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.

 

5,087 Palestinians Killed, 1,500 Under the Rubble, 15,273 Injured, in 18 days of the Israeli Genocidal War on Ghazza

October 24, 2023 

 Out of the 6,587 Palestinians killed in Gaza, there were 2,055 children, 1119 women, and 217 elderly people!

Scenes of the genocidal Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike near Al-Quds hospital, in Gaza City, on October 23, 2023
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a residential building, in Gaza City, on October 23, 2023	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on October 23, 2023
A view of a residential neighborhood destroyed by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, on October 24, 2023	Palestinian survivors inspect the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, October 24, 2023

Israeli occupation forces shut down Al-Aqsa Mosque, denying Muslim worshippers entry to it, file, October 24, 2023	A Palestinian man on the rubble of his house, which was destroyed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip, October 24, 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 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.

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.

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/



With the exception of killings, the following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record,

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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.

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.

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

A bloody night in Gaza: Dozens of martyrs in Israeli consecutive massacres

GAZA, (PIC) +-

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out consecutive massacres overnight as Israeli aggression continues for 18 days in a row on Gaza, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of Palestinians. 

The Palestinian Interior Ministry confirmed that Israeli relentless air strikes have been launched on inhabited homes in Bait Lahia Project, the Al-Falouja neighborhood in northern Gaza, and Khan Younus in the south of the besieged enclave, leading to a large number of martyrs and injuries.

According to medical sources, the Israeli ongoing aggression has killed since last night over 130 Palestinians, many of them children.

This morning, around 7 martyrs have been killed, dozens have been injured and 8 others have been missing as a result of the Israeli bombardment of Abu Hussein’s family near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h. 

Many other people have been wounded in the Israeli air strikes that hit the house of Abu Ratmiya in Tel El-Sultan neighborhood to the west of Rafa'h city.

At least one Palestinian has reportedly been killed and many others have been injured among the family of Abu Rukba in El-Shabora refugee camp, in Rafa'h.

The Interior Ministry announced the death of 10 martyrs and the injury of many others who arrived at Al-Emirati Hospital following an Israeli air strike that targeted the house of Al-'Hashash family in the 'Hashashasheen district in Rafa'h, south of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Targeting the displaced Palestinians who fled from northern Gaza to the south of the blocked Strip, the IOF committed a new massacre against the displaced who resorted to a house in Al-Qarara town in Khan Younus, leading to the killing of 17 citizens, 11 of them belong to Saqallah’s family, 4 belong to Husny’s family, and 2 to Otul’s family. 

The Israeli relentless raids also targeted inhabited houses in Jabalya Al-Balad in northern Gaza.   

Many other martyrs and injured have also been killed in a different Israeli air strike on a Palestinian house within Block 6 compound in Al-Buraij refugee camp in Central Gaza.

According to the PIC correspondent, Israeli air strikes bombed the house of Al-Batta’s family in El-Qarara district in Khan Younus, leading to the martyrdom and injury of many Palestinians.

Two other houses of the Palestinian families of Abu Younus and El-Ghalban were targeted as well.

Another bombardment was also recorded in Tel Al-Sultan district in Rafa'h, leaving many as martyrs and wounded after the house of al-Mukhaimar’s family was targeted.

The PIC correspondent reported that the IOF carried out another dreadful massacre in Rafah, as the Israeli strikes hit the inhabited houses of Al-Maghazi and Qishta’s families near a shelter center for the displaced, resulting in the killing of over 28 martyrs in addition to so many injuries.

About 17 Palestinians have also been martyred, including women and children, and at least 40 were injured in the bombing that were launched on two houses belonging to the Siam and Al-Farra families in Al-Katiba and Al-Balad districts in Khan Younus.

Later on, the Israeli airstrikes hit the vicinity of a gas station in the eastern line of Khan Younus, sparking fire and leading to many injuries.

Civil defense crews in Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza, have also been bombed while transporting the wounded. Meanwhile, at least 5 citizens have been killed by Israeli bombing of the house of Al-Bakir family, opposite to Khalil Al-Ra'hman Mosque in Al-Shati refugee camp.

The Interior Ministry confirmed, at a previous time, that the occupation launched a new raid on a number of homes in Al-Shati refugee camp.

In Bait Lahia, the electricity supply to the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was cut off due to the lack of fuel.

Toll of martyrs and injuries

On Monday evening, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Ashraf Al-Qudra, affirmed that the IOF had carried out 23 massacres over the past few hours, claiming the lives of 436 martyrs, including 182 children, the majority of whom from the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli massacres committed against families amounted to 597 massacres, claiming the lives of 3,813 martyrs, the largest number of whom are still under the rubble, Al-Qudra added.

