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 165 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 9 Massacres, 93 Palestinians Killed, 142 Injured, with a Death Toll of  31,819 and 73,934 Injuries

March 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 March 19, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 38,819+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (31,819) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+). 

By March 19, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 73,934, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By March 8, there were 8,900 Palestinian women who were killed, 23,000 who were injured, but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (whither they are dead, injured, or abducted).

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

By March 4, 2023, the death toll included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers . 

By March 18, 2024, 440 Palestinians who were killed, 3,687 who were injured, and 7,656, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

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

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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Brigadier General Fayiq Al-Mab'hou'h, head of Palestinian police in Gaza Strip, was assassinated by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Shifa medical complex, in Gaza city, March 18, 2024	A displaced Palestinian woman carrying her daughter under heavy rains in Gaza Strip, March 19, 2024
Some of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed on Day 165 of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, March 19, 2024	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, March 19, 2024 pic
Palestinian children, 'Amr Suwaidan and Kareem Shurrab, were paralyzed by Israeli occupation soldiers' fire in northern West Bank, March 19, 2024	The aftermath of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat, on March 19, 2024
More martyrs, who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, March 19, 2024	Site to the Abu Dthuhair house, which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike on Al-Nusayrat, published on March 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 (October 7, 2023-Fruary 26, 2024), 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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MoFA calls bombing Rafah 'a serious beginning to expand Israel's crimes'

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the violent bombing launched by the Israeli occupation on the city of Rafa'h is considered a serious beginning to expand its crimes there despite the presence of more than a million displaced people there, without giving any consideration to their lives.

The Foreign Ministry explained in a statement issued today that Israel began to destroy Rafa'h on a daily basis and in a systematic manner through repeated attacks on homes, bombing them, and killing and wounding dozens of civilians.

Israel began its aggression against the city of Rafa'h, and did not wait for permission from anyone, and did not announce it to avoid international reactions, the Ministry said.

The Ministry indicated that this escalation is an official Israeli disregard for international and American demands to protect the displaced people and secure their full humanitarian needs.

It added that the expansion of genocide crimes to include Rafa'h coincides with the beginning US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip, who confirmed in his recent statements the absence of any serious Israeli plan to protect civilians in Rafa'h, and demanded that Israel do so.

The Ministry also condemned in the strongest terms the brutal and bloody bombardment committed by the occupation forces against Palestinian people, which has been escalating insanely since yesterday, and was focused at dawn today by targeting civilian homes above the heads of their residents in Rafa'h, leaving dozens killed, wounded and missing under the rubble.

K.T.

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Hundreds of the Gaza displaced people's tents drown due to rain and strong wind

GAZA, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Hundreds of tents sheltering thousands of displaced people drowned and others were blown away as a result of the rain, strong winds, and torrential rains in different areas of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that the heavy rains and strong winds that blew in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, the western areas of Dair El-Bala'h in the center of the Gaza Strip, and Rafa'h and the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younus in the south, caused hundreds of tents to drown, and others to be blown away, sheltering thousands of displaced people, who spent the night outdoors in the harsh cold and under heavy rain, including children, women, the elderly, and patients in difficult humanitarian conditions.

The displaced people called on the UN and international bodies to provide shelter centers for them in light of the difficult conditions and the ongoing war waged by the Israeli occupation against the Gaza Strip for the 165th day.

It is noteworthy that most of the displaced people in tents and shelter centers quickly left their homes in various areas of the Gaza Strip in the hope of escaping the bombardment by occupation aircraft and artillery, carrying with them a few clothes, blankets, and personal belongings, only to become prey to the bitter cold, hunger, and thirst.

In light of this extreme cold, half of Gaza's population suffers from "catastrophic" hunger, while famine is expected to strike the north of the Strip "at any time" in the period extending until May in the absence of any urgent intervention to prevent this, according to a food security assessment. Published by specialized agencies of the United Nations on Monday.

K.T.

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'Hamas condemns Israeli assassination of the top Palestinian police officer, Al-Mab'hou'h

Monday 18-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas Movement condemned the Israeli assassination of Major General Faiq Abdul Ra-ouf Al-Mab'hou'h, Director of Central Operations of the Palestinian Police in Gaza.

“The cowardly Israeli assassination of Major General Faiq Abdul Ra-ouf Al-Mab'hou'h, Director of Central Operations of the Palestinian Police in Gaza, is a new Israeli crime in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The crime came after the martyr and the security services were able to secure aid supplies’ access to the northern governorates,” the Movement said in a statement issued Monday evening. 

