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 148 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 10 Massacres, 92 Palestinians Killed, 156 Injured, with a Death Toll of  30,320 and 71,533 Injuries

March 2, 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 2, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 37,320+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (30,320) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

By March 2, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 71,533, 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 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By February 8, 2023, the death toll included 12,150+ children and 8,300+ women (more than 73% of the accounted for victims). 

By March 2, 2024, there were 430 Palestinians who were killed, 3,664 who were injured, and 7,335, 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 February 26, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation army had killed 3,525 people and injured 5,246 others in 375 massacres in the Gaza Strip since the International Court of Justice issued an order demanding Israel to stop killing and physically harming civilians in the war-torn and besieged Palestinian territory. Among those martyrs are 1,720 children, 1,130 women and 12 journalists, according to a report released by the Media Office on Monday, February 26.

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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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A Palestinian man carrying a little girl, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza Strip, on March 2, 2024	16-year-old Mu'hammed Al-Deek was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Kafr Ni'ma, Ramallah, March 2, 2024	An injured Palestinian Child, who was among the victims of an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting tent for displaced persons in Rafa'h, March 2, 2024
This little injured child was among the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on March 2, 2024 wafa	Some of the 156 Palestinians who were injured and 92 who were killed by Israeli occupation genocidal air strikes and bombardment, on March 2, 2024	This little infant was among the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on March 2, 2024
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a Mosque and several houses in Dair El-Balah, March 2, 2024	The injured and dead victims of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Rafa'h arriving at the Kuwaiti hospital, March 2, 2024	Funeral procession of the martyred teenager Mu'hammed Al-Deek, who was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers in Kafr Ni'ma, Ramallah, on March 2, 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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WHO Chief: The destruction surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza is beyond words

Saturday 2-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described on Saturday the extent of destruction surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip which has been targeted by Israeli attacks as “beyond words”.

“After more than a month, WHO and partners managed to access Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza to deliver 19,000 liters of fuel”, Ghebreyesus wrote on X.

Ghebreyesus said that the delivery included treatments for 50 children suffering from acute malnutrition, and lifesaving medical supplies for 150 patients.

“Over 240 patients are being served by a large number of volunteer health workers. Services are very limited due to a lack of medical supplies, fuel, water and food,” he added.

He said, “The level of destruction surrounding the hospital is beyond words,” reiterating his call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive destruction of infrastructure.

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'Hamdan: Israel is obstructing negotiations, the exchange deal still in general framework

Saturday 2-March-2024, DOHA, (PIC)

The senior Hamas official Osama 'Hamdan said that Israel only wants to exchange prisoners, while the resistance demands an end to the aggression on Gaza once and for all and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in addition to allowing in aid, starting reconstruction, and returning the displaced to their homes, stressing that any prisoner exchange deal should come within this context.

'Hamdan, who is well informed about the details of the indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel through mediating countries, led by Qatar and Egypt, revealed that until now, the negotiations are still conducted within the general framework.

The Hamas official explained, in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net on Friday, that there is no detailed discussion of names or even numbers, and that the focus is on a general framework until an agreement is reached out.

He asserted that the negotiations are not aimed at implementing what Israel wants; rather it is oriented towards putting an end to the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

The Hamas leader said that the US President Joe Biden is not a mediator, but rather a partner in the aggression and he may have bet on the Israelis to eliminate the resistance, but he failed.

'Hamdan also praised Hezbollah’s resistance in southern Lebanon, stressing that the Israel is incapable of launching a widespread aggression against Lebanon.

Until now, the Israelis are still obstructing the negotiation process and trying to gain more time, and their philosophy throughout this path is to ensure the continuation of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, 'Hamdan said.

The US administration has realized that the Israelis have been unable to achieve the goals set for the aggression, and that the entire Israeli operation against the Gaza Strip has left behind massive destruction and a crime of genocide; but on the other hand, it did not end the resistance in the Gaza Strip, and it will not, whether in Gaza or in Palestine.

