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 180 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 5 Massacres, 59 Palestinians Killed, 83 Injured, with a Death Toll of  32,975 and 75,577 Injuries

April 3, 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 3, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 39,975+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (32,975) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+). 

By April 3, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 75,577, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By March 28, 2024, the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip resulted in more than 120,000 martyrs, wounded and missing Palestinians, 72% of whom were children and women.

By April 3, 2024, 461 Palestinians who were killed, 3,705 who were injured, and 7,950, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

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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10 Palestinians, including five children and three women, were massacred and injured in an Israeli genocidal air strike on Zo’rob family house, in Rafa'h, on April 2, 20204	Israeli genocidal air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, resulted in killing of several Iranian officials and Syrian employees, April 1, 2024
62 percent of Gaza homes, equivalent to 290,820 units, destroyed by the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people, costing about $18 billion, April 3, 2024	50 Palestinians were killed, 83 were injured on Day 180 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, mostly children and women, April 3, 2024
The infant Mu'hammed Shaheen, who was martyred together with his family by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their house in Al-Nusayrat, Gaza Strip, April 3, 2024	Arrival of the martyrs and the injured, who were victims of Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, April 3, 204
Funeral procession of the Palestinian martyr Rabee' Zakarna, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces, in Qabatya, on April 2, 2024	Bodies of members of the International Central Kitchen, who were murdered by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their convoy in central Gaza Strip, on April 1, 2024, getting prepared to get out for travel on April 3, 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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Japan resumes funding to UNRWA

Wednesday 3-April-2024

TOKYO, (PIC)

Japan has announced it will lift its suspension of funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, whose efforts are needed to confront the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa, who met UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini last week, confirmed the resumption of funding to UNRWA in a news conference.

“Japan will lift the moratorium on its financial contributions to UNRWA and provide assistance while ensuring and confirming the appropriateness of Japan’s funds,” Kamikawa told reporters on Tuesday.

She said the agency’s role in Gaza is “indispensable” as it works to improve governance and manage risks, adding that about $35 million of originally planned funding is ready to be released.

The European Commission, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Finland have also lifted similar funding pauses in recent weeks.

Japan was one of 16 countries that suspended funding to UNRWA after the Israeli government claimed that 12 of the agency’s staff participated in Hamas’s cross-border operation on October 7, 2023.

The Israeli government, which has sought for long years to shut down the agency and undermine its mission, alleged later that more than 450 UNRWA employees are “military operatives in terror groups in Gaza.”

Similar claims have also been made repeatedly by the Israeli government to justify the massive killing and kidnapping operations that have been carried out by its army in Gaza.

The UN, which has launched an investigation into such claims against its employees, has said Israel has not provided it with evidence to support the allegations. 

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6,050 Palestinian students killed since October 7

Wednesday 3-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

6,050 students have been killed and 10,219 wounded in Gaza and the occupied West Bank by Israeli attacks since October 7, the Palestinian Ministry of Education revealed on Tuesday.

In Gaza, 5,994 have been killed and 9,890 wounded, while in the occupied West Bank, 56 students have been killed and 329 injured. 105 others were detained in the West Bank as well.

The ministry added that 266 teachers and school administrators have been killed and 973 injured in Gaza, while six have been injured and more than 73 arrested in the occupied West Bank.

The ministry further pointed out that 351 government schools and 65 UNRWA-run schools were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip; 111 of them were severely damaged, and 40 schools were completely destroyed, while 57 schools were stormed and vandalized in the West Bank.

The Ministry confirmed that 620,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of enrolling in their schools since the beginning of the aggression, while most of the students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,916 Palestinians, and 75,494 wounded. More than 72% of the victims were women and children. 

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Most UNSC members condemn Israeli attack on Iran's consulate

April 3, 2024, New York, IRNA -

 In an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, most representatives except westerners and few of their allies have condemned the Israeli regime for its deadly airstrike on the consular section of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, warning that the regime's action could cause further unrest and chaos in the region.

According to IRNA's correspondent, Russia's ambassador and representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia during the security council meeting, deplored the Israeli attack, saying it will intensify regional conflicts.

Russia: Israel has targeted civilians

Russia's envoy to the UN said his country condemns the targeting of Iran’s embassy building in the strongest possible terms, adding that “we never approve of an attack on diplomatic mission”.

The diplomatic immunity of embassy employees should be respected based on the 1963 Vienna Convention, Nebenzia stated but acknowledged that this is not the first Israeli attack on civilians in Syria.

Since the October 7th last year until today, we have witnessed the multiplication of Israeli actions against civilians and over the past few months, Israeli jets have targeted various airports, including in Damascus, which has been the gateway for the UN humanitarian aid to the Arab country.

