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 154 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 8 Massacres, 78 Palestinians Killed, 104 Injured, with a Death Toll of  30,878 and 72,402 Injuries

March 8, 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 8, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 37,878+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (30,878) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

By March 8, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 72,402, 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 7, 2024, 436 Palestinians who were killed, 3,675 who were injured, and 7,488, 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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Palestinian Mu'hammed 'Aadil Shalabi was martyred by the Israeli occupation forces in Silat Al-Harithiya, Jineen, March 8, 2024	Site of a Palestinian neighborhood, which was destroyed by Israeli genocidal air strikes, on the heads of its inhabitants, in Gaza Strip, on March 8, 2024
78 Palestinians were killed, 104 were injured in Day 154 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, March 8, 2024	Humans and their pets have been subjected to the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, March 8, 2024
Palestinian women grieving over relatives who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, March 8, 2024	Site of the Israeli genocidal air strike, which destroyed two houses belonging to Abu Silmiya families in Rafa'h, killing 5 and injuring 22 of the innocent family members, on March 8, 2024
Site of 3-storey house in Al-Zawayida, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, killing 8 and injuring the remaining family members, inhabiting it, on March 8, 2024	Getting the Palestinian victims who were killed and injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, on March 8, 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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UN: 37 Palestinian mothers killed every day in Gaza

Friday 8-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

An estimated 9,000 women have been reportedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza to date, UN estimates revealed on Women’s Day.

As the war on Gaza approaches its five-month mark, Gazan women continue to suffer its devastating impact. While this war spares no one, UN Women data shows that it kills and injures women in unprecedented ways.

Every day the war in Gaza continues, and at the current rate, an average of 63 women daily will continue to be killed, the UN data showed.

As the UN warns of a looming famine, an estimated 37 mothers are killed every day, leaving their families devastated and their children with diminished protection.

More than 4 out of 5 women (84 percent) report that their family eats half or less of the food they used to before the war began, with mothers and adult women being those tasked with sourcing food, yet eating last, less, and least than everyone else.

4 in 5 women (84 percent) in Gaza indicate that at least one of their family members had to skip meals during the past week. In 95 percent of those cases, mothers are the ones going without food, skipping at least one meal to feed their children.

Gaza’s entire population of 2.3 million people will be facing acute levels of food insecurity within weeks—the highest ever recorded, as Gaza is on the verge of starvation.

Nearly 9 in 10 women (87 percent) report finding it harder to access food than men. Some women are now resorting to extreme coping mechanisms, such as scavenging for food under rubble or in dumpsters. 

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GMO: 8,900 Palestinian women killed, 23,000 injured, 2,100 missing in Gaza

Friday 8-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) revealed that Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza has claimed the lives of 8,900 Palestinian women and left over 23,000 others wounded, with 2,100 still unaccounted for.

The GMO said in a statement on Friday, “While the world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, Palestinian women continue to pay a heavy price for freedom and dignity.”

Describing Israel’s killings of Palestinian women as brutal, the statement criticized the international community for its passivity vis-à-vis such violations.

The Office highlighted that Israel’s war has displaced over half a million Palestinian women, subjecting them to extreme hardships and depriving them of basic necessities like food and medicine.

According to the statement, approximately 60,000 pregnant women are enduring difficult circumstances due to lack of access to essential healthcare and medical supplies. The Office added that hundreds of them “have lost their sons, newborns, or unborn children due to bombing, fear, and Israeli killing.”

The statement also addressed the plight of female Palestinian detainees, condemning the physical and psychological torture they endure.

The GMO praised the “steadfastness” of the Palestinian women, emphasizing their need to defend their rights and life requirements rather than face killing, shooting, detention, displacement, and migration, as it claimed the Israeli occupation army has been doing for over five continuous months.

The Office held the United States, the international community, and all relevant international organizations “fully responsible” for the genocide in Gaza and the harsh conditions imposed on Palestinian women there, criticizing both those who participated in the war and those who remained silent on Israeli crimes.

The statement urged “all the countries of the free world and the international community” to work toward ending the Israeli occupation and taking action to save Palestinian women from ongoing Israeli crimes, “including killing, shooting, arresting, humiliating, torturing, and forcing them to leave their homes, cities, and residential areas.”

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Euro-Med warns of escalating environmental catastrophe in Gaza

Friday 8-March-2024

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GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor warns that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of an environmental pollution catastrophe as a result of the devastation caused by the Israeli aggression that has been waged against civilians in the blockaded Strip since October 7.

Speaking at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Euro-Med called on the Council and its member states to put pressure on Israel to immediately stop its indiscriminate attacks on the Gaza Strip and to hold it accountable for its crimes and grave violations.

For his part, Mu'hammed Al-Maghbat, Director of the Regional Office of the Euro-Med Monitor in Beirut, said – in a speech he delivered during an interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the issue of the obligations of human rights to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment – that thousands of Palestinians are languishing under the rubble of their homes in Gaza, after they were destroyed in relentless Israeli airstrikes with no prior notice, while their fate remains unknown to this day.

