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 335 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 17 Palestinians Killed, 56 Injured, with a Death Toll of  40,878 and 94,454 Injuries

September 5, 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 5, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 50,878+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (40,878), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 5, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 94,878.

By September 5, 2024, 674 Palestinians who were killed, 5,500 who were injured, and 10,452, 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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Israeli occupation soldiers released photos showing their abuse and humiliation of an elderly Palestinian man during his detention, from the town of Bait Ka'hil, Hebron, September 5, 2024	Israeli occupation forces compelled Palestinian families to evacuate their homes  in the Al-Damaj and Jorat Al-Dthihab neighborhoods of the Jineen refugee camp, September 5, 2024 wafa
Palestinian teenager Majid Fida Abu Zaina, 16, was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Fari'a refugee camp, in Toubas, on September 5, 2025	Five Palestinian young men were killed and two others were injured, in a genocidal airstrike carried out by an Israeli occupation drone on a vehicle in the city of Tubas, September 5, 2024
Amnesty International called for a war-crime probe into the Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes and farms in eastern Gaza, to expand the border buffer zone, September 5, 2024	Two martyrs, several injuries reported in Israeli shelling of Kafra and Qabrikha, in southern Lebanon, September 5, 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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Two martyrs, several injuries reported in Israeli shelling of Kafra and Qabrikha, in southern Lebanon

Thursday 5-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

A Lebanese citizen was martyred and another was injured on Thursday in the Israeli army’s bombing of the town of Kafra, south of Lebanon.

The National News Agency reported that the Israeli occupation army raid on the town of Kafra this morning led to the martyrdom of one person and the injury of another.

Earlier, a Lebanese woman was martyred and others, including a child, were injured on Wednesday evening as a result of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the town of Qabrikha, south of the country.

Lebanese media reported that a woman was killed and a person was injured in an Israeli bombardment on the town of Qabrikha in southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Health Ministry also reported that five other people were injured in two Israeli raids on the towns of Houla and Khiyam.

The Israeli army launched raids today targeting several towns in southern Lebanon.

Local sources reported that the Israeli artillery shelling targeted a house in the center of the town of Houla, the outskirts of the towns of 'Aynata and Kuneen, and the outskirts of the town of Qabrikha.

Last night, the Israeli air force raided Al-Rajm neighborhood in the town of 'Aita A-Sha'b with two missiles, and carried out another raid on the town of Al-Khiyam.

Reconnaissance aircrafts and drones intensified their flights over the western and central villages of southern Lebanon until early morning hours, which sparked a state of tension and fear among the residents.

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Israeli occupation regime soldiers publish photos of elderly Palestinian man being abused during detention

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation soldiers have released photos showing their abuse and humiliation of an elderly Palestinian man during his detention from the town of Bait Ka'heel, northwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The images, shared by one of the soldiers involved in the arrest of 60-year-old Ma'hmoud 'Asafra from Bait Ka'heel early last month, depict him seated among a group of soldiers with his hands bound and eyes covered. The photos show the soldiers mocking and degrading him, making obscene gestures with their hands.

Ma'hmoud 'Asafra's son, Mu'hammed, told our correspondent that his father, who served as the imam of a mosque in the town, has been detained twice since October 2023. During his first detention, he was subjected to severe physical abuse before being released. In August of this year, the Israeli forces re-arrested him after raiding and thoroughly vandalizing their home.

Mu'hammed 'Asafra added that, despite the profound distress and pain these images have caused for over 30 family members, they reflect the brutal reality of the occupation, showcasing the sadism, cruelty, and barbarism of its soldiers.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime refuses entry of medical teams to vaccinate Gaza children against polio

GAZA, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces refused on Thursday to coordinate the entry of medical teams from the emergency polio vaccination campaign to areas east of Sala'huddeen Street, south of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that the campaign was scheduled to launch today to Khan Younus Governorate and areas south of the Strip, where a large percentage of the targeted group of children are located, but the occupation forces refused to coordinate the entry of the campaign teams to areas south of the Strip.