China: Israeli actions will lead to more chaos

China’s deputy representative to the United Nations also condemned the Israeli action, calling it a violation of Syria's territorial integrity.

Twenty years ago, the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia was targeted by an American airstrike and several people were killed. We understand the pain and sadness caused to the people of Iran as a result of Monday’s attack, and we express our sympathy to them, Geng Shuang underlined.

He further stated that Israel's action is a gross violation of the Vienna Convention and that it should not be allowed to take such reckless move against diplomatic missions.

Algeria: Israeli violation cannot be tolerated

The ambassador and permanent representative of Algeria to the United Nations also expressed his sympathy and condolences for the Iranian military advisors who were killed in the Israeli attack on the Iranian consular building in Damascus.

"Such cases of the violation of international obligations by the occupying Israeli regime cannot be justified or tolerated," Amar Bendjama told the Security Council.

He noted that the Israeli attack in Syria at the time when Israel is facing pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza, shows a deliberate disregard of the request of the international community to stop hostilities.

The aim of such a deliberate action is obvious as Israel intends to drag the entire region into conflict and it shows the occupying Israeli regime’s feeling of immunity and considering itself above international law, the Algerian diplomat emphasized.

Western silence on Israeli attack  

The ambassadors and representatives of the United States, Britain and France, the three veto-welding UN Security Council members refrained from condemning the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate, which led to the sharp reaction from the Russian ambassador to the UN.

In this meeting, France without condemning the Israel crime, called for restraint. The Russian envoy took a jab at the French representative and said: You did not say a word in condemning the violation of international laws by Israel. If your own consulate was targeted, would you have reacted the same way?

Nebenzia also targeted the United States and said Washington is always proud of getting the first-hand information, but it did not get anything regarding the attack on the Iranian consulate, and this is unbelievable.

Reaction came after the deputy ambassador of the United States to the UN said that "Washington had no involvement" in Monday’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria and "had no initial knowledge of the attack".

According to IRNA's reporter, Robert Wood also refused to confirm Israel's involvement in the attack in his speech on Tuesday evening local time.

The American diplomat rather repeated baseless anti-Iranian claims and as usual accused Iran of fueling tensions and using Israel's war on Gaza as a cover to launch attacks against Israel through regional resistance groups.

The UK’s deputy ambassador to the UN also without condemning the action of the Israeli regime said that London is worried about the potential escalation of tensions in the region.

James Kariuki also used anti-Iran rhetoric in his speech and blamed Iran for supporting “resistance groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and Houthis as well as those in Syria and Iraq."

The Swiss representative said at the emergency meeting that these actions have raised the level of tension in the region but avoided condemning the Israeli regime.

Most of the representatives participating in this meeting condemned Israel’s act of aggression, but the three permanent representatives namely the United States, Britain and France as well as two non-permanent members, Japan and South Korea refrained from condemning the attack of the Zionist regime on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.

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UN report: Gaza infrastructure damages estimated at $18.5 billion

Wednesday 3-April-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The cost of damage to critical infrastructure in the first four months of Israel’s continuing war on Gaza is estimated at about $18.5 billion, a new report by the World Bank and the United Nations has found.

The report estimated that the damage was equivalent to 97 percent of the combined GDP of the occupied West Bank and Gaza in 2022.

“The level of destruction in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 is unprecedented,” the Interim Damage Assessment Note released on Tuesday said.

The continuing conflict has damaged or destroyed approximately 62 percent of all homes in Gaza, equivalent to 290,820 housing units, and more than a million people are without homes. Housing accounts for 72 percent of the total damage costs, at an estimated value of $13.3bn.

Public service infrastructure, such as water, health and education, account for 19 percent, while commercial and industrial buildings make up 9 percent.

The energy, water and municipal sectors have suffered nearly $800m in damages and the water and sanitation system has been significantly reduced, delivering less than 5 percent of its previous output.

With 84 percent of health facilities damaged or destroyed, and a lack of electricity and water to operate the remaining ones, the population has minimal access to healthcare, the report found.

The education system has collapsed, with all of Gaza’s 625,000 students out of school. Damage to education infrastructure amounts to $341m as an estimated 56 school facilities have been destroyed and 219 partially damaged.

Additionally, 26 million metric tons of debris and rubble have been left in the wake of the destruction, an amount that is estimated to take years to remove.

“To date, 80 percent of total damages were concentrated in the governorates of Gaza, North Gaza, and Khan Yunis,” the report said, noting that significant damage was also recorded in Beit Lahiya and Rafah governorates.

“The municipality of Gaza alone accounted for US$7.29 billion of total damage, with Jabalya following at $2.01 billion, Khan Yunis at US$1.82 million, and Beit Lahiya accounting for US$1.08 billion of the total,” it said.

