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 125 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 15 Massacres, 132 Palestinians Killed, 143 Injured, with a Death Toll of  27,840 and 67,317 Injuries

February 8, 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 8, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 34,840+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (27,840) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

By February 8, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 67,317, 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 8, 2024, there were 402 Palestinians who were killed, 3,638 who were injured, and 6,920, 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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Palestinian children constituted most of the 132 people who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2024	Bidding farewell to some of the Palestinian children who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2024
Funeral procession of Ziyad Al-Daama, 39, and Islam Al-'Ali, 36, who were killed by Israeli occupation forces in Nour Shams, Toulkarm, on February 7, 2024	Palestinian young man Mu'hammed Al-Barghouthi died of wounds he sustained earlier by Israeli occupation forces' fire in Ramallah, February 8, 2024
Due to the severe Israeli siege of Gaza, hungry children and women lining up to receive a meal provided by a UN center, file, February 8, 2024	Palestinian Muslims performing the Friday prayer in the streets leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the Israeli occupation forces had prevented them from reaching the Mosque, February 9, 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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UNRHR, Albanese: Israel is still practicing ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

Thursday 8-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said on Wednesday that Israel has never respected the international law and has been allowed to violate it since 1967. It is still carrying out acts of ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The famine suffered by the residents of the Gaza Strip is unparalleled in the whole world, she said, stressing the necessity of taking all required measures to prevent genocide in Gaza.

Albanese said, in a press statement, “the more aid and ceasefire are delayed, the greater the number of casualties in the Gaza Strip will be.”

She accused Israel of ignoring International Court of Justice’s ruling by killing more civilians everyday in Gaza, calling on world countries to put pressure on Israel by halting mutual commercial trades.

Albanese said she was shocked to know that member states of the International Court have recently attacked UNRWA, noting that the international community is capable of stopping the ongoing massacres carried out by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation’s ongoing aggression on the blockaded Gaza Strip has so far led to the martyrdom of 27,708 people and the injury of 67,147 others, in addition to the enforced displacement of more than 85 percent (about 1.9 million people) of the Strip’s population, according to official authorities and international bodies and organizations.

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Euro-Med: Israel’s starvation policy will irreversibly affect Gazans

Thursday 8-February-2024, GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has warned that Israel’s starvation campaign in the Gaza Strip will have “long-term and irreversible effects” on the civilian population, pointing to international reports saying that the number of famine victims may exceed the death toll of those who were directly killed by Israel’s military attacks on Gaza, which has been ongoing since last October.

This came in a policy paper released by Euro-Med on Gaza as a “potential famine zone,” in which the organization provided an analysis of the catastrophic food situation in the war-torn coastal enclave and highlighted the indicators that signal the beginning of famine, especially in the northern governorates.

The paper was based primarily on reports issued in this regard by competent international bodies, most notably the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

Lima Bustami, director of the legal department at Euro-Med, said that the truckloads of aid that enter Gaza every once in a while do not meet the minimum level of the population’s basic needs in light of their exposure to severe, continuous and accumulated deprivation of food, drinking water and medicine due to the tight Israeli blockade.

Bustami also pointed out that the population “is facing inhumane conditions, genocide, and a complete cut-off of electricity, water and fuel supplies.”

“The situation is becoming more complicated because the residents of the Gaza Strip are besieged from all sides, which prevents them from producing their needs locally in order to survive or obtaining food from other sources,” the Euro-Med official said.

Euro-Med’s paper referred to the conclusions of a report issued by IPC which says that Gaza has the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity that has ever been identified in any given area or country.

By next February 7, about 53 percent of Gaza’s population will be facing acute malnutrition, while 26 of them (about half a million people) will suffer from famine and an increase in deaths resulting from hunger, malnutrition or pertinent health issues, according to the paper. 

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UN chief warns UNRWA cannot be replaced

NEW YORK, Thursday, February 8, 2024 (WAFA) –

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterress warned today that his the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) cannot be replaced.