Yesterday, the vaccination campaign completed its first phase, which included the central governorate in the Gaza Strip, during which about 190,000 children were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine.

K.T

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To blow up a mosque, the Israeli occupation soldiers force Palestinians out of their homes in JIneen refugee camp

Thursday 5-September-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers forced Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in Jineen refugee camp on Thursday afternoon to pave the way for blowing up a mosque in the area.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) forced six families to leave their houses in Al-Damaj and Jorat Al-Dthahab neighborhoods, directing them to travel to villages west of Jineen using ambulance vehicles.

The sources explained that a number of Israeli military vehicles escorted by a bulldozer besieged the Al-Ansar Mosque and asked the families living next to it to evacuate their homes to blow it up.

The same sources confirmed that the IOFs, since the beginning of its aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp, have forcibly evacuated hundreds of citizens from their homes.

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Amnesty calls for investigating the Israeli war crime of wanton destruction in Gaza

Thursday 5-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Amnesty International has urged a war crimes probe into Israel razing homes and farms in eastern Gaza to expand a buffer zone between it and the war-battered territory.

“Using bulldozers and manually laid explosives, the Israeli military has unlawfully destroyed agricultural land and civilian buildings, razing entire neighborhoods, including homes, schools and mosques,” Amnesty said in a report on Thursday.

The London-based rights group said the leveling since the start of the war on October 7 “should be investigated as war crimes of wanton destruction and of collective punishment.”

An Amnesty investigation, which examined satellite imagery and videos posted by Israeli soldiers between October and May, showed “newly cleared land along Gaza’s eastern boundary, ranging from approximately 1 to 1.8 km wide,” the group said.

The expanded buffer zone covers around 58 square kilometers, or about 16 percent of the Gaza Strip, it said.

More than 90 percent of buildings within that zone appeared to have been destroyed or severely damaged, it said.

More than half of the agricultural land in the area showed “a decline in health and density of crops due to the ongoing conflict,” it added.

“Our analysis reveals a pattern along the eastern perimeter of Gaza that is consistent with the systematic destruction of the entire area,” Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty’s senior director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns, said.

“The homes were not destroyed as the result of intense fighting. Rather, the Israeli military deliberately razed the land after they had taken control of the area,” she added.

“Israel’s measures to protect Israelis from attacks from Gaza must be carried out in conformity with its obligations under international law, including the prohibition of wanton destruction and of collective punishment,” she underlined.

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Commission of Detainees urges WHO to visit the Israeli occupation regime prisons

Thursday 5-September-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has accused the Israeli prison service (IPS) of deliberately creating a fertile environment for the spread of skin diseases among the Palestinian prisoners in its jails, calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to shoulder its responsibilities in this regard.

The Commission’s lawyer, who recently visited Megiddo prison, said that the health conditions of the prisoners are “difficult and disturbing,” especially their suffering from skin diseases that keep spreading and worsening every day.

“The reason for the spread of such diseases is the prison administration’s refusal to provide the prisoners with medicines and treatments. They are also deprived of getting cleaning supplies and disinfectants and given a few minutes to shower using only water,” the lawyer explained.

The Commission called on WHO to act immediately to visit all the Israeli prisons and detention centers, especially Megiddo, and work on providing medication for the sick detainees in general and those suffering from contagious skin diseases in particular. 

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

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On September 5, 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 17 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 56 others were injured, in the past 48 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 40,878 and the injuries to 94,454, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 40,878, over 94,454 wounded

GAZA, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 17 Palestinians and the injury of 56 others, according to medical reports.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,878 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,454 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.

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Day 335 of Genocide: Palestinian civilians killed, injured, in ongoing Israeli genocidal bombardment on the Gaza Strip

GAZA, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Five Palestinian citizens were killed and others were injured at dawn on Thursday, as a result of raids carried out by Israeli warplanes, in addition to artillery shelling that targeted the central and southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondents reported that four citizens were killed and others were injured, including children and women, in an Israeli shelling that targeted tents for displaced people in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza Strip.

