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, 6 Massacres, 62 Palestinians Killed, 91 Injured, with a Death Toll of  33,037 and 75,668 Injuries

April 4, 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 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 39,037+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (33,037) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+). 

By April 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 75,668, 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 4, 2024, 462 Palestinians who were killed, 3,705 who were injured, and 8,030, 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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A Palestinian child who was among the 62 who were killed and the 91 who were injured on Day 181 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, April 4, 2024	Palestinian young man, Asa'ad Al-Qanneeri, was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Ya'bad, in the West Bank, on April 4, 2024
Palestinian civilians detained in Gaza are exposed to severe legal violations and detention conditions, April 4, 2024	Doctors of Al-Shifa hospital standing in front of its remaining facility, which was totally destroyed by the Israeli genocidal attacks, April 4, 2024 pic
Palestinian Ashraf Abu Duraz bidding farewell to his wife and two daughters, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their house, in Rafa'h, April 4, 2024	Funeral procession of As'ad Al-Qanneeri, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Ya'bad, the West Bank, April 4, 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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Haniyya: Liberating Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) is a historical inevitability

Thursday 4-April-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Head of the Hamas political bureau Isma'eel Haniyya has stressed the need for the formation of a Palestinian popular front capable of confronting Israel and those supporting it, putting an end to the aggression against the Gaza Strip, and backing the battle for liberation across Palestine.

“Al-Aqsa Flood battle has given hope that liberating Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and purging it from the invaders is a historical inevitability, a Qur’anic verse and men’s covenant with Allah Almighty,” Haniyya said on Wednesday in a speech on the occasion of the International Quds Day.

“The International Quds Day takes place this year in the midst of the great battle of Al-Aqsa Flood and while our Jerusalem is caught between pain and hope and facing the most unjust and painful stages of its history due to the all-out Zionist aggression against its Islamic and Christian holy sites, its Jerusalemite people and its human heritage,” Haniyya underlined.

Haniyya expressed his belief that “Al-Aqsa Flood battle removed all the masks from the faces disguised by the false peace and showed the true nature of the Zionist entity.”

“For over 100 years, our people have been making the greatest sacrifices in order to regain their freedom and remove the Zionist occupation from their land,” the Hamas leader said.

“The savageness of the Zionist enemy that we see today is the result of its realization that it is unable to remain a usurping and occupying power in the face of the steadfast Palestinian people who refuse the idea of surrendering and giving up Palestine,” he added. 

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'Hamas: Preventing UNRWA aid in northern Gaza a continuation of the Israeli fascist war of starvation

Wednesday 3-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said on Wednesday that the UNRWA announcement that the Israeli occupation army continues to prevent the agency’s teams from reaching northern Gaza to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians indicates Israel’s insistence on continuing its fascist war of starvation against Palestinian civilians.

The 'Hamas Movement confirmed in a statement that the policy of preventing aid delivery and the systematic targeting of all means of providing relief to Gaza aims at punishing the Palestinian people by forcing them to leave their land under the burden of famine and continuing massacres.

'Hamas called on the international community and the United Nations to take urgent action and put pressure on the criminal Israeli entity to stop using starvation as a weapon, preventing aid delivery, and targeting aid workers.

The Movement stressed the need to deter the Israeli occupation army from targeting UNRWA, and to take actual measures to hold it accountable for its ongoing crimes against defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip contrary to all values of humanity. 

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Doctor at Israeli field hospital reveals horrors against Gazan detainees

Thursday 4-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A doctor at the Israeli occupation regime field hospital set up at the Sde Teiman detention center to hold detained Gazans described conditions that he said could compromise the inmates’ health and put the government at risk of violating the law, Haaretz Hebrew newspaper revealed.

‘Two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries,’ said the doctor who described deplorable conditions and violations of medical ethics and the law in a letter sent last week to Israel’s defense minister, health minister, and attorney general.

The physician reported that two prisoners had their legs amputated just this past week alone as a result of handcuff-related injuries. “Unfortunately, this has become a routine occurrence,” the physician said.

