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 101 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 12 Massacres, 132 Palestinians Killed, 252 Injured, with a Death Toll of  24,100 and 60,834 Injuries

January 15, 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 15, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 32,100+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (24,100) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on December 23, 2023: 8,000+).   

By January 15, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 60,834, 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 15, 2024, there were 348 Palestinians who were killed, 3,614 who were injured, and 5,854, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the today's reported detained 5,903 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 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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112 Palestinian journalists, including 14 females, were killed, during 101 days of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, January 15, 2024	Palestinian teenagers Sulayman Mu'hammed Kan'an, 17, and Khalid 'Aamir 'Humaidat, 16, were killed by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Beerih, on January 14, 2024
Some of the Palestinian civilians who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, January 15, 2024	Performing funeral prayer on the martyrs who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, January 15, 2024
Israeli demolition machines demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, file, January 15, 2024	A Palestinian man reacts to the destruction of his home by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, January 15, 2024

An Israeli missile which targeted a house but did not explode in Dair El-Bala'h, January 14, 2024	Funeral procession of the Palestinian martyrs, A'hmed and Jalal Jabbareen, who were killed by Israeli occupation forces in Sa'ir, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), January 14, 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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100 days of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza: Massive destruction and legendary resilience

Monday 15-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

With a bloody toll marking the 100th day of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, during which it failed to achieve its declared objectives, Palestinians remain resilient, enduring their pain in displacement camps and rejecting displacement plans.

Over the course of 100 days, the Israeli occupation forces leveled residential neighborhoods and entire towns, altering the geographical landscape of many communities. However, they did not succeed in breaking the will of the resistance or the people.

Bloody Toll

In the observations of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, nearly 100,000 Palestinians are counted among the martyrs, missing, and wounded, including those with long-term disabilities, on the 100th day of the genocidal crime committed by Israel in Gaza.

Euro-Med’s preliminary statistics confirm the martyrdom of 31,497 Palestinians as of last Saturday evening, with 28,951 civilian casualties, constituting approximately 92% of the total victims.

This toll includes 12,345 children, 6,471 women, 295 healthcare workers, 41 civil defense members, and 113 journalists. Additionally, 61,079 people suffered various injuries, including hundreds in critical condition.

Euro-Med emphasizes that its figures, in addition to the Palestinian Ministry of Health’s statistics, encompass thousands of victims still under the rubble of destroyed buildings, indicating the likelihood of their non-survival and their definitive loss.

At the same time, hundreds of lifeless bodies remain in the streets and roads, difficult to retrieve due to the ongoing Israeli military attacks. These bodies have not yet been officially counted among the victims.

90% Displacement

As a result of the Israeli aggression, nearly 2 million Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes and residential areas in Gaza, representing 90% of the total population. Continuous Israeli airstrikes completely destroyed around 69,700 housing units and partially damaged 187,300 units, depriving the displaced of the realistic and near-range prospect of returning to their homes.

Israel, according to the Euro Med, deliberately destroys and inflicts severe damage on Gaza’s infrastructure facilities. This includes the targeting of 320 schools, 1,671 industrial facilities, 183 health facilities (including 23 hospitals and 59 clinics), 239 mosques, 3 churches, and 170 media and press headquarters.

100 Days Like 100 Years

Philip Lazzarini, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, stated that the past 100 days felt like 100 years for Gaza’s inhabitants due to the Israeli military aggression.

Lazzarini added in his statement, “The enormity of death, destruction, displacement, hunger, loss, and sorrow in the past 100 days stains our common humanity.”

He affirmed that this is the largest displacement of the Palestinian people since 1948, affecting over 2 million individuals, representing almost all of the entire population of Gaza.

He stated, “Many of them will suffer for life, both physically and mentally. The vast majority, including children, suffer severe trauma.”

