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 369 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 42,010 and 97,720 Injuries, in Addition to 2,141 Martyrs and 10,099 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

October 9, 2024

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On Day 369 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Three Massacres, 45 Palestinians Killed, 130 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  42,010 and 97,720 Injuries, by October 9, 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 9, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 51,010+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (42,010), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By October 9, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 97,720.

By October 9, 2024, 748 Palestinians who were killed, 5,829 who were injured, and 11,233, 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 8, 2024, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 22 Lebanese civilians were killed, 80 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 2,141 fatalities and more than 10,099 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 1,323 and the injuries to 3,698.

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The Israeli occupation army is repeating genocide in northern Gaza, as it intensified its violent bombing and issued a new forced displacement map, October 6, 2024 pic

Carrying one of the Lebanese civilian victims who was killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on South Lebanon, October 10, 2024.	A Lebanese mother and her children standing beside the rubble of their home, which was destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strike on South Lebanon, October 9, 2024.
An injured Palestinian little child, who was one of the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, published on October 9, 2024.	Palestinian civilian, Abdul Ra-ouf Raji'h Hamid Al-Masry, 37, was killed by an Israeli special forces unit, which infiltrated the town of Aqaba, north of Toubas, on October 9, 2024.
Palestinian journalist Mu'hammed Al-Tanani of Al-Aqsa TV, was killed, and the channel’s correspondent Tamir Labid was injured by Israeli Israeli occupation forces fire, on October 9, 2024.	17 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in a new massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces in Yemen hospital, in Jabalya refugee camp, October 9, 2024.
Grieving the death of family members in Nasir hospital, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, October 9, 2024.	Four Palestinian young men were assassinated by an under cover Israeli occupation forces unit, in Nablus, October 9, 2024.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (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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‎Since October 8. The death toll of the Israeli aggression in Lebanon rises to 2141‎

‎After recording "22 martyrs and 80 wounded in the past 24 hours," according to a statement by the Lebanese Ministry of Health‎

Waseem Sami'h Saifuddeen

‎09.10.2024   

‎Beirut, Anatolia‎ --

‎The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday evening that the death toll of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon since October 8, 2023 has risen to 2,141 dead and 10,099 wounded.‎

‎The ministry said, in a statement, that "during the past 24 hours, 22 martyrs and 80 wounded were recorded, bringing the total number of martyrs since the start of the aggression until yesterday (Tuesday) to 2,141, and the wounded to 10,099," according to the official Lebanese News Agency.‎

‎Prior to this toll, the last toll announced by the ministry was 2,119 dead and 10,000 wounded.‎

‎Since September 23, Israel has been waging a war on Lebanon, through unprecedented air raids that targeted even the capital Beirut, in addition to a ground incursion it began in the south, ignoring international warnings and UN resolutions.‎

‎From that date until Wednesday evening, Israel killed 1,323 people and injured 3,698, including a large number of children and women, in addition to more than 1.2 million displaced people, according to the Lebanese government.‎

‎Hezbollah responds daily by firing rockets, drones and artillery shells targeting military sites and settlements across Israel, and while Tel Aviv reports part of its human and material losses, Israeli military censorship imposes a strict blackout on most of the losses, according to observers.‎

‎For decades, Israel has occupied Arab territory in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, rejecting an independent Palestinian state on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.‎

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Lebanon war: Ongoing Israeli airstrikes and new martyrs

Wednesday 9-October-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces continue to escalate their bloody war on Lebanon for the 17th consecutive day through air and artillery bombardments, along with ongoing attempts to infiltrate towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

On October 8, 2024, the Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict have resulted in the deaths of 2,119 citizens and injuries to 10,019 others with varying degrees of wounds.

Early Wednesday morning, Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Kafa-at area in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The occupation forces conducted four airstrikes on the town of Al-Khiyam in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese Civil Defense announced that one civilian was killed and three citizens were injured in an Israeli strike on the town of Al-Saida, west of Ba'albek in the eastern Biqaa' region.

According to Lebanese sources, the toll from Israeli aggression on the Biqaa' region has risen to 294 martyrs and more than 800 injured.

Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, Nabatiya, the Biqaa', Ba'albek-Hermil, and Mount Lebanon, on Thursday, resulting in the death of 36 people and injuries to 150 others.

