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 206 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 34 Palestinians Killed, 68 Injured, with a Death Toll of  34,488 and 77,643 Injuries

April 29, 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 29, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,488+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (34,488) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By April 29, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 77,643, 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 29, 2024, 493 Palestinians who were killed, 4,867 who were injured, and 8,506, 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.

More than 10,000 Palestinian women were killed (by April 17, 2024), 23,000 were injured (by March 8, 2024), but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (by March 8, 2024).

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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Some of the 34 Palestinian civilian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, on April 29, 2024	A Palestinian little child who was one of the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024
Thousands of Turks demonstrated in Istanbul and Ankara, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in protest against the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, April 28, 2024	The Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h resulted in massacring 25 Palestinian civilians, including five children and ten women, April 29, 2024
International experts surveying unexploded Israeli ordnance in Dair El-Bala'h, to resulting from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, April 28, 2024	Israeli bomb trap cans left in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces, to kill as many hungry Palestinian civilians as possible, April 29, 2024
Rescuing victims of a house which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strikes on a residential neighborhood on Al-Nusayrat, in Gaza Strip, April 29, 204	Bidding farewell to the family member martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Rafa'h, on April 29, 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 (Since October 7, 2023), 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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Mass demonstrations in Türkiye, in support of Gaza, and protests on US college campuses

Monday 29-April-2024

ISTANBUL, (PIC)

Thousands of Turks took to streets on Sunday in the cities of Istanbul and Ankara, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in protest against the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The protesters demanded an end to the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip, expressing solidarity with the pro-Palestine student protests sweeping college campuses across the US.

In Istanbul, a massive protest was organized in Uskudar in the Asian part of the city, by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and the International Freedom Flotilla Federation.

The protesters chanted slogans denouncing the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and supporting the resistance. They chanted “Long live the global intifada (uprising),” “Long live the Palestinian resistance,” “Criminal Israel, leave Palestine,” and “Long live global brotherhood.”

The participants, including foreign activists who joined the Freedom Flotilla, raised Palestinian flags, whereas many of them wore keffiyehs. They also raised banners bearing the slogans “Ceasefire Now!” and “Open the Rafah crossing.”

In the capital, Ankara, members of the Turkish Youth Union organized a protest in front of the US embassy to express their support for the pro-Palestine student protests, which invaded dozens of universities in the United States in order to demand halting support for and cutting investments with Israel.

The demonstrators chanted slogans in support of the Palestinian people and against the continued US support for Israel in light of its ongoing crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza. They also carried out a representative pose with their hands tied in reference to the widespread arrests of pro-Palestine students in the US.

For the 206th day in a row, the Israeli occupation army has been committing massacres as part of its genocidal war against the people of the Gaza Strip, targeting inhabited homes and medical and journalistic teams, causing massive destruction, killing, and injuring thousands of civilians. 

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International humanitarian group surveys unexploded Israeli ordnance to ensure Gaza safety

Monday 29-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

An international humanitarian group team surveyed on Sunday unexploded Israeli ordnance in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip to ensure safety in light of the devastating Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023, according to a member of the team.

Nick, who did not reveal his last name, a member of the Humanity and Inclusion team, told Anadolu Agency on Sunday, “We are here to mark the unexploded bombs.”

He explained, “First of all, we must identify its type. Second, we must make sure whether it is safe or not, and third, we must examine the possibility of moving it and keeping everyone safe.”

The humanitarian volunteer sent a message to the residents of the area, saying, “You must not touch these weapons, play with them, or stand on top of them, as one unexploded missile is capable of destroying an entire building.”

“We only have to report these weapons when we find them, and not approach them at all. They are not toys, but rather dangerous items that threaten the lives of citizens,” he added.

A video clip had earlier been circulated by activists on social media showing a large unexploded bomb which landed inside a building in Dair El-Bala'h whose streets are filled with debris of Israeli bombardment.

Humanity and Inclusion is an international non-governmental organization that seeks to help people with disabilities and vulnerable people in situations of poverty, exclusion, conflict and disasters.

The ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza has so far left more than 112,000 martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of many children, according to Palestinian and UN data. 

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5th Conference of the League of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds (LP4Q) calls for prosecuting genocide war criminals in Gaza

Monday 29-April-2024

ISTANBUL, (PIC)

The 5th Conference of the League of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds (LP4Q), held in Türkiye, called at its final session for criminalizing dealing with the Israeli occupation regime and coordinating efforts to prosecute the criminals of the genocidal war in Gaza.

The conference’s final statement called for the establishment of an international legal initiative supported by parliamentarians and legislative councils aimed at coordinating legal efforts to prosecute genocide criminals in the Gaza Strip, and to support the global boycott movement against the Israeli occupation state and its supporters.

The statement urged parliaments to legislate laws that promote the boycott movement and criminalize dealing with the occupation.

Last Monday, the League concluded the activities of its fifth international parliamentary conference in Istanbul, that was held for three days under the theme: “Freedom and Independence for Palestine.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Numan Kurtulmuş, a number of intellectual and political elites, representatives of popular movements, and more than 700 parliamentarians from 80 countries around the world participated in the conference.

