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 374 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 42,289 and 98,684 Injuries, in Addition to 2,306 Martyrs and 10,698 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

October 14, 2024

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On Day 374 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 62 Palestinians Killed, 220 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  42,289 and 98,648 Injuries, by October 14, 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 14, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 52,289+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (42,289), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By October 14, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 98,684.

By October 14, 2024, 753 Palestinians who were killed, 5,838 who were injured, and 11,320, 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 14, 2024, according to initial reports, 51 Lebanese civilians were killed, 174 were injured, by the Israeli genocidal raids on Lebanon, in the past 24 hours. Thus, the Lebanese death toll, since October 8, 2023, has surged to 2,306 fatalities and more than 10,698 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 1,488 and the injuries to 4,297. 

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22 displaced Palestinians, including 15 children and a woman, were killed, and 80 were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Mufti school, in Al-Nusayrat, on October 13, 2024.	Two Palestinian young men, Rayyan Ibraheem Al-Sayyid and Ma'hmoud Abu Al-Rob, were killed and four people were injured by the Israeli occupation forces fire, in Jineen, October 14, 2024.
A man walks past a building that was destroyed during an Israeli genocidal air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Zaita, on October 14, 2024.	Fires at the scene of an Israeli genocidal air strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, on October 14, 2024.
Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment in northern Gaza continued for the ninth day, killing over 300 Palestinians, while dozens remain in streets and under the rubble, October 13, 2024.	Lebanese army soldiers deploy around a destroyed building hit by an Israeli genocidal airstrike, in Barja, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on October 12, 2024.
Site of the Israeli genocidal air strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, on October 14, 2024.	Grieving the death of the Palestinian family members who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment in central Gaza Strip, October 14, 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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‎51 people killed in Israeli genocidal attacks on Lebanon on Saturday, October 12, 2024

BEIRUT, October 13, 2023 (WAFA) —

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced today that the Israeli genocidal airstrikes across various regions of the country on Saturday, October 12, 2024, resulted in 51 fatalities and 174 injuries.

In a statement, the Ministry revealed that the total number of casualties resulting from Israeli attacks on the country since October 8, 2023, has reached 2,306 fatalities and 10,698 people injured. 

Lebanon is experiencing an unprecedented escalation of air and artillery strikes by the Israeli occupation forces, impacting residential neighborhoods. 

According to medical reports, many of the injured are suffering from critical conditions, exacerbated by a severe shortage of medical supplies in hospitals, which are operating at full capacity to accommodate the influx of casualties.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health called on the international community to intervene immediately to halt the Israeli attacks and provide essential aid to the injured and displaced individuals.

M.N.

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IOFs commit a massacre in Aitou, North Lebanon, hit aid convoy in Ba'albek

By Al-Mayadeen English

October 14, 2024, at 15:33 Beirut local time

Israeli occupation forces launched Monday a series of airstrikes targeting several areas across Lebanon, in continuation of their aggression on the country.

Al-Mayadeen's correspondent said an Israeli raid targeted the town of Aitou in the Zagharta District, northern Lebanon, resulting in 12 martyrs and four injuries, with the toll expected to rise.

The strike marked the second time "Israel" targets the North, after an attack on Dair Billa in Batroun.

Our correspondent in Biqaa', eastern Lebanon, reported that airstrikes targeted the Douris area near the city of Baalbek and Ain Bourday.

Several Israeli airstrikes also targeted the town of Al-'Ain, north of Baalbek, hitting a humanitarian aid convoy passing through the area.

Additionally, Israeli occupation forces launched multiple strikes on Baalbek city and its southern outskirts.

In central Biqaa', the Israeli occupation forces targeted the 'Ali Al-Nahri and Al-Fikani neighborhoods.

In the South, Israeli occupation forces bombed the town of Ansar, killing two people.

Israeli warplanes also conducted a wide-scale air assault on the town of Yohmor Al-Shaqeef, targeting the eastern neighborhood and destroying five homes. An Israeli airstrike in the vicinity of the public school in the town severed its main road.

In the same town, Israeli occupation forces also bombed the headquarters of the Islamic Health Association, destroying it and causing multiple casualties.

Another Israeli airstrike targeted the health center in the town of Siddiqeen, resulting in several injuries.