Several countries -- including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan -- have suspended funding to the UNRWA, and Guterres has led talks with donor countries to have payments reinstated.

"No other organization has a meaningful presence inside Gaza -- and nothing compared with this situation. So there is no other organization that would be able now to replace" it, Guterres told a media briefing.

Guterres pointed to the cost effectiveness of UNRWA as he defended why it was the best-placed organization to continue to deliver aid to Gaza.

"The costs with UNRWA are much lower than the costs with other agencies for historical reasons. The salaries paid by UNRWA are one-third of the salaries paid by UNICEF or WFP or other UN organizations," Guterres said.

"So any attempt of replacement, that is not possible."

M.N. 

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

On February 8, 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 15 massacres, in which  132 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 143 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 27,840 and the injuries to 67,317, since October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 27,840 martyrs

Thursday 8-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed 15 massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 130 civilians and injuring over 170 others, while a large number of victims are still 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 27,840 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 67,317 people.

In a related context, a total of 34,000 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed or reported missing since the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza started 125 days ago.

During 125 days of massive attacks on Gaza, the Israeli occupation army committed 2,395 massacres, killing 27,840 civilians (whose bodies were transported to hospitals) — including 12,150 children, 8,300 women, 340 medical workers, 46 civil defense workers, and 123 journalists, according to a statement containing statistics released by the Government Media Office (GMO) on Thursday.

7,000 other civilians, mostly women and children, have been reported missing since the war started last October, GMO said.

In addition, nearly 3,000 residential units have been burnt out by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip since October 7, GMO said in another statement on Wednesday.

“These houses were set on fire upon clear and direct instructions from army commanders to render these housing units unlivable,” it added.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 125

Thursday 8-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 125 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, mainly Khan Younus and Rafa'h, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

According to media sources, Israeli soldiers set fire to several homes in Al-Hawouz area and Block G in Khan Younus refugee camp.

Apartment buildings also caught fire in Al-Saraya area in Gaza following heavy artillery shelling.

Israeli soldiers also stormed at a predawn hour Al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza and raided the Mercato Chalet and kidnaped nine civilians from the family of al-Agha, including fathers and sons. The PIC reporter said that a number of citizens were injured when Israeli forces opened fire at them as they were waiting for aid trucks in Gaza City.

Three citizens were also martyred when the Israeli army attacked a group of civilians in Al-Badawiya village in northern Gaza.

A martyr was also transported to the European Gaza Hospital after an ambulance crew found his body in eastern Khan Younus.

Two other martyrs were evacuated to the Nasser Hospital after they were shot dead by Israeli snipers in a nearby street.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Hajj Ahmed in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, killing five civilians.

Several casualties were reported following overnight aerial attacks on two homes accommodating displaced families in Tel as-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafa'h. 14 civilians, mostly children, were killed in the attacks on these homes.

The Israeli army also attacked the house of journalist Nafidth Abdul-Jawwad in Dair Al-Bala'h in central Gaza, killing him and his only son.

A nurse was seriously injured after an Israeli sniper opened fire at him as he was working in the surgical operations department at the Nasir Hospital, which is under constant Israeli attack.

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

Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed, over the past 24 hours, 15 massacres in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 130 civilians and the injury of 170 others.

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

Palestinian youth killed in armed clashes with IOF near Nablus

Thursday 8-February-2024, NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was killed on Thursday after being shot by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during armed clashes in Dair Sharaf town, west of Nablus.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said it was informed by General Authority of Civil Affairs about the martyrdom of Mansour Jalal Ma'hmoud Al-Jabir, 28, from Jalqamous town northeast of Jenin city, at a military checkpoint in Dair Sharaf.

Local sources reported that Al-Jabir opened fire this morning at IOF soldiers and carried out a shooting operation before he was shot and seriously injured by the IOF at the military checkpoint. Ambulance crews were blocked from reaching and rescuing him. He was left on the ground bleeding to death.

