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 104 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 163 Palestinians Killed, 350 Injured, with a Death Toll of  24,448 and 61,504 Injuries

January 18, 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 18, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 32,620+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (24,620) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on December 23, 2023: 8,000+).   

By January 18, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 61,830, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 Gazan women detained in Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By January 4, 2023, the death toll included 9,730+ children and 6,830+ women (more than 70% of the victims). 

By January 18, 2024, there were 356 Palestinians who were killed, 3,619 who were injured, and 6,025, 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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Palestinian children crying next to the bodies of their family members who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on eastern  Rafa'h, January 18, 2024	Bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes are prepared for burial, after funeral prayer at El-Najar Hospital in Rafa'h, on January 18, 2024 Anadolu
More deaths and destruction inflicted on the Palestinian people on Day 102 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, January 18, 2024	Israeli occupation soldiers closing a road to prevent Palestinians travel in Al-Khaleel, January 18, 2024
The Israeli occupation army blows up Al-Isra University in Gaza, after 70 days of using it as Israeli military barracks, January 18, 2024	A Palestinian young man was killed, a child was critically wounded, homes and roads were destroyed by the Israeli occupation force , in Tulkarm, January 18, 2024
A view after the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces, showing the mass destruction inflicted on Al-Buraj by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardments, January 18, 2024	Displaced Palestinian refugees roaming the streets of Al-Nusayrat, which was attacked severely by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardments, January 18, 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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EU lawmakers call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

BRUSSELS, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The European Parliament voted today in favor of a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and urged expedited delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged region.

The parliamentary resolution, which also emphasizes the need to restart efforts towards a political solution to address the longstanding conflict, was endorsed by a majority of 312 votes, with 131 against and 72 abstentions.

The resolution reflects growing concerns over racist Israeli policies leading to the forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The resolution also raises alarms about the repercussions of Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Expressing solidarity with the International Court of Justice in its pursuit of holding Israel to account for committing genocide in Gaza, the resolution underscores the importance of introducing a new European initiative aimed at reviving the political process in the Palestine.

The resolution further calls for expediting the delivery of desperately needed aid to the Gaza Strip, where nearly two million Palestinians have been displaced as a result of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide for over 104 days.

M.N.

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

On January 18, 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 16 massacres, in which  170 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 330 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 24,620 and the injuries to 61,830, since October 7, 2023.  

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 24,620: ministry-Xinhua (news.cn)

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 104

Thursday 18-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 104 on Thursday, 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 Thursday morning, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

According to local sources, four Palestinian civilians were martyred as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment of 'Abasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

A woman was also killed when an Israeli army drone bombed an area in central Rafa'h.

Journalist Wa-el Fanounah, director of al-Quds Today satellite channel, was reportedly killed when the Israeli army bombed his house in the central district of Gaza City.

An aerial attack also claimed the lives of two civilians near Al-Mutanabbi School in Khan Younus.

Last night, at least 14 martyrs were evacuated to hospitals in Khan Younus following Israeli attacks.

Israeli snipers also killed four civilians as they were waiting for aid trucks in the southwest of Gaza City. They were evacuated to Al-Shifa Hospital.

A number of citizens also suffered serious injuries following an Israeli artillery attack in the east of Tel Al-Za'tar area and the east of Al-Ma'hkama area in Jabalya, north of Gaza. They were transported to Kamal 'Udwan Hospital.

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

The Israeli army also bombed and detonated a number of homes and buildings during its incursions in Gaza.

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19 Palestinians killed, others injured in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on a house in Rafa'h

GAZA, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

 At least 19 Palestinians, mostly were children and women, were killed, and others were injured tonight, in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on a house in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that Israeli warplanes targeted an inhabited house for the Al-Zamili family, east of Rafah, resulting in the tragic death of 16 people.

Yesterday evening, several civilians were killed and others were injured, in an Israeli bombardment of the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip.

By January 17, 2024, the number of civilians killed in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 24,450.  More than 61,500 people were wounded, and thousands others were reported missing.

Y.S. 

