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 136 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 9 Massacres, 107 Palestinians Killed, 145 Injured, with a Death Toll of  29,092 and 69,028 Injuries

February 19, 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 February 19, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 36,092+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (29,092) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

By February 19, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 69,028, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

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 February 8, 2023, the death toll included 12,150+ children and 8,300+ women (more than 73% of the accounted for victims). 

By February 19, 2024, there were 410 Palestinians who were killed, 3,650 who were injured, and 7,058, 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.

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.

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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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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at the African Union conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 18, 2024	Video of the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaking at the African Union conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 18, 2024
A grieving Palestinian woman carrying the body of her little child, who was killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, on February 19, 2024	Palestinian women grieving the death of their family members, February 19, 2024
Anas Duwaikat was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Rujaib town, east of Nablus, February 18, 2024	Funeral procession of the martyr Anas Duwaikat, who was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Rujaib town, east of Nablus, February 19, 2024
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in which several Palestinian family members were killed and injured, on February 19, 2024	Injured and martyred (killed) Palestinians are brought to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, on February 19, 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, 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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ICC begins holding public hearings on Israel's policies of genocide in Palestinian territories

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

The International Court of Justice in The Hague will Monday begin holding public hearings on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Al-Quds (East Jerusalem).

Today witnesses the opening of the hearings in The Hague and the statement of the State of Palestine.

The sessions come in the context of the United Nations General Assembly’s request to obtain an advisory opinion from the court on the effects of the Israeli occupation that has continued for more than 57 years, and will continue for six days between 19 and 26 February.

During the sessions, the court is scheduled to hear briefings from 52 countries - an unprecedented number in the history of the court - in addition to the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the League of Arab States.

K.T. 

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Israeli statement about disagreements within 'Hamas is a psychological warfare

Monday 19-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

An official source of 'Hamas Movement has said that Israeli attempts to fabricate information about the Movement’s leadership, especially the 'Hamas Chief in Gaza, Ya'hya Al-Sinwar, are “ridiculous and aimed at raising the collapsed morale of its army.”

The source confirmed that Israeli war ministry Yoav Gallant’s statements about “disagreements within the 'Hamas leadership and that 'Hamas is looking for a successor for Al-Sinwar are nonsense and an exposed psychological warfare. “

The official 'Hamas source opined that the Israeli failure to reach the resistance leaders drives it to claim fictitious achievements.

Since October 7, Israeli occupation forces have been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, resulting in more than 110,000 martyrs, wounded and missing people, as well as massive destruction of homes and enforced displacement of 2 million Palestinians.

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'Hamas: Israeli refusal to recognize a Palestinian state is a challenge to the international community

Sunday 18-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said on Sunday that “the Zionist terrorist government’s decision to “outright reject” any attempts by foreign powers to create a Palestinian state constitutes a challenge to the international community and confirms the Israeli total disregard to the international laws and resolutions.

Given the Israeli manipulation and illegal settlement construction, the Movement called on the international community “to break this Israeli arrogance, to support our people’s struggle and resistance, and to immediately recognize all of their rights.”

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government unanimously approved a measure declaring that his government “outright rejects” any attempts by foreign powers to recognize a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu announced the move at the start of a cabinet meeting Sunday morning. It comes as various forces at the UN and even President Biden’s administration have pushed Israel to accept a two-state solution after the war against Hamas in Gaza.

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Hamas welcomes African Union call for Gaza ceasefire after summit

Sunday 18-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has welcomed the statement issued by the 37th African Union Summit held in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

The Movement said the statement called “for an end to the aggression against our people, the policy of collective punishment, the crime of genocide, the lifting of the siege, and compliance with the decisions of the International Court of Justice regarding the Gaza Strip”.

“We hope it will translate into practical steps from all friendly African countries, in a way that contributes to stopping the aggression and war of extermination against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said in a statement.

It added, “We also call for severing all ties with the criminal Zionist entity, and supporting the struggle of our Palestinian people until they achieve their legitimate national rights, most notably the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”

The final statement of the 37th Summit of the African Union (AU) condemned the “brutal” Israel war and the use of excessive force against 2.2 million unarmed civilians.

