Sixth Batch of Swap Deal Done, Escalation in the West Bank, and Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza, November 30, 2023

Sixth Batch of Swap Deal Done, Escalation in the West Bank, and Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza

November 30, 2023

Video showing the assassination of two Palestinian children in Jineen today by Israeli occupation regime soldiers:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1729836178860302446

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By November 24, 2023:

The Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza, since October 7, resulted in a death toll of more than 15,000 people, including more than 6,150 children and over 4,000 women. There are more than 6,800 who are missing under the rubble.

In addition, there are 36,000 Palestinians who were injured, during the the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

The systematic Israeli genocidal air strikes resulted in the complete destruction of more than 50,000 housing units, and more than 300,000 damaged housing units.

By November 29, 2023:

There were 247 Palestinians who were killed, 3,200 who were injured, and 3,365+ who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank.


Palestinian journalists in Gaza participating in the funeral procession of fellow journalists Sari Mansour and 'Hassouna Salim, who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza, on November 19, 2023	Palestinian Fadi Moayad Badran, 21, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers while waiting for the release of prisoners from 'Ofer prison, on November 30, 2023

Six Palestinian detainees were recently killed after their exposure to excruciating torture at the hands of Israeli prison officers, file, November 30, 2023	An Israeli occupation regime soldier abducting a Palestinian child, file, November 30, 2023

Israeli occupation regime forces abducting Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, file, November 29, 2023	Pakistan's southern Karachi port city witnessed a huge rally in support of the residents of Gaza, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, November 29, 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.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.

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'Hamas declares a seventh day of the temporary humanitarian ceasefire

Thursday 30-November-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

As the Israeli genocidal war against the Gaza Strip entered its 55th day on Thursday, the 'Hamas Movement and the Israeli occupation government agreed to extend the temporary humanitarian ceasefire for a seventh day — in the midst of preparations for the release of the seventh batch of detainees as part of the partial prisoner exchange deal.

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that a sense of relief prevailed among the citizens after hearing that the ceasefire deal was extended for another day at the last minutes before its expiry at 7:00 a.m.

Earlier upon hearing initial news about the Israeli refusal to extend the truce, large numbers of citizens had returned to the shelters at dawn today after leaving them and going back to their homes at the beginning of the ceasefire, according to the PIC reporter.

The reporter added that the citizens who returned to the shelters left them again and went back to their homes after a new extension of the ceasefire was announced.

Announcement of Ceasefire Extension

'Hamas announced on Thursday morning its agreement to extend the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for a seventh day. Its announcement came a few minutes before the six-day ceasefire was set to expire at 7:00 a.m. today.

Meanwhile, Majid al-Ansari, the official spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that an agreement was reached on Thursday to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional day under the same previous conditions, which include a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid.

Spokesman Ansari told the Qatari News Agency (QNA) that there are intensive efforts to broker a permanent ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier in the morning, 'Hamas said that the Israeli occupation army had refused to receive seven of its detainees and three bodies of those killed recently as a result of the relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza, in exchange for extending the ceasefire by one more day.

'Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, had already asked its fighters to be on high alert for a return to fighting if the truce was not renewed on Thursday.

The humanitarian truce, which began last Friday (November 24) at 7:00 a.m., was supposed to end on Thursday, while intensive efforts are underway to extend it as a prelude to reaching a comprehensive ceasefire.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) released the sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners, including women, to the West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday morning, while al-Qassam Brigades released 10 detained children and women last night.

As part of the exchange deal, the IOF released 210 female and child prisoners during the past six days, while the resistance released 70 Israeli detainees, including women and children. In addition, they released around 27 foreign detainees as part of humanitarian initiatives and in response to the efforts of several parties

The IOF continues to detain about 8,000 Palestinian prisoners, including more than 3,000 who were arrested after October 7. The spokesperson for the Israeli occupation government, Elon Levy, claims that 151 Israelis are still being held captive in the Gaza Strip.