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Israel' killed 2,141, injured 10,099 in Lebanon, paramedics targeted

By Al Mayadeen English

 9 Oct 2024, at 21:34 pm Beirut local time

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the toll of martyrs from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon has reached 2,141, with 10,099 injured, since October 8, 2023.

A statement from the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the Lebanese Ministry of Health, detailed the casualties from Tuesday’s Israeli occupation aggressions across various Lebanese regions.

The report outlined the number of deaths and injuries as follows:

South Lebanon: 12 people martyred, 37 injured Biqaa' region: 7 people martyred, 3 injured Ba'albek-Hermil region: 1 martyred, 2 injured Mount Lebanon: 4 injured 

The Emergency Operations Center further noted that a total of 22 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes while 80 others have been injured, in yesterday's toll.

As the night sets in, Israeli occupation forces continue their attacks on Lebanon, focusing on the Southern Suburb of Beirut, the South, Bekaa, and Baalbek-Hermel regions.

In its latest attacks, the Israeli occupation air force, according to Al-Mayadeen's correspondent, targeted the town of Shib'a, causing the closure of the Shib'a-Janam-Rashaya-Ayn Ata road. Another airstrike struck the town of Habboush in South Lebanon.

Earlier today, the correspondent also reported that 6 people were killed and 25 were injured when an Israeli occupation airstrike hit a shelter managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs in the town of Al-Wardaniya, located in the Iqleem Al-Kharroub area of Al-Shoaf in Mount Lebanon.

'Israel' has a bulls-eye set on medics, civil defense

The Union of Municipalities of Bint Jubail in South Lebanon announced that the bodies of several firefighters from its rescue center in the town of Bar'asheet remain trapped under the rubble after an Israeli occupation airstrike hit the center last Sunday night.

The center urged immediate intervention to recover the bodies of the remaining crew members, who were martyred as a result of the Israeli strike, with the estimated number of missing medics being 20 rescuers, out of which only 8 bodies have been retrieved so far.

The union also appealed to the international community and humanitarian organizations to intervene and "halt the continued targeting of humanitarian workers by the Israeli occupation."

In addition to the firefighters at Bar'asheet, several other rescuers remain trapped under rubble at other locations targeted by Israeli airstrikes. Efforts to recover them have been hindered by ongoing bombardments and the targeting of those attempting to reach the sites.

Two weeks ago, Israeli forces targeted the Islamic Health Association teams in the southern border towns of Tayba and Odaysa, subsequently targeting other teams that attempted to assist them. The bodies of the martyred rescuers remain trapped in their vehicles and bases in these towns.

The Israeli occupation continues to target civil defense and ambulance centers and the Islamic Health Association across different regions while on duty, including in the capital, Beirut.

These attacks are not new to the current aggression. Since October 8, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have deliberately targeted civil defense and ambulance centers, as well as personnel and equipment.

In a related development, the Lebanese Civil Defense received an Israeli threat on Thursday, October 3, 2024, warning them against approaching targeted areas, particularly the Southern Suburb of Beirut, which experienced the heaviest airstrikes since the escalation of attacks on September 23, 2024. The threat included warnings of targeting anyone who attempted to approach the bombed sites in the suburbs to aid victims.

This warning followed earlier calls on September 26, 2024, urging civil defense personnel across Lebanon to evacuate their posts, aiming to spread panic and disrupt relief efforts. 

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Lebanon: Dozens of the Lebanese people killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes in the south

BEIRUT, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Dozens of the Lebanese people were killed and injured on Wednesday as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing towns in southern Lebanon, amid widespread destruction of buildings, facilities and infrastructure.

The Israeli occupation forces raids targeted the town of Al-Wardaniya, in Mount Lebanon, while they were renewed on the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the towns of Joya, Mahrouna, Tebneen, Samaiya, Tayr Dibba and Al-Khiyam, in southern Lebanon.

The warplanes launched raids on the towns of Sareen, Al-'Halaniya and Al-Sa'eeda in the Biqaa' valley.

K.T.

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IOFs admit 38 soldiers injured on northern front, 2 settlers dead

By Al-Mayadeen English Source: Israeli Media 9 Oct 2024 22:49

 'Hizbullah has successfully repelled multiple infiltration attempts by Israeli occupation forces along Lebanon's southern border.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit a residential building in Kiryat Shmona, northern 'Israel', Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)

Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation forces announced the injury of 38 of their soldiers in 24 hours along the northern front on the border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine.

