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.

 

14,532 Palestinians Killed, 6,800+ Missing Under the Rubble, 35,000 Injured, in 48 Days of the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza

November 23, 2023

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By November 21, 2023,The death toll included more than 5,840 children and 3,920 women, 695 elderly, 200 health care personnel, 22 civil defense members, and 51 journalists.

By November 21, 2023, there were 6,800 people who were still missing under the rubble, including 4,500 children.

By November 23, 2023, there were 223 Palestinians who were killed, and 3,138 who were injured by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank.

 

Palestinian teenager, Izzuddeen Mustafa Al-'Hafi, 18, was killed by Israeli occupation regime soldiers, during their raid on Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, on November 23, 2023	Horrified Palestinian children in Gaza, terrified by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on their homes and neighborhoods, November 23, 2023
Some of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza, November 23, 2023	Getting Palestinian victims from under the rubble, who were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Rafa'h, November 23, 2023
Israeli bombardment of locations in South Lebanon, November 23, 2023 pic	Israeli bombardment of locations in South Lebanon, November 23, 2023
Israeli genocidal air strikes on Rafa'h, November 23, 2023	Scenes of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Palestinian residential neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, November 2023

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).

"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).

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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.

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/


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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 verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," 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.

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Palestinian Health Minister denounces Israel's abduction of the Director of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) --

Palestinian Minister of Health, Dr. Mai Al-Kaila, has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces for their arrest of Dr. Mu'hammed Abu Salmiya, the Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, and several other doctors at an Israeli military checkpoint along the Salah al-Din Road connecting the northern and southern regions of the Gaza Strip.

Minister Al-Kaila stated that this arrest adds to the series of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip. 

She highlighted previous incidents where Israeli occupation forces bombed and raided numerous hospitals in Gaza, resulting in the death and injury of hundreds of doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, emergency personnel, and displaced patients.

"We have appealed to the United Nations General Assembly, international human rights institutions, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and all international bodies to exert pressure on the occupation to halt its aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank," she said.

"However, the Israeli occupation continues to turn a blind eye to all international laws and humanitarian conventions."

M.N.

Palestinians from Ghazza (Gaza) who are stranded in Egypt can return home starting tomorrow, says Palestine embassy in Cairo

CAIRO, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Palestinian embassy in Cairo said today that residents of the Ghazza (Gaza) Strip stranded in Egypt since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7 can return home as of tomorrow, Friday.

It said in a statement that the Egyptian authorities confirmed that those stranded in northern Sinai will be allowed to return to Gaza tomorrow, while others stranded in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates will be able to return on Saturday.

M.K.

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

Six killed, including three children, in an Israeli airstrike on Rafa'h

RAFAH, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

Six people were killed today, including three children, in Israeli airstrikes at two homes in Rafa'h in the south of the Ghazza (Gaza) Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

The Israeli attacks since October 7 killed 14,530 people in the Ghazza (Gaza)  Strip and injured 35,000 others.

M.K.

 48 days of the Gaza Holocaust, fire belts and genocide continue

November 23, 2023, GAZA, (PIC) +-

The Israeli occupation forces continued their bloody holocaust in the Gaza Strip for the 48th consecutive day Thursday, launching more airstrikes and fire belts, bombarding homes and carrying out crimes of genocide, alongside ground incursions from multiple axes amidst fierce resistance.

The PIC correspondent reported that the Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes on neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, while there was confusion about the fate and timing of the humanitarian ceasefire, amid reports of a retreat by the war criminal Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his terrorist government regarding some provisions.

The Israeli occupation army radio stated that after the postponement of the ceasefire, it appears that the so-called "security establishment" has been directed to intensify the attacks on Gaza, and that the air force is carrying out a large-scale bombing throughout the Strip.

The PIC correspondent reported that the Israeli aircraft intensified their airstrikes and artillery shelling on Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, with a focus on targeting the entire eastern towns. Massive explosions were heard for hours due to artillery shells, accompanied by about 20 airstrikes towards unidentified locations.

The Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Barhoum family in the Barahma neighborhood in Rafa'h, resulting in several injuries being taken to Kuwait Hospital.

The PIC correspondent reported that there were martyrs and injuries in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Taweel family in the Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

Several casualties and injuries arrived at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in Bait Lahia, northern Gaza, as a result of the Israeli occupation's shelling of several houses on Al-Houja Street, Al-Yafawiya, and a house near the Trans Intersection in Jabalya camp.

Fifteen civilians, the majority of them women and children, were martyred and others were injured in the targeting by the occupation of a building belonging to the Abu Mussami'h family in Bani Suhaila town, east of Khan Younus. The search for missing persons in the area where several houses were destroyed is ongoing.

The Israeli occupation forces targeted a house belonging to the Kurd family in Dair El-Bala'h, central Ghazza (Gaza), resulting in the deaths of three people and injuries to others.

