Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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By Day 408 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 43,846 and Injuries to 103,740, in Addition to 3,481 Martyrs and 14,786 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

November 17, 2024

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On Day 408 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 6 Massacres, 47 Palestinians Killed, 139 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  43,846 and 103,740 Injuries, by November 17, 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, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By November 17, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 53,846+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (43,846), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By November 17, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 103,740.

By November 16, 2024, 784 Palestinians who were killed, 6,547 who were injured, and 11,796, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

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By November 16, 2024, according to initial reports, 29 Lebanese civilians were killed, 122 were injured, by the Israeli genocidal raids on Lebanon, in the past 24 hours. Thus, the Lebanese death toll, since October 8, 2023, has surged to 3,481 fatalities and more than 14,786 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 2,539 and the injuries to 7,837. 

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Al-Manar TV Director of News, Al-'Hajj Mu'hammed 'Afeef Al-Naboulsi, was assassinated, together with his assistants, by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Beirut, November 17, 2024 almanar	The funeral procession of the nine Islamic Jihad cadres, who were assassinated, on November 14, 2024, by two Israeli genocidal air strike on a Damascus building, November 18, 2024.
47 Palestinians were killed, 139 were injured, mostly children and women, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, November 17, 2024.	By Day 408 of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the death toll rose to 43,846 and injuries to 103,740, November 17, 2024.
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on the southern suburb of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, November 17, 2024.	Impact of Israeli strike on Mar Elias, central Beirut on November 17, 2024.
Displaced Palestinians lining up to get some food from a charity in Dair El-Bala'h, due to food shortages imposed on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation genocidal regime forces, November 18, 2024.	Carrying some of the Palestinian martyrs and injured to Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza city, November 18, 2024.

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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 ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا" ‎(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. Then, when the latter promise (of punishment) comes, (our worshippers) will sadden your faces, and will enter the Masjid, as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they will take over, with (total) destruction" (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.

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‎3,481 martyrs and 14,786 wounded since the start of the aggression, and yesterday's toll 29 martyrs and 122 wounded‎

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health‎

Date:‎‎ 17/11/2024‎   ‎

‎ The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued the daily report on the outcome and repercussions of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon‎ ‎, in which the Israeli enemy raids yesterday, Saturday, November 16, 2024, resulted in 29 martyrs and 122 wounded. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Thus, the total number of martyrs and wounded since the beginning of the aggression until yesterday reached 3,481 martyrs and 14,786 wounded.‎

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3,452 martyrs and 14,664 wounded since the start of the aggression, and yesterday's toll 7 martyrs and 65 wounded‎

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health‎

Date:‎‎ 17/11/2024‎  

‎ The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued the daily report on the outcome and repercussions of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon‎ ‎, in which the Israeli enemy raids yesterday, Friday, November 15, 2024, resulted in 7 martyrs and 65 wounded. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

The total number of martyrs and wounded since the beginning of the aggression until yesterday reached 3,452 martyrs and 14,664 wounded.‎

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‎Two martyrs and 13 wounded in the occupation targeting the Lebanese capital Beirut‎

‎ ‎‎Beirut 17-11-2024‎‎ ‎‎Wafa -

Tonight, Israeli warplanes targeted Mar Elias Street in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing citizens and injuring 13 others, while rescue teams are still searching for missing people under the rubble. ‎

‎An occupation raid targeted the headquarters of the Arab Socialist Baath Party in the Ras al-Nabaa area in Beirut, resulting in 3 martyrs and a number of injuries‎‎. ‎

‎The Israeli warplanes and artillery bombarded the city of Tyre and the towns of Khiam, Yahmor, Mahmoudiya, Kawthariyat al-Sayyad, Homin al-Tahta, al-Marwaniya, al-Zarariyeh, al-Srirah, Shamaa, al-Jabin, Shiheen, Tayr Harfa, al-Sama'iyyah, al-Shihabiyah, Ras al-'Ayn, al-Mari, al-Kharayeb, Haris, al-Babliyah, Sarafand, al-Bisariyah, al-Bazouriyeh, Aita al-Jabal, Beit Yahoun, Hannawiyah, Yatar, Beit Lev, Rashaf, Ain Ba'al, Ansar, Majdal Zoun and Hermel in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa‎‎.‎

‎W.G./F.A.‎

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‎Two Lebanese soldiers killed and others injured when Israeli targeted an army center in Hasbaya‎

