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 130 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 16 Massacres, 133 Palestinians Killed, 162 Injured, with a Death Toll of  28,473 and 68,146 Injuries

February 13, 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 February 13, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 35,473+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (28,473) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+).   

By February 13, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 68,146, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

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 February 8, 2023, the death toll included 12,150+ children and 8,300+ women (more than 73% of the accounted for victims). 

By February 13, 2024, there were 407 Palestinians who were killed, 3,645 who were injured, and 6,973, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

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.

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.

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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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Palestinian young man, Mu'hammed Salmi, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Qalqilya, on February 13, 2024	133 Palestinians were killed, 162 were injured on Day 130 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, February 13, 2024
Palestinian boy and girl standing on the rubble of their house, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, February 13, 2024	Some of the Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons, where they have been severely mistreated for more than four months, as reported by a released female prisoner, February 13, 2024
This Palestinian little child was one of two martyrs , who were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike in Khan Younus, on February 13, 2024	Some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on February 13, 2024
Aftermath of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house in Al-Nusayrat, in Central Gaza Strip, which killed and injured total families, on February 13, 2024	Families of Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli occupation regime's prisons demonstrating in Ramallah, to raise awareness about the plight of more than 8,000 Palestinian political prisoners, some of whom have been there for decades, February 13, 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, 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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Hamas: Borrell’s statements reveals Israeli fabricated allegations against UNRWA

Tuesday 13-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Hamas Movement said on Sunday that the statements made by EU Foreign Policy Commissioner Josep Borrell in which he said that Israel wanted to get rid of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) over the years, are new evidence of the Israeli fabricated allegations against UNRWA and its employees.

Hamas also stressed the importance of the role played by UNRWA in providing assistance to Palestinian refugees.

It also called on the United Nations and donor countries “not to submit to the misinformation machine driven by the Nazi Zionist entity, which has not yet provided proof of its claims, according to a statement by the Commissioner-General of UNRWA.”

EU Foreign Policy Commissioner Josep Borrell earlier said “The [Israeli] accusations must be verified. The presumption of innocence is valid for everyone, even for UNRWA.” But there is more: “It is not a secret that the Israeli government wants to get rid of UNRWA. Not [just] now, for many years before, [they have] wanted to get rid of UNRWA because they believed that if they get rid of UNRWA, they get rid of the problem of the Palestinian refugees.” 

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South Africa submits urgent request to ICJ regarding the Israeli military offensive in Rafa'h

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa said that it had submitted an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israel’s intention to expand its military offensive in the densely overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafa'h.

The Presidency affirmed that it urgently called the court to halt the unbearable violations committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip.

 Y.S.

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HRW: Rafa'h evacuation plans catastrophic, unlawful

Monday 12-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

International humanitarian law prohibits the forced displacement of civilians except when temporarily required for their security or imperative military reasons, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned on Monday.

During the hostilities in Gaza, forced displacement, a war crime, is becoming more of a risk, the rights group added.

“Forcing the over one million displaced Palestinians in Rafa'h to again evacuate without a safe place to go would be unlawful and would have catastrophic consequences. There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza. The international community should take action to prevent further atrocities.”

The human rights organization also called on the international community to take “necessary measures to prevent further atrocities.”

The HRW report came as Israeli occupation escalated its bloody attacks on the Rafa'h Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip. 

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Abu 'Obayda: Three captives die of wounds sustained in Israeli genocidal airstrikes

Tuesday 13-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Three Israeli captives died of wounds from Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, Abu 'Obayda, the spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades of 'Hamas, announced on Monday.

On Sunday, AL-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of 'Hamas, said two captives were killed and eight others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes in the last three days.

“Three injured captives succumbed to their wounds from barbaric Israeli strikes on Gaza,” the spokesman said in a terse statement on Telegram.

He added that he will release photos and names of the captives “when the fate of the other injured captives becomes clear.”

Hamas is believed to be holding more than 130 Israeli captives following its 7 October cross-border attack into Israel.

Israel has since pounded the Gaza Strip, killing at least 28,340 people and injuring 67,984 others. The Israeli onslaught has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure was damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

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Albanese: Israel violated ICJ orders on Gaza

Tuesday 13-February-2024, RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of breaching the orders issued recently by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requiring it to take immediate steps to protect Palestinians’ rights and cease all activities that could constitute genocide in Gaza.