Forced Displacement

In addition to the daily mass killing of Palestinians, observers note that the occupation forces are actively working to compel civilian residents to leave the enclave, killing all signs of life in it. According to a report by Al Jazeera, marking 100 days since the war on Gaza, this intention is evident in statements made by former and current Israeli officials regarding the necessity of evacuating the Gaza Strip population, regardless of the genocidal nature and forced displacement, both considered war crimes by international law.

The report, prepared by Salam Khader, highlighted the former Minister of National Security, General Giora Eiland’s call not to provide the Gaza population with any source that prolongs life in the enclave.

In this regard, the report mentioned that the occupation forces besieged the Nasr Children’s Hospital, forced its medical staff to evacuate, leaving critically ill children behind. Days later, decomposed bodies were found inside the hospital.

Israel targeted anything that could help the population survive, with 77% of hospitals in the sector out of service, according to UN estimates.

In addition, the bombardment targeted 104 schools, with 70% of them suffering severe damage. Israel dropped over 29,000 bombs on the sector, destroying 40% of its homes by mid-December, according to preliminary estimates.

Complete Neighborhood Disappearance

Satellite imagery shows that during the past 100 days, entire neighborhoods vanished from the face of the earth or are no longer habitable, with walls of about 33% of Gaza’s homes and streets demolished.

According to the American new agency Associated Press, satellite images showed that two-thirds of buildings in the north of the Strip were completely destroyed.

Despite this harsh toll, the resistance remains steadfast, combating the occupation. On the 99th day, they broadcasted a video documenting many of their qualitative operations from point zero against the occupation’s vehicles.

As for the displaced population, despite the pain and displacement, they express a will of resistance and rejection of Israeli displacement plans.

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

On January 15, 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 12 massacres, in which  132 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 252 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 24,100 and the injuries to 60,834, since October 7, 2023.  

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 101

Monday 15-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 101 on Monday, 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 Monday morning, killing and injuring a number of citizens.

According to local sources, five Palestinians were martyred and others were injured when the Israeli army bombed a group of citizens near the Nasir Hospital in Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

11 others were also killed during Israeli attacks on different areas of Khan Yunis, including two citizens who were targeted by an Israeli warplane near Taiba School in 'Abasan Al-Kabeera area.

A number of martyrs’ bodies, including decomposed corpses, were found near and on Salahuddeen road near Al-Maghazi refugee camp and evacuated from the area.

The civil defense authority, for its part, said that its rescue crews were able to retrieve dozens of martyrs and save dozens of wounded civilians after the Israeli army bombed at dawn an apartment housing families in al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

Palestinian media sources said that 33 civilians were killed and dozens were injured during dawn Israeli attacks on homes in Gaza City.

Many citizens were also killed, including women and children, and others were injured last night when the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Haddad in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Other casualties were reported in different areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on Monday morning and later in the afternoon.

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Gaza: Israeli army committed 12 massacres in 24hrs

Monday 15-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed, over the past 24 hours, 12 massacres in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 132 civilians and the injury of 252 others.

In a brief statement, the health ministry said that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments, which started on October 7, climbed to 24,100 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 60,834 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 Hamas’s 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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Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza claim dozens of lives as Israel's aggression enters its 101st day

GAZA, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

Dozens of innocent civilians, including women and children, have been killed and others wounded over the past few hours as the ongoing Israeli genocide campaign on the Gaza Strip enters its 101 consecutive day, according to local and medical sources.

Medical sources said that at least 33 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed, and dozens were wounded, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted several houses in Gaza enclave.

Israeli warplanes reportedly carried out intense and fierce airstrikes targeting several areas in in Khan Younus in the south of Gaza Strip, and in Al-Buraij and Al-Maghazi camps in the central Strip.

For the fourth day in a row, the complete interruption of communications and Internet services in the Gaza Strip continues as a result of the ongoing aggression.

The communications sector suffers from constant targeting, as the extent of the destruction has reached more than 80%.