Meanwhile, another man, 35, was shot and injured in the hand by IOF’s live bullets while he was in his car at the same checkpoint. He was transferred to hospital after being assaulted by the IOF along with another man who accompanied him.

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Palestinian shot at in Ramallah proclaimed dead

Thursday 8-February-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man died on Thursday of a critical bullet injury he sustained recently after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him and others during a raid in Ramallah.

According to local sources, Mu'hammed Al-Barghouthi was pronounced dead in the morning after he succumbed to a bullet injury he sustained about two weeks ago during a violent IOF raid in Kafr 'Ain town in the northwest of Ramallah.

On Wednesday evening, commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Mu’tasim al-Ali and two of his comrades were martyred during a fierce gun battle with Israeli forces in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Toulkarm. 

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Israeli occupation regime police round up ten Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque including minors

Thursday 8-February-2024, Al-Quds (Jerusalem), (PIC)

Israeli occupation regime police officers rounded up ten Jerusalemites in the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday while celebrating the Isra’ wal Mi’raj anniversary.

Local sources said that the policemen arrested photographer Mu'hammed Abu Sunaina along with three others at Bab Al-Silsila.

Eyewitnesses said that the police officers detained six young women including four minors from within the holy Islamic site and took them to a nearby police station.

Hundreds of Palestinians flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli restrictions to celebrate the anniversary of the Isra’ wal Mi’raj, the Night Journey and Ascension of Prophet Mu'hammed, peace be upon him, from Makkah to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and from there to the seven heavens.

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400 Palestinians martyred, 6,920 abducted in the West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) since Oct. 7

Thursday 8-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The death toll in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem has mounted to 400 since October 7, while figures on Palestinian prisoners indicate the arrest of 6,920 people during the same period.

The Palestinian Media Center “Muta” documented the martyrdom of 400 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem in the period between October 7 and February 8.

According to the Center, the martyrs were killed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) with 95 of them killed in Jenin, 74 in Toulkarm, 54 in Al-Khalil, 46 in Nablus, 38 in Ramallah, and 33 in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), in addition to 24 martyrs in Tubas, 16 in Qalqilya, 9 in Bethlehem, 8 in Jericho, and 3 in Salfeet.

The newest case was announced on Thursday morning when the young man Mu'hammed Khaleel Al-Barghouthi died of his serious injury after he was shot by IOF gunfire two weeks ago while confronting the IOF incursion into the town of Kafr 'Ain, northwest of Ramallah.

On a similar context, the number of Palestinian detainees has risen to 6,920 since October 7, 2023, after the Israeli occupation army abducted 20 Palestinians during its raid and arrest campaigns in several governorates in the West Bank.

A joint statement by Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, said on Thursday that “the total number of Israeli arrests after October 7 rose to about 6,920, including those arrested from homes and military checkpoints as well as those who were forced to turn themselves in under threat and those who were held hostage.”

The statement indicated that “the IOF arrested overnight at least 20 citizens from different cities and towns of the West Bank, including former prisoners.”

The Israeli arrests were “accompanied by sabotage and destruction of citizens’ property amid severe beating and assault of detainees and their families in addition to confiscating their money.”

The occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have been witnessing an escalation in resistance operations and confrontations to Israeli daily raids and arrest campaigns.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in the West Bank raids

Thursday 8-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped several Palestinian citizens during overnight and morning raids in different West Bank areas, amid clashes with local youths.

According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the IOF kidnaped at least 20 citizens, including a woman, during a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank, which started last night and continued into Thursday morning.

According to local sources, six citizens were taken prisoners following an IOF raid in 'Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya.

The IOF also stormed others areas of the West Bank, raided homes and kidnaped citizens.

Meanwhile, the IOF imposed movement restrictions on Palestinian vehicles at the Tayaseer checkpoint in eastern Toubas, causing a heavy build-up of traffic on the road.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

 

 

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