The Israeli occupation government was given until February 23 to report to ICJ on what it has done to comply with six orders the court issued, including one relating to ending incitement to genocide and another requiring immediate steps to improve the supply of humanitarian aid.

According to the Guardian website on Saturday, Albanese does not agree with the interpretations of Israel and some lawyers of ICJ’s judicial ruling that the acts mentioned by the court do not mean that they are prohibited so long as Israel undertakes them without genocidal intent.

She said that Israel’s atrocities and destruction of civilian infrastructure had continued since ICJ issued its ruling, aggravating the harsh living conditions in Gaza.

“The fatalities are not solely the result of bombings and sniper attacks,” she said in an interview with the Guardian. “They also occur due to a scarcity of medical supplies and treatment, and, most distressingly, due to inadequate access to food and potable water, forcing consumption of contaminated or polluted water.”

She said that Israel must respect the international court’s decisions, and countries must act decisively to prevent further injustice against the Palestinians.

In a related context, the Israeli occupation regime banned on Monday Albanese from entering Israel, according to an official announcement.

Minister of foreign affairs Israel Katz and minister of the interior Moshe Arbel said the ban was attributed to what they claimed to be Albanese’s “outrageous remarks” that the October 7 events were reactions to Israel’s ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people. 

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Israel's planned operation on Rafah would be ‘devastating’: Canada

OTTAWA,  Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

It is “unacceptable” that Israel goes ahead with a planned invasion of Rafa'h because such an operation would be devastating to Palestinians, Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said Monday.

Israel has warned around 1 million Palestinians to leave the area because of a planned invasion. Rafa'h is one of the last safe spots in Gaza. Israel conducted airstrikes on Rafah Monday and managed to free two Israeli hostages but during the operation, about 70 Palestinians were killed.

“I’m very concerned about what’s going on in Gaza, in particular Rafa'h,” Joly told reporters in Ottawa. “The operation would be devastating and is devastating to Palestinians and all those seeking refuge.”

“What the (Benjamin) Netanyahu government (of Israel) is asking (Palestinians) to do, which is to leave again, is unacceptable,” Joly said. “They have nowhere to go and so that's why we need right now for the violence to stop.

K.T. 

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

On February 13, 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 16 massacres, in which  133 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 162 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 28,473 and the injuries to 68,146, since October 7, 2023.   

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Israeli aggression on Gaza kills 28,473 Palestinian civilians so far

GAZA, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Medical sources Tuesday said that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli occupation regime's genocidal war on Gaza Strip, since October 7, has risen to 28,473, while 68,146 others were injured.

They explained that during the past 24 hours, the occupation forces committed 16 massacres in the Gaza Strip, claiming 133 civilians and leaving 162 others with injuries.

Meanwhile, thousands of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as the occupation prevents ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them.

K.T.

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 130

Tuesday 13-February-2024, PIC --

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 130 on Tuesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes and shelter centers 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, mainly Khan Younus and Rafa'h, killing and injuring hundreds of citizens.

According to media sources, six civilians, including an infant, were martyred following an Israeli aerial attack on a car in Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

The Israeli army attacked the area of an-Nada Towers in northern Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring another one.

Casualties were also reported following an Israeli attack on a group of civilians near the western junction of Miraj, which is not far from Khan Younus.

A child identified as Khalid Abu Tu'aima was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in front of Al-Amal School in Khan Younus, while another citizen was killed and two others were wounded when the Israeli army bombed a gathering of civilians at the junction of Lababidi in the west of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera satellite channel reported that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile directly at its correspondent Ismail Abu Amr and its photojournalist A'hmed Matar, injuring them seriously.

The two Al Jazeera journalists were targeted as they were covering the forcible evacuation of displaced families from an area near the junction of Miraj in southern Khan Younus.

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 bombing target Palestinian journalists, injure two, north of Rafa'h

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian journalists were Tuesday seriously injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a group of journalists, north of Rafa'h.

Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of journalists in Mirage area, north of Rafa'h, injuring two Aljazeera tv journalists, Isma'eel Abu 'Omar and A'hmed Matar, who were transferred to the European Hospital.

