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.

 

On Day 199 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 6 Massacres, 54 Palestinians Killed, 104 Injured, with a Death Toll of  34,151 and 76,084 Injuries

April 22, 2024 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip:  

By April 22, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,151+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (34,151) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By April 22, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 77,084, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By April 7, 2024, the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip resulted in more than 116,061 martyrs, wounded and missing Palestinians, 70% of whom were children and women.

By April 7, 2024, 14,350 children were killed, constituting 44% of the total number of martyrs (over 33,175) in Gaza Strip.

By April 22, 2024, 489 Palestinians who were killed, 4,860 who were injured, and 8,425, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By March 28, 2024, about 12,091 Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, have been detained in 2023. About half of them were detained after October 7. This included 1,085 children and 300 women.

More than 10,000 Palestinian women were killed (by April 17, 2024), 23,000 were injured (by March 8, 2024), but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (by March 8, 2024).

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2023, the death toll included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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54 Palestinian civilians were killed, 104 were injured on Day 199 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, on April 22, 2024	A Palestinian father carrying his injured child to the hospital in Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024
48 Palestinian civilians were killed, 79 were injured on Day 198 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, on April 21, 2024	Bodies of 283 Palestinian civilian martyrs, who were massacred and buried by Israeli occupation forces in Nasir hospital mass grave, in Khan Younus, April 22, 2024
Performing burial prayer on some of the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strike on Dair El-Bala'h, April 22, 2024	Carrying some of the injured Palestinian civilians, who were victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Buraij refugee camp, April 22, 2024
Bidding farewell, in Nasir hospita, to Palestinian family members who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, April 22, 2024	A mosque in Al-Buraij refugee camp, which was destroyed by Israeli genocidal air strikes, April 22, 2024

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).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"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).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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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.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

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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Spanish Foreign Minister calls for immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza

MADRID, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albarez called for a permanent ceasefire, warring against the repercussions regarding a full-scale Israeli military operation in the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Jose Manuel Albarez said that the international community cannot remain indifferent and should act to achieve an urgent ceasefire.

The Spanish Foreign Minister stressed before the meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg that recognition of the Palestinian state is absolutely necessary if we want a political solution to the situation in the Middle East, and the two-state solution means making peace final and irreversible, and avoiding continuing cycles of violence.

Albarez warned against the conflict spreading to Lebanon, and said, “The possibility of the conflict spreading to Lebanon worries us, because its dimensions will change, and because Lebanon is a fragile and tense state.”

Y.S.

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UNICEF: Children in Palestine have been caught in a tragic and vicious cycle of violence

Monday 22-April-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

Children in the State of Palestine have been caught in a tragic and vicious cycle of violence for too long. This is a war disproportionately affecting children, said UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr.

In the past 72 hours, three Palestinian children were killed in the latest military operation in Toulkarm, in the West Bank, she added, noting that at least 14 others were reportedly killed in Rafa'h, Gaza, on the same day.

She wrote on an X post: “The killing of children needs to stop. We need a ceasefire now.”

This came after the IOF stormed Nour Shams refugee camp last Thursday and committed appalling crimes against its local residents, killing and injuring dozens, kidnapping others, and destroying homes and infrastructure.

The IOF reportedly killed 14 citizens and injured dozens during its three-day campaign in the refugee camp of Nour Shams in Toulkarm.

On Sunday, thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of the 13 martyrs who were killed during the Nour Shams military attack.

The new martyrs bring the total number of those killed in the Nour Shams refugee camp since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 to 56. 

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'Hamas: Haniyya’s Turkey visit not to replace Qatari-Egyptian mediation

Monday 22-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Tahir Al-Nunu, the media advisor to the Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Isma'eel Haniyya, said on Sunday, that Haniyya’s visit to Turkey comes at a very critical time.

Holding the Israeli occupation accountable for its crimes was among the topics discussed with the Turkish leadership, he pointed out.

“We do not seek to replace the valued Qatari-Egyptian mediation with Turkish mediation, and the visit is not related to this matter,” the Hamas official further added.

Al-Nunu also said that the Israeli occupation still refuses a comprehensive ceasefire and the return of the displaced people, which does not lead to any agreement.