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Two civilians killed and dozens injured in Israeli genocidal bombardment of Gaza's Khan Younus

The ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza killed so far 24,450

GAZA, Wednesday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians today were killed while dozens of others wounded following an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting 'Abasan area, east of Khan Younus, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military force carried out intense and fierce airstrikes targeting the vicinity of Bait 'Hanoun and Bait Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip. However, no available information regarding any injuries.

Israeli warplanes also bombed a building belonging to the Islamic University in Gaza City, causing significant damage to it.

After midnight, Israeli fighter jets targeted an inhabited house for the Al-Zamili family in the Al-Gunaina neighborhood in Rafa'h, east of Gaza Strip, resulting in the tragic death of nearly 16 Palestinians.

Israeli military air forces carried out intense airstrikes targeting several areas across Gaza Strip, particularly east of Khan Younus, Al-Nusayrat, Jabalya, Al-Maghazi camps, and Rafa'h.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes continue its bombardment of the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip.

Several civilians are still missing under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

For the seventh day in a row, the complete outage of communications and Internet services in the Gaza Strip continues, due to the ongoing Israeli aggression.

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

By January 17, 2024, the number of civilians killed in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 24,450.  More than 61,504 people were wounded, and thousands others were reported missing under the rubble.

Y.S.

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Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza kill multiple civilians, injure others

GAZA, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

A number of civilians were killed and others injured this evening in Israeli genocidal airstrikes and artillery shelling targeting central and southern Gaza, while invading Israeli ground forces blew up and destroyed entire residential blocks in Khan Yunus in the south of the enclave.

In Gaza City, local sources reported that at least two civilians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli shelling targeting a residential building west of the city.

In Khan Yunis, the bodies of four martyrs were brought to the European Hospital in the city, after the four had fallen victim to the ongoing Israeli artillery shelling in the province.

Meantime, Israeli occupation forces fired white phosphorus bombs on the Qizan Al-Najjar village south of Khan Yunis. Furthermore, they carried out airstrikes in the vicinity of the Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar Hospital east of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

Simultaneously, a missile targeted the Al-Antar Tower in the Old Gaza Street in Jabalya town, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces further besieged several schools sheltering thousands of displaced individuals west of Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City. Meanwhile, there are reports that Israeli troops are blowing up residential blocks in the town of Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Yunus.

By January 17, 2024, the ongoing Israeli war of genocide on Gaza since October 7 has claimed the lives of at least 24,500 Palestinians, with the majority being innocent civilians, including children and women. In addition, over 2 million people have been displaced from multiple areas of the territory to Rafa'h in the farthest south of the enclave. 

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The Israeli occupation army blows up Al-Isra University in Gaza, after 70 days of using it as Israeli military barracks

Thursday 18-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) blew up the building of Al-Isra University in Gaza after 70 days of occupying it and converting it into a military barracks and a detention center.

The university administration said in a statement on Thursday, “The IOF occupied the university building for seventy days, turning it into a military base and a center for sniping isolated civilians in the areas of Al-Rasheed Street, Al-Mughraqa, and Al-Zahra, as well as a temporary detention center for interrogating Palestinians, before detonating it.”

Israeli media outlets published a video documenting the moment the occupation forces detonated the main headquarters of Al-Isra University in the city of Al-Zahra, south of Gaza City, yesterday.

The university administration condemned, “The barbaric aggression that targeted the capabilities of students of knowledge, the latest of which was the destruction of the building of graduate studies and the main bachelor’s colleges in the south of Gaza City.”

It said, “The aggression was not limited to the main building only, but also affected the national museum, which Al-Isra University has always been proud to establish as a national museum licensed by the Ministry of Antiquities, the first of its kind in the country, containing more than three thousand rare artifacts.”

The statement pointed out that the IOF soldiers and officers looted the rare artifacts before demolishing the museum building to cover up the traces of their crime.

It pointed out that the IOF destroyed the buildings of the first and only university hospital in the Gaza Strip and the second in Palestine, as well as the medical and engineering laboratories, nursing laboratories, media training studio, the special court hall of the Faculty of Law, and the graduation halls, after looting their valuable contents that students have always used in various faculties to enrich their scientific research and carry out their activities.

It continued, “The cafeteria building did not escape the aggression, as it was leveled to the ground from the first day, and the Israeli aircraft targeted the main university mosque inside the southern campus and destroyed it.”

