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 146 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, With the Rasheed Street Massacre, 193 Palestinians Killed, 792 Injured, with a Death Toll of  30,147 and 71,117 Injuries

February 29, 2024 

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Editor's Notes:

 

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip:  

 

By February 29, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 37,147+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (30,147) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

 

By February 29 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 71,117, 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 29, 2024, there were 424 Palestinians who were killed, 3,661 who were injured, and 7,325, 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.

 

By February 26, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation army had killed 3,525 people and injured 5,246 others in 375 massacres in the Gaza Strip since the International Court of Justice issued an order demanding Israel to stop killing and physically harming civilians in the war-torn and besieged Palestinian territory. Among those martyrs are 1,720 children, 1,130 women and 12 journalists, according to a report released by the Media Office on Monday, February 26.

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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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81 Palestinians were killed and 132 were injured in 24 hours in Gaza Strip, which does not include the number of victims of Al-Rasheed street victims, February 29, 2024	More than 100 Palestinians were killed, 700 wounded in a massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces against hungry Gazans to receive food aid, February 29, 2024
Left: Palestinian political prisoner 'Aasif Al-Rifa-i, 22, died in the Israeli occupation regime prison of Ramla, due to lack of health care, February 29, 2024
Top left: Palestinian Bashar 'Hanani, 25, was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers in Bait Foureek, Nablus, on February 29, 2024 Top right: Palestinian Ibraheem Ma'hameed, 59, died of wounds he sustained earlier from Israeli occupation soldiers' fire, in Nour Shams, Toulkarm, on February 29, 2024	Some of the Palestinians who were killed by Israeli occupation forces while waiting for food aid supplies at Al-Rasheed street in Gaza City, on February 29, 2024
Some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were killed on Day 146 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, February 29, 2024	Site of the massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces at the Rasheed street, in which 104 Palestinians were killed, hundreds were injured, on February 29, 2024
Hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians were killed and injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes, on February 29, 2024	Victims of the Israeli occupation forces' massacre, in which 112 of hungry displaced Palestinians were killed, 660 were injured by Israeli occupation soldiers, while waiting to receive food supplies, on February 29, 2024

 

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

 

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

 

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

 

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

 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

 

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

 

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

 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 

After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

 

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

 

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

 

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

 

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

 

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (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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'Hamas decries closure of Kamal 'Idwan Hospital

 

Wednesday 28-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has said that the closure of the northern Gaza hospital announced earlier Wednesday will exacerbate the health and humanitarian crisis in the area.

 

The Movement pointed out that many patients were martyred due to a lack of medical care and medicine, saying that four infants died of dehydration and malnutrition in the hospital.

 

The Movement called on all concerned parties and United Nations agencies to take urgent action to deliver emergency food supplies to the besieged enclave.

It added that the international community and the UN should shoulder their responsibilities and take all necessary measures to stop the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

 

North Gaza is already teetering on the brink of famine as Israel continues to block or disrupt aid missions there.

 

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

 

On February 29, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in many massacres, including the Rasheed street massacre, in which  193 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 792 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 30,147 and the injuries to 71,117, since October 7, 2023.   

 

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: 81 Palestinians killed over the past 24 hours in Gaza

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

 

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has announced that 81 Palestinians were killed and 132 others wounded in the enclave over the past 24 hours due to the ongoing Israeli aggression.

 

It added in a statement on Thursday that the number of martyrs in the beleaguered enclave has thus risen to 30,035 while the number of injured reached 70,457 since October 7 last year.

 

The statement noted that thousands of victims are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings or in the streets but could not be retrieved due to the Israeli shooting at anyone or any vehicle approaching them.

 

Note: These statistics do not include the hundreds who were killed by the Israeli occupation forces at Al-Rasheed street.

 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 146

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

 

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 146 on Thursday, 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 hundreds of citizens.