According to the Journalists Syndicate, 116 journalists and workers in media institutions have been killed since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

K.T.

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Two Palestinians killed, including a child, in intense Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younus

GAZA, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) -  

At least two Palestinian civilians, including a child, today were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrikes that targeted different areas in Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that a child was killed after the occupation forces directly opened heavy gunfire on him near the gate of the Nasir Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younus.

Constant shooting was also heard in the vicinity of several schools surrounding the Nasir Complex, sheltering thousands of displaced people who sought refuge inside the schools to forces them to leave it.

Another civilian was also killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians in the city of Khan Younus.

By February 13, 2024, in a preliminary toll, the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the murder of over 28,473 individuals, the majority of whom are innocent civilians, and over 68,146 injuries.

Y.S/K.T.

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

 

IOFs kill a Palestinian young man in Qalqilya

Tuesday 13-February-2024, QALQILYA, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was shot dead on Tuesday morning after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Qalqilya City in the West Bank.

Local sources said that Israeli forces stormed Qalqilya City and opened fire at 20-year-old Mu'hammed Salmi, with no reason, in Al-Bireen area while he was in his car, killing him immediately.

They added that the IOF soldiers prevented an ambulance from reaching the young man before their withdrawal from the city.

The IOF also kidnaped seven young men from their homes, and demolished a memorial to martyrs 'Alaa Nazzal and Anas Qaraqi' in Kafr Saaba neighborhood in the city. 

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Palestinian minor critically injured by Israeli occupation forces near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian boy was seriously injured by Israeli occupation forces in the town of 'Azzoun, east of Qalqilya.

Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at a boy while he was near the cemetery neighborhood, wounding him in the neck.

His injury was reported to be critical.

K.T.

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IOF kidnaps several Palestinians during West Bank raids

Tuesday 13-February-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnaped several Palestinian citizens and clashed with local youths and resistance fighters during campaigns in the West Bank, which started last night and continued into Tuesday morning.

According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the IOFs kidnaped 22 citizens, including a child, during overnight and morning raids in the West Bank.

In Jenin, resistance fighters clashed with Israeli forces in Jenin and its refugee camp and detonated explosive devices at their vehicles.

Later, the IOF withdrew from Jineen following a six-hour campaign, during which they went on the rampage through its streets, destroying public and private property.

Armed clashes also broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Kafr Dan town in the west of Jenin, where the IOF kidnaped a young man from his home and raided another house belonging to a wanted citizen called A'hmed Abul-Hayja.

The IOF also stormed Sir town in southern Jineen, encircled a house for about two hours and attacked it with projectiles, causing it to catch fire.

Local sources said that the Israeli forces ordered a young man from the family of Arsheed to surrender during their attack on the house, but later they kidnaped his four brothers to pressure him to turn himself in after they failed to capture him.

In Nablus, Israeli forces came under fire from resistance fighters in the new 'Askar refugee camp and Balata refugee camp.

In Ramallah, the IOF stormed the towns of Rima and Silwad and raided some homes, with no reported arrests.

In Bethlehem, the IOF carried out raids on homes and assaulted citizens in Keesan village.

Local sources said that the IOF kidnaped a citizen after assaulting him and members of his family in the village.

Two other citizens were taken prisoner following IOF raids on homes in 'Husan village, west of Bethlehem.

The IOF also raided homes in other West Bank areas, including Al-Samou' town in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

In Qalqilya, the IOF killed a young man while driving his car, kidnaped seven others and clashed with local youths. 

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Over 9,000 Palestinian detainees subjected to unprecedented retaliatory measures

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) –

More than 9,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation prisons have been subjected to unprecedented retaliatory and punitive measures since October 7th of last year, according to a joint statement issued today by the Detainees Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

The two organizations pointed out that over the past period, the pace of measures imposed on the Palestinian detainees, mainly involving systematic torture and abuse, has remained consistent, adding that these actions aim at dehumanizing them and depriving the prisoners of their basic rights.

The statement emphasized that the element of time plays a crucial role in the fate of the detainees, as the retaliatory and punitive measures against them continue unabated. Additionally, certain policies have escalated, intensifying their suffering on various levels.