He emphasized that the total number of the Palestinian victims of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, since its start, has totaled up to 5,087 martyrs, with 2,055 children, 1,119 women, and 217 elderly people, in addition to 15,273 Palestinians enduring injuries.

“We received 1,500 reports of missing Palestinians who are still under the rubble, including 830 children,” he said.

Al-Qudra also disclosed that medical teams report severe burn injuries and cases of skin melting which have not been seen before on the bodies of the wounded and accordingly were very hard to deal with. 

 5,087 Palestinians killed in Israeli aggression on Gaza

GAZA, (PIC) +-

5,087 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched a relentless bombing campaign against the besieged enclave more than two weeks ago.

About 40 percent of the 5,087 people killed are children, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Monday evening, the day when Israel’s army said it carried out more than 300 new air attacks within 24 hours, which resulted in more than 400 martyrs.

2,055 children, 1,119 women and girls, and 217 elderly people, are among the victims, while 15,273 others were injured, it added.

Thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and more than one million people displaced in the territory, which has been under siege and largely deprived of water, food and other basic supplies.

Gaza’s government media office said more than 60 people were killed in the raids during the night, including 17 in a single strike that hit a house in northern Gaza, and at least 10 were killed in new strikes on Monday morning.

"The Israeli occupation is deliberately damaging the residential buildings, public facilities, and service facilities," Salama Ma'rouf, head of the government media office, said.

"Because of the intensified Israeli airstrikes, more than 165,000 housing units were partially damaged and nearly 20,000 housing units were completely demolished or became uninhabitable," Ma'rouf added.

As a result, about 70 percent of local residents (1,400,000 citizens) were displaced from their homes and headed to 220 shelter centers or other places throughout the Gaza Strip.

597 massacres were carried out against Palestinian families, resulting in 3,813 martyrs, he added.

Gaza is experiencing a dire humanitarian crisis with no electricity, while water, food, fuel, and medical supplies are running out. 

Gaza: Death toll surge to over 5,087 as Israel’s carnage persists

GAZA, (PIC) +-

As Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip entered its 17th day on Monday, the death toll climbed to over 5,087according to latest reports, amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes last night and today.

The UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) quoted officials from the Gaza ministry of health reporting that 62 percent of the fatalities in Gaza are women and children.

According to the latest official statistics, the number of the wounded citizens also increased dramatically to over 15,273 due to the relentless Israeli attacks on residential areas in Gaza.

“The occupation army has been committing new massacres against civilians and intensifying its raids on dozens of inhabited homes since last night and today morning across the Gaza Strip, resulting in a large number of martyrs and injuries,” the spokesman for the ministry of interior, Iyad Al-Buzom, said in a statement on Monday. 

120 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on populated areas in Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (WAFA) -

More than 120 Palestinians were killed in a series of violent raids launched by Israeli warplanes last night and Tuesday dawn, targeting populated homes in various areas in the Gaza Strip on the 18th day of the aggression.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes destroyed a residential building in the city of Rafa'h belonging to Al-'Aydi family, killing 48 Palestinians, while dozens were injured.

He added that Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to Mukhaymar family in the Tal al-Sultan area in Rafa'h, killing and wounding a number of citizens.

The warplanes bombed an inhabited house in the town of Bait Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding civilians, who were transferred to the Indonesian hospital in the town.

WAFA correspondent added that an Israeli warplane bombed a house in Al-Faluja area in the northern Gaza Strip, killing and injuring a number of civilians.

Israeli planes also bombed a house in the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, causing several casualties that were taken to Nasser Hospital in the city. They also bombed another house in the city, killing and wounding people there.

An Israeli raid targeted a house in the Buraij refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding a number of citizens, including women and children.

K.T.

Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on populated areas in Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (WAFA) –

 A number of Palestinians today were killed and hundreds others wounded in bloody Israeli airstrikes on several locations in the Gaza Strip on the 18th day of the aggression.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli warplanes attacked with several missiles a house located next to Abu Dalal commercial center in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing many and wounding others.

Israeli warplanes also bombed a house in the town of Al-Qarara,  in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, belonging  to Abu Sabt family,  where a large number of displaced people from Abu Sabt and Al-'Amawi families lived, noting that there are still missing people under the rubble.

A number of Palestinians sustained injuries as a result of the non-stop Israeli airstrikes near Al-Wafa hospital in central Gaza City.

K.T.

The Indonesian Hospital in Gaza suffers power outage

GAZA, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (WAFA) - 

The Indonesian hospital in the town of Bait Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, has officially been out of electricity since last night as a result of the exhaustion of fuel needed to operate the electric generators inside it.

