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 223 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 39 Palestinians Killed, 64 Injured, with a Death Toll of  35,272 and 79,205 Injuries

May 16, 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 May 16, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 42,272+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (35,272) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 16, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 79,205 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By May 16, 2024, 504 Palestinians who were killed, 4,956 who were injured, and 8,755, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

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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More than 15,103 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, May 16, 2024	A rescue worker carrying the body of a Palestinian little girl, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, which represents an escalation of the Israeli war crimes in northern Gaza, May 16, 2024
Palestinian journalist Ha-il Al-Najjar and a number of his family members were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Jabalya, thus becoming one of the 144 Palestinian journalists who were killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza Strip, May 16, 2024	Palestinian young men Ayman Mubarak, 'Husam Babas, and Mu'hamed Nasrullah, were killed by Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces in Toulkarm, May 16, 2024 pic
A rescue member carrying one of Palestinian martyrs who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2024	Director of the PGMO, Ismail Al-Thawabta warns that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has entered a critical stage, May 16, 2024
Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, May 16, 2024	With their bare hands, Palestinians trying to get family members and neighbors from under the rubble of their houses, which were destroyed by by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Jabalya, May 16, 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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Two martyrs in Israeli genocidal airstrike on South Lebanon

Thursday 16-May-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Two Lebanese citizens were martyred in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on their car in southern Lebanon on Thursday.

Lebanese media outlets said that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car on the road between Qana and Al-Ramadiya villages in south of the country, killing two on board.

They said that other Israeli air raids were reported on the villages of Muruj Al-Ri'han, Dthuhur Sajd, 'Aita Al-Sha'b, Kufr Kila, and Mays Al-Jabal.

Israeli artillery rounds were also fired at the villages of Al-Khiyam, Al-'Udaisa, Sahl Marji'youn, and Tellat Al-'Uwaide.

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'Hamas welcomes Arab League’s final statement

Thursday 16-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement welcomed the final statement issued by the thirty-third Arab Summit held in Bahrain, which “affirmed the firm and steadfast Arab support for the aspirations of the (Palestinian) people for liberation and independence.”

The Movement also applauded the final statement’s rejection of “Zionist aggression and attempts to uproot our people—that the criminal Zionist entity pursues through its ongoing war of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the Gaza Strip.”

The Movement urged “brotherly Arab states to take the necessary measures to compel the (Israeli) occupation to stop its aggression”.

In a concluding statement following a meeting in Manama, the 22-member grouping called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to forced displacement in the Palestinian territory, withdrawal of the Israeli forces from all areas of the Strip, lifting the Gaza siege, and opening all border crossings.

The summit was also attended by chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas who told the summit that Hamas Movement “gave Israel pretexts and justifications” to wage war on Gaza with its October 7 attack.

'Hamas voiced its “regret over the remarks” asserting the attack had “placed our Palestinian cause at the forefront of priorities, achieving strategic gains”.

The Movement confirmed that “the Zionist enemy, which has been killing, terrorizing and torturing our defenseless people for more than 76 years, in Gaza, the West Bank, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and the 1948 occupied territories did not wait for pretexts to commit its crimes against our people.” 

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PRCS: Over 15,103 Palestinian children killed since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Over 15,103 Palestinian children have been killed since the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip started on October 7, 2023.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), 15,103 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime army since the war on Gaza started.

By May 15, 2024, more than 35,233 civilians have been killed by Israeli attacks on the embattled enclave.

Meanwhile, about 500 Palestinians have also been killed in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank during the same period.

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Director of the PGMO, Ismail Al-Thawabta: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza enters critical stage

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In a press conference in commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba on Wednesday, the Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza launched a warning call that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip had entered a critical stage due to the Israeli ongoing genocidal war waged against Palestinian civilians under the supervision of the US administration and their allies.

Speaking at the conference, the Director of the PGMO, Ismail Al-Thawabta, said, “while commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba in which our people were subjected to the most horrific forced displacement in history in 1948 in a terrible legal crime against humanity, the Nakba is being renewed once again by the same Israeli criminal gangs through the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, leading to a new catastrophe against humanity, morals, and values.”

“After the passage of 76 years since the Palestinian Nakba, our Palestinian people are still suffering from killing and genocide as we are marking the 222nd day of the Israeli genocidal war waged on civilians in the Strip with the support of the US administration, Britain, Germany, France, and other countries allied with the Israeli occupation. We charge them all fully responsible for this crime,” Al-Thawabta added.

