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 121 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 14 Massacres, 127 Palestinians Killed, 178 Injured, with a Death Toll of  27,365 and 66,630 Injuries

February 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 February 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 35,365+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (27,365) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 4, 2024: 8,000+).   

By February 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 66,630, 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 Gazan women detained in Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By January 31, 2023, the death toll included 11,730+ children and 8,000+ women (more than 70% of the victims). 

By February 4, 2024, there were 382 Palestinians who were killed, 3,636 who were injured, and 6,492, 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 3,291.

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By January 9, 2023,  there was a complete destruction of 69,000+ housing units, and a partial destruction of 290,000+ housing units (60% of Gaza housing units). This forced about 1.5 million people to become homeless, taking refuge in crowded UN schools and ultimately sleeping in the streets.  

The Israeli refusal to allow international aid caravans to enter Gaza freely led the Palestinian population to be on the verge of mass extermination for the lack of food, water, medicine, and fuel.  

By January 31, 2024, 339 health personnel and 97 journalists were killed and hundreds were injured, 121 ambulances were destroyed while on duty, killing and injuring their crews, and destroyed 150 health institutions. As a result of the strikes and lack of fuel, 30 hospitals and 53 primary care centers are not functioning. In addition, 99 health personnel and 10 journalists have been abducted by the invading Israeli occupation forces.

Meanwhile, 134 government offices and 95 schools and universities were completely destroyed, while 295 schools and universities were partially damaged.

138 mosques were completely destroyed, while 240 others were partially damaged, in addition to three churches.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The 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. (70,000) 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 coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island have initiated a hunger strike, demanding the university’s divestment from companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, February 4, 2024	Six year old Palestinian little girl Hind 'Hamada, who has been trapped for four days, in a car with her sister Layan and other relatives, who were killed by Israeli occupation forces, February 4, 2024
A view of Palestinian neighborhoods, which were totally destroyed during the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, file, February 4, 2024	Palestinian civilians searching for victims under the rubble of a house, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike in Dair El-Bala'h, on February 4, 2024
The desalination station in Al-Sudaniya area, west of Gaza city, was destroyed by Israeli occupation forces, to deny the Palestinian population in Gaza of fresh water, video on February 4, 2024	A Palestinian vehicle was destroyed in Rafa'h by an Israeli genocidal air strike, on February 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, 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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PRCS: Four days since we lost contact with Hind and paramedics in Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said that more than four days have passed since it heard from an ambulance team sent to rescue the six-year-old Hind trapped in a car with the bodies of her 15-year-old sister Layan 'Hamada and others after they came under fire from an Israeli tank in Gaza City.

“More than 110 hours have passed and the fate of the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance team, Yousuf Zaino and A'hmed Al-Madhoun, who went to rescue the six-year-old girl, Hind, is still unknown,” PRCS said in a statement on Saturday.

“Where is Hind? Where are Yousuf and A'hmed? We need to know their fate,” PRCS added.

“Little Hind” was trapped in a car with her family – who are believed to be dead – which had come under fire from Israeli forces last Monday.

The Red Crescent had released an audio recording of Hind’s sister Layan, aged 15, appealing for help amid sounds of gunfire.

However, Layan and other members of the family were later killed and little Hind was trapped inside the car as an ambulance crew attempted to rescue her.

There has not been any information about the fate of Hind and the ambulance workers since PRCS announced it lost contact with them.

PRCS has been appealing for information regarding the fate of Hind and the ambulance workers since the incident happened.

“We appeal to the international community to assist and intervene to protect civilians and health care and humanitarian workers,” the organization wrote in a post on X.

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Rhode Island students begin hunger strike in protest against the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip

RHODE ISLAND, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

A coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island have initiated a hunger strike, demanding the university’s divestment from companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip.

The group, consisting of 19 students, including Palestinians, Jews, and others, vows to continue the strike until the university takes action to promote an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

Their key demand is the introduction of a divestment resolution during the upcoming meeting of the university’s highest governing body, the Corporation of Brown University.

