Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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By Day 371 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 42,126 and 98,117 Injuries, in Addition to 2,229 Martyrs and 10,380 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

October 11, 2024

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On Day 371 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 61 Palestinians Killed, 231 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  42,126 and 98,117 Injuries, by October 11, 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, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By October 11, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 52,126+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (42,126), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By October 11, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 98,117.

By October 10, 2024, 748 (750 by October 11, 2024) Palestinians who were killed, 5,831 who were injured, and 11,249, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

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By October 10, 2024, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 28 Lebanese civilians were killed, 113 were injured, by the Israeli genocidal raids on Lebanon, in the past 48 hours. Thus, the Lebanese death toll, since October 8, 2023, has surged to 2,169 fatalities and more than 10,212 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 1,351 and the injuries to 3,811.

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61 Palestinians were killed, 231 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, on October 11, 2024.	The toll of the massacre in the town of Al-Baysariya in the Sayda district rose to 5 martyrs, including 4 children, after Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building, on October 11, 2024.
By Day 371 of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the death toll rose to 42,126 and the injuries to 98,117, October 11, 2024.	22 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured, in a new massacre by an Israeli genocidal air strikes on houses in Jabalya Al-Balad, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 11, 2024.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL announced its intention to remain in its locations in southern Lebanon despite the Israeli attacks and calls asking them to leave, October 11, 2024.	The Israeli occupation forces marked one year of genocide in the Gaza Strip by committing new massacres in Dair El-Bala'h, targeting a mosque, a school, and  27 houses, schools, and displacement centers across various governorates in Gaza over the past 48 hours, October 6, 2024.
Since October 8, 2023, Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon’s border villages has escalated extensively. One example is the village of Yaroun, where recent footage revealed the destruction wrought upon the community, on October 9, 2024.	The Israeli bombardment of Beirut's Southern Suburb escalated sharply, with at least 25 airstrikes pounding the area within a few hours, including residential buildings, a gas station, and a medical supplies warehouse, on October 5, 2024.

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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 (Since October 7, 2023), 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.

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Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Claim 2,229 Lives Since October 2023

Beirut, October 11, 2024 (QNA) -

The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 2023 has risen to 2,229, with 10,380 people injured.

Over the past 24 hours, 57 airstrikes were recorded, bringing the total number of Israeli assaults since the start of the aggression to 9,588, according to a statement released Friday by the Lebanese Government Emergency Committee, of the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 60 people were killed and 168 injured in Israeli airstrikes within the last 24 hours. Additionally, 1,032 centers have been opened to accommodate displaced individuals, with 837 centers now at full capacity. The total number of registered displaced people has reached 187,000, according to lists from the national operations room.

Lebanon has been under Israeli attack since October 2023, but in recent days, Israel has significantly escalated its air and artillery strikes, extending its targets to include the capital, Beirut. This intensified assault has led to thousands of deaths and injuries and has displaced more than one million people from their homes. (QNA)

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‎Lebanon: The death toll of Al-Bisariya massacre in the south rises to 5. Including 4 children‎

‎‎Al-Mayadeen Net, October 11, 2024

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against Lebanon, targeting the villages of the south and the Biqkaa', which leads to an increase in the number of martyrs and wounded, and to the destruction of property. ‎

‎Among the effects of the Israeli raid on the town of Al-Baysariya, which led to a massacre in which 5 civilians were killed (social media)‎

‎The Israeli occupation continues its extensive aggression against Lebanon, targeting the villages of the south and the Biqaa', which results in an increase in the number of martyrs and wounded. ‎

‎Al-Mayadeen ‎‎correspondent in the south reported that the toll of the massacre in the town of Al-Baysariya in the Sidon district rose to 5 martyrs, including 4 children, after Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building last night. ‎

‎Meanwhile, Israeli raids on Saturday targeted the towns of Bazouriya, Bareesh, and Al-Khiyam, our correspondent reported. ‎

‎The Israeli arplanes also raided the area between Al-Duwair and Al-Sharqiya. ‎

‎According to the Lebanese National News Agency, Israeli warplanes targeted the town of M'aroub in the Soor (Tyre) district in two batches, while a raid on the town of Ma'hrouna resulted in civilian casualties.‎