The IOF also targeted the university’s other headquarters, including the headquarters of intermediate studies “Diploma” located north of the Gaza Strip and the headquarters of vocational training located in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, which recently turned into two centers for displaced persons.

The university administration, whose capabilities were destroyed, buildings were demolished, and material and cash funds were looted, stated that this was not its main loss. Rather, a group of its students, professors, and employees have “ascended as martyrs on the path of liberating the homeland and achieved the highest ranks of honor with their martyrdom.”

It clarified that the targeting of educational institutions in the Gaza Strip during the current aggression comes within an old and systematic context that has never stopped since the beginning of this conflict. It pointed out that Israel has “tried to generalize a culture of ignorance and exclude the Palestinian people from keeping up with the march of knowledge and civilization, killing scientists and expelling minds and pillars of society outside Palestine.”

The Government Media Office in Gaza said that during the 100 days of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, the IOF destroyed 95 schools and universities completely and 295 schools and universities partially. 

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

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Palestinian killed, child injured during IOF rampage in Tulkarm

Thursday 18-January-2024, TULKARM, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed on Thursday a Palestinian young man, critically wounded a child and destroyed homes and roads, amid assaults on citizens, in Tulkarm and its refugee camps.

The Red Crescent said that one of its ambulance crews evacuated a 27-year-old martyr from Tulkarm to a hospital after he suffered a lethal injury.

The IOF already killed five young men during its campaign in Tulkarm, which started yesterday.

A 12-year-old child also suffered a critical bullet injury in his back after an Israeli sniper, who was on a rooftop in al-Maslakh neighborhood in Tulkarm’s Nur Shams refugee camp, opened fire at him.

Local sources also said that the IOF detonated a house belonging to a citizen called Omar Amara in Tulkarm refugee camp after forcing his family to leave it, adding that the house was completely destroyed and nearby homes sustained different levels of damage.

IOF bulldozers also destroyed roads, infrastructure and one house in Nur Shams camp, amid clashes with angry local youths and sounds of successive explosions.

The Israeli forces, which spread in large numbers in Tulkarm and its refugee camps, ransacked several homes, brutalized and maltreated members of families and used some houses as detention and interrogation outposts.

IOF also rampaged through businesses and public facilities, including a mosque, damaged cars and raided a house in 'Ukasha neighborhood in Tulkarm camp before burning it.

Hundreds of citizens, including children and minors, were kidnaped and herded into houses used as interrogation centers in Tulkarm.

A number of citizens, who were released later, said that Israeli soldiers detained and interrogated them for long hours, during which they were threatened, cursed and assaulted, before they were taken to remote places, particularly military checkpoints, and ordered to walk away from there.

Many citizens were also provided with medical assistance at the Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarm after they were severely beaten by Israeli soldiers during raids on homes or as they were being interrogated.

Others had to go to mosques or a headquarters belonging to the Palestinian Authority in the area to stay there after their release because the IOF prevented them from returning to Tulkarm before its withdrawal from the area.

Citizens reported seeing Israeli army drones overflying Tulkarm City and its refugee camps during the ongoing campaign.

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Tulkarm: One killed, house bombed on Day 2 of Israeli assault

Mu'hammed Faisal Dawwas, 28, was shot dead by an Israeli occupation sniper in Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm, January 18, 2024 wafa

TULKARM, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth was Thursday killed by occupation forces in the ongoing aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps for the second day in a row, whereas a house was blown up by the forces, who burned another, and severely beat a number of civilians, amid widespread destruction of the infrastructure.

Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital said that Mu'hammed Faisal Dawwas, 28, after he was shot by an occupation sniper in Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm.

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces blew up the house of local resident Omar Hussein Amara in the Tulkarm camp, after forcing its residents to leave, which led to its complete damage, while the houses adjacent to it were damaged.

The occupation forces, accompanied by military bulldozers, stormed Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp in the east, and began bulldozing and vandalizing the infrastructure, and demolishing the house of local resident Abu Yousuf Shi'hadah, confrontations erupted. The sounds of huge successive explosions were heard in the area.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces pushed large military reinforcements towards Tulkarm camp, from the western entrances of the city, after deploying large numbers of infantry inside its alleys and neighborhoods, while storming and searching citizens’ homes, harassing their owners, and converting some of them into military points and interrogation centers.