“Today, we sound the alarms and say to the international community, the Gaza Strip has entered a critical stage of deep humanitarian crisis supervised by the Israeli occupation, the US administration and their allies against Palestinian civilians and humanitarian and service sectors in the Gaza Strip. This heralds a real humanitarian catastrophe in which hundreds of thousands of civilians are going to die amid the Israeli starvation policy under the ongoing aggression,” he warned.

Al-Thawabta held Israel, the US administration, Britain, and their allies fully responsible for the catastrophic effects of the Palestinian Nakba and the ongoing genocidal war against our Palestinian people, which has so far affected 120,000 victims, including martyrs, wounded, detainees, and missing.

At the end of the conference, the GMO director called for pressuring Israel to stop its genocide, which continues to claim the lives of more victims every day and demanded an immediate opening of the Rafa'h border crossing in order to allow hundreds of wounded and sick people to travel to receive treatment abroad as hospitals were knocked out of service because of the devastating aggression.

“We demand humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million displaced people languishing in hundreds of shelter centers. We also call for supplying hospitals, medical centers, and humanitarian crews with fuel,” he said.

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'Hamas: The Israeli escalation of war crimes in northern Gaza reflects a retaliatory fascist behavior

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has said that the Israeli occupation army’s escalation of its brutal targeting of defenseless civilians in the streets, homes and residential neighborhoods in various areas of the Gaza Strip is a fascist retaliatory behavior.

“The Israeli massacres being committed in Gaza City and the North Governorate reflect a great extent of confusion experienced by the Israeli occupation army due to the steadfastness of our people,” the Movement added in a statement on Wednesday.

'Hamas pointed out that Israel resorts to escalating its massacres against civilians because of “the painful strikes it receives at the hands of the Palestinian resistance, led by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.”

The Movement called on the international community, the United Nations, and its relevant institutions to take urgent steps to oblige the Israeli occupation government to stop its heinous crimes against the Palestinian people.

'Hamas charged the US administration and its president, Joe Biden, with the responsibility for this dangerous escalation, demanding an end to the criminal policies and unlimited support for the genocidal war that has been ongoing for more than 7 months against defenseless civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.

'Hamas urged the masses of the Arab and Muslim nation as well as the free people of the world everywhere, to escalate the popular movement in support of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, and to push for an urgent and permanent ceasefire.

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IOFs raid exchange companies, kidnap employees in the West Bank

Thursday 16-May-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out last night and at dawn Thursday raids on a number of currency exchange companies in the West Bank and kidnaped a number of their employees.

According to local sources, Israeli forces stormed exchange companies in Nablus, Aree'ha (Jericho), Toulkarm, Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Al-Beerih, Toubas and Jineen, and kidnaped several citizens working for them.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs killed three young men, with no reason, and raided a currency exchange store in Nablus street during a campaign in the city.

In Bethlehem, the IOFs kidnapped director of the Gulf exchange company 'Alaa 'Abayat from her home in Al-Manshiya village after interrogating her and forcing her to open the doors of her workplace.

Israeli forces also stormed 'Anabta town in eastern Toulkarm, 'Aseera Al-Shamaliya town in northern Nablus and Tubas City and kidnaped three citizens working for the same exchange company.

The IOFs also broke into and ransacked two branches belonging to the Gulf exchange company in the cities of Nablus and Jericho and two other exchange stores in the cities of al-Bireh and al-Khalil.

Another citizen working for an exchange company was taken prisoner during an IOFs' raid on Kafr Al-Ra’i town, southwest of Jineen, while similar raids took place in different towns of Jineen province.

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ActionAid says 5% of Gaza's 2.2 million civilians 'have been displaced'

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) – 

ActionAid International said that more than 75% of the Gaza Strip's 2.2 million citizens have been displaced from their homes since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7th.

The organization explained in a statement issued on Thursday on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, that most civilians had to be displaced several times amid very dangerous conditions with no hope of finding any safe place to live.

ActionAid pointed out that civilians in the Gaza Strip are facing a new wave of displacement after the occupation forces issued evacuation orders for parts of Rafa'h, which is inhabited by more than a million people, as more than 450,000 civilians were displaced from the city, according to UNRWA, and yet there is no safe place to go.

"There is no space, resources or infrastructure available to accommodate them," ActionAid said.