‎Israeli warplanes also raided the towns of Surifa and Batouliya, on the outskirts of Al-'Hoash area in Soor (Tyre), and on the outskirts of the town of Zifta, while the occupation destroyed a three-storey building in Kawthariyat Al-Sayyad. ‎

‎In the context, ‎‎Al-Mayadeen ‎‎screen transmitted the effects of the Israeli aggression on an egg warehouse in the town of Sareen Al-Ta'hta in the Biqaa', at dawn today.‎

‎Israeli attacks are not limited to residential homes, but the occupation deliberately ‎‎Targeting Lebanese Army Centers‎‎ Civil Defense and health teams, and also assaults ‎‎UNIFIL Sites‎. 

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of misleading evacuation orders in Lebanon, UNIFIL to stay in its posts

Friday 11-October-2024

LONDON, (PIC)

Amnesty International accused Israel of issuing misleading warning calls for residents to evacuate areas in southern Lebanon and the southern suburb of Beirut, expressing its concern that the warnings are aimed at massively uprooting the residents.

“The Israeli army’s warnings to the residents of Al-Dhahiya, the densely populated southern suburb of Beirut, were inadequate,” it added.

Amnesty said that it analyzed more than 12 evacuation warnings and maps and conducted interviews with residents in southern Lebanon and the southern suburb.

It explained that the warnings included “misleading maps”, and were issued at short notice in one instance, less than 30 minutes before strikes began in the middle of the night, on social media, “while many residents were asleep.”

The organization explained that “Israel’s warnings in southern Lebanon cover wide geographical spaces, which raises fears whether they are designed instead to raise a mass displacement.”

It indicated that “the circumstances created by Israel’s measures in southern Lebanon are risked by forced displacement of the majority of the civilian population there.”

Amnesty International said in its statement that “Israel issued orders for the evacuation of 118 towns and villages in southern Lebanon during the first week of October.”

She warned that these calls “do not make southern Lebanon a free fire area”, where the remaining civilians are seen as military targets, calling on “Israel to adhere to international law to reduce the damages of civilians to the minimum.”

Since late September, Israel has intensified its raids on various Lebanese territories, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Al-Biqaa' and the South, and announced on 30 September the start of land operations in the south.

UNIFIL to stay in its posts in South Lebanon

For its part, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon “UNIFIL” announced its intention to remain in its locations in southern Lebanon despite the Israeli attacks in the past few days, as well as the Israeli occupation army’s direct calls, asking them to leave.

The spokesman for the UN force Andrea Tenenti said Israeli attacks on the peacekeeping force with tank shells and small arms fire had left two wounded members in hospital and knocked out some of their monitoring capabilities on the last two days.

Tenenti said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday, “Definitely, this is probably one of the most serious events or incidents that we’ve been witnessing in the last 12 months,” referring to exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

“We are there because the UN Security Council asked us to be there, so we are staying until the situation becomes impossible,” he said.

On Thursday, the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces accused the Israeli army of “frequently” firing on sites in southern Lebanon, which resulted in the injury of two peacekeepers, triggering international condemnation.

UNIFIL said an Israeli tank fired on Thursday at a watchtower at the force’s main headquarters in Naqoura, hitting the tower and causing two peacekeepers to fall out of it.

The Israeli army confirmed on Thursday night that its forces opened fire at the UNIFIL forces’ headquarters in southern Lebanon, claiming members of Hezbollah were present at the site.

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

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On October 11, 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 the Gaza Strip resulted in at least 4 main massacre, in which 61 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 231 others were injured, in the past 24 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 42,126 and the injuries to 98,117, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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61 Palestinians martyred, 231 injured in 4 massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Friday 11-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Friday that 61 Palestinian citizens were martyred and 231 others injured in 4 Israeli massacres in Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

It added that the number of victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression have thus risen to 42,126 martyrs and 98,117 injured.

The ministry said that an unspecified number of martyrs are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings or lying on roads but could not be retrieved due to Israeli occupation forces’ presence and shooting attacks.

