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.

 

7,305 Palestinians Killed, 1,500 Under the Rubble, 18,567 Injured, in 21 days of the Israeli Genocidal War on Ghazza

October 27, 2023

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Among those who were killed, there were 2,913 children, 1,709 women, and 397 elderly people (October 26, 2023). 

The death toll in the West Bank surged to 105 and the injured to 1,950.

Children represented most of the victims of the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza, October 27, 2023	The Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza forced a million of Palestinians to take refuge at UN schools and southern areas of Gaza Strip , October 27, 2023
Scenes of the killing and destruction inflicted on Gaza by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, October 27, 2023	Al-Nusayrat bakery was destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, aim at starving the Palestinian people to death, October 27, 2023
Palestinian young men confronting with stones Israeli occupation soldiers in an armored jeep, in Jineen, October 27, 2023	Video of MAXAR satellite views of Gaza residential neighborhoods, before and after the Israeli genocidal air strikes, October 2023
A view of Gaza city during an Israeli genocidal air strike, file, October 27, 2023	A view of the total Israeli destruction of residential neighborhoods in Gaza city, file, October 27, 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/


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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.

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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Israeli Extermination of 2.3 Million Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza), by Denying them Medicine, Water, Food, Gas, and Electricity

OIC urges immediate delivery of aid to Palestinians in Gaza

JEDDAH, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed deep concern and distress over the tragic events unfolding in Palestine due to wanton Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.

This aggression has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives, countless injuries, and a large number of individuals missing under the rubble of demolished buildings. The onslaught has also caused extensive damage to hundreds of homes and crucial infrastructure, leading to severe shortages of water, electricity, fuel, and essential medicines in Gaza.

Furthermore, the Palestinian population has been internally displaced, seeking refuge to avoid indiscriminate strikes.

The OIC General Secretariat has commended the vital role played by Member States in providing essential supplies, including food, medical aid, and necessary materials, and their swift response to the immediate needs of the Palestinian people during this ongoing humanitarian crisis.

It called on Member States to maintain their support and solidarity with the Palestinian people by offering maximum assistance to alleviate the impact of this dire situation.

In light of the escalating humanitarian catastrophe, the OIC emphasized the urgency of delivering aid to the Palestinian people, calling upon Member States and OIC institutions involved in humanitarian activities, as well as humanitarian organizations across the Muslim world, to expedite the provision of critical aid to assist the Palestinian population in coping with the disastrous consequences of the ruthless Israeli aggression.

M.N

UNRWA Chief: History will judge us all if there is no ceasefire in Gaza

RAMALLAH, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, has issued a stark warning, stating that history will judge us all if a ceasefire is not established in Gaza.

In a press statement, Lazzarini emphasized the need to protect civilians, regardless of their location, and highlighted the grave humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in the Gaza Strip over the past two weeks.

"More than two weeks now, unbearable images of human tragedy have come out of Gaza. Women, children, and elderly people are being killed, hospitals and schools have been bombarded – no one is spared," Lazzarini expressed.

He pointed out that the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has tragically lost 35 of its staff, many of whom were killed while in their homes with their families.  

Lazzarini noted that the Israel occupation forces have been warning Palestinians in Gaza to move to the southern part of the Gaza Strip as it bombs the north, but the strikes continue in the south as well, leaving nowhere safe in Gaza.

He emphasized the dire situation in Gaza, where 2.2 million people are trapped within 365 square kilometers, described as a large open-air prison over the last 15 years. The region is characterized by an air, sea, and land blockade that severely limits the movement of its residents.

While there have been recent negotiations at the highest levels that allowed very limited humanitarian supplies into Gaza, Lazzarini stressed that these efforts are insufficient for the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis.

He underscored the urgent need for essential supplies such as fuel, which has been denied to Gaza. Without fuel, he said, there can be no adequate humanitarian response, no aid reaching those in need, no power for hospitals, no clean water, and no bread for the population.

M.N.