'Hamas demands a comprehensive deal that includes the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of all Israeli captives in Gaza.

Field Developments

The Israeli occupation regime forces opened fire towards agricultural lands in the east of Khan Younus, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement, according to local sources.

The PIC reporter said that Israeli gunboats fired several shells towards the coast of Dair El-Bala'h and Khan Younus in the central and southern Gaza Strip.

In the past few days, Israeli forces have repeatedly fired gunshots and shells at several areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of four citizens and the injury of around 20 others.

Meanwhile, civil defense crews and volunteers continue to search for missing persons in accessible areas, amid appeals for providing Gaza with experts and special equipment to help the local authorities recover bodies and remove debris and rubble.

Ma'hmoud Basil, the spokesman for the civil defense authority, said that their teams had recovered about 250 bodies of martyrs from the streets and roads of Gaza City and northern Gaza during the past five days of the temporary ceasefire.

In news remarks, Basil stated that 90 percent of these bodies are decomposed and unidentified due to their prolonged presence on the streets, as the ambulance and civil defense crews were unable to reach and recover them due to the intensity of Israeli airstrikes and the ground incursion into different areas of Gaza City and its north.

Since the first moment the temporary ceasefire agreement came into effect, civil defense crews have been dispatched to areas they are able to reach in Gaza City and the northern parts of the Strip where there are no Israeli tanks and vehicles, according the spokesman.

“The scenes were painful and shocking,” he added, noting that there are many areas where civil defense crews are not able to reach due to many risks.

According to Palestinian journalists, the IOF opens fire, without hesitation, at anything that moves, including citizens who attempt to reach their homes to inspect them, such as those in the vicinity of the Jerusalem Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, and the Hospitals of Al-Ranteesi and Al-Nasser in the Nasr neighborhood in the north of Gaza City, as well as in other areas adjacent to the Israeli security fence in the east and north of the Strip.

ICJ Norway and Defend International Law file complaint against Israeli leaders for complicity in crimes against humanity

OSLO, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

ICJ Norway and Defend International Law have filed a complaint with Norwegian prosecutors against Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, member of Israel's War Cabinet Benjamin Gantz, and Chief of Israeli General Staff Herzl Halevi, for complicity in crimes against humanity in Gaza, today said a press release.

Crimes against humanity are widespread or systematic attacks in the form of serious human rights violations directed against a civilian population. ICJ Norway is the Norwegian branch of the International Commission of Jurists, while Defend International Law is an initiative of 44 Norwegian lawyers. Both are independent and autonomous and work to promote respect for international law, the rule of law and human rights.

The 61-page complaint is in principle filed on behalf of all Norwegian citizens and foreigners residing in Norway who stayed in Gaza from 7 October 2023, at the same time as it is filed specifically on behalf of persons who have so far signed a documented power of attorney to ICJ Norway and Defend International Law. As more persons are expected to subscribe to the complaint, further information will be submitted, said the press release.

“The crimes against humanity to which this report applies are committed against Norwegian citizens and persons associated with Norway,” according to a statement by Terje Einarsen, Professor of Law and Chairman of the Board of ICJ Norway. “Several of the crimes have affected everyone who stayed in Gaza, i.e., about 2.2 million people, making this the most serious criminal case ever that has come up in Norway. What is unique is that Gaza became one continuous crime scene of such violations directed against a civilian population, through the combination of Israel's blockade and the extensive bombing of Gaza with the consequences this has had for so many innocent civilians.”

The legal basis for the alleged criminal acts is Section 102 of the Norwegian Criminal Code. The reported crimes against humanity are all considered to have been fully completed as criminal offenses within 15 November 2023. The complaint has been filed with the National Prosecutor's Office (NAST), which specializes in international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The complaint for the crimes in question targets three of those with presumably the highest responsibility among Israel's political and military leaders. Since heads of state are assumed to have immunity under international law, the review is not directed at Israel's current president, prime minister, or foreign minister as they enjoy under international law the "Head of State Immunity" at the state-national level as long as they hold their positions.

