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 216 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 60 Palestinians Killed, 110 Injured, with a Death Toll of  34,904 and 78,514 Injuries

May 9, 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 9, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,904+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (34,904) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 9, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 78,514, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By May 9, 2024, 499 Palestinians who were killed, 4,955 who were injured, and 8,665, 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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Free University of Brussels ends collaboration with Israeli institutions, which is the first victory for the student uprising in the US-EU, May 9, 2024	Four persons were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a car in Soor (Tyre), in South Lebanon, on May 9, 2024
A Palestinian woman in Gaza Strip screaming in grief over the death of family members who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike, May 9, 2024	A Palestinian woman grieving the death of her little child, who was one of the 60 martyrs who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on May 9, 2024
Israeli occupation forces blew up the family house of the slain Palestinian resistance fighter Fadi Jamjoum, in Shu'fat refugee camp, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), leaving his wife and four children homeless, May 9, 2024	Scenes of the Israeli genocidal mass destruction of entire neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, file, May 9, 2024
Grieving the death of the Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, May 9, 2024	Scenes of death and destruction by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, May 9, 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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Four martyrs in Israeli bombing of a car in southern Lebanon

Thursday 9-May-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Four persons were killed in an Israeli bombing of car in southern Lebanon on Thursday morning, the Lebanese Civil Defense announced.

It added in a statement that its rescue teams extinguished a fire that broke out in a car targeted by an Israeli air raid.

The Civil Defense said that four bodies were recovered from the car while other parties took them to hospital.

‎An Israeli march targets a car in the Tyre area with more than one missile‎

‎Al-Manar‎, ‎  9 May، 2024  

‎An Israeli march targeted a car in the town of Bavleh (Tyre district), and fired more than one rocket at it before it was able to hit it. Ambulance teams went to the scene and were working to transport more than two people inside.‎

‎Teams from the Civil Defense of the Islamic Health Authority in the Jabal 'Amil Al-'Oula area worked to extinguish the fire that broke out inside the car, as a result of being targeted by an enemy Israeli march on the Bavle-Arzon highway, and the teams also worked to transfer the injured to hospitals in the area.‎

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: Patients and wounded in danger of imminent death as Israeli occupation forces block crossings

Thursday 9-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has said that the Israeli occupation army is committing a new genocide by closing crossings and preventing entry and exit, especially for the travel of the wounded and patients, as well as the entry of medical supplies, food trucks, and the necessary fuel to operate hospitals.

The ministry added in a statement on Thursday that every hour some of the wounded, who were waiting to travel to neighboring countries, die due to the Israeli control and closure of the crossing, preventing the wounded individuals from traveling.

The Ministry of Health pointed out that the only kidney dialysis center in Rafa'h governorate has stopped operating due to shelling and the Israeli threats. It added that the wounded and patients are facing slow death due to the lack of treatment and supplies, while being unable to travel.

The ministry stated that it has sent lists to neighboring countries, including referrals for wounded and patients of all age groups, especially cancer patients, liver transplant patients, and kidney transplant patients, who have been unable to travel due to the Israeli closure of the crossing.

The ministry issued an urgent humanitarian appeal to exert pressure on Israel and take immediate action to save the lives of these patients and wounded individuals, and to open the crossings for the entry of necessary medical and relief trucks to the hospitals.

By May 8, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza has resulted in the death of 34,844 citizens and the injury of 78,404 others, in addition to the displacement of approximately 1.7 million people from the population of the Gaza Strip, according to data from the United Nations.

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A victory for student uprising: Free University of Brussels ends collaboration with Israeli institutions

Thursday 9-May-2024

BRUSSELS, (PIC)

The Free University of Brussels in Belgium has announced its withdrawal from a scientific project on artificial intelligence that involved two Israeli institutions, in light of the war on Gaza.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the university explained that the decision to withdraw from the scientific project was made after an evaluation conducted by the Ethics Committee.

The statement further mentioned that the university, following the recent developments in Gaza, has decided to conduct a comprehensive review of all research projects involving Israeli partners.

The statement affirmed that the Free University of Brussels does not have any bilateral cooperation with Israel and is determined to continue its partnerships with Palestinian institutions.

