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 192 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 7 Massacres, 68 Palestinians Killed, 94 Injured, with a Death Toll of  33,797 and 76,465 Injuries

April 15, 2024 

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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 April 15, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,797+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (33,797) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 9, 2024: 8,000+). 

By April 15, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 76,465, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By April 7, 2024, the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip resulted in more than 116,061 martyrs, wounded and missing Palestinians, 70% of whom were children and women.

By April 7, 2024, 14,350 children were killed, constituting 44% of the total number of martyrs (over 33,175) in Gaza Strip.

By April 15, 2024, 468 Palestinians who were killed, 4,847 who were injured, and 8,213, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By March 28, 2024, about 12,091 Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, have been detained in 2023. About half of them were detained after October 7. This included 1,085 children and 300 women.

By March 8, there were 8,900 Palestinian women who were killed, 23,000 who were injured, but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (whither they are dead, injured, or abducted).

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2023, the death toll included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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Israeli occupation soldiers pointing their guns at a Palestinian woman, at the Dair Sharaf checkpoint, north of Nablus, then they detained her, April 15, 2024	Palestinian young man, Yazan Ishtiyya, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Al-Marj, Nablus, April 15, 2024
Five Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting displaced people on Al-Rasheed Street while they were trying to return to the northern Gaza Strip (but they were prevented by gun fire) , April 14, 2024	A residential neighborhood destroyed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, file, April 15, 2024
The Israeli occupation apartheid regime issued eviction order against three Palestinian families in the Shaikh Jarra'h, neighborhood, in Al-Quds, occupied Jerusalem, April 15, 2024	Due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, piles of wastes accumulate, causing health and environmental hazards, April 15, 2024
Al-Maghazi refugee camp neighborhoods, which were destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, April 15, 2024	Treating little Palestinian children, who were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes on central Gaza Strip, at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, April 15, 2024

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).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"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).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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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 (October 7, 2023-Fruary 26, 2024), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. 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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Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza

Sunday 14-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

It is estimated that more than 6,000 unexploded Israeli missiles and bombs were dropped on the Gaza Strip during the first three months of the Israeli war, which constitutes a long-term threat to life in Gaza

According to the Danish newspaper Information, an estimated 45,000 bombs were dropped during the first 89 days of the conflict. It is 505 bombings a day, or 21 bombings per hour.

The paper added that this massive attack resulted in the destruction or damage to between 50 and 62 percent of all buildings in the Gaza Strip.

The Danish newspaper further warned about the dangers posed by the presence of Israeli explosive remnants of war in the Gaza Strip. The consequences of which are far-reaching: loss of life, disabling injuries, psychological trauma, and delayed deliveries of humanitarian aid and reconstruction efforts.

According to Hi.org, an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster, as an average failure rate of 14%, it is possible that as many as 6,300 bombs have failed to function as designed, ending up scattered in the ruins and all over the Gaza Strip. 

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Gaza Municipality: Preventing our personnel’s access to waste dump will have catastrophic environmental effects

Sunday 14-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Gaza Municipality issued a warning on Sunday about the dire consequences for the city’s environmental and health conditions should the Israeli occupation regime persists in preventing its workers from accessing the main waste dump in the “Ju'hr Al-Deek” area east of the city.

In a statement, the municipality stated that since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation regime has made it impossible for its crews to reach the dump, resulting in a significant buildup of waste—roughly 90,000 tons—in the city’s streets.

According to the municipality, this “led to the proliferation of harmful insects and rodents and the worsening of environmental conditions and health conditions in the city.”

“Waste accumulated in the streets and public areas due to the destruction of 125 different-sized vehicles, mostly waste collection vehicles, and the fuel needed to provide the cleaning service running out several months ago.”

The Ju'hr Al-Deek landfill, which receives approximately 1,000 tons of waste from Gaza City, the municipalities of Al-Mughraqa, Wadi Gaza, Ju'hr Al-Deek, and UNRWA, is the main and only landfill in the city qualified to receive waste from the city. 

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

On April 15 2024, 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 7 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 68 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 94 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 33,797 and the injuries to 76,465, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Two civilians killed, dozens injured in Israeli genocidal strikes in Gaza's Nuseirat camp

GAZA, Monday, April 15, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least two civilians were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting a group of civilians north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said the occupation warplanes bombed a group of citizens north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, resulting in the killing of two people.

