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 351 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 12 Massacres, 119 Palestinians Killed, 209 Injured, with a Death Toll of  41,391 and 95,760 Injuries

September 21, 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 21, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 51,391+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (41,391), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 21, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 95,760.

By September 21, 2024, 716 Palestinians who were killed, 5,751 who were injured, and 10,826, 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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'Hizbullah military commanders Ibraheem Aqeel and A'hmed Wahbi, together with 13 fighters, by an Israeli missile airstrike, which reached the second underground floor, on September 20, 2024.	'Hizbullah military commanders Ibraheem Aqeel and A'hmed Wahbi, together with 13 fighters, by an Israeli missile airstrike, which reached the second underground floor, on September 20, 2024 2.
The Israeli occupation forces killed 13 children and six women in a massacre against displaced Palestinians sheltering in an Al-Zaytoun elementary school, in Gaza City,  September 21, 2024.	The Israeli occupation forces killed 13 children and six women in a massacre against displaced Palestinians sheltering in Al-Fala'h elementary school, Al-Zaytoun, Gaza,  on September 21, 2024.
Handicap International has warned that unexploded ordnance is one of the biggest long-term problems in the war-battered Gaza Strip, September 21, 2024.	As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 351, 45 Palestinians were killed, mostly children and women, by Israeli attacks, September 21, 2024.
Displaced Palestinians grieving the death of family members who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Fala'h school, in Al- Zaytoun, south of Gaza city, September 2021.	Palestinians grieving the death of family members who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, September 2021.

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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‎'Hamas mourns 'Hizbullah leader Ibraheem 'Aqeel, says his assassination affirms unity of destiny

Saturday 21-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas mourned in a press statement on Saturday the 'Hizbullah leader Ibraheem Aqeel, and the martyrs of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, who were killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut.

“The martyrdom of the great leader Hajj Ibraheem Aqeel, along the road to Jerusalem, and in the heroic support battle that the Islamic Resistance is waging in Lebanon in support of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip alongside our brothers in the axis of resistance, confirms once again the unity of destiny and path,” it added.

Hamas expressed its sincere condolences to 'Hizbullah and the Lebanese people “for the martyrdom of the great leader Ibraheem Aqeel, who ascended to heaven with a group of martyred leaders, in a cowardly assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation army.”

It appreciated the “great sacrifices” made by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, and their insistence on continuing their support and backing to the Palestinian people who are being subjected to a brutal war of genocide “at the hands of the criminal neo-Nazi Zionists.”

The confrontations between Israeli army and Hezbollah have escalated since the assassination of the party’s military commander Fouad Shukr.

For its part, the Lebanese 'Hizbullah mourned on Saturday the military commander A'hmed Wahbi and 13 fighters who were martyred in the Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, in which the military commander Ibraheem Aqeel was assassinated.

'Hizbullah officially confirmed and mourned late Friday the assassination of Ibraheem Aqeel. It explained that leader A'hmed Wahbi assumed responsibility for leading  Al-Ridhwan Force, noting that Wahbi played a fundamental role in the party.

Aqeel is the second assassinated senior official in 'Hizbullah after Fouad Shukr since 'Hizbullah has opened a front to support the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7.

A Lebanese security source told Aljazeera that the Israeli strike on the southern suburb of Beirut targeted a meeting of more than 20 people of the leadership committee of Al-Ridhwan Force in 'Hizbullah.

The source added that Israeli warplanes fired at least four missiles that destroyed the building, penetrated its parking lot, and reached the meeting place on the second underground floor. 

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‎The occupation launches dozens of raids on several towns in southern Lebanon‎

‎Beirut 21-9-2024 Wafa -

 Today, Saturday, Israeli warplanes launched dozens of violent raids targeting a number of towns in southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa.‎

‎The warplanes targeted the towns of Numeirieh, Zefta, Ansar, Zarariyah, Konin, Anata, Al-Khardali, Sharqiya, Mahmoudiya, Deir Syrian, Zutar, Al-Qatrani, Mays al-Jabal, Alma al-Shaab, Deir al-Zahrani, Roumine, Barghez, the heights of Jabal al-Rihan, Jabal Safi, the course of the Litani River in the south, and Sahmar, Shamisa and Labaya in the western Bekaa, in conjunction with intensive overflights of reconnaissance aircraft and the breach of the sound barrier in Lebanese airspace‎‎.‎

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‎Lebanese Minister of Health: 70 martyrs in the bombing of a building in the southern suburbs and the explosions of pagers‎

‎Beirut 21-9-2024 Wafa -

Lebanese Minister of Health Firas Al-Abyadh announced that the bombing of a building in the southern suburbs and the explosions of pagers and radios in Lebanon resulted in the death of 70 citizens.‎

