Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

 

25 Palestinians Killed, 75 Injured, Scores Abducted, Homes Demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces

May 9, 2023 

Editor's Note:

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

"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).

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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 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 David, Solomon, 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 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.

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.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

Palestinian Aws Jamal Hamamda Kamil, 30, died on May 11, 2023 of wounds sustained by Israeli occupation soldiers on May 10, 2023	Palestinian little child, Lian Bilal Medookh, was killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza, on May 10, 2023	Palestinian child, Tamim Mahmoud Daoud, 5, died of a heart attack due to the continued Israeli air strikes on Gaza, on May 10, 2023

Palestinian Ahmad Shabaki was killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, on May 10, 2023	4 Palestinian fighters of the PFLP were killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, on May 10, 2023	Palestinian Mohammad Yousef Abu Tu’aima, 25, was killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip, on May 10, 2023

The following news stories are from: https://imemc.org/


Killing of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Three Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Regime Bombs; 24 Killed Since Monday

 MAY 11, 2023

Three Palestinian civilians were killed and a number of others were injured before dawn on Thursday May 11th, in an Israeli occupation regime bombing that targeted a residential apartment in Khan Yoonus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a residential apartment in Hamad village east of Khan Yoonus, killing 3 and wounding 7. One of the wounded had injuries described as critical by medical sources. The missiles also caused severe damage to a number of Palestinian homes.

One of those killed was identified as Ali Hassan Ghali. The other two were not identified yet.

The Israeli occupation planes also targeted an uninhabited house in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yoonus, and vacant land in Khan Yoonus, without any injuries reported.

With the destruction of this residential apartment, the number of houses that have been completely and partially destroyed by missiles of the occupation warplanes in different areas of the Gaza Strip since Monday has reached 14, most of them in Gaza City and in the city of Rafah. 10 houses and apartments in Rafah were completely and partially destroyed during the first day of the aggression, in addition to three civilian vehicles.

The number of those killed since Monday has reached 24, and 64 wounded, most of them children and women. Some of the wounded had critical and serious wounds.

Note: the numbers were updated later on May 11, 2023 afternoon reached 25 deaths and 75 injuries.

Palestinian Dies of Wounds Sustained the Previous Day in Jenin Invasion

 MAY 11, 2023

A young man identified as Aws Jamal Hamamda Kamil, 30 years old, died from serious wounds he suffered Wednesday,  killed on Thursday after having been shot by the Israeli occupation forces during their raid Wednesday on the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin.

The director of Al-Razi Hospital, Fawaz Hammad, told the Palestinian Wafa news agency that the young Hamamdeh was admitted to the hospital yesterday in a very critical condition, as live bullets hit him in the abdomen and chest.

Despite the best efforts of the medical teams at the Al-Razi Hospital, they were unable to save his life. Aws is a married father of three children.

His uncle said Aws owned a supermarket where he worked every day, and was not a member of any resistance groups.

He added that Aws was shot less than a minute after leaving his home when the soldiers fired many live rounds at him.

The death of Aws came after large forces of the Israeli occupation army stormed the town of Qabatiya and targeted a vehicle in the town, resulting in the deaths of two young men: Ahmad Jamal Tawfiq Assaf Kamil (19 years old) from Qabatia and Rani Walid Ahmad Qatanat (24 years old) from a nearby refugee camp.

Aws’ death brings the death toll to 25 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since Monday, many of them women and children killed in Israeli airstrikes on civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Occupation Regime Missiles Kill Eight Palestinians, Including A Child, In Gaza

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday, Medical sources said that Israeli occupation missiles killed at least eight Palestinians, including a child, in addition to another child who died from a heart attack due to Israeli strikes.

Lian Bilal Medookh

– Yazan Fathi Elian, 17, Gaza city.

– Rami Shadi Mousa Hamdan, 16, Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza.

– A Palestinian child, Lian Bilal Medookh, 10, was killed after the army fired missiles into Sahaba Street in Gaza City.

– Ala’ Maher Baraka, 27, was killed by Israeli missiles in the Al-Fakhari areas, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

– Alam Samr Abdul-Aziz, 27, was killed by Israeli missiles east of Rafah city in southern Gaza.