Israeli warplanes targeted the municipality building in Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younus. They also targeted a residential apartment in the Nusayrat camp, central Gaza.

The Photojournalist Mu'hammed 'Ayyash, along with several members of his family, was killed as a result of the Israeli shelling of his house in Nusayrat, central Gaza, bringing the number of journalists killed since the beginning of the aggression to 65 martyrs.

Dozens were martyred and others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Abu Iskander area in the Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, northern Gaza.

The Israeli occupation forces shelled the building of the charitable society behind Kuwait Hospital in Rafa'h.

Ground incursions

The Israeli occupation forces continued their ground incursions in several areas of the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern Gaza governorate and Gaza City, facing fierce and heroic resistance in all areas of the incursion. During these incursions, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, managed to destroy more than 250 military vehicles, either completely or partially.

While the sounds of heavy shelling and gunfire were heard east of Khan Yunis, there were conflicting reports about an Israeli infiltration attempt and the resistance's response.

Intense clashes were reported between the resistance and the Israeli occupation army in the eastern areas of Al-Maghazi and Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the Israeli airstrikes on the central governorate.

Bloody toll

The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Wednesday evening that the number of Palestinian martyrs in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 14,532, including more than 6,000 children and 4,000 women, since October 7th.

The GMO said in a statement on the Telegram platform: "The number of martyrs has reached more than 14,532, including more than 6,000 children and 4,000 women. This means that 69% of the martyrs belong to the categories of children and women. The total number of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation army has exceeded 1,384."

The statement added, "The number of martyrs among medical personnel is 205, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics. Twenty-five civil defense personnel were martyred, and 64 journalists were martyred in an attempt to erase the truth and distort the Palestinian narrative."

"The number of injuries exceeds 35,000, with more than 75% of them being children and women," it concluded.

Israeli genocidal air strikes on homes in the Ghazza (Gaza) Strip kill 15 people, injure others

GAZA, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

Israeli airstrikes at Palestinian homes in the Ghazza (Gaza) Strip this afternoon killed 15 people and injured others.

WAFA correspondent said the warplanes bombed a house in Shaikh Nasir neighborhood, east of Khan Younus in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least five people and wounding others. Reuters photographer Fadi Shana'a was injured in a bombing in Khan Younus.

At least 10 other people were killed and a large number were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing on a house in the Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in northern Gaza.

Israeli warplanes also destroyed two homes in Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Three mosques in the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younus, were also bombed and destroyed between last night and today.

M.K.

Dozens, journalist included, killed in Israeli airstrikes on Ghazza (Gaza)

GAZA, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation regime warplanes Thursday launched several raids on citizens’ homes in Al-Nusayrat and its camp in the central Ghazza (Gaza) Strip, and Jabalya to the north, killing and injuring dozens.

WAFA correspondent said that photojournalist Mu'hammed Mo'een 'Ayyash was killed, along with a number of his family members after the warplanes bombed his house in Al-Nusayrat .

He added that the Israeli occupation regime aircraft launched violent raids on citizens' homes in Al-Nusayrat camp, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

Eyewitnesses explained that the occupation aircraft bombed two homes owned by Al-Kurd family in the vicinity of Abu Hosni Street area in Dair El-Bala'h in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing three citizens and wounding dozens.

In the north, dozens of civilians were killed and injured in Israeli raids that targeted a number of citizens’ homes in the Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip, where the occupation warplanes bombed the Salem family’s home near the 'Imad 'Aqil Mosque, and the 'Hamad family’s home.

The number of slain Palestinians in the bombing of Abu Musamih family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younus, rose to 14, and at least 13 wounded, who were transferred to Nasir Medical Hospital, while civil defense and ambulance crews continue to search for missing people under the rubble.

K.T.

Israeli occupation regime warplanes attack different locations in Ghazza (Gaza)

GAZA, Wednesday, November 22, 2023 (WAFA) –

Israeli warplanes tonight attacked different locations in the Ghazza (Gaza) Strip causing many injuries.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation warplanes targeted a house for the Sali'h family in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, wounding a number of people.

He said the occupation artillery launched violent bombardment in the town of Al-Fokhari, east of Khan Younus.

In the north of the Gaza Strip, the occupation artillery bombed the Bait Lahya project area with a number of shells, missiles, and smoke bombs.

Local sources said the occupation artillery bombed the vicinity of Khalifa School in the center of the Bait Lahya project, where more than 8,000 displaced people are staying.

Warplanes also bombed two homes, one for the 'Ashour family in the vicinity of the Al-Khulafa Mosque in the northern Ghazza (Gaza) Strip, and the other for the Al-Dalu family in the Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Ghazza (Gaza).

T.R.