 

According to media sources, about 100 were killed and 700 others were injured, many seriously, when Israeli tanks bombed and opened fire at thousands of civilians as they gathered on al-Rasheed road in the southwest of Gaza waiting for aid trucks.

 

Last night, the director of the Kamal 'Idwan Hospital in northern Gaza announced the death of seven children due to dehydration and malnutrition.

The Israeli army also massacred at least 25 civilians, mostly children and women, during attacks on homes in the refugee camps of Nusayrat and Buraij in central Gaza. Many others remain buried under crumbling concrete and twisted metal.

 

The European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younus received five martyrs following Israeli airstrikes, according to medical sources at the facility.

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

 

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Three Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrike in Khan Younus

 

GAZA, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

At least three civilians today were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that Israeli fighter jets carried out intense airstrikes that targeted multiple homes west of Khan Younus, resulting in the killing of three people.

 

Earlier this morning, Israeli occupation forces committed a heinous crime against hundreds of innocent civilians who were waiting for the arrival of aid trucks at the Nabulsi roundabout near Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, which resulted in the killing of over 104 persons.

 

By February 28, 2024, the number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 29,878, mostly women and children. At least 70,215 others were injured.

 

Y.S.

 

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A civilian killed and three children injured in in Israeli airstrikes west of Khan Younus

 

GAZA, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

A Palestinian civilian was killed and three children were injured today in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes at  different areas west of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

 

Medical sources said that Israeli fighter jets bombed a house in Khan Younus, resulting in the killing a civilian and wounding three children.

 

By February 28, 2024, the number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 29,878, mostly women and children. At least 70,215 others were injured.

 

Y.S.

 

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Dozens of people killed in ongoing Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza

 

GAZA, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

At least 25 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, were killed today in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes at Al-Nusayrat and Al-Buraij camps in the central Gaza Strip.

 

Medical sources reported that 25 civilians were killed and several others injured as Israeli airstrikes targeted al-Nusayrat and Buraij camps in the central Gaza Strip.

 Ambulance and civil crews retrieved the bodies of the 25 persons from under the rubble of several inhabited homes that were bombed in the ongoing airstrikes.

 

Simultaneously, scores of civilians are still missing under the rubble as a result of the Israeli bombardment of multiple residential squares in the central Gaza Strip.

 

The Israeli artillery also continue to intensively bombed Khan Younus in the south of the Gaza Strip.

 

Meanwhile, the European Hospital received the bodies of five people killed by Israeli shelling. Ambulances were unable to reach the targeted locations due to the ongoing Israeli artillery shelling as well as drone-fired shots at anything in motion in the Al-Satar area and near the vicinity of the Nasir Medical Complex.

 

By February 28, 2024, the number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 29,878, mostly women and children. At least 70,215 others were injured.

 

Y.S. 

 

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(Updated) GMO holds Israeli gov’t, US responsible for Gaza City massacre

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

 

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) has held the Israeli occupation regime, the US administration and the international community responsible for the horrific massacre the Israeli army committed against hundreds of civilians in the west of Gaza City on Thursday morning.

 

In an (updated) statement, GMO said that the Israeli army “killed over 112 citizens and injured over 660 others who were looking for food aid in a horrific massacre in the west of Gaza City.”

 

GMO added that those victims went to obtain food and aid after they and over 700,000 people had been starved for 146 days.

 

The Media Office accused the Israeli occupation army of having a premeditated intent to commit such a massacre in the area, and also held US president Joe Biden, his administration and the international community fully responsible for the appalling massacres and the war of extermination and starvation that are carried out on a daily basis by Israel in Gaza. 

 

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In (an updated announcement): In a new Israeli massacre, 112 civilians killed while waiting for food trucks at Al-Rasheed street, in Gaza City

 

GAZA, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

In (an updated announcement), a new massacre committed by the Israeli occupation tanks and artillery strikes, at least 112 civilians were killed and 660 were injured  today while waiting for food aid in Al-Rashid Street southwest of Gaza City.