Our correspondent in South Lebanon confirmed that the Israeli occupation launched additional airstrikes on Kfar Roumman, 'Ain Ba'l, Toul, Al-Qulaila, Ma'roub, Al-Kharayib, and the outskirts of Dair 'Aames and Ibba.

The Israeli occupation forces also bombed the Shib'a Heights and the town of Al-Hebbariya.

An Israeli air raid destroyed the Tabaja Center near the Kfar Tibneet roundabout, which housed dozens of shops, offices, clinics, and residential apartments.

Earlier today, Israeli warplanes struck the town of Kfar Fila in the Iqleem Al-Tuffa'h region, resulting in one martyr, and also targeted Kawthariyya Al-Siyyad, and Al-Zurairiya.

By October 11, 2024, the Israeli aggression on Lebanon has been ongoing since October 8, 2023, and has killed more than 2,255 people, with more than 10,524 injured to date, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. 

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Israel' kills civilians in previously untouched area in Lebanon north

By Al-Mayadeen English Source:

12 October, 2024, at 20:48 Beirut local time

The Israeli occupation forces killed Lebanese civilians in the country's north after attacking Batroun, a previously untouched area.

The Israeli occupation regime forces continued its aggression against Lebanon, targeting the capital Beirut, its Southern Suburb, and various other regions, including the South, Biqaa', Ba'albek-Hermil, as well as Mount Lebanon and Metn. The ongoing assaults have led to further casualties and destruction across the country.

Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on three villages had killed at least 15 people Saturday, as state media reported further strikes elsewhere.

Four people had been killed and 18 others wounded in an "Israeli enemy strike" on Barja in the Shouf district south of the capital, according to the enemy.

An Al Mayadeen correspondent reported Saturday the martyrdom of two individuals and multiple injuries, including three children, following an Israeli airstrike on Dair Billa in Batroun, northern Lebanon. Meanwhile, "nine dead and 15 wounded," the Ministry said in a statement, updating an earlier toll of the Israeli strike on the town of Maysirah in Mount Lebanon.

Southern Lebanon has also suffered from intense bombardment. Israeli airstrikes targeted the towns of 'Aita Al-Sha'b, Qouzah, 'Haris, and Bazouriya, further escalating the violence in the region.

The fatalities from Saturday's attacks add to the growing toll of victims from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which has claimed 2,255 lives and left 10,524 people injured since October 8, 2023. These statistics were confirmed by Lebanon's Ministry of Health as of Friday, October 11, 2024.

According to the ministry, the casualties on Friday alone included 26 martyrs and 144 injured across various parts of Lebanon. The southern region was hit the hardest, with 17 martyrs and 62 injured, including three martyrs and 41 wounded in Al-Nabatiya.

In the Biqaa' region, one person was martyred and 22 others were injured due to Israeli attacks, while five people were killed and 19 others wounded in the raids on Baalbek-Hermil.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that several buildings at one of its sites in the southern town of Ramiya sustained heavy damage due to shelling overnight Friday into Saturday. Additionally, one UNIFIL personnel member was injured at a base in Naqoura on Friday night by a bullet of unknown origin, according to the statement.Al-

Lebanon does not seek war, not to tolerate aggression

Lebanese Defense Minister Maurice Sleem said on Saturday that while Lebanon does not seek war, it will not tolerate the continuation of Israeli aggression.

The Lebanese Minister emphasized the need for the international community to exert strong pressure on "Israel" to compel it to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and halt its attacks on Lebanon.

The Resolution was reached in the wake of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon and calls for the full cessation of hostilities and the deployment of the Lebanese Army to Southern Lebanon, as well as the establishment of a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line buffer zone (between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories) and the Litani River.

"Israel" completely disregarded the resolution in the aftermath of the war, continuously violating Lebanese sovereignty with overflights from its aircraft.

His statement comes after the Lebanese Army announced on Friday that two of its soldiers were martyred and three others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a military position in the town of Kafra, South Lebanon.

This comes amid an ongoing Israeli aggression across Lebanon, especially the country's southern and eastern regions, as well as Beirut's Southern Suburb, which has so far killed more than 1,200 people and displaced millions since September 23.