Such costs “are expected to increase substantially along with the magnitude of damages as the conflict continues. This is particularly true in the south of the Gaza Strip, which has seen greater destruction in recent weeks,” it added.

The assessment, conducted with support from the European Union, used remote data collection sources and analytics to provide a preliminary estimate of damages to physical structures in Gaza from the conflict.

These initial findings are likely to be an underestimate of the real damages, losses, and needs, which the organizations said would require a second analysis “as the situation allows.”

The report called for an increase in humanitarian assistance, food aid, and food production, the provision of shelter and housing solutions for displaced people; and the resumption of essential services.

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Hamas: Our people reject any presence of non-Palestinian parties on their land

Tuesday 2-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has categorically denied what was claimed by some media outlets that his Movement accepts the presence of UN elements charged with monitoring the ceasefire and the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Monday, Al-Rishiq described claims made in this regard by Al-'Arabiya Al-'Hadath satellite channel as “unfounded and untrue.”

The 'Hamas official affirmed that his Movement only demands the presence of international bodies and organizations in Gaza, especially UNRWA, to deliver aid and assistance.

As for a ceasefire, he stressed the need for countries guaranteeing that the Israeli occupation would honor any agreement reached in this regard.

He reiterated that the Palestinian people reject any presence of non-Palestinian parties on their land. 

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

On April 3, 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 5 massacres, in which  59 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 83 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 32,975 and the injuries to 75,577, since October 7, 2023.   

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59 Palestinian martyrs in 5 Israeli massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Wednesday 3-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army committed 5 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 59 martyrs and 83 wounded arriving in hospitals during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry confirmed, in a statement on Wednesday, that the toll of the Israeli aggression rose to 32,975 martyrs and 75,577 injuries since October 7, 2023.

“A number of victims are still under the debris and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews have been prevented by the IOFs from reaching them,” it added.

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‎The death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 32,975 and the injuries to 75,577 since the start of the aggression‎

‎Gaza 3-4-2024 Wafa -

The Palestinian Government Health Ministry in Gaza announced today, Wednesday, that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,975 martyrs, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip.‎

‎The same sources added that the toll of injuries has risen to 75,577 since the start of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.‎

‎It pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces committed 5 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of 59 citizens and the injury of 83 others, during the past 24 hours.‎

‎It explained that a number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance crews and civil defense cannot reach them.‎

‎S.K‎.

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Several Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, April 03, 2024 (WAFA) –  

Dozens of civilians today were killed and several others were wounded in Israeli genocidal airstrikes and artillery shelling targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli bloodbath entered its 180th day.

Medical sources reported that at least five civilians were killed and ten others were wounded in an Israeli air raid that targeted several civilians' homes in the city of Khan Younus.

Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of three civilians and causing the injury of several causalities.

Simultaneously, Israeli artillery also targeted several neighborhoods in Gaza City, including Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen, Tel Al-Hawa, and Al-Zaytoun, wounding several people, mostly women and children. .

Israeli military tanks were stationed in the vicinity of Al-'Awda Schools, east of Khan Younus, coinciding with artillery shelling by Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of the neighboring schools.

Furthermore, the occupation boats targeted, with machine guns and missiles, multiple homes and the tents of displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area in the cities of Rafa'h and Khan Younus,

Israeli warplanes also intensively targeted the vicinity of Al-Nasr Medical Complex along with Al-Balad and Al-Fokhari areas in Khan Younus.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing the sound of a huge explosion in the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, as a result of the intensity of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling

The total number of civilians killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has reached 32,975, most of whom were children and women. The number of people wounded has surged to 75,577.

Y.S. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 179

Tuesday 2-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 179 on Tuesday, 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 attack different areas of Gaza, killing and injuring scores of citizens, despite the UN resolution, adopted recently by the Security Council, calling for an immediate ceasefire for the holy month of Ramadan.

According to media sources, two civilians were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli artillery attack on Abul-'Ajeen area in the east of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army also bombed an area near the telecommunication company building in Khan Younus, south of Gaza, killing three citizens.

Many homes were also bombed and detonated by Israeli forces in Khan Younus during the past hours.

In Rafa'h, 10 citizens, including five children and three women, were massacred and others were injured in an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of Zo’rob.

Other casualties were reported in different areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today. 

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

 

Palestinian killed after allegedly attacking Israeli officers near Qalqilya

Wednesday 3-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred at dawn Wednesday after he allegedly rammed his car into Israeli police officers at a checkpoint near Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank.

According to the Hebrew media, four police officers were injured, one seriously, in a car-ramming attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kochav Yair.

Soon later, the young man headed towards the Eliyahu checkpoint between Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he was shot dead after attempting to stab other police officers.

The slain young man was identified as Wahhab Shubaita, a 26-year-old from Al-Teera City in 1948 occupied Palestine. 