The reports also revealed that Israeli occupation forces acknowledged the deaths of 11 soldiers and injuries to approximately 168 others since the start of "Israel's" "limited ground operation" along the northern front, which sought to invade Lebanese villages in yet another breach of sovereignty.

On the ground, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah successfully thwarted multiple infiltration attempts by Israeli occupation forces at various points in South Lebanon since early Tuesday morning.

As of 7:20 pm, Al-Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon reported that the Resistance fighters repelled 14 incursion attempts by Israeli occupation forces.

Two settlers reportedly dead in Al-Jaleel (Galilee).

Moreover, Israeli media acknowledged that 'Hizbullah fired 20 rockets at Kiryat Shmona, dealing direct hits and damaging four sites.

The rocket strike on Kiryat Shmona reportedly led to the death of two Israeli settlers, with several others sustaining critical injuries.

In turn, the Israeli Ministry of Health reported that hospitals in the north have received 19,475 injuries since October 7, 2023. Additionally, the Ministry stated that since the beginning of the current month, northern hospitals have treated 1,058 injuries. On October 8 and 9, the hospitals attended to 157 new injuries.

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that Israeli occupation forces' helicopters landed at Beilinson Hospital in the central region, likely to transport the wounded as the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continues to conduct operations against "Israel" in support of Gaza and in defense of Lebanon. 

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‎UNRWA: 3 Palestinian refugee camps have been affected by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

NEW YORK, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) – Three Palestinian refugee camps have been affected by Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since 7 October 2024, according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

“As of 7 October 2024, three Palestine refugee camps have been affected by Israeli Forces’ airstrikes: 'Ain El-Hilwa camp close to Sayda (Sidon), El Bas camp in Tyre and Beddawi camp North of Tripoli,” UNRWA said in its Situation Report #5 on the Lebanon Emergency Response.

“At the start of October, UNRWA temporarily suspended most of its operations in the Tyre area, primarily because of the displacement of UNRWA staff due to the security situation. Some limited water and sanitation services continue in the area. Three Palestine Refugee camps in the South and one camp in Beirut are significantly depopulated as people have fled to seek safety and protection elsewhere,” it added.

Regarding emergency shelters, the Agency said: “Since the activation of its Emergency Response in Lebanon on 24 September, UNRWA has opened 12 emergency shelters. One of the shelters was closed on 7 October, bringing the total number of active emergency shelters down to 11. As of 7 October, three UNRWA emergency shelters have reached their maximum capacity.”

It pointed out that “a total of 4,570 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are registered in UNRWA shelters as of 7 October 2024,” while adding that this number is expected to continue to increase.

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

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On October 9, 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 3 main massacre, in which 45 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 130 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 42,010 and the injuries to 97,720, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 42,010, over 97,720 injured

GAZA, October, 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 45 Palestinians and the injury of 130 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 42,010 reported fatalities, with an additional 97,720  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.

Y.S.

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At least 15 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on tents housing displaced people in Jabalya

GAZA, October, 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

15 civilians were killed today when the Israeli occupation forces bombed the tents of displaced people in Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation forces bombed a group of tents housing displaced people in the courtyard of the Al-Yaman Al-Sa'eed Hospital in the town of Jabalya, resulting in the killing of  15 civilians and the injury of others.

Medical sources said that the number of slain Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has risen since dawn today to 60 civilians.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced the evacuation of seven of its schools housing displaced people in the areas north of the Strip, adding that the aggression on the areas north of the Gaza Strip forced it to stop life-saving services.

According to UNRWA, the aggression resulted in only two working wells out of eight water wells in Jabalya refugee camp.

Y.S.

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17 Palestinians killed in a horrific massacre in Yemen Al-Sa'eed Hospital

Wednesday 9-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed a new massacre in Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, targeting displaced families in Yemen Al-Sa'eed Hospital on Wednesday evening.

17 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in the attack.

Media sources reported that the victims’ bodies were piling up after the IOF bombed displacement tents in Yemen Al-Sa'eed Hospital and Al-Fakhoura area.

17 dead bodies arrived at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip following the attack.

