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 167 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 7 Massacres, 65 Palestinians Killed, 92 Injured, with a Death Toll of  31,988 and 74,188 Injuries

March 21, 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 March 21, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 38,988+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (31,988) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on February 7, 2024: 7,000+). 

By March 21, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 74,188, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By March 8, there were 8,900 Palestinian women who were killed, 23,000 who were injured, but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (whither they are dead, injured, or abducted).

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 . 

By March 21, 2024, 451 Palestinians who were killed, 3,689 who were injured, and 7,672, 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.

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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Terrified Palestinian women moments after an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024	Children have constituted most of the killed and injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024	Site of a residential neighborhood and a mosque, which were destroyed by the Israeli gencidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024
Smoke rising around Al-Shifa hospital, showing Israeli attacks on displaced Palestinians and patients, March 21, 2024	Palestinian children waiting in a line to fill in fresh water, as 40 percent of the water infrastructure was destroyed by Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, file, March 21, 2024
Grieving over 8 members of the Barbakh family, who were killed by an Israeli air strike on Rafah, March 22, 2024	The house of the Barbakh family in Rafa'h, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, on March 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 (October 7, 2023-Fruary 26, 2024), 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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GMO: Israeli army responsible for deaths of 13 patients at al-Shifa

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed that 13 patients died at the al-Shifa medical complex after the Israeli army deprived them of medicine, oxygen, and food.

Of the 13, four people on ventilators in intensive care died after Israeli troops cut off the electricity supply to the hospital, the GMO said in a statement issued Thursday.

In addition to arresting doctors and nurses and removing them, medical staff were forced to take off their clothes and prevented from entering patients’ rooms to try to save them.

“We hold the US administration, the international community, and the Israeli occupation fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against the sick, the wounded, medical teams, and our Palestinian people for the sixth month in a row,” the statement reads.

Last week, scores of Palestinians were massacred and injured in intense Israeli army shelling near Al-Shifa Hospital as they were breaking their fast in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The artillery bombardment resulted in widespread fires, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and forcing hundreds to flee to the east of Gaza City. 

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'Hamas says ‘silence’ on al-Shifa Hospital raid shows international failure

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas condemned on Thursday evening the “shameful silence” on Israel’s ongoing raid on the al-Shifa Hospital complex and surrounding areas.

The group said it’s “a disgrace and a moral failure on the part of the international community and the United Nations” because they’ve been unable to stop Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.

It also denounced Washington’s financial and military support for Tel Aviv.

'Hamas said Arab countries and the international community must “take urgent action to stop this genocide and the systematic destruction of health facilities in the Gaza Strip.”

Last week, scores of Palestinians were massacred and injured in intense Israeli occupation army shelling near Al-Shifa Hospital as they were breaking their fast in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The artillery bombardment resulted in widespread fires, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and forcing hundreds to flee to the east of Gaza City.

The Israeli army admitted that its forces had killed about 140 Palestinians and detained hundreds since it carried out its recent raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. The Israeli army also forced many families to leave the facility and walk southward. 

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On Mother’s Day, PRCS says 37 mothers are martyred daily in Gaza

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced that about 37 Palestinian mothers are martyred every day in the Gaza Strip since October 7.

In a press statement on Thursday, the Red Crescent wrote on X, While the countries of the Arab world are celebrating Mother’s Day, there are 37 mothers being martyred every day, in the ongoing Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, for the 167th day that led to the martyrdom of 32 thousand people, most of whom were women and children.

However, the international committees concerned with women’s rights have been ignoring the suffering of Palestinian mothers who are subject to killing, displacement, and food deprivation as part of Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian women, it added.

The detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society announced that there are 28 mothers among 76 detained women languishing in Israeli occupation prisons, deprived of their families and children. 

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'Hamdan: 'Hamas is striving with every effort to end the aggression on Gaza

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

Senior 'Hamas official Osama 'Hamdan held on Wednesday evening a press conference in Beirut, revealing the latest updates on ceasefire talks in Doha, Qatar.

'Hamdan hailed the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for their steadfastness in the face of the Israeli genocidal and starvation war, saying that “Hamas is striving with every effort and employing all its strength to end this aggressive war on our people, intensifying its efforts and endeavors in all directions to bring in relief and humanitarian aid and to heal the wounds of our patient and steadfast people on the land of resilient Gaza”.

“The Movement is following the course of negotiations through our mediator brothers in Egypt and Qatar, and has presented a comprehensive vision based on the principles and foundations we consider necessary for an agreement. This vision crystalizes the priorities of our people in stopping the aggression, returning the displaced to their homes, the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, and intensifying the entry of relief aid,” 'Hamdan added.