‎Beirut 17-11-2024 Wafa -

Two soldiers of the Lebanese army were martyred and others were wounded, on Sunday, in an Israeli air strike that directly targeted a center in the town of Al-Mari - Hasbaya, southern Lebanon‎‎.‎

‎The Lebanese army said in a statement: "The Israeli enemy directly targeted an army center in the town of Al-Mari, Hasbaya district, which led to the death of one soldier and the injury of 3 others, one of whom is in critical condition‎‎."‎

‎After that, the Lebanese army announced, "a second soldier was killed, who was wounded as a result of the Israeli enemy directly targeting an army center in the town of Al-Mari-Hasbaya‎‎."‎

‎In this context, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that the number of martyrs in the ranks of his country's army has risen to 36 since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023‎‎.‎

‎F.A.‎

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Head of 'Hizbullah Media Relations Department Hajj Mohammad Afif Embraces Martyrdom All the Way to Al-Quds

 Al-Manar, November 17, 2024  .

'Hizbullah issued late Sunday a statement to mourn the Head of its Media Relations Department, Al-'Hajj Mu'hammed 'Afeef Al-Naboulsi, who had embraced martyrdom, along with a number of his brethren, earlier on the same day in a treacherous Zionist air raid.

The statement indicated that Martyr 'Afeef joined his beloved companion 'Hizbullah’s former Secretary-General Martyr, Al-Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah, who used to get power from his wisdom and loyalty.

The statement described the martyr as a lion in the media arena [a formidable figure], who boldly declared to the enemy, “Resistance is a nation, and a nation never dies.”

Martyr 'Afeef was entrusted to the voice of the Resistance and one of the prominent figures of 'Hizbullah’s media, political, and jihadi procession, according to the statement.

The statement affirmed that Martyr Afif drew the features of the battle through his audacious press conference in Beirut’s Dha'hiya, underlining his bravery in facing the Zionist death threats.

According to the statement, 'Hizbullah offered deep condolences to Imam Mahdi (A.S.), the Supreme Leader of the Muslims, 'Hizbullah Secretary-General, Al-Shaikh Na'eem Qasim, the Islamic Resistance fighters, and Martyr Afeef’s patient’s family.

He was the man who was fully sure about reaching victory. The impact of his speeches was stronger than that of the Israeli air raids which failed to terrify him.

He held several press conferences in Beirut’s Dha'hiya during the war days, disregarding the Zionist threats till embracing martyrdom all the way to Al-Quds.

He is Martyr 'Hajj Mu'hammed 'Afeef Al-Naboulsi, aka, Mu'hammed 'Afif. Afeef, the son of the prominent Shiite scholar, 'Afeef Al-Naboulsi, was born in Al-Baysariya, Sayda (Sidon) district.

Martyr 'Afeef was one of the most important 'Hizbullah’s media figures who was tasked to convey critical messages and ideas to the public during the hard times.

He was the media advisor of the former Secretary General of 'Hizbullah Al-Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah before turning in 2014 to be the head of the Party’s Media Relations Department.

In 2006 War, Martyr 'Afeef was the director of the News and Political Programs directorate at Al-Manar TV, knowing that he served as the Channel’s General Director in its early stages.

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The Israeli occupation army Launches an Aerial Aggression on Beirut, Continues Daily Raids on Al-Dha'hiya

 Al-Manar TV, November 17, 2024  .

Outraged by the failure of its ground invasion of South Lebanon due to the Islamic Resistance strikes, the Israeli enemy intensified its aerial aggression on various Lebanese cities and towns, raiding on Sunday the capital Beirut.

The Israeli enemy launched late Sunday an air raid on a building (HQs of Madi Electronics Firm) in Mar Elias, leaving two martyrs and injuring 13 other civilians. Another Zionist raid also targeted a car in the area.

Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party announced in a brief statement that an Israeli air raid targeted its headquarters in Ras Al-Nab'a area in Beirut, adding that its chief 'Ali 'Hijazi was not in the building at the moment of the strike.

For his part, 'Hijazi said, in a TV interview, that the building targeted by the Israeli air raid is owned and operated by the party exclusively, adding that no civilians dwell in it.

The 56th day of the Zionist war on Lebanon was had been started earlier with an air raid on Hadath are in Al-Dha'hiya vicinity. The Zionist air raids also targeted Al-Shaya'h, 'Harit Huraik and Burj Al-Barajna.

In South Lebanon, an Israeli air raid targeted Shabriha town in Tyre district, claiming three martyrs. Moreover, two martyrs were claimed by an Isaeli air raid on Al=Meri town in 'Hasbaya district.