‎The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the international failure to secure the entry of humanitarian needs into the Gaza Strip‎

‎Ramallah 27-10-2023 Wafa -

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants denounced the international failure to secure the entry of all humanitarian needs of our people in the Gaza Strip.‎

‎In a statement on Friday, the ministry condemned the continuation of the destructive Israeli aggression against our people for the 21st consecutive day, including the martyrs and wounded, the massive and unprecedented destruction in the Gaza Strip, and the deepening and expansion of the humanitarian catastrophe among civilian citizens from displacement, starvation and displacement under the devastating aircraft bombardment‎‎.‎

‎It condemned the crimes of the occupation forces and armed settlers throughout the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the racist colonial laws that facilitate the killing of Palestinians, tighten the noose on them, and increase collective punishment against them to push them to emigrate and leave their‎‎ ‎‎homelands.‎

‎The Ministry called on the international community to stop double standards in dealing with human rights issues and the needs and rights of civilians in light of the aggression, stressing again that what is required is an immediate cessation of aggression and an end to the occupation of our people and their rights‎‎.‎

‎UNESCO calls for an immediate end to attacks on school buildings in Gaza‎

‎Ramallah 27-10-2023 Wafa -

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressed "grave concern about the impact of the ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip against students and professionals working in the education sector."‎

‎UNESCO called for the protection of educational buildings, which are often turned into shelters for residents, and said that "targeting them is contrary to international law."‎

‎She pointed out that the ongoing aggression of the occupation on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of October results in a serious humanitarian crisis that affects all aspects of civilian life, especially education‎‎.‎

‎"The education sector in Gaza includes more than 625,000 students and 22,000 teachers, and they are today suffering from a very fragile situation," she said.‎

‎UNESCO recalled UN Security Council Resolution 2601 of 2021, which "strongly condemns continued attacks and threats of attacks on schools and school-related civilians, including children and teachers, and urges all parties to armed conflict to immediately cease such attacks and threats of attacks, and to refrain from actions that impede access to education."‎

‎UNRWA has 183 schools in Gaza, and at the beginning of the current academic year began serving nearly 300,000 students‎‎.‎

‎W.A‎.

Starvation and thirst, Israel's dirty means to exhaust Gaza

GAZA, (PIC) +-

After 21 days of the massacres and Holocaust carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, obtaining bread, food, and water has become another crisis facing Palestinians amidst mass killings, widespread destruction, rockets, bombs, and mass displacement.

Mahmoud Abdel Majeed (18 years old) sets off every morning at dawn to take his turn in a long queue in front of one of the bakeries in the Gaza Strip, to secure a loaf of bread for his family amidst the depletion of fuel supplies from the markets and the lack of electricity and fuel for homemade bread.

Abdel Majeed said, "After 3 or 4 hours, I get my share and return to my family, then another family member goes to secure our water needs, we rely on God, and He is the best protector."

The War of Starvation and Thirst
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described what is happening in Gaza as a war of starvation and thirst, warning of the spread of epidemics, in conjunction with Israel’s mass killings and widespread destruction of residential neighborhoods for the past 21 days.

According to The Monitor, there are deliberate Israeli bombing operations aimed at exacerbating the crisis of food and supply shortages, which have reached their peak in recent days.

Destruction of Bakeries

Salama Ma'rouf, the head of the Government Media Office, confirmed that Israeli warplanes have destroyed 10 bakeries so far. The latest was the Al-Maghazi bakery, which was targeted on Wednesday evening, just hours after it was supplied with flour from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This resulted in its destruction and the death of 10 Palestinians who were queuing to buy bread.

Salama pointed out that some of the targeted bakeries had received quantities of flour from UNRWA to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the southern and central areas of the Gaza Strip, which Israel designated as a supposed safe zone, despite subjecting it to hundreds of airstrikes around the clock.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor concluded that Israel intentionally targeted markets and shopping centers during peak times when people were buying their necessities. This indicates a decision to paralyze and hinder civilians' access to these centers to secure some of the remaining food supplies.

Salama recalled that It should be noted that Israeli shelling also targeted a warehouse for UNRWA's food supplies in northern Gaza during the early days of the widespread military offensive against the Strip.

The Israeli war also targeted water installations. After the Israeli decision to cut off water supplies to the Gaza Strip and the failure of most wells due to lack of fuel for pumping, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor documented Israeli attacks targeting alternative water installations that municipalities had set up to supply water to residential areas and refugee shelters, as what happened in Khan Yunis in recent days. This indicates a political and military decision by Israel to deprive civilians of their right to access water.