Regarding prisoner feeding, the physician disclosed that it is done in an abusive manner within the field hospital. In addition to being made to urinate in diapers, the detainees’ hands are constantly handcuffed, which is against both medical and legal regulations.

In his letter, the doctor detailed how, ever since the field hospital opened its doors, he has had to deal with challenging moral decisions. He cautioned that the nature of the hospital’s operations does not align with any health-related department’s legal guidelines for the detention of illegal combatants because the facility lacks a regular supply of medical supplies and medications.

The physician also mentioned in his letter that the detainees in the field hospital are handcuffed and blindfolded around the clock. 

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Abu Saada calls for a probe into the destruction of Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Wednesday 3-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Dr. Marwan Abu Sa'da, appealed to the international community, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations to open an official inquiry into the systematic comprehensive destruction of the facilities of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, especially Al-Shifa Medical Complex, and targeting health personnel.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Abu Sa'da called for the establishment of an urgent field hospital in order to treat the wounded with a minimum capacity of 180 beds, given that there is no hospital in Gaza capable of providing the health services that were offered at Al-Shifa Complex.

“Today we witness the horrific scene of the destruction of the largest medical complex in Palestine and the Gaza Strip: Al-Shifa Medical Complex,” Abu Sa'da said.

He explained, “The complex has a capacity of seven hundred and fifty beds, with more than twenty-six operating rooms. The number of people visiting this complex annually for emergency rooms exceeds a quarter of a million people, with seventeen thousand operations performed annually.”

“Now, after this terrible and devastating siege of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, we announce that it has become out of service forever because of the massive destruction in its facilities and equipment, and the killing of its medical personnel,” he said.

Abu Saada mourned the director of the maintenance department at Al-Shifa Complex, Engineer Bahaa Al-Keelani, the director of the pharmacy department, Zahir Al-Nono, and one of the martyrs of the medical personnel who was killed in the vicinity of the Complex along with his mother.

“The specialized surgical building was bombed entirely and systematically destroyed. We only have Kamal 'Idwan Hospital left in northern Gaza areas,” he highlighted.

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

On April 4, 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 6 massacres, in which  62 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 91 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 33,037 and the injuries to 75,668, since October 7, 2023.   

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62 Palestinian martyrs in 6 Israeli massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Thursday 4-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed 6 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 62 martyrs and 91 wounded arriving in hospitals during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry confirmed, in a statement on Thursday, that the toll of the Israeli aggression rose to 33,037 martyrs and 75,668 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 IOF from reaching them,” it added. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 181

Thursday 4-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 181 on Thursday, 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 recent UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire for the holy month of Ramadan.

The Israeli warplanes launched fresh airstrikes east of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military vehicles opened heavy fire while penetrating north of the Central Governorate.

Meanwhile, the Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of the Abu Al-'Ajeen area, east of Dair El-Bala'h, and Al-Zahra area, north of Nusayrat, in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli warplanes also targeted a residential house belonging to the Nasr family in Al-Junaina neighborhood, east of the city of Rafa'h. A mother and her baby girl were killed in the attack.

The Israeli aircraft also bombed a number of residential homes in the Al-Batn Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a separate attack, four Palestinians were killed, including two infants, and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house sheltering displaced families in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h. 

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At least four civilians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting different parts in Gaza Strip

GAZA, Thursday, April 04, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least four civilians today were killed and several others were wounded in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that two civilians were killed and others were injured in a raid launched by Israeli warplanes on the Nusayrat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

Another artillery shelling was witnessed in the Al-Matahin area south of Dair El-Bala'h.

Meanwhile, dozens of civilians sustained injuries as result of artillery shelling that targeted homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood and the outskirts of the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City.

In Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli fighter jets fired shells in the vicinity of Nasir and Al-Amal Hospitals, west of the city, resulting in the injury of several causalities.

Meantime, Israeli warplanes also opened heavy gunfire towards citizens’ homes in the Al-Qarara area, northeast of Khan Younus.

In Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, civil and ambulance crews managed to recover the bodies of many people from under the rubble after an Israeli warplane targeted a house for the Abu Daraz and Nasr families in the Al-Junaina neighborhood, east of Rafa'h.