He added, “Israeli indiscriminate attacks have left more than 70% of residential buildings and infrastructure in Gaza in ruins,” noting that in the midst of this devastation, a major pollution crisis looms on the horizon.

Al-Maghbat explained that with Israel cutting off fuel supplies required to treat sewage and waste, the streets are now filled with increasing piles of garbage with dire consequences.

Contaminated water sources quickly spread diseases, endangering the health and well-being of more than two million residents, he added. 

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UN rights chief says Israeli colonial expansion a war crime

GENEVA, Friday, March 8, 2024 (WAFA) –

The United Nations human rights chief said today that Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibility of a Palestinian state.

Volker Turk said that the growth of Israeli colonies amounted to the transfer by Israel of its own population, which he reiterated was a war crime. The US Biden administration said last month the colonies were “inconsistent” with international law after Israel announced new housing plans for colonists in the West Bank.

“Settler violence and settlement-related violations have reached shocking new levels, and risk eliminating any practical possibility of establishing a viable Palestinian State,” Turk said in a statement accompanying the report which will be presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in late March.

The 16-page report, based on the UN’s own monitoring as well as other sources, documented 24,300 new Israeli housing units in the West Bank during a one-year period through to the end of October 2023, which it said was the highest on record since monitoring began in 2017.

It also said there had been a dramatic increase in the intensity, severity and regularity of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank by both extremist colonists and the Israeli occupation forces during the same period.

Turk’s report noted that the policies of Israel’s government, which is the most right-wing in the country’s history and includes religious nationalists with close ties to settlers, appeared aligned to an “unprecedented extent” with the goals of the Israeli settler movement.

M.N.

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

On March 8, 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 8 massacres, in which  78 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 104 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 30,878 and the injuries to 72,402, since October 7, 2023.   

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78 Palestinian martyrs in 8 Israeli massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Friday 8-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli occupation army committed 8 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of 78 people and injuring 104 others, during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry said, in its daily report on Friday, a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as Israeli troops have been preventing ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them.

This brings the toll of the Israeli aggression on the besieged Strip to 30,878 martyrs and 72,402 injured since October 7 last year, noting that 72% of the victims were women and children.

Since October 7 of last year, the Israeli occupation forces have been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, resulting in more than 120 thousand martyrs, wounded and missing people, in addition to the enforced displacement of two million people and the massive destruction of homes and infrastructure affecting more than 60% of buildings, amid a suffocating siege, a stifling humanitarian crisis, and an unprecedented famine.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 154

Friday 8-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 154 on Friday, 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 hundreds of citizens.

Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli forces bombed a residential house belonging to the Abu Silmiya family in Rafa'h, killing five family members, including two women, two children, and their father.

The Israeli warplanes also carried out fresh airstrikes at dawn today in Jabalya, Bait Lahya, and the Qulaibu area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Several neighborhoods were also targeted in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Nine other people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-'Hikr area of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

In another flour massacre, a Palestinian was killed and at least 29 others were injured after Israeli forces opened fire at several hungry people waiting to receive aid supplies at the Nabulsi and Kuwait roundabouts, west and south of Gaza.

Earlier Thursday evening, 5 civilians were killed and others were injured in another crime against people waiting to receive aid supplies. 

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Over 20 Palestinians killed in latest round of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

GAZA, Friday, March 8, 2024 (WAFA) -

More than 20 Palestinian civilians were brutally massacred this afternoon as Israeli occupation forces bombed several homes in the central and southern Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.

Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of airstrikes that targeted two houses in the town of Al-Qarara, located northeast of Khan Younus in southern Gaza. The strikes resulted in the tragic murder of over 12 Palestinians, with dozens wounded and several reported missing beneath the rubble.

Additionally, eight Palestinian citizens, mostly children, were killed, and others injured following Israeli shelling targeting the town of Zawayida in central Gaza. 

Simultaneously, an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Tuffa'h neighborhood east of Gaza City claimed more lives and inflicted injuries upon others.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of civilians in the town of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Younus, resulting in casualties and severe injuries to several Palestinian citizens.

The occupation forces further deployed white phosphorus bombs on the Al-Mashrou' area in Khan Younus. They further bombed a house belonging to the Wadi family in the western part of the city, resulting in its complete destruction.

By March 7, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has so far resulted in over 30,770 reported fatalities, most of whom are children and women, with an additional 72,200 documented injuries, according to the Ministry of Health.

This toll remains provisional as thousands of victims are feared dead under rubble or left in the streets, with Israeli forces hindering access for ambulance and civil defense crews.

M.N. 

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12 civilians, including children, killed in latest Israeli attacks across Gaza

GAZA, Friday, March 8, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least 12 Palestinian civilians were killed, with the majority being women and children, and several others injured over the last few hours in a devastating series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, according to local and medical reports.

The latest strikes and the resulting human losses are a continuation of the ongoing war of genocide Israel has been waging against the besieged enclave since early October 2023.

WAFA correspondent reported that in Rafa'h, southern Gaza, Israeli warplanes targeted two homes belonging to the Abu Silmiya family, resulting in the killing of five civilians. Additionally, 22 others, mostly women and children, were injured in the attack and were all transported to Abu Yousuf al-Najjar Hospital in the city.