– Ayman Karam Saidam, 26, was killed by Israeli missiles east of Rafah city in southern Gaza.

– Ahmad Mohammad Ghanmi Shabaki, 51, Qleibo area, Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

– Mohammad Yousef Abu T’eima, 25, was killed when an Israeli army drone fired a missile into Palestinian agricultural lands in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one Palestinian was seriously injured. Mohammad was working on his land when the army fired the missiles.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli missiles have killed 21 Palestinians, and injured 64 since Tuesday dawn, and added that among the victims are women and children.

Also, the Israeli army refused to allow the entry of foreign media outlets into the Gaza Strip, for the second day.

Update: May 10, 2023, at 15:36:Palestinian sources in Gaza, said a child, Tamim Mahmoud Daoud, 5, from Gaza City, died from a heart attack due to the continued Israeli bombing of Gaza.

Sources in Gaza said the child literally was scared to death when Israeli missiles struck buildings near his home.

Medical sources at the Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital in Rafah has confirmed the two Palestinians’ death by Israeli missiles and added that seven Palestinians were injured east of Rafah.

The two Palestinians were killed after the Israeli Airforce fired many missiles into several areas in the southern, eastern, and northern parts of the Gaza Strip.

The army fired two missiles into an area east of Rafah, one into an area east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, in addition to two areas west of Beit Lahia, and one missile targeting an area east of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, causing extensive damage to many homes and buildings.

Sources at the Indonesian Hospital said two Palestinian children were injured by fragments from a missile the army fired into the Al-Atatra area northwest of Beit Lahia.

Palestinian armed resistance groups in Gaza also fired many shells into Sderot, Ashkelon (Asqalan), the Western Negev, Gush Dan, Ashdod, and Tel Aviv.

Israeli sources said a house in Sderot sustained damage from a shell fired from Gaza and added that another shell struck a kindergarten that was closed due to the escalating situation in the region.

The Israeli army said it is ongoing with the offensive on the Gaza Strip, targeting Islamic Jihad members and fighters.

In a statement, the Hamas movement said the resistance in Gaza is unified in its retaliation to the Israeli offensive on Gaza”.

Also Wednesday, an Israeli military drone fired a missile into Palestinian agricultural lands in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing Mohammad Yousef Abu T’eima, 25, and seriously wounding another young man.

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Also Wednesday, dozens of thousands of Palestinians held the funeral ceremonies and processions of the fifteen Palestinians, including women and children, who were killed a day earlier in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Thirteen of the slain Palestinians were killed on Tuesday dawn, and two were killed in renewed Israeli strikes in the evening of the same day.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed two young Palestinian men and injured one in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Kills A Palestinian In Southern Gaza

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday, an Israeli occupation regime military drone fired a missile into Palestinian agricultural lands east of Khan Yoonus, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing a young man and seriously wounding another.

Media sources said the drone fired the missile at lands east of Abasan town, east of Khan Yoonus, killing Mohammad Yousef Abu Tu’aima, 25, and seriously wounding another Palestinian.

The Israeli army claimed its drone targeted members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, who reportedly intended to fire homemade shells.

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said the Palestinian was a farmer and was killed while working on his land when the drone fired the missile.

WAFA added that the Israeli army also fired several artillery shells targeting two buildings, believed to be run by armed resistance groups, east of Khan Yoonus.

Furthermore, a Palestinian child was injured when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles into lands and buildings west of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, and into farmland near a local mosque in the Be’er An-Na’ja area.

Also Wednesday, dozens of thousands of Palestinians held the funeral ceremonies and processions of the fifteen Palestinians, including women and children, who were killed a day earlier in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Thirteen of the slain Palestinians were killed on Tuesday dawn, and two were killed in renewed Israeli strikes in the evening of the same day.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers killed two young Palestinian men and injured one in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Kills Two Palestinians In Jenin

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed two young Palestinian men and injured one in Qabatia town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The head of the Jenin governmental hospital, Wisam Bakr, said the soldiers fatally shot Ahmad Jamal Tawfiq Assaf, 19, from Qabatia, and Rani Walid Ahmad Qotnat, 24, from Jenin refugee camp.