‎The Lebanese minister said in a press conference on Saturday that the Israeli raid on the southern suburbs resulted in the death of 31 citizens, including 3 children and 7 women, in addition to the injury of 68 others.‎

‎He pointed out that the explosions of pagers and radios in Lebanon resulted in the death of 39 citizens and the injury of 770, including 152 who are still in intensive care.‎

‎Al-Abyadh described the Israeli attack on the southern suburbs yesterday as a war crime‎‎.‎

‎M.J.‎

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

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On September 21, 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 12 main massacres, in which 119 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 209 others were injured, in the past 72 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 41,391 and the injuries to 95,760, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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‎The toll of the occupation aggression on Gaza rises to 41,391 martyrs and 95,760 injured‎

‎Gaza 21-9-2024 Wafa -

Medical sources announced on Saturday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,391, most of them children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the seventh of last October‎‎.‎

‎The same sources added that the toll of injuries has risen to 95,760 since the start of the aggression, while thousands of victims remain under the rubble‎‎.‎

‎She pointed out that the occupation forces committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 119 martyrs and 209 injured reached hospitals during the past 72 hours‎‎.‎

‎A number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them‎‎, she said.‎

‎M.A.‎

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 351

Saturday 21-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 351 on Saturday, 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.

Palestinian medical sources reported that 45 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Friday.

Early on Saturday, a young man was killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Mukhaimer family house in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Three people were also injured in an Israeli bombing of a tent sheltering displaced people in the Abu Taha neighborhood in the center of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli artillery also shelled areas west of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike on “Farajallah” family house in the new camp north of Al-Nusayrat led to a fire outbreak in the area.

Along the same line, several people were injured after an Israeli airstrike bombed “Camp 1” in Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip.

Casualties were also reported in an Israeli airstrike on the “Hajji” family house in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The Palestinian Civil Defense crews also stated that 3 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the “Al-Qa'oud” family house in the vicinity of the University College of Science and Technology in Khan Younus.

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The Israeli occupation army kill and injure dozens of civilians, in new massacre, in Al-Fala'h elementary school, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City

Saturday 21-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed on Saturday afternoon a new heinous massacre in Gaza Strip, killing at least 21 civilians and injuring dozens in an aerial attack on a school sheltering displaced families.

According to local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed Al-Fala'h elementary school in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing and injuring dozens of civilians, mostly women and children.

Medical sources said that dozens of civilians with critical injuries and amputated limbs were evacuated to Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, adding that at least nine children lost their limbs in the attack on the school.

Video footage circulated on the internet showed a paramedic carrying a fetus after the attack on the school killed a pregnant woman.

Describing the massacre as “horrific,” Gaza’s Government Media Office said that the Israeli airstrike on Al-Fala'h School killed 21 civilians, including 13 children and six women.

'Hamas describes the Israeli massacre at Al-Zaytoun School as war crime and a flagrant violation of international laws

Saturday 21-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said the Israeli massacre carried out in Al-Fala'h elementary school, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, is a “war crime committed with US backup.”

In a statement on Saturday, Hamas stressed that “the ongoing and unprecedented (Israeli) crimes in modern history constitute a flagrant violation of all human values and international laws, and a persistence in continuing the brutal genocide in the Gaza Strip.”

The Israeli bombing of Al-Zaytoun School resulted in the martyrdom of 21 people, including 13 children and six women.

'Hamas called on the Arab and Islamic peoples and all the free people of the world to unite and escalate pressure on Israel to stop its aggression and end its fascist settlement project.

Since the beginning of the Israeli war of genocide on Gaza, the Israeli occupation army has bombed 181 displacement and shelter centers, resulting in hundreds of martyrs, and wounded, and the number of Israeli massacres committed in the schools housing the displaced mounted to 17 massacres.

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‎Four martyrs in the bombing of the occupation Rafa'h‎

‎Gaza 21-9-2024 Wafa -

On Saturday, four citizens were killed in the Israeli shelling of a warehouse in the Musabb'h area of the city of Rafa'h, southern Gaza Strip.‎

‎According to local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed a warehouse in Rafa'h, killing four citizens and wounding 6 others.‎

‎The occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air since the seventh of October 2023, resulting in the death of 41,391, the majority of them children and women, while the toll reached 95,760, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.‎

‎M.A.‎ 

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‎Four martyrs in Israeli shelling in the central Gaza Strip‎

‎Gaza 21-9-2024 Wafa -

At dawn on Saturday, four citizens were killed in the shelling of the Israeli occupation forces on the central Gaza Strip.‎

‎Our correspondent said that ambulance crews recovered 4 martyrs and a number of wounded after a missile shell targeted a group of citizens in front of a house belonging to the Najjar family in Camp 1 in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp‎‎.‎

‎He added that the occupation artillery shelled the homes of citizens in the neighborhood of Al-Junaina, east of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎In an indefinite toll, the death toll in the Gaza Strip, since the start of the aggression on the seventh of October 2023, has risen to more than 41,000, the majority of whom are children and women, while the toll of injuries reached 95,000, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.‎

‎M.J.‎ 

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

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IOFs raid West Bank homes, injure a Palestinian in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Saturday 21-September-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out last night and at dawn Saturday violent raids in different areas of the West Bank, while one Palestinian young man was reportedly injured in Bethlehem.