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

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On October 13, 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 62 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 220 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 42,289 and the injuries to 98,684, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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By day 374 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 42,289 killed, 98,684 injured

By Al-Mayadeen English

October 14, 2024, at 14:29 Beirut local time

The Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 62 and injuring 220 who arrived at hospitals in 24 hours, confirmed the Gaza Health Ministry on Monday.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed since the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 to 42,289, in addition to 98,684 injuries, the Ministry announced in its daily report.

The death toll is believed to be significantly higher, as thousands of bodies remain buried under the rubble from widespread destruction across the enclave.

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13 new injuries as Israeli army targets shelter center in Jabalya refugee camp

GAZA, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Medical sources at Al-'Awda Hospital in Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip, announced the arrival of 13 new injuries to the hospital as a result of the Israeli occupation army targeting citizens in Al-Yaman Al-Sa'eed shelter center, in the Jabalya refugee camp.

According to the sources, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 42,289, most of whom are children and women, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7.

Meanwhile, the number of injuries has reached 98,684 since the beginning of the aggression, and there are still thousands of victims trapped under the rubble.

The sources also stated that the occupation forces committed 4 massacres during the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 62 citizens and the injury of 220 others.

Y.S.

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Several casualties in Israeli shelling of school sheltering displaced persons in northern Gaza

GAZA, October 14, 2024 (WAFA) -

Several civilians were killed and others were injured on Monday evening in an Israeli bombing that targeted a school sheltering displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation warplanes shelled the 'Hafsa school that shelters displaced people in the Jabalya refugee camp, leading to the killing of several civilians and the injury of others.

The occupation’s ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 42,289 civilians, and the injury of 98,684 others, mostly children and women.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks and the massive amount of debris.

T.R.

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Four Palestinians killed, 70 injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on displaced people's tents in Gaza's Dair El-Bala'h

GAZA, October 14, 2023 (WAFA) —

Four Palestinians were killed and about 70 were injured tonight by an Israeli genocidal air strike on the tents of displaced people inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h city in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that four people were killed and about 70 others were injured as a result of the occupation's targeting of the tents of the displaced inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h.

The sources pointed out that fires broke out in a number of tents as a result of the occupation's bombing.

A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital also reported that there are large numbers of slain and wounded people as a result of the occupation's bombing of the tents of the displaced in the hospital.

He pointed out that the hospital's reception department was filled with wounded people due to the large numbers.

By October 13, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 42,227 reported fatalities, with an additional 98,464 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

K.T.

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22 Palestinian martyrs in Israeli massacre north of Al-Nusayrat

Monday 14-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed on Sunday evening a horrific massacre against displaced people in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza, in an artillery shelling that targeted an UNRWA school sheltering hundreds of the displaced.

Medical sources reported that the massacre has left 22 martyrs and many injuries among defenseless citizens in the Al-Mufti area north of Al-Nusayrat.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) revealed in a statement, that the Mufti school massacre resulted in the martyrdom of 22 people, including 15 children and a woman in addition to 80 injuries.

On Sunday afternoon, five children were martyred, and others were wounded in another Israeli massacre in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, while many civilians were killed and wounded at noon in Israeli bombing of the Al-Falouja School in Jabalya refugee camp, in northern Gaza, which has been under Israeli fire for the 9th consecutive day and has so far led to the martyrdom of more than 300 people and hundreds of injuries.

Meanwhile, the IOFs has been preventing ambulance crews from recovering 75 martyrs from the roads and under the rubble of their homes, according to the PGMO.

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Dozens of Palestinians killed, other injured, by Israeli genocidal air strikes and artillery attacks on Gaza areas

GAZA, October 14, 2023 (WAFA) —

Dozens of Palestinians were Monday killed and others were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and artillery on various areas in the south and north of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces targeted a group of civilians in a supply center in Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, which led to the killing of eight citizens and the injury of more than 80 others. They were transferred to Al-'Awda Hospital in Jabalya.

He added that 13 injuries were transferred to Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, as a result of the Israeli drones firing bullets at the displaced people in Al-Fawqa school behind Abu Rashid Pool in Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent added, quoting eyewitnesses, that the bodies of the slain people were scattered inside and around the supply center, as ambulances were unable to reach the place due to the occupation drones firing at anyone trying to reach the area to retrieve the martyrs and treat the wounded.

In the south of the Strip, WAFA correspondent indicated that ambulance crews transferred the bodies of four people from the vicinity of Al-Ra'hma Mosque in Al-Shaboura refugee camp in Rafa'h city, south of the Gaza Strip, to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younus.