“The influential figures in the Israeli government are not serious about reaching an agreement to end the war on Gaza,” he pointed out, adding, “Israel’s only achievement is targeting civilians and destroying infrastructure, and it has not achieved any of its goals.”

Earlier Saturday, Haniyya and a delegation from the Movement’s leadership, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip, and the efforts made to reach a ceasefire.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the necessity of providing continuous humanitarian aid to the people in the Gaza Strip, as well as Turkish diplomatic efforts to support the Palestinian cause, particularly in light of the genocide being waged against the Palestinian people in the Strip. 

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'Hamas: US approval of $26 billion military assistance to Israel confirms complicity in the genocide

Sunday 21-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Islamic Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, has condemned the endorsement of the US House of Representatives of a bill that provides military and security assistance to Israel amounting to $26 billion.

In a statement on Sunday the Movement said that “this step confirms the official American complicity and partnership in the genocidal war waged by the fascist occupation army against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of innocent martyrs, in addition to the systematic destruction of cities, residential neighborhoods, and all civil facilities and infrastructure in the Strip.”

Hamas added that “the US administration and its President, Joe Biden, personally bear the political, legal, and moral responsibility for the war crimes committed by Israel against our Palestinian people through this support that violates international law. It serves as a license and green light for the extremist Zionist government to continue its brutal aggression against our people and flagrantly violate all international laws and humanitarian norms.”

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the besieged Gaza Strip, resulting in tens of thousands of civilian martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive infrastructure destruction. 

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

On April 22, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in 6 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 54 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 104 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 34,151 and the injuries to 76,084, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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54 Palestinian martyrs, 104 injured in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Monday 22-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed 6 massacres against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of about 160 civilians within the past 24 hours.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said in a statement on Monday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed 6 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 54 martyrs and 104 injured were brought to hospitals during the past 24 hours.

It added that a number of victims are still under debris of destroyed houses and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

This brings the toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, to 34,151 martyrs and 77,084 injured.

For 199 days in a row, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a bloody aggression against the Gaza Strip, with the US and European support, targeting civilians, homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure amid suffocating siege.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 199

Monday 22-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 199 on Monday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas, and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to attack different areas of Gaza, killing and injuring scores of citizens.

According to media sources, three civilians were martyred and 11 others were injured when the Israeli army bombed a group of citizens near the Abu Salim Mosque in Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Six citizens were also injured when an Israeli warplane attacked them near Al-Sawar'ha cemetery in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

At dawn Monday, Israeli warplanes bombed the 'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, destroying its solar panels, water and fuel tanks, and elevator.

Israeli attacks on Al-Buraij refugee camp and a house near Al-Zawayida cemetery in central Gaza also wounded multiple citizens.

Other casualties were reported in different areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today. 

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Israeli aerial bombardment kills four Palestinian civilians in central Gaza Strip

GAZA, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least four civilians today were killed and others injured in an Israeli aerial and artillery strike targeting Al-Buraij and Al-Nusayrat refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that four Palestinian citizens were killed and and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Additionally, scores of civilians were injured as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted a residential apartment near Al-Nusayrat Mosque in the center of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes also bombed a house in the Al-Sa'haba area in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,151 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,084 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.

In this context, thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed houses and buildings, presumed dead, and that civil and ambulance crews are unable to reach them due to the ongoing Israeli shelling and a lack of adequate equipment. 

Y.S. 

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Day 199 of Genocide: Palestinian civilians killed in ongoing Israeli bombardment in Gaza

GAZA, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A number of Palestinian civilians were Monday dawn killed and injured when Israeli bombing operations targeted various areas in the center and south of the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli aggression against Palestinians enters its 199th day.

WAFA correspondents said that an Israeli artillery shelling targeted the east of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, as an Israeli raid targeted the southeastern area of Khan Younus in the south of the Strip.

A number of citizens were killed and others were injured in an Israeli raid that targeted Al-Taqwa Mosque in Al-Buraij refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip, while an Israeli raid targeted the north of Al-Nusayrat refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip, and another targeted the entrance to Al-Buraij refugee  Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Additionally, a number of civilians were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted the vicinity of Al-Sawar'ha cemetery in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, and as a result of targeting a house in Al-Brook area in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli bombing also targeted Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, and Al-Mawasi area, west of the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that Israeli aircraft launched two raids tonight on the southern areas of Gaza City and on Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood.