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‎‎22 martyrs in a new massacre of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip‎

‎Gaza, Oct. 11 (QNA) -

22 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured today, in a new massacre of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip. ‎

‎ The Palestinian News Agency reported that more than 22 martyrs and dozens of injuries and missing persons were the result of Israeli air strikes on houses in Jabalya Al-Balad in the northern Gaza Strip. ‎

‎ The Israeli occupation forces committed 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 61 martyrs and 231 injured in hospitals during the past 24 hours. ‎

‎ The death toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 42,126 martyrs, and 98,117 injured. ‎

‎ These new massacres come as the Israeli occupation forces began implementing a new plan to displace the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to the south of the Gaza Strip, following the distribution of urgent evacuation orders to all areas and neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip. ‎

‎ This plan coincides with the entry of the war on Gaza into its second year in light of the brutal aggression, which left tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded, and caused a humanitarian catastrophe and widespread and unprecedented destruction that affected all aspects of life.‎

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 371

Friday 11-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 371st consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Friday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

Five people were injured when an Israeli quadcopter targeted a group of citizens at Al-Shawwa petrol station in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Four other citizens were killed while several others were injured in an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the Al-'Azzazi and' Azzam families homes in the Al-Faluja area, north of the Gaza Strip.o

Earlier at dawn, three citizens, including a woman, were killed in a similar shelling that targeted a residential house in Dair El-Bala'h and a group of citizens in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A number of citizens were also injured at dawn in an Israeli attack on a residential house near Al-I'hsan Mosque in Jabalya Al-Balad, north of Gaza.

Several airstrikes were reported near Al-Ghafri Junction in Gaza City.

A Palestinian was killed and a number of citizens were injured in an Israeli bombing on the Al-Kurd family house, which shelters displaced persons in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Four citizens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Duwaik family house in Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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Israeli genocidal bombardment kills 10 Palestinians, injures others in the Gaza Strip

GAZA, October 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli genocidal aerial and artillery bombardment Friday killed 10 Palestinian civilians and injured others in the northern and central war-torn Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondents.

They said that paramedics and rescue teams retrieved the bodies of four members of the Nabhan family from the rubble in Beer Al-Na‘ja locality, west of Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Strip, following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the locality. Their bodies were transported to the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital.

They added that Israeli bombardment targeted the 'Hafsa School, a school-turned-shelter, in Jabalya refugee camp, killing a female and injuring four others. The victim and the casualties were evacuated to the al-Awda Hospital.

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike against a house in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing three civilians and injuring others.

In the meantime, an Israeli bombing targeted an apartment in a residential building belonging to the Al-Bayoumi family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Strip, killing two children and injuring others.

This brings the total death toll in the Strip since Friday dawn to 34 Palestinian civilians, including 15 in the Jabalya camp, according to medical sources.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafa'h, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 42,126 Palestinians and injuring over 98,117 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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

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‎Jihad leader, Mu'hammed 'Abdullah, killed in the West Bank

‎Dubai - Al-'Arabiya.net‎

‎‎11 Oct ,2024: 08:53 AM GST‎ ‎

‎As the Israeli genocidal airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continue, clashes continue in ‎‎the West Bank‎‎ as well.‎

‎In the latest confrontations, the Israeli occupation army announced on Friday that it had killed the leader of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nour Shams in Toulkarm in the West Bank, but there has not yet been confirmation from the movement.‎

‎An aircraft raided the Toulkarm area and killed 'Ali Mu'hammed 'Abdullah, the leader of the Islamic Jihad resistance organization, and another fighter, in the Nour Shams refugee camp, according to a statement by the Israeli occupation forces.‎

‎According to the Israeli occupation army, 'Abdullah was the successor of Mu'hammed Jabir, who was known as Abu Shuja, who was killed on August 29, 2024, in Nour Shams.‎

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‎Israeli occupation forces storm several towns in the West Bank and attack Palestinians‎

 Saturday, 09 Rabi II 1446 AH

October 12, 2024 at 11:03:32 ‎
‎Ramallah - Sab.Yemen:‎

‎The Israeli occupation forces continued their incursions and attacks on the villages and towns of the occupied West Bank, amid the repression of Palestinian citizens by force of arms. ‎