Bakr added that the soldiers also shot and seriously injured Aws Hamamda with live rounds in the chest and abdomen before he was rushed to Ar-Razi hospital in Jenin, where he was rushed to surgery and remained in critical condition.

After shooting them, the soldiers closed the area and refused to allow anybody, including medics, to approach them and only withdrew after ensuring the two were dead.

Rani’s uncle said his nephew was an athlete who played soccer at a local club and was previously abducted and imprisoned by Israel for two years. He was also previously injured by the soldiers who shot him with two live rounds.

The uncle added that the undercover soldiers shot Rani with a live round in the chest in his car before they ran toward him and fired many live rounds at him to ensure his death.

Eyewitnesses said a large Israeli military force in armored vehicles invaded the town before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes, causing damage.

The Palestinians were shot when the army fired a barrage of live rounds at a Palestinian car in the town.

In related news, the soldiers abducted Ali Saleh Hanthawi from his home in Qabatia and Farouq Abdullah Obeid from Anza town while crossing the Dothan military roadblock near Ya’bad town, south of Jenin.

The Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and colonizers since the beginning of this year has reached 127, including 24 children and six women.

The Palestinians declared a general strike in the Jenin governorate to mourn the death of the two young men.

In the Gaza Strip, Thirteen Palestinians, including women and children, were killed on Tuesday dawn, and two were killed in renewed Israeli strikes in the evening of the same day.

Injuring of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians, Abduct Four, In Tulkarem

 MAY 11, 2023

Earlier Thursday, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, shot two young men, and abducted four others.

Media sources said many army jeeps invaded the refugee camp before storming and ransacking homes, leading to protests.

They added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, wounding two Palestinians, including one shot in the lower back and suffering moderate-but-stable wounds, before they were rushed to Thabet Thabet governmental hospital in Tulkarem.

The soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes and abducted Mohammad Othman Elian, 18, Mahmoud Othman Elian, 21, Mos’ab Abdul-Latif Sabbagh, 24, and Khaled Moath Al-Ghoul, 23.

Soldiers Shoot And Abduct A Young Man Near Jerusalem

 MAY 11, 2023

On Wednesday night, Israeli occupation soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Sur Baher, southeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank and abducted him.

Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the town, leading to protests before the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

They added that the soldiers shot a young man with a live round before abducting and taking him to an unknown destination.

The soldiers also invaded Jabal Al-Mokabber town in Jerusalem, leading to protests; the army also installed roadblocks.

In related news, the soldiers invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and fired many live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at Palestinians who protested the invasion.

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct 30 Palestinians In West Bank

 MAY 11, 2023

On Thursday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank and abducted at least thirty Palestinians.

In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Na’im Rashed Dababat from his home in the city and Nitham Awad Bisharat from Tammoun town, south of Tubas.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Yousef Hasan and Moath Anwar Hasan from Qusra town, south of Nablus, Abdullah Badawi and his son Mohannad, Ahmad Tareq Odah and Ahmad Mardawi from Qaryout town, south of Nablus, and former political prisoner Mohammad Nimir Shattawi from Zawata town, west of the city.

In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young man, who remained unidentified, from his home in Sur Baher town.

In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohammad Othman Elian, 18, Mahmoud Othman Elian, 21, Mos’ab Abdul-Latif Sabbagh, 24, and Khaled Moath Al-Ghoul, 23, from Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the city.

In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Badran Ibreiwish, Amjad Shawamra, Azmi Ghneimat, and Asma’ Abdul-Fattah Sweity from their homes in Doura, Beit Awwa, and Beit Ummar towns.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mohannad Rasmi Abu Alia, 20, Ahmad Mohammad Na’san, 25, from Al-Mughayyir village, and Ibrahim Abdul-Khatib, 22, from Khirbat Abu Falah village, north of the city.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians, Anas Ahmad Kamil, Mohammad Ali Kamil, Hadi Nazzal, Mohammad Taiseer Nazzal, Mohammad Taiseer Zakarna, Adham Yasser Hanaisha, Mohammad Adnan Nazzal and Montaser Maher Nazzal.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In Nablus

 MAY 11, 2023

On Thursday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded several towns near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stormed and ransacked many homes, and abducted seven young Palestinian men.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded Qusra town, south of Nablus, and abducted Ibrahim Yousef Hasan and Moath Anwar Hasan.