“It must be an end to Israel's lack of respect for, and compliance with, its obligations under international law,” according to a statement by attorney Kjell M. Brygfjeld of Defend International Law. “For the first time, criminal action must be taken for the responsibility of the Israeli leadership in the completely inhuman suffering inflicted on the Palestinian population.”

M.K.

Sixth batch of Palestinian detainees released from Israeli occupation regime prisons as part of swap deal

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation regime released predawn on Thursday 30 Palestinian detainees as part of the Gaza-truce swap deal, including 15 women and 15 male teenagers.

An International Committee of the Red Cross bus transported detainees from the 'Ofer military prison to Ramallah, while detainees from Jerusalem, were released from the Russian Compound detention center.

The list of women who were released included two from Jerusalem, three from Hebron, three from Ramallah, and seven from Arab towns in Israel, while the boys include six from Jerusalem, three from Bethlehem, two from Ramallah, two from Jenin, one from Jericho, and one from Hebron.

All the detainees, with the exception of one from an Arab town in Israel, were detained after October 7, when Israel started its aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces earlier Wednesday night stormed the homes of the families of the Palestinian detainees in Jerusalem and threatened them not to hold any celebrations after the release of their children.

Before the prisoners’ release, the occupation forces stormed the neighborhoods near the "Ofer" military prison located in Baitounia, west of Ramallah, leading to confrontations, during which forces fired live bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas bombs toward Palestinians.

The military incursion coincided with the anticipated release of Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails.

Furthermore, large Israeli military forces before midnight stormed the vicinity of the family home of Palestinian detainee, Maryam Salhab in the city of Hebron prior to her release amid the heavy firing of stun grenades.

T.R.

WHO Director-General: WHO’s greatest concern remains supporting Gaza’s health system and health workers to function

GENEBVA, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (WAFA) –

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said during his opening remarks at a media briefing in Geneva, that WHO’s greatest concern remains supporting Gaza’s health system and health workers to function.

He said that only 15 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are still functioning at all in the Strip, but are completely overwhelmed. For example, European Gaza Hospital is currently operating at triple its capacity, he said.

Of the 24 hospitals north of Gaza, only three are functioning at the most basic level, but they lack fuel, water and food, he said.

WHO Director-General said the pause has enabled WHO to increase deliveries of medical supplies in Gaza and to transfer patients from Al-Shifa Hospital to other hospitals south of Gaza.

During the first three days of the pause, WHO received 121 pallets of supplies into its warehouse in Gaza, including IV fluids, medicines, lab supplies, medical disposables, and trauma and surgical supplies, he noted.

“This is enough to support about 90 000 people.” However, much more is needed, he stressed.

WHO’s greatest concern remains supporting Gaza’s health system and health workers to function, he stated.

The health needs of the population of Gaza have increased dramatically, but they are now being serviced by one third of the hospitals and primary care clinics, he said.

And with severe overcrowding, the risks are increasing for epidemics of respiratory tract infections, acute watery diarrhea, hepatitis, scabies, lice and other diseases, he added.

“But we repeat that emergency medical teams and field hospitals can only complement Gaza’s health system, not replace it.”

The priority must be to support Gaza’s health workers, hospitals and clinics to do their jobs, he said.

T.R.

Journalists Syndicate: Israel committed 350 crimes against Palestinian journalists since start of aggression

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (WAFA) -

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) said today that it has documented about 350 crimes and serious violations against Palestinian journalists and media committed by Israel during 50 days of aggression against the Palestinian people.

It said in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which coincides today, that the occupation forces have killed 70 journalists during its aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, equivalent to 120% of those killed in 23 years and is equal to more than three times the number of journalists killed in all parts of the world since the beginning of this year, while two journalists remain missing and 28 others are detained.

“Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this year comes while the racist Israeli occupation is committing genocides against the Palestinian people, including journalists, which is a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions, international humanitarian law, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration in 1993 adopting World Press Freedom Day, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in 2010, Security Council Resolutions 1738 and 2222, and United Nations Resolution No. 163/68 regarding no impunity for perpetrators of crimes against journalists," said the PJS.

"These facts demand urgent international position and action to stop these ongoing crimes, punish the occupation for its crimes, and provide effective protection for journalists," it said, considering every international body that hesitates to implement this and play its role in it as a partner and complicit with the occupation in its crimes against journalists.

M.K.

Massive rally in Karachi expresses support for Gaza

Thursday 30-November-2023, KARACHI, (PIC)

Pakistan’s southern Karachi port city witnessed a huge rally on Wednesday, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds in support of the residents of Gaza on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

The United Nations General Assembly designated November 29 for this observance by adopting a resolution in 1977. This year’s Palestinian solidarity day comes at a time when more than 15,000 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and ground offensive on Gaza since October 7.

As millions around the world protested against Israel’s ongoing war in major cities, civil society groups and organizations in Karachi also initiated the call for Wednesday’s rally, which garnered support from businesspeople, journalists, artists, traders, and political leaders.

“We are here to express solidarity with Palestinians and condemn Israel for killing innocent people in Gaza,” Fahim Zaman, former administrator of Karachi and one of the rally’s organizers, told media.

He demanded a total cease-fire, compensation for the dead and wounded Palestinians, reconstruction of Gaza and a trial for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Criminal Court.

Most rally participants carried placards with slogans like “Free Palestine,” “Cease-fire Now,” “Save Gaza,” and “End Palestinian Genocide.”

Veteran journalist and writer Ghazi Salahuddeen said there was increased global awareness regarding the Palestine issue. “Everyone knows about Gaza,” he said. “Everyone knows about the issues at stake. I think this conflict has brought like-minded people worldwide together in a larger kind of movement,” he continued.

Ieman Al Hajj, a Palestinian woman at the march, voiced the shared responsibility to support Palestine.

“It’s our duty toward our brothers and sisters in Palestine and Gaza to be part of this march and to raise our voices to stop the genocide and the war,” she said.

Laila, another participant who did not share her full name, stressed the importance of continuous protest.

“We should protest until Palestine is free,” she said. “We must fight for the freedom of all oppressed people around the world.”

Notable politicians, including Karachi’s mayor Murtaza Wahab, former Sindh governor Mu'hammed Zubair, Jama'at-e-Islami leader Hafiz Na'eem-ur-Ra'hman, Awami National Party’s Shahi Syed and Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Kishwar Zehra, also participated in the rally.

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

Journalist injured by Israeli sniper south of Wadi Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian journalist was today injured by a live bullet fired by an Israeli sniper south of Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said an Israeli occupation sniper fired live bullets and wounded journalist Abdul Ra'hman Al-Ka'hloot in the feet, which is considered a violation of the truce that continues for the seventh day in a row.

M.K.

Seven decomposed bodies of premature babies found in Gaza hospital

GAZA, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (WAFA) --

Medical teams found today partially decomposed bodies of five premature babies in Al-Nasr Hospital for Children in Gaza City.

Before the truce entered into force on Friday morning, Israeli airstrikes targeted several hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, while a number of them were evacuated under violent bombardment and tight siege.

A medical source said that the Israeli forces previously closed down the intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Hospital, where the partially decomposed bodies of five premature babies were found by doctors today after the occupation soldiers abandoned them there before withdrawing from the hospital.

Earlier this month, eight premature babies lost their lives after their incubators went inoperative due to a power outage after the occupation prevented fuel from reaching the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

Thirty-one premature babies were evacuated to hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip, and a number of them were transferred to Egypt to continue treatment.

A.D./T.R.

