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 105 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinians Killed, 278 Injured, with a Death Toll of  24,762 and 62,108 Injuries

January 19, 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 19, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 32,762+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (24,762) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on December 23, 2023: 8,000+).   

By January 19, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 62,108, 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 19, 2024, there were 356 Palestinians who were killed, 3,619 who were injured, and 6,043, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the 5,903 detainees have been released).

About 12,091 Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, have been detained in 2023. About half of them were detained after October 7. This included 1,085 children and 300 women.

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,291.

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

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

By January 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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The death toll of the Israeli attack on the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps rose to eight martyrs, January 19, 2024	Palestinian children have been the most affected victims of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, file, January 19, 2024
Mass destruction of Gaza of Gaza city by Israeli genocidal air strikes, file, January 19, 2024	Palestinian teenager Tawfiq 'Ajak, 17, was killed by an illegal Israeli settler in Al-Mazra'a Al-Sharqiya, on January 19, 2024
Wael Abu Fannouna became the 119th Palestinian journalist who were killed by Israeli genocidal airstrike, January 19, 2024	Five members of the Darweesh family were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nusayrat, on January 19, 2024
More Palestinians are forced to flee Gaza city under continuous Israeli genocidal bombardment, January 19, 2024	Palestinian civilians tell stories of their torture by Israeli occupation forces, after their return to Rafa'h, January 19, 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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UNICEF: Children in Gaza need life-saving support

Friday 19-January-2024, NEW YORK, (PIC)

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban made a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip in coordination with local and international organizations.

“I have just finished a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip, where I have been able to coordinate with local and international organizations about the emergency response and take stock of humanitarian operations since the last time I was in the Gaza Strip two months ago. But more than that, I was able to meet with children and their families suffering some of the most horrific conditions I have ever seen,” he said.

“Since my last visit, the situation has gone from catastrophic to near collapse,” he added.

UNICEF has earlier described the Gaza Strip as the most dangerous place in the world to be a child.

“We have said this is a war on children. But these truths do not seem to be getting through,” the UN official concluded.

Of the nearly 25,000 people reported to have been killed during the Israeli aggression on Gaza, up to 70 percent are reported to be women and children.

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Gaza Mayor: Gaza threatened by plague and deadly diseases as rubbish fills streets

Saturday 20-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Ya'hya Al-Sarraj, the mayor of Gaza City, has warned that the continued Israeli aggression and the fuel shortage crisis pose challenges to providing basic services to citizens.

“We call on the international community to intervene urgently and provide fuel, electricity generators, and equipment to provide services,” Al-Sarraj said in a press conference.

He added that more than 50,000 tonnes of waste have accumulated in the blockaded territory, threatening the spread of dangerous diseases and epidemics.

Earlier Thursday, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qidra, said that the Ministry has recorded 8,000 cases of hepatitis A infection as a result of overcrowding and low levels of personal hygiene in places of displacement, expecting the number of infections to double across the besieged Gaza Strip.

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UN: Israel is detaining Palestinians from Gaza on a broad scale, held in secrecy, often subject to ill-treatment

GENEVA, Friday, January 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ajith Sunghay, said that Israel is detaining Palestinians from Gaza on a broad scale, including many civilians, held in secrecy, often subject to ill-treatment, with no access to their families, lawyers or effective judicial protection.

“The families of detainees – believed to number in the thousands – have not been provided with information on the fate or location of their loved ones,” he said during a press conference in Geneva.

He demanded Israel take urgent steps to ensure that all those arrested or detained are treated in line with international human rights and international humanitarian law norms and standards, notably with full respect for their due process rights.

“Unless Israel can demonstrate imperative security grounds for each person remaining in detention, they must be charged or released.”

He stressed that the Israeli authorities must ensure that families have access to information about their loved ones.

He stressed that all instances of ill-treatment or torture of people arrested or detained must be fully and transparently investigated, and, if found to have taken place, action must be taken to ensure accountability and to prevent recurrence. "Victims and their families have the right to truth, justice, and reparations."

He stressed that there are men who were detained by Israeli forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. “They described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill-treatment, and to what may amount to torture. They reported being blindfolded for long periods – some of them for several consecutive days.”

One man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention. There are reports of men who were subsequently released – but only in diapers, without any adequate clothing in this cold weather, added Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

T.R.

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

On January 19, 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 many massacres, in which  142 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 278 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 24,762 and the injuries to 62,108, since October 7, 2023.  