By October 13, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 42,227 reported fatalities, with an additional 98,464 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

K.T. 

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Two killed, other injured, in Israeli bombing of civilian neighborhood in Gaza's Jabalya refugee camp

GAZA, October 14, 2023 (WAFA) — 

Two citizens were Monday morning killed and others were injured in Israeli bombing of Al-Nazla neighborhood in Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that two people from the Badr family were killed and five others were injured in the bombing of Al-Nazla neighborhood in Jabalya by the occupation's warplanes.

Three children were injured in the occupation's bombing of Abu 'Husain school, which houses displaced people in Jabalya refugee camp.

According to eyewitnesses, some houses in Jabalya refugee camp were demolished by the occupation forces while people were inside, noting that their bodies are still under the rubble.

Civilians in Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, are subjected to an operation of "genocide and ethnic cleansing" for the ninth consecutive day, as the occupation forces impose a land siege, carries out killings, blows up homes, and forced displacement, while preventing the arrival of supplies and food.

K.T.

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

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Two Palestinian youths fatally shot by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets during the ongoing assault on Jineen

Jineen, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian youths were shot and killed, while four others were injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets, during their ongoing aggression on the city of Jineen and its refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank.

The director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jineen, Fawwaz 'Hammad, said that Israeli occupation forces shot and killed the youth Rayyan Ibraheem Al-Sayyid, 17, who succumbed to wounds he sustained by the bullets of the occupation forces during their storming of the city of Jenin.

Meanwhile, medical sources announced that four citizens were injured with various wounds from Israeli gunfire, during confrontations with the occupation forces in various areas of the city and its refugee camp.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) added that the young man, Ma'hmoud Abu Al-Rob, was also killed after being shot by the occupation forces in Al-Sibat neighborhood in the city of Jineen.

Earlier  today, special Israeli forces raided the outskirts of Jenin camp, and surrounded a house, before sending military reinforcements to the city and its camp from Al-Jalama military checkpoint.

Meanwhile, several Israeli military vehicles stormed the city of Jenin and its camp from Al-Jalama military checkpoint.

According to sources, Israeli occupation forces besiege a house currently.

Five people were injured, one of them critically, by Israeli occupation forces' bullets, during the raid.

WAFA correspondent added that the occupation forces deployed a number of their vehicles in the Cinema Roundabout area in the center of Jineen city, near Al-'Hisba Street, and at the entrances to the camp, and deployed their snipers on the roofs of a number of tall buildings.

Y.S

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Two Palestinian children injured in IOFs Nablus raid

Sunday 13-October-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

Two Palestinian children were injured by Israeli gunfire after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Bait Foureek town, east of Nablus, on Sunday evening.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that a 15-year-old boy was shot in the foot, while the second suffered from shrapnel injury in the back.

This came after the IOFs violently stormed Bait Foureek amid heavy fire of live ammunition and sound and teargas bombs, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

The town of Bait Foureek has been frequently subjected to Israeli military raids and kidnappings.

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Nablus: Four Palestinian youths injured during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces near Nablus

NABLUS, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) –

Four young men were injured on Monday during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

The Red Crescent said that its crews dealt with four injuries during clashes in Qusra, near Nablus.

The casualties included an injury by live bullet shrapnel in the foot, an injury by live bullets in the knee, and two injuries by stones.

Human rights activist Fo-ad 'Hasan reported that one of the young men was injured by live bullets in the foot, while two others were injured by gas bombs in the face and chest.

The confrontations erupted after colonists, under the protection of the occupation forces, attacked olive pickers in the town.

'Hasan indicated that the confrontations are still taking place amid a state of tension in the area.

K.T

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Over 50 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli authorities in 24 hours

RAMALLAH, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 50 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including several former prisoners, according to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

This increase in kidnappings has been particularly concentrated in the Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), and Jineen governorates, while the others were distributed among the governorates of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Nablus, Ramallah, Salfeet, and Aree'ha (Jericho), the two organizations added in a joint statement.

The joint statement noted that Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out extensive raids and assaults during these kidnappings, subjecting kidnappees and their families to harassment and threats. The statement also highlighted the prevalence of field interrogations and the destruction of Palestinian homes during these attacks.