The Israeli Prison Service has further stripped the detainees of basic tools and means of communication with the outside world, such as television and family visits, according to the statement. Moreover, radios were confiscated in many prisons, leaving lawyer visits as the only means of communication for the detainees.

In the Damoun prison, where the majority of female detainees are held, the prison administration recently transferred them to another section within the same prison. This new section serves as a compounded model of the isolation policy compared to the previous one.

Female detainees are now completely isolated from each other, with windows covered with soundproof and vision-blocking plastic, reinforced with tiny openings that obstruct visibility, the two organizations said.

The Detainees Affairs Authority and PPS revealed that the administration of the Israeli Jalboua prison has implemented a new measure by placing a blue line in front of Palestinian detainees' cells, prohibiting them from approaching or crossing it. Those who breach this line face harassment and physical assault.

Through this measure, according to the statement, the prison administration aims to further isolate the detainees and deprive them of sound communication between cells or during their recreational time, preventing them from interacting with each other.

M.N.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Israeli occupation forces raid Jineen refugee camp, surround a house

Jineen, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) -

 Israeli occupation forces today raided Jineen refugee camp and surrounded a house.

Sources said that undercover Israeli occupation forces infiltrated the camp, where they surrounded a house.

Large forces from the occupation army further raided the camp, sources added.

Intense confrontations between local residents and Israeli occupation forces erupted during the raid, during which occupation forces opened heavy gunfire, stun bombs, and volleys of tear gas bombs towards the locals.

Y.S.

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Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), under police guard

Tuesday 13-February-2024, Al-Quds (Jerusalem), (PIC)

Hordes of the illegal extremist Jewish Israeli settlers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon.

According to local sources, dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police escort.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them performed Talmudic prayers.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police prevented Muslim worshipers from entering the Islamic holy site during the settler tours and only allowed in a few numbers of elderly men for payers.

Meanwhile, Jerusalemite activists called on their compatriots to march en masse to the Aqsa Mosque to break the siege imposed on it by the Israeli occupation police for the fifth consecutive month.

92 settlers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday under police guard, amid restrictions on the movement of Jerusalemite citizens in their holy city. 

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Two Palestinians injured, houses burned in settler attack in Nablus

Monday 12-February-2024, NABLUS, (PIC)

Two Palestinians were injured on Monday evening in a settler attack on 'Aseera Al-Qibliya town, south of Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society affirmed that two Palestinians suffered from gunshot injuries during the attack, including a 16-year-old teen.

The head of the 'Aseera Al-Qibliya village council, Hafidth Sali'h, reported that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers from the “Yitzhar” illegal settlement attacked the eastern outskirts of the town and burned a vehicle belonging to a local resident.

The settlers also set fire to two houses in the southern region of the town, he added.

Calls to confront the settler attacks were launched over mosque speakers. However, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town to provide protection for the settlers.

'Aseera al-Qibliya town is subjected to repeated attacks by settlers from “Yitzhar” settlement illegally built on Nablus towns and villages. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Illegal Israeli settlers today attacked a Palestinian family in the village of Keesan, east of Illegal Israeli settlers , and seized several sheep, a vehicle, and an agricultural tractor.

The head of the Keesan Village Council, Mousa 'Abayat, said that a group of colonists from the illegal colony of Ma'ale Amos, built on stolen Palestinian land near the village, attacked a house owned by local resident Ibraheem Sawarka and seized around 40 of sheep, a vehicle, and an agricultural tractor.

Abayat added that the occupation forces had detained Sawarka in the morning hours after raiding his house.

The occupation soldiers yesterday evening assaulted Sawarka's wife and left her with bruises.

Sawarka's wife is currently in the hospital after being injured as a result of the colonists’ assault on her, noting that his children are still trapped in the house.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers uproot dozens of trees north Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (WAFA) -

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, uprooted dozens of olive trees lands in the town of Bait Ummar, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Media activist in the town, Mu'hammed 'Awadh, said that a group colonists from the Bait 'Ain illegal Israeli settlement, built on stolen Palestinian land near the town, raided 'Ain Al-Baydha area in Bait Ummar, where they uprooted about 50 olive trees.

The colonists further destroyed and uprooted dozens of almond and vine trees in the said town.

 The uprooted trees are owned by a local family identified as 'Adi family.

Y.S/K.T. 

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