More than 60 Palestinians were killed since the early morning hours of Wednesday, 47 of them in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of those killed since the start of the Israeli military attack on Jabalya refugee camp over the past five days to 120.

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Gaza: Three Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of displaced people tent

GAZA, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured at dawn on Wednesday when Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a tent housing displaced people in Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that three people were killed and others were injured in the Israeli occupation missile bombing of a tent housing displaced people of Abu Obeid family northwest of the camp.

By October 8, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 41,965 reported fatalities, with an additional 97,590 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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Several civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on school in Jabalya town

GAZA, October, 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three civilians today were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school housing displaced people in the town of Jabalya.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews have transferred three slain Palestinians and 25 injures to the Baptist Hospital, as a result of the occupation targeting Al-Rifa-'i School, which houses displaced people in Jabalya Al-Balad.

In an incomplete tally, the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 has risen to about 42,010 civilians, and 97,720 injured, the majority of whom are women and children.

Y.S.

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Journalist killed, others injured in Israeli artillery shelling in Jabalia

Wednesday 9-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A journalist was killed, and two others were injured due to Israeli army shelling and direct gunfire targeting journalists in the Abu Sharkh roundabout area in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza on Wednesday. This raises the toll of journalist fatalities to 176 since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza.

Media sources reported that colleague journalist Mu'hammed Al-Tanani, who worked as a cameraman for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed, and the channel’s correspondent Tamir Labid was injured by shrapnel from a shell that struck his back.

Colleague Fadi Al-Wu'haidi, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, was also injured by a gunshot wound to the neck fired by an Israeli sniper, as reported by the channel’s correspondent Anas Al-Sharif. Medical sources described the conditions of Labid and Al-Wu'haidi as stable.

A few days ago, colleague journalist 'Hasan 'Hamad was killed when his home was targeted in an Israeli shelling of the Jabalya camp in northern Gaza.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza condemned the “killing and assassination” of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation army, holding it fully responsible for the murder of journalist Al-Tanani and the injury of colleagues Labid and Al-Wahidi.

The GMO called on the international community and organizations related to journalism worldwide to deter the occupation and pursue it in international courts for its ongoing crimes. It also called for exerting pressure on Israel to stop the crime of genocide in Gaza and the killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists.

Northern Gaza, specifically the Jabalya camp, is undergoing extensive Israeli military aggression, marking the third of its kind since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. In a move aimed at forcibly displacing the population. The occupation army targets everything that moves in the streets with artillery shells and Quadcopters.

Schools and mosques sheltering displaced persons are also subjected to intense shelling, resulting in dozens of martyrs and injuries.

Since the outbreak of the US-backed genocidal war, the Israeli occupation army has assassinated 176 journalists in the Gaza Strip and injured over 190 others, while 87 media institutions have been destroyed, according to GMO data. 

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

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Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian man after besieging him inside house near Toubas

TUBAS, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian youth was Tuesday night killed after he was shot by Israeli forces, who besieged him inside his home in the town of 'Aqaba, north of Toubas.

Palestinian medical sources said that Abdul Ra-ouf Raji'h Hamid Al-Masry, 37, was killed by an Israeli special forces unit, which infiltrated the town of Aqaba and besieged a house, while additional military reinforcements were sent to the town.

Red Crescent sources also said that their crews received a report of an injury inside the besieged house, but the occupation forces detained the injured young man, and withdraw from the town, before he was confirmed dead by the security sources.

K.T.

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Undercover Israeli occupation forces kill four Palestinians in Nablus

NABLUS, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Undercover Israeli forces Wednesday evening killed four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that undercover Israeli forces, known as Mista'arvim, sneaked their way into the city and opened gunfire on a vehicle, killing the four youths inside, at a time when military reinforcements were sent to Jerusalem Road from the direction of the 'Huwwara military checkpoint before withdrawing.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that PRCS paramedics arrived at the scene and evacuated the four victims to the Rafeedya Government Hospital.

PRCS paramedics also evacuated a youth who sustained an injury after being hit with shrapnel from live ammunition fired by the Israeli special forces to the hospital.

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.

K.F.