This is accompanied by a severe exacerbation of the crisis of an acute shortages in basic resources such as water, food, and medicine, while about 1.5 million out of 2.3 million people have been displaced from their homes, and the majority of them are living in shelters, schoolyards, and hospitals without any of their basic needs.

Fuel, which is urgently needed to operate backup generators, is still prohibited from entering the Gaza Strip by an Israeli decision. As a result, UNRWA, the largest humanitarian aid provider in Gaza, has almost exhausted its fuel reserves and has begun to significantly to reduce its operations.

The fuel crisis also threatens a complete shutdown of the remaining bakeries in the Gaza Strip, while warnings escalate about the effects of food insecurity, including the risk of malnutrition for women and children, which negatively affects their immune health and increases the risk of death for both mothers and children.

A 52-year-old displaced woman in a shelter center in Gaza said that a couple of days ago, she experienced severe stomach pain followed by severe nausea. It turned out that she was not the only one affected; many of the displaced people with her suffered from consuming spoiled food in the absence of electricity.

And the human rights monitor warned that the residents of the Gaza Strip are threatened by a widespread epidemic due to the large overcrowding in shelters, in addition to the shortage of safe drinking water, lack of hygiene, and personal cleanliness.

Workers in relief organizations said that primary care centers have recorded thousands of cases of infectious diseases in recent days, mostly among children. These diseases include diarrhea, food poisoning, skin diseases, scabies, and respiratory infections, in addition to dozens of cases of chickenpox.

A man identifying himself as "Abu Hamid 'Ouda" in a shelter center in northern Gaza told the Euro-Mediterranean team that his five children have skin diseases and scabies due to the shortage of clean water, the sewage crisis, and the absence of care resulting from the evacuation of UNRWA employees.

Epidemic risk

The risk of epidemics is escalating alongside the accumulation of waste in residential areas, with severe difficulties facing municipal crews in terms of collecting waste due to Israeli airstrikes and the fuel crisis, as well as the prohibition of their access to the main landfills located on the border outskirts of the Gaza Strip in order to transport garbage, which poses a serious health and environmental disaster.

The Monitor documented that in Gaza City alone, about 16,000 tons of waste have accumulated, with only 50% of it collected and currently being stored in two temporary centers located in the city center.

Israeli admission of the war of starvation
The Euro-Mediterranean Monitor also recalled what Israeli Minister of War Yoav Galant announced on October 9 in a television statements, in which he said, "We have imposed a complete siege on the Gaza Strip, no electricity, no food, no water, no gas, everything is closed," claiming that this is a part of a battle against "Some human animals."

As previously mentioned, the Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water also announced on the evening of October 7 that Israel would stop supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip as an additional step of collective punishment.

The Euro-Mediterranean Monitor pointed out that these statements reflect an official Israeli position to implement a war of starvation, thirst, and deprivation of the necessities of life for more than 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip, in a precedent that is almost unprecedented in the modern history. 

All of this is done with the support and backing of the United States and many European countries, while the international community is unable to stop the humanitarian catastrophe that is occurring.

The human rights Monitor emphasized that everything happening in Gaza represents a real embodiment of genocide. Israel has committed all of these terrible violations on a massive scale, with an explicit official decision from the highest political and military levels, in an unprecedented occurrence in the history of armed conflicts.  

The Monitor also stressed that the escalation of Israel's retaliatory policies, its approach based on genocide, and its serious violations of the rules of international humanitarian law require urgent intervention from the international community and the United Nations to ensure an immediate cessation of these actions, hold those responsible accountable, and put an end to the double standards that have governed the positions of many countries and parties so far at the expense of human rights.

Starvation and thirst, Israel's dirty means to exhaust Gaza (palinfo.com)

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

‎Note: The WAFA news stories are google English translations from Arabic, as the English page was interrupted today.

 

Gaza death toll tops 7,400, over 20,500 injured

GAZA, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

In the wake of the devastating Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has surged to at least 7,415, with over 20,500 individuals injured, the Ministry of Health said in an update this evening.