An Israeli aggression on the Lebanese Army post left one soldier dead and injured three others.

Miscellaneous air raids also targeted Khirbet Selm, Al-Khiyam and other towns in South Lebanon in addition to Mashghara, Sohmor, and Libbaya.

Finally, the Lebanese health ministry updated the Israeli war toll, recording 3,481 martyrs and 14,786 injuries.

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Total of ten martyrs from Israeli strikes on central Beirut

By Al-Mayadeen English, November 18, 2024

Lebanon's health ministry reports ten martyrs as a result of the Israeli strikes in the heart of Beirut on Sunday.

Lebanon's health ministry reported Monday that 10 people were martyred in Israeli strikes on central Beirut the previous day, including four Hezbollah members and their spokesman, according to the group.

"The Israeli enemy strike on Ras al-Nabaa in Beirut led to a final toll of seven dead including a woman and 16 others wounded," a ministry statement said, raising an earlier toll of four dead and 14 wounded.

Hezbollah said on Monday that the strike, which targeted Hezbollah Media Relations chief Mohammad Afif, also killed four members of its media team.

The four martyrs mourned by the media relations department are Martyr Hajj Mousa Haidar from Markaba, Martyr Hajj Mahmoud al-Sharqawi from Arzai, Martyr Hilal Termos from Tallousa, and Martyr Hussein Ramadan from Armata, according to Hezbollah's statement.

Hezbollah's media relations stated, "These heroes were martyred while bearing the banner of truth and the message of resistance," emphasizing that they "courageously risked their lives as soldiers in the media arena, ensuring that the truth of Zionist terrorism reached every home across the globe."

The Israeli strike targeted the Lebanese office of the Baath Party, a Lebanese security source told AFP.

Israeli strike on Mar Elias

The health ministry also reported that the final toll from an Israeli strike on Beirut's Mar Elias district late Sunday was three martyrs, including a woman, and 29 wounded, up from an earlier count of two martyrs and 22 injured.

The Israeli occupation renewed its aggression on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, targeting a building and a vehicle in the Mar Elias area, located in the heart of the city. 

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

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On November 17, 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 the Gaza Strip resulted in 6 main massacres, in which 47 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 139 others were injured, in the past 24 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 43,846 and the injuries to 103,740, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023. 

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47 Palestinian martyrs in 6 Israeli massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Sunday 17-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday that 47 Palestinians were martyred and 139 injured in six Israeli massacres in the beleaguered enclave over the past 24 hours.

It added in its daily statistical report that many victims were still buried under the rubble of destroyed houses or lying on roads and could not be retrieved due to the Israeli shooting attacks.

The report pointed out that the number of martyrs in the ongoing Israeli genocide since October 7, 2023 had thus risen to 43,846 while the number of injured surged to 103,740.

The number does not include the Palestinians killed in the Beit Lahia massacre at dawn today, which exceeded 70 martyrs.

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 408

Sunday 17-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 408th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

The Israeli army’s large-scale genocidal campaign in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalya and Beit Lahia, has entered day 41, where its forces continue to intensively bomb homes and shelters and attack civilians while imposing a tight siege on the entire area.

Deliberate Israeli attacks on ambulance and civil defense workers already deprived northern Gaza of any rescue services.

According to local sources, the Israeli bombed civilians in the morning at the main entrance of Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing two of them and injuring others.

Five unidentified martyrs also arrived at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis after being targeted by Israeli aircraft near Kaf al-Mashrou in the east of Rafah.

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) said that at least 96 people were martyred and 60 others were injured while 15 others were reported missing following multiple massacres overnight in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza and the central Gaza areas of an-Nuseirat and al-Bureij.

GMO pointed out that 72 of those martyrs were from Beit Lahia alone.

