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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On Day 349 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, More Israeli Massacres, in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon

September 19, 2024

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On Day 348 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 20 Palestinians Killed, 54 Injured, with a Death Toll of  41,272 and 95,551 Injuries, September 18, 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 September 18, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 51,272+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (41,272), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 18, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 95,551.

By September 19, 2024, 710 Palestinians who were killed, 5,515 who were injured, and 10,743, 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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The death toll from the Israeli cyber attack on the wireless Lebanese communication devices over the past two days has reached 37, with thousands injured, September 19, 2024.	The 'Hamas Resistance Movement mourned the three martyrs who were killed by the Israeli occupation forces, in Qabatya town, in Jineen, on September 19, 2024.
US Senator Bernie Sanders said that the Israeli massacres in Gaza are being carried out with US military equipment, calling for an end to the US-Israeli collusion, September 19, 2024.	As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 349, Israeli aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound homes, shelter centers, and citizens, September 19, 2024.
Palestinian teenager, Hani Majdi Al-Kari, was shot and killed by the Israeli occupation forces, during their storming of the Shu'fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, September 19, 2024.	7 Palestinians were killed, 6 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces during their assault on the town of Qabatya, south of Jineen, September 19, 2024.
The entire family of 'Azzam was massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in Jabalya, north of Gaza Strip, as they were preparing to bake bread, September 19, 2024.	Getting the martyrs of Al-'Haddad family out of the rubble of their house in Gaza city, after an attack by the Israeli occupation forces, September 19, 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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Massive Israeli airstrikes target southern Lebanon and Bikaa' Valley

BEIRUT, September 19, 2024 (WAFA) —

Israeli warplanes conducted over 70 airstrikes across several towns in southern Lebanon and the Bikaa' Valley late this evening.

The targeted locations included the villages and towns of Ma'hmoudiya, Balat, Kafr Kila, Ain El-Kubair, Barghoz, Jabal Al-Ri'han, Al-Jubour, and the banks of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Additionally, the towns of 'Ayn Al-Teena and Maidoun, in the western Bikaa' region were also struck.

The airstrikes were accompanied by extensive over flights of military and reconnaissance aircraft, heightening tensions in the region.  

M.N.

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The death toll from explosion of communication devices in Lebanon rises to 37 martyrs

Thursday 19-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Lebanese Health Minister Firas Al-Abyadh said that the death toll from the wireless communication device explosions over the past two days has reached 37, with thousands injured. Prime Minister Najeeb Miqati called on the UN Security Council to take a firm stance against the technological war being waged by Israel against Lebanon.

This was mentioned in a press statement by Al-Abyadh in the capital, Beirut, on Thursday in response to the explosions that occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday involving “pager” and “Icom” communication devices in various regions of Lebanon.

The Lebanese minister reported that the number of fatalities from the wireless communication explosions that occurred yesterday, Wednesday, has risen to 25, with injuries increasing to 608, including 61 in critical condition. This followed his earlier statement during a press conference today, where he reported only 20 fatalities.

He noted that dozens of doctors spent the previous night in operating rooms, while hundreds of nurses and paramedics participated in providing rapid treatment to those injured in the explosions.

The minister pointed out that the explosions revealed one positive aspect: the solidarity of the Lebanese people across different regions in response to the event.

He also mentioned that there are initiatives led by unnamed Arab countries to provide medical services to Lebanon, expressing his appreciation for this support.

For his part, Lebanese Prime Minister Najeeb Miqati urged the United Nations Security Council, which is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Friday, to discuss the explosions affecting communication devices used by Hezbollah, to take a firm stance to stop the technological war being waged by Israel against Lebanon.

Mikati emphasized in a statement the necessity for the Security Council to take a decisive stance to halt the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and the technological war being waged against the country, which has resulted in the death of hundreds of citizens and the injury of thousands.

Earlier today, Hezbollah announced that 20 of its members were killed due to a series of explosions on Wednesday affecting Icom wireless devices in several regions of Lebanon.

These explosions followed a similar incident on Tuesday that targeted pager communication devices, resulting in the deaths of 12 people, including civilians, and injuring around 2,800 others, with 300 in critical condition.