The organization pointed out that about 4,000 civilians in the West Bank were forced to flee their homes last year, due to colonists' violence, movement restrictions, and demolitions.

K.T.

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Mexico commemorates the 76th anniversary of the Nakba for the Palestinian people

MEXICO CITY, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) - 

On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the Government of Mexico expressed in a statement its solidarity with the people of Palestine and reiterated its call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the full restoration of humanitarian aid flows to alleviate the suffering of the innocent civilian population and progress towards the establishment of two States.

"Continuing the highest values of our exceptional and fruitful history, Mexico commemorates the Nakba of the Palestinian people, the exodus of more than 700,000 people caused by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war," the statement said.

"Mexico became an independent nation pursuing ideals of equality, freedom and justice. These ideals became our foreign policy principles, which have served to defend our sovereignty, our territorial integrity and our interests. Today, Mexico reiterates that the self-determination of peoples, peaceful settlement of disputes and respect for international law, especially territorial integrity, are basic principles of coexistence among nations and the only path to lasting peace."

"In view of the escalation of violence, it is important to denounce the unacceptable situation in Gaza. Mexico has defended the political, social and territorial rights of the Palestinians in multilateral, regional and bilateral forums. On several occasions, we have asked the UN Security Council to act regarding the violations of international law that are accumulating in the Palestinian territories. Like Palestine, Mexico has experience with walls and border crossings that separate, dehumanize and exclude," the statement added.

"Along with the majority of the UN Member States, Mexico shares the desire to promote a global dialogue on the Palestinian question and its recognition as a UN Member State, an essential step on the path towards a two-State solution. Mexico recalls that different peoples and faiths have coexisted respectfully and closely for centuries in the Eastern Mediterranean. Our country will continue to believe in the possibility of restoring peace and harmony in the region."

Many countries such Qatar, Brazil, Argentina and Sri Lanka commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Nakba through events, exhibitions, and speeches, affirming the right of return for Palestinian refugees, the right to self-determination, and the right of Palestinians to live on their land.

K.T'.

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Euro-Med: A new Israeli massacre against civilians trying to access communications and internet services

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli army committed a horrific massacre against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City trying to access communications and internet services, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revealed in a new statement issued Wednesday.

This adds another crime to the long list of crimes the Israeli army has committed against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip since the military invasion began last October, the rights group said.

The Israeli army continues to repeatedly target and kill Palestinian civilians in this capacity, including journalists, as they attempt to access communications and internet services to communicate with their families or employers by directly targeting them with aerial bombardment or snipers and drones in various areas of the Gaza Strip, without posing any threat or danger, the statement reads.

“In the heart of Gaza City, on Wednesday afternoon, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of Palestinian civilians gathered at an “internet distribution point” on “Al-Jalaa” Street at the “Ayoun” Hospital intersection. The missile killed at least four people, including a child, whose body parts were recovered. There were fifteen more injured, some with moderate to severe wounds.”

The father of one of the victims of the Israeli bombing, Hassan Saeed Barakat, told the Euro-Med team that dozens of people had gathered to access Internet service and communicate with their families and relatives when an Israeli drone launched a surprise missile attack that directly targeted a tent used as an Internet distribution point, causing a massive explosion.

Instead of accessing the Internet via electronic cards, Palestinian civilians are turning to random distribution points and high places in an attempt to access communication networks due to the systematic and widespread destruction by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, including the destruction of Palestinian communications exchanges and mobile phone networks’ transmission stations.

In order to hide the truth, impede press coverage of the crimes, and prevent locals from transmitting information and communicating with one another, the Israeli army periodically targets civilians in besieged areas while trying to access communications and internet services, the statement said.

Israel deliberately destroyed the only terrestrial network in the Gaza Strip and the aerial transmission stations of mobile phone networks located on building roofs. This resulted in the majority of the Gaza Strip’s residents being unable to access the Internet or communicate, forcing them to look for other sources of information. It is not easy to secure its operating requirements.

Since the Israeli military invasion started on October 7, Israel has shut off communications and the Internet from the Gaza Strip no fewer than thirteen times due to direct attacks on civilian telecommunications infrastructure, targeting electricity, and preventing the supply of fuel required to run generators.

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

On May16, 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 4 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 39 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 64 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 35,272 and the injuries to 79,205, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 223

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 223 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians, especially in Rafa'h.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid escalating incursions and attacks in Rafa'h and Jabalya.