Students from the university had participated in protests that began in the United States and spread to Europe, condemning Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

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Yemeni Armed Forces target two Israeli ships in Gulf of Aden

Thursday 9-May-2024

SANAA, (PIC)

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced carrying out a joint operation by naval forces, unmanned air force, and missile force, against two Israeli ships in the Gulf of Aden.

The Yemeni forces (run by the Ansar Allah group) said, in a statement on Thursday, that they targeted the two Israeli ships of MSC DIEGO and MSC GINA in the Gulf of Aden.

The statement revealed that “the targeting was carried out with a number of ballistic missiles and drones, and thanks to Allah, the strike was accurate.”

It also announced that “the missile force carried out two key operations targeting the MSC VITTORIA ship. The first took place in the Indian Ocean, while the other was carried out against the same ship in the Arabian Sea,” adding “thanks to Allah, the strike was direct.”

The Yemeni Armed Forces said these operations come “in support of the Palestinian people and in response to the American-British aggression against our country.”

The Yemeni Forces underlined that they are following developments in the situation in the Gaza Strip and will not hesitate to escalate their military operations in the face of the oppression of the Palestinian people.

They confirmed their intention to continue preventing the Israeli navigation towards the ports of 1948 occupied Palestine in the declared operations zone until the siege is lifted and the aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is halted.

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Rishiq: Israel not serious in reaching an agreement

Thursday 9-May-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Political Bureau member of 'Hamas Movement, 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has charged that Israel was not serious about reaching an agreement on Gaza and was exploiting the negotiations to cover for its military offensive on Rafa'h.

He added in a press release on Wednesday that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu was resorting to unjustified pretexts to evade concluding an agreement and was blaming Hamas and the mediators.

'Hamas’s approval of the mediators’ proposals had confused Netanyahu, Rishiq said, adding that his Movement was still bound by its approval of the proposals.

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Bahamas recognizes Palestine as a state

Thursday 9-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Cabinet of The Bahamas has formally recognized Palestine as a state, adding that the country “joined the Caribbean Community’s consensus on this matter.”

In a statement, the ministry said the Palestinian people have the legal right to “freely determine their political status”, joining growing international support for Palestinian statehood.

“Recognition of the State of Palestine strongly demonstrates The Bahamas’ commitment to the principles espoused in the Charter of the United Nations and to the right of self-determination of peoples as articulated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR),” the ministry further said.

“The Bahamas has, in the past, endorsed the two-state solution as clearly articulated in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) on a Peaceful and Accepted Settlement of the Middle East Situation,” it added.

The 'Hamas Movement welcomed the move as “it serves the aspirations of our Palestinian people for liberation and independence, at a time when our people are being subjected to a systematic campaign of extermination and displacement at the hands of the criminal Zionist occupation army.”

The Movement called on all countries to stand with the Palestinian people’s right to freedom, independence, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) as its capital.

The number of countries that have recognized Palestine’s statehood at the UN level has recently increased, towards granting Palestine full membership at the UN.

Palestine was accepted as an observer state of the UN General Assembly in 2012, allowing its envoy to take part in debates and UN events but without a vote.

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US says amount of humanitarian aid going into Gaza is 'unacceptable’

WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

 The US said that the level of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip is "unacceptable" and urged Israel to open the Rafa'h border crossing "as soon as possible," according to statements by State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, as reported by Andalou Agency.

"When it comes to the level of humanitarian assistance, the results as they are today are just unacceptable," Miller said, adding that the US is pushing Israel to reverse the decrease in assistance.

Noting that there was also no entry of fuel through the Rafa'h crossing, which was seized by Israel following a limited invasion Tuesday, Miller said it is critical for the crossing to be opened for fuel. 

"We have made clear to them that they need to open the crossing as soon as possible," he said.

He urged Israel to make sure that aid deliveries can come in, humanitarian aid workers can come in and go out too, and that the delivery of humanitarian assistance is not further impeded.

K.T.

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Israel has forcibly displaced 80,000 Palestinian civilians from Rafa'h, says UNRWA

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that the Israeli occupation forces have forcibly displaced about 80,000 Palestinians from the city of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip, since the start of the attack three days ago.

The city of Rafa'h is the last refuge for the displaced in the stricken Strip.

Since the beginning of the ground operation launched by the occupation forces on the Gaza Strip on October 27th, Palestinian civilians were asked to go from the north and center of the Strip to the south, claiming that they are “safe areas.”