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Over 25 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank

RAMALLAH, October, 11, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped at least 25 Palestinians in the West Bank during the last 24 hours, including a journalist and former prisoners.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) and the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement that the detentions were distributed among the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Qalqilya, Jineen, Ramallah, Nablus, Toulkarm, Toubas, and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

According to the statement, the Israeli occupation military continues to conduct extensive raids and acts of violence, accompanied by threats against detainees and their families, as well as destruction of property in the homes of civilians.

Since the onset of the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people exactly one year ago, Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped over 11,200 individuals from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the statement added.

Y.S

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap child, woman from Ramallah, after raiding their homes

RAMALLAH, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The Israeli occupation forces Wednesday kidnapped today a child and a woman from Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

Security sources reported to WAFA that the occupation forces detained Shaheen Iyad Hamayil, 16,from the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah, and Aya Khuwaira from Al-Balou' neighborhood in the city of Al-Beerih, after raiding and searching their homes.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian man while he was picking olives near Salfit

SALFIT, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on Wednesday Palestinian man identified as Mu'hammed 'Ali 'Awda, 36, from the town of 'Huwwara while he was picking olives near the town of Kifl 'Haris, north of Salfeet.

'Awda told WAFA that a group of colonists attacked them while they were picking olives and assaulted him, which led to a broken hand and bruises and wounds in various parts of his body.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack a mosque east of Nablus

NABLUS, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers Wednesday attacked a mosque in Khirbet Tana, which forms a part of the Bait Foureek town, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to an activist.

Tha-ir 'Hanani, the head of the Committee for the Defense of Tana Lands, said that colonists vandalized the sole mosque Khirbet Tana, smashing the solar panels generating electricity to it and wreaking havoc inside.

He added that Khirbet Tana has become a target of ongoing settler attacks and the Israeli occupation apartheid regime have displaced the community several times in an attempt to seize their land for colonial settlement construction.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Over 700,000 Israeli colonists are living in colonies across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.

K.F. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian, seize his vehicle near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers Wednesday evening attacked a Palestinian and seized his vehicle near the Dair Dibwan town, east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to security sources.

They said that several colonists set up a roadblock on the outskirts of the town, assaulted a villager of Burqa who was driving nearby and seized his vehicle.

Meanwhile, Israeli colonists mounted an attack on Palestinians’ houses in the Khalayil Al-Louz locality, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.

'Hasan Buraijah, Israeli wall and settler-colonialism specialist, said that several illegal Israeli settlers, under army protection, attacked houses belonging to the Abu Kamil family, simultaneously while firing barrages of gunfire as well as teargas and concussion bombs.

Not only did not the occupation soldiers stop the attack, but also they chased Palestinians and their vehicles in the locality.

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Over 700,000 Israeli colonists are living in colonies across Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and the West Bank in violation of international law.

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Israeli occupation forces erect checkpoints to the north and northeast of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening erected checkpoints to the north and northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to local sources.

They said that the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the Abu Fala'h village, east of Ramallah, and another at the entrance of the 'Ain Sinya village, north of Ramallah, at a time when they barged their way into the nearby town of Turmus 'Ayya.

There was no immediate information on any detention case.

Israeli severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of over 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads and various other physical obstructions.

Closures besides to other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 57-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

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'Hamas: Israeli orders to evacuate hospitals constitute flagrant violation of international laws

Wednesday 9-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement has charged that the Israeli threats to evacuate Gaza hospitals including Kamal 'Udwan, the Indonesian and Al-'Awda hospitals, of the patients, the displaced and medical staff, in light of the military campaign it is waging on the northern Gaza Strip governorate, is a flagrant violation of international laws, and a criminal attempt to implement the displacement plans that the fascist occupation government seeks to implement.

The Movement stressed in a press statement on Tuesday evening that the Israeli terrorist evacuation orders of hospitals under the pressure of bombardment, aggression and direct targeting is similar to a death sentence against thousands of patients and the wounded, including women, elderly, and children.

'Hamas affirmed that this decision requires the UN and all international institutions to take immediate action to stop this crime and take decisive measures to protect medical centers and hospitals, including the patients and the displaced, and to work on providing them with all the fuel, equipment, and medical supplies they need.

The Movement said, “The aggression launched by the Israeli occupation army against our people in the northern Gaza Strip, especially in Jabalya and its refugee camp, and the ongoing bombing of citizens’ homes, shelters, displacement centers and hospitals; will not succeed in breaking the will of the patient and the steadfast people and their valiant resistance, which has stood firm in the face of the Israeli successive waves of terrorist attacks.”