The raids also affected shops and public facilities, including Al-Salam Mosque, which was stormed and vandalized. Additionally, the Abu Ghazala family home in Al-'Akasha neighborhood in the camp was burned.

Hundreds of citizens as young as 16 years old were detained by the occupation forces, who took them to field investigation centers in homes inside and outside the camp.

A number of civilians who were later released told WAFA correspondent that the occupation soldiers assaulted a large number of them, severely beat them, abused them, and threatened them. They were also detained for long hours, transferred from one place to another, and then released in distant places, specifically at crossings and military checkpoints.

They added that a number of the freed people were transferred to the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital to receive treatment as a result of being subjected to severe beatings by the occupation soldiers, while a number of others were forced to go to some mosques and the Tulkarm district headquarters, which were declared open to receive the freed people because the occupation prevented them from returning to the camp until they withdraw from it.

The occupation vehicles bulldozed the entrance to Dthannaba suburb near the Tulkarm camp, near the Al-Firdaws Mosque, while the occupation soldiers broke the windows of civilians’ vehicles, near the Shuwaika roundabout in the northern neighborhood of the city.

The occupation forces detained a number of youths after raiding their homes in a residential building on Al-Sikka Street in Tulkarm, and subjecting them to beatings and abuse.

The ongoing storming of Tulkarm and its camps was accompanied by overflights of Israeli drones at low altitude.

The Directorate of Education in Tulkarm said that schools are suspended for today in the city and its suburbs, while the rest of the governorate’s schools shifted to e-learning, due to the continuing difficult security situation in the city.

K.T.

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Eight Palestinians injured by rubber-coated metal bullets following a raid of Al-Am'ari refugee camp

RAMALLAH, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least 8 Palestinians today were shot and injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, during confrontations that broke out with the occupation forces as they stormed Al-Am'ari refugee camp, south of Ramallah.

Sources said that confrontations broke out with the occupation forces in the camp, during which forces attacked residents with rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas bombs and stun grenades, shooting and moderately injuring 8 Palestinians mostly in their lower parts.

Israeli forces further searched and inspected a Red Crescent vehicle during the raid.

Earlier today, a large military force stormed the cities of Ramallah and Al-eeirih and Al-Am'ari camp.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces prevent ambulances from reaching the wounded in Tulkarm

TULKARM, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Thursday prevented Red Crescent ambulances and their medical teams from entering the Tulkarm camp and reaching the casualties.

The Red Crescent told WAFA correspondent that it had received several calls from citizens inside the camp about injuries caused by occupation bullets in the camp’s neighborhoods, some of which were serious.

He added that the occupation forces deployed at the entrances to the camp prevented ambulances from entering the camp, and subjected them to searches and detention for a long time.

Earlier, the Red Crescent said that its crews were dealing with two people were beaten by the occupation forces inside the Tulkarm camp.

Since yesterday, Red Crescent ambulance crews, including volunteers and paramedics, have been attacked and detained by occupation soldiers. Five paramedics were detained while three ambulance officers were injured by shrapnel from an explosion inside the camp. An ambulance vehicle was destroyed.

In the same context, the occupation forces chased civilians in the city’s neighborhoods, especially the southern neighborhood, stopped their vehicles, and subjected them to inspection, torture, and interrogation.

The occupation forces detained former prisoner Saif 'Husam Idrees Ezroun after raiding his house in the northern neighborhood of the city, while they raided the home of the family of the detainee Muhannad Talal Mansour Shuraim in the western neighborhood of Tulkarm, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment, and searched it and interrogated its residents.

The occupation forces also deployed in various neighborhoods of the city of Tulkarm and set up their checkpoints at various entrances, specifically Al-'Alami Roundabout and Nablus Street, coinciding with the ongoing aggression against the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, as damaging infrastructure and detaining and abusing civilians continues.

Earlier this morning, a Palestinian youth was killed by occupation forces in the ongoing aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, whereas a house was blown up by the forces, who burned another, and severely beat a number of civilians, amid widespread destruction of the infrastructure.