Health sources in the Gaza Strip reported that the number of martyrs in Israeli raids on two homes in Rafa'h had risen to 26, including 16 children and 6 women.

A number of citizens were killed and others were injured, most of them children, as a result of an occupation raid that targeted a house west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that occupation warplanes bombed a house for Al-Nuwairi family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, leading to the killing of seven citizens.

By April 21, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 34,097 reported fatalities, with an additional 76,980 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

K.T.

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Palestinian civil defense crews retrieve 283 bodies from mass graves in Khan Younus

GAZA, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Palestinian  civil defense and ambulance crews today have uncovered three mass graves, with 283 bodies found at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younus city in the southern Gaza Strip. 

Rescue and ambulance crews today recovered the bodies of 73 martyrs from a mass grave at Nasser Medical Hospital, bringing the total number of civilians whose bodies have been found so far to 283 persons.

The bodies were found following Israeli troop withdrawal from the city, according to local sources. 

Additionally, the majority of the bodies belonged to civilians from different ages and that the occupation forces killed them during their storming of the complex and buried them collectively inside it.

According to security sources, the majority of martyrs who had been buried in mass graves were women and children.

The occupation forces deliberately razed dozens of bodies and buried them before withdrawing from any area in the Gaza Strip.

In the meantime, sources indicated that hundreds of civilians have been reported missing following the Israeli offensive on Khan Younis.

Some 2,000 civilians have disappeared after the occupation forces withdrew from several areas in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier yesterday, the Civil Defense in Gaza announced that it had recovered the bodies of 210 martyrs who had been buried in a mass grave by the Israeli occupation forces inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,151 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,084 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.

In this context, thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed houses and buildings, presumed dead, and that civil and ambulance crews are unable to reach them due to the ongoing Israeli shelling and a lack of adequate equipment. 

Y.S. 

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

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Palestinian woman shot dead at Al-'Hamra checkpoint, in the West Bank

PIC, Sunday 21-April-2024

A Palestinian woman was martyred on Sunday when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at her at Al-'Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.

The woman, identified as 40-year-old Labiba Sawafta from Tubas City, was shot at the checkpoint on allegations of her attempt to carry out a stabbing attack.

According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation forces in the area prevented an ambulance from reaching the woman to provide her with medical assistance.

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Israeli forces assault two Palestinian siblings in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) town

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces today detained two Palestinian siblings in the town of Bait Ummar, north of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank.

Media activist in the town of Bait Ummar, Mu'hammed Awadh, said that Israeli forces broke into the town of Bait Ummar  and detained the two siblings, Muhammad,27, and Mu’min Abu Maria, 22, after inspecting and through searching their families’ home.

The heavily-armed soldiers further severally beat up the two siblings along with a number of their family members during the raid.

In a related context, the occupation forces fired live bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas bombs following their military incursion into the Al-Dthahr neighborhood in Bait Ummar, causing many to suffer from suffocation due to inhaling the toxic tear gas and they were treated at the scene.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces round up 25 Palestinians in multiple raids in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The Israeli occupation forces Sunday and Monday detained 25 Palestinians, including former detainees, from various parts of the West Bank, according to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

They said that the occupation forces rounded up 25 people in multiple raids across the West Bank. They added that the detention raids were concentrated Nablus and Jineen cities, while the rest of the detentions took place in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Toubas, Qalqilya, and Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

According to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the occupation forces have detained some 8,425 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. Such prisoners were detained from their houses, at checkpoints, were forced to turn themselves in or were held as hostages.

These raids are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Y.S

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Palestinians kidnaped, others injured during IOFs' raids in the West Bank

Monday 22-April-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnaped last night and at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens, during raids in the West Bank, amid assaults on Palestinian citizens by Israeli occupation soldiers and illegal settlers.

According to local sources, a young man suffered a bullet injury in his leg after Israeli forces stormed Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus and clashed with local youths and resistance fighters.

The IOFs reportedly kidnaped five citizens, including four brothers, during its raid in Balata camp.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs stormed Bait Ummar town and clashed with local youths.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation soldiers ransacked several homes and commercial facilities and assaulted citizens in the town, including members of a family during a raid on their house.