A citizen was killed and more than 10 others were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted a tent for displaced people in Al-Mawasi of Khan Younus.

Israeli artillery shelling targeted the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, while occupation aircraft bombed a house in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, which resulted in a number of citizens being injured.

Occupation vehicles opened fire, amid artillery shelling towards Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and the northern area of ​​Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the occupation warplanes bombing an empty land southwest of the camp.

The occupation artillery also fired shells at the town of 'Abasan, east of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, and at citizens' homes northwest of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Additionally, the Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Earlier last night, medical sources said that 23 people were killed, including children and women, in Israeli missile and artillery shelling of various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Wednesday.

Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,861 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,398 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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One civilian killed and others injured in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Gaza City

GAZA, September, 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

One civilian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli genocidal bombardment on Gaza City.

Local sources said that one citizen was killed and six others were injured when the occupation targeted a residential apartment in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

He pointed out that citizen Sama'h Anwar Al-Dash ,25, was killed and her children were injured when the occupation forces targeted the Al-Dash family home in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Y.S

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Gaza: Two people killed after Israeli genocidal bombing on civilian area

GAZA, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two citizens were Thursday killed today after an Israeli drone bombed Musba'h area north of Rafa'h city in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery also bombed Al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City.

A number of citizens were injured when a Quadcopter aircraft launched incendiary bombs on residents in Al-Nadeem Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City.

Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,861 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,398 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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Three civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on civilian gatherings in Gaza City

GAZA, September, 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Several civilians  today were killed and others were injured after the Israeli occupation forces bombed a group of citizens in Gaza City.

Medical sources reported Israeli occupation forces bombarment targeting a group of citizens in the vicinity of the Shuhada Al-Zaytoun School, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, resulting in the killing of at least three people and causing the injury of others.

The occupation’s aggression, by land, sea and air, on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 40, 861 civilians, mostly women and children, and the injury of 94,398 others.

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

Y.S.

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

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Minor, 16, shot and killed by Israeli forces in Toubas-area refugee camp

TUBAS, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian minor was Wednesday killed after he was shot by Israeli occupation forces in the Fari'a refugee camp, south of Toubas.

The Red Crescent Society said that its crews were able to transfer Majid Fida Abu Zaina, 16, to the hospital, after the occupation forces prevented them from doing so earlier.

The occupation forces, during their storming of the Fari'a refugee camp, had fired several bullets at Abu Zaina, abused him, and prevented the ambulance crews from reaching him, and dragged him out of the camp using a military bulldozer.

In conjunction with the storming of the Fari'a refugee camp, an occupation march bombed a vehicle in the city of Tubas, which resulted in the killing of five young men.

Since August 28, the Israeli occupation forces have launched a large-scale aggression on the West Bank, especially its north, which has so far resulted in the killing of 39 Palestinians, including 21 from Jineen, 8 from Toulkarm, 7 from Toubas, and 3 from Al-Khaleel (Hebron), bringing the death toll in the West Bank since October 7, 2023 to 699.

K.T

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Toubas: Israeli drone bombing kills five Palestinians

TOUBAS, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Five Palestinian young men were killed and two others were injured, one of them seriously, in a genocidal airstrike carried out by an Israeli occupation drone on a vehicle in the city of Toubas.

Red Crescent sources said that ambulance crews retrieved five killed youths from the bombed vehicle, while resuscitation operations are being carried out for a sixth injured person.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that five people were killed and two others were injured, one of whom was critically, and were taken to Toubas Turkish Governmental Hospital, as a result of the occupation bombing of a car near Tubas.