The hunger strike, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Caucus and Jews for Ceasefire Now, aims to underscore the urgency of passing the divestment resolution amid the escalating Israeli war of genocide in Gaza. The university’s governing body is set to convene on February 8th and 9th.

The students are calling for the divestment resolution to align with the recommendations of a 2020 report by the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Practices (ACCRIP).

The report highlighted specific companies involved in the occupation in Palestine, including AB Volvo, Airbus, Boeing, DXC, General Dynamics, General Electric, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Oaktree Capital, Raytheon, and United Technologies.

The university has faced previous protests, with accusations of holding investments in weapons manufacturers used in Israeli war crimes and human rights abuses against the Palestinian people.

This hunger strike follows earlier protests, including a sit-in staged by 20 Jewish students in November 2023 and a subsequent sit-in by 41 students in December. The students, advocating for divestment, were arrested, prompting outrage within the university community.

The student coalition emphasized that support for divestment is growing on campus, and the hunger strike will be accompanied by various programs, including teach-ins, performances, and prayers.

M.N.

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

On February 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 14 massacres, in which  127 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 178 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 27,365 and the injuries to 66,630, since October 7, 2023.   

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10 Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on central Gaza Strip

GAZA, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Eight Palestinian civilians were Sunday killed and dozens injured after Israeli occupation warplanes bombed various areas in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation warplanes targeted several homes west and center of Dair El-Bala'h city, coinciding with another bombing in the center, east and west of Gaza City.

To the south, the Israeli occupation forces blew up a number of citizens’ homes in the Bani Suhaila area, east of Khan Younus, with fire belts from warplanes and artillery.

Two displaced people were injured by occupation forces' bullets in the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis.

Medical sources at the Gaza European Hospital said that two Palestinians were killed after occupation aircraft bombed a group of citizens who tried to reach their homes in the Ta'hlia area in central Khan Younus.

In an infinite toll, the number of Palestinians killed as a result of the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 121st day rose to more than 27,365, the majority of whom were women and children, in addition to 66,630 wounded, while more than 8,000 are still missing under the rubble and on the roads, as Israeli forces prevent ambulance crews from reaching them.

K.T.

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Palestinian Death toll in Gaza reaches 27,365, with 66,663 injured

Citizens flee the Israeli invasion in Gaza (Archive)

RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today that the death toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip has climbed to 27,365 martyrs, the majority of whom are women and children. The number of injured individuals has surged to 66,630.

Medical sources further revealed that at least 8,000 people are unaccounted for, with many of them still trapped under rubble or scattered in the streets, as Israeli occupation forces are blocking access of ambulance crews and civil defense teams to many areas across the enclave.

Simultaneously, a number of civilians were reported killed and others injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in various neighborhoods of Gaza City, coinciding with continued Israeli airstrikes in the southern region of the Strip.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition towards displaced individuals at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, resulting in the killing of a citizen from sniper fire.

In another incident, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, leading to the tragic killing of two citizens and the injury of others.

Additionally, Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Walaa Pharmacy in the Al-Tayaran area of Gaza City, causing injuries to four individuals who were subsequently transported to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital for medical treatment.

Furthermore, Israeli artillery shelled civilians inspecting their lands and homes in the Shuja'iya neighborhood, resulting in injuries to three citizens.  Additionally, more casualties occurred as Israeli occupation forces opened fire on civilians in the Rimal neighborhood.

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Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on central Gaza Strip

GAZA, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Eight Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens injured today, after Israeli occupation warplanes bombed various areas in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation warplanes targeted several homes west and center of Dair El-Bala'h city, coinciding with another bombing in the center, east and west of Gaza City.

To the south, the Israeli occupation forces blew up a number of citizens’ homes in the Bani Suhaila area, east of Khan Younus, with fire belts from warplanes and artillery.

Two displaced people were injured by occupation forces' bullets in the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younus.