The Ministry said in a statement that the number of deaths in the Gaza Strip has reached 7,305, while the death toll in the West Bank also surged to 110. In addition, the ministry said, 18,567 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza, and 1,950 others in the West Bank.

According to the statement, a staggering 70% of the casualties in Gaza are children, women, and the elderly, highlighting the devastating impact of the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression on the civilian population.

The ongoing Israeli aggression has brought immense suffering to the Palestinian population especially in the Gaza Strip, with casualties, particularly among innocent children and healthcare workers, mounting around the clock.

M.N.

Israeli attacks killed 50 captives in Gaza

GAZA, (PIC) +-

The estimated number of Israeli captives killed in Gaza due to ongoing Israeli air strikes is around 50, the spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades Abu Obayda said on Thursday.

The spokesperson did not give any further details. Abu Obayda earlier said the Al-Qassam Brigades are holding 200 captives. He also said about 50 others were being held by other “resistance factions and in other places” and affirmed that at least 22 captives had been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.

Two Israeli women were released a few days ago, after an Israeli American mother and daughter were three days earlier released – in both cases after mediation by Qatari and Egyptian officials.

Palestinian Ministry of Health: “6,955 Martyrs and 19,000 Wounded in the Occupation’s Aggression Against Our People in Gaza and the West Bank”

 IMEMC, OCT 27, 2023

149 Palestinian families lost ten or more of their members in the occupation’s aggression against Gaza.

34% of Gaza’s hospitals are not functioning and 65% of primary health care centers are closed.

Among the displaced are 37,000 people suffering from non-communicable diseases, 4,600 pregnant women, and 15% of them suffer from various disabilities.

12 facilities were out of service and 219 educational institutions were destroyed, including 29 UNRWA schools.

The Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation forces aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, since October 7, has risen to more than 6,955 martyrs (6,850 in the Gaza Strip, 105 in West Bank) and about 19 thousand wounded (17 thousand in the Gaza Strip, 1,900 in the West Bank).

The Ministry stated in its daily report issued Thursday evening that the percentage of martyrs among children, women and the elderly reached about 70%.

The Ministry said that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA), which is the largest provider of humanitarian aid in Gaza, has almost exhausted its fuel reserves and has begun to significantly reduce its operations, indicating that 8 trucks carrying water, food, and medical supplies entered through the Rafa'h crossing on the night of the 24th of this month.

The World Health Organization is working in coordination with the Palestine Red Crescent Society to facilitate the delivery of supplies to hospitals.

The Ministry added that 34% of Gaza’s hospitals are not working, and 65% of primary health care centers are closed, while more than 37,000 displaced people suffer from non-communicable diseases, including 4,600 pregnant women, and 15% of them suffer from various disabilities.

The Ministry indicated that 149 Palestinian families lost ten or more of their members in the occupation’s aggression against Gaza, while 123 families lost between 6-9 members, and 416 families lost between 2-5 of their members.

Regarding attacks on health personnel, the Ministry recorded more than 260 attacks, with 73 health personnel martyred, more than 100 injured, and 50 ambulances damaged, including 25 that were completely out of service.

There were also 69 attacks on health facilities, 12 of which were out of service, namely the International Eye Hospital, Dar Al-Salam Hospital, Al-Yamen Al-Sa'eed Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital, Bait Hanoun Hospital, Al-Durrah Children’s Hospital, Hamad Rehabilitation Hospital, Al-Karama Hospital, and Al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital, Medical and specialized surgery.

It is also expected that the Turkish Friendship Hospital will stop working within 24-48 hours due to the sharp decrease in fuel, as well as the Al-Quds Hospital affiliated with the Red Crescent and the National Arab Baptist Hospital, which is now partially operating, and it is possible that it will stop working as a result of the bombing and the decrease in fuel. atheism.

She pointed out that the occupation demanded the evacuation of 24 hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip (the total capacity of these hospitals is 2,000 beds).

She pointed to the severe shortage of medicines, equipment, and personnel needed to treat large numbers of wounded, in addition to the sharp decrease in fuel needed to operate electricity, as surgical operations are performed without anesthesia and by the light of telephones.