Doctors in the hospital warned of the consequences of stopping electrical generators from working on patients and injured people, as there are hundreds of people in it, some of whom are connected to respirators.

K.T.

Israeli warplanes launch airstrike on sites near Al-Quds hospital in Gaza

Gaza 10-23-2023 Wafa -

Israeli warplanes Monday evening launched a series of raids near Al-Quds Hospital, which is affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza, during its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 17th day in a row.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that occupation aircraft launched violent and repeated raids near its Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza.

On October 17th, Israeli warplanes committed heinous massacre by bombing the Baptist Hospital in the city of Gaza, in which hundreds of Palestinians were killed.

The Israeli occupation aircraft continues to launch raids on large areas in the Gaza Strip since the start of the aggression on October 7th.

In a non-final count, the Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims of the ongoing occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th has risen to 5,087 dead and 15,273 injured.

K.T.

Seven people killed, including pharmacist, in series of airstrikes on multiple areas in the Strip

GAZA, Monday, October 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

At least seven people were killed, including a pharmacist, and others injured this evening in the ongoing Israeli airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Sources said that Israeli warplanes shelled an apartment in Al-Sali'hi tower in the Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza, killing four people and injuring others.

A pharmacist, who was identified as Ahmed Al-Jirjawi, was also killed in an Israeli bombardment of a pharmacy on Al-Wa'hda Street in central Gaza City.

In the meantime, Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes against houses in multiple areas in Gaza City, killing two people and injuring around 15 others.

T.R.

Second small aid convoy enters Gaza

GAZA, (PIC) +-

The Government Media Office said that a small aid convoy of 14 trucks was allowed into the embattled Gaza Strip through the Rafa'h border crossing on Sunday evening, carrying food supplies, water, and some medicines.

A convoy of 20 aid trucks already entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning from Egypt, carrying medicines and food supplies.

Head of the office Salama Ma'rouf warned that such amounts of aid are far less than the needs of the Gaza Strip, where over 500 truckloads of various needs used to enter every day before the war started.

Ma'rouf stressed the need to allow in fuel shipments in order to keep vital service sectors in Gaza operational.

He also reiterated the importance of establishing a safe corridor that works around the clock to provide humanitarian aid and allow the wounded to receive appropriate medical care outside Gaza. 

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

Palestinian administrative detainee dies in Israeli custody - Prisoner's commission and PPS say circumstances of his death remain subject to doubt

RAMALLAH, Monday, October 23, 2023 (WAFA) –

Palestinian administrative detainee, 'Omar Hamza Daraghma, 58, died in Israeli custody today, said the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).'

In a joint statement, the commission and PPS said the Israeli occupation’s narrative about the circumstances of the prisoner’s death remains subject to doubt, particularly since the prisoner appeared before a court hearing today and was in good health.

T.R.

Two Palestinians killed, 4 injured by Israeli gunfire in Ramallah

RAMALLAH, (PIC) +-

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed two Palestinians and seriously injured four others in the Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah, at dawn Monday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry affirmed in a brief statement that two Palestinian youths were killed in an Israeli military raid into the Jalazoan camp.

Four other young men were seriously injured during the raid, the statement added.

Local sources also reported that at least 20 youths were rounded up in the camp.

Since October 7, 95 Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli gunfire throughout the West Bank.

Including a teen, Eight Palestinians killed in West Bank

WEST BANK, (PIC) +-

Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed on Sunday evening by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, bringing the death toll since the morning hours to eight.

The Health Ministry affirmed that Mazin Sub'hi Sali'h, 29, and Muhammad Qasim Abu Zar, 17, were killed in an Israeli raid into Zawata town in Nablus. Eight other people were injured during the raids.

Another young man was also killed in the 'Arroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khaleel.

The Health Ministry identified the martyr as Qatada Salama Ghunaimat, 20.

Earlier Sunday, five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, two of whom were martyred after an Israeli fighter jet fired two missiles at al-Ansar Mosque in the Jenin refugee camp.

Later, another martyr was found under the rubble after his family informed the Red Crescent that he was inside the Mosque when the attack happened.

The Israeli occupation army claimed it targeted a resistance cell inside the Mosque, which had already sustained considerable damage during a raid on the camp a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, a young man was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after they stormed Qabatiya town, south of Jenin, and clashed with resistance fighters.

19-year-old Adnan Bani 'Oada was also killed, and six others were injured when IOF troops used live ammunition during clashes with local youths in Tammoun town, northeast of Tubas.

Another young man identified as 26-year-old Malik Sharqawi died from a gunshot wound to the heart and three others suffered bullet injuries following an IOF raid in the 'Askar refugee camp in Nablus.