Technical crews are being directly targeted while carrying out their work, despite prior coordination through international institutions.

This is at least the seventh time that communications have been completely cut off from the Gaza Strip since the start of the aggression on October 7.

Networks and transmission towers were damaged as a result of the massive destruction caused by the aggression to the infrastructure, and the lack of fuel due to the siege. This led to frequent outages, pressure on the network, and weak transmission in various parts of the sector.

In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 has resulted in at least 24,000 fatalities, more than 70% of whom are women and children, and 60,317 wounded. Additionally, more than 8,000 are still missing under the rubble.

Y.S/K.T.

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Palestinian Journalists Syndicate: Israeli occupation army continues to target Palestinian journalists with the intent to kill

RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 14, 2024 (WAFA)--

 The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate affirmed today that the Israeli occupation army continues to target Palestinian journalists with the intent to kill.

The ministry accused the occupation of killing journalists as part of its attempts to kill the truth of genocide committed against the Palestinian people in general, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

According to the monitoring of the syndicate’s freedoms committee on the 100th day of the aggression on the Strip and with the killing of Yazan Zuwaidi, Al-Ghad cameraman of Al-Arabi channel, the number of journalists killed by the Israeli army has so far reached 112, including 14 females, said the statement.

The syndicate pointed out that journalists in Gaza are facing high risks of being killed and are living in extremely complex and difficult conditions. Their families were also not spared, stressed the ministry, as hundreds were targeted and killed in airstrikes on the Strip.

It warned, in a statement, against the attempts of the occupation and its arms to falsify and fabricate charges against journalists with false accusations to justify murder and to challenge any future international judicial prosecution holding it accountable for these crimes.

The Syndicate stressed that it will continue to pursue politicians and officers of the occupation in all available forums to ensure that they do not escape accountability.

A.D./T.R. 

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

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Two Palestinian teens fatally shot by Israeli occupation forces' bullets at Al-Beerih's northern Entrance

Al-BEERIH, Sunday, January 14, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces tonight at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Beerih, near Ramallah, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry reported that 17-year-old Sulayman Mu'hammed Kan’an, a senior high school student from the town of 'Hizma, northeast of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), arrived dead at Al-Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah as a result of a direct gunshot wound that penetrated his heart.

The ministry said the General Authority of Civil Affairs in Ramallah informed it that another teenager, who was identified as 16-year-old Khalid 'Aamir 'Humaidat, a student in the eleventh grade from Ramallah’s Al-Jalazoan refugee camp, was also killed by the Israeli army’s bullets.

According to security sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at the two teenagers while they were present at the said entrance, fatally shooting them.

Humaidat’s body was kept in the custody of the Israeli occupation army.

The killing of the two teenagers brings the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army today to five.

T.R.

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Four Palestinians injured, one kidnaped by IOF in Nablus

Monday 15-January-2024, NABLUS, (PIC)

Four Palestinian citizens were injured and another one was kidnaped after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed on Monday afternoon Nablus City.

According to local sources, Israeli special forces infiltrated into Al-Makhfiya neighborhood in the city before military reinforcements stormed the area as school students started to return to their homes.

The sources said that the Israeli forces spread around homes belonging to the families of martyrs Jihad and Uday al-Shami, adding that they heard sounds of gunfire in the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews rushed to Al-Makhfiya neighborhood, where they provided medical assistance for four wounded citizens before evacuating them to hospitals.

Two children, aged 9 and 15, were reportedly injured by bullets in their heads, while an elderly man, aged 71, was hit by a bullet in his abdomen and a 27-year-old young man suffered shrapnel wounds in his back, according to the Red Crescent.

Later, the IOF withdrew from the neighborhood after they kidnaped a young man identified as Abd Al-Shami, the brother of Jihad Al-Shami, from his home.

Jihad ash-Shami was martyred along with two other young men, Uday Al-Shami and Mu'hammed Dabeek, on March 12, 2023 after the IOF ambushed them near the Sara checkpoint in the west of Nablus. 