Simultaneously, the Israeli artillery fired several shells towards tents housing displaced families in the Mawasi area of Rafa'h city, injuring nine individuals who were then taken to the Kuwaiti Hospital for medical treatment.

In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks shelled the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, injuring seven people. The injured were immediately transported to the same hospital.

In Gaza City, Israeli warplanes bombed two houses in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, a house in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, and another in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, leading to the murder of four Palestinians and injuring 15 others.

In Jabalya, in the northern region of the Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes targeted two houses in the refugee camp, resulting in the murder of one citizen and injuring three others.

By March 7, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has so far resulted in 30,717 reported fatalities, most of whom are children and women, with an additional 72,156 documented injuries, according to the Ministry of Health.

This toll remains provisional as thousands of victims are feared dead under rubble or left in the streets, with Israeli forces hindering access for ambulance and civil defense crews.

M.N.

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

 

Palestinian lawyer martyred a few hours after his kidnapping by Israeli occupation forces

Friday 8-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Palestinian lawyer Mu'hammed 'Aadil Shalabi was martyred hours after he was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) on Friday morning.

The IOFs kidnapped Shalabi after besieging his family house, in Silat Al-Harithiya town, west of Jineen.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli special forces stormed the town and surrounded the martyr’s house, which led to the outbreak of armed clashes.

During the raid, the IOFs kidnapped Shalabi despite his injury, along with two other young men who were with him in the house.

The two young men were later released at the entrance to the town, while Shalabi was later proclaimed dead.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime police kidnap two worshipers, attack others at Al-Aqsa Mosque gate

Friday 8-March-2024,

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), (PIC)

Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces violently assaulted worshipers at the Asbat Gate, one of the main entrances to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Al-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem), while trying to perform Friday prayer at the holy site.

Eyewitnesses affirmed that the Israeli forces violently attacked the worshipers, kidnapped two of them, and prevented hundreds’ access to the site.

A group of young men resorted to performing the Friday prayer in the adjacent Ras Al-'Amoud neighborhood due to the severe Israeli restrictions.

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

Earlier Friday, thousands of Jerusalemites performed the Fajr prayer at the Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli security restrictions at its gates.

A group of Jerusalemite campaigners and activists earlier called for performing the Great Fajr prayer on Friday in Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards and staying at the holy site to demand lifting the siege imposed on it. 

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Fresh IOFs raids, kidnappings across West Bank

Friday 8-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched fresh raids and arrests in different areas of the West Bank, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes overnight and at dawn Friday.

In Nablus, the IOFs troops stormed a number of towns and raided and searched several local homes. Two Palestinians were detained during Baita raids, including an ex-prisoner.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs stormed 'Azzoun town and raided a number of local homes. One of the stormed houses’ owners was brutally beaten and attacked during the raid, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Violent confrontations broke out in the town in protest against the violent Israeli raids.

Similar raids were also reported in 'Haris town in Slafeet, where the IOFs were deployed in large numbers throughout its neighborhoods and streets amid heavy firing of live ammunition.

Several local homes and stores were stormed and searched during the raid, while a young man was briefly detained.

Two other Palestinians, including a lawyer, were taken from their houses in Ramallah.

Violent raids were also carried out in Aree'ha (Jericho), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem). No detentions were reported during the raids. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

‎Illegal Israeli settlers storm the Qaryout spring south of Nablus‎

‎Nablus 8-3-2024 Wafa -

On Friday morning, a group of illegal Israeli settlers stormed a water spring in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus‎‎.‎

‎Local sources told Wafa that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the spring on Friday morning under the protection of the occupation soldiers, and practiced in the place‎‎.‎

‎It is noteworthy that the illegal Israeli settlers storm the water spring on a weekly basis, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, who fire bullets and tear gas canisters at citizens who are trying to confront the incursion‎‎.‎

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‎Al-Khaleel (Hebron): Settlers graze their sheep in the crops of citizens in Masafir Yatta

‎Al-Khaleel (Hebron), 8-3-2024 Wafa -

On Friday, a group of illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli occupation army grazed their sheep in citizens' crops near their homes in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎‎.‎

‎Local sources told Wafa that colonists released their sheep to graze in olive crops and trees in front of the house of Fareed Al-'Hamamda in the Fati'h Sidra area in Masafir Yatta, and a colonizer prevented by force of arms the citizen 'Hamamda from removing his sheep from the barn.‎

‎It is worth mentioning that daily attacks are carried out by the illegal settler shepherds on citizens' lands planted with winter crops and olive trees in Masafir Yatta, under the protection of the occupation army‎‎.‎

‎A.H/R.H‎.

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‎Illegal Israeli settlers carry out at the Sarra military checkpoint, west of Nablus‎

‎Nablus 8-3-2024 Wafa -

On Friday morning, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers carried out near the Sarra military checkpoint, which is located on citizens' land, west of Nablus‎‎.‎

‎Local sources told Wafa that a number of settlers carried out near the checkpoint, in an attempt to prevent the passage of citizens' vehicles from entering Nablus.‎ 

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