Lebanon and Hezbollah accuse Israel of being responsible for the breach and explosion of the devices, while Tel Aviv remains silent on the matter.

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14 Lebanese martyrs, 450 injuries in a new wave of explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon

Wednesday 18-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Several explosions took place on Wednesday evening after wireless communication devices detonated in a fresh wave of explosions in several Lebanese regions, causing a number of martyrs and injuries.

The Lebanese ministry of health announced that 14 citizens were martyred and 450 others were injured in the new wave of explosions of electronic devices in the country.

Lebanese media reported that several explosions of wireless communication devices occurred in the southern suburbs of Beirut and locations in the Bikaa' Valley in Lebanon.

Fires broke out in a number of residential apartments, vehicles, and motorcycles as a result of the explosion of wireless communication devices across the country. 

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Euro-Med: Israel’s explosion of communication devices in Lebanon flagrant violation of int’l law

Thursday 19-September-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said that Israel’s detonation of pager and wireless communication devices in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday constitutes a serious targeting of civilians and a blatant violation of international law.

The Monitor clarified that the attack was not limited to targeting Hezbollah members; rather, Israel indiscriminately exploded the targeted devices, including those used by civilians.

It noted that the timing of the attack indicates that Israel did not take the necessary precautions, as it occurred during periods when device users were at home with their families, leading to numerous severe injuries among civilians, including children.

The Euro-Med Monitor deemed Israel’s actions a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits indiscriminate attacks and the targeting of civilians and their property, requiring warring parties to differentiate between civilians and combatants at all times.

It emphasized that international humanitarian law forbids the use of booby traps associated with items used in everyday civilian life, or those linked with protected persons, including those that attract civilians.

The Monitor stressed that these violations represent a serious breach of human rights, involving unlawful killings and violations of personal and public safety, and have been used as a tool to achieve political objectives, clearly contradicting the fundamental principles of human rights.

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor called for an urgent and independent international investigation into these attacks and urged pressure on Israel to immediately stop its crimes and prevent escalation in the region.

Lebanon experienced explosions in communication and wireless devices today and yesterday, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of Lebanese, with Lebanon and Hezbollah holding the Israeli occupation responsible for what occurred.

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'Hamas welcomes Hezbollah’s continued backing of Palestinian resistance

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said in a statement issued in Thursday it appreciates remarks by the Secretary-General of 'Hizbullah, 'Hasan Nasrullah, after he reaffirmed “the resistance” in Lebanon will not stop supporting Gaza.

'Hizbullah’s stance “is a blow to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his fascist government”, 'Hamas said.

Lebanon’s “sacrifices”, it added, will only help the fight towards Palestine’s “liberation”.

'Hamas also said that the “Israeli brutal attacks on the brotherly Lebanese people on Tuesday and Wednesday were a failed attempt to strike the support front for the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, but Hezbollah’s position thwarted those plans.”

The Movement stressed that Israel’s escalation of killings, massacres, and genocide against civilians in Palestine and Lebanon makes it a rogue entity and a real threat to the stability of the region and the world, calling on the international community to act to isolate this entity and prosecute its leaders for their war crimes.

In a televised speech, Nasrullah pledged to keep up 'Hizbullah’s fight against Israel until its nearly 12-month war on the Gaza Strip ends.

The Lebanese Islamic Resistance Party’s leader also reiterated the only path to bring calm to the region is for Israel to also halt its assaults on the occupied West Bank.

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US Senator Bernie Sanders: The Israeli massacres in Gaza are being carried out with US military equipment

Thursday 19-September-2024

WASHINGTON, (PIC)

The Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders called for an end to the collusion between the US administration and the Israeli government in the genocide war against the Palestinian people.

In a speech to members of the Senate on Wednesday, Sanders announced that he will file a draft resolution to the Congress next week for a vote to stop a US-arms deal with Israel worth $20 billion.

Despite the emergence of voices in the Congress condemning the war on Gaza, the majority of US lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties support supplying Israel with weapons and money, and therefore the chance of passing any draft resolution that contradicts this policy seems nonexistent.

Sanders stressed that the massacre in Gaza is being carried out with US arms, denouncing his country’s complicity in this humanitarian catastrophe.

He pointed out that providing more US weapons to continue the disastrous war in Gaza violates the international law.