‎According to the "Palestine Today" news agency, enemy forces stormed, on Friday (October 11, 2024), the village of Budrus, east of Ramallah, and fired bullets in the air with the aim of terrorizing farmers. ‎

‎The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a number of citizens near the Tarqoumiya military checkpoint, west of Hebron. ‎

‎According to local sources, enemy forces arrested dozens of citizens near the Tarqyumiya military checkpoint. ‎

‎Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces beat civilians during the storming of the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qalqilya. ‎

‎The Israeli occupation forces stormed Kafr Qaddoum after the start of the weekly peaceful march, beat four young men, detained and interrogated a young man and smashed his mobile phone. ‎

‎The Israeli occupation forces raided shops in the village, tampered with their contents and caused destruction, in addition to tearing pictures of martyrs on the walls of the village. ‎

‎Clashes also erupted between youths and enemy soldiers, concentrated in the eastern region, during which they fired bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades.‎

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Israeli occupation forces besiege international activists south of Nablus

NABLUS, October 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Friday evening besieged international solidarity activists at a building in the town of Qusra, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to an anti-colonial-settlement activist.

'Abdul-'Adtheem Wadi said that the occupation forces barged their way into the town, where they besieged a building with 16 international activists inside and attempted to smash the main doors.

He added that the activists made their way to the town to help local farmers harvest their olive groves as part of the Faz3a campaign, a Palestinian led initiative to answer the dire need for – and organize – on the ground international civil protection from Israeli violence.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces stormed Tell, a village southwest of Nablus, simultaneously while intensively firing live ammunition and tear gas canisters, triggering confrontations.

The occupation forces frequently conduct raids daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers while picking olives in the West Bank

Friday 11-October-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli fanatic settlers attacked Palestinian citizens and farmers while picking olives in a number of West Bank towns on Friday.

In Nablus, settlers attacked Palestinian citizens while harvesting olive fruits in the village of Douma and prevented a number of citizens from approaching their lands in the village of Yetma, south of Nablus.

In Toulkarm, Israeli occupation forces prevented farmers in the town of Rameen, east of the city, from harvesting olives, forcing them to leave their lands claiming they are located within a military zone.

Under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, the attacking settlers bulldozed Palestinian agricultural lands in the town of Batteer, west of Bethlehem, for expanding the borders of adjacent settlement outpost to set up mobile homes and tin structures in it.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted a number of Palestinians who protested the Israeli bulldozing operations, fired bullets in the air, and detained a young man for several hours.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Israeli occupation forces prevent Palestinians from Friday prayer at Al-Ibraheemi Mosque in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), October 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Friday prevented Palestinians from performing Friday prayers at Al-Ibraheemi Mosque, in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to the Director of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Awqaf Department, Ghassan Al-Rajabi.

Al-Rajabi said that the occupation denied Palestinian worshippers access to Al-Ibraheemi Mosque for the third day in a row, forcing them to perform prayers at one of the checkpoints surrounding the site.

“Around a thousand Palestinians performed Friday prayers at a closed military checkpoint west of the mosque,” he added.

He pointed out that dozens of Palestinians were denied entry to the mosque on Friday morning, forcing them to pray at the checkpoints surrounding it.

He explained that occupation authorities have closed the mosque for four days, citing Jewish holidays as a pretext and that the closure was expected to end on Saturday evening.

Al-Rajabi elaborated that the closure of the site, among other measures, is intended to "alter the Palestinian demographic around the mosque, increase illegal Israeli colonists’ presence, and simultaneously prevent the call to prayer (Adthan) and prayers."

The city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), which houses Al-Ibraheemi Mosque, is home to roughly 160,000 Palestinian Muslims and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in compounds heavily guarded by Israeli troops.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime has expelled the only international monitors protecting Al-Khaleel (Hebron)’s Palestinians from 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment.

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UN official stresses Palestinians’ need to have unimpeded and safe access to their groves

NEW YORK, October 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

A United Nations official stressed Friday the need for Palestinian farmers to have unimpeded and safe access to their groves.