The Israeli occupation army instructed the hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate the patients, displaced, and the medical staff, while laying siege to Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli occupation army was besieging Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in the North Gaza Governorate, and opened fire on the hospital’s administration office.

The Ministry of Health indicated that the hospital would stop operating within hours due to running out of fuel, confirming that the occupation army demanded the evacuation of Kamal 'Udwan, the Indonesian and Al-Awda hospitals, otherwise they will face the same fate as of Al-Shifa Hospital, of destruction, killing and arrest.

It noted that the army arrested a paramedic who accompanied one of the intensive care cases during its transfer from Kamal Adwan Hospital despite following coordination procedures.

The Director of Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, Dr. 'Husam Abu Safiya, said, “We were officially informed to evacuate the hospital within 24 hours of all the patients and the wounded, and all medical staff by tomorrow.”

“The army threatened me personally that if the hospital is not evacuated by tomorrow, we will expose ourselves to danger,” Abu Safiya added.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Guterres: Gaza is living multiple crises, Lebanon is on the verge of all-out war

Wednesday 9-October-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Lebanon is on the verge of all-out war due to the Israeli escalation, stressing the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.

This came in statements to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening, during which he addressed the general situation in the Gaza Strip and the region.

Speaking about the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Lebanon, Guterres said the past year “has been a year of crises: a humanitarian crisis, political crisis, diplomatic crisis, and a moral crisis,” and “the nightmare in Gaza is now entering an atrocious, abominable second year.”

Guterres stated that Gaza has become the center of unimaginable suffering after October 7, 2023, referring to the killing of civilians, journalists, humanitarian aid workers and UN employees.

He added that Israel attacked residential areas in northern Gaza, evacuated hospitals and cut off electricity, warning of the enforcement of an Israeli bill that would prevent the UNRWA from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, stressing that the Israeli move would be disastrous.

Guterres pointed out that he has been warning for months about the risk of the conflict spreading in the region, saying that the Middle East has become a powder keg with many parties holding the match.

He pointed out that the occupied West Bank has reached a boiling point, and that the attacks on Lebanon threaten the entire region, noting that more than 2,000 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Guterres stressed the need for implementing the two-state solution, and that all peoples of the region live in peace.

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Six Israelis injured following a stabbing attack south of 'Haifa

TEL AVIV, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Six Israelis were injured on Wednesday afternoon in a stabbing attack that took place in the occupied city of Al-Khudaira, within the 1948 territories.

According to Israeli media, "some of the injured are in critical condition," noting that the perpetrator was shot.

It said that the nature of his injury is not yet known.

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UNRWA Commissioner: 400,000 Palestinians are besieged in the northern Gaza Strip

RAMALLAH, October, 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that at least 400,000 people are trapped in the northern Gaza Strip, and Israeli evacuation orders are forcing people to flee repeatedly, especially from Jabalya refugee camp.

Lazzarini said that a large number of Palestinians refuse to evacuate, because they realize that there is no safe place in the Gaza Strip, pointing to the spread and worsening of famine throughout the Strip, with the lack of basic supplies.

He revealed that some of the agency's shelter and service centers were forced to close for the first time since the beginning of the war.

The Commissioner-General of UNRWA continued, "The continued bombing threatens the implementation of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip."

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Euro-Med: Israel subjects northern Gaza to one of the most violent campaigns of its genocide

Wednesday 9-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is imminent as the Israeli occupation tightens its siege on the Jabalya refugee camp and Bait Lahya project in the northern Gaza Strip for the fourth consecutive day, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned in a statement issued late Tuesday.

Israel is accelerating the pace of its genocide against the Palestinians there by carrying out mass and planned killings, as well as widespread forced displacements, the statement said.

“The international community, led by the United Nations, must act swiftly and decisively to save tens of thousands of residents who are being subjected to one of the most violent campaigns of genocide the Strip has ever witnessed.”

Israeli occupation forces have intensified their siege of the Jabalya refugee camp and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Tel Al-Za'tar, Al-Sikka, Bait 'Hanoun, and Bait Lahya. The Israeli forces have also taken up positions in the western region of the Gaza Strip, advancing as far as the Jaffa Cemetery and the Tawam Junction.