Despite its narrow area, estimated at about 65 square kilometers, Rafa'h could accommodate more than 1.5 million Palestinians, facing miserable conditions inside thousands of tents spread throughout the city.

K.T.

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Israelis in the North seek to partition, become 'State of Galilee'

By Al-Mayadeen English

Source: Israeli media Today 12:47

May 9, 2024

As a result of the loss of deterrence, the Israeli Conflict Zone Forum plans to announce the establishment of the "State of Galilee" and full separation from "Israel".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with heads of authorities in the North of occupied Palestine in November 2023. (Social media)

During a meeting of "Israel's" Conflict Zone Forum, the leaders of the Israeli northern settlements decided to announce the establishment of the State of Galilee and fully separate from "Israel".

According to Israeli news website Walla!, the step is set to be announced on "Independence Day". The media website explained that their decision was reached after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissive response to Benny Gantz's inquiry about settlers returning home for the school year, saying, "What would happen if they return a few months after September 1?"

This latest action follows the forum members' publication of protest advertisements in early April, where they publicly solicited bids to "locate the Israeli government."

As cited by Israeli media, the ads read, "A public tender to locate a government in Israel!" and "The Conflict Zone Forum hereby invites proposals to be submitted to an alternative government in Israel as detailed in the tender documents."

Most significant was the ad which depicted the extent of the despair of the Israeli settlers on the border with Lebanon that reads:

"The full details of the tender can be found in the evacuated hotels and the accommodation apartments of the displaced throughout the country, with the business owners who collapsed in the north, in the dead tourism areas in the north, and in the offices of the authorities in the north."

In parallel with these claims, settlers from abandoned settlements in northern occupied Palestine are planning demonstrations on May 16 in al-Quds and Haifa, advocating against a political agreement with Hezbollah and calling for security to be brought back to their region through military means.

This comes in the context of the intensified and unprecedented operations carried out by the Lebanese Resistance in support of the Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza Strip.

Nasrullah's terror balance that 'Israel' can't confront: Israeli media

A new balance of terror has emerged in the North, one that "Israel" cannot live with even for a "single hour," an op-ed published by Israeli newspaper Maariv on Tuesday said.

Avi Ashkenazi, the military correspondent of the newspaper, recalled in his piece the course of confrontation, the balance of combat, and the rules of engagement between Hezbollah and the occupation since before the withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.

"Any solution in the North requires decision-makers in Israel to work on dismantling this balance of terror," the author began by warning.

According to the Ashkenazi, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah was able, before the Israeli withdrawal, and over the years, to create engagement rules in his favor in the "security belt in Lebanon," where "he decided that every Israeli attack on a civilian target would lead to rocket fire on Kiryat Shmona and settlements in the Galilee," and that the targets of the rocket launches varied between "open areas and inhibited ones."

Later, this led to the debate within the occupation entity about the withdrawal to intensify, he said.

Israelis in the North seek to partition, become 'State of Galilee' | Al Mayadeen English

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

On May 9, 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 60 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 110 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 34,904 and the injuries to 78,514, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Two civilians killed, others injured in Israeli air raids on house in Rafah city

GAZA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two civilians were killed and others were injured this evening in Israeli air raids that targeted a house east of the city of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

Israeli warplanes shelled a house in the All-Junaina neighborhood to the east of Rafa'h city, killing two civilians and injuring several others.

According to preliminary data, the number of people killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Strip on October 7, 2023, has surged to 34,904. More than 78,514 people have been injured.

According to data, thousands of victims are still missing since the start of the aggression, noting that most of the missing persons are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads as rescue teams continue to face enormous risks and challenges to reach them.

T.R.

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip enters day 216

Thursday 9-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 216 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, especially in Rafa'h where dozens of causalities were reported during the past 24 hours.

The Israeli forces continued their aggression on Rafa'h for the third day, amid intensive air strikes and artillery shelling, and the total closure of the Rafa'h and Karm Abu Salim crossings.

A woman was killed, and her son was seriously injured, in an Israeli air strike in the vicinity of Al-Dirawi Mosque in Dair El-Bala'h.

