also stormed the city of Al-Beerih and drove their military vehicles through its streets.

In Bait Laqya, the occupation forces stormed the town and detained Yousuf Najei' Mu'hammed Dhaifullah, 19. They also stormed the village of Sinjil, north of the city, and the village of Rafat.

With the killing of Qattawi in Ramallah at dawn today, the number of slain Palestinians rose to 312 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, and 520 since the beginning of this year.

K.T.

Youth shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

BETHLEHEM, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers in a deadly incident tonight which occurred west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to medical sources.

The Ministry of Health confirmed the martyrdom of 38-year-old Mu'hammed Sayil Al-Jundi from the town of Yatta, located south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron). The fatal shooting occurred when the occupying Israeli military opened fire on him near the so-called Al-Nafaq military checkpoint west of Bethlehem.

At least 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces and the illegal Israeli settler militias in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year, according to human rights groups.

M.N.

Palestinian injured 10 days ago in Nablus from Israeli army gunfire succumbs to his wounds

NABLUS, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

Tariq Shakhsheer, 21, injured 10 days ago from Israeli army gunfire during a raid in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, today succumbed to his wounds, according to the Ministry of Health.

Shakhshir was critically wounded during the assault on December 18 and was getting treatment in hospital until he was pronounced dead today.

Israeli occupation soldiers killed or caused the death of 314 Palestinians since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7 and 522 since the start of this year, according to the Ministry of Health.

M.K.

Three Palestinians, including teen, injured by Israeli army's bullets in Hebron-area Confrontations

HEBRON, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian teenager and two young men in their 20s were injured by Israeli forces’ live bullets during confrontations that broke out tonight in the town of Bani Na'eem, east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the said town, leading to confrontations that resulted in the wounding of three people, including a 17-year-old teenager, in their lower extremities.

They were taken to hospital for medical treatment.

T.R. 

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Abduction of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

Israeli occupation forces detain at least 25 Palestinians in West Bank raids, including money changers

RAMALLAH, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces detained today at least 25 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, including money changers, according to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Prisoner’s Society.

Israeli soldiers raided several money changers in Ramallah, Tulkarm and Jenin and broke into their shops and homes, seizing millions of dollars, arresting several owners of the businesses, and causing heavy damage to the shops and homes.

Raids and arrests were also reported in the Nablus, Aree'ha (Jericho), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Tubas and Qalqilya governorates, said the organizations.

The Israeli occupation detained 4820 Palestinians in the West Bank since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7.

M.K.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli Occupation forces demolish vehicle junkyard near Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a vehicle junkyard near the entrance to Al-Sawiya village, south of Nablus in the north of the West Bank.

Mu'hammed Qasim Aqra’, owner of the junkyard, told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed his workplace without prior warning and demolished a 150-square-meter hangar used as a house and a warehouse for vehicle parts.

He pointed out that the occupation forces prevented the workers from evacuating the car parts found in the hanger, valued at $120,000, and destroyed them completely after bulldozing the warehouse under the pretext that it was located in Area C, which is under full Israeli military control.

M.K.

Illegal Israeli settlers expand agricultural road on Palestinian lands near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, Thursday, December 28, 2023 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers today embarked on the expansion of a settler-only agricultural road in the vicinity of the village of Batteer, to the west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, encroaching upon lands belonging to local Palestinian residents.

According to Hassan Braijiya, the director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, colonial Israeli settlers began the expansion of an agricultural road in the area, spanning a length of 500 meters. The expansion is purportedly aimed at enlarging an existing settlement outpost established in the region.

Braijiya further explained that a group of settlers had seized agricultural plots in the Al-Makhrour area of the village several years ago, erecting mobile homes on the confiscated land.

The incident is part of a broader trend of illegal settler activities that have been met with international condemnation for their impact on the rights and livelihoods of the native Palestinian communities.

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