Sanders explained that 60% of the victims of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza for about a year now are women and children, and 90% of the population has been displaced due to the war.

The independent US senator has repeatedly called for stopping the military and financial support for Israel and has been accusing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of carrying out ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.

Sanders noted that the Biden Administration approved a series of arms sales to Israel in mid August that totaled more than $20 billion, and included several systems in five separate packages.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a bloody war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in more than 136,000 martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are children and women. 

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UN official: Nothing justifies the Israeli collective punishment of the Palestinian people

Thursday 19-September-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, reiterated that “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation of international law.”

Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) calls on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” and to “fully respect all of its legal obligations in this regard.” Settlement activity has, nevertheless, continued, Wennesland said in a video briefing to the Security Council.

“In total, some 6,370 housing units were advanced or approved in settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of these, 5,840 housing units were in Area C, including three outposts legalized under Israeli law, and nearly 530 housing units were advanced in the Gilo settlement in East Jerusalem. Construction tenders were published for approximately 1,100 housing units in settlements, including 780 in East Jerusalem.”

He further pointed out that 188 Palestinians, including 111 children, left their occupied West Bank communities, citing violence and harassment by settlers and shrinking grazing land.

He concluded by calling for “immediate steps to prevent all acts of violence against civilians, including acts of terror, as well as all acts of provocation and destruction.”

He further called on Israel to abide by its obligations under international law.

“I also recall that Israel, as the Occupying Power, has a responsibility to ensure that the civilian population is protected against all acts of violence and call on Israel to ensure thorough, independent and prompt investigations into all instances of possible excessive use of force.”

“I reiterate my call for an immediate ceasefire to end human suffering and urge all sides to redouble efforts to reach a deal that will bring about an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages,” he added.

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Commission: Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa prison are living in hell

Thursday 19-September-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission said on Thursday that the “Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli Gilboa prison are living in hell.”

The Commission explained, quoting its lawyer who was able to visit some detainees in Gilboa prison two days ago, that “Israeli jailers at Gilboa prison target the detainees’ psychologically by physical and verbal insults.”

The lawyer explained that beating and cursing have become a daily fixed routine, in addition to forcing detainees to sit in certain positions during the counting procedure.

He further elaborated that the detainees are forced to kneel on the ground with their hands over their heads and their faces towards the wall, adding that they are forced to walk on lines drawn on the ground when going out for a break.

The Commission revealed that the prisoners are completely isolated from the outside world and served food poor in quantity and quality, adding that there is a severe shortage of clothes and blankets in addition to the spread of skin diseases and the lack of cleaning materials and disinfectants.

According to the Commission’s lawyer, the prison sections are severely overcrowded to the extent that prisoners do not have space to sit on or move outside the boundaries of their mattresses.

The Commission said that the number of arrests in the West Bank including Jerusalem has surged to more than 10,800 arrests since the start of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide and the comprehensive aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7, 2023. 

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UN humanitarian organizations: Israel blocks 83% of food aid to Gaza

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Israel has blocked the entry of 83% of food aid to the Gaza Strip, nearly a year after the beginning of the genocidal war against the Palestinians in the besieged Strip, according to a press release issued by 16 UN humanitarian relief organizations.

The statement indicated that the percentage of blocked aid has increased from that of 34% in 2023, which means that the people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day.

It pointed out that about 50,000 children aged between 6 to 59 months urgently need treatment for malnutrition by the end of the year.

The signatory organizations, such as Save the Children, Oxfam and the Danish Refugee Council, stressed that providing aid is the only available option under the current circumstances, due to the inability to manage the humanitarian situation.

They added that coordination for providing aid suffers from significant delays, as only 37 out of 94 humanitarian missions were implemented in northern Gaza between September 1-15, and 50% of the 243 missions in southern Gaza.

The crime of genocide committed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip continues for the 348th consecutive days, by committing daily massacres and inhumane crimes against Palestinian civilians.

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UNRWA: People in Gaza eat once every two days

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has cautioned that the Palestinian people in Gaza are eating, on overage, once every two days, casting light on the famine crisis as a few amounts of aid trucks are allowed into the enclave.

According to UNRWA, there is a severe food shortage in Gaza, with 83 percent of required aid food is being blocked from reaching two million displaced Palestinians.