They added that the soldiers also invaded Qaryout town, south of Nablus, and abducted Abdullah Badawi and his son Mohannad, Ahmad Tareq Odah, and Ahmad Marawi.

In addition, the soldiers invaded Zawata town, west of Nablus, and abducted a former political prisoner Mohammad Nimir Shattawi.

The soldiers also invaded the Al-Makhfiyya neighborhood in Nablus city, leading to protests and invading many homes before violently searching them, leading to protests.

Israeli Occupation Regime Army Abducts 28 Palestinians, Including 6 Children, In Occupied West Bank

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers abducted 28 Palestinians, including six children and siblings, after the army invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted thirteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the governorate.

The abducted Palestinians are Mohammad Nayef Sleibi, his son Mo’men, 16, Abdul-Qader Mousa Bahar, 17, Khaled Mahmoud Al-Allama and his sons, Al-Qassem, 17, and Al-Qasam, 16, Khaled Mustafa Abu Mariya, 47, his son Ayham, 16, Walid Jamal Sabarna, 45, his son Hasan, 17, from Beit Ummar town north of the city, Firas and Odai Abdul-Ghani Al-Atrash, from Hebron city, and Rashad Ibrahim Jaradat from Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdullah Odeili, Mojahed Odeili, and Mahmoud Odeili from Orasin town, southwest of Nablus, Mahmoud Dawabsha from Duma town, southeast of Nablus, and Fadi Mualla from Beita town, southeast of Nablus.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Nasr, Ala Abu ‘Aadi, and Yousef Hanani from Kafr Ni’ma town, southwest of the city.

In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Ahmad Nader Rafati from the Al-Karkafa area in the city’s center and Malek Hussin Haroun from the Deheishe refugee camp south of the city.

In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ali Saleh Hanthawi from Qabatia town, south of the city, and Abdullah Sadeq Obeid from Anza town, west of Jenin, while crossing a military roadblock near Ya’bad town.

In Jericho, in the northeastern Werst Bank, the soldiers abducted a teenage boy, Bassam Abu Al-Asal, from the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp.

In the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Riyad Mohammad Abu Elian from Tubas city, 19.

Israeli sources said a soldier was shot during a fire exchange with Palestinian fighters in Tubas when the army invaded the city to arrest Palestinians and was moved to an Israeli hospital suffering serious wounds.

In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Bassem Abu Samri from his home in Tulkarem refugee camp.

Demolition of Palestinian Homes and Property by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Army Demolishes Tahadi School For Second Time In One Week

 MAY 11, 2023

On Wednesday evening, Israeli occupation soldiers demolished the Tahadi 5 school in the Jeb Ath-Theeb area in l in Beit Ta’mir village, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, for the second time this week.

Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, said many army jeeps and bulldozers invaded the area before surrounding the school and demolishing it for the second time this week and the third time since it was built.

He added that the small school consisted of two tents and a few structures installed after the army demolished its small classrooms that provided basic education to children in the community.

Last Sunday, the soldiers demolished the school before the Commission, and the locals rebuilt it; the small educational facility provides education to six children.

The school provided education to 60 students from the local communities of Jeb Ath-Theeb, Zawahra, Al-Wahsh, and Mheimeed and was built on land private-owned by Palestinians from the Zawahra family, who have all deeds and legal documents.

In late February of 2023, an Israeli court denied an appeal filed by the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission and The Society of St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights against demolishing the Tahadi School.

The school was demolished eleven times since its establishment in 2016.

Israeli Occupation Army Demolishes Three Homes Near Jericho

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in Dyouk at-Tahta village, located west of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank.

According to media sources, several military vehicles, including bulldozers, entered the village and proceeded to demolish the homes.