 

Medical sources said that occupation forces opened heavy machine-gun fire towards thousands of citizens from the northern Gaza Strip, specifically from Gaza City,

Jabalya and Bait 'Hanoun, who were waiting for the arrival of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid in Al-Rashid Street southwest of Gaza City, resulting in the killing of over 104 persons.

 

Scores of wounded individuals were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, noting that these numbers exceed the capacity of the medical staff.

In the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, occupation aircraft bombed entire residential squares above the heads of their residents, resulting in in the killing of dozens of civilians and causing multiple causalities.

 

Ambulances and civil defense vehicles were unable to reach the targeted areas due to the intensity of the ongoing Israeli shelling.

 

The Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to continuous Israeli aggression since October 7, is living in extremely difficult humanitarian conditions, amounting to famine.

 

According to the World Food Programme, its teams reported that citizens were suffering from “unprecedented levels of despair,” while the United Nations warned that 2.2 million people were on the brink of famine.

 

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that the citizens of Gaza are suffering from unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity and hunger, and that conditions in Gaza resemble famine.

 

 It explained that all of Gaza's approximately 2.2 million citizens belong to one of three levels of hunger, which range from emergency to crisis to disaster. These are conditions that FAO has not witnessed before in any country around the world,

 

FAO added that what raises concern is that more of people in Gaza are moving into famine, and at least 25% of the Strip's population has reached the highest levels of hunger classification.

 

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that alarming food shortages and increasing malnutrition and diseases could lead to an "explosion" in the number of children deaths in Gaza.

 

One in six children under the age of two in Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition, according to UNICEF estimates published on February 19.

 

The occupation authorities continue to obstruct the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, especially to the northern regions, while the aid that reaches the south of the Strip is not sufficient for the needs of citizens, especially in Rafa'h, which is considered the last refuge for the displaced persons.

 

Y.S.

 

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Over 112 dead, 660 injured in Israeli massacre west of Gaza

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

 

The Israeli occupation army massacred at dawn Thursday dozens of Palestinian civilians and wounded hundreds more after bombing and shooting them during their presence on the destroyed coastal highway in the west of Gaza City.

 

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that thousands of citizens gathered on Al-Rasheed road in western Gaza at dawn waiting for trucks carrying food aid, but upon the arrival of the trucks, Israeli tanks showered them with projectiles and bullets, killing and injuring hundreds of them.

 

According to medical sources, the initial toll of the massacre was over 112 martyrs and 660 wounded people, many seriously.

 

Eyewitnesses, who survived the horrific massacre, said that Israeli tanks directly targeted them with shells and bullets when they gathered around the trucks that brought aid and flour sacks.

 

They added that many others were shot at and bombed as they started carrying flour sacks.

 

Hundreds were evacuated to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, whose medical crew are facing difficulties in providing assistance for the large numbers of casualties.

 

In a related context, the Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza called for intensifying airdrops of aid into the northern areas of Gaza.

 

GMO head Isma'eel Al-Thawabta said that dozens of civilians were martyred when the Israeli army attacked them as they gathered to receive aid.

Thawabta affirmed that there are a lot of aid-laden trucks stranded on the Egyptian side of the Rafa'h border area.

 

He urged the Egyptian authorities to open the crossing in order to allow in those trucks and transfer 11,000 wounded civilians and 10,000 cancer patients to hospitals abroad, adding that those injured and sick citizens are in serious condition and need urgent medical treatment.

 

“Every day we lose a number of wounded and sick people due to the absence of medical services and fuel,” he pointed out. 

 

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

 

Palestinian young man martyred after being shot by IOFs in Nablus

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, NABLUS, (PIC)

 

A Palestinian young man died of a critical bullet injury at dawn Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOIFs) stormed Bait Foureek town in eastern Nablus and clashed with local youths.

 

The young martyr was identified as 25-year-old Bashar 'Hanani. He suffered a bullet injury in his abdomen and was proclaimed dead at a hospital in Nablus City.