Speaking during the daily press briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Thursday, Far'han Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said: “Yesterday, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Muhannad Hadi, highlighted concerns related to the upcoming olive harvest while leading a diplomatic visit to Kifl 'Haris village in the Salfeet governorate, alongside humanitarian and development partners.”

“Mr. Hadi stressed that the annual olive harvest is a key economic, social and cultural event for Palestinians and that last year, nearly 10,000 hectares of olive groves remained unharvested.  The Humanitarian Coordinator has allocated $750,000 from the Humanitarian Fund to support olive farmers this year, saying they must have unimpeded and safe access to their groves,” he added.

On Wednesday, 9 October, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Muhannad Hadi, together with humanitarian and development partners, led a field visit to Kifl 'Haris, located in the Salfeet governorate, with diplomats from eight member states to hear first-hand from Palestinian farmers about their challenges in accessing farmlands, especially during the olive harvest season.

This advocacy initiative was part of the Humanitarian Country Team’s (HCT) coordinated campaign around the season, where the ability of farmers to harvest is compromised, mainly due to Israeli-imposed access restrictions, and attacks by Israeli settlers and Israeli forces.

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CPJ: Israel has faced zero accountability for the targeting of journalists

NEW YORK, October 11, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) stated Thursday that Israel has faced zero accountability for the targeting of journalists.

“In spite of extensive evidence of a war crime, a year on from the attack, Israel has faced zero accountability for the targeting of journalists. With over two decades of targeted attacks on journalists without any consequences, the Israeli military has been granted license to continue this deadly pattern,” CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg said.

CPD voiced dismay at the failure to investigate the attack launched by Israeli occupation forces on October 13, 2023, killing 'Isam 'Abdullah and injuring six journalists in southern Lebanon

It pointed out that “a year on, there is still no accountability following the October 13, 2023 ]attack[.”

It recalled that in March 2024, an investigation by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon concluded that an Israeli tank targeted “clearly identifiable” journalists in violation of international law, according to Reuters’ review of the investigation, which has not been made public.

“Four additional investigations — by AFP, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reuters — all independently arrived at the same conclusion: that Israel conducted a deliberate attack on the journalists. A deliberate attack on civilians constitutes a war crime under international law,” it added.

“No one has been charged or held responsible for any of these deaths, and the IDF has not disclosed whether it has opened an investigation into a single journalist killing,” it added.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) announced several days ago that the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli occupation forces since the onset of the Israeli genocidal aggression against Gaza on October 7, 2023 rose to 167.

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WHO: Almost no healthcare left in northern Gaza

Friday 11-October-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that almost no healthcare services remain in northern Gaza, as Israel continues to block relief missions from entering the Strip.

Ghebreyesus said two WHO missions to northern Gaza were impeded and denied again by Israeli occupation forces.

“We urge Israel to Stop evacuation orders and to protect hospitals”, Ghebreyesus wrote on X, adding that “North Gaza has barely any health services left. People have nowhere to go.”

He further called on Israel to facilitate humanitarian missions, saying, “Lives depend on it.”

The Director-General of WHO also urged Israel to work towards a ceasefire. “All people trapped in this conflict need peace.”

In a joint statement, 18 international relief organizations, including British, French, American and Swiss organizations, warned that the escalating tension in northern Gaza would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.

The organizations stated that the displacement of Palestinians in northern Gaza would increase the bad humanitarian situation and impedes relief operations.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has, in its turn, issued what it called a “last call” to the United Nations and the international community, urging them to pressure the Israel to allow the entry of fuel and supplies to hospitals. 

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UN experts: Gaza is experiencing the harshest humanitarian crisis since World War II

Friday 11-October-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

United Nations human rights experts said that the Gaza Strip is experiencing the harshest humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with the Israeli aggression against the area continuing for over a year.

The experts emphasized that the Strip has become a barren land filled with rubble and human remains, noting that the war in Gaza has witnessed genocide, ethnic cleansing, and collective punishment of Palestinians. They pointed out that Israeli bombs have spared no one, obliterating entire families and erasing generations.

