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 96 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 14 Massacres, 147 Palestinians Killed, 243 Injured, with a Death Toll of  23,357 and 59,1410 Injuries

January 10, 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 January 10, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 30,357+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (23,357) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on December 23, 2023: 7,000+).   

By January 10, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 59,410, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By January 4, 2023, the death toll included 9,730+ children and 6,830+ women. 

By January 10, 2024, there were 337 Palestinians who were killed, 3,597 who were injured, and 5,781, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

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 9, 2024, 326 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 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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An injured child who was one of the victims of an Israeli genocidal air strike on the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, January 10, 2024	15 Palestinian civilians were killed, 25 were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, January 10, 2024
A Palestinian little girl standing by corpses of her family members, who were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2024	Ten Palestinians were today injured and a sixth was detained by Israeli occupation forces' raid into the city of Nablus, January 10, 2024
A Palestinian family, including children, was killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a refugee tent in Rafa'h, Gaza Strip, January 11, 2024	Performing funeral prayer on the Palestinian journalist, , who was killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, January 11, 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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ICJ to holds first hearing in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel tomorrow

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

In a historic move, Israel, the occupying power, will appear tomorrow, for the first time, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Dutch city of The Hague, in the lawsuit filed against it by the state of South Africa, which accuses it of committing the crime of collective genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

According to the lawsuit filed by South Africa on December 29th against the backdrop of Israel’s involvement in “acts of genocide” against our people in the Gaza Strip, the court set January 11 and 12 to hold the hearings.

South Africa submits an 84-page plea in English, in which it presents evidence that Israel, the occupying power, has violated its obligations under the United Nations Charter, and its involvement in committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

In the case, South Africa asked the International Court of Justice to “indicate interim measures in order to protect against further serious and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention and to ensure Israel’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention not to engage in, prevent and punish genocide.”

K.T.

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ICC confirms investigation into possible crimes against journalists in Gaza

THE HAGUE, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) -

The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed today it is investigating possible crimes against journalists during the ongoing Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Reporters sans frontières - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a war crimes complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the deaths of Palestinian journalists killed in the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

The office of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has also assured that crimes against journalists are included in its investigation into Palestine.

“Today, I confirm the initiation by the Office of the Prosecutor (''Office'') of the International Criminal Court (''ICC'' or the ''Court'') of an investigation respecting the Situation in Palestine. The investigation will cover crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court that are alleged to have been committed in the Situation since 13 June 2014, the date to which reference is made in the Referral of the Situation to my Office,” announced the ICC today.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza has so far resulted in the killing of 106 journalists and media workers.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed deep concern on Monday regarding the “high toll” of Palestinian journalists who have been killed in the Gaza Strip, following the deaths of two journalists working for Al-Jazeera Gaza Bureau on January 7.

T.R.

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MoFA: Israeli minister challenges US by refusing to transfer clearance fund to PA

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned on Wednesday statements of the extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in which he once again rejected request by the US to transfer clearance fund to the Palestinian Authority, in response to what US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced in this regard.

In a press statement today, the Ministry considered Smotrich's statements a blatant challenge to the US administration, which translated its positions into real actions and pressures that force Israel to shift settlement and submit to the international will for peace.

It said that extremist Smotrich brags about supporting settlements, the terrorism of the colonialists, and their crimes with budgets and money, and provides them with political and legal protection, and who does not recognize the existence of the Palestinian people and their rights, and deals with them according to his three ill-fated options: surrender, killing, or displacement, adding that he also claims that this country is his country as he is known to be a staunch enemy of peace.

The Ministry said that he has no right and does not have any authority to interfere with the funds of the Palestinian people and the ways in which they are spent, except by way of further stealing and pirating them, noting that he also steals and occupies the land of the Palestinian people, confiscates their dignity and rights, and kidnaps the lives of their generations and their future.

The ministry wondered whether the 'US administration cannot yet force Israel to transfer the clearance fund of the Palestinian people, how can it force it to protect civilians, revive the peace process and recognize a state for the Palestinian people?'