🔴Live: Deadly Israeli strike on Damascus targets Iran's Revolutionary Guards (france24.com)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 24,762: ministry-Xinhua (news.cn)

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Developments on the 105th day of the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Friday 19-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continue to commit the genocide in the Gaza Strip for the 105th consecutive day, through dozens of airstrikes, artillery shelling, and the use of fire belts, while carrying out bloody massacres against civilians and committing horrific crimes in infiltration areas. This comes amidst a disastrous humanitarian situation resulting from the blockade and the displacement of over 90% of the population.

Our correspondents reported that the IOF aircraft and artillery continued their intense bombing and shelling on various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday, targeting houses, gatherings, facilities, and streets, resulting in hundreds of martyrs and wounded.

For his part, the UNRWA Commissioner-General said, “There is very little information about the northern Gaza Strip, where access to the area is still highly restricted. I was not allowed to visit.”

He added, “Our convoys and aid trucks are often delayed for long hours at the inspection point. At the same time, many desperate people are now approaching our trucks to directly obtain food from them, without waiting for distribution. By the time Israeli authorities give our convoys the green light to pass, the trucks are almost empty.”

Media sources reported the presence of martyrs near the Al-Salam Mosque in Bait 'Hanoun, and medical teams were unable to retrieve them.

A number of citizens were injured after the occupation targeted the Noor Mosque in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that the Israeli occupation forces have released Hani Wadi, a volunteer with the Palestinian Red Crescent, who had been detained for 26 days inside the Red Crescent ambulance center in Jabalya. However, the IOF continues to detain five of its crews in the Gaza Strip.

Fifteen civilians, including women and children, were martyred, and others were injured as a result of the Israeli bombardment of a residential apartment housing displaced people from the Abu 'Ajwa family near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

Medical teams recovered the bodies of three martyrs from the Abu Qadous family in an attack on the Sheikh Radhwan area last night, north of Gaza.

Israeli warplanes carried out several intensive airstrikes on Gaza City and the northern part of the Strip, and sounds of gunfire and clashes were heard east of Gaza.

Israeli shelling targeted the Sikka street in Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip, and artillery and tank shelling on Jabalya intermittently continued.

In the early morning, Israeli naval boats shelled the coastal strip of Gaza City and the northern area.

The occupation forces launched an attack on the Musaba'h area north of Rafa'h.

Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike on the Al-Manara neighborhood southeast of Khan Younus.

Eight citizens were killed and seven were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Kadthimi family’s house in Khan Younus camp.

There is still a martyr under the rubble, and the Red Crescent Society reported that the Israeli artillery heavily shelled the vicinity of the Al-Amal Hospital, which is affiliated with the society in Khan Younus, and shrapnel scattered on the ambulance services center.

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in Khan Younus and the central area.

Our correspondent reported that since dawn until now, the occupation forces have been demolishing houses of citizens in various neighborhoods of southeast and southwest Khan Younus.

Communications and internet services continue to be cut off from the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip for the eighth consecutive day.

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GMO: Number of journalists killed in the Israeli aggression rises to 119

Friday 19-January-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza has said that the number of journalists killed as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip reached 119.

The GMO added in a statement that Wael Abu Fannouna, Director General of Al-Quds Al-Youm Satellite Channel, was killed during an Israeli airstrike.

With the martyrdom of Abu Fannouna, the number of journalists who have been killed by the IOF in the Gaza Strip since October 7 rises to 119 martyrs.

Journalists killed in the world in 2021 and 2022 reached 109, while in Gaza 119 journalists were killed in three months of the Israeli barbaric aggression, the GMO concluded.

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At least seven Palestinians killed, others wounded in Israeli shelling of areas in central, southern Gaza

GAZA, Friday, January 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

At least seven civilians were killed and others were injured this evening as a result of wounds sustained in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Nusayrat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and the Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younus to the south.

Warplanes bombarded a house belonging to the Darweesh family in the said camp, which led to the killing of five civilians and the wounding of several others.

The occupation jets also launched multiple strikes on the Al-Amal neighborhood, killing at least two people and causing various injuries to several others.

Israeli gunboats also bombed, with several missiles, Al-Shati refugee camp in southern Gaza.

T.R.

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Dozens of civilians killed and injured in Gaza as Israel's war of genocide enters 105th day

GAZA, Friday, January 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

As the Israeli war of genocide on Gaza enters its 105th day, dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were killed and many others wounded over the past hours in the ongoing airstrikes, shelling, and naval bombardment by the Israeli occupation forces targeting multiple areas of the enclave.