With airstrikes, fire belts, and artillery shelling—including bombing homes over the heads of their occupants—the Israeli occupation forces have been occupying large portions of northern Gaza since Saturday evening, 5 October. Dozens of people have been killed and injured as a result of this ongoing invasion.

Initial reports confirmed that five citizens—including a woman, a man, and his son—were executed by the occupation forces for trying to escape the Jabalya refugee camp while waving white flags.

In an extremely dangerous development, Israeli army forces ordered the complete evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital, located in the Beit Lahia project, north of Gaza. Kamal 'Udwan Hospital’s director, Dr. 'Husam Abu Safiya, reported that he received a call from the occupation forces telling him that if he did not get the patients and medical staff out of the hospital within a day, they would be put in danger.

Along with two other hospitals in northern Gaza, Al-'Awda Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalya, Kamal 'Udwan Hospital is partially operational after being raided and destroyed in the Israeli military’s first invasion of northern Gaza last December, during which the hospital’s medical staff, patients, and displaced persons were severely mistreated by the occupation forces.

Kamal Adwan Hospital is currently being besieged by Israeli quadcopter aircraft for the second day in a row, with smoke bombs being detonated at its gate and dozens of raids on nearby buildings.

The sole road that ambulances used to move dozens of seriously injured patients from Kamal 'Udwan Hospital to the Baptist Hospital has been cut off, following an Israeli bombing of a building in the vicinity. This was followed by the occupation forces’ tightening of the siege on the hospital, and the blocking of ambulances and any other methods of victim transport.

Earlier on Tuesday, the occupation forces arrested a paramedic who was transporting patients from the Kamal 'Uwdan Hospital to the Baptist Hospital, despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities.

The Euro-Med Monitor field team received testimonies from citizens, who were able to reach Gaza City, about witnessing dead bodies lying in the streets. The citizens also stated that they saw victims trapped beneath the debris of bombed-out houses, and that ambulance and civil defense crews were unable to reach the area as at least 20 houses were targeted by Israeli forces in a four-day period.

Thousands of people trapped in the Jabalya and Bait Lahya camps are suffering from a near-total shortage of food supplies, which were already scarce due to Israel’s closure of the border crossings. The limited amount of goods and other aid that had previously been allowed to enter the area was blocked by Israel for more than a week prior to the new invasion.

Numerous families remain stuck in their homes, enduring harsh living conditions under the intensified and brutal Israeli bombing. Citizens are not even able to leave their homes in order to obtain water, and municipal crews and local committees are unable to assist them. As a result, thousands of residents face the threat of starvation, dehydration, or death, knowing full well that they are all victims of the catastrophic effects of malnutrition brought on by Israel’s year-long starvation policy.

The Euro-Med called on the UN and international community to bear their legal and moral obligation to put an end to the horrific crime of genocide being committed by the Israeli occupation for the second year in a row now.

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Aid organizations warn of escalating humanitarian crisis after mass forced displacement in northern Gaza

NEW YORK, October 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

International aid organizations warned that Israel’s new mass displacement orders targeting the remaining Palestinians of the northern Gaza Strip will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the north.

Nineteen international aid organizations, including civil society groups from the UK, France, the US, and Switzerland released a joint statement warning that the growing conflict in northern Gaza will result in a humanitarian catastrophe.

“This move will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the north, and has prevented international and national humanitarian organizations from carrying out already very limited life-saving aid operations.”

The joint statement stressed that nowhere in Gaza is safe for civilians, noting that given the severity of the needs, humanitarian actors must be able to distribute aid and continue their work, without the threat of displacement or military operations.

UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 people facing Israeli evacuation orders amid ongoing airstrikes and ground operations.

The joint statement warned that Israel ordered residents to flee through dangerous routes to already overcrowded areas.

The undersigned aid organizations called for a permanent ceasefire, the protection of civilians and a scale up of humanitarian aid.

Signatories:

ActionAid

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

War Child

Médecins du Monde France, Spain and Switzerland

HelpAge International

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

Terre des Hommes Italia

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)

Humanity & Inclusion/ Handicap International (HI)

Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)

Save the Children

CARE International

Islamic Relief

Plan International

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

Oxfam

Premiere Urgence Internationale

Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS)

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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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