Another Palestinian was killed during the intensive bombing of the southern areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Fires broke out in a number of homes due to the Israeli heavy artillery shelling surrounding Ali Mosque on Street 8, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Early today, the occupation forces stormed the southern areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza, amid intense gunfire.

The military incursion came hours after Israeli warplanes bombed at least four homes belonging to the families of 'Huwwar, Yaseen, Daoud, and Nasir.

The Israeli warplanes also bombed the Abu Sha'ban family house near Saraya Junction in the center of Gaza City.

Similar air raids were reported in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza, targeting the vicinity of Al-Istiqaba Mosque.

The Israeli warplanes also launched new air strikes east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, coinciding with intensive artillery shelling, bombing two residential houses.

25 injured Palestinians arrived at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafa'h City as a result of the Israeli artillery shells at a number of local homes.

Intensive artillery shelling was also reported on the eastern neighborhoods of Rafa'h and the vicinity of the Rafa'h land crossing on Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians were killed, and 16 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Eid family home in Tel Al-Sultan, west of Rafa'h.

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Medical sources: Occupation forces commit genocide by closing border crossings

GAZA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation are committing genocide by closing all border crossings into the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that the occupation forces were committing genocide against the Palestinian people in the war-torn Strip by closing all border crossings and preventing travel and the entry of medical aid and fuel into the Strip.

They added that with every hour, some of the casualties whose names are listed on records to travel outside the Strip for medical treatment were lost, i.e. died, and casualties and patients were undergoing a slow death, particularly given the lack of medical treatment and supplies and being prevented from travelling for overseas treatment.

They pointed out that the sole dialysis center in the city of Rafa'h ceased to operate due to Israeli bombardment.

Tried before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 34,904 Palestinians and injuring over 78,514 others.

Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Eight Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Eight Palestinians were killed and others were injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on the Al-Barazil and Sabra neighborhoods in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes targeted a mosque in Al-Barazil neighborhood, south of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafa'h, killing three and injuring several others.

In the Sabra neighborhood, east of the city of Gaza, emergency and rescue teams retrieved the bodies of five Palestinians and four casualties from under the rubble of the Abu Sharia family’s house that collapsed after being targeted by Israeli artillery bombardment.

The search and rescue operation was still underway to search for ten people who are trapped under the rubble of the house.

The Israeli occupation army announced the launching of a new extended offensive in Gaza city’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood overnight for the second time since October 7, 2023, and fired barrages of missiles and shells at homes and buildings, killing and wounding dozens, and burying many more under the rubble.

Israel struck around 25 sites in the area before launching the offensive.

Palestinian journalists in the city reported the presence of Israeli tanks advancing into the neighborhood, with many residents fleeing the area.

Tried before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 34,904 Palestinians and injuring over 78,514 others.

Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Gaza: Dozens killed as the Israeli occupation regime forces continue to bomb civilian areas

GAZA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of Palestinian citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, were Thursday killed, and others were injured, while others were reported missing, in a series of attacks launched by warplanes, artillery, and military navy of the Israeli occupation army on various areas in the Gaza Strip, as the brutal aggression enters its 216th day.

Medical sources said that dozens were killed as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing homes in  Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and others were injured with various injuries, while there are still missing people under the rubble of destroyed homes.

WAFA correspondent reported that dozens of people and wounded people were killed as a result of the intense missile and artillery bombardment launched by the occupation in the vicinity of Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, and along Street 8, towards homes and buildings, which led to the burning of a large number of them, with dozens of people missing, adding that no ambulances can reach them.

The occupation aircraft bombed 10 homes in the vicinity of 'Hasan Al-Banna Mosque and the University of Gaza, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, which led to the displacement of thousands of citizens, especially from the schools of 'Atta Al-Shawwa, 'Ain Jalout, 'Hasan Al-Nakhalah, Al-Fala'h, and 'Ali bin Abi Talib, towards the northern and western areas of Gaza City.

Israeli occupation regime aircraft fired bullets at citizens moving in the neighborhoods of Gaza City, especially in the neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Tel Al-Hawa, and Al-Sabra, killing and wounding people in the streets, coinciding with the Israeli navy firing several shells and gunfire at the homes of citizens in Al-Shaikh. 'Ijleen and Tal al-Hawa, southwest of the city.