Two citizens were taken prisoners during an IOFs raid in Jabel Al-Jo'hr area in Al-Khaleel City

In Jineen, the IOFs kidnaped four young men, including two brothers from their homes in Maythaloan town and stormed other towns in the south of the province.

In east Jerusalem, a young man was injured in his leg when Israeli police forces opened fire at local youths near the checkpoint of Shu'fat refugee camp.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnaped four citizens from the villages of Bait Sira and Kharbatha Al-Misba'h.

Last night, six citizens were injured by live bullets after Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked Burqa town in eastern Ramallah.

Burqa municipality chief Sayil Kan'an said that a horde of extremist settlers infiltrated into his town and tried to burn his own house, adding that they set fire to a sheep shelter belonging to a local resident and tried to storm other homes in the northern and western areas of the town.

Kan'an also said that the settlers opened fire at local residents as they tried to protect their homes and property, while Israeli soldiers intervened to protect the settlers, fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at a crowd of citizens and prevented them and fire fighters from extinguishing the blaze.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnaped an elderly man identified as Mohamed Rajab from his home in the city.

In Tubas, Israeli forces kidnaped a young man from the city, amid armed clashes with resistance fighters.

In a related context, the number of the Palestinian citizens who have been detained or jailed since October 7, 2023 by Israeli forces following raids in the West Bank and Jerusalem climbed to 8,400 on Sunday after the IOF carried out widespread arrests in Nour Shams refugee camp in Toulkarm.

This came in a statement released by the Palestinian Prisoner Society, in which it affirmed the occurrence of massive field crimes at the hands of Israeli soldiers in the camp since last Thursday.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Under IOFs protection, illegal Israeli Jewish settlers launch new attacks in Ramallah

Monday 22-April-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Several Palestinians were injured in a new settler attack on Burqa town, east of Ramallah, late on Sunday.

Local sources reported that a group of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attacked Burqa from the northern and western entrances, accompanied by a large number of Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), amid heavy gunfire.

During the raid, the settlers set fire to a barn belonging to the citizen Nidtham Ali Ma'atan after slaughtering a number of livestock.

The illegal Israeli settlers also attacked the residents who came to put out the fire, and injured many of them. Ambulances were prevented from transferring the injured.

The illegal Israeli Jewish settlers tried to storm a house on the northern side of the village, and other houses on the western side, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

Similar clashes were reported in a number of West Bank villages and towns, including 'Anabta and Kafr al-Labad, east of Toulkarm, Kharbatha Al-Misba'h, west of Ramallah, and 'Harmala, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem). 

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Settlers injured in car-ramming operation in Al--Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 22-April-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Two Israeli Jewish settlers were injured on Monday morning in a Palestinian car-ramming operation in two different streets in the west side of Al--Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to the Hebrew media, paramedics were providing treatment for two wounded Israelis who were struck by the same car on Tchelet Mordechai street and the nearby Yirmiyahu street in the Romema neighborhood.

The Israeli occupation regime police claimed that two Palestinians exited a vehicle after the attack in Techelet Mordechai street, carrying an improvised submachine gun with the intention to shoot, but when they failed, they fled the scene and left behind the weapon.

Later, the police said they managed to detain the attackers, whose identities are still unknown. 

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Around 172 of the illegal Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

JAl-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Scores of the illegal Israeli settlers today broke into the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), under heavy protection from the Israeli police, according to witnesses.

Some 172 colonists raided the holy mosque from Al-Maghariba Gate and performed provocative tours in its courtyards. They also performed Talmudic rituals there.

In the meantime, the heavily-armed soldiers beefed-up their military deployments and tightened their restrictions at the gates leading to the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The so-called Temple groups called on their followers to carry out massive incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque at midnight before the Jewish Passover, on the twenty-third of this month, to offer the “sacrifice.

According to local sources, Israeli forces have killed 59 Palestinians from the occupied city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and injured nearly 172 others after the 7th of October.

Meanwhile, around 1,325 Palestinians were detained, 155 of whom were sentenced to actual imprisonment.

During the same period, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime issued 85 house detention decisions, 68 deportation decisions from the city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and other travel ban decisions.

The Israeli occupation forces also demolished 133 homes, while 18,301 of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the third holiest Islamic shrine, after those of Makkah and Medina.

Y.S.

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