According to media sources, dozens of civilians were martyred following Israeli attacks on two homes in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Al-Sa'haba street in Gaza City

Casualties were also reported following another attack on a house belonging to the family of Ja'hjou'h family in ash-Sheikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

Other four martyrs were reported after the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Halqawi behind the Rabi’ah School in the central area of Rafa'h.

A martyr was also evacuated to the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after he was shot by Israeli forces in central Gaza.

Meanwhile, the civil defense service in Gaza said that its crews found and retrieved dozens of bodies in different areas of Al-Zaytoun and Sabra neighborhoods in Gaza City after Israeli forces withdrew from them.

On Wednesday evening, a woman was killed and other civilians were injured when the Israeli army bombed an apartment in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

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

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Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli genocidal air strike in northern Gaza

Thursday 16-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

An Israeli genocidal air strike on Jabalya in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night killed the Palestinian journalist Ha-il Al-Najjar and a number of his family members.

Local sources said that at least one missile was fired at the journalist’s house.

Thus, the number of journalists killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza, ongoing since October 7 last year, rose to 144, according to data provided by the Government Media Office.

The Office had also documented the detention of at least 20 journalists in Gaza by the Israeli occupation forces in the same period. 

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Four civilians, including a pregnant woman, killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Jabalya refugee camp

GAZA, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) - 

At least four civilians, including a pregnant woman, today were killed and others were injured, in a raid launched by occupation warplanes that targeted a house in  Al-Falouja area in Jabalya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation forces further bombed the Al-Falouja cemetery in Jabalya camp.

In Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, the occupation forces targeted a house in the Al-'Husaynat area, east of Rafa'h. The occupation also targeted citizens’ homes in Al-Nasr and Al-Brazil neighborhoods in Rafa'h.

By May 15, 2024, the number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has risen to 35,233. Some 79,141 have been wounded.

Y.S.

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Several Palestinian civilians killed, others injured by Israeli genocidal strikes in Gaza City

GAZA, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of civilians today were killed and others were injured in Israeli occupation artillery and aircraft bombardment on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

In Gaza City, medical sources reported that more than 30 civilians were killed since this morning, including ten children as the occupation warplanes targeted Al-Ghafri, Al-Ja'hjou'h and Al-Dalu families in the areas of Abu Iskandar, Al-Sidra, and Al-Sahaba Street.

In the city of Rafa'h, at least four people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house south of the city.

Additionally, a civilian was also killed and others were wounded in a bombing that targeted Al-'Awda Roundabout area in the center of the city, while the occupation artillery continued to target Khirbet Al-Adas and Al-Junaina neighborhood east of the city.

Simultaneously, journalist Mu'hammed Al-Ja'hjou'h along with members of his family were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted their house in the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes launched intense raids on Al-Hoja Street area in the Jabalya refugee camp, which led to the complete destruction of a residential neighborhood.

At least five people were wounded in an Israeli drone targeting Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Kindergarten in the Al-Falouja area.

By May 15, 2024, the number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has risen to 35,233. Some 79,141 have been wounded.

Y.S.

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Several civilians killed and others injured by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime strikes and bombardment on Gaza city

GAZA, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) -

Several civilians were killed and others were injured late Wednesday night by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime strikes and its army gunfire in the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that a number of civilians were killed and others were wounded in the Israeli shelling of the Al-Halqawi family house located near Rabaa School in the city of Rafa'h in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The sources added that a civilian was also shot dead by the occupation forces’ gunfire in the Dair El-Bala'h city in the central Strip.

T.R. 

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

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Three Palestinians killed by IOFs gunfire in Toulkarm

Thursday 16-May-2024

TOULKARM, (PIC)

Three Palestinian young men were martyred at dawn Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Toulkarm City and opened fire at local residents.

The martyrs were identified as Ayman Mubarak, 26, 'Husam Babas, 22, and Mu'hamed Nasrullah, 27, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Local sources said that the young men were killed when Israeli soldiers started firing live ammunition randomly and intensively at local residents and every moving object in the city’s streets.

The sources added that the IOFs stormed different neighborhoods of Toulkarm City and the nearby towns of Dair Al-Ghusoun and Attil and deployed snipers on rooftops of some tall buildings in the city.

The IOFs also broke into and ransacked two currency exchange facilities in Toulkarm City and 'Atteel town.