On average, people have one meal every other day, the UN agency added.

To mitigate the effects of malnutrition, UNRWA and World Food Program distribute high-energy biscuits to children during recreational activities.

Since the start of the war, 36 children have died of malnutrition, while the lives of 3,500 children are at risk due to the Israeli systematic starvation policy.

UNRWA also warned that the delivery of critical humanitarian supplies will be complicated for relief agencies as winter approaches, and may bring worsening conditions in light of damaged roads and war-ravaged infrastructure in Gaza.

“Despite the chronic lack of humanitarian supplies and constant challenges, UNRWA teams in Gaza continue reaching as many people as possible with critical aid,” it confirmed.

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'Hamas welcomes the UNGA resolution which calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement hailed a resolution approved overwhelmingly by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

'Hamas, in a statement issued on Wednesday night, said that the adoption of this resolution expresses the true international will to support the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights, and above all the right to self-determination and the formation of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

'Hamas thanked the countries that voted in favor of the resolution and urged them to take more actions and decisions that “will isolate the fascist occupation regime and put pressure on it to stop the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.”

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the resolution that was proposed in response to a July ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end.

Some 124 countries voted for the resolution, 14 opposed it, and 43 abstained. Israel, the US, Czechia, and Argentina were the largest countries opposing, along with Pacific island nations. Paraguay and Malawi also opposed the measure.

Many European nations abstained — including Ukraine, the UK, Germany and Italy — as well as Canada and Australia. The resolution was basically sponsored by the State of Palestine and 29 other countries, mostly Muslim nations.

The approved resolution calls for the withdrawal of all Israeli forces and the evacuation of settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories “without delay”. 

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

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On September 18, 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 2 main massacres, in which 20 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 54 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 41,272 and the injuries to 95,551, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 349

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 349 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and shelter centers and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours.

A Civil Defense member and his pregnant wife were killed in an Israeli strike on Al-Shaheen family house in the Al-Fakhoura area in the Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip.

Early today, Israeli shelling targeted Block 3 in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Five Palestinians were killed while many others were injured when an Israeli airstrike bombed overnight a residential building belonging to the “Al-Da'our” family in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Three Palestinians, including a child, were also killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the “Baroud” family house in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Four other people were killed in a similar attack in the Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip.

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Gaza: A number of Palestinian killed by Israeli bombing

GAZA, September 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A number of Palestinians were killed and others were injured with various wounds on Thursday in the Israeli bombing of the central and southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that a number of citizens were killed in the Israeli airstrike of Rafa'h city. 

The same sources added that four citizens were killed and others were injured after the occupation bombed a house belonging to 'Azzam family in Jabalya Al-Balad, north of Gaza City.

A number of citizens were injured, most of them children, when an occupation "Quadcopter" aircraft dropped a bomb on them in the new camp north of Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip, while artillery shelling continues west of the camp.

The occupation also continues to fire bullets in areas north of Bureij.

Civil defense crews said this morning it recovered the bodies of a woman and two girls from the residential apartment that the occupation bombed on Al-Thalatheeni Street south of Gaza City, which belongs to Al-Haddad family.

Two slain people are still under the rubble, while civil defense crews are facing difficulties in retrieving them, which raises the death toll of this family to five.

In a related context, a number of citizens were injured, most of them children, when an occupation "Quadcopter" aircraft dropped a bomb on them in the new camp north of Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip, while artillery shelling continues west of the camp.

In a non-final tally, the death toll in the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of the aggression on October 7 of last year, has risen to 41,272, the majority of whom are children and women, while the number of injuries has reached 95,551, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

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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Palestinian teen killed in the Shu'fat refugee camp, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Thursday 19-September-2024

A Palestinian teen was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire in Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Wednesday evening.

A special Israeli unit stormed the refugee camp amid heavy gunfire, which led to the serious injury of the 16-year-old Hani Majdi Al-Kari.

Hani was shot in the chest before succumbing to his serious wounds.

The Israeli forces sent military reinforcements to the camp, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes amid heavy use of live ammunition, sound bombs, and toxic tear gas.

Hani’s martyrdom brings the total death toll in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, to 707, including 160 children, 10 women, and 9 elderly people.