The statement called for an independent international investigation into Israeli violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza, and Israel’s use of internationally banned weapons to target hospitals and media institutions in the Strip.

The summit also reportedly urged Israel to respond to international calls for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice to prevent genocide, and lift the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. 

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Brazil’s Lula compares war on Gaza to Holocaust

Sunday 18-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva compared Israel’s killing of Palestinians in Gaza to the Nazi genocide against Jews during World War Two.

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in other historical moments,” Lula said on Sunday during the 37th African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

Lula told reporters in Addis Ababa that what was happening in the Gaza Strip “isn’t a war, it’s a genocide.”

“It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army and women and children,” he added.

Meanwhile, the 'Hamas Movement has said it “values” the Brazilian president’s remarks, calling them an “accurate description” of what Palestinians are enduring.

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Israel incensed after Brazil's Lula likens Gaza war to Holocaust

February 19, 2024 

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (Reuters) -

"What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in other historical moments. In fact, it did exist when Hitler decided to kill the Jews," Lula told reporters during the 37th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.

Earlier on Sunday, Lula also condemned the suspension of humanitarian aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), urging an investigation into errors without cutting off funding to help those affected by what he called a "genocide."

"It's not a war between soldiers and soldiers, it's a war between a highly prepared army and women and children," he said.

UNRWA is facing a financial strain following Israel's assertion that 12 out of its 13,000 staff members in Gaza were implicated in Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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IOFs refuse to evacuate Palestinian patients from Nasir Hospital

Monday 19-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) refuse to evacuate patients in Nasir Medical Complex to receive treatment in other hospitals, putting their lives at risk.

The Ministry explained that 150 patients are left incapable of moving in the rooms and corridors of the said hospital due to the lack of health care.

On Sunday evening, the IOFs abducted Dr. Nahidh Abu Tu'aima, the Director of The Surgical Ward in Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younus.

For her part, the Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the Middle East said that “the situation at Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza is catastrophic, and we are concerned over the safety of patients”.

Fierce fighting has recently broken out in the vicinity of the hospital, after it had been invaded by Israeli troops, amid power cutoff according to the Ministry of Health.

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It's time for international intervention to disclose hidden Israeli prisons, says a Palestinian official

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, Qaddoura Faris, today called on international community to take an immediate action to disclose the hidden Israeli prisons and detention centers that were established after the 7th of October.

Faris affirmed that Palestinian detainees held in occupation jails since October 7 have been deliberately subjected to various forms of torture and maltreatment, in a clear violation to international laws and principles, according to a report published by Channel 13.  

Faris said in a statement that “the report published by the Israeli Channel 13 about the types of torture imposed on those who were arrested on October 7 or throughout the days of the Israeli aggression, proved that the occupying state used internationally-prohibited torture and abuse methods against the Palestinian detainees."

Faris added, "What is the international community waiting for? Isn't all this violence and crime against the activists of the Palestinian people in the occupation prisons enough? And does the international community want us to wake up to an unprecedented tragedy in the history of humanity?

"All these questions and many others have become a cry of anger that we raise every day in the face of humanity," Fares noted.

Faris strongly condemned the forms of torture to which Palestinian detainees are subjected to by Israeli forces in general in all occupation prisons and detention centers, and in particular the detainees from the Gaza Strip, who were abandoned by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Y.S/K.T.

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Palestine Red Crescent releases new audio of murdered child’s last words

GAZA, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Palestine Red Crescent Society released a new audio recording of six-year-old Hind Rajab on Sunday documenting the moments of horror she experienced while trapped alone, surrounded by Israeli tanks and the bodies of her relatives who were killed by Israeli soldiers.

“They are dead. The tank is next to me. It is moving from the front of the car,” Hind told a Red Crescent staffer by phone.

Terrified, she added that the tank “is very close. Please, stay with me when someone comes. You can hang up, okay?”

“Hind was killed alone as the (Israeli) occupation first bombed the ambulance that was heading to rescue her, just a few meters away from her, resulting in the killing of Red Crescent paramedics Yousef Zaino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun,” the society said on X.