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Several Palestinians kidnaped by IOFs in West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) raids

Wednesday 3-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A number of Palestinian citizens were kidnaped last night and at dawn Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) raided homes during campaigns in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnaped Asma 'Huraish, a noted female journalist and activist, from her home in Baitunia town, west of Ramallah. She is the daughter of prisoner Noo'h 'Huraish.

The IOFs also stormed Qibya town in western Ramallah and kidnaped the mother of martyr A'hmed Yaseen Ghaidan and her sons Abdul-Hadi and Sulayman from their home.

Two other young citizens were taken prisoners during the same IOFs raid in Qibya town, while two brothers from the family of Al-Faransi were kidnaped from their home in Al-Balou' neighborhood in Al-Beerih City.

Other local sources in Ramallah said that the IOFs kidnaped 15 Gazans during a raid in al-Masyoun neighborhood in Ramallah City.

In Qalqilya, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Maslakh street in the city and kidnaped a young man from his home.

The IOFs also raided homes and fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades during a campaign in the towns of 'Azzoun and Kafr Qaddoum in Qalqilya.

In Toubas, a large number of Israel troops stormed Al-Fari’ah refugee camp and bulldozed roads and infrastructure, amid armed clashes with resistance fighters.

Resistance fighters reportedly attacked the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Fari’ah camp with some explosive devices, damaging one of their vehicles.

In Nablus, two young men were kidnaped following IOFs raids on homes in different areas of Nablus City.

Local sources in Nablus City said that Israeli forces encircled an apartment building in Al-Ta'awun street and detonated a bomb inside it. There was no information about kidnappings or clashes with resistance fighters during the IOFs raid on the building.

In Jineen, violent clashes broke out between local youths and Israeli occupation soldiers in Zububa town.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOFs kidnaped a young man from his home in 'Husan town and raided a house in Bait Fajjar town.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnaped two young men from Al-'Arroub refugee camp and stormed Bait Ummar town and Dura City.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces kidnaped two young men from 'Hizma town and six others from Shu'fat refugee camp, amid skirmishes with local youths.

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Photojournalist among 30 Palestinians detained by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank raids

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 03, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces predawn Wednesday detained at least 30 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Prisoners Affairs Committee and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society.

They said in a press release that among the detainees were Asmaa 'Huraish, a photojournalist, the mother of a slain Palestinian, former prisoners in addition to a number of Gaza workers, who were detained from the city of Ramallah.

This brings the total number of Palestinians detained since October 7, 2023 to over 7,990, noting that this number includes those who have been detained from their houses and at checkpoints, in addition to those who were forced to turn themselves in and those who were held as hostages.

As part of the detention raids, the occupation forces rounded up five Palestinians, all members of the Al-Golani family, from the Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.

The occupation forces re-arrested two former prisoners after breaking into the houses of their families in 'Hizma town, northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The raid triggered confrontations, during which the soldiers opened fire towards local youths attempting to block their entry.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) district, the sources confirmed a raid in 'Husan town, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), resulting in the detention of two.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron) district, the gun-toting soldiers barged their way into Al-'Arroub refugee camp and 'Hal'houl town, north of the southern West Bank city, tampered with the contents of several houses and detained three.

They rounded up another from Dura town, southwest of Hebron.

Meanwhile, the soldiers showed up at a house in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, muscled inside, conducted a thorough search and eventually rounded up another.

Several other raids were conducted in the city of Nablus, 'Azzoun and Kafr Qaddoum towns, east of Qalqilya, as well as the Al-Fari‘a refugee camp, south of Toubas.

During the raid in Al-Fari‘a camp, military bulldozers razed streets and the entrances of stores, causing extensive damage.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

According to the latest figures from Addhameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 9,100 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 51 female prisoners and 200 children.

This number includes approximately 3,558 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, that allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.

Mass detention of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Addhameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Illegal Israeli settlers steal dozens of sheep belonging to a Palestinian resident in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Wednesday, April 03, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Illegal sraeli settlers today stole dozens of sheep in the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), 'Hasan Barijiyah, said that a group of colonists stole 53 head of sheep belonging to the local resident Khalil Abdel Salman while he was grazing in Tuqu town.

Illegal Israeli settlers have recently surged their attacks and war crimes against Palestinian herders and shepherds while attending their lands.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces block roads, destroy water networks in Nablus-district village

NABLUS, Wednesday, April 03, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening blocked several roads and destroyed water networks in Dair Sharaf village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a municipal source.

'Omar Nofal, member of Dair Sharaf Village Council, said that Israeli occupation forces deployed military bulldozers in the village, razing and sealing off several secondary access roads and destroying water supply networks, cutting the water supply to the western part of the village.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of approximately 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads and various other physical obstructions.

Closures besides to other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 57-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

K.F.

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