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Israeli occupation forces continue wide-scale offensive in Qabatya, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries

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Jineen, September 19, 2024 (WAFA) —

Israeli occupation forces have maintained a siege on the town of Qabatya, located south of Jineen, since early Thursday morning. This ongoing offensive has resulted in the killing of at least three Palestinians and injuries to six others, two of whom were struck by an Israeli military vehicle during the incursion.

According to local sources, Israeli troops stormed the town, encircling a residential home and bombarding it with shoulder-fired missiles. Eyewitness footage captured the moment when soldiers took the bodies of the three slain individuals from the rooftop of the besieged home. Following this, military bulldozers began demolishing the structure.

Simultaneously, the forces advanced into the vicinity of 'Izzat Abu Rob School in the town during classes, accompanied by a military bulldozer, firing live ammunition around the area. Approximately 1,200 students and staff members remain trapped within the local education directorate, while eight schools in more remote locations have been evacuated.

Our correspondent reported that many students suffered from tear gas inhalation due to the intense deployment of toxic gas by the Israeli forces near both Abu Rob and Qabatya schools, leading to panic among students and teachers.

Additionally, troops have prevented Palestinian Red Crescent teams from accessing the besieged home. Reports indicate that soldiers conducted searches from the rooftops of nearby buildings and detonated an explosive device in the vicinity, while also targeting journalists with tear gas.

Infrastructure in Qabatya has faced extensive damage, with Israeli heavy machinery vandalizing roads and a local police station in the town.

With the murder of the three individuals in Qabatya, the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem since October 7, 2023, has risen to 710, including 160 children, 10 women, and 9 elderly individuals.

M.N.

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Two Palestinians killed, two others injured in Israeli army raid in Qabatya

Jineen, September 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians Thursday evening were killed and two others were injured in an Israeli army raid in the town of Qabatya, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jineen, according to WAFA correspondent.

She said that an Israeli drone carried out an airstrike that targeted a vehicle in the northern West Bank town, killing a young man.

She added that the occupation forces opened fore towards Palestinians close to the town entrance, injuring three; two young men and a critically-injured child. One of the two young men succumbed to his injury shortly afterwards.

Earlier today, the occupation forces carried out a deadly raid in the town, killing three young men by live ammunition.

The gun-toting soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the three men for six hours, leaving them bleeding to death.

Ten Palestinians were injured in the same deadly raid, including two who sustained injuries after being run over by Israeli army vehicles.

WAFA correspondent added that the occupation soldiers besieged several houses and demolished another in the town.

A video footage that went viral online shows the occupation soldiers throwing the body of a youth they killed off the roof of a building during the raid into Qabatya.

K.F.

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'Hamas mourns Qabatya martyrs, calls for escalating resistance operations in the West Bank

Thursday 19-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement mourned the three martyrs who were killed by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOFs) gunfire in Qabatya town, in Jenin, stressing that their assassination encourages Palestinians to continue qualitative resistance operations.

In a press statement on Thursday evening, 'Hamas called on the Palestinians in the West Bank to “escalate confrontations with the IOFs,” as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood battle which has extended to all arenas of confrontation with the IOFs.

On Thursday afternoon, three Palestinian youths were martyred, and four others were injured after the IOFs stormed the town of Qabatya, south of Jenin, and encircled a house before bombing it with Energa missiles.

Footage has shown Israeli occupation soldiers climbing onto the rooftop of the house and dragging the bodies of the three martyrs outside, before a military bulldozer began demolishing the besieged house.

Meanwhile, eyewitnesses confirmed that ambulance crews transferred two people injured with live bullets in the shoulder and the knee, and others who were run over by an Israeli military jeep while they were inside a public vehicle.

Dozens of students suffered from suffocation as a result of inhaling toxic tear gas which was heavily fired by the IOFs towards the nearby 'Izzat Abu Al-Rub School and Qabatya Elementary School.

The Qabatya’s Education Director Ahmed Jarara’a said that about 1,000 students were trapped in the two schools, and 200 employees and citizens were trapped inside the Education Directorate, while eight schools were evacuated in distant areas. 