Among the stories etched in the world's memory is that of Hind Rajab -- a child who had not reached her seventh year before finding herself besieged by death, literally on all sides.

But the demand for accountability for her execution awaits an answer.

Hind pleaded with Red Crescent officials to rescue her from the car she was trapped in with her relatives -- all of whom were killed by Israeli army gunfire.

But the ambulance crew was unable to get to her because of the intensity of the gunfire and the targeting by the Israeli military of anything that moved.

She waited and for three hours remained on the phone with Red Crescent teams, expressing her fear.

On Feb. 12, days after her last call, an ambulance team found Hind's body. She had died the day she made her plea along with the two paramedics who had gone to rescue her.

K.T. 

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

On February 19, 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 9 massacres, in which  107 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 145 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 29,092 and the injuries to 69,028, since October 7, 2023.   

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 136

Monday 19-February-2024, PIC --

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 136 on Monday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes and shelter centers 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 dozens of citizens.

According to local media sources, one civilian was martyred and others were injured when the Israeli army targeted a number of citizens on Road 5 in western Khan Younus, while five other martyrs were evacuated to the European Gaza Hospital following other Israeli attacks on Khan Younus.

Casualties were also reported following an Israeli attack on a house in the east of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Meanwhile, bodies of four martyrs were retrieved today from the rubble of Rotana Hall in Miraj area, south of Khan Younus, which had been bombed on Sunday.

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

In a related context, the health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed nine massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 107 civilians and injuring over 145 others, while a large number of victims are still buried under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments, which started on October 7, climbed to 29,092 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 69,028 people. 

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Dozens killed, injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza city

GAZA, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of civilians today were killed and others wounded in Israeli bombardment of different parts in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that at least ten people sustained various injuries by occupation live bullets, while they were waiting for the aid convoy carrying food destined for hard-hit northern Gaza, in Shaikh 'Ijleen west of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the occupation warplanes bombed two houses coinciding with artillery shelling by Israeli occupation forces in the Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Sabra neighborhoods in the center of the city.

Israeli occupation tanks and military vehicles further intensively opened heavy gunfire towards civilian' homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood near the Kuwait Roundabout on Salah al-Din Road in Gaza City.

In the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks also struck the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in Bait Lahya.

In the center of the Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery forces bombed several inhabited homes in Dair El-Bala'h, especially in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Hospital, resulting in the killing of several people and causing multiple causalities.

Medical sources reported that hundreds of people are still missing under the rubble.

 Moving to Khan Younus, south of the city, the occupation army continued to intensively target the Nasser Medical Complex, part curly after turning it into a military base.

Medical sources added that around 25 medical personnel who are still working inside the Complex along with 120 patients and wounded individuals, are suffering from harsh and frightening conditions, lacking adequate medical supplies, facing a power outage and facing a severe shortage of water food, and medicines.

In Rafa'h, Israeli navy fired shells near the tents of displaced people, especially in the Al-Mawasi area, causing several injuries.

By February 18, 2024, the number of slain Palestinians rose to 28,985, the majority of whom were women and children, while 68,883 others were wounded, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7.

Y.S.

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Day 136 of Genocide: Dozens of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured on Monday during the ongoing Israeli occupation targeting of the Gaza Strip for the 136th Day in a row.

The occupation warplanes bombed at least three homes in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, killing and injuring a number of citizens, in conjunction with artillery shelling of the same neighborhood.

In Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of the city, warplanes bombed at least two houses, wounding at least six citizens who were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital.

In the middle of the Gaza Strip, occupation aircraft and artillery bombed six homes, two of which were in Dair El-Bala'h, one in Nusayrat, another in Al-Zawayida, a house in Al-Buraij and another in Al-Maghazi, killing ten citizens and wounding dozens.

In the south of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces continue military operations inside Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Younus, amidst shooting at everything that moves, medical staff and patients, as there are more than 120 people in the complex. So far, eight patients have been killed as a result of the power outage and the stopping of ventilators.