Earlier today, a young Palestinian child identified as Malak Haniyya, the granddaughter of the 'Hamas leader Isma'eel Haniyya, succumbed to her wounds as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted her family's vehicle in the first day of 'Eidul-Fitr in Al-Shati refugee camp.

The airstrike also resulted in the killing of malak`s father along with members of her family.

By April 14, 2024, the number of civilians killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 has reached 33,729. Some 76,371 others were injured.

Thousands remain missing under rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulances and rescue teams continue to report their inability to reach them.

Y.S.

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Almost a score of displaced people injured near Al-Rasheed Street

GAZA, Monday, April 15, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Almost a score of displaced people today were injured by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets while trying to return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the occupation war boats opened fire on hundreds of displaced people who were trying to return to their homes in Gaza City and the north Governorate via Al-Rasheed Street, wounding at least two.

Meanwhile, a child died from injuries she sustained yesterday after her family had been targeted by the occupation forces as they attempted to return to the northern Gaza Strip via Al-Rasheed Street.

Earlier yesterday, at least five civilians, including a woman, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting displaced people on Al-Rashid Street while they were trying to return to the northern Gaza Strip.

Additionally, the occupation warplanes targeted a house east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with artillery shelling on the western areas of Gaza City and north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

By April 14, 2024, the number of civilians killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 has reached 33,729. Some 76,371 others have been injured.

Thousands remain missing under rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulances and rescue teams continue to report their inability to reach them.

Y.S. 

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

 

Palestinian killed, two others injured by IOFs gunfire in Nablus

Monday 15-April-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was killed and another one was injured on Monday morning during clashes between local youths and the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Nablus City.

According to the Red Crescent, a young man with a critical bullet injury in his chest and another one with a leg injury were rushed by ambulance crews to the hospital.

Soon later, the young man suffering from the chest injury was pronounced dead. He was identified as Yazan Ishtiyya (standard Arabic: Al-Shita-iyya).

A medical source at the Rafeedya Hospital said that a third young also suffers from critical bullet injuries in his chest and abdomen.

Local sources said that undercover Israeli occupation soldiers infiltrated into Al-Marij neighborhood in Nablus and raided a building belonging to the family of Jadallah before military reinforcements stormed the area.

They added that the Israeli forces ordered a Palestinian to turn himself in during the raid on the building in the city, amid clashes with resistance fighters in the area.

Resistance fighters reportedly attacked IOFs vehicles with a homemade explosive device in Al-Marij neighborhood. 

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Palestinian West Bank woman kidnapped following alleged intent to stab soldiers

Monday 15-April-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnaped on Monday morning a Palestinian woman at a military checkpoint in the northwest of Nablus City on allegations of her attempt to carry out a stabbing attack.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers stopped a Palestinian woman at the Dair Sharaf checkpoint and then detained her before taking her to an unknown place.

The Hebrew media claimed that the detained woman was holding a knife and tried to stab soldiers at the checkpoint (the routine Israeli allegation, to justify illegal detentions of Palestinians).

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Several Palestinians injured in IOFs West Bank raids

Sunday 14-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was shot and injured by Israeli gunfire on Sunday afternoon after Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed 'Habla town, south of Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a young man suffered from gunshot injuries in the hand and leg as clashes broke out during the raid.

Another Palestinian was seriously injured after being shot by the IOFs in Al-Mughayyir town, east of Ramallah.

The IOFs has raided the village since the morning hours, which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations amid heavy use of live ammunition.

Al-Mughayyir has been witnessing a massive attack by illegal Israeli settlers for the third day in a row. At least one Palestinian was killed, and 45 others were injured during the settler attacks.

The illegal Israeli settlers also set fire to 16 houses, 60 vehicles, and 15 sheep pens, stole 145 sheep, and slaughtered 31 others.

On the other hand, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers assaulted a citizen and kidnapped another after violently storming Kafr Malik town, east of Ramallah.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 464 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the war on Gaza in October last year, with the West Bank witnessing an unprecedented wave of settler violence that often takes place in the presence of Israeli soldiers. 

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IOFs kidnap several citizens during West Bank raids

Monday 15-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), last night and at dawn Monday, kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnaped five citizens during raids on homes in Kafr Al-Lubbad town in eastern Toulkarm and another one from the nearby town of 'Anabta.