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Palestinians shot and injured by Israeli near Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and in Nablus

RAMALLAH, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets at the Qalandya military checkpoint, north of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The Red Crescent Society said that its crews dealt with a 28-year-old youth who was injured by a live bullet in the lower abdomen near the military checkpoint.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians were injured by occupation bullets during their storming of the city of Nablus.

A'hmed Jibreel, director of the Red Crescent Ambulance and Emergency Center in Nablus, reported that four civilians were injured by occupation bullets and shrapnel, one of them is 15 years old and was injured in the head, the other is 71 and was wounded in the abdomen.

He added that a 9-year-old child was injured with shrapnel in the head, and another aged 27 was also wounded with shrapnel at noon, during the occupation forces’ storming of Al-Makhfiya neighborhood in the city of Nablus.

All of them were transferred to hospitals to receive treatment.

WAFA correspondent confirmed that Israeli special forces stormed Al-Makhfiya neighborhood, surrounded Al-Shami building, and detained a young man before withdrawing from the area.

K.T.

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

Israeli occupation forces raid Al-Naja'h National University, detain 25 students

NABLUS, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The occupation forces raided at dawn the campus of Al-Naja'h National University in the city of Nablus, and detained 25 students, according to local sources.

Al-Naja'h University Vice President for Community Affairs, Raed Al-Dib'i, told WAFA that large units of Israeli military forces broke into the old university campus through one of its gates and detained university security personnel.

During the raid, Israeli forces further detained nearly 25 students from inside the university campus.

The occupying military forces reportedly severely assaulted and beat two university guards during the raid.

This incursion is considered the first since Israeli forces stormed the university in1992.

Y.S​.

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Occupation forces round up 23 Palestinians in the West Bank

HEBRON, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 23 Palestinians, mostly from Hebron,  across the West Bank in a wide-scale arrest campaign last night and this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

Israeli occupation forces detained 12 Palestinians from the city of Hebron in the south of the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers raided the town of Bait 'Awwa, southwest of Hebron, where they carried out a wide-scale arrest campaign, resulting in detaining 11 Palestinians.

Israeli forces further detained a Palestinian after breaking into the town of Dura, southwest of the city.

In the aftermath of the military incursion, the occupying military forces wracked havoc on several houses and tampered with their contents.

Forces reportedly set up flying military checkpoints, and closed a number of main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement cubes and earth mounds.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained Jad Nasr Al-Reemawi, an ex-detainee in Israeli jails, while he was present at his workplace in the village of Jeffna.

Al-Reemawi, who came from the town of Bait Reema, northwest of Ramallah, was arrested in 2014, and spent 8 years behind occupation jails before he was released in 2022.

Israeli forces also detained another Palestinian from Jalazoan camp, north of Ramallah.

A Palestinian father along with his son were detained following an Israeli raid of the village of Baiteen, east of Ramallah.

Forces reportedly detained two Palestinian children from Shu'fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, after breaking into and searching their families' houses.  

In north of the West Bank, Israeli forces raided the town of Zababdah, southeast of Jenin, and detained five Palestinians.

Y.S.

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Israeli forces raid Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), beat up Palestinian

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces today raided the city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and the Duhaishah camp in the south, assaulting a Palestinian man according to local and security sources.

They said that the Israeli occupying forces raided Duhaishah camp, leading to confrontations with local residents, during which the occupation forces fired tear gas grenades and stun sounds bullets. However, there were no injuries.

The Israeli occupation forces further raided the house of detainee Sali'h Al-Hareemi in Al-Saff Street area in central Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), inspected it and inflected damages to its contents.

Israeli occupation forces reportedly fired tear gas bombs towards an ambulance in the area.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces brutally assaulted and beat up a Palestinian man near the city of Bait Jala. No further information was provided regarding his condition.