The statement said that this “terrorist act, which targeted civilian police who are protected by international humanitarian law, is more proof of the Nazi enemy’s attempts to destabilize the Gaza Strip, undermine social harmony, and prolong the hunger crisis there.”

'Hamas further affirmed that the Palestinian people and their security services will foil the Israeli malicious plans to spread chaos. 

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PPS warns of Israeli systematic torture to kill prominent Palestinian prisoners

Tuesday 19-March-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The director of Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), 'Abdullah Al-Zaghari, has warned of the Israeli intention to kill more Palestinian prisoners, including leaders, as a result of systematic torture rounds which have remarkably escalated since October 7.

Al-Zaghari revealed in a statement on Monday that Israeli repression forces in Megiddo prison have recently attacked prisoner leader and member of Fat'h movement’s Central Committee, Marwan Al-Barghouthi, along with a group of other high-profile prisoners, most notably prisoners Thabit Mardawi and Salama Qattawi.

Al-Zaghari said that assaulting Al-Barghouthi and the other leaders in Israeli prisons is part of the Israeli systematic approach to targeting Palestinian prisoner leaders, warning of intentional killing of detainees, highlighting that at least 13 prisoners have recently died in Israeli prisons.

He accused the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) of inciting against Palestinian prisoners on media, especially against Al-Barghouthi, and boasting about the crimes committed against them.

Al-Zaghari held the IOA fully responsible for the fate of Al-Barghouthi, and all prisoners in the Israeli prisons, calling on international human rights groups to assume their responsibilities and protect the Palestinian people and prisoners by pressuring Israel to end that policy.

He highlighted that the IOA carried out repeated transfers and isolations against senior Palestinian captives, including prisoner Al-Barghouthi, who was transferred several times from one jail to another, the last of which was to the isolation of Megiddo prison.

Qadoura Faris, the head of the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, said Israeli Prison Service has escalated its punitive measures against prisoners since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, including severe beatings, insults, humiliation, and confiscation of copies of the holy Quran from the rooms.

“The situation has become more dangerous than anyone could imagine, as the lives of the prisoners have become threatened in the true sense,” Faris said.

The total number of detained Palestinians has risen to about 7,655 since October 7 last year, according to prisoners’ institutions. 

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

On March 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 9 massacres, in which  93 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 142 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 31,819 and the injuries to 73,934, since October 7, 2023.   

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The death toll of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip surges to 31,819 martyrs

Tuesday 19-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army committed nine massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 93 civilians and injuring over 142 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 31,819 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 73,934 people.

Every day, the Israeli 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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Death toll by Day 165 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip rises to 31,819

GAZA, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has now risen to 31,819, medical sources confirmed on Tuesday.

They said that at least 73,934 other people have also been injured in the onslaught.

“At least 93 people were killed and 142 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours,” they added.

“Many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers can’t reach them,” the sources noted.

K.T.

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Palestinian women killed in Israeli airstrike on residential building in Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian woman was Tuesday morning killed, and three others, including children, were left with various injuries after the Israeli occupation warplanes bombed a residential building at the Samir Junction in Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed the killing of 14 of its crews while on duty, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

K.T.

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Day 165 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip : Dozens of Palestinian civilians killed the Israeli air strikes and bombardment

GAZA, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were Tuesday morning killed and injured in missile and artillery shelling by the occupation forces on various areas of the Gaza Strip as the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression against Palestinians enters its 165th day.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation aircraft targeted a house near Al-Matahin Junction, north of the city of Khan Younus, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes also targeted another house owned by 'Ulayan family near the 'Haidar Abdul Shafi roundabout, west of Gaza City, and a house near Al-Mash'al Foundation, west of the city, killing and injuring a number of people.

He added that the occupation aircraft launched raids on the neighborhoods of Al-Rimal, Al-Zaytoun, Al-Daraj and Al-Shaikh Radhwan in Gaza City, while the Israeli artillery bombed the east of Buraij camp and the north of Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent indicated that 14 civilians were killed following airstrikes that targeted homes and apartments in the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation aircraft also targeted an aid warehouse in Jabalya camp, north of Gaza, killing two of its workers.

He also pointed out that six citizens were killed after the occupation aircraft targeted the home of Al-'Aamoudi family in Abu Al-Ameen area in Al-Shaikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

The occupation artillery also bombed homes in Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen neighborhoods, west of the city.