“The Movement has presented its vision regarding the prisoner exchange file, showing high positivity and flexibility, aiming to overcome obstacles to the agreement and to shorten the time to stop the massacres and the genocide war against our unarmed civilian people,” he highlighted.

'Hamdan said, “The Israeli response to the demands of the resistance was a negative response in general, not meeting the demands of our people and resistance. It even backtracked from agreements previously presented to the mediators and conveyed to us through them, deepening the policy of stalling, which could obstruct the negotiations and possibly lead them to a dead end.”

'Hamas, he added, responded to the mediators’ demands and provided the flexibility that paves the way for the agreement, adding that the ball is now in Israel’s court.

“We affirm that the Movement is monitoring the behavior of the occupation. With every round of negotiations, it escalates its crimes against our people, thinking that such crimes might gain it advantages at the negotiation table. We reiterate that what the occupation has not taken in the military battle and the crime of genocide, it will not take with political tricks and negotiation games,” the Hamas official said.

'Hamdan said, “We state clearly: Netanyahu personally, his terrorist government, and those who supported and still support his aggression bear all the responsibility for disrupting all efforts aimed at achieving a prisoner exchange deal and stop the aggression.” 

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Despite the Israeli age restrictions, thousands of Palestinian Muslims perform nighttime prayers at Aqsa Mosque

Thursday 21-March-2024,

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Despite the Israeli age restrictions, about 30,000 Muslim worshipers performed on Wednesday the Isha and Tarawee'h prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 10th night of the holy month of Ramadhan.

According to local sources, thousands of Palestinian citizens were able to reach the Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli restrictions imposed on their entry to the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Police officers reportedly prevented many young men from entering the Mosque for prayers as part of the restrictions imposed on Muslim worshipers for the fifth consecutive month.

On the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli occupation police deployed barbed wire on the fence adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Bab Al-Asbat area in order to prevent Muslim worshipers from entering the holy site.

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Guterres: Nothing justifies collective punishment in Gaza

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres emphasized on Wednesday that collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza cannot be justified in any way.

This came in a joint press conference with the head of the European Commission in Brussels.

“Nowadays, over half of the population is facing catastrophic hunger. This is unprecedented and worsening day by day. We must act now before it is too late,” Guterres urged.

Guterres appealed to Israel to ensure “full and unrestricted” access to humanitarian goods throughout Gaza and for the international community to fully support the United Nations’ humanitarian efforts.

He also stressed that all international actors must “continue to do everything possible to stop the killings, achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and ensure the release of Israeli hostages.”

“Nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people,” stated Guterres, who called on the international community to unite to “silence the guns.” 

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

On March 21, 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 7 massacres, in which  65 Palestinian civilians were killed, and 92 were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the death toll in Gaza Strip to 31,988 and the injuries to 74,188, since October 7, 2023.   

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Ministry: 65 Palestinian martyrs in 7 Israeli massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday morning that the Israeli occupation army committed 7 massacres against citizens in the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of 65 civilians and wounding 92 others during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry said in its daily report, “A number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, as Israeli occupation forces have been preventing the ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them.”

This brings the death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year to 31,988 martyrs and 74,188 wounded. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 167

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 167 on Thursday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes, shelter centers and aid convoys, 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 hundreds of citizens.

According to media sources, a number of civilians were killed and others were injured when the Israeli army bombed a car in Bani Suhayla City, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Israeli warplanes bombed a house in Al-Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City and two others belonging to the families of Al-'Aayidi and Saydam in Al-Maghazi refugee camp. There is no information available about casualties.

At dawn, the Israeli occupation forces ordered the displaced civilians and patients inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to leave the facility and threatened to bomb directly.

A few days ago, the Israeli army admitted that its forces had killed about 140 Palestinians and detained hundreds since it carried out its recent raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. The Israeli army also forced many families to leave the facility and walk southwards.

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 occupation army detonates building in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital

Thursday 21-March-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli army bombed a building in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the western area of Gaza City on Thursday morning, Palestinian media reported.

“The occupation army detonated the specialized surgeries building in Al-Shifa Hospital in the west of Gaza City,” Al-Aqsa satellite channel said in a brief statement on Telegram.

Earlier, Palestine TV reported that the Israeli army threatened the displaced people inside Al-Shifa Complex through loudspeakers and demanded their immediate evacuation from the complex as a prelude to destroying the surgeries building.