By February 4, 2024, in an initial toll, the number of Palestinians killed as a result of the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 121st day rose to more than 27,365, the majority of whom were women and children, in addition to 66,630 wounded, while more than 8,000 are still missing under the rubble and on the roads, as Israeli forces prevent ambulance crews from reaching them.

K.T. 

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Multiple civilian casualties in an Israeli airstrike targeting a kindergarten in Rafa'h

GAZA, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

A number of civilians were killed late last night as Israeli occupation forces bombed a kindergarten hosting displaced individuals east of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.

The sources reported casualties, including two young children, and dozens injured after warplanes targeted the kindergarten, which has been used as a refuge for displaced people fleeing the Israeli aggression in other regions of the enclave.

Additionally, casualties were reported, and scores were wounded after Israeli warplanes bombed a residential area in Dair El-Bala'h, located in the central Gaza Strip.

Further injuries occurred as Israeli occupation forces targeted a house belonging to the Masran family in the Nusayrat refugee camp, central Gaza, while airstrikes hit various areas in the city of Khan Younus.

By February 3, 2024, in a preliminary toll, the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the murder of over 27,238 individuals, the majority of whom are innocent civilians, and over 66,451 injuries.

Worse still, the aggression has resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly 2 million people from all of the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt—in what has become Palestine's largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

M.N.

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Civilians killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in Rafa'h

GAZA, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Multiple civilians were reported killed today in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle east of the city of Rafa'h in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

The sources reported that Israeli warplanes launched at least one missile that hit a civilian vehicle east of Rafa'h, resulting in the tragic murder of those inside.

In addition to the targeted car, Israeli warplanes and artillery bombarded areas situated between the cities of Khan Younus and Rafa'h.

M.N.

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More civilian casualties as Israel's genocidal war on Gaza Strip enters its 121st Day

GAZA, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least two civilians were killed and several others injured this morning in an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting a house in the city of Dair El-Bala'h, in the central Gaza Strip, as the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip marks its 121st day in a row.

Local sources reported the murder of two civilians and the injury of seven others, including children, in the Israeli bombardment which targeted the Abu Safer family home in Dair El-Bala'h with missiles.

In the meantime, the occupying Israeli military launched multiple airstrikes since dawn, concentrating on the central and southern regions of the Gaza Strip. Simultaneously, Israeli artillery shelling and naval bombardment were reported in many areas of the war-ravaged territory.

Israeli warplanes also carried out a series of airstrikes on Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, while artillery bombardment targeted various areas east and south of the prvince, resulting in multiple houses catching fire.

In northern Gaza, medical sources at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital revealed that dozens of corpses for Palestinian individuals were brought to the hospital following the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from the northern region of the Gaza Strip.

In Gaza City, for the sixth consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue to besiege Al-Shifa Medical Complex, preventing the trapped civilians from leaving the premises amid heavy shelling in the vicinity of the hospital.

By February 3, 2024, in a preliminary toll, the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the murder of over 27,238 individuals, the majority of whom are innocent civilians, and over 66,451 injuries.

Worse still, the aggression has resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly 2 million people from all of the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt—in what has become Palestine's largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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110,000 Palestinians killed, wounded or missing in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza

Sunday 4-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement on Saturday that approximately 110,000 Palestinians are reported killed, missing, and injured, after the passage of four months of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

A total of 35,096 Palestinians in the Strip have been killed by Friday evening, Euro-Med Monitor estimated. Of those killed in the Israeli air and artillery attacks on the Strip, 32,220 were civilians, including 12,345 children, 7,656 women, 309 health personnel, 41 civil defense personnel, and 121 journalists.

Meanwhile, 67,240 individuals have been injured including hundreds suffering critical injuries and permanent disabilities.

Within a week of the International Court of Justice’s ruling, the Israeli army killed over 1,048 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and injured over 1,800 others, and carried out 108 massacres.

The rights group explained that, in addition to the statistics provided by the Palestinian Health Ministry, its own figures include thousands who have been trapped beneath the debris of buildings hit by Israeli air and artillery strikes for more than 14 consecutive days now and are therefore presumed dead.