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

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‎111 martyrs in a new bloody day in the Gaza Strip amid widespread destruction of residential buildings‎

‎Gaza 17-11-2024 Wafa -‎‎

‎‎On the 408th day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, more than 111 civilians, including women and children, were killed since dawn on Sunday, as a result of intensive raids launched by the occupation forces on various areas in the Gaza Strip, especially the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, according to a non-medical source‎‎.‎ ‎ ‎‎In Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, and in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, 72 civilians were killed in 10 violent raids carried out by the Israeli occupation forces, where tons of explosives were used to destroy residential buildings, schools and shelters for the displaced.‎

‎In the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, the occupation blew up several residential buildings west of the city‎‎.‎

‎The occupation also targeted the east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of two civilians and the injury of others. ‎

‎Earlier in the evening, four civilians were killed in shelling on the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis, while two other civilians were killed in the vicinity of the industrial area west of Gaza City, and two others in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza‎‎.‎

‎Various areas of the Gaza Strip witnessed injuries among civilians as a result of the shelling of the occupation marches, targeting a group of citizens east of Rafah, resulting in varying injuries‎‎.‎

‎Since the start of the aggression on 7 October 2023, the total number of martyrs has reached 43,846, the majority of whom are women and children, while 103,740 others were injured. ‎

‎Reports indicate that thousands of bodies remain under the rubble and on the streets, where rescue and ambulance crews are unable to reach them due to the intensity of the shelling and the ongoing siege‎‎.‎

‎In this context,‎‎ ‎‎the Palestinian Red Crescent announced that its teams evacuated 15 patients from Al-Awda Hospital to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in coordination with the Red Cross, in an attempt to deal with the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in light of the continued Israeli aggression‎‎.‎

‎F.A.‎ 

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Dozens of casualties, including 70 martyrs, in Israeli massacre in northern Gaza

Sunday 17-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed a horrific massacre at dawn Sunday, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinian civilians in airstrikes in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas ash-Sharif said that Israeli warplanes bombed a residential block including several apartment buildings in Beit Lahia, killing at least 70 citizens and injuring many others.

For his part, journalist Islam Badr said one of the bombed apartment buildings in Beit Lahia contained over 50 martyrs, not to mention dozens of wounded and missing people under the rubble.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) also affirmed an Israeli warplane bombed after midnight a five-story building belonging to the family of Abdul-Ati in Beit Lahia, killing 50 people and injuring dozens, adding that displaced civilians from the family of al-Taluli were also living in that building.

For his part, Salah Abdul-Ati, chairman of the International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights’ board of directors, said that an Israeli aerial attack targeted the house of his family in Beit Lahia and reduced it to rubble, killing scores of displaced people who lived in the house.

Abdul-Ati added that his brother Moataz and members of his family suffered different injuries in the airstrike.

He pointed out that it was the fifth Israeli attack on the family’s house during the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

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

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Civilians in two West Bank towns suffer breathing problems during IOF raids

Sunday 17-November-2024

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

A number of citizens, including students, suffered from breathing difficulty on Sunday afternoon during Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) storming of the towns of Beit Ummar, north of the city of Al-Khalil, and Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, due to the IOF excessive use of teargas bombs.

Eyewitnesses said the IOF stormed the town of Beit Ummar for the second time today, occupied the Safa roundabout, forced a number of citizens to get out of their homes and commercial shops and subjected them to field investigation, and blocked traffic.

They added that confrontations erupted in the town’s center near the Grand Mosque, where IOF fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas grenades towards the citizens, which led a number of them to suffer from breathing problems.

The town is always on the fire line, as the IOF military tower, erected at its entrance, turns it into a flash point of confrontation between the town’s youth and the IOF.

A number of female students suffered breathing problems also on Sunday, after the IOF had stormed the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, firing teargas canisters in the process.

The Directorate of Education reported that the Israeli troops fired teargas at students of Al-Khader Elementary School as they were entering the campus.

The IOF has recently escalated its attacks on the schools’ area in the town, leading to injuries and arrests among citizens.

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‎Suffocation injuries and arrest of two young men during the Israeli occupation raid on Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem‎

‎Bethlehem 17-11-2024 Wafa -

A number of citizens were suffocated, and the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men, during their raid on Sunday evening into the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem‎‎.‎

‎Our correspondent reported that the occupation forces positioned themselves in the vicinity of the Great Mosque and the gate area in the town, and fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades, which led to the suffocation of a number of citizens‎‎.‎

‎She pointed out that the occupation forces arrested two young men, among whom Ibrahim Ayman Sabri was known, and took them to an unknown destination‎‎.‎

‎These attacks are part of a series of frequent raids on the town of al-Khader, which increase the suffering of citizens in the area‎‎.‎

‎A.S./F.A.‎

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Clashes reported across the West Bank following IOF raids, kidnappings

Sunday 17-November-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Clashes and confrontations erupted across the West Bank after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed several areas in the West Bank, during which arrests were reported.

The IOF stormed at dawn Sunday, the Balata Al-Balad area in eastern Nablus and were met with confrontation by resistance fighters who targeted the IOF with an explosive device as Israeli troops were storming the vicinity of Al-Ghawi roundabout, and a house belonging to the Kassab family.