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

Abu 'Asab was killed for refusing to lower his head

Thursday 30-November-2023, AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

The 18-year-old Palestinian freed detainee Mu'hammed Salhab recalled a harrowing account of human rights violations against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Salhab, who is from Al-Khaleel and has been released within a partial prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, revealed that prisoner Tha-ir Abu 'Asab was tortured to death just because he refused to lower his head for inspection.

Speaking to Aljazeera tv, Salhab said that the killing crime of Abu 'Asab took place during an inspection operation in prison when an Israeli officer got mad at martyr Abu 'Asab who refused to follow an order to lower down his head during the inspection.

“The officer told other jailers: “kill him. I do not want him alive,” Salhab said.

The freed Palestinian teenager narrated so many stories of Israeli retaliatory attacks and abusive practices against Palestinian prisoners that have been carried out since October 7.

Israeli jailers have been pursuing a systematic hunger policy against Palestinian prisoners in addition to cutting off basic services and supplies such as electric appliances, clothes, blankets, mattresses, and billows.

Palestinian detainees have been continuously subjected to assaults, torture, and abuse, according to previous remarks by the head of Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

Since October 7, more than 3,000 Palestinians in the West Bank have been arrested and more than 200 others have been killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces.

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire following a shooting attack in occupied Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian siblings were killed this morning by Israeli gunfire northwest of occupied Jerusalem following an alleged armed attack, according to sources.

Israeli reports said soldiers opened fire on two Palestinians after a shooting attack at settlers at a bus station in the illegal Israeli settlement of Ramot, killing three and wounding seven others, five of them said to be critical.

The two were identified as Murad Nimr, 38, a former prisoner who spent seven years in Israeli jails for resisting the occupation, and his brother, Ibraheem Nimr, 30, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sour Bahir, south of the city.

A large Israeli occupation regime police force raided the neighborhood, broke into the siblings' homes, and detained members of their families for questioning.

Immediately after the shooting, the occupation police closed a number of entrances to the occupied city of Jerusalem, including the major Qalandya checkpoint, north of the city, and prevented people from passing.

The occupation forces also tightened military measures at the Jaba' checkpoint, northeast of Jerusalem, at the entrance to the town of 'Hizma, and the entrance to the town of Al-'Aizariyya, east of Jerusalem, in addition to closing the entrance to Sour Bahir.

M.K.

Palestinian youth killed by Israeli occupation regime army near 'Ofer prison in Ramallah, others shot and injured

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth was shot dead and others injured by live fire during confrontations with Israeli occupation regime forces at predawn Thursday in front of 'Ofer Israeli prison in the town of Baitounia, west of Ramallah, said medical sources.

Sources informed WAFA that a Palestinian youth, who was identified as 21-year-old Fadi Moayad Badran, from the village of Bait Ur Al-Ta'hta to the west of Ramallah, died of critical gunshot wounds to the chest sustained by Israeli forces live bullets in confrontations that erupted in front of 'Ofer prison.

At least four other youths were injured by live fire in their extremities, whereas two people were injured after falling down during the Israeli army attack.

Earlier tonight, the occupation forces stormed the neighborhoods near the "'Ofer" military prison located in Baitounia, west of Ramallah, leading to confrontations, during which forces attacked Palestinians with live bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas bombs.

T.R.

Palestinian killed after carrying out ramming operation in Jordan Valley

Thursday 30-November-2023, JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was shot dead on Thursday after he rammed his car into Israeli soldiers and wounded two of them near the illegal settlement of Beka’ot in the northern Jordan Valley.

According to the Hebrew media, the Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian driver after he carried out a car-ramming operation at the Beka’ot Checkpoint in the Jordan Valley, injuring two of them lightly.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented an ambulance from approaching the wounded driver in the area to provide him with medical assistance and left him to bleed to death.

Following the incident, the IOF closed the military checkpoints in the east of Nablus and the northern Jordan Valley and tightened its security measures in those areas.