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Israeli occupation forces abuse bodies of three slain Palestinians in Qabatya

Jineen, September 19, 2024 (WAFA) —

Israeli occupation forces have mistreated the bodies of three Palestinians killed by the former earlier today in the town of Qabatya, located south of Jineen in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

According to our correspondent, Israeli troops accessed the roof of the house where the three individuals had been shot dead, using a bulldozer to remove their bodies and bring them to the ground. Soldiers then carried each body one by one and threw them from the rooftop.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli forces opened fire on the three young men and prevented ambulance teams from reaching them for six hours. The military also shelled the house with explosives, killing the three and causing significant damage to the property.

At least 10 more Palestinians were reported injured by Israeli military gunfire during the ongoing offensive.

M.N.

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Fresh Israeli occupation forces kidnappings across West Bank

Thursday 19-September-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a large-scale raid and arrest campaign in the West Bank at dawn Thursday.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnapped 13 Palestinians after storming the city from its eastern and northern entrances, and roamed several neighborhoods.

In Bethlehem, IOFs kidnapped four Palestinian youths from Doa'ha town and three others from the Karkafa area.

Along the same line, the IOFs violently kidnapped the journalist and ex-prisoner Mujahid Al-Sa'di from his family home in Jineen after severely beating him in front of his children.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two brothers after raiding and searching their family home.

Several neighborhoods were also stormed during the raid amid heavy gunfire, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes. 

20 kidnapped.

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Seven Palestinians from Al-Fawwar refugee camp released after severe abuse by occupation forces

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 19, 2024 (WAFA) —

Israeli occupation forces have released seven Palestinian young men from Al-Fawwar refugee camp after subjecting them to severe mistreatment during their detention. The youths were among many detained during a large-scale incursion into the camp the previous day.

According to local reports, the released individuals were abandoned on various roads far from their homes, displaying visible injuries and bruises, with some struggling to move.

Amjad Al-Najjar, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), described the treatment endured by those released as brutal and inhumane. He stated that the youths were kept handcuffed and blindfolded, and were denied food and water during their detention.

Al-Najjar also noted that soldiers used a hammer to strike them and attempted to extract the teeth of one of the seven detainees.

Due to their deteriorating health, the released youths were taken to Hebron Government Hospital for medical examinations, as several were unable to stand or move certain limbs.

M.N.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian youth, attack vehicles

Thursday 19-September-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian young man in Kisan village, to the east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), while other groups of settlers attacked and damaged Palestinian vehicles in the village of Bureen, south of Nablus, on Thursday.

Local sources in Kisan said that the illegal Israeli settlers beat up the 19-year-old teen, Mu'hammed Sali'h and unleashed a dog at him.

Director of Ambulance and Emergency in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Abdul 'Haleem Ja’afra said that the youth was carried to Bait Jala Governmental Hospital for treatment of dog bites.

In Bureen, dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, which was built on Palestinian land, according to local sources. 

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IOFs demolish Palestinian facilities in the Palestinian town of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Thursday 19-September-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished a Palestinian-owned house, a tin shack, and two agricultural rooms in the Bait 'Awwa town, southwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), on Thursday morning.

Citizen Mu'hammed Mousa Al-Suwaiti affirmed that the IOFs demolished his 170-square-meter house.

The IOFs also demolished a 1,000-square-meter sheep pen, in addition to two agricultural rooms made of brick and tin, each with an area of ​​50 square meters.

Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has been waging a parallel aggression across the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians’ houses, steal their sheep in southern West Bank

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

Armed illegal Israeli settlers Thursday evening attacked Palestinians’ houses and stole their sheep in Masafir Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources.

They said that a group of armed colonists, under army protection, mounted an attack on the houses of the residents of Masafir Yatta, breaking into the dwellings of two cattle herders, holding the families into one room, ransacking the houses along with the cattle barns and wreaking havoc inside.

The assailants stole a large number of the cattle.

Masafir Yatta is a collection of almost 19 hamlets which rely heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood.

Located in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military control, the area has been subjected to repeated Israeli violations by colonists and soldiers targeting their main source of living - livestock.

It has been designated as a closed Israeli military zone for training since 1980s and accordingly referred to as Firing Zone 918.

Israeli violations against the area include demolition of animal barns, homes and residential structures. Issuance of construction permits by Israel to local Palestinians in the area is non-existent.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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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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