One of the homes belonged to Mustafa Faraj, a resident of the village, while Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem owned the other two.

The village has been subjected to increasing Israeli violations, including the demolition of numerous homes and buildings as a result of Israel’s illegal colonialist activities and the annexation of Palestinian lands.

In related news, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers invaded Deir Dibwan Palestinian village east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, injuring three Palestinians.

The Health Ministry reported that two Palestinians were shot while another was repeatedly assaulted, sustaining various fractures and bruises.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Uproot 600 Olive Trees, Destroys Water Tanks, And Demolish Structures, In Hebron

 MAY 10, 2023

On Wednesday, Israeli occupation soldiers invaded the Jabal Al-Hardash area in Tarqoumia town, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, uprooted 600 olive trees, and destroyed water tanks, to expand two illegal colonies built on stolen Palestinian lands.

Mahmoud Fatafta, one of the landowners, said the lands are privately owned by members of the Fatafta and Thabayna families and added that the attack is not the first, especially since the army uprooted and bulldozed lands in the area several times over the past few years.

The soldiers also destroyed twenty water tanks, used by the farmers, and demolished agricultural sheds.

Mahmoud stated that the attacks are part of the Israeli plans to expand the illegal Edora and Telem colonies built on stolen Palestinian lands.

He called on various local, regional, and international human rights and legal groups to intervene and end the seriously escalating Israeli violations of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

In related news, the army uprooted dozens of olive saplings in an orchard owned by a Palestinian from the local Assaf family and surveyed Palestinian lands in Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem.

Over the past four years, the army uprooted dozens of olive saplings and trees in the area, and bulldozed farmlands as part of ongoing illegal colonialist activities.

Israeli Occupation Regime Demolishes Two Apartments In Jerusalem

 MAY 10, 2023

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, May 10, 2023 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation regime bulldozers demolished two Palestinian-owned apartments in the town of Jabal al-Mukabber, in the occupied city of Jerusalem, under the pretext that they were built without a permit.

According to the sources, the two apartments were 220 square meters each, owned by brothers Feras and Ali Shuqeirat, and inhabited by 10 people, mostly children.

Feras said that he had received a demolition notice from the Israeli authorities last February and that all the attempts to prevent the demolition of his apartment and his brother Ali’s apartment were unsuccessful.

He pointed out that the occupation municipality court issued a decision about two months ago to freeze the demolition decision until next September, but he and his brother were informed by the lawyer last week that the municipality had submitted a request to the court to cancel the freezing decision, and the court approved the demolition.

Israeli Occupation  Regime Bombing Caused Destruction Of Eleven Residential Units

 MAY 10, 2023

Salam Marouf, the head of the Government Press Office in Gaza, said the Israeli bombing on Gaza, Tuesday, has led to the destruction of eleven residential units and caused damage to many homes and buildings.

In a press conference, Marouf said the Israeli occupation regime offensive started in Rafah and Gaza City, adding that more than 50 Israeli war jets fired missiles on several areas, buildings, infrastructure, and farmlands, especially in Gaza City and in Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and central Gaza.

He added that the government and its various ministries are on high alert and ready to deal with the current situation and for a possible further Israeli escalation.

Marouf stated that the Israeli occupation army didn’t just assassinate Palestinian leaders but also killed their families and deliberately targeted residential areas and facilities, in addition to tightening the siege on the coastal region and closing all terminals.

He added that all specialized teams were still evaluating the extent of damage and destruction caused by the Israeli missiles and were instructed to implement the previously set emergency protocols to help the people and alleviate their suffering.

Marouf also said that, despite the Israeli offensive, all government facilities are up and running to provide services for the people and added that there is enough food and goods to deal with the current situation and closure.

He called on all merchants to abide by the set prices of goods and supplies and added that the Consumer Protection Department monitors the markets.

Furthermore, Marouf called on the International Community and all related human rights groups to intervene and clearly announce a stance regarding the Israeli offensive and aggression.

On Tuesday evening, the Israeli army fired a missile at a Palestinian car in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding two.

At dawn Tuesday, the army killed thirteen Palestinians, including four children and four women, and injured about twenty, including some who suffered serious wounds.

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