K.T.

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UN General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council

NEW YORK, Wednesday, January 9, 2023 (WAFA) –

The immediate priority in Gaza must be saving civilian lives, said the President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, as Member States gathered to debate the use of the veto by the United States in the Security Council last month of a Russian amendment before the successful passing of Council resolution on Gaza in December 22.

The UNSC adopted resolution 2720 late last month, which called for safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access and conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.

In April, the UN General Assembly decided to automatically meet within 10 days, if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its five permanent members.

Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Riyadh Mansour, said at the UNGA meeting today that he was standing before the Assembly “representing a people being slaughtered, with families killed in their entirety, men and women shot in the streets, thousands abducted, tortured and humiliated, children killed, amputated, orphaned - scarred for life.”

He said “no people” should have to endure such violence and it must stop.

No one can understand that the Security Council is still being prevented from calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, he added, while 153 States in the General Assembly have called for just that, along with the UN Secretary-General, added the permanent Observer of the State of Palestine.

Israel’s assault is without precedent in modern history he said, “a war of atrocities”.

“How can you reconcile opposing the atrocities and vetoing a call to end the war that is leading to their commission?”, he asked.

"The State of Palestine has long supported a proposal from France and Mexico “for the suspension of the veto in the case of mass atrocities, when crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes on a large scale are committed.”

He said the assault on Palestinians in Gaza, “demonstrates how vital this proposal is.  Supporting an immediate ceasefire is the only moral, legitimate, and responsible position.”  

During these last 90 days, 11 Palestinians have been killed every hour, including seven women and children, he told the Assembly, Mansour noted.

“This is not about Israeli security; this is about Palestine’s destruction. The interests and objectives of this extremist Israeli government are clear and incompatible with the interests and objectives of any country that supports international law and peace."

He stressed that security will never come through the death, destruction and dehumanization of Palestinians.

Palestine is here to stay, he declared: “Don’t call for peace and spread fire. If you want peace, start with a ceasefire. Now.”

T.R.

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

On January 10, 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  147 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 243 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 23,357 and the injuries to 59,410, since October 7, 2023 (Note: Palestine Information Center).  

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Gaza: Israeli occupation army committed 14 massacres in 24 hours

Wednesday 10-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army committed 14 massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 147 civilians and injuring over 243 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 23,357 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 59,410 people.

Every day, the Israeli occupation army escalates its air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip, which has been under relentless bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by the Hamas armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 96

Wednesday 10-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 96 on Wednesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods and homes 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 last night and on Wednesday morning, killing and injuring a number of citizens.

According to local sources in southern Gaza, the Israeli army carried out an artillery attack on farmers in the east of Rafa'h, killing three of them, while bodies of four martyrs, who were shot dead by Israeli snipers on Tuesday, were evacuated today from an area in central Khan Younus.

One civilian was also martyred and another one was injured when the Israeli army bombed a neighborhood near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the morning.

Five other civilian martyrs were evacuated from the south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City after they were targeted by Israeli occupation army vehicles.

The Israeli army also massacred at least 15 citizens and injured others in an aerial attack on an apartment in western Rafa'h, south of Gaza.

Four other citizens were killed when the Israeli army bombed Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

In northern Gaza, casualties were reported following an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of 'Asalia in Jabalya.

The Israeli occupation army also carried out other aerial and artillery attacks on homes and roads in different areas of Gaza, killing and injuring a number of civilians.

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Day 96 of genocide: Dozens killed by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed, and others were injured, in missile and artillery shelling and gunfire by the Israeli occupation forces in various areas of the Gaza Strip, on the 96th day of the aggression against Gaza.

WAFA correspondent said that six civilians were killed and others were wounded by bullets from Israeli occupation forces stationed on the coastal road in the Shaikh 'Ijlin area, southwest of Gaza City. They were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, west of the city.

15 civilians were killed and dozens were injured as a result of Israeli warplanes bombing with a missile an inhabited house belonging to Noafal family, west of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip. The majority of them were transferred to Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar Hospital in the city.