Y.S.

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

 

Palestinian youth killed in IOFs West Bank raid

Thursday 4-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was killed in armed clashes that erupted after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) broke into Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, at dawn Thursday.

Local sources affirmed that IOFs patrols infiltrated into the town and surrounded a local house belonging to Asa'ad Al-Qanneeri, which led to the outbreak of armed clashes.

Al-Qaneeri was shot and killed during the clashes.

The IOFs also prevented the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance from reaching a wounded man lying on the roof of a neighboring house.

Earlier, the IOFs carried out a large-scale raid campaign in Jineen Governorate, while clashes erupted in Qabatya and the Jineen refugee camp.

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Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire during raid near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth was Thursday dawn injured by Israeli gunfire during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Am'ari camp, south of Ramallah.

Security sources told WAFA that confrontations broke out after the Israeli forces stormed the camp, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets, stun grenades and poisonous gas, injuring one youth by live bullets in the foot.

The occupation raided a number of citizens’ homes and detained three citizens, including two brothers.

K.T.

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IOFs launch fresh raid, detention campaign throughout West Bank

Thursday 4-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank at dawn Thursday.

In Jenin, armed clashes erupted in Ya’bad town after it was stormed by a large Israeli force that surrounded a local house belonging to Asa'd Al-Qaneeri. The clashes ended with his martyrdom.

The IOFs also arrested 3 young men in Qabatya town, south of Jenin, and photographed several local homes belonging to a number of martyrs.

Three more Palestinians were detained in Burqeen town, west of Jenin, including a father and son.

In Ramallah, the IOFs detained Aina Ghaidan, the sister of the martyr A'hmed Yaseen Ghaidan, after arresting his mother and two brothers yesterday.

The IOFs also broke into Al-Am'ari camp, injuring a young man and detaining another.

Two more detentions were reported in Al-Duhaisha camp in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), while two brothers were detained in Rafeedya town in Nablus.

The IOFs also rounded up two Palestinians in Qalqilya, including a teenager, and two brothers in Aree'ha (Jericho).

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Human rights organizations: The number of West Bank detainees rises to 7,990

Wednesday 3-April-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Since Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, Israeli occupation forces have arrested at least 30 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, including journalist Asmaa 'Harb and the mother of the martyr A'hmed Hilal Gheetan, in addition to former prisoners.

The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a joint statement on Wednesday that “arrest campaigns focused on the governorates of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Ramallah, while the rest of the arrests were distributed in the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Toubas, Jineen, Qalqilya, and Aree'ha (Jericho).” Furthermore, Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of workers from Gaza in Ramallah.

The statement pointed out that the occupation continues to “carry out wide-scale incursions and destruction operations in the West Bank cities, refugee camps, and towns, accompanied by acts of sabotage in the homes of citizens, in addition to brutal beatings against detainees and their families.”

The statement confirmed that “the number of arrests after the seventh of October last year has reached more than 7,990, and this number includes those who were arrested from their homes, at military checkpoints, under pressure, and those who were taken as hostages.”

It noted that “the ongoing and escalating arrest campaigns come within the framework of the comprehensive aggression against our people and the ongoing genocide in Gaza after the seventh of October, which targeted all categories including children, women, the elderly, and the sick in an unprecedented manner.” 

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Israeli forces detain at least 40 Palestinians in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 04, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces detained since yesterday evening and early morning at least 40 Palestinians, including three women and prisoners freed from Israeli jails, from the occupied West Bank.

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) stated that the detention operations focused on occupied Jerusalem. The remaining detentions took place in the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Nablus, Toulkarm, Qalqilya, Jineen, Toubas, Qalqliya, and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).  

This brings the total number of Palestinians detained since October 7th to about 8030, including those who were detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure and those who were taken as hostages.

The Commission and PPS reported that the ongoing and escalating detention operations that began after October 7th, which targeted children, women, the elderly and the sick came as part of the comprehensive Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Palestinian people and its ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

Y.S.

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