'Hizbullah-Israel Cross-Border Fighting

The Israeli occupation forces renew the bombing of several towns in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces renewed this afternoon the bombing of several towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese National News Agency said that the Israeli occupation forces targeted the town of Mays Al-Jabal with phosphorus shells, and 12 shells fell on the outskirts of the town of Rashaf.

It said drones were still flying since the morning over the villages of the western and central sectors, up to the sea coast and over the city of Soor (Tyre), while the Israeli occupation forces fired incendiary bombs at the forests of the town of Alma Al-Sha'b. The artillery shelling also targeted the vicinity of the town of Majdal Zoun and Tair 'Harfa.

M.K.

5 'Hizbullah fighters killed in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon

November 23, 2023, BEIRUT, (PIC) +-

The Lebanese 'Hizbullah organization announced on Thursday that five of its fighters were killed last night in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon.

In a statement, 'Hizbullah mourned the fighters including 'Abbas Ra'd, the son of the head of 'Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc, Mu'hammed Ra'd. They were “martyred on the road to Al-Quds (Jerusalem)”, it added. 

The Lebanese Civil Defense reported that 5 people were martyred and another was injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Bait Yahoun, in southern Lebanon.

Throughout Wednesday, the Israeli army and 'Hizbullah exchanged fire across the border.

They have been engaging in deadly skirmishes along the border since the Palestinian group 'Hamas carried out a surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7.

The Israeli army claimed that it bombed last night 'Hizbullah infrastructure in Lebanon as well as two cells that attempted to launch missiles towards the Israeli soldiers.

Israeli aircrafts and artillery bombed Al-Labouna and Wadi 'Hamoul areas in the western district of southern Lebanon and Naqoura and Alma A-Sha'b in the south.  A drone bombed the vicinity of the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon, and two airstrikes targeted the vicinity of the town of Yater in southern Lebanon.

'Hizbullah announced in separate statements and declarations, on Wednesday and Thursday morning, that its fighters targeted 13 military sites of the Israeli army on the Palestinian-Lebanese border, in support of the Palestinian people and its resistance.

On Thursday morning, 'Hizbullah fighters targeted a house in which Israeli soldiers were stationed in Al-Manara settlement with two guided missiles, which scored a direct hit.

'Hizbullah fighters targeted gatherings of Israeli infantry forces at Al-Dthahira, Jal Al-'Alam and Birkat Risha sites with “appropriate weapons” and hit them directly.

Meanwhile, Israeli army radio reported that about 50 missiles were fired at the settlements of the Upper Jaleel (Galilee), which is the largest bombing since the beginning of the war.

'Hizbullah also announced that its fighters targeted a Merkava tank with a guided missile at Al-Rahib site. It added that an Israeli infantry force arrived at the location of the tank, and was targeted by guided weapons, leading to casualties among the soldiers. 

'Hizbullah fighters targeted Ein Zeitim base near the city of Safad (the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 91st Division) with 48 Katyusha rockets. They also targeted Khirbit Maer site and its artillery emplacements with projectiles.

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

IOF kills Palestinian child in southern Nablus

November 23, 2023, NABLUS, (PIC) +-

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed the Palestinian child, Mu'taz Anas 'Eid, 16, on Wednesday during a raid into Boureen town in southern Nablus city in the West Bank.

The IOF soldiers fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas towards Palestinian youths, resulting in the fatal injury of the child Eid with live bullets in the back. Doctors declared his death after attempting to perform cardiac resuscitation on him in vain.

At dawn today, seven Palestinians were killed by IOF attacks on Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank. Six young men were killed in the IOF raid and bombardment carried out by a drone that targeted Tulkarm refugee camp, a seventh man was martyred during the IOF storming of Qalqilya. 

Palestinian killed, others injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets at the entrance to Burqa, east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian man identified as Khalid Al-Sayi'h 'Ulawan, 46, was killed and two others were injured by Israeli occupation regime forces’ bullets at the entrance to the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah.

Palestinian security sources told WAFA that the occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle at the Burqa bridge, wounding three people, one of them was later pronounced dead.

Sources in the Palestinian Red Crescent said that its crews transferred a dead person from the village of Burqa to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.

M.K.

Israeli occupation regime army assault on Balata refugee camp, raid and ransacking homes continue for 12 straight hours

NABLUS, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation regime forces are continuing in their assault against Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, which started at midnight last night, resulting in the killing of a boy and the wounding of three others, in addition to raids of homes and ransacking them, according to local sources.

Large Israeli occupation regime forces stormed the eastern region of the city of Nablus and raided Balata camp where violent confrontations broke out.

As a result, 'Izzuddeen Mustafa Al-'Hafi, 18, was killed after being hit by a live bullet in the head during the confrontations. Three other young men were also wounded by live bullets, one in the back, another in the foot, and the third, a 17-year-old, in the thigh.