Regarding the resignation of the Shtayya government, 'Hamdan said, “I believe that this resignation may have come at an inappropriate time, because it came in light of the talks about a renewed authority, and I hope it does not come in response to US demands. I stress that the Palestinian demand is to form a consensus government by the Palestinian factions whose duty is to deal with Gaza relief and reconstruction and to arrange general Palestinian national elections.”

'Hamdan concluded his interview with a message to the Palestinian people in which he hailed their steadfastness and reiterated that the resistance will continue until the aggression is terminated.

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Erdogan: Western powers are accomplices in the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 2-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Turkish president Recep Erdogan has described Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip as “genocide” and not a conflict, accusing the Western powers of being accomplices in the war crimes happening in Gaza.

“The Gaza crisis is a testament to the collapse of the current global order,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, speaking at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

According to Anadolu news agency, Erdogan said that “the current century has been turning into an era of crises as the rules-based international order has lost meaning, becoming no more than a slogan.”

“The current international system, devoid of fundamental concepts such as solidarity, justice, and trust, cannot fulfill even its minimum responsibilities,” Erdogan added in his speech at the event, which was held on Turkiye’s southern Mediterranean coast.

Erdogan accused the Western countries of supporting Tel Aviv unconditionally and being “complicit in the bloodshed through their hypocritical policies.”

“What is happening in Gaza is not a conflict, it is a genocide, because even wars have their own rules,” he said, adding: “I am talking about treacherous, dishonorable targeting and barbarity that lacks any sense of honor.”

Erdogan talked about the brutal killing of civilians, including women and children, in Gaza, stressing that belief in global justice, law and order had also been tarnished.

He called for necessarily establishing an independent, sovereign Palestinian state with territorial integrity and on the 1967 borders.

“The global community can only repay its debt to the Palestinian people through the establishment of a Palestinian state,” he said.

He expressed his concern over Israel’s practices in Gaza, pointing to its mass killing of civilians waiting for aid last Thursday.

“As a result of Israel’s deliberate attacks against civilian gatherings, 30,000 Gazans, mostly children and women, have been martyred so far. More than 70,000 Palestinians have been injured and approximately 2,000,000 people have been forced to leave their homes,” he said.

Erdogan also sharply criticized international bodies over what he called their impotence and failure to act against Israel.

“We have seen how weak and dysfunctional international institutions are, such as the UN Security Council, whose duty is to ensure global peace, the European Union and others,” he said.

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African Union chief says Israel is 'mass killing of Palestinians' seeking aid

NAIROBI, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) -

African Union chief Mousa Faqih (Faki) said today the Israeli occupation was "mass killing Palestinians" and urged an international probe after dozens of starving Palestinians were killed by the occupation forces while waiting for an aid convoy in war-torn Gaza.

Faqih (Faki) "strongly condemns an attack by Israeli forces, that killed and wounded more than 100 Palestinians seeking life-saving humanitarian aid," the bloc said in a statement dated Friday but posted on X on Saturday.

"The Chairperson calls for an international investigation into the incident to bring the perpetrators to account," the statement said, urging "an immediate and unconditional ceasefire".

On Thursday morning, Israeli tanks opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food supplies at the Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, resulting in more than 100 Palestinians killed.

The killings came after a World Food Programme official had warned: "If nothing changes, a famine is imminent in northern Gaza."

World leaders have called for an investigation, with U.S. President Biden saying that the United States would start delivering relief supplies into Gaza via air drops -- as some of its allies have already -- in a bid to get aid into hard-to-reach areas.

M.N.

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

On March 2, 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 10 massacres, in which  92 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 156 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 30,320 and the injuries to 71,533, since October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 30,320 martyrs

Saturday 2-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that the Israeli occupation army committed 10 massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 92 civilians and injuring over 156 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments, which started on October 7, climbed to 30,320 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 71,533 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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11 people killed in Israeli airstrike targeting tent for displaced persons in Rafa'h

GAZA, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least 11 civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent for displaced people near the Emirati Hospital, west of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

Eyewitnesses reported that 11 people, including paramedic Abdul Fatta'h Abu Mar'hi, were killed due to an artillery shelling on a tent for displaced people.