The slain Palestinians were identified as A'hmed Fawaz Fayez Abu Dawwas, 24, Mu'hammad 'Awwad Salim Abu Jumu'a, 30, Qusay Majdi 'Abdullah Abdul Raziq, 26, Mu'hammed Nazmi Abu Zagha, 23, and Mu'hammad Zakariya Mu'hammad Al-Zubaydi, 21, the son of prisoner Zakariya Al-Zubaydi.

This bombing coincides with the continued storming operation carried out by the occupation forces in Fari'a refugee camp south of Tubas.

Earlier this morning, Red Crescent sources said that the occupation forces shot a young man with more than one bullet inside Fari'a refugee camp south of Toubas, abused him and dragged him with a bulldozer, and prevented the ambulance crews present nearby from reaching him or transporting him and providing him with the necessary first aid, and that there is no confirmed information about the nature of his health condition.

Since August 28, the Israeli occupation forces have launched a large-scale aggression on the West Bank, especially its north, which has so far resulted in the killing of 39 Palestinians, including 21 from Jineen, 8 from Toulkarm, 7 from Toubas, and 3 from Al-Khaleel (Hebron), bringing the death toll in the West Bank since October 7, 2023 to 699.

K.T

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Palestinian young woman injured by Israeli gunfire near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A 20-year-old Palestinian young woman sustained shrapnel wounds this evening from live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation forces in the village of 'Housan, located west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Rami 'Hamamra, the Director of the 'Housan Village Council, reported that confrontations erupted between local youths and Israeli troops at the eastern entrance of the village. 

During the confrontation, Israeli soldiers fired indiscriminately, hitting the young woman in the abdomen with shrapnel while she was closing a window in her home.

'Hamamra further reported that Israeli forces have sealed off the area and forced local business owners to close their shops.

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Confrontations erupt against Israeli occupation forces in southern West Bank town

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, September 05, 2024 (WAFA) –

Confrontations erupted Thursday evening with Israeli occupation forces in Al-Khadhir town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the occupation forces barged their way into the western part of the town, simultaneously firing barrages of live gunshots and tear gas canisters.

There was no immediate information on any casualty.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost on a daily basis across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the State of Palestine, 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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Israeli occupation forces kidnap four Palestinians from the West Bank

TOUBAS, Thursday, September 05, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Thursday evening detained four Palestinians from the occupied West Bank governorates of Toubas and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and local sources.

Kamal Bani 'Oada, Director of PPS Office in Toubas, said that Israeli soldiers rounded up a youth from the city of Toubas at the King Husain Bridge/Al-Karama border crossing as the latter was traveling to Jordan.

Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the occupation forces brutally assaulted and detained two youths in the Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.

They also showed up at Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan and rounded up a minor.

In the predawn hours of today, the occupation forces detained at least 16 Palestinians, including a journalist, a girl and former detainees, from various parts of the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost 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.

According to the latest figures from Al-Dhameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 9,900 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 250 child prisoners and 86 female prisoners.

This number includes approximately 3,423 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.

The mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Al-Dhameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.

K.F.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap 16 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, September, 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 16 Palestinians, including a journalist, a girl,  and former detainees, in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours.

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoners Society said in a joint statement that the detentions were distributed across the governorates of Ramallah, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Nablus, Aree'ha (Jericho), and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and were accompanied by attacks and threats against the detainees and their families, in addition to widespread acts of vandalism and destruction in citizens’ homes.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continued their onslaught against the city of Jineen and its camp for the eighth consecutive day.

The onslaught resulted so far in the killing of 19 people, the injury and arrest of dozens, in addition to the widespread destruction of citizens' properties and infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

PPS and the Commission affirmed that, the total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 10,400. This figure includes those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

Y.S.

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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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Palestinian injured in attack by the illegal Israeli settlers in 'Huwwara

NABLUS, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) -

A 48-year-old Palestinian man sustained bruises this evening following an assault by a group of the illegal Israeli settlers in the town of 'Huwwara, south of Nablus. 

According to A'hmed Jibreel, spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, emergency crews transported the injured man to a local hospital for treatment. 