In Al-Sabra neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, a number of citizens were killed, and others were injured, as a result of the occupation bombing of a house owned by Abu Sharia family, amid calls for ambulances and civil defense to go to retrieve the victims and wounded from under the rubble of the house. There are still missing people under the rubble.

In the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, a woman and her son were killed in the bombing of a house.

In Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, occupation aircraft bombed a house belonging to Eid family, west of the city, killing eight civilians, including three children, one of whom is an infant.

The occupation planes continue to bomb the areas around the Rafah border crossing, with shells fired towards the eastern regions, especially in Al-Shuwaika and Al-Junaina.

The occupation naval boats fired machine guns towards the western areas of the city of Rafa'h, while the occupation artillery renewed its shelling of the Rafa'h municipality building in the south, which led to the destruction of parts of the building.

A fisherman was shot dead by the occupation forces while he was on the beach of Khan Younus.

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

 

Israeli occupation forces detain 25 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Thursday detained at least 25 citizens from the West Bank, including siblings and former detainees, 

The Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society explained in a statement that the arrests were mainly in the Bethlehem governorate, while the rest of the arrests took place in the governorates of Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Salfeet, and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

They pointed out that the occupation has recently escalated the arrest of dozens of those who were recently released, including administrative detainees, in addition to carrying out widespread raids, severe beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, accompanied by sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes.

The total number of Palestinians whom the Israel occupation apartheid regime forces detained after October has reached more than 8,665, including those who were arrested from homes, or through military checkpoints, or those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, or those who were held hostage.

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Detentions and raids reported across the West Bank

Thursday 9-May-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a new raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes on Thursday morning.

In Jenin, armed clashes erupted in Qabatya town after IOFs stormed the area and arrested two local young men.

Similar raids were reported in the nearby town of Barta’a, northwest of Jineen.

Violent confrontations also broke out in Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, after it was stormed by the IOFs.

Meanwhile, hundreds of settlers stormed Kifl 'Haris town, north of Salfeet, under military protection. A young man was detained during the raid.

The Israeli forces also stormed the Nablus towns of Tel and Urif, Barqa town in Ramallah, and the Umm Al-Sharayit neighborhood in Al-Beerih.

At least one young man was detained during the raids.

Two more Palestinians were arrested after the IOF stormed different areas in al-Khalil, while another was arrested in Bethlehem.

In Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces surrounded the vicinity of the family house of the martyr Fadi Jamjoom, who carried out the Kiryat Malakhi shooting operation, in the Shu'fat refugee Camp in preparation for its demolition.

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Israeli occupation soldiers severely assault Palestinian youth near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Thursday afternoon severely beat a Palestinian youth near the entrance to the town of 'Anata, east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Videos circulating on social media pages showed that the occupation soldiers forced a youth - whose identity is not yet known - to get out of his vehicle at a flying checkpoint set up near the entrance to the town of 'Anata, and beat him, after detaining him.

This came along with a stifling traffic crisis caused by the occupation forces on the road linking the towns of 'Hizma and 'Anata, east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Two minors shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces during Ramallah-area village raid

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian children were Thursday afternoon injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets during a raid into the town of Beer Zait, north of Ramallah.

According to the Red Crescent, a 14-year-old minor was injured by live bullets in the thigh during the confrontations that broke out after the occupation forces stormed the town.

The Ministry of Health added that another child aged 17 was shot in the abdomen with live bullets.

The two injured minors were taken the to Istishari Hospital to receive treatment.

Security sources told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the village of Jaffna and the town of Beer Zait, north of Ramallah, raided a commercial facility, collected the IDs of its workers, and detained them.

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Palestinian minor, 15, injured by Israeli gunfire near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian minor was Thursday morning injured by live Israeli gunfire, while another was detained, during the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the city of Qalqilya.

Local sources reported to WAFA that the occupation forces fired live bullets and poison gas bombs towards citizens during a raid into the city, injuring a 15-year-old minor with live bullets in the leg.

He was subsequently transferred to the government hospital, where his injury was reported to be stable.

The same sources added that the occupation forces detain a youth after raiding and searching his family's home.

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Palestinian youth injured by Israeli forces during raid in Jineen-area town

Jineen, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth was Thursday dawn injured and three were detained after the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Qabatya and the village of Al-Shohadaa (Mothallath Al-Shuhada), south of Jineen.