She indicated that hospitals are operating at more than 150% of their capacity, and patients are being treated in corridors, on floors and other inappropriate places. For example, Al-Shifa Medical Complex is currently treating 5,000 patients daily, while its capacity is 700 patients.

She added that about 9,000 cancer patients depend on chemotherapy to survive, and the service is provided by the Turkish hospital that relies on one electric generator, which is expected to stop working within 24-48 hours, adding that more than 1,000 patients are receiving dialysis.

The session time was reduced from 4 hours to 2.5 hours for the patient, and more than 130 premature newborns dependent on incubators face the risk of death due to the scarcity of resources and the lack of electricity.

About 50,000 pregnant women also face challenges in accessing health care as a result of attacks on health facilities and workers, while about 166 unsafe births are recorded daily, and 5,500 women are expected to give birth next month in the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Health estimated the number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip at about one million four hundred thousand citizens, with 685,000 displaced with other families, 565,000 displaced in 148 schools affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees, 101,000 in mosques, churches and public places, and 70,000 in 67 government schools.

The report indicated that 45% of the housing units in the Gaza Strip were destroyed as a result of the violent bombardment launched by the occupation army by air, land and sea since the start of the aggression on the seventh of this month.

The number of completely destroyed housing units reached 27,781 units, 150,000 units were partially destroyed, and 12 health facilities were destroyed or out of service after their destruction, in addition to 219 educational institutions, including 29 UNRWA schools.

The Ministry of Health stressed that the shelter centers are overloaded by 250%, which poses a risk of disease outbreaks.

The Ministry indicated that many victims are still missing under the rubble.

Last Tuesday, Minister of Health Mai Al-Kaila announced the complete collapse of the health sector in the southern governorates, which means that all hospitals are no longer able to provide any medical services to the sick and wounded.

The Ministry of Health monitored cases of smallpox, scabies, and diarrhea, as a result of a poor sanitary environment and the use of water from unsafe sources.

On the 21st day of the aggression: dozens of martyrs and wounded in violent raids launched by the occupation aircraft on the Gaza Strip‎

‎Gaza ‎‎27-10-2023 Wafa -

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were killed and others were injured, on Friday, in raids launched by Israeli warplanes on various areas ‎‎ of the ‎‎Gaza‎‎ Strip, most of them children and women, ‎‎in addition to‎‎ the ‎‎destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure, on the 21st day of the Israeli aggression on the Strip.‎

‎Our correspondent reported that 15 citizens, including 6 children, four women and the elderly, were killed in raids targeting two houses, one belonging to the Mu'haisin family in Al-Amal neighborhood, and the other to the 'Alami family in Khan Yunus, southern Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎A number of ‎‎citizens were killed and others, including women, children and the elderly, were injured after an Israeli warplane missile bombed a house belonging to the Yaseen family on the heads of its residents in the Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, while a number of them are still under the rubble‎‎.‎

‎Israeli artillery shelled the eastern and western areas of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood for hours, and shells fell on the homes of citizens, causing injuries among them‎‎.‎

‎Our correspondent confirmed the death of four citizens and the injury of others, after the occupation warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Abu Shahma family in the Ma'an area of Khan Yunus, in addition to injuries caused by Israeli missile shelling targeting a house belonging to the Abu Namous family in the western camp in Khan Yunus. ‎

‎Israeli warplanes also bombed the White Mosque in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, causing martyrs and injuries among citizens living near the target, who were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital in the west of the city‎‎.‎

‎Israeli naval warships and boats fired dozens of shells at the area of the fishermen's port, west of Gaza City, causing destruction in the area‎‎.‎

‎The hospitals in the Gaza Strip ‎‎announced in an indefinite toll of the victims of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, that 7,028 citizens were killed, including 2,913 children, 1,709 women and 397 elderly, and 18,484 citizens were injured since October 7‎‎.‎

‎G.Z/W.A‎

Four farmers killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza

GAZA, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinian farmers were massacred today when an Israeli airstrike targeted their vehicle in the town of Bani Suhyila, to the east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local and media sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes struck a vehicle carrying four farmers in the town of Bani Suhayla, killing all of the four farmers who were in the vehicle.

The ongoing Israeli aggression has brought immense suffering to the Palestinian population especially in the Gaza Strip, with casualties, particularly among innocent children and healthcare workers, mounting around the clock.