M.N

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack homes in a village southeast of Hebron

HEBRON, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Armed illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli forces, raided several homes this afternoon in the village of Bureen, southeast of Al-Khaleel (Hebron). The illegal Israeli settlers searched the homes, stole money, and caused significant damage.

Fareed Burqan, the head of the Bureen village council, reported to our correspondent that armed colonists, protected by Israeli soldiers, stormed the village and raided several homes belonging to Al-'Azzam and Burqan families.

The colonists searched the homes, destroyed their contents, and stole money. They also vandalized a tablet belonging to Noor Na'eem Al-'Azzam, a child with special needs who struggles with learning.

The raids have left the affected families in distress, facing both financial losses and emotional trauma.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish home in Toulkarm refugee camp, conduct widespread raids

TOULKARM, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces destroyed a home today in the Al-Madaris neighborhood of Toulkarm refugee camp, located north of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

Sources within the camp reported to WAFA that the Israeli forces blew up a house belonging to the Al-Doush family, after planting explosives inside it. The explosion caused a large plume of smoke and damaged nearby homes. Some residents experienced difficulty breathing due to the smoke.

Teams of the Palestinian Red Crescent managed to enter the camp and evacuate individuals suffering from smoke inhalation and other medical conditions in the aftermath of the explosion, transporting them to the hospital.

Additionally, Israeli forces deployed more vehicles to the camp, surrounding it from all entrances, particularly along Nablus Street. According to our correspondent, the forces concentrated their attacks in the northeastern part of the camp, specifically in the Al-Madaris and Al-'Okasha neighborhoods. They raided and searched several homes, interrogated residents, and physically assaulted some young men.

Israeli military bulldozers have also resumed demolishing and destroying what they had previously destroyed in the past three days of incursions into the camp and the neighboring city of Toulkarm.

Earlier today, Israeli forces re-stormed Toulkarm city and its refugee camp just hours after withdrawing. They entered from the western entrance, patrolling the city streets and forcing shop owners to close their businesses.

The forces pursued civilian vehicles in the city's streets, firing tear gas and live ammunition at residents.

Meantime, a tight cordon was imposed by the occupation authorities around the Shuhada Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in the city, with ambulances and their crews subjected to inspection and interrogation.

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Israeli occupation soldiers force Palestinian families out of homes in the Jineen refugee camp

JENIN, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces compelled Palestinian families to evacuate their homes this afternoon in Al-Damaj and Jorat Al-Dthahab neighborhoods of the Jineen refugee camp.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces forced six families to leave their residences in these neighborhoods, directing them to travel to villages west of Jineen using ambulance vehicles.

According to local sources, since the beginning of their assault on Jenin city and the refugee camp nine days ago, Israeli occupation forces have displaced hundreds of residents from their homes through coercive measures.

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Two Palestinian families forced to evacuate their homes due to the illegal Israeli settler attacks in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, September, 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian families from the Wadi Al-Faw area in the northern Jordan Valley were forced to evacuate due to the recent escalation of colonist attacks.

Human rights activist 'Aarif Daraghma said that the families of brothers Ma'hmoud and Waleed Khalid Ka'abna were forced to leave the Wadi Al-Faw area due to the escalation of colonist terrorism in the area.

Daraghma affirmed that the two families have been suffering from the ongoing violations and crimes committed by the illegal Israeli settlers.

Yesterday, the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, attacked the homes of the two families and assaulted them along international activists in the area. Members of the two families, including women and children, were also injured as a result of the beating and pepper spraying.

The northwestern Jordan Valley is witnessing daily and escalating attacks by the occupation forces and , as these attacks consist of raiding citizens' homes, assaulting and terrorizing them, in addition to pursuing shepherds and preventing them from entering pastures and stealing their livestock.

Y.S.