Hundreds of bodies that cannot be recovered due to the ongoing Israeli violence remain on the roads, said Euro-Med Monitor, particularly in areas where Israel’s army has conducted ground incursions, it affirmed.

The Euro-Med Monitor further reported that about two million Palestinians, approximately 90% of the total population of the Strip, have been displaced from their homes and residential areas amid the lack of safe shelters, as 79,200 housing units have been completely destroyed and 207,000 housing units have been partially damaged.

Euro-Med Monitor warned that Israel has ordered the evacuation of the people residing in more than 245 square kilometers, 67%, of the entire Gaza Strip. This includes all of Gaza City and the Strip’s northern regions. The majority of them have not yet been able to return; neither have residents of large areas in the central and southern sections of the Strip that Israel had designated as safe areas.

The Geneva-based organization emphasized that Israel is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in order to cause as many casualties, material losses, and as much general destruction as possible as a form of retaliation and collective punishment.

A week after the International Court of Justice’s ruling, which required Israel to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Monitor reported that the Israeli army was still killing civilians at the same rate as before the ruling, as well as starving them, denying aid supplies, and depriving them of their most basic human rights; destroying their property to make it impossible for them to return to their homes; forcibly arresting them; and torturing them.

The human rights group also documented that Israeli occupation forces are still besieging and bombing Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip. During the past few days, the building of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which also houses the hospital, was bombed several times, killing at least seven civilians.

Euro-Med Monitor contended that Israel continues to deliberately target civilians. Three civilians were slain, and four others were injured on 29 January; all were internally displaced refugees who sought safety near the Red Crescent headquarters in the west of Khan Yunis. Two were killed while attempting to remove the body of a woman who had been killed by Israeli forces a few meters away from the hospital.

Euro-Med Monitor confirmed that Israel continues to use starvation as a weapon of war, noting that the amount of aid supplies entering the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern Gaza Valley, do not meet the population’s growing needs. Of the 61 humanitarian relief operations scheduled to arrive in the northern Gaza Valley in January, only 10 were allowed entry by Israeli authorities.

Euro-Med Monitor warned of the dangerous repercussions of many donor countries’ decision to suspend their funding for UNRWA in light of the current catastrophic conditions and the impending famine, as UNRWA is the main humanitarian agency in the Gaza Strip, serving more than two million people.

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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.
(70,000) 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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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

Young man injured in an Israeli military raid of Shu'fat

JERUSALEM, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

A young Palestinian man was injured by rubber-coated metal bullets this morning during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the Shu'fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources.

The sources reported that the occupation forces raided Shu'fat camp, firing rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters towards civilians and their homes. This resulted in a young man sustaining injuries from the metal bullets to his leg.

M.N.

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Three Palestinians, including 4-year-old boy, injured in an Israeli raid of Nablus

NABLUS, Sunday, February 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

Three Palestinians, including a 4-year-old boy, sustained injuries this morning during an incursion by undercover Israeli special forces into the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that an undercover Israeli unit stormed Balata refugee camp, spreading through several alleys and occupying rooftops.

Reinforcements from the occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, were also deployed to the camp soon after the undercover unit, hiding in civilian clothes, was discovered by residents.

Confrontations erupted between the Israeli occupation forces and local youth, resulting in two young men being wounded by live ammunition.

The occupation forces also conducted house raids accompanied by police dogs, leading to a 4-year-old child sustaining injuries after being bitten by one of the dogs.

The child was rushed to hospital for medical treatment.

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IOFs conduct raids and abduction in the West Bank

Sunday 4-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale raid campaign in various areas of the West Bank on Sunday morning, carrying out abductions amid confrontations and clashes with resistance fighters.

In Nablus, a young man was injured by fragments of a live bullet fragments during an incursion by Israeli special forces, known as the mistaravim, into the Balata refugee camp.