M.N.

Dozens of innocent civilians killed, others injured as Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza continue unabated

GAZA, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) -

Dozens of innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, were killed and many more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes over the last night across the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli aggression on the territory enters its 21st day.

Israeli occupation warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on residential areas in Khan Yunus, in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the murder of ten civilians, including a journalist, and multiple injuries. The Israeli aerial attacks also targeted a mosque in Gaza City, leading to further casualties.

At least four civilians were also confirmed killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a house in Khan Yunus refugee camp.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes struck the Abu Namous family home in Khan Yunus, killing journalist Yasir Abu Namous and his mother.

Simultaneously, another airstrike hit the Abu Shahma family residence in the Ma'an area, east of Khan Yunus, claiming the lives of five innocent civilians and injuring several more.

Additionally, Israeli airstrikes hit the Al-'Alami family home along the Al-Mashroo' road to the west of Khan Yunus, resulting in the murder of two individuals and numerous injuries.

A fourth strike also targeted the Mohsen family residence in Old Crescent Street in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunus, leading to one fatality and several injuries.

Earlier in the night, Israeli warplanes targeted a mosque in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The strikes led to the complete destruction of the Al-Abyad Mosque, with a number of casualties reported.

Meantime, residential buildings near the Shati refugee camp were also hit by artillery fire. The relentless shelling by Israeli occupation forces has further exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in the region.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on the 7th of this month, the death toll has risen to over 7,000 civilians, including approximately 3,000 children and 2,000 women.

Additionally, more than 18,500 people have been injured, and nearly 2,000 missing individuals are believed to be trapped under the rubble across Gaza. M.N

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

Palestinian Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Jineen (Jenin)

 OCT 27, 2023

On Thursday evening, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed the death of a young man whom Israeli soldiers shot last Friday, October 20, in Toura village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The sources said the young man, Mohammad Ahmad Sadeq Qabha, 25, who also had special needs, was shot in the thigh when the army invaded Toura village.

He was rushed to Ibn Seena Hospital and was admitted to surgery, but he remained in a critical condition until he succumbed to his wounds.

Also, the Israeli soldiers killed Osayd Hamdi Humaidat, 17, after the army invaded the Al-Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.

Israel has now killed 106 Palestinians and injured 1900 in the occupied West Bank since November 7.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells have killed more than 7029, including at least 2913 children, and injured more than 18500, in addition to about 1500 still under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 149 families lost ten or more Palestinians due to Israeli missiles, 123 families lost between 6-9 members, and 416 families lost 2-5 members.

Among the slain Palestinians are 73 medical workers, in addition to more than 100 wounded and at least 50 ambulances damaged, including 25 destroyed ambulances.

Israeli occupation forces murder a Palestinian youth in Qalqilya

QALQILIA, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

A young Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli gunfire this early morning as Israeli occupation forces raided on the city of Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

Qassam Abddul 'Hafeedth, aged 26, was fatally shot by Israeli occupation forces when they raided the city of Qalqilya, the sources said.

Abdelhafiz had been wounded by live ammunition to the chest during the Israeli raid in the early hours of the morning. He was rushed to Darwish Nazzal Public Hospital in Qalqilya, where he succumbed to his wounds later.

With this tragic murder, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since October 7 rises to 110, with over 1,900 individuals sustaining injuries.

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Three Palestinians shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin

JENIN, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) -

Three Palestinian young men were shot dead and 12 others were wounded by Israeli gunfire last night as a large contingent of Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Jenin and the surrounding outskirts, according to local and medical sources.

Dr. Wisam Bakr, the director of Jenin Public Hospital, confirmed the killing of two young men. Abdullah Basam Abu Al-Hayja, a resident of the town of Yamun, west of Jenin, who succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds across his body.

Another young man, Ayser Mu'hammed Al-Amir from the Jenin refugee camp, was also confirmed killed in the Israeli raid.

After the Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Jenin and its refugee camp, local residents discovered a third Palestinian killed among the trees near the Martyr Shireen Abu Akleh Street, adjacent to the Jenin refugee camp. The slain Palestinian was identified as Jawad Al-Turki.