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IOFs destroy residential shed in Al-Khalil, settlers attack Al-Mulai'hāt lands

Thursday 5-September-2024

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) razed a residential shed and a water well in Al-Khaeel (Hebron) on Thursday, while Jewish settlers attacked agricultural land in Aree'ha (Jericho).

In the village of Qalqas, south of Al-Khaeel (Hebron), the IOFs demolished a residential shed and a water well that had been built on the ruins of a house demolished by the IOF a month ago.

Local sources reported that the brother of the homeowner, Mu'hammad Mustafa Al-Sadr, stated that the occupation forces destroyed the dwelling, which was a tin and brick shed measuring 150 square meters, noting that the IOFs prevented the family from emptying its contents before the demolition.

Sadr pointed out that the dwelling was built on the ruins of his family’s three-story house in the Qalqas area south of al-Khalil, in addition to the destruction of the water well. He mentioned that the house destroyed by the IOFs a month ago had each floor measuring 200 square meters and housed more than 30 individuals, and that the shed that was demolished today had been inhabited by the family for about two weeks.

On another front, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked agricultural land by deliberately letting their sheep graze on hay bales belonging to citizen Abdul Lateef Ka’abna in the Al-Mulai'hāt gathering, northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho).

'Hasan Mulai'hat, the general supervisor of the “Baydar” organization for defending the rights of Bedouins, reported that about three settlers intentionally released their sheep to feed on the hay bales belonging to Ka’abna.

Bedouin communities face daily assaults from settlers and occupation forces, in an attempt to displace citizens and force them to leave in favor of settlements.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, settlers carried out 204 attacks in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, during August, resulting in the martyrdom of two citizens in Jit, east of Qalqilya, and Wadi Ra'hal in Bethlehem. Since the outbreak of the genocidal war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, attacks by armed settlers against Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank have escalated, amid intensified military campaigns by the IOF in Palestinian cities and refugee camps.

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A legacy of sacrifice: The Zubeidi family's enduring struggle

By Yamen Nubani

JENIN, September 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

In a video dating back over 20 years, Zakaria Zubeidi—now imprisoned by Israel—is seen holding his eldest son, Mohammed, by the hand, teaching him to walk.

Today, 21 years later, Mohammed has taken his final steps as a martyr, joining a family legacy that has already sacrificed eight martyrs from a total of fewer than 40 family members.

Mohammed Zubeidi's life was cut short at the age of 21 after an Israeli airstrike targeted five young men in Tubas early this morning. His father, Zakaria Zubeidi, had hoped that the occupation would allow him to grow up and become a doctor or lawyer, wishing for him to have a life better than his own, which was marred by "hopelessness."

Following the martyrdom of his brother Dawood on May 15, 2022, Zakaria Zubeidi said, "I never had the chance to bid farewell to those I lost or bury them. When my father was martyred, I was in Jenin prison and heard the news over the mosque’s loudspeaker."

Back then, he added, "My mother was martyred in the Jenin Camp Battle and buried by the Red Cross; we couldn't reach her due to the intensity of the battle. She always said, 'May my day come before yours.' My brother Taha was buried while I was under the rubble of the camp and destroyed houses. Today, Dawood has joined them, and I was unable to say goodbye or perform the mourning rituals. I don't know what it's like; I've never experienced it personally."

The Zubeidi family, consisting of only 40 members in the Jenin refugee camp, has not buried a single natural death since 1993, the year Mohammed Zubeidi (Zakaria and Dawood's father) passed away. Instead, they have buried eight martyrs, including Mohammed, who fell this morning, preceded by his cousin Naeem Jamal on December 1, 2022.

The home of brothers Mohammed and Jamal Zubeidi, refugees from "Wadi al-Hawarith - Caesarea," has sacrificed more than 90 years of their members' lives in Israeli prisons. According to Jamal Zubeidi, known as Abu Anton, in a previous interview with WAFA, the family's arrests began in the mid-1950s when Mohamed Jahjah, Zakaria’s grandfather, was detained for about four years.