 

Local sources reported that violent clashes broke out in the town after Israeli forces stormed and patrolled its streets and raided the Sadaqa Medical Center.

 

Last night, another young man was critically wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire at local youths during skirmishes with them in Qusra town, southeast of Nablus.

 

The Red Crescent said that one of its ambulance crews transported a 19-year-old young man to a hospital after he suffered a bullet injury in his chest in Qusra.

 

The Red Crescent also said that Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted and beat some of its paramedics at the Surra checkpoint in western Nablus as they were providing medical assistance for a wounded young man after he was attacked by the soldiers. 

 

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Palestinian father dies of injuries sustained months ago in Toulkarm

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, TOULKARM, (PIC)

 

A Palestinian citizen was pronounced dead on Thursday morning after he succumbed to bullet injuries he sustained about five months ago when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked Nour Shams refugee camp in Toulkarm.

 

According to the Palestinian health ministry and local sources, 59-year-old Ibraheem Ma'hameed suffered bullet injuries in his back and abdomen on October 19, 2023 as he was trying to save his child Taha, who was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers, and pull him to a safe place.

 

Martyr Ma'hameed was rushed at the time to the Thabit Thabit Hospital in Toulkarm in critical condition, where he had stayed since then in the intensive care unit until doctors announced his death today.

 

Video footage circulated on social media showed the moment Ma'hameed was injured as he tried to pull his wounded son who fell to the ground after being shot by Israeli soldiers. 

 

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Palestinian cancer patient prisoner dies in Israeli prison

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

 

Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs commission announced the martyrdom of the cancer patient prisoner 'Aasif Al-Rifa-i, 22, inside Israeli prisons.

 

The Commission and the and Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that martyr Rifa-i, from the town of Kafr 'Ain in Ramallah, has been detained since September 24, 2022, and was martyred after being transferred from the Ramla Prison Clinic to the Israeli 'Assaf Harofeh Hospital.

 

With the martyrdom of Al-Rifa-i, the number of the Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli occupation regime prisons since October 7 has risen to 11 martyrs, the last case was the martyrdom of the crippled prisoner Izzuddeen Al-Banna from Gaza.

 

The two human rights groups confirmed that the escalation in the number of martyrs who died in Israeli jails after October 7, as a result of torture, systematic retaliatory measures, and medical crimes, constitutes a clear decision to kill Palestinian prisoners within the framework of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the all-out war on the Palestinian people.

 

The two organizations launched repeated calls demanding the international institutions to stop the Israeli systematic criminal policy of enforced disappearance which is aimed at carrying out more crimes against Gaza detainees with no surveillance in addition to setting new laws particularly for Gaza detainees. 

 

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Palestinian youth injured by live ammunition during a military incursion near Ramallah

 

RAMALLAH, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

A Palestinian youth was shot by Israeli forces’ live fire this morning during a military incursion into the Jalazoan refugee camp, north of the city of Ramallah.

 

Sources said that 30-years-old Sali'h Mu'hammed 'Hassouna was shot and injured with live bullets in the foot during a raid on his home in the camp.

The occupation forces detained 'Hassouna following the shooting incident.  

 

Y.S. 

 

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IOFs carries out large-scale raid and kidnapping campaign in the West Bank

 

Thursday 29-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

 

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched overnight a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank, storming many homes and rounding up many citizens including former prisoners amid confrontations and clashes with resistance fighters.

 

The IOFs stormed several West Bank governorates, including Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Al-Khaleel (Hebron). They broke into and wreaked havoc inside Palestinians’ homes, amid shooting of live bullets and tear gas grenades.

 

In Nablus, the Israeli troops shot dead the young man, Bashar 'Hanani, 25, during confrontations that broke out in the town of Bait Foureek, east of Nablus.

 

Dozens of young men confronted the forces that stormed the vicinity of Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, amid violent confrontations that took place between the young men and the Israeli soldiers.