Additionally, the occupation army continues for the second day in a row to besiege Al-Shifa Hospital in Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, amid hearing the sound of huge explosions resulting from missile and artillery shelling.

WAFA correspondent explained that the occupation forces continue to prevent ambulances from reaching Al-Rimal neighborhood to retrieve the slain civilians and the injured.

By March 18, 2024, the death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 31,726, most of whom were children and women, while the number of the wounded people rose to 73,792 since the beginning of the Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

K.T.

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Israeli genocidal airstrikes kill and injure dozens of innocent civilians in Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

 In a devastating series of Israeli genocidal airstrikes last night, numerous civilians, including children and women, were killed in various areas in Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.

The sources reported the killing of at least 14 civilians and the injury of many others after Israeli airstrikes targeted residential homes in the areas of Musabi'h, Khirbat Al-'Adas, and Al-Junaina neighborhood in the city of Rafa'h.

Simultaneously, Israeli warplanes bombed a house west of the Nusayrat refugee camp, the central Gaza Strip, belonging to the Hajj family, resulting in the murder of several civilians and injuries to others.

Witnesses stated that local citizens and rescue teams recovered the bodies of the victims and the wounded, transporting them to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h.

Additionally, Israeli artillery continued to shell areas east of the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the besieged territory.

According to medical sources, the Palestinian death toll since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th of last year has risen to 31,726, the majority of whom are children and women.

M.N. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 165

Tuesday 19-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 165 on Tuesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes, shelter centers and aid convoys, 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, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

According to media sources, a woman was martyred and other civilians were injured when the Israeli army bombed apartments near Al-Samir junction in Gaza City.

Two civilians were also killed in an Israeli artillery attack on the east of Al-Qarara town in Khan Younus, while casualties, including martyrs, were reported following airstrikes on homes in the west of Gaza City.

14 others were martyred following Israeli aerial attacks on homes and apartments in Rafa'h, south of Gaza.

Another civilian was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of 'Ulayan near 'Haidar junction in the west of Gaza City.

The Israeli army also attacked several homes in different areas of Rafa'h, killing and injuring a number of citizens.

Two civilians were reportedly killed following an Israeli attack on an aid warehouse in Jabalya in northern Gaza.

Last night, the Israeli army bombed the house of Ra-id Al-Banna, head of the police investigation service in northern Gaza, killing him with his wife and kids. Al-Banna was in charge of securing the entry of aid into Jabalya and its refugee camp.

For its part, Al-Aqsa satellite channel said that the Israeli army carried out after midnight violent artillery and aerial attacks on the east of Jabalya refugee camp, killing and injuring a number of civilians, including children.

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

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IOF assassinates Brigadier General Fayiq Al-Mab'hou'h, head of police operations in Gaza

Monday 18-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) assassinated on Monday Brigadier General Fayiq Al-Mab'hou'h, the head of Palestinian police operations in the Gaza Strip, during its military raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza city.

The government media office (GMO) confirmed that the IOF committed a new crime today by assassinating Al-Mab'hou'h, who was coordinating with the tribes and UNRWA to bring and secure humanitarian aid into northern Gaza, denouncing this crime and stressing that he was carrying out purely humanitarian civilian work, and he should have been protected under the international law.

The GMO said, this crime comes as a continuation of the Israeli targeting and bombing of many centers providing humanitarian aid to the displaced, and the killing of those responsible for humanitarian aid provision, referring to the killing of dozens of people over the past days in Rafa'h, Nusayrat refugee camp, Gaza and other governorates.

The GMO held the IOFs, the US administration, and the international community fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people, calling on international organizations and all countries of the free world to intervene immediately and urgently in order to stop the genocidal and starvation war against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

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

       

Israeli gunfire leaves two Palestinian children paralyzed north of the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces paralyzed two Palestinian children, 'Amr Suwaidan and Kareem Shurrab after directly shooting them in a clear deliberate attempt to disabling them.

Suwaidan, 17, from the city of Nablus, was shot with live bullet in the neck by an Israeli soldier in the town of 'Azzoun, east of Qalqilya, on February 13th,

Suwaidan and another young man were riding an electric bike when an Israeli military jeep chased after them through the streets of the town and attempted to intentionally run over them.

When they fell, the young man was able to flee the place while Suwaidan couldn't.  

A soldier came near Suwaidan and began hitting him with the door of the jeep. After that, another Israeli occupation soldier, specifically the one sitting next to the driver, opened a barrage of gunfire at him at point-blank distance, critically injuring him in the neck.