K.T.

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Two Palestinians injured by live ammunition during confrontations in Ramallah-camp

RAMALLAH, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn the cities of Ramallah and Al-Beerih and Al-Am'ari camp.

Sources said that confrontations broke out with the occupation forces in the camp, during which forces attacked residents with live bullets, shooting and injuring two Palestinians.

The occupying Israeli forces also searched and inspected the Red Crescent vehicle during the raid.

Y.S. 

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

 

60 Palestinians kidnaped, others injured in IOF raids in the West Bank

Thursday 18-January-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

Several Palestinians were either kidnaped or injured in the West Bank during an Israeli military campaign, which started last night and continued into Thursday morning.

According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped last night and today morning at least 60 Palestinians from different West Bank areas.

The mother of martyr 'Uday Abu Juhaisha, from Al-Khaleel, and ex-detainees are among those who were kidnaped in the IOF raids.

Local sources in Ramallah said that seven citizens suffered bullet injuries during violent clashes between youths and the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Am’ari refugee camp in the Ramallah and Beerih province.

One citizen was reportedly kidnaped by the IOF from his home in Bait Reema town, northwest of Ramallah.

In Qalqilya, armed clashes broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the city, during which a number of explosive devices were detonated at IOF vehicles. One young citizen was taken prisoner during this IOF raid.

In Nablus, the IOF raided several homes in the city and kidnaped one young man from Al-Aamriya area.

Two other citizens were kidnaped by Israeli forces from Bal’a town in eastern Tulkarm and Kafr Al-Deek town in western Salfeet.

In Al-Khaleel, the IOF kidnaped 18 citizens from their homes during raids in different areas of the province.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), 18 other citizens were rounded up following IOF raids on homes in Harmala village.

The IOF also stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.

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Occupation forces round up 48 Palestinians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces today detained 48 Palestinians, the mother of slain and ex-detainee prisoner, across the West Bank in a wide-scale arrest campaign last night and this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

In south of the West Bank, Israeli forces rounded up 18 Palestinians from the village of Harmala, southeast of the governorate.

Israeli forces also detained 18 Palestinians from the city of Hebron.

In Ramallah, Israeli forces carried out a military raid into the village of Dair Ghassana, northwest of the city, where they detained two people.

Another military raid was conducted in the town of Bait Reema, northwest of the city, and detained another Palestinian.

Moving to the north of the West Bank, Israeli forces rounded up a Palestinian after breaking into the town of Bal'a in the east of Tulkarm. An ex-detainee prisoner along with another were also detained from east and south of the city.

In Nablus, four others were rounded up by Israeli forces during a military raid of several towns and neighborhoods of the city.

Israeli forces further conducted a military raid of the town of Kafr Al-Deek to the west of the city, resulting in the detention of 43- years -old Palestinian.

Israeli forces raided Al-Safiri neighborhood in the city of Qalqilya, and detained a Palestinian.  

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Illegal Israeli settlers start work on settler-only road, fence off lands in Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, Wednesday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli colonial settlers today started the groundwork for the construction of a settler-only road on Palestinian-owned lands in the northern Jordan Valley.

'Aarif Daraghmeh, a human rights activist, said that the a group of colonial settlers embarked on the constructing of a road located north of the illegal settlement of  Shadmut Mikhola, illegally built on Palestinian-owned land in Jordan Valley.

Settlers also fenced off a tract of land a step often seen as a prelude to taking over it.

He said such step will take away 300 of dunums of Palestinian-owned lands in the area.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish homes, shacks in Nablus-area village

NABLUS, Thursday, January 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today demolished several homes and shacks in the village of Duma, located to the south of Nablus.

Head of the Duma Village Council, Suleiman Dawabsha, said that Israeli forces, accompanied by two military bulldozers, stormed the southwestern area of the village, where they proceeded to demolish several homes and barns belonging to the resident of Ka'abnah Bedouins, which had been erected for more than nine years.

The demolition operations threaten to displace about 50 Palestinians, leaving them homeless and without shelters despite the cold weather.

Israeli occupation forces have significantly escalated their attacks against the said village. The attacks include the demolition of homes and barns and the distribution of demolition notices.

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