Local sources said that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the town from its eastern entrance and were stationed near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) roundabout on the town's main street, amid violent confrontations with Palestinian youths who confronted the occupation forces' incursion.

They confirmed that the occupation forces stormed several buildings in the town and deployed snipers inside and on their roofs, and fired live bullets at the citizens, injuring one youth by a bullet in the abdomen, after which he was transferred to a hospital in Jenin, noting that the occupation forces fired tear gas bombs.

The sources said that the occupation forces detained three young men after storming their families’ homes, searching them, and tampering with their contents.

They indicated that the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Shuhdaa (Mothallath Al-Shuhada), adjacent to Qabatya, and deployed infantry troops on Jenin-Nablus Street.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Illegal Israeli settlers stormAl-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers Thursday morning stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) under the protection of the Israeli occupation regime police.

Eyewitnesses said that colonists entered in groups from Al-Maghariba Gate, carried out provocative tours of its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals.

The Israeli occupation police also turned the Old City into a military barracks, tightened military procedures, and imposed restrictions on the entry of worshipers.

It is noteworthy that extremist groups of the illegal Israeli settlers called for a major storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the May 14th, as they plan to raise occupation flags inside.

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Historic building of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) municipality seized, doors closed by IOFs

Thursday 9-May-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) closed the doors of the old building of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Municipality in the West Bank, in the 'Ain 'Askar area in the city center, on Wednesday in preparation for seizing it.

The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported that the IOFs closed the doors of the historical building using oxygen welding.

The IOFs had notified Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Municipality about a year ago to evacuate the building in preparation for seizing it and handing it over to the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers.

The mayor of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Tayseer Abu Sunainah, considered this action a blatant assault on the municipality’s properties and facilities that it owned for long periods before the occupation, and placing obstacles to its use by the municipality.

He emphasized that this building is a pure Palestinian heritage and that the issue of the building is still pending before the judiciary, as the municipality possesses all the legal and official documents proving its ownership of the building.

He stressed that the municipality will continue to pursue the case at all legal levels and through the international community and its institutions to invalidate this violation that affects every Palestinian citizen in the city.

The Israeli occupation authorities notified, on May 4, 2023, through a notice attached to the door of Al-Khaleel’s historical municipality building, the evacuation of the two-story building with an area of 205 square meters, and gave those in charge a period of 45 days to object. 

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Israeli occupation army raids homes in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)-area village

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces Thursday raided a number of Palestinian homes in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The head of the village council in Minya, Zayid Kawazbah, told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the village, stationed themselves in Al-Nour neighborhood in the center of the village, and launched a massive raid campaign that targeted several homes, tampered with their contents, and assaulted their residents.

He added that the Israeli occupation forces raided his house, and the house of his siblings.

The Israeli occupation forces also closed the village, preventing entry into or exit from it, raised the Israeli flag on the roofs of citizens’ homes, and fired tear gas and sound bombs.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces punitively detonate slain Palestinian’s family house in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) refugee camp

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, May 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Thursday noon punitively detonated the family house of a slain Palestinian in the Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)), according to local sources.

They said that a sizable occupation force barged its way into the camp, surrounded a 10-floor residential building, and occupied the rooftops of surrounding buildings to use them as firing posts.

They forced the building occupants out before proceeding to blow up the family house of Fadi Jamjoum, located on the eighth floor of the building, rendering his wife and four children homeless.

This came several hours after a large force of the Israeli occupation army raided Jamjoum’s family house and planted explosives in its walls in preparation for the demolition.

This forced local schools to shut down due to the Israeli military deployments and associated curfew.

On February 18, the occupation forces stormed Jamjoum’s family house and took measurements of it several hours after Jamjoum was gunned down for carrying out an attack in southern Israel that resulted in killing two Israelis and injuring four others.

The Jerusalem Governorate statistics show that during April the occupation authorities issued decisions, banning five Palestinians entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

They also show that nine demolitions and razing of Palestinian structures were carried out in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)in April.

Israel usually resorts to punitively demolishing the family homes of Palestinians accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis as a means of deterrence, a policy that Israel does not apply to the illegal Israeli settlers who were involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.

The policy was widely condemned by human rights groups as “a collective punishment” and “a war crime and crime against humanity”.

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