The IOFs reportedly kidnaped one young man from his home in 'Anabta town, east of Toulkarm. The young man works for the Gulf Exchange and Transfer Company in the city.

Meanwhile, armed clashes broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Toulkarm City.

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Palestinian martyred after being shot by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Thursday 16-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was martyred at dawn Thursday after Israeli occupation apartheid regime police officers opened fire at him near the Bab Al-Silsla area in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police claimed at first that the Palestinian rushed towards the officers with a knife in his hand, but later said he was stopped and asked for identification before being shot dead for acting suspiciously.

The incident occurred around 03:00 a.m. on Thursday. The martyr’s identity is still unknown.

Later, the occupation apartheid regime police announced that a large number of its forces raided the alleged stabber’s house and started interrogating members of his family.

The police also said they would map the house as a prelude to obtaining a demolition order as a punitive measure against the family over their relative’s intent to stab Israelis. 

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces detain 12 Palestinians during military raids in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Tuesday evening and dawn Wednesday detained at least 12 Palestinians, including children and several former prisoners, from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Commission of the Detainees and the Ex-detainees Affairs and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

They said that the occupation forces rounded up at least 12 Palestinians, with the majority of the detainees coming from the West Bank district of Hebron and the others from the West Bank districts of Toulkarm, Qalqilya, Jineen, Ramallah, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and Toubas.

They added that as part of the raids, the occupation forces usually practice torture, beating, destruction of Palestinian property and confiscation of cash savings on a large scale.

According to the Commission and the PPS, the occupation forces have detained over 8,755 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.

They added that the occupation forces are responsible for the forced disappearance of the detainees from the Gaza Strip following 223 days of the Israeli genocidal war on the Strip.

Y.S.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

  Illegal Israeli settlers hurl stones at vehicles owned by Palestinians, south of Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles near the Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus.

Local sources said that a group of Israeli colonists, some of them armed, deployed near the Za'tara checkpoint area and hulled stones towards vehicles, causing damage to some of them.

Y.S . 

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Israeli colonist runs over Palestinian woman in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian woman was Thursday injured after she was run over by a motorcycle driven by an Israeli colonist in the city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources said that the woman was trampled by a colonist who was driving a motorcycle at high speed in Al-Shaikh Jarra'h neighborhood.

They added that she was transferred to a hospital to receive treatment.

This comes hours after Nour Nizar Al-Shihabi, 17, was killed by occupation forces on Salah al-Din Street.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces demolish house near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Thursday demolished a Palestinian-owned house in the town of Idhna, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces, accompanied by a number of bulldozers, stormed Wadi Al-Reesha area in the town of Idhna, and demolished an inhabited house owned by local resident Ma'hmoud Yousuf Abu Ju'haish, with an area of 135 square meters, after closing the area and preventing citizens and journalists from reaching it.

Abu Ju'haish explained that the occupation forces notified him of the demolition about eight months ago, and that he went to an Israeli court and submitted all the necessary identification papers, but Israeli forces, and without prior warning, raided the house and proceeded to demolish it, even though it did not issue a demolition order according to what the lawyer informed him, as the the case is being heard before the court.

K.T.

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Palestinian farmers attacked by Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, May 16, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers Thursday morning attacked a number of farmers south of Bethlehem.

Ja'far Al-'Aasi, a 55-year-old farmer, said that an occupation army force attacked him and a number of farmers while they were working on their land of 1,500 dunums, planted with vine trees, in  Wadi Al-Diyar area, adjacent to the illegal colony of Efrat, located on the lands of the town of Al-Khadir.

He added that the occupation threatened them with arrest and seizure of vehicles and agricultural equipment if they returned to working on their land, noting that this is the third time they have been subjected to attacks by occupation soldiers during the grape season this year.

Al-'Aasi pointed out that these lands constitute about 80% of Al-Khadir’s agricultural lands, stressing that the Israeli authorities are trying to empty the lands from farmers, taking advantage of the world’s preoccupation with the aggression against the Gaza Strip.

K.T.

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Thursday 16-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) , (PIC)

Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers stormed on Thursday the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) , under heavy protection by Israeli police and special forces.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) said that 77 settlers broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning hours.

The illegal Israeli settlers toured, in groups, Al-Aqsa Mosque’s yards and performed Talmudic rituals, especially at the eastern side of the Mosque.

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