In the southern West Bank, confrontations broke out between Palestinian youth and the IOF in Bethlehem after IOF soldiers raided the city.

Local sources reported that the IOF arrested the young man Alaa Ibrahim Jabara in Bethlehem.

Meanwhile, the IOF also broke into the city of Tulkarem, and raided the house of the prisoner Ammar Nasrallah in the village of Ezbet Al-Jarad, and stormed the city of Qalqilya and launched a raid and arrest operation, rounding up a number of citizens including a young man along with an elderly man from their home.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the towns of Birzeit and Cooper, north of Ramallah, and Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil.

The Israeli occupation army stormed the village of Shabtin, west of Ramallah, and tightened its military measures at the Ain Sinia checkpoint, located on Palestinian lands north of Ramallah.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOFs kidnappings Palestinian after the illegal Israeli extremist settlers assault him in West Bank

Sunday 17-November-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped on Sunday a Palestinian citizen after extremist Jewish settlers assaulted him in the west of Jericho, while other settlers pitched a tent on a swath of land in central al-Khalil.

According to local sources, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers savagely assaulted Mohamed Qindeel, a resident of Jericho City who works as a truck driver, as he was traveling on al-Maarajat road in the northwest of Jericho, east of the West Bank.

Soon later, Israeli soldiers showed up, arrested Qindeel and prevented a Red Crescent ambulance crew from providing him with first aid.

In a separate incident, a group of settlers guarded by Israeli soldiers placed a tent on a private piece of land in Tel Rumeida in central al-Khalil last night.

Local human rights activist Imad Abu Shamsiya said that the seized land belongs to the family of Qunaibi.

This was the second time settlers placed a tent on the same land as part of their efforts to seize it.

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Aqsa Mosque

Sunday 17-November-2024

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

Dozens of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers escorted by police forces desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning.

The settlers entered the Mosque in different groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under tight police protection, according to local sources.

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

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

The last month has seen an unprecedented increase in settler break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque and an increase in settler violations against the Islamic holy sites during the Jewish holiday season.

Recently, Jerusalemite figures and activists warned of accelerating Israeli attempts to Judaize the Aqsa Mosque with all means.

They stressed the need for Muslim worshipers to intensify their presence at the Mosque to protect it against desecration and Judaization.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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‎Abu Houli condemns the Israeli massacre in Abu Assi School in Al-Shati refugee camp and the systematic killing of civilians in the northern Gaza Strip‎

‎Gaza 17-11-2024 Wafa -

The Department of Refugee Affairs of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) condemned the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of Abu Assi School of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Al-Shati camp in Gaza City and a house in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death of more than 60 people, and the injury of dozens, most of them women and children, and committing two new massacres today by targeting two houses in Al-Bureij and Nuseirat camps in the central Gaza Strip, which resulted in dozens of martyrs and injuries‎‎.‎

‎A ‎‎member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and head of the Department of Refugee Affairs, Ahmed Abu Houli, confirmed that the crime of Abu Assi school in the Beach camp, and the targeting of inhabited houses in Beit Lahia and the camps of Al-Bureij and Nuseirat are in addition to the war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people that have been ongoing since the seventh of October last year, and the continuation of the systematic targeting of civilians, and shelters for the displaced, which resulted in more than 146,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are children and women, in addition to more than 10 Thousands are missing, amid massive destruction and famine that has claimed the lives of many children‎‎.‎

‎He pointed out that the continued suspicious silence of the international community and the adoption of a policy of impunity and American support towards the massacres and crimes committed by the Israeli occupation government is a green light for the Israeli occupation in continuing its crimes that violate international humanitarian law and the Charter of the United Nations and its resolutions, and passing its plans for the forced displacement of the residents of the Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎He said: "Nowhere is safe in the Gaza Strip from the crimes of the Israeli occupation‎‎."‎

‎Abu Houli called on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities, work for an immediate cessation of the war of starvation, genocide and displacement against the Palestinian people, oblige the Israeli occupation government to implement its resolution No. 2735 related to the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, provide international protection for our Palestinian people and save more than one hundred thousand Palestinians, who are under siege and genocide in the northern Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎He also stressed the need for the international community to pursue a deterrent policy against Israel, starting with the imposition of sanctions to force it to ceasefire, massacres and genocide committed against civilians in the Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎F.A.‎

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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 verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," 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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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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