Since the start of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in October 2023, more than 11,300 Palestinians have been kidnapped from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, according to the report.

The organizations expressed grave concern over the deteriorating situation and called for international attention to the continued human rights violations occurring in the region.

Y.S.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians, injure others in West Bank raids

Monday 14-October-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and injured others in Nablus.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnaped 25 citizens during dawn raids on homes in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) province, including a child from Bait Fajjar town.

Last night, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police officers kidnapped two photojournalists in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs raided several homes and a currency exchange store in the city and stormed 'Hal'houl City, with no reported arrests.

In Nablus, two young men were injured by IOFs gunfire and four others, including an infant, suffered from their exposure to tear gas when Israeli soldiers attacked local residents in Beit Furik town.

Eyewitnesses said that the IOFs raided Bait Foureek twice, injuring two children in the first raid and then injuring other local residents during clashes with them in another raid.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers, prevent them from picking olives in Nablus

NABLUS, September, 14, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of occupation soldiers, attacked Palestinian farmers while they were picking olives in their fields in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Human rights activist Fo-ad 'Hasan said that a group of Israeli colonists, under the protection of the occupation, attacked citizens while they were picking olives in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, amidst intensive firing of  live bullets. They also attacked a number of citizens' homes in the town.

Earlier yesterday, colonists cut down dozens of olive trees belonging to a citizen in Qusra.

Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces forced farmers to leave their lands while they were picking olives in the town of Bait Foureek, east of Nablus.

With the start of the olive harvest season in the villages and towns of Nablus, the frequency of attacks carried out by the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian citizens has increased.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Palestinian Health ministry: Urgent appeal to help besieged hospitals in northern Gaza

Monday 14-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the Israeli siege on northern Gaza and its hospitals entered day 10 on Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has launched a renewed appeal for urgent help for the patients and medical crews at the besieged Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in Bait Lahya.

In a new distress message sent on Monday morning to international organizations, the health ministry called for necessarily providing the hospitals in northern Gaza, especially the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, with food and medical supplies and protecting their medical crews.

Yesterday, director of the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital 'Husam Abu Safiya said that the medical crews at the hospital are incapacitated and cannot even provide patients with minimal medical care, asking international organizations to pressure the Israeli government to allow medical delegations to enter Gaza.

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UN: Civilians in northern Gaza cut off from supplies and services critical for survival

Monday 14-October-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The United Nations warned on Sunday of a worsening humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, where more than 400,000 people are facing mounting pressure to move south due to the disruption of basic supplies.

The pressure on over 400,000 people remaining in northern Gaza to leave southwards is mounting, said Mu'hanned Hadi, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in a statement issued on Sunday.

Since 1 October 2024, Israeli authorities have increasingly cut off northern Gaza from essential supplies. Erez and Erez West crossings have been kept closed, and no essentials have been allowed from the south. Three renewed orders have been issued – on 7, 9 and 12 October – directing people to displace. In parallel, hostilities continue to escalate, resulting in more civilian suffering and casualties, the statement reads.

Hadi pointed out that over the past two weeks, over 50,000 people have been displaced from the Jabalya area, which is cut off, while others remain stranded in their homes amid increased bombardment and fighting.

A military siege that deprives civilians of essential means of survival is unacceptable, he added.

“The latest military operations in northern Gaza have forced the closure of water wells, bakeries, medical points and shelters, as well as the suspension of protection services, malnutrition treatment, and temporary learning spaces. At the same time, hospitals have seen an influx of trauma injuries.”

“Civilians must be protected, and their basic needs must be met. Multiple entry routes must open for critical supplies and safe humanitarian response needs to be provided to people in need wherever they are. Civilians must not be forced to choose between displacement and starvation. They must have a safe place to go, with shelter, food, medicine and water. In Gaza, there are no more supplies available to support newly displaced people.”

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'Hamas: Targeting children in Al-Shati refugee camp is a horrific crime and moral decline

Sunday 13-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement condemned the Israeli targeting of a group of children in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City on Sunday evening.

The targeting of a group of children by the terrorist Zionist occupation this afternoon while they were playing in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, resulting in the martyrdom of five children and the injury of several others, is a horrific crime and a moral decline that surpasses all limits and norms, the Movement said in a statement.

The Israeli terrorist occupation regime kills for the sake of killing and ethnic cleansing, it added.