Suwaidan was left to bleed on the ground for about five minutes following the shooting attack because the Israeli occupation soliers did not allow anyone to reach him.

An eyewitness told Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), “One of the soldiers put his hand on the spot where Suwaidan was injured and told him, ‘Death, Death.’”

The bullet hit Suwaidan’s neck damaging his nerves and spine and causing him paralysis in all four limbs.

Meanwhile, Kareem Shurrab, 8, suffered from partial paralysis after being hit by a live bullet in the neck during an Israeli military incursion into the town of 'Awarta, south of Nablus on December 2, 2023.

According to eyewitness, Shurrab was with his relatives near his family’s home at 6:00 PM, while the occupation forces were stationed approximately 15 meters away from him, during which an Israeli soldier opened gunfire towards Shurrab, critically wounding him in the neck.

Y.S/K.T.

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Israel continues to detain detainees released in swap deals, says Detainees Commission

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that the Israeli occupation authorities escalated the detention of Palestinian released in the swap deals, bringing the number of detentions to 13, eleven of whom are still detained by Israel.

To be noted, 240 Palestinian female detainees and children detained in the occupation prisons were released as part of the prisoners' swap deals last November.

It is noteworthy that Israel continues to pursue a policy of re-arresting and targeting ex-detainees.

Arresting ex-detainees as part of the “prisoner exchange” deal, which took place in 2011, is considered to be one of the most serious issues that the ex-detainees have faced over the past years.

K.T.

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap Palestinians in the West Bank

Tuesday 19-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed last night and at dawn Tuesday different West Bank areas, raided several homes and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens, which provoked confrontations with resistance fighters and local youths.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed several towns in Jenin and kidnaped two young men from Siris town.

Resistance fighters clashed with Israeli forces in Maythaloan town in southern Jenin and attacked IOF vehicles with homemade bombs in Silat Al-Harithiya village.

Resistance fighters also detonated explosive devices at IOFs vehicles and showered them with bullets in Yamoun town.

Eyewitnesses said that the IOFs broke into and ransacked multiple homes in Yamoun town and kidnaped two local young men.

In Nablus, IOFs vehicles and one bulldozer stormed the city and Balata refugee camp, and clashed with resistance fighters.

Local sources said that violent clashes broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in different areas of Balata camp and its vicinity, especially in al-Souk street, during which explosive devices were detonated at IOFs vehicles.

The IOFs also stormed the villages of Zawata and Qaryout in Nablus, with no reported kidnappings.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnaped two citizens from their homes in 'Azzoun town and another one from Kafr Thuluth town.

Israeli forces also raided a house in Ras 'Atiya town, south of Qalqilya, and wreaked havoc on its furniture.

In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers kidnaped journalist Rula Hasanain from Al-Jalazoan refugee camp after ransacking her house.

In Al-Khalil (Hebron), two citizens were taken prisoners during IOFs raids in Jabel Al-Shareef area in the city and Bait Al-Rush Al-Fauqa village.

The IOFs also carried out raids in Soureef town, north of al-Khalil, without making kidnappings.

In Ramallah, the IOFs stormed Teera neighborhood in the city, Ni’leen town and 'Aroura village and ransacked homes. No kidnappings have been reported.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Illegal Israeli settlers (land-grabbing Israelis) seize 20 residential shacks near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers (land-grabbing Israelis) today seized around 20 Palestinian-owned residential shacks near Al-Ma’rajat Road, northwest of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho).

Hassan Muli'hat, the general supervisor of Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, said that a group of Israeli colonists seized 20 shacks used as shelters for local families who were forcibly displaced by the occupation in November 2023.

Colonists released their sheep into the barns and pastures of the indigenous people, causing significant damage to corps.

Illegal Israeli settlers and army have been escalating their attacks on the Bedouins and their lands in Al-Ma'rajat, northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho) with the aim of displacing Palestinians from their lands and change the geography and demography of the city.

Y.S/K.T.

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Around 54 Illegal Israeli settlers (land-grabbing Israelis) raid Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Around 54 of the illegal Israeli settlers (land-grabbing Israelis) today raided Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police.

Sources said that the Israeli occupation forces imposed severe restrictions on the entry of worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque, as part of the siege imposed on it since the beginning of the aggression against the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli extremist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, not only prevented worshipers from the West Bank from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque, and issued hundreds of deportation decisions from it throughout the holy month of Ramadhan, but he also came back demanding that the colonists be allowed to storm it in the last ten days of Ramadan.

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