Resistance fighters reportedly clashed with Israeli soldiers in 'Anabta town and detonated an explosive devise at their vehicles, while violent skirmishes broke out between local youths and soldiers in Kafr Al-Lubbad.

The IOFs also stormed the towns of Bal’a and Shufa in Toulkarm and kidnaped three young men from their homes.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs carried out raids on several homes in the city, as well as in 'Habla village in the south and 'Azzoun town in the east.

Israeli occupation forces reportedly kidnaped one young man from his home, damaged two cars, and ransacked a house in 'Azzoun town.

In Nablus, the IOFs stormed the villages of Burqa and Douma and raided homes, with no reported detentions.

In Jineen, a young man was taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in Ya’bad town, southwest of the province.

In Ramallah, the IOFs raided homes in Al-Mughayyir town, and kidnaped two young men during raids on homes in Kafr Ni’ma village.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces stormed different areas and clashed with local youths in Bait Ummar town. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime issues eviction order against three Palestinian families in the Shaikh Jarra'h, neighborhood, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Monday, April 15, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation authorities notified today three Palestinian families to evict their homes in Shaikh Jarra'h neighborhood of the occupied city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), for the benefit of the colonist militias.

The municipality gave the three families until mid-July to implement the decision. The targeted houses are inhabited by three families consisting of 20 members.

A member of the Shaikh Jarra'h Neighborhood Defense Committee, owner of one of the targeted homes, Salih Diab, said that the Israeli Magistrate Court, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), held a hearing regarding the case at the end of last May, during which the court judge was informed that there was a decision from the Israeli Supreme Court to freeze the decision regarding the evacuation of 28 families from their homes in Shaikh Jarra'h neighborhood.

Diab added that The Nahalat Shimoun Colonial Association exerted pressure on the magistrate court judge, forcing him to look into the case again. He gave the family lawyer and the illegal Israeli setters' lawyer 4 months to respond to the allegations.  

Today, the judge issued the decision to evacuate the three families from their homes in the neighborhood, Diab added.

He added that the three families have been living in the houses for 56 years, and began their struggle in the courts to prove their rights since 2009 after receiving judicial notices.

For years, the Israeli occupation authorities have been trying to displace the residents of the Shaikh Jarra'h neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem in various ways. However, they refused to do so, clinging to their homes despite all the strict restrictions imposed on them by the occupation.

More than 500 Palestinians living in 28 houses in the neighborhood are facing threats of forced expulsion at the hands of settlement associations backed by the Israeli government and its judiciary system.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack with stones a Palestinian man while attending his land near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 15, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Illegal Israeli settlers today attacked with stones a Palestinian man from the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah.

Security sources said that a group of armed colonists attacked the local Palestinian resident Khalid Salim Ghunaimat with stones while he was attending his own land.

Earlier, colonists, many of them armed, attacked and brutally beat up a young man, inflicting bruises across his body in the village of Kafr Malik.

Another local Palestinian was further kidnapped by the gun-toting colonists during their large-scale attack on the village of Kafr Malik.

Since last Friday, illegal  Israeli settler militias, with the protection of Israeli forces, have launched a wave of terror attacks on several villages north and east of Ramallah, including Al-Mughayyir, Baiteen, Dair Jareer, Silwad, 'Ain Sinia, Abu Fala'h, Burqa, 'Atara, and Al-Mazra'a Al-Gharbiya.

These attacks have resulted in the killing of civilians, injuries to dozens, and the burning of dozens of homes and vehicles.

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Palestinian woman injured in settler attack in Jordan Valley

Monday 15-April-2024

JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)

A Palestinian woman was injured on Sunday evening when a horde of extremist Jewish settlers attacked a hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley.

Local official Moataz Bisharat said that settlers attacked local residents and their tents in Ein al-Hilweh hamlet and beat a woman identified as Fatima Daraghmeh, adding that she suffered multiple bruises.

He also said that the same settlers prevented Palestinian vehicles from traveling on a nearby road leading to the Jordan Valley and blocked it entirely.

On Saturday, a group of settlers set fire to homes in the same area belonging to Fatima Daraghmeh and her brother Fathi, stole 80 head of sheep belonging to her and then took her to the illegal settlement of Maskiyot before releasing her later.

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