“We call on international human rights organizations to document this crime against these children and the martyrdom of thousands of Palestinian children during the ongoing genocide, along with hundreds of other Zionist massacres against our people.”

Hamas also called on the rights organizations to file lawsuits before all competent courts, most notably the International Criminal Court, “in preparation to bring those leaders and war criminals for trial over these crimes and atrocities that will not be subject to the statute of limitations.”

“The blood of our children will remain a curse that haunts them everywhere.”

Earlier Sunday, five children were killed and others were injured in a new Israeli massacre against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip.

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'Hamas: Israel’s school massacre in central Gaza reflects intent to continue genocide

Monday 14-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has said that the heinous massacre that was committed by the Israeli occupation army at the Mufti School in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza reflects “Israeli persistence in the brutal genocidal war on the Palestinian people.”

“The occupation’s fascist policy is based on the deliberate targeting of civilians in residential neighborhoods and shelter centers,” 'Hamas said in a statement on Monday.

“The enemy would not have dared to continue its horrific massacres in the Gaza Strip or expand them in the region, had it not been for the cover provided by the US administration and the international silence on these crimes,” Hamas added.

Hamas urged the international community and the UN to shoulder their legal and ethical responsibilities towards the Gaza Strip and work on putting an end to the ongoing Israeli crimes and aggression against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli occupation army committed a new horrific massacre against displaced families in central Gaza on Sunday when it intensively bombarded the Mufti School in Al-Nusayrat camp.

At least 22 civilians, mostly children and women, were massacred and 80 others were injured in the Israeli attack on the school.

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'Hamas calls on the int’l community to pressure Israel to stop its massacres in northern Gaza

Sunday 13-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Hamas has issued a call to the international community and Arab and Islamic governments to activate pressure tools on Israel to halt its ongoing massacre in northern Gaza.

In a press statement on Sunday, Hamas said that the continuation of the criminal military campaign in northern Gaza, the tightening of the siege, and the separation of the area from Gaza City by force, along with the escalation of bombardments and massacres against unarmed civilians, constitute a “full-fledged act of genocide, perpetrated by a fascist occupation government, indifferent to any laws or obligations, and relying on a criminal American cover.”

The Israeli occupation army has isolated northern Gaza from Gaza City through the use of military vehicles and drone cover, amid a severe humanitarian deterioration. Witnesses from northern Gaza reported that the occupation army is erecting mounds on the main roads between Gaza City and northern Gaza, and has destroyed dozens of homes in the Jabalya refugee camp using explosive robots.

'Hamas noted that the siege of northern Gaza comes amid a worsening humanitarian situation, preventing the entry of food and relief supplies, and the army’s efforts to evacuate and shut down hospitals.

Hamas emphasized that the international silence regarding the ongoing genocide for over a year, and the stagnation of international response, “provides a license for the terrorist occupation government to continue and escalate its actions, expanding them to include the entire (Middle East) region.”

'Hamas added, “The international community is today required to activate its tools to stop the ongoing massacre in northern Gaza, and to confront the Zionist war criminals and their plans to ignite the region and disrupt its security and stability.”

The Movement also called on all Arab and Islamic governments, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to activate pressure tools on Israel and its supporters to stop their aggression against the Palestinian people, to impose relief, and to provide all means of support.

'Hamas urged Arab and Islamic masses, as well as the free people of the world, to immediately take to the streets, squares, universities, unions, and in all arenas and to play their role in confronting this criminal war, renewing their initiative in supporting the Palestinian people and exposing the crimes of the fascist occupation.

'Hamas affirmed that the occupation’s criminal plans in northern Gaza “will shatter against the determination and resolve of our people and their brave resistance, just as all attempts over the past year of genocide and crime have failed.”

The occupation army continues to impose a tight siege on the Jabalya refugee camp and the roads leading to it for the past nine days, isolating tens of thousands of families remaining in those areas, accompanied by intense bombardments targeting civilians everywhere, while preventing the delivery of food, medicine, and water to the population, who have been suffering from starvation for an entire year amid the ongoing war.

According to the Government Media Office, the occupation army has killed more than 300 martyrs to date in northern Gaza, in a systematic crime of killing and a complete siege against civilians, particularly children and women, and against residential neighborhoods, noting that a large number of bodies have not been retrieved from northern Gaza due to the targeting of medical teams and ambulances.