Last week, scores of Palestinians were massacred and injured in intense Israeli army shelling near Al-Shifa Hospital as they were breaking their fast in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The artillery bombardment resulted in widespread fires, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and forcing hundreds to flee to the east of Gaza City. 

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Civil Defense: Israel refuses to allow access to the wounded in Gaza City

Thursday 21-March-2024,

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army refuses to coordinate with international groups such as the Red Cross in order to allow rescue crews access to hundreds of wounded Palestinians in the vicinity of al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza.

“The occupation’s decision to prevent coordination is an extension of the policy of slow execution of innocent and wounded citizens under siege,” the organization said.

On Monday, Israeli forces launched a new assault on the medical complex and its surrounding area, killing at least 90 people and detaining hundreds.

By March 20, 2024, the health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardment and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 31,923 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 74,096 people. 

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

 Two Palestinians killed in Aree'ah (Jericho), Jineen

Thursday 21-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was killed, two were injured, and two others were kidnapped, after Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed 'Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho on Thursday evening.

Medical sources identified the martyr as Ibraheem Qatash who died from serious gunshot injuries to the head.

Two other Palestinians were injured during the raid, including a young girl.

Local sources also reported that IOFs stormed the refugee camp at break fasting time and surrounded the Al-'Ayouti family house before kidnapping the two brothers, 'Ammar and 'Hamdi Al-'Ayouti, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes amid heavy gunfire.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian health ministry declared that the young man, Mu'hammed Mamoun Al-'Hawasheen, succumbed to the wounds he sustained during a drone attack in Jineen yesterday.

The number of Palestinian martyrs in the West Bank has risen to 11 in separate incidents in less than 24 hours, including four martyrs in the Nour Shams refugee camp east of Toulkarm and four others in a drone attack in Jineen.

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IOFs kill a Palestinian young man at a West Bank checkpoint

Thursday 21-March-2024,

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) cold-bloodedly killed a Palestinian young man at a checkpoint in the south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) on Thursday morning.

According to the Hebrew media, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at the young man after they searched his bag and found a knife inside it.

The incident reportedly occurred near the Elazar intersection in Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

The young man was injured in his lower body, but he was left to bleed until he died.

Last Tuesday, a Palestinian young man was martyred after he injured two Shin Bet officers in a shooting operation in the same area. 

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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Nour Shams camp

Thursday 21-March-2024,

TOULKARM, (PIC)

Two Palestinian young men were martyred last night after an Israeli drone bombed a site in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Toulkarm City.

Local sources identified the martyrs as Nidhal Abu 'Obaid and Iyad Kanou'h.

Two other young men were also shot dead during the ongoing IOFs campaign in the camp. The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews received their bodies in the morning.

Another young man suffered shrapnel injuries in his face, the Red Crescent added.

Earlier in the evening, a large number of Israeli troops stormed Nour Shams camp, laid siege to it, and broke into and ransacked several homes.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) interrogated local residents during the raids on homes, while their bulldozers embarked on destroying roads and infrastructure in the camp.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces with over 50 vehicles and bulldozers stormed different neighborhoods of Toulkarm City, amid drone over flights.

Local sources reported hearing heavy gunfire and explosions during the IOF campaign in the city.

Earlier in the evening, Israeli forces carried out a brief raid in the city, during which they bulldozed the western road before storming it later in large numbers. 

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Nine martyrs in IOFs attacks in the West Bank within 24 hours

Thursday 21-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The number of Palestinian martyrs, who were killed by the Israeli occupation force (IOCs), in the West Bank has risen to nine in four separate incidents in less than 24 hours.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of the 18-year-old, Mu'hammed Abdul Kareem Sali'h, from Al-Am'ari refugee camp early Thursday morning, as a result of critical injuries sustained from being shot by live ammunition in the head by the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Am'ari refugee camp.

The same sources added that two other citizens were shot during confrontations with the IOFs in the Umm Al-Sharayit neighborhood in Al-Beerih. One was shot in the thigh and the other in the waist, and their injuries were described as stable.

In another incident, the IOFs executed a Palestinian man on Thursday morning after shooting at him and leaving him bleeding to death at the junction of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in southern Bethlehem in the West Bank.

Hebrew media outlets confirmed that the man died as a result of his injuries after being left to bleed to death.

Palestinian sources identified the martyr as Mousa Sami'h Zaytoun, 63 years old, from the city of Al Khalil, who was shot by IOFs soldiers south of Bethlehem.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported receiving information about the martyrdom of a citizen by Israeli gunfire near the Elazar settlement, illegally built on the lands of the citizens in the town of Al-Khadir, south of Bethlehem, and preventing ambulance crews from approaching or transporting his body.