Israeli occupation forces committed a total of 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the tragic killing of 92 Palestinians and leaving 156 others wounded, according to medical reports.

Local health authorities confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli bloodbath since October 7 has risen to 30,320 reported Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 71,533 individuals sustaining injuries.

Y.S.

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Death toll exceeds 30,320 people in Israel's heavy strikes in Gaza

GAZA, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces committed a total of 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the tragic killing of 92 Palestinians and leaving 156 others wounded, according to medical reports.

Local health authorities confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli bloodbath since October 7 has risen to 30,320 reported Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 71,533 individuals sustaining injuries.

The number of victims is expected to increase further as rescue and emergency teams face challenges in accessing the affected areas.

Y.S.

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Dozens of Palestinian civilian causalities as Israeli genocidal war on Gaza continues

GAZA, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, were killed and others wounded in the ongoing Israeli  artillery shieling of different areas in the Gaza strip.

Medical sources reported that Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes that targeted multiple of homes in the neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Tel Al-Hawa, Al-Sabra, and Al-Daraj in Gaza City, resulting in the killing of at least 10 persons and causing various injuries.

Furthermore, five civilians were wounded when Israeli fighter jets targeted with six missiles civilians' homes in Tel Al-Hawa in the south of the city.

In Bait 'Hanoun, northern Gaza, three citizens were killed and seven others were injured in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting a group of civilians while they were trying to pick some herbs, due to the continued bombing and the occupation’s prevention of aid from entering.

Simultaneously, Israeli air force further bombed the central and eastern areas of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of two people and wounding 15 others.

In Rafa'h, southern Gaza, an Israeli drone bombed a civilian vehicle in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood, killing two citizens and causing injuries to dozens of others.

Y.S.

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17 people killed by Israeli genocidal airstrikes in Dair El-Bala'h and Jabalya

GAZA, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) - 

At least 17 civilians were killed and dozens were injured today in Israeli genocidal airstrikes that targeted three houses over the heads of their residents in Dair El-Bala'h and Jabalya in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted two unidentified houses east of  Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 15 people and causing multiple causalities.

Ambulance and civil defense crews are still searching the rubble of the two targeted houses.

In the Jabalya camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli fighter jets struck a house, resulting in the killing of two persons. The targeted house sheltered 70 displaced people as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression..

The full-fledged Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip enters today its 148th day, with the death toll surpassing 30,228 and more than 71,377 injured, according to the latest statistics. 

Hundreds of people killed in the ongoing Israeli artillery shelling are still trapped under the rubble or on the roads, as the occupation continues to obstruct the access of ambulance and rescue crews, according to medical sources.

Y.S.

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

 

IOFs kill a Palestinian teen in a West Bank raid

Saturday 2-March-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead at dawn Saturday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Kafr Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah.

According to local sources, 16-year-old Mu'hammed Al-Deek was critically injured in his head during skirmishes between local youths and Israeli forces in the village.

Later, the Red Crescent announced his martyrdom after its paramedics tried to save his life at the scene.

Since the October 7 events in Gaza, the IOFs soldiers have been escalating its attacks on West Bank areas, killing 430 Palestinians, injuring hundreds and causing widespread destruction to public and private property. 

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap Palestinians in West Bank areas

Saturday 2-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) raided homes and businesses and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens during campaigns in different West Bank areas at dawn Saturday.

According to local sources, the IOFs broke into and ransacked two printing press facilities and confiscated their equipment in the towns of Jaba' and Sanour in southern Jineen.

The IOFs also stormed the towns of 'Arraba and Seelat Al-Dhahr and raided homes, with no reported kidnappings.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOFs stormed Al-Daw'ha town and kidnaped a young man from his home.

In Nablus, local sources reported seeing Israeli occupation forces in different neighborhoods of the city, adding that resistance fighters detonated one explosive device at an Israeli occupation army vehicle during the IOFs raid.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnaped a young man from his home and detained others for a while in the city.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also raided several homes and assaulted another young man in 'Azzoun town in the east of Qalqilya.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs carried out raids in the city and towns of Bani Na'eem, Yatta, Tarqoumiyah and Al-Sammou', with no reported kidnappings.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli occupation forces destroy contents of printing presses, seize their equipment south of Jineen

Jineen, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today destroyed the contents of two printing presses in the towns of Jaba' and Sanour, south of Jineen, and seized their equipment, according to local and security sources.