According to the Red Crescent, a young man suffered critical bullet injuries after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him from a watchtower at the northern entrance of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Meanwhile, armed clashes broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in several neighborhoods of Jineen City.

Local sources said that the IOFs carried out violent raids on homes during its campaign in Jineen City, amid drone overflights.

They added that the IOFs kidnapped one young man from his home in the city.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs stormed Bait Amra village, west of Yatta City, set up checkpoints on its roads and confiscated a number of vehicles belonging to farmers.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed Sa’ir town in the northeast of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), clashed with local youths and ransacked an apartment building.

IOFs raids also happened in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings. 

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‎Israeli occupation forces kidnap 20 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank‎

‎Ramallah 21-9-2024 Wafa -

The Prisoners' Club said that the occupation forces kidnapped yesterday and Saturday (20) citizens from the West Bank, including freed detainees.‎

‎The kidnappings were carried out in the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎,, Jineen, Qalqilya, and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).‎

‎The Prisoners' Club pointed out that the occupation forces continue during the arrest campaigns to carry out field investigations in the towns, in addition to attacks and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to vandalism and destruction in citizens' homes.‎

‎According to the Prisoners' Club, the occupation forces have arrested more than 10,800 citizens from the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), since the start of the ongoing war of extermination and comprehensive aggression against our people, on October 7, 2023.‎

‎M.R/M.J.‎

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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‎Illegal Israeli settlers attack and throw stones at citizens in the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎

‎Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎, 21-9-2024 Wafa -

On Saturday, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked citizens and threw stones at them in the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎‎‎.‎

‎Our correspondent said that settlers from the the illegal Israeli settlements of "Beit Romano" and "Beit Hadassah" attacked unarmed citizens under the protection of the Israeli occupation soldiers and threw stones at them, causing the destruction of citizens' property and damaging the doors of shops‎‎.‎

‎It is noteworthy that the settlers occupied the Osama bin Al-Munqidth School in the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎, a Palestinian school established in 1981, and turned it into a Jewish school called "Beit Romano" in which about 250 settlers are enrolled‎‎.‎

‎G.T/M.L‎

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Related News About the US-backed Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Euro-Med condemns new Israeli massacre against displaced families in Gaza

Saturday 21-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has condemned the Israeli aerial attack on a school sheltering displaced families on Saturday morning, describing it as another “war crime.”

“The Israeli airstrike on Saturday morning on another school sheltering displaced people in az-Zeitoun neighborhood in the south of Gaza City — killing over 20 Palestinians at once, mostly children and women — is a new crime added to the list of war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza Strip,” Euro-Med said in a statement.

Euro-Med explained that one of its field teams visited the bombed school immediately following the Israeli attack and it did not see any presence of armed personnel or equipment in its premises.

The casualties are all civilians, mostly women and children, which refutes the Israeli army’s claim that it had targeted a school used as a military command and control center by armed groups, according to the Euro-Med team who visited the shelter center.

Euro-Med accused the Israeli army of repeating such a claim against Gaza schools that are used as shelter centers for displaced people every time it bombs them, pointing out that since the war started, the army had bombed 21 schools, including eight since early September.

Euro-Med also accused the Israeli army of deliberately destroying shelter centers in Gaza with the aim of creating coercive environment that forces civilians to leave their areas of residence.

Euro-Med called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility towards Gaza and work on protecting its people against the genocide and serious crimes committed by Israel against them. 

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UN condemns footage of Israeli soldiers abusing bodies of West Bankers

Saturday 21-September-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN has called for investigating the incident in which Israeli soldiers recently abused bodies of three Palestinian young men after killing them in Qabatya town, north of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces’ latest raid on the West Bank town of Qabatya resulted in the death of at least seven Palestinians. Disturbing video footage surfaced showing soldiers pushing lifeless bodies of three victims off a rooftop.

Reports from WAFA news agency said that three of the deceased were shot on the rooftop of a house before their bodies were thrown over and then lifted away by a military bulldozer.

In a news conference on Friday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric described the footage as “frankly grotesque and inhumane,” emphasizing the urgent need for a transparent investigation into the incident.

He raised concerns about the escalating Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank and called for accountability for those responsible for the incident.