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Northern Gaza: 300 martyrs in 9 days of Israeli extermination

Sunday 13-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces continue their operations of extermination and genocide in northern Gaza for the ninth consecutive day, killing over 300 citizens while dozens of martyrs remain in the streets and under the rubble of destroyed homes, alongside hundreds of injured individuals.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said in a release on Sunday that the Israeli army is waging a war of extermination and genocide in northern Gaza and is preventing rescue teams and civil defense from retrieving dozens of martyrs from the streets, seeking to completely eliminate the health system and hospitals.

It confirmed that the occupation has killed more than 300 martyrs over the course of 9 continuous days of killing and extermination, in a systematic crime and a total siege against civilians, particularly children and women, and residential areas.

The PGMO added that these nine consecutive days of a clearly defined war of extermination are being waged by the Israeli army as part of the genocide being executed in northern Gaza.

The statement accused the U.S. administration of engineering the genocide and providing complete cover for the atrocities of the occupation.

According to the statement, the occupation army is committing crimes against humanity and practicing intentional killing through bombing displacement and shelter centers, perpetrating several horrific massacres against civilians by deliberately targeting gatherings of children and women. The occupation army is also targeting all vital sectors in northern Gaza and aims to turn the area into a zone of destruction, killing, and extermination.

The PGMO warned that the Israeli occupation army is vigorously pursuing a clearly defined plan for displacement, which is the largest and most dangerous American-Israeli colonial plan of the 21st century and modern era.

It pointed out that this has been stated by ministers in the Israeli government, warning that the criminal displacement plan has been approved by US President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who granted the occupation the green light to implement the malicious forced displacement plan against civilians, in a blatant violation of international law, international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and all international agreements. They are collectively committing 19 types of crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

The PGMO emphasized that what is happening in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalia and its refugee camp, constitutes a clear crime of extermination, particularly as the occupation seeks to uproot, burn, and eliminate all vital sectors.

It noted that the occupation army has rendered all hospitals in the north non-operational and is preventing fuel from reaching these hospitals for the seventh consecutive time. These hospitals, which house dozens of injured and sick individuals, especially in intensive care units, have become akin to martyrdom due to their proximity to ground zero.

It said, “This means that the US administration and Israel have condemned hundreds of thousands to death.”

It extended greetings and respect to our noble Palestinian people for their legendary resilience in the face of the Israeli occupation and the criminal American administration. Their steadfastness and will have thwarted all plans for extermination, standing as a formidable barrier with their empty stomachs against the American and Israeli plans of uprooting the Palestinian people. “Our people faced this with a resilience, will, and patience that even mountains would struggle to match.”

The PGMO issued an urgent call for assistance to the international community, especially to Russia and China, as well as to all free nations, international and humanitarian organizations, and all Arab and Islamic countries to exert all forms of pressure on the criminal Israeli occupation by any means necessary to stop the genocide, the extermination war, and the ethnic cleansing in Gaza, particularly in the northern Gaza Strip.

The PGMO demanded more efforts to deliver food aid to tens of thousands of the Palestinian people in northern Gaza, who are subjected to a systematic policy of starvation by the occupation army, which has prevented food and baby formula from reaching them for over 170 consecutive days. Israel has decided to kill tens of thousands of civilians and children, either through bombing and targeting or by starving them and blocking food from reaching the Gaza Strip and northern Gaza.

It condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation army’s crimes of murder and starvation against civilians and the displaced, particularly in Jabalia and its camp. It denounced the occupation army’s relentless efforts to ruin the healthcare system and turn the north into a wasteland of destruction. The Office called on the international community and all countries of the world to condemn these ongoing crimes.

It held the Israeli occupation, the American administration, and all countries complicit in the genocide against the Palestinian people, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and other criminal states, fully responsible for the continuation of these crimes over the past year “without these criminals stopping their brutal war against our defenseless Palestinian people.”

The PGMO warned the international community and all international organizations that the Israeli occupation army is committing a clear extermination crime and waging a war of uprooting against civilians and ethnic cleansing against our Palestinian people. It urged them all to take practical steps towards an immediate and swift halt to these crimes against humanity, and to pursue Israeli war criminals in international courts in preparation for their prosecution and bringing them to justice for their ongoing crimes

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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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