Sources said the Israeli occupation army raided the town of Jaba' and seized printing equipment belonging to the Palestinian detainee Sahir Abu 'Aoun. They also smashed the printing press`s door and tampered with its contents.

Furthermore, another local resident Bassam 'Eisa said that Israeli occupation soldiers inflected a serious damage to his printing press, seized six printing machines, 4 computers, a laptop, and other equipment worth at about 100,000 shekels.

In a separate context, the occupation forces further broke into the towns of 'Arraba and Silat Al-Dthahr, deplored in their neighborhoods and alleys, and launched a large-scale arrest and search campaign, without any arrests being reported.

Y.S. 

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Illegal Israeli extremist settlers attack Palestinians in Aree'ha (Jericho), other West Bank areas

Saturday 2-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

A horde of illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers stormed the 'Arab Al-Muli'hat community in the northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho) and assaulted local residents on Friday evening.

According to Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, a group of armed settlers aboard cars stormed the community and broke into and ransacked its homes.

The settlers also savagely assaulted and injured a number of local residents as they tried to defend their homes, which caused panic among children and women.

The illegal Israeli settlers in JAree'ha (ericho) carry out systematic attacks on Bedouin hamlets and prevent the local residents from grazing their sheep and building homes and structures for themselves.

In a separate incident, a group of other settlers assaulted on the same day Palestinian citizens in Kafr Malik village in the east of Ramallah, while Israeli soldiers kidnaped two young men from the nearby village of Al-Mughayyir in the northeast of Ramallah.

Another horde of settlers also attacked Lubban Al-Sharqiya village in southern Nablus, where they opened fire at Palestinian citizens, their homes and stores, and chased local youths.

Recently, those settlers intensified their attacks on the Lubban Al-Sharqiya villagers and placed six mobile homes in the south of the village.

The armed illegal Israeli settlers also opened fire at Palestinian citizens on the outskirts of Al-Fawwar refugee camp in al-Khalil and clashed with local youths. Soon later, Israeli soldiers showered up and embarked on firing tear gas canisters at the young men. 

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illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers attack staff of village council west of Jenin

Jineen, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers today attacked employees working for the Dthahr Al-'Abd Village Council in the Ya'bad area, west of Jenin, held them and seized their equipment. 

The head of the village council of Dthahr Al-'Abd, Tariq Amarna, said that a group of colonists, who were establishing a colonial outpost in an area close to the village, attacked the employees and the deputy head of the council, Kamal Amarna, and briefly detained them for hours.

The illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers further prevented the staff from working on a project to build a 4-kilometer agricultural road and forced them to leave at gunpoint.

Amarna pointed out that the project is being implemented through the Directorate of Agriculture and the Land Research Center, with support and funding from the Dutch government.

He said the illegal Israeli settlers are surging their acts of violence against Palestinian farmers in an attempt to force them out of their lands for the benefit of more colonial activity. Amarna also highlighted the massive destruction committed by the colonists against Palestinian people and their property in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Y.S. 

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian farmers, open live bullets at them in Salfeet

SALFEET, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of illegal Israeli settlers today attacked and opened fire at Palestinian farmers attending their lands in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit city, local sources said.

They said that a group of armed colonists brutally assaulted a local farmer while he was attending his land, causing him bruises. They also attempted to stab him with a sharp object.

The settlers further fired heavy gunfire shots in the air and at the farmers to foce them to leave the area.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers, force them out of their land

RAMALLAH, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Illegal Israeli settlers today brutally assaulted Palestinian farmers in the village of 'Ain Qinya, west of Ramallah, and forced them out of their land, local sources said.

They said that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Talmon sneaked into the village and attacked the farmers while they were attending to their land and opened heavy gunfire bullets in the air, forcing them to leave for fear of being injured, killed or detained.

Y.S. 

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