The occupation artillery also bombed the vicinity of Al Amal Hospital, while the occupation vehicles also broke into the vicinity of the Algeria Specialized Hospital in 'Abasan, east of Khan Younus.

In Rafa'h, Khirbet Al-Adas and two houses in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the center of the city were bombed, coinciding with the Israeli navy firing of shells near the tents of displaced people in the western area of the city, wounding a number of citizens.

By February 18, 2024, in an infinite toll, the number of slain Palestinians rose to 28,985, the majority of whom were women and children, while 68,883 others were wounded, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023.

K.T.

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Dozens of civilians killed and injured in ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza

GAZA, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

Dozens of civilians were killed and wounded tonight in the ongoing Israeli occupation’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that more than 70 civilians were killed and others, mostly children and women, were wounded in Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting areas in the Nusayrat refugee camp, Zuwayida area and Dair El-Bala'h city.

Sources said that the bodies of 16 people were brought to hospitals following the Israeli attack on Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip. Five bodies, most of whom are children, were also recovered from under the rubble following the Israeli bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli shelling also targeted the neighborhoods of Al-Shuja'iyya, Al-Zaytoun, Tel Al-Hawa and Shaikh 'Ijleen in Gaza City.

Medical sources said that, by February 18, 2024, the Israeli occupation has carried out 13 massacres in the past 24 hours. The number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 28,985, mostly women and children. At least 68,883 others were injured.

T.R.

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

 

IOFs kill Palestinian young man at a West Bank checkpoint

Monday 19-February-2024, NABLUS, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) killed on Sunday evening a Palestinian young man at the Bait Fureek checkpoint in the east of Nablus City.

The martyr was identified as 26-year-old Anas Duwaikat from Rujaib town, in eastern Nablus.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at a car near the checkpoint, killing a young man, adding that the IOF took him away in an Israeli ambulance before announcing his martyrdom later.

The IOFs closed the checkpoint in both directions of the road, claiming its soldiers there came under fire.

Later, the IOFs handed over Duwaikat’s body to an ambulance crew at the Rafeedia Hospital in Nablus City.

Duwaikat was the third to be killed by IOFs gunfire in the West Bank on Sunday. Two young men were already martyred in a morning raid in Toulkarm refugee camp.

In another incident, the IOFs stormed on the same day the house of martyr Fadi Jamjoum in Shu'fat refugee camp, northeast of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it.

Jamjoum was martyred last Friday after he carried out a shooting operation in the east of 'Asqalan (Ashkelon) in the southern district of Israel (1948 occupied Palestine).

Violent clashes reportedly happened between local youths and Israeli occupation soldiers during the IOFs raid on martyr Jamjoum’s house.

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Two Palestinians injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in Nablus-area town

NABLUS, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinians were shot and injured today by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire during a military incursion into the town of Sarra, west of Nablus, according to security sources

Sources informed WAFA that Israeli foot patrols and troops stormed the town of Sarra amid the firing of live and rubber-coated steel bullets, spurring confrontations with residents.

Two Palestinians were shot and injured in their lower extremities during the confrontations and were taken to hospital for medical treatment.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces storm al-Walajah, west of Bait La'hm (Bethelehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethelehem), Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday stormed the village of Al-Wallaja, west of Bait La'hm (Bethelehem).

The head of the Al-Wallaja Village Council, Khadir Al-'Araj, said that the occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the village, in preparation for demolishing homes in the village.

He pointed out that the occupation forces had previously delivered notices to demolish several homes a few days ago.

K.T. 

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Monday 19-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnaped last night and at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid clashes with local youths.

According to local sources, the IOFs carried out a large scale kidnapping campaign in Qabatya town, south of Jineen.

Resistance fighters reportedly showered Israeli occupation troops and their vehicles with bullets and detonated explosive devices at them in Qabatya town.

Local sources said that Israeli forces kidnaped about 40 citizens, including fathers and sons, interrogated them and then released most of them, adding that the IOFs took 10 of those detainees with them.