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UN committee: Israel violated global child rights treaty in Gaza

Friday 20-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A UN committee accused Israel of severe breaches of a global treaty protecting children’s rights, saying its military actions in Gaza had a catastrophic impact on them and are among the worst violations in recent history.

Palestinian health authorities say 41,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military aggression on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.

Of those killed in Gaza, at least 11,355 are children, Palestinian data show, and thousands more are injured.

“The outrageous death of children is almost historically unique. This is an extremely dark place in history,” Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair of the committee, told reporters.

“I don’t think we have seen before, a violation that is so massive, as we are seeing in Gaza now…These are extremely grave violations that we do not often see,” he said.

Israel, which ratified the treaty in 1991, accused the committee of having a “politically-driven agenda”, in a statement sent by its diplomatic mission in Geneva.

It sent a large delegation to a series of U.N. hearings in Geneva in early September where they argued that the treaty did not apply in Gaza or the West Bank and said that it was committed to respecting international humanitarian law.

It says its military campaign in Gaza is aimed at eliminating the Palestinian enclave’s Hamas rulers and that it does not target civilians but that the militants hide among them, which Hamas denies.

The Committee praised Israel for attending but said it “deeply regrets the State party’s repeated denial of its legal obligations.”

The 18-member U.N. Committee monitors countries’ compliance with the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, a widely-adopted treaty that protects them from violence and other abuses.

In its conclusions, it called on Israel to provide urgent assistance to thousands of children maimed or injured by the war, provide support for orphans and allow more medical evacuations from Gaza.

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HI: Unexploded bombs are one of Gaza’s biggest long-term problems

Saturday 21-September-2024

LONDON, (PIC)

Handicap International (HI) has warned that unexploded ordnance is one of the biggest long-term problems in the war-battered Gaza Strip.

On the sidelines of its “Pyramides de chaussures (Pyramids of Shoes),” which will be held in Paris and Lyon on Saturday and Sunday, Handicap International affirmed that the presence of unexploded bombs across the Strip obstructs the delivery of humanitarian aid.

During the event, the NGO’s head of its operations in Gaza, Nicholas Orr, will give his testimony after he visited the coastal enclave on two missions.

“After nearly a year of war, bombs, artillery shells and other unexploded weapons could be found in the smallest places in Gaza — a situation that blocks the delivery of humanitarian aid and the establishment of health and medical infrastructure, Orr said in press remarks to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday.

Describing the situation in Gaza as “extremely dangerous,” Orr said that one of the biggest problems in Gaza today is access to damaged buildings as a result of the presence of unexploded ordnance.

While waiting for a ceasefire, HI officials go to the field and report, on a case-by-case basis, some of the ammunition found before marking them with red paint to warn civilians against them.

“Even if the war stopped tomorrow, these explosives would remain a persistent problem in Gaza,” the HI official affirmed, pointing out that Paris and London still make efforts to remove explosive remnants from the Second World War.

The presence of unexploded ordnance under the rubble of buildings in Gaza poses a real danger to civilians, who sometimes collect their belongings from the ruins of their homes.

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After apologizing to students, Israeli incitement against Columbia University’s new president

Saturday 21-September-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The interim president of Columbia University, Katrina Armstrong, is facing a widespread Israeli incitement campaign after she expressing her apology to protesters supporting Palestine and opposing the Israeli aggression in Gaza who were arrested by New York police, following the administration’s decision to clear the campus of protesters.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that Columbia University has become a symbol of violent protests at universities in the United States, as demonstrations on campus reached unprecedented levels.

In response to a question about the university’s request to the New York Police to disperse a large camp and remove protesters from Hamilton Hall last April, Armstrong said, “I know this is a hard thing for me to say, but I understand that I sit in this position. So, if you can let everyone know who was harmed by that, I’m very sorry. I know it wasn’t me, but I’m really sorry.”

Armstrong’s comments came during her first interview with the “Columbia Spectator,” where she apologized to those who were injured or harmed due to the New York Police’s actions last April at the Gaza solidarity camp, where police made over 200 arrests.

Armstrong took her current position after the sudden resignation of former Columbia University President Nemat Shafik in August, following severe criticism over her handling of ongoing anti-Israel protests amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

A report by Maariv described Armstrong’s apology as “moral decay and anti-Semitism, a controversial step that goes against what Columbia University needs.”

Armstrong faced intense backlash from members of the university’s Jewish community after she apologized to those who felt offended by the administration’s decision to clear anti-Israel protests on campus last spring.

Last August, Columbia President Nemat Shafik resigned after months of angry student protests against Israel and in support of Gaza, just one year into her presidency, which was marked by ongoing protests against the occupation, during which hundreds of students and many academics were arrested.

Shafik’s resignation came amid escalating tensions among various parties at the university, complicating the challenges faced by the new president, Katrina Armstrong, in her attempts to balance freedom of expression and safety on campus.

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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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