Israeli warplanes bombed a house in Dair El-Bala'h camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, causing dead and wounded who were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The Israeli occupation artillery shelled violently and intensively the eastern and southern areas of the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, and dozens were killed and wounded, the majority of whom were displaced from Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery also bombed Al-Buraij and Al-Maghazi camps in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing at least twenty civilians, the majority of whom were children, women, and the elderly.

A number of civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation targeting a house belonging to the 'Asalia family in the town of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli gunboats fired dozens of rocket shells towards citizens' homes in Al-Wa'ha and Sudaniya areas and the outskirts of the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City and off the central sea and south of the Strip, resulting in dozens of injuries.

The toll of dead and wounded as a result of the Israeli bombing in the central Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours reached 58, and dozens of wounded.

The Israeli air, land and sea aggression against the Gaza Strip continues, leaving more dead and wounded among civilians and major destruction of homes, buildings, apartments, property and infrastructure.

K.T.

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At least 15 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli bombardment of apartment in southern Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, January 9, 2023 (WAFA) -

At least 15 civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment located in an apartment building west of Rafa'h city, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, 15 bodies arrived at the Kuwaiti hospital in Rafa'h after being killed in an Israeli shelling of an apartment located in a residential building. It is owned by the Noafal family in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood.

T.R.

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

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10 Palestinians wounded by live bullets , another detained as Israeli occupation forces raid of Nablus

NABLUS, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least ten Palestinians were today injured and a sixth was detained by Israeli occupation forces' raid into the city of Nablus, according to local sources.

Red Crescent ambulance crews said that 5 people, including a child and an elderly woman, were injured by Israeli occupation live bullets. The crews provided the injured individuals with necessary aid and then transferred them into a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Sources pointed out that among the injured were three civilians aged 24, 33, and 28, two of whom were injured by live bullets, and a third in a beating attack by Israeli forces and was treated on the ground,

Additionally, a 16-year-old child was wounded by live bullets in the foot.

Israeli special forces stormed Al-'Haddadeen Market inside the Old City, surrounded a house, while the occupation forces detained local resident Nasr Mabrouka.

Large numbers of military jeeps and vehicles stormed the city from several directions, cordoned off all entrances leading to the Old City.

A number of snipers took over the rooftops of multiple houses.

Sources added that occupation forces are currently present in several areas in Nablus.

The occupying Israeli forces occupation forces broke into several homes and offices and caused damages to their contents, including the coffee shop of the slain Palestinian Wadee' Al-'Hoa'h and the office of the Fatah organization in the western area of the Old City on Al-Nasr Street.

Several institutions announced that employees' working hours would be delayed by one hour, due to the ongoing storming of the city.

Y.S /K.T.

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Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

Israeli forces detain 26 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces Wednesday detained 26 Palestinians from several areas across the occupied West Bank, sources confirmed.

According to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the majority of the detainees are from Bethlehem and Ramallah, where two former prisoners, one of whom is a cancer patient, while the rest are from Tulkarm, Tubas, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Jineen, and Nablus.

It pointed out that the detention campaign are accompanied by widespread abuse, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread destruction of citizens’ homes, and the confiscation of vehicles and money.

The total number of detainees has risen since October 7 to more than 5,780, targeting all groups, including former detainees, the sick, and the elderly.

K.T.

Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian man, woman after raiding homes in Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

JERUSALEM, Monday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces detained a Palestinian man and a woman and also demolished shacks in the town of 'Anata in the town of Silwan in Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The advisor to the governor of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Ma'rouf Al-Rifa'i, said that the occupying Israeli forces detained Mu'hammed 'Hawamdah and Israa Shee'ha, after raiding and ransacking their homes.

Forces further demolished a shed belonging to local resident Ismail Alyan in Anata and razed a large tract of lands in the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood in the town of Silwan.

​Y.S.

Following a night-long assault, Israeli forces detain Palestinians, cause destruction in Jineen

JENIN, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Wednesday detained three Palestinians following an Israeli occupation aggression against the city of Jineen and its camp, amid major destruction of the infrastructure.