The Israeli occupation forces also clashed with angry youths in different areas of the town, delivered threat notices and handed a family a summons against its son, ordering him to appear at the Salem military base for interrogation.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnaped a young man from his home in Kafr Saba neighborhood in the city and another young man from his home in Kafr Qaddoum town.

In Nablus, two young men were kidnaped by the IOFs from their homes in the city, while another one was kidnaped following IOF raids on several homes in Khilat Al-'Amoud area.

In Ramallah, Israeli occupation forces broke into and ransacked the house of late 'Hamas official 'Omar Al-Barghouthi and another house belonging to one of his relatives in Koabar village.

The IOFs also stormed Bait Reema town, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnaped a citizen and his son from their home.

Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in Al-Masayif neighborhood in Ramallah City.

Two other young men were kidnaped during IOF raids in 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in southern Aree'ha (Jericho) and Abu Najim area in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnaped one citizen from his home in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, and savagely assaulted another citizen in the Old City.

Local sources explained that Israeli occupation soldiers prevented Yasir Al-Jabari from going to his home in Al-Ras area in the Old City of Al-Khalil (Hebron) and severely beat him, adding that he suffered injuries and was transferred to hospital for medical assistance.

In Al-Quds (east Jerusalem), Israeli occupation regime police forces kidnaped at dawn three young men, including two brothers, during a raid in Silwan district, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Israeli occupation regime police forces also stormed Jabel Al-Mukabbir neighborhood in east Jerusalem and forced some young men to sign papers pledging not to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadhan.

Meanwhile, Israeli police forces kidnaped a young man during a raid in Shu'fat refugee camp in Al-Quds (east Jerusalem) and attacked young men and homes with tear gas canisters, stun grenades and skunk water. The Israeli police also closed the Shuaf't refugee camp checkpoint during the events.

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Total kidnappings: 55

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Illegal Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque, in Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

Bait La'hm (Bethelehem), Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Dozens of the fanatic illegal Israeli settlers Wednesday morning broke into the compounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police.

The illegal extremist Israeli settlers, divided into groups, raided the holy Islamic Mosque from Al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours in its compounds.

It added that the colonists performed Talmudic rituals in the eastern part of the Mosque.

This comes at a time as Israeli forces intensify measures against Palestinians coming from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) to enter the Mosque, inspecting their IDs and briefly detaining them.

K.T. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers fence off tract of land in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) in an attempt to seize it

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Illegal Israeli settlers today fenced off a large tract of Palestinian-owned land in the Batn El-Hawa neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of the occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said that a group of colonists, heavily guarded by the Israeli occupation army and accompanied by bulldozers, fenced off the land with barbed wire as a prelude to take it over.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces further detained a local resident after brutally assaulting and beating him up.

In a related context, the occupation forces raided the house of a local resident in Al-Thawri neighborhood in the town of Silwan, seized his cell phone and a sum of money.  

The forces also inflected damage to the contents of the house during the raid.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces to demolish sport club and a primary school north of Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today issued a demolition order against a sport club and a primary school in the town of Al-'Eisawiya, north of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Israeli occupation forces broke into the said town and placed notices indicating their intent to demolish a building containing Al-'Eisawiya Sports and Cultural Club and the Kindergarten Al-Majd School for children.

Sources said that the building threatened with demolition consists of three floors, and approximately 500 children play in the said Club.

Israeli occupation forces have demolished nearly 88 facilities in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) since October 7.

Y.S/K,T.

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Dozens of colonists smash windows of ten Palestinian vehicles, puncture their tiers in Nablus

NABLUS, Monday, February 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers today smashed the windows of about ten Palestinian-owned vehicles in the town of 'Huwwara, south of Nablus, and punctured their tires. 

'Alaa Sulayman, the owner of the garage, said that he was surprised to find out that around ten armed colonists riding two vehicles raided the garage located on the first floor of his house in the middle of the night, where they smashed the windows of at least ten parked vehicles and punctured their tires with stones and sticks.

The illegal Israeli settlers fled the scene following the incident, Sulayman added.

The illegal Israeli settlers' attacks and violence against Palestinians have significantly escalated since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7.

Y.S/K.T.

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