Medical sources confirmed the murder of 77 civilians and the injury of dozens more in the recent hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression across the territory, bringing the total number of martyrs since the beginning of the Israeli war to over 24,620, in addition to more than 61,830 injured and thousands missing, in a preliminary toll.

In Gaza City, at least 12 civilians were killed, and others were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a residential apartment near Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City. Several civilians were also injured in an Israeli airstrike that hit Al-Noor Mosque in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of the city.

Meantime, Israeli naval forces shelled the coast of Gaza City and the northern areas of the Strip. Israeli warplanes and artillery further targeted various areas in the northern region of the Strip, including the town of Jabalya and its refugee camp.

Earlier in the night, eight civilians were killed, and others were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed the house of the Al-Kadthmi family west of Khan Younus in southern Gaza. This occurred simultaneously with intense shelling by the Israeli artillery on the area.

Simultaneously, Israeli tanks and military vehicles stormed the vicinity of Nasser Medical Hospital, while the Israeli artillery shelled the surroundings of Al-Amal Hospital—the latter being run by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society—in Khan Younus.

The occupation forces also blew up and demolished residential homes in the southern part of the Khan Younus province, while another barrage of Israeli airstrikes targeted Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

M.N.

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Israeli occupation forces bomb Khan Younus, resulting in civilian casualties

KHAN YOUNIS, Friday, January 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

A number of civilians were tragically killed and others injured last night in a barrage of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting the city of Khan Younus in southern Gaza. 

Local sources reported that at least four civilians were killed in the Israeli shelling which targeted a house belonging to the Kadthimi family in the western neighborhood of Khan Younus.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces continued their intense artillery shelling around the Al-Amal Hospital in the city. They also targeted the city center with multiple airstrikes and artillery fire.

Yesterday evening, several civilians were killed, and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the western region of Gaza City.

Additionally, the bodies of four martyrs, who lost their lives in an airstrike in Khan Younus, were transported to the European Hospital.

Simultaneously, the Israeli occupation forces fired white phosphorus bombs in the Qizan al-Najjar area south of Khan Younus, and carried out shelling near the Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar Hospital east of Rafa'h in southern Gaza.

Furthermore, the occupation forces besieged several schools sheltering thousands of displaced people west of Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City. 

Meanwhile, the invading Israeli troops continued the detonation and massive destruction of entire residential blocks in the town of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Younus.

M.N.

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

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Palestinian teen shot, killed in Ramallah

Friday 19-January-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A 17-year-old Palestinian teen was shot and killed by an illegal Jewish Israeli settler on Friday evening near Al-Mazra'a Al-Sharqiya, north of Ramallah.

Medical sources affirmed that Tawfiq 'Ajak was seriously injured in the head before he was proclaimed dead at the Palestine Medical Complex.

'Ajak was shot by a Jewish settler in the 'Uyoun Al-Haramiya area, north of Ramallah.

Eyewitnesses also said that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at 'Ajak near the 'Uyoun Al-'Haramiya area.

Over the past two days, the Israeli occupation forces carried out a massive attack on Toulkarm, killing eight youths and arresting dozens others.

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IOF Toulkarm attack death toll rises to eight

Friday 19-January-2024, TOULKARM, (PIC)

The death toll of the Israeli attack on the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps rose to eight martyrs after the body of a Palestinian young man was found in Toulkarm camp at dawn Friday.

Mu'hammed Mutee' Ma'hmoud Salit, 22, was shot by an Israeli sniper on Wednesday, but the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented Palestinian ambulances from approaching and transferring him.

The martyr’s body later disappeared and was found early today.

The Palestinian Red Crescent crews transported the body to the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in the city.

Local sources reported that the IOF troops withdrew from some areas in Toulkarm camp, but were still deployed in some neighborhoods.

The IOF 45-hour aggression on the Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps resulted in the killing of eight martyrs, including:

1- 18-year-old Ahmed Tariq No'man Faraj

2- 17-year-old Waleed Ibrahim Muhammad Ghanim

3- 17-year-old A'hmed Mousa Mutlaq Bedouin

4- 35-year-old Ahmed Mo'een Deeb Mahdawi

5 – 22-year-old Muhammad Mutee' Ma'hmoud Salit

6- 22-year-old Ashraf Ahmed Yaseen Yaseen

7- 27-year-old Mu'hammed Faisal Dawwas Abu 'Awadh

8- 23-year-old Abd Al-Ra'hman 'Isam Ibraheem 'Othman

Since last Wednesday, the IOF spread in large numbers in Toulkarm 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 the 'Ukasha neighborhood of Toulkarm camp before burning it.