They warned that the failure to implement a ceasefire in Gaza and to hold accountable those responsible for the crimes committed has led to an escalation of the war and ignited violence in Lebanon.

This statement from the experts came a day after the release of findings from the UN International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, which confirmed that Israel is deliberately seeking to destroy the healthcare system in Gaza and mistreat Palestinian prisoners.

The commission added that Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity through ongoing and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities.

It accused the Israeli forces of intentionally killing and torturing medical workers, targeting medical vehicles, and obstructing permits that allow patients to leave the besieged Gaza Strip.

The report indicated that over 10,000 patients in need of urgent medical evacuation have been prevented from leaving Gaza since the closure of the Rafa'h land crossing in May.

Israel does not cooperate with the investigation, claiming it is biased against them, and the commission accused Israel of obstructing its work and preventing investigators from accessing its territory and the Palestinian territories.

At times, the evidence collected by such UN-appointed committees has formed the basis for war crimes trials and could be utilized by the International Criminal Court. 

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The last call: Health Ministry in Gaza appeals for hospital fuel

Friday 11-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued what it described as a “last call” to the United Nations and the international community, urging them to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to allow fuel to enter and supply hospitals.

In a brief statement on Friday, the ministry said, “We issue a last distress call from inside the intensive care unit at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, urgently requesting permission to allow fuel into hospitals in Gaza and the north, so that we can save the lives of the injured and sick before it is too late.”

The ministry described the situation at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza as catastrophic, noting that the coming hours will be critical for the lives of many children in the intensive care unit due to fuel shortages and the occupation’s prevention of its arrival at northern hospitals, compounded by overcrowding.

Northern Gaza is experiencing a difficult reality imposed by the Israeli occupation, which has tightened its siege on all its residents and initiated a new ground military operation in Jabalya refugee camp.

On October 6, 2024, the Israeli army announced the start of a ground military operation in Jabalya, claiming it was to prevent Palestinian resistance from regaining strength in the area, following hours of fierce attacks on the eastern and western regions of northern Gaza, including Jabalya, the most intense since May.

With the launch of the new military operation against Jabalya, the Israeli army began displacing Palestinians from three towns in northern Gaza, a move that appears to be an unannounced implementation of what has been referred to in the media as the Generals’ Plan, aimed at emptying northern Gaza and imposing a complete siege in preparation for settling Israelis in it.

In this context, the Government Media Office (GMO) called for immediate and urgent international intervention without hesitation to save what can be saved.

The GMO condemned the Israeli army’s criminal attempt to render northern hospitals non-operational, which threatens the lives of 400,000 people.

It held Israel, the US administration, and their partners in genocide fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.

Northern Gaza hospitals require 12,000 liters of fuel daily, while hospitals in the southern region need the same amount, but these quantities are not consistently available due to Israeli practices, forcing hospital management to rely on small generators with lower power outputs, according to the Health Ministry’s data.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has cut electricity to the Gaza Strip, which was covering various areas with an estimated 100 megawatts of power, while the only power plant stopped working after more than a month due to the prevention of fuel entry, plunging the area into a state of constant darkness amid a wave of widespread displacement.

The genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation, with complete US support, against the Gaza Strip has entered its second year, resulting in over 139,000 martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, 10,000 missing, and massive destruction of infrastructure.

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WFP: We are no longer able to distribute food in northern Gaza

Friday 11-October-2024

LONDON, (PIC)

The World Food Program (WFP) announced that it has been forced to suspend distribution of food parcels in north Gaza, in light of the Israeli humanitarian aid blockade.

On Thursday evening, WFP said in a statement on X, “We are no longer able to distribute food in, any form, in north Gaza.”

It explained that the supply shortage in Gaza forces WFP to suspend the distribution of food parcels during October, noting that “there is no distribution of food parcels, and flour is running out of south and central Gaza bakeries.”

Since October 7, the Israeli occupation army has been waging, with unlimited US support, a genocidal war on Gaza, which has resulted in more than 139,000 martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, and 10,000 missing under the rubble and in the roads, in addition to massive destruction of infrastructure.

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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 verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," 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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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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