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Army Abducts 142 Palestinians from the Occupied West Bank

 IMEMC, OCT 24, 2023

The Israeli army abducted, on Monday, 142 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, including forty workers from the Gaza Strip, who were forced out of Israel by the occupation authorities.

JENIN

On Monday at dawn, the Israeli army stormed many towns and villages in the Jenin governorate in the northern occupied West Bank, and abducted three young men from the town of Silat Al-Harithiya, to the northwest, after invading their homes.

Occupation forces invaded the town of Ya’bad, west of the city, storming and searching homes, while taking over the rooftop of a home in Jalboun village, east of Jenin, which triggered protests among local youths.

Soldiers fired live rounds and concussion grenades at those who resisted the incursion. No injuries were reported.

Palestinian youths confronted the army at the Al-Jalama military roadblock, northwest of Jenin and in the village of Al-Arqa, west of the city.

TULKAREM

In the northeastern part of the West Bank, Israeli forces abducted a 57-year-old Palestinian man from the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarm, and two men in their fifties from the town of Bal’a to the northeast, after invading and searching their family homes.

Meanwhile, occupation forces abducted a Palestinian resident of Jenin while he was passing through a military roadblock near Tulkarm.

QALQILIA

Israeli forces shot and moderately injured a Palestinian young man in the hand during confrontations when soldiers erected a flying military roadblock at the northern entrance to the city of Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.

TUBAS

In the northeastern part of the West Bank, Israeli forces abducted a former prisoner while he was passing through the Tayaseer military roadblock, northeast of Tubas.

NABLUS

In the northern part of the West Bank, occupation forces stormed and searched many homes before abducting four young men from the city, one from the town of Yatma, to the south, and one from Bait Fourik town, southeast of the city.

Late Monday night, soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, northwest of the city, and searched a number of homes, while opening fire at those who protested the incursion.

JERICHO

A large army force invaded the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, south of Jericho in the northeastern part of the West Bank, accompanied by a military bulldozers, parking fierce protests among local youths.

Soldiers stormed and searched many homes, and abducted at least nine Palestinians including lawyer, a doctor at Jericho Hospital, and former prisoners.

RAMALLAH

In the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli forces abducted at least eighteen Palestinian young men from the Al-Jalazoan refugee camp north of the city, amid intense protest by the local youths.

Northwest of the city, soldiers invaded and searched many homes, before abducting ten young men in village of Bait Rima town, and a University student from the town of Dair Ghassana.

JERUSALEM

Occupation forces abducted four young men from the occupied Jerusalem governorate, including two from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one Jerusalemite from the city of Haifa inside of Israel, and one from the town of Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem.

Late Monday night, soldiers invaded a number of homes in the village of Jaba’, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and forcibly removed a Palestinian family from their home.

The Wadi Hilwa Information Center in Jerusalem reported that Israeli forces abducted, on Monday evening, a young woman from the town of At-Tur in occupied Jerusalem.

BAITHLEHM

In the southern occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers abducted a number of young men from various parts of the governorate, after invading and searching their homes

In the city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), soldiers abducted four young men, in addition to three from the Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and one from the Al-Azza refugee camp in the city.

West of Bethlehem, Israeli forces abducted three young men from Na'haleen town, and another three from the village of 'Husan, while one young man was abducted from the town of Al-'Ubaydiya to the east.

HEBRON

Israeli forces, stationed at a flying military roadblock at the northern entrance to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, abducted a Palestinian young man.

In the city of Hebron, soldiers abducted another four young men, while east of the city in the town of Bani Na’eem, soldiers invaded and searched, at dawn Monday, many civilian homes and abducted eleven Palestinian young men.

Meanwhile, in Hebron, occupation soldiers abducted at least 40 Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip who were forcibly removed from inside Israel.

From the town of 'Hal'houl, north of the city, occupation forces abducted three young men, while in Bait Ummar town, to the north, soldier stormed a number of homes and abducted two young men.

For the first time in months, Israeli police shut down Al-Aqsa Mosque for the Muslim worshippers

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation police today shut down Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City and prevented Muslim worshippers from entering it, according to the Islamic Waqf department, the Muslim endowment in charge of the holy place.

It said the police abruptly and in a surprise move shut down all gates leading to the walled holy compound and prevented all Muslims of all ages from entering it.

It said that the occupation authorities tightened entry into the Mosque since the morning, where only the elderly were allowed to enter. However, this quickly changed and all worshippers of all ages were denied entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, which was an unusual move not taken for months.

At the same time, the police allowed Jewish fanatics to enter the Muslim holy compound in the morning to walk around and hold rituals freely in violation of the status quo at the Mosque, which says it is a purely Muslim worship area.

M.K.

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