During the Israeli raid, Israeli occupation forces fired at an ambulance and and prevented it from reaching the injured Al-Amer. The forces left him to bleed until he tragically succumbed to his wounds, medical sources said 

Earlier in the night, a large Israeli military force, accompanied by two D9 bulldozers, launched an incursion into Jenin. The forces carried out searches and raids in the vicinity of the Ibn Seena Hospital, the Zahra neighborhood in the city, and the outskirts of the Jenin camp. Snipers were deployed in these buildings and houses.

Additionally, Israeli bulldozers engaged in extensive excavation activities on the outskirts of the Jenin camp, damaging streets, infrastructure, and the main water supply pipeline to the camp.

Israeli occupation forces further sealed off the roads leading to the camp using earthen barriers, attempting to isolate it, especially from the adjacent city of Jenin.

With the tragic losses of Abu Al-Hayja, Al-Amir, and Al-Turki, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since October 7 has risen to 109, with over 1,900 individuals sustaining injuries.

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‎Injuries by live ammunition, including seriously, during clashes with the occupation in Hebron‎

‎Hebron 27-10-2023 Wafa -

Three civilians were injured by live ammunition today, Friday, during clashes that erupted with the Israeli occupation forces, at the northern entrance to the city of Hebron‎‎.‎

‎Our correspondent reported that the occupation army fired live bullets and tear gas at the citizens who went out in a march in support of our people in the Gaza Strip, which led to the injury of 3 of them with bullets, one of whom was described as serious, in addition to the injury of dozens of suffocation.‎

‎A mass march called for by the national forces in the Hebron governorate started from the Al-Haras Mosque north of Hebron to the Ras Al-Joara roundabout, where the occupation suppressed it and caused injuries.‎

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‎4 injured by live ammunition during clashes with Israeli occupation soldiers north of Bethlehem‎

‎Bethlehem 27-10-2023 Wafa -

Four young men were shot today, Friday, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, at the northern entrance to Bethlehem.‎

‎A ‎‎medical source in the Palestinian Red Crescent in Bethlehem told our correspondent that four young men were wounded by live ammunition in their lower limbs, after which they were transferred to Bait Jala Governmental Hospital, and their injuries were described as moderate‎‎.‎

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Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Scores of Palestinians abducted by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

Scores of Palestinians were rounded up last night in an ongoing massive Israeli occupation regime detention campaign that has seen hundreds of Palestinians abducted by the forces since the beginning of this month, according to local sources.

In the Hebron province, south of the West Bank, 16 Palestinians were confirmed arrested by the Israeli occupation forces as they stormed the towns of Al-Sammou', ad-Dthahiriya, Dura, and Bait Ummar.

Among the abductees are a wife, Amira Masalma, and her husband, Nadi Rajoub, who were arrested by Israeli forces who raided and searched their home in the town of Dura.

In Ramallah province, in the central West Bank, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Ni'leen and arrested four Palestinians. In addition, four more Palestinians were arrested by the forces as they stormed the nearby town of Kafr Ni'ma.

In Jerusalem governorate, occupation forces stormed the village of Hizma, where they detained four Palestinians, including two siblings.

In Jericho governorate, east of the West Bank, at least five Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces after raiding and searching their homes. One of the detainees was a woman, identified as Nada al-Lawzi, 57 years old.

In Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, at least 11 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces as they raided the city and the nearby Aida and Duhaisha refugee camps.

At least one Palestinian was also arrested in the northern province of Nablus.

The ongoing Israeli detention campaign in the occupied West Bank coincides with the bloody Israeli aggression on Gaza.

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‎Israeli occupation soldiers abduct 16 citizens, including a woman from Hebron‎

‎Hebron 27-10-2023 Wafa -

The Israeli occupation forces abducted, at dawn on Friday, 16 citizens from Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorate.‎

‎Security and local sources told Wafa that the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Dura, south of Hebron, and abducted Nadi Khaleel Rajoub and his wife Amira Masalma.‎‎She added that the occupation raided the town of Al-Sammou' and arrested: Bahaa Mu'hammed Mahariq, Anwar Abdul Hadi Mahariq, Nasir Jamal Abu Saif, Bassam Khaleel Al-Khalayla, Khaleel Ali Hawamda, Mu'hammed Shahir, A'hmed Abu 'Awad, and from the town of Yatta, Yusuf Ali Ibraheem 'Awad was abducted.‎