 

In Qalqilya, the IOFs stormed the town of 'Azzoun and broke into several homes and commercial shops, searching them thoroughly and wreaking havoc inside them.

 

In Ramallah, the IOFs stormed Al-Jalazoan refugee camp, north of the city, while snipers mounted the roofs of a number of houses, amid clashes that broke out after a young man was shot and injured.

 

The freed prisoner, Sali'h 'Hassouna, was rounded up from his home in Al-Jalazoan camp after he was shot and injured in the foot.

 

In the city of Bethlehem, the IOFs stormed the family home of martyr Tha-ir 'Hassan and confiscated money from the house after wreaking havoc inside it. Meanwhile, a young man was also arrested after storming his family’s home east of the city.

 

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), IOFs soldiers raided the city and arrested a 15-year-old boy along with his father. They also stormed the town of Bani Na'eem and broke into the

home of another citizen. The soldiers also raided the town of 'Hal'houl in the north, and arrested seven citizens, including a freed prisoner, after searching and vandalizing their homes. 

 

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Israeli occupation forces detain 20 Palestinians in West Bank

 

RAMALLAH, Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) -

 

Israeli occupation forces conducted a series of arrests over the last few hours across the occupied West Bank, apprehending at least 20 Palestinians, prisoner advocacy groups said. The detainees include children and former prisoners.

 

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) and the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority said in a joint press statement that the arrests primarily targeted Hebron, south of the West Bank, where 14 individuals were detained. 

 

Additional arrests were reported in Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem. The arrests were accompanied by widespread harassment, brutal beatings, threats against the detainees and their families, as well as extensive destruction and sabotage of citizens' homes, according to the statement.

 

The two organizations pointed out that the total number of Palestinians arrested by Israeli occupation authorities since October 7th has risen to approximately 7,325. This figure encompasses those apprehended from their homes, at military checkpoints, individuals who surrendered under pressure, and those taken as hostages. 

 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli occupation forces demolish several structures in Aree'ha (Jericho)-area village

Aree'ha (Jericho), Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished several Palestinian-owned structures in the village of Al-Duyouk Al-Ta'hta, west of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho).

 

Fatah Secretary in Al-Duyouk Al-Ta'hta, 'Isam Samrat, said that Israeli army force, accompanied by bulldozers, raided the village and proceeded to demolish a two-story house belonging to a local resident. They also tore down two Palestinian-owned sheds owned by a local family.

 

Israeli occupation forces further demolished a fence surrounding a large tract of land belonging to a local resident from the occupied city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

 

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army prevented journalists covering the demolition operations.

 

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers attack with stones Bedouin community west of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) – 

 

Armed illegal Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attacked today a Palestinian Bedouin community in 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat area, west of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho),.

'Hassan Mulai'hat, the supervisor of the Al-Baidar organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, said that a group of the illegal Israeli armed settlers raided the Mulai'hat 'Arab community and hurled stones at civilian's homes, terrorizing children and women.

 

The Bedouin community is often subjected to colonists and army attacks in an attempt to force the local residents out of their lands.

 

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Illegal Israeli settlers seize shacks east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

 

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, February 29, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers seized two agricultural shacks today in the wilderness of the village of Kisan, located east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) in the occupied

West Bank, according to local sources.

 

The head of the Kisan Village Council, Mousa 'Ebayat, informed WAFA that a group of colonists took control of the agricultural shacks and stole metal sheets belonging to a local Palestinian resident in the village.

 

The owner, Mu'hammed Yousuf 'Ebayat, added that the colonists attempted to assault him and threatened him with death if he returned to his land.

 

Attacks by Israeli colonists, under the protection of the Israeli army, have been on the rise in recent months. These attacks involve assaulting and threatening Palestinian citizens, as well as burning their tents and vehicles, with the aim of displacing them and seizing their lands.  

 

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