The occupation forces raided many homes in the camp and in the nearby suburb, searched them, wreaked havoc, and arrested nine people, including siblings and their cousin from the suburb, a man and his son from the camp, and three others arrested from inside a bakery in the city.

The occupation forces also bulldozed and destroyed the streets and a monument inside Balata camp.

M.K.

Israeli occupation regime forces shoot Palestinian child before detaining south of Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) - 

A child was Thursday shot by Israeli occupation regime forces in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, south of the occupied city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), before he was detained.

Local sources said that the Israeli occupation regime forces opened fire on a child in the town, while he was near the separation and apartheid wall surrounding the town.

Several video clips showed the occupation forces shooting a child whose identity remains unknown in the Al-Shiyah area near the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, before detaining him.

K.T.

Palestinian killed by Israeli occupation regime forces near Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian youth was killed and another was injured by live bullets, tonight, during confrontations with the Israeli occupation regime forces in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.

Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Center at the Red Crescent Society in Nablus, A'hmed Jibreel, reported that two youths were injured by live bullets in the head and back, during confrontations with the Israeli occupation regime forces in Balata camp. They were transferred to Rafidia Hospital, where doctors later pronounced Izzuddeen Mustafa Al-'Hafi, 18, dead as a result of his serious injury.

He added that the occupation forces detained all Red Crescent crews at the Balata intersection - Al-Quds Street, while trying to reach casualties around the camp and took away keys and phones.

Local sources indicated that the Israeli occupation regime forces stormed the city of Nablus from the eastern region, raided Balata camp, where confrontations broke out. They also raided the Yafa Cultural Center and intensively deployed their soldiers in the area.

K.T. 

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

At least 76 Palestinians rounded up in the West Bank raising the total to 3130 abducted since October 7

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation regime forces today abducted at least 76 Palestinians in raids at their homes in the West Bank, including 36 from the village of 'Azzoun, east of Qalqilya, raising the total Palestinians abducted in the West Bank to 3130 since October 7.

In addition to the 36 rounded up in 'Azzoun, 15 were abducted in Al'Arroub refugee camp in the Hebron district where soldiers this morning shot and injured two students as they heading to their schools.

Around 10 were also abducted in Nablus, including siblings and a father and his son, and during an army raid of Balata refugee camp, which is still ongoing as more are expected to be abducted. One person was killed this morning in Balata by army gunfire.

Six people were also detained in the Jenin district, four abducted in Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, four from the Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) district, one from the village of 'Aroura, west of Ramallah, and one from Abu Dees, east of Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

M.K.

Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Armed settlers attack and pillage agricultural lands in Masafir Yatta

HEBRON, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

Armed Israeli settlers went on a rampage today through fruitful fields of Palestinian farmers in the Masafir Yatta area, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The assailants vandalized and pillaged property, leaving local farmers devastated, according to local sources.

The sources informed WAFA that a group of armed settlers descended upon the farmlands in the Sha'b Al-Tuwana area in Masafir Yatta, cutting down numerous fruitful trees and wreaking havoc on the agricultural infrastructure. The assailants also dismantled a tent and its facilities, leaving destruction in their wake.

The armed settlers also stole agricultural equipment and a water network belonging to a local Palestinian farmer, Hatim Makhamira. The incident further compounds the challenges faced by the already struggling Palestinian farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the productivity of their lands.

Residents of Masafir Yatta have experienced a noticeable increase in settler attacks on both their properties and themselves, with these incidents occurring almost daily.

M.N. 

Illegal Israeli settlers uproot 12 olive trees, steal crops in Salfeet

SALFIT, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers today uprooted 12 olive trees in an area west of Salfeet in the north of the West Bank and stole the crops of 20 others owned by a local resident, local sources told WAFA

They said the occupation army and colonists prevented residents of Salfeet from reaching their lands in that area to pick their olives.

In a related context, the occupation forces tightened their military measures at the northern entrance to Salfeet and the entrance to the village of Bruqin, west of the city, and set up checkpoints and impeded the movement of people.

Meanwhile, armed colonists from the illegal Havat Maon also chopped trees, tore down a tent, and stole agricultural tools and a water network owned by a local resident in Sha'b Al-Tuwana, in Masafir Yatta, in the south of the West Bank, according to local sources.

M.K.

The Israeli occupation regime issues "stop construction" orders for six Palestinian-owned homes

BETHLEHEM, Thursday, November 23, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation regime forces today issued stop construction orders for six Palestinian-owned houses under construction in the town of Al-Khadir, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Mayor of Al-Khadir, Ibraheem Mousa, told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces stormed an area west of the town and handed the orders to the homeowners.

Several areas in Al-Khadir have been targeted by the Israeli occupation authorities through notices to demolish homes and stop work, as well as closing roads, demolishing agricultural rooms, and bulldozing and seizing lands.

M.K.

 

 

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