Palestinian National Islamic forces in Jenin confirm Israel killed Zubaydi and 'Hanoun

JENIN, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (WAFA) -

The National and Islamic Action forces in Jineen (Jenin) and its refugee camp mourned today via loudspeakers in mosques the death of Mu'hammed Jamal Al-Zubaydi and Wisam Ziyad 'Hanoun, from the Jenin refugee camp, who were killed during the Israeli aggression on Jenin and its camp.

WAFA correspondent said that the loudspeakers in the mosques mourned the two and said the occupation forces kidnapped their bodies.

The Israeli army also killed two children, 8 and 15 years of age, during the same aggression that started around midnight last night and continued for most of today.

M.K.

Israeli occupation regime forces carry out large-scale military incursion into city of Tulkarm and its camp, cause heavy destruction

TULKAREM, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) –

Large Israeli occupation regime forces at predawn on Thursday carried out a large-scale military incursion into the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp, causing heavy destruction to the streets, vehicles, and property.

WAFA correspondent said that large Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a bulldozer, stormed the city from the western side and patrolled their troops in its streets and neighborhoods, particularly the southern and eastern parts.

Forces, accompanied by police dogs, also broke into the refugee camp, and positioned troops in its streets and snipers on rooftops of high buildings, as bulldozers sabotaged and destroyed the camp’s main streets, several vehicles, and properties of residents.

Violent clashes reportedly broke out between Israeli soldiers and the youth, during which the former fired live bullets heavily toward the youths, however, no injuries were reported.

Israeli military forces also stationed troops in the vicinity of Thabit Thabit Government Hospital in Tulkarm, searching ambulances and obstructing their work and subjecting their drivers to interrogation.

Forces further raided several residents’ homes in the southern neighborhood of the city of Tulkarm, where they detained a youth from his home. The youth was identified as Abdul-Fatta'h Al-Qaddoomi.

Sources said that drones were also flying low over the city.

T.R.

The Israeli occupation regime forces shot a man in the Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation regime forces opened fire this afternoon and injured a Palestinian man near Attouf in the northern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.

They said the occupation forces opened fire at a Palestinian man, whose identity was not immediately known, and prevented Red Crescent ambulances from reaching him.

At the same time, the occupation forces closed the Tayaseer and Al-'Hamra military checkpoints in both directions, causing a stifling traffic crisis amid heavy military presence.

M.K.

The Israeli occupation regime Soldiers open fire, injure Palestinian youth west of Hebron

HEBRON, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

A 23-year-old Palestinian man was injured today by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in the town of Idna, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said the Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at the youth when he was near the apartheid wall, west of the town of Idna, wounding him in the thigh.

He was transferred to a nearby hospital, where his injury was described as moderate.

M.K.

Occupation forces assault, detain three farmers south of Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces today assaulted and detained three Palestinian farmers in Khirbit Yanoun, in the village of 'Aqraba, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the head of Yanoun village council, Rashid Marar.

He told WAFA that the occupation forces detained the three farmers for several hours while they were working on their lands and severely beat them.

M.K.

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli occupation regime soldiers abduct 40 Palestinians including two girls in the West Bank

Thursday 30-November-2023, WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation regime soldiers abducted on Thursday 40 Palestinians including two girls and members of 'Hamas Movement in addition to former detainees, as part of Israeli massive and punitive measures against the Palestinians in the West Bank, according to Palestinian Prisoners Media Office.

The arrests were carried out in Al-Khalil, Bethlehem, Tulkarm and Occupied Jerusalem, as well as in Aree'ha (Jericho), Qalqilya, and Tubas, the Office said.

About 7 persons including young men were rounded up in Occupied Jerusalem, 8 men were abducted in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), and 11 others in Al-Khaleel after storming several neighborhoods in the city. Some of them were arrested along with their fathers and brothers.