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

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Palestinian young man shot and injured in Nablus area confrontations

GAZA, Friday, January 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

 A Palestinian youth was injured tonight by Israeli forces’ bullets during a military incursion into the Rafidya neighborhood, west of Nablus, said a local official.

A'hmed Jibreel, the Head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department in Nablus, said that a young man, aged 20, was shot and injured in the foot by the Israeli army's bullets during confrontations that broke out in the said neighborhood.

T.R.

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

IOF carries out arrest campaigns, confiscate vehicles in West Bank

Friday 19-January-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched at dawn Friday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign in various areas in the West Bank, where cases of torture and confiscation of vehicles were reported.

The IOF soldiers stormed the city of Al-Khalil and raided two of its towns, namely Al-Dthahiriya and Bait Ummar.

Local sources reported that Israeli troops stormed Bait Ummar and arrested a young man after storming his house. The forces also broke into a number of houses, confiscated vehicles of their owners, and carried out diggings around the houses.

In Salfeet, two Palestinians were injured by IOF bullets during confrontations that erupted in the city.

In Nablus, the IOF arrested two young men from the village of Kufr Qaleel and stormed the towns of Bait Foureek and Baita.

Local sources reported that Israeli military vehicles stormed the three towns, stormed many of their houses and wreaked havoc inside them before arresting the two young men.

The sources added that clashes erupted in the area, with no casualties reported.

In Tubas, the IOF arrested two young men after storming the town of Tammoun in the south. The IOF broke into several homes in the town, and deployed snipers in several locations, as clashes broke out in the area, local sources reported.

The sources added that young men set fire to rubber tires and flooded the streets to confront the IOF incursion. No causalities were reported.

In Ramallah, IOF soldiers raided the towns of Budrus and Qibya, west of the city. They inspected several homes before leaving.

Israeli Occupation Forces Abducted Eighteen Palestinians Near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

 IMEMC, JAN 19, 2024

Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Thursday, eighteen Palestinians in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorate in the southern occupied West Bank.

At dawn Thursday, the army invaded the towns of Idhna and Taffou'h, west of Hebron, and the Al-'Arroub refugee camp to the north.

Soldiers broke into and ransacked many Palestinian-owned home and abducted eighteen Palestinian citizens.

One of the abductees was identified as Fatima Fadl Al-Shamali, the mother of the slain child, Uday Isma’eel Yousuf Abu Jahaisha, 16, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on January 12.

The other abductees were identified as Muneer Mu'hammed 'Awadh, Ismail A'hmed Tubaila, Mu'hammed Abdul 'Haleem Abu Asa'd, Murad Ibraheem Tubaila, and Mahmoud Al-Khatib.

In addition, the army abducted the brothers, Baraa and Tariq Rizaiqat, Ghanim Hassan Rizeiqat, Anas Jameel Jawabrah, Qutaiba 'Imad Al-Ra'i, A'hmed Khaleel, Ma'hmoud Mu'hammed 'Hanayan, Mu'hammed 'Izzat Banat, Mo'iz Al-Titi, Wael Fat'hi Al-Badawi, Mamoun Rashad Abu Joudah, and Kamal Waleed Al-Titi.

In related news, occupation forces invaded the the town of Al-Dthahiriya, southwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and erected a flying military roadblock in the center of the town.

Soldiers stopped and searched Palestinian-owned vehicles, checking the identities of the their occupants, obstructing the movement of citizens.

The army stormed several neighborhoods, fired concussion grenades at shops in the center of the town. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

15,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer in Aqsa

Friday 19-January-2024, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces barred Palestinians from entering the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem for the 15th consecutive Friday prayer.

The Islamic Endowments Department affirmed that only 15,000 worshipers were allowed to perform prayers in the Aqsa Mosque, as Israeli police banned the entry of hundreds of people into the holy site, allowing only residents of the Old City of Jerusalem to access the Mosque.

Ahead of the Friday prayer, the Israeli police blocked several roads leading to the Old City of Jerusalem and hindered the movement of Palestinian citizens.

Hundreds of Palestinians were forced to perform the Friday prayer in the Yousufiya Cemetery after being barred from entering the Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli occupation forces also prevented worshipers in the Wadi Al-Joaz neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem from performing the Friday prayer and attacked them with wastewater. 

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