It indicated that the occupation forces took away the martyr’s body in an Israeli ambulance.

Meanwhile, four young men were martyred in the Israeli aggression on the Nour Shams refugee camp east of Toulkarm that has been ongoing since Wednesday evening.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the final toll of the IOF raid on the Nour Shams camp is four martyrs, two from shelling and two from live ammunition, in addition to an injury caused by shrapnel in the face.

Three Palestinians were martyred and a fourth was injured in an assassination carried out by the Israeli air force, targeting a car on the outskirts of the Jenin camp in the northern West Bank.

The Jineen Red Crescent Society reported that its teams transferred at least three martyrs to Jenin Governmental Hospital, while a fourth citizen was seriously injured.

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Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in Jineen

Wednesday 20-March-2024

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Jineen, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening.

According to local sources, the martyrs included A'hmed Barakat “Abu Hani,” a commander in the Jineen Brigades who has been chased for years, as well as two other members of the brigades.

The Israeli army and internal security agency Shin Bet said in a joint statement that Israeli aircraft struck two Palestinian vehicles in Jenin.

For its part, the Palestine Health Ministry said that three Palestinians were killed and one wounded in the attack.

The Israeli military said two of the targets were “senior Islamic Jihad operatives who had been planning attacks on Israel.” 

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians during West Bank raids

Thursday 21-March-2024, WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnaped last night and at dawn Thursday a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, while resistance fighters attacked them in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnaped two citizens after pillaging their homes in Nablus City.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnaped a young man from his home in Ras Karkar village.

The IOFs also stormed Umm Al-Sharayit area in Al-Beerih City in Ramallah province and opened fire at local youths. One young man suffered a critical bullet injury in his head and was rushed to Palestine Hospital.

Israeli occupation soldiers also savagely assaulted a young man in al-Quds street in Beerih City before kidnaping him.

Two other young men were taken prisoners by the IOFs in Al-Sharfa area at the eastern entrance of 'Husan village, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs also kidnaped two young men from Al-'Arroub refugee camp, two others from Bait Ummar town and one from Al-Samou' town.

In Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem), Israeli occupation regime police forces kidnaped a teenager from Al-Jib town, northwest of the holy city.

Meanwhile, resistance fighters showered Israeli occupation forces with bullets and detonated explosive devices at them in different areas of the West Bank, especially in Toulkarm, Nablus and Jineen.

Resistance fighters also attacked the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur in Al-Khaleel with pipe bombs and threw Molotov cocktails at the IOFs watchtower at the main entrance of Al-'Arroub refugee camp.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Armed illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian civilians in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday, March 21, 2024 (WAFA) –

Armed illegal Israeli settlers launched an assault this evening on Palestinian civilians' vehicles in Wadi Al-'Husain area, located east of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli occupation forces prevented a large number of residents from reaching their homes, according to local sources.

The sources informed WAFA that a group of armed colonists, escorted by Israeli soldiers, attacked civilians' vehicles while they were parked near a mosque in  Al-J'abari neighborhood east of Hebron, smashing the windshield of one of the vehicles.

Israeli occupation forces also closed the so-called military Checkpoint 160 in the city, detained and mistreated several civilians, and prevented hundreds of them from reaching their homes, witnesses reported. The forces further fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens.

Of note, Checkpoint 160, heavily manned by Israeli soldiers, is currently the only gate used by thousands of Palestinian residents from Al-J'abari and Al-Salayma neighborhoods in the old city of Hebron, after Israeli occupation forces completely closed off other entrances to the area in recent months.

Residents of the old city and neighborhoods located east of Hebron have been suffering from a significant increase in attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers and forces since October 7th last year. An evening curfew is imposed almost every day, preventing residents from leaving their homes.

Restrictions have also been imposed on residents' movement, allowing them specific times to enter and exit their neighborhoods through military checkpoints. After those hours, entry into those areas is prohibited.

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Illegal Israeli settlersseize 150 dunums of land south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, March 21, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers seized 150 dunums of Palestinian land today in the town of Al-Khader, located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

A'hmed Sala'h, a local activist, told WAFA that the illegal Israeli settlers seized a land in the vicinity of the colonial settlement of El'azar, built on stolen Palestinian lands, planting it with grapevines and almond trees. He pointed out that the land ownership belongs to citizens from the Musa family.

Of note, illegal Israeli settlers have recently intensified their attacks on the lands of Al-Khadir town, including seizure of lands, bulldozing of others, demolishing agricultural rooms, and preventing farmers from accessing their lands.

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