He later freed himself during a prison rebellion at Shata Prison on July 30, 1958, along with 68 other prisoners, 11 of whom were martyred and 13 injured. After his release, he moved in 1963 to lead armed struggle in the "Hassan" camp in Irbid before moving with the fighters to Syria and then Germany in the early 1970s.

He added: "Mohamed Zubeidi, Zakaria's father, was arrested in 1969 for one year and later during the First Intifada for eight months under administrative detention. I, along with my brother Ibrahim, was arrested in 1979 for a year and a half, and we were released at the end of 1980."

"Following our release, my brother Ibrahim was exiled to Jordan for five years, but the occupation did not allow him to return home after his exile ended, and he passed away there in 2012. I was arrested six times, mostly under administrative detention, with the last arrests occurring in 2011 and 2014, totaling four years," Jamal added.

Zakaria was arrested twice during the First Intifada, sentenced to six months initially and then to five years, before being released after the Oslo Accords. He was recently arrested again in February 2019, bringing his total time in Israeli prisons to eight years. His brother "Abd" was sentenced to six months during the First Intifada and later to six years.

Jamal continued: "All of my brother Mohammed's children were arrested, many of them repeatedly. 'Jibril' spent over 13 years in prison—12 years initially, then ten months, and six months in a third period. 'Yahya' spent 17 years in prison, and the martyr 'Taha' spent two years during four periods of administrative detention in the First Intifada. The martyr 'Dawood' spent 16 years in Israeli prisons. My children 'Mohamed' spent 3 years and 9 months, 'Yusuf' spent 3 years and a half, and 'Naeem' spent 5 years in Israeli prisons."

Jamal, also known by his kunya, Abu Anton, repeatedly rejects the significant attention surrounding his family, considering their actions to be their natural duty. He points out that there are other families in the camp who have made sacrifices just as great as his own.

Abu Anton added: "The martyrs of my family and relatives include: my brother Mohamed’s wife, Samira Zubeidi (March 4, 2002), and the martyr Taha Zubeidi, son of Samira, who was martyred during the April 2002 battle. My niece's son, Ziad Amer (April 3, 2002), a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Fatah’s military wing in Jenin camp, had his house blown up in 1988 and was arrested at that time, later released in 1994 after being sentenced to life."

He continued, "Another niece's son, Nidal Abu Shadouf (from Barqin, whose body has been held by the occupation since July 2001), and Dawood Zubeidi (May 15, 2022). Added to them are: Naeem Jamal Zubeidi (December 1, 2022) and Mohamed Zakaria Zubeidi (September 5, 2024)."

"With my own hands, I transported most of the martyrs' bodies from the camp in April 2002. The most painful scene was when I came across Taha's body, not recognizing him as it was burned from the bombing, with only his forehead visible, covered by a piece of resistance cloth," Abu Anton remarked.

Abu Anton went on, "The family’s struggle against the Israeli occupation: Our father died in 1980 while I and my brother Ibrahim were in prison, and our third brother Mohamed 'Abu al-Abed' was in Jordan. Thus, our father was buried without any of us being able to attend his funeral or say goodbye.

"The occupation did not stop at targeting the family but also prevented us from bidding farewell to our relatives. In 1985, my brother Mohamed 'Abu al-Abed,' who was arrested twice during the First Intifada, fell ill. The occupation refused to allow him into hospitals within Israel, and he died on May 26, 1993. When he died, 'Abd' and Zakaria were in prison and could not attend his funeral. My brother Abu al-Abed's house was first demolished in June 1988, during the explosion of my niece Ziad Amer's house, which damaged 35 homes due to the blast," he explained to WAFA.

He continued, "On one of the days of the camp battle, we were 14 people taking shelter in a small bathroom, and three missiles fell on our house, destroying it. But we survived, moving to a neighbor's house, which was then bombed. We survived once more. It was our fate to survive despite the intensity of the bombing."

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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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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