The parliamentarians who attended the conference stressed “the necessity of taking all measures that would lead to an immediate cessation of the war of genocide, lifting the siege on the people of Gaza, and holding all those involved in such crimes accountable.”

The conference also called on all participating parliamentarians and parliaments to activate the role of the LP4Q to function as a global parliamentary legal and political umbrella that supports Palestinian rights and organizes international parliamentary efforts to confront the parties backing the war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.

The conference held intellectual, legal, and political seminars, focusing mainly on the genocide crimes that have been committed by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, as well as the ongoing violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, the city of occupied Jerusalem and the Jerusalemite people.

The attendees stressed the importance of establishing “a global alliance to revive the system of right, justice, values and principles that cross parliaments, governments and peoples, in the face of the alliance of oppression, injustice, tyranny, occupation and racism that supports the Israeli occupation state in its criminal war on the Gaza Strip.” 

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'Hamas: No leader will leave Gaza as part of any ceasefire deal

Monday 29-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha has categorically denied what Al-Arabiya satellite channel claimed that the second stage of any future truce deal may see the departure of some of the 'Hamas leaders from Gaza to Cairo.

“Such news is untrue, fabricated, and aims to cause confusion,” spokesman Taha said on his Telegram account on Sunday.

“ 'Hamas leaders will remain on their homeland and with their people in the Gaza Strip. The only one that will leave is the Nazi (Israeli) occupation,” he added.

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EU Chief: Several European member states are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by end of May

RIYADH, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) -  

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Joseph Borrell, said today that several European member states are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May.

Borrell's statement came on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Last month, the Prime ministers of Spain, Ireland, Slovakia and Malta expressed their readiness to recognize the Palestinian state in a joint statement.

Recently, the governments of Jamaica and Barbados announced their recognition of the state of Palestine, bringing the number of countries that recognized Palestine to 142.

On Sunday, the Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Riyadh Mansour, said that new countries in the Caribbean and Latin America region will soon recognize the State of Palestine.

He said that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago will soon recognize the state of Palestine following Jamaica and Barbados' recognition of Palestine as a state.

He said that work is underway with the Bahamas and Panama to recognize the State of Palestine in response to the United States’ veto against Palestine's full membership in the United Nations.

The United States vetoed on April 18th a UN Security Council resolution proposed by Algeria on behalf of Arab nations that recommended the State of Palestine's full membership in the UN.

T.R.

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

On April 29, 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 3 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 34 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 68 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 34,488 and the injuries to 77,643, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 34,488 martyrs

Monday 29-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring over 68 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but only 102 of them, including 34 martyrs, were transported to hospitals.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 34,488 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 77,643 people.

The Gaza Strip has been under brutal bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities. 

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 206

Monday 29-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 206 on Monday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas, and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to launch attacks across Gaza, killing and injuring multiple citizens.

According to media sources, three civilians were martyred and others were injured when an Israeli warplane bombed a house belonging to the family of Afeefi in Tel Al-Sultan area in the west of Rafa'h.

The Israeli occupation army also bombed three homes in Rafa'h, massacring at least 20 civilians and injuring dozens.

Last night, an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of Tartouri in Abu 'Haseera street in the west of Gaza City claimed the lives of five civilians, including children and women, and injured many others.

Casualties were also reported following an airstrike on a house belonging to the family of 'Hijazi in the south of Gaza City.

On Sunday, civil defense and medical crews recovered bodies of 13 martyrs from the bombed neighborhood of Al-Amal in the west of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army also attacked on the same day a civilian car in the north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing one person and injuring others.

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Four civilians killed, others injured in Israeli genocidal air raid on southern Gaza city of Rafa'h

GAZA, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least four civilians today were killed and others injured in an Israeli occupation airstrike targeting the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that Israeli warplanes targeted a residential apartment in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h, resulting in the killing of at least four civilians, including three women.

This bring the death toll in the city of Rafa'h since dawn today to 25, including five children and ten women.

Sources reported that occupation aircraft launched intense raids on agricultural lands west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the occupation warplanes also targeted multiple civilians' homes in West Zawayida in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the injury of several people.

Israel’s ongoing land, sea and aerial aggression on the Gaza Strip which began on October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 34,488 civilians, mostly children and women, and the injury of 77,643others.

Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble and scattered on the roads as ambulances and civil defense crews are unable to reach them due to ongoing Israeli shelling.

Y.S.

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

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Two Palestinians injured by live ammunition in the northern West Bank

QALQILYA, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Two Palestinians today were injured by occupation forces’ bullets east of the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank.

The Red Crescent Society said that a 55-year-old man was struck in the back with bullet shrapnel fired by Israeli occupation forces and was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Another 15-year-old Palestinian boy was injured by live ammunition in the foot after being directly hit by occupation forces. He was also transferred to hospital. 

Local sources said that confrontations broke out between local residents and the occupation forces at the main entrance to the town, during which the forces fired live bullets and tear gas bombs, injuring two people. 