Y.S.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli forces demolish greenhouse near Jineen

JENIN, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation bulldozers today demolished a greenhouse in the village of Al-Jalama, located to the northeast of Jineen, according to local sources.

The occupying Israeli forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the said village and proceeded to demolish a greenhouse of 2 dunums planted with cucumbers and owned by local resident 'Husam Ghunaim.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers seize caves near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

Illegal Israeli settlers seized the caves of the eastern Bedouin areas in the Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) Governorate.

The director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority in Bethlehem, Hassan Buraijiyah, told WAFA that a group of colonists took over all the caves located in said areas, which include areas in Tuqu’, Al-Rashayda, Kaysan, Za’tara, and Bait Ta’amar, whose number is estimated at dozens, adding that the settlers began to do restoration work, placing furniture and all daily life necessities, and converting them into places to stay.

Buraijiyah added that the Israeli seizing of caves came after their owners were forced to leave them, noting that Israel aims to transform the area into a colonial tourist area.

He said that the settlers launched a campaign to encourage the settlers to come and stay overnight by posting videos on social media pages.

"This arbitrary measure means seizing vast areas of land and preventing urban expansion," Buraijiyah concluded.

K.T. 

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Israeli occupation forces demolish two Palestinian-owned houses during military incursion into Qalqilya area 

QALQILIA, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by three military bulldozers, stormed the city of Qalqilya from several directions after midnight on Sunday and demolished two Palestinian-owned houses, according to local sources.

The military incursion targeted the northern part of the city, specifically the Khillet Yaseen and Al-Marj areas.

During the military incursion, forces cordoned off a 120-square-meter house in the Al-Marj area and forced its residents out, before bulldozers proceeded to demolish it.

The military forces also cordoned off and demolished another 120-square-meter house in the Khillet Yaseen area.

Confrontations reportedly broke out in the Khillet Yaseen area in the aftermath of the military incursion and house demolition, during which forces attacked residents with live fire, shooting and moderately injuring a youth with bullet shrapnel in the thigh, which necessitated his transfer to hospital for treatment.

Sources said that the occupation forces stormed another house in the Khillet Yaseen area, where they wreaked havoc on the house, tampering with its contents.

T.R.

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Israeli military soldiers raid high school in Qaliqlya, destroy parts of its contents

QALQILYA, Sunday, January 14, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces tonight raided a high school for boys in eastern Qalqilya, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that forces broke into the 'Azzoun High School for boys, searched it, seized the security camera recordings, and destroyed parts of its contents.

Targeting schools violates international norms and instruments that guarantee the inviolability of schools and children’s right to education.

T.R.

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Israeli Occupation forces raid house of slain Palestinian in Al-Quds (Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces today raided the house of a slain Palestinian in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, south of occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem), according to local sources.

They reported that Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by crews from the Israeli intelligence, stormed the home of the slain Palestinian A'hmed 'Ulayyan and the house of his uncles in the said village.

The Israeli occupation forces reportedly closed off a water meter belonging to  'Ulayyan's family.  'Ulayyan was shot dead near Mazmooria checkpoint at the end of last month.

'Ulyyan's body is still kept in the custody of the Israeli occupation army.

Israeli forces also detained a number of residents and imposed fines on them in the Bab Al-Sahira area. They stormed the town of Al-'Eisawiya, north of the  Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and inspected people's ID cards.

Y.S.

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian residents' homes, set fire to vehicle in Nablus-area village

NABLUS, Monday, January 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

 Illegal armed Israeli settlers after midnight on Sunday broke into the village of Burin, south of Nablus, and attacked Palestinian residents’ houses and properties, according to local sources

A large group of armed colonists stormed the outskirts of the village of Burin and attacked several houses, terrorizing their inhabitants. No injuries were reported.

The illegal Israeli settlers also set fire to a vehicle belonging to one of the village residents.

T.R.

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