A local source reported that the mistaravim infiltrated the Balata camp, spread out in several neighborhoods, and climbed onto the roofs of houses, while reinforcements from the occupation forces arrived from the 'Awarta checkpoint accompanied by a military bulldozer.

The source added that as soon as the special forces were discovered, clashes broke out with local youth, resulting in a young man being injured by live bullet fragments.

Furthermore, the IOF raided the homes of citizens accompanied by police dogs, and a child was injured after being bitten by one of the dogs.

Local sources reported that IOF soldiers stormed the city of Nablus and spread out in the vicinity of the old town, arresting the young man Tayseer Al-Damouni after raiding his house in the Qaryoun neighborhood, while three young men from the town of Baita in the south were also arrested.

The IOF then raided the Balata camp east of Nablus, supported by a number of military vehicles and a D9 bulldozer, and snipers were stationed on some buildings.

The sources reported that the resistance confronted the IOF soldiers, and clashes erupted in several areas. Local sources said that the occupation bulldozers demolished the Market Street inside the camp and destroyed the properties of the residents.

Meanwhile, the IOF launched a campaign of raids on the homes of citizens in a number of villages and towns in the Qalqilya governorate, during which four citizens were arrested.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces abducted Hamid Younus from the town of Sinjalia, Anad Khalifa from the town of Al-Nabi Ilyas, Qais Badwan from the town of 'Azzoun, and 'Othman Rizmak from the town of 'Habla.

In Jericho, IOF raided the city of Jericho and the Ain Sultan refugee camp on Sunday morning. Local sources said that occupation army forces stormed the city from its northern entrance and raided the Ain Sultan camp in the city without any reported abductions.

In Ramallah, the IOF abducted the young man 'Ammar 'Alawi from the town of Dair Jareer, northeast of Ramallah, and Ta'hreer Al-'Araysha from the Jalazoan refugee camp in the north.

In Occupied Jerusalem, Israeli police forces raided the Shu'fat refugee camp and fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters towards the residents and their homes. As a result a young man was hit in the foot with a metal bullet.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque

Sunday 4-February-2024, Al-Quds (Jerusalem), (PIC)

Hordes of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon.

According to local sources, 58 settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under tight police guard in the morning.

A number of settlers escorted by police officers also gathered in the eastern area of the Mosque and embarked on performing Talmudic prayers.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police prevented Muslim worshipers from entering the Islamic holy site during the settler tours.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

Dozens of Palestinian citizens from 1948 occupied Palestine (Israel) arrived aboard buses on Friday and Saturday in Jerusalem to pray at the Aqsa Mosque and support the Jerusalemites’ steadfastness in the face of Israeli violations.

Recently, Palestinian activists from Jerusalem and 1948 occupied Palestine launched an online campaign to urge their compatriots to march en masse to the Aqsa Mosque, which has been under siege since October 7.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm a village near Jineen, wreaking havoc

JENIN, Saturday, February 3, 2024 (WAFA) –

 This evening, a group of Israeli colonists, accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, raided several homes in the village of Farasain, southwest of Jineen, wreaking havoc inside the homes and seizing recordings of surveillance cameras, according to local sources.

Malik Al-Zaban, a local citizen, informed WAFA that a group of colonists, guarded by a military escort, stormed the village and targeted a poultry farm he owns. According to him, the colonists engaged in a spree of sabotage and destruction, tearing down plastic greenhouses and seizing surveillance recordings after smashing the screens.

He added that the settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, raided several homes in the village, breaking doors and windows and confiscating surveillance recordings. The affected residents were identified as Basil Amarna, Mu'hammed 'Amarna, and Wajdi Mustafa.

Residents of the village have been subjected to continuous Israeli aggression, including demolitions, destruction of water networks, tanks, structures, homes, and wells.

Additionally, colonists have taken control of agricultural land in the mountainous area of the nearby Zabda village, grazing their livestock in the region. They prevent landowners from accessing their properties under the protection of the Israeli military, a situation that has persisted for an extended period.

M.N. 

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