‎From Hebron, the Israeli occupation forces arrested Sulayman Al-Zaro, Mus'ab Raji'h Al-Rajabi, Farouk Ashour, Wafa Imad Al-Deen Qutina, and Nazeer Mahmoud Sabarna, and raided the town of Al-Dthahiriya and arrested a number of workers in the Gaza Strip.‎

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‎Israeli occupation soldiers abduct 11 citizens from Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)‎

‎Bethlehem 27-10-2023 Wafa -

The Israeli occupation forces abducted, at dawn on Friday, 11 citizens from several areas in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) governorate‎‎.‎

‎Security sources told our correspondent that the Israeli occupation forces arrested Farouq Mahmoud Budair (29 years old), Jum'a Ibraheem Dar 'Owais (26 years old), Daniel Riyadh Abu Surour (26 years old), Mu'hammed Salama Jawarish (37 years old), Suhaib Nasrallah Abu Wasfi, Mo'ataz Nazih Bedawna, Ali Tahir Allan (38 years old), Wa-il Isma'eel Dahana (43 years old), and Yaseen Budair, after raiding and searching their homes‎‎.‎

‎The same sources added that the occupation arrested Khalid Nayif Ramadan (25 years old) from Al-Duhaisha camp in the south, and Mahdi Nader Kalbia (20 years old), from the Karkafa area in the center of Bethlehem, after searching their homes, noting that the occupation forces stormed Al-Azza camp and raided a number of citizens' homes and searched them, without reporting arrests‎‎.‎

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Illegal Israeli Settlers' Aggression

Palestinian youth injured in an army-guarded illegal Israeli settler attack near Nablus

NABLUS, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) –

A young Palestinian man was shot and injured today by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations that erupted in the aftermath of an attack by illegal Israeli settlers to the west of Nablus, north of the West Bank, according to local sources.

A group of illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, launched an attack on the village of Sarra, west of Nablus, sparking confrontations with local Palestinian residents.

During the confrontations, Israeli occupation soldiers fired live ammunition at the local residents. As a result, a young man was injured by live gunfire, with the bullet hitting his leg.

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‎Illegal Israeli settlers throw stones at citizens' vehicles southeast of Bethlehem‎

‎Bethlehem 27-10-2023 Wafa -

On Friday, illegal Israeli settlers threw stones at citizens' vehicles in the town of Tuqu', southeast of Bethlehem.‎

‎Youth activist Mustafa Al-Badan told our correspondent that a group of illegal Israeli settlers gathered near the entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of "Takoa" perched on citizens' lands, on the main street, and threw stones at passing citizens' vehicles, which led to damage to some of them‎‎.‎

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‎Illegal Israeli settlers storm a spring in Qaryut, south of Nablus‎

‎Nablus 27-10-2023 Wafa -

On Friday, illegal Israeli settlers stormed a water spring in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus‎‎.‎

‎Bashar Qaryuti, an activist in the resistance to settlements, told Wafa that a group of settlers stormed the spring under the protection of the Israeli occupation soldiers, and performed Talmudic rituals‎‎.‎

‎Qaryouti added that the settlers storm the water spring on a weekly basis under the protection of the occupation soldiers, who closed the roads leading to the spring two weeks ago with earth mounds, to prevent citizens from reaching the area‎‎.‎

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‎Settlers attack citizens' property in Masafir Yatta‎

‎Hebron 27-10-2023 Wafa -

On Friday, a group of settlers attacked citizens' property, olive trees and water springs in Masafir Yatta, south of Hebron‎‎.‎

‎According to local sources, settlers released their sheep in an area planted with olive trees owned by 'Eisa A'hmed Zain, in the area of Al-Mara'heen Al-Bayd, and in the Wadi Al-Jawaya area among trees belonging to citizens of the Al-Daajna family.‎

‎The sources added that settlers stormed the spring and well of Abu Sha'ban in the um Lasfah area, east of the town of Khallet Al-Miya, and toured the area with the aim of seizing citizens‎‎' land.‎

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