Security and local sources told WAFA that the occupation detained Mahmoud Al-Bitawi from the Jenin camp, and Tha-ir Husain 'Asous and Mustafa Mu'hanned Mar'i from the village of Al-Shuhada (Mothallath Al-Shuhada) after raiding and ransacking their homes.

The sources indicated that the occupation’s storming of the city of Jenin and its camp, which lasted for about 11 hours, left widespread destruction in the main and secondary streets, and in the city’s neighborhoods, especially Al-Bayader neighborhood and parts of the camp. It also caused destruction to citizens’ property, including vehicles, motorcycles, stalls, and the vegetable market.

They pointed out that the occupation raided dozens of homes, searched them, tampered with their contents, and detained a number of youths for several hours.

Director of Jenin Public Works and Housing, Bassam Mar'i, appealed to all institutions to work to support the municipality and stand by it so that it can rebuild the infrastructure destroyed by the occupation, including streets, roads, sewage and water networks.

He explained that the destruction caused by the occupation in Jenin and its camp to date since the start of the aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank exceeds 20 million shekels.

Mar'i added that the competent authorities have begun working to open roads and rebuild what was destroyed by the occupation.

Jenin's mayor Nidhal 'Obaidi said that the municipality is still assessing the damage caused by the occupation’s aggression, in order to begin reconstruction within the available capabilities.

It is noteworthy that since October 7th, the occupation army has stormed the city of Jenin and its camp 31 times, leaving dozens of dead and wounded, and massive destruction to the infrastructure.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli occupation forces raze two dunums of privately-owned Palestinian land near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Monday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today razed two dunams of privately-owned Palestinian land in Khalayil Al-Lawz area, located to the southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a local activist.

The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Hassan Buraijiyah, told WAFA that army bulldozers razed the two dunums of land owned by local resident Omar Ismail 'Eisa.

Khalayil al-Lawz area has been subjected to regular attacks and acts of violence by colonial Israeli settlers, including the leveling of lands and attacking locals’ homes and their proprieties.

​Y.S.

Israeli forces demolish two commercial structures in Kifl Haris village near Salfeet

SALFIT, Monday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today demolished two commercial structures in Kifl 'Haris village, located to the northwest of Salfeet, according to local sources.

They told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers raided the said village and proceeded to demolish a car wash and a nursery belonging to local resident Mohammad Mansour.

The occupying Israeli forces are carrying out demolition operations in an area located near the colonial settlement of Arael.

​Y.S. ​

Israeli occupation forces raze six dunums of privately-owned Palestinian land near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today razed six dunams of privately-owned Palestinian land in Tel Rumaida neighborhood in the center of Hebron, according to a local activist.

The mayor of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sunaynah, that army bulldozers razed land owned by the municipality, which is planted with 50 olive trees, in preparation for seizing it.

Forces also installed an iron gate at the entrance of the said land.

Abu Sunaynah condemned such step, which will led to the Judaization of the heart of the city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

He considered this step as a dangerous indicator, noting that the municipality is following up on the case legally.

He called on the international community to stand up for its responsibilities and thwart the occupation’s plans aimed at Judaizing Hebron.

​Y.S

Israeli occupation forces raid medical clinic, destroy its contents in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

BEHLEHEM, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces raided a medical clinic in the village of Al-Rashayda, located to the east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), destroying its contents, according to local sources.

The head of the Rashayda Village Council, Jumu'a Rashayda, told WAFA that an occupation army force raided the medical clinic in the center of the village, composed of four rooms, smashed the main door, and inflicted damages to medicines and medical tools.

He pointed out that the clinic provides medical services to about 4,500 Palestinians distributed throughout the village and the two Bedouin communities of Al-Rawa’i and Al-Walida.

The said village has been subjected to regular attacks and violence by Israeli settlers of the colonial settlement of Ma'ale Amos since October 7, including breaking into residents' lands, closing main roads and preventing them from accessing their pastures.

Y.S/K.T.

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