The IOF also arrested 9 Palestinians in Tulkarm and 2 others in Qalqilya city, while in Tubas, 2 former prisoners were rounded up in addition to a member of Tubas municipal council.

Meanwhile, Israeli special forces abducted a young man from 'Ain Al-Sultan refugee camp in Jericho.

The number of Palestinians in the West Bank, who have been held captive since October 7 in Israeli occupation regime prisons, thus surged to 3,365.

While Israel set free 30 Palestinians in a swap deal, its forces detained 40 others in West Bank raids

RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) –

As 30 Palestinian detainees in Israel got a chance to return home to the West Bank and East Jerusalem early this morning in the prisoners’ swap deal, Israeli occupation forces were busy detaining Palestinians in raids across the West Bank, rounding up even more than the number of prisoners released.

The Palestinian Prisoners Commission and the Prisoner Society said that the Israeli army detained 40 Palestinians in these raids, including two girls and former prisoners, mainly in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Tulkarm, and Jerusalem governorates.

At least 10 were detained in the Hebron governorate, seven in the Jerusalem governorate, eight in the Bethlehem governorate, and nine in Tulkarm, including siblings and fathers and sons.

In addition, two were detained in Qalqilya, one in Jericho, and three in Tubas, said the organizations.

With the latest arrests, Israel has detained 3365 Palestinians in the occupied territories since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7.

M.K.

Palestinian prisoners suffer from unprecedented measures in Israeli jails

Thursday 30-November-2023, WEST BANK, (PIC)

Palestinian prisoners have sent a message regarding the retaliatory and repressive measures they are being exposed to inside Israeli jails.

“Since October 7, the Zionist enemy has been waging its revenge war against the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and prisons to cover up the defeat they sustained in Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood.’”

According to their message, the Israeli jailers have committed “heinous crimes” against the prisoners in all jails, simultaneously with the “war crimes” and the “crimes against humanity” that are happening against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, with US support.

The prisoners called on the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN, and the free world’s countries to necessarily pressure the Israeli occupation authority to stop its vengeful attacks and systematic crimes against them.

The Palestinian prisoners complained of being held captive under harsh detention conditions and inside cells that were turned into “deadly caged graves,” affirming that a number of them were “assassinated” recently in different Israeli jails.

The prisoners applauded the resistance in Gaza for treating Israeli and foreign captives humanely and kindly, unlike the inhuman and abusive treatment the Palestinian prisoners receive from Israeli jailers.

Since October 7, the Israeli prison service has escalated its repressive and punitive measures unprecedentedly against the Palestinian prisoners. Six detainees were recently killed after their exposure to excruciating torture at the hands of Israeli prison officers.

Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Illegal Israeli settlers uproot olive trees in Salfeet area

SALFIT, Thursday, November 30, 2023 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today uprooted 10 olive trees and prevented Palestinian harvesters from going to their lands north and west of the town of Kafr Al-Deek, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfeet, according to the mayor of Kafr Al-Deek, Mu'hammed Naji.

He told WAFA that the colonists destroyed and cut down trees belonging to his family, attacked the olive pickers, and forced them to leave their lands.

He said the area of the lands in question is estimated at more than 1,500 dunums.

M.K.

Illegal Israeli settlers force a Palestinian out of his land in Kisan

BETHLEHEM, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (WAFA) –

A group the illegal Israeli settlers today forced a Palestinian farmer to leave his land in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, according to the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Hasan Braijiya.

He said that a group of colonists forced 'Ali 'Eisa Nabaheen to leave his land located near the illegal colony of Ibi Hanahil, east of the village, while he was reclaiming it.

Meanwhile, colonists today burnt agricultural lands in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus in the north of the West Bank.

Settlement resistance activist Bashar Qaryouti said that colonists burned dozens of acres of agricultural land west of the village.

He pointed out that the occupation forces and colonizers have been preventing farmers from reaching that area since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, stressing that it is located within the area classified as B, under Palestinian administration and Israeli military rule.

M.K.

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