The occupation army has closed the main entrance to the town of 'Azzoun since October 7, and is carrying out continuous incursions and raids against the town.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces set up checkpoint at Ramallah-village area, fire gas bombs at school

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Monday set up a military checkpoint at the western entrance to the village of Al-Mughayir, east of Ramallah, and fired toxic gas bombs towards a school.

Deputy Chairman of Al-Mughayir Village Council, Marzouq Abu Naim, told WAFA that the occupation forces set up a military checkpoint at the western entrance to the village, near Al-Mughayir Boys’ Secondary School.

He added that the occupation soldiers fired toxic gas bombs while the students were in the school.

Abu Na'eem pointed out that the villagers confronted the occupation forces and tried to keep them away from the school, but they continued to fire gas bombs at it.

The village of Al-Mughayir and the villages north and east of Ramallah such as Al-Mughayir, Baiteen, Dair Jareer, Silwad, 'Ain Sinya, Abu Fala'h, Burqa, 'Atara, and Al-Mazra'a Al-Gharbiyah are being exposed to ongoing attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers, protected by the Israeli occupation forces, who burned dozens of Palestinian homes, vehicles, and citizens’ property.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces detain 12 Palestinians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained a minimum of 12 Palestinians, including former prisoners, last night and this morning during multiple raids into Palestinian towns and villages in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources and witnesses.

They said that the occupation forces rounded up at least 12 Palestinians, including several minors and former prisoners, in multiple raids, mainly in the districts of, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Toulkarm, Jineen, and Aree'ha (Jericho).

The joint statement added that Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out wide-ranging raid operations and harassment during the arrests, accompanied by brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, as well as extensive acts of sabotage and destruction in the homes of civilians.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Y.S. 

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PPS: The current number of administrative detainees is the highest ever

Monday 29-April-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has said that the current number of administrative detainees in Israeli jails is the highest ever in light of the escalating arrest campaign in the West Bank.

In a statement on Sunday, PPS said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to issue more administrative detention orders against Palestinian citizens, although it recently released a limited number of administrative detainees.

PPS pointed out that the IOA started escalating its detention policy against the Palestinians before the October 7, 2023 events, specifically in April 2022 when the number of administrative detainees climbed to 600, adding that their number exceeded 1,000 prisoners in March 2023.

“After October 7 [2023] and in the midst of the genocide and growing aggression [in Gaza], the number of administrative detainees exceeded 2,000 and continued to rise until it became more than 3,660 prisoners at the beginning of April 2024,” PPS said, describing this number as the highest since the occupation of Palestine. 

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IOFs storm West Bank areas, kidnap two citizens in Jineen

Monday 29-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed last night and at dawn Monday different areas of the West Bank, where they raided homes and kidnaped some Palestinian citizens, amid clashes with local youths.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed 'Arraba town in southern Jineen and kidnaped two young men after ransacking their homes.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed, for the ninth day running, Jalboun village in the northeast of Jenin, and turned a house near a girl school into a military post.

On Sunday evening, the IOFs bulldozed public property, including roads and electricity poles, during raids in the villages of Jalboun and Faqqu’ah in Jineen.

The IOFs also carried out raids in different villages and towns of Jenin province, including in Ya’bad, 'Arraba, Silat Al-Dthahr, Beer El-Basha, Jalamah, 'Arrana, 'Arabbouna, and Dair Ghazala.

In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces stormed Burqa village in the northwest and raided its streets and several homes belonging to local residents, with no reported kidnappings.

In Ramallah, the IOFs raided multiple homes and confiscated a private car during a campaign in Kafr Malik town.

Local sources reported seeing IOFs vehicles patrolling streets in Sateh Mar'haba neighborhood in the province of Ramallah and Al-Beerih.

A heavy build-up of traffic reportedly happened on roads leading to Al-Mughayyir village in northern Ramallah after the IOF set up checkpoints at its entrances.

In Jericho, IOFs raids on homes took place in the city and 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, with no reported kidnappings.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Over 200 illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque

Monday 29-April-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

A large number of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers continued to desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Monday morning on the last day of the week-long Passover festival, amid ongoing restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to their Islamic holy site in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Administration of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem's) Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs said that over 200 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in different groups in the morning under tight police guard, adding that this number is likely to increase, especially in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation regime police imposed restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to Al-Aqsa Mosque and expelled many of them from the holy site and the roads leading to it during the settler tours of its courtyards.

Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

Recently, the illegal Israeli Jewish settler groups announced their intents to organize mass break-ins and preform provocative practices atAl-Aqsa Mosque to mark the Passover event, while Palestinian figures and activists urged Muslim worshipers to intensify their presence at the Mosque at all times to protect it against desecration and Judaization.

Yesterday, the Israeli police allowed over 1,200 settlers to desecrateAl-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards, according to local sources in the holy city.

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Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian near Hebron

WEDNESDAY, Monday, April 29, 2024 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers, protected by Israeli occupation soldiers, Monday severely beat a Palestinian citizen in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

WAFA correspondent said that colonists severely beat a citizen in Khirbet Saroura in Masafir Yatta, leaving him with bruises and wounds.

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