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 384 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 42,847 and 100,544 Injuries, in Addition to 2,574 Martyrs and 12,001 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

October 24, 2024

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On Day 384 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 55 Palestinians Killed, 132 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  42,847 and 100,544 Injuries, by October 24, 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 October 24, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 52,847+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (42,847), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By October 24, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 100,544.

By October 24, 2024, 761 Palestinians who were killed, 6,513 who were injured, and 11,560, 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 October 23, 2024, according to initial reports, 28 Lebanese civilians were killed, 139 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 2,574 fatalities and more than 12,001 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 1,700 and the injuries to 5,382. 

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The Israeli occupation army continued its intensive air and artillery shelling across Lebanon, and ground incursion into some towns and villages in the south, October 24, 2024.	55 Palestinians were killed, 132 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on October 24, 2024.
An Israeli occupation soldier admitted to using Palestinian prisoners as human shields to explore dangerous areas, in the Gaza Strip, as they passed through the rubble, October 24, 2024.	The Israeli occupation army committed a brutal massacre in Al-Nusayrat Martyrs School, resulting in the death of 17 Palestinians and the injury of 52 others, October 24, 2024.
UN has condemned the Israeli occupation army direct incitement against six Palestinian journalists in Gaza, which sounds like a death sentence against them, October 24, 2024.	The Palestinian Civil Defense Society can no longer provide services in northern Gaza due to Israeli the Israeli occupation forces devastating aggression and threats, October 24, 2024.
Due to the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, displaced civilians suffer severe hunger and crowd in thousands to get some of the little available bread in Gaza city and the north, October 24, 2024.	Part of the daily suffering of the Palestinian people in  northern Gaza Strip, death, destruction, hunger, and fear for children after the Israeli occupation forces blocked the second dosage of the polio vaccine, October 24, 2024.
Palestinian children and families on a line to get some soup food meals in Dair El-Bala'h, showing the shortage of food supplies, due to the Israeli occupation forces restrictions on the food supplies to the Gaza Strip, October 24, 2024.	Site of Al-Manara residential neighborhood in Khan Younus, which was bombarded by the Israeli occupation forces, during their raid, during which they killed 38 people, 14 of them were members of Al-Farra family, October 24, 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 ۚ " (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.

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Dozens of casualties as Israel continues its brutal assault on Lebanon

BEIRUT, October 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of the Lebanese citizens were killed and injured today as the Israeli occupation army continues its aggressive operations across various regions in Lebanon, leading to widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure.

Reports indicate that 15 people have been confirmed killed, with many others injured in towns including Al-Khadir, Kafr Tabneet, Juwaya, and Qalaouiyeh in southern Lebanon and the Al-Biqaa' Valley.

Meanwhile, in a targeted airstrike, the Israeli occupation forces hit a civilian vehicle in the town of Al-Ka'h-'hala in Mount Lebanon, resulting in the murder of two individuals. Additionally, airstrikes were reported in the town of 'Alimat in the Jubeil district.

Simultaneously, Israeli fighter jets and artillery bombarded multiple locations, including the city of Soor (Tyre) and numerous towns such as Al-Bassariya, Al-Mansouri, Al-Sawani, Kafr Shouba, and Haniyya.

The attacks have also impacted towns like 'Aita Al-Sh'ab, Zawtar Al-Sharqiya, and many others, leading to significant devastation across southern Lebanon and the Biqaa' region.

M.N.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues its bloody war on Lebanon for 31st day, 'Hizbullah hits Tel Aviv with 4 rockets

Thursday 24-October-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime continued on Thursday its bloody war on Lebanon for 31st successive days, with intense air and artillery shelling targeting areas across the country, and ground incursion into some towns and villages in southern Lebanon, amid fierce resistance from the Islamic resistance.

Israeli warplanes launched early Thursday violent raids on the town of Al-Khiyam, the Islamic Health Authority Center in the town of Al-Bazouriya in the Soor (Tyre) District, in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese army announced the martyrdom of three of its members, including an officer who was killed in an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon.

Last night, Israeli warplanes launched 17 raids on Beirut’s southern suburb, which resulted in the complete destruction of six buildings near Al-Laylaki district.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated that one man was martyred, and five others injured by an Israeli raid on the Al-Janah district in the Beirut’s southern suburb.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon had surged to 2,574 martyrs and 12,001 injured since October 8, 2023.

The ministry explained that 28 people were martyred and 139 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the governorates of Al-Nabatiya, the south, and the Hirmil in southern and eastern Lebanon.

Earlier yesterday, an Israeli warplane targeted a motorcycle in the town of Al-Rashkaniya in southern Lebanon, resulting in the martyrdom of its driver, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Lebanese official data said that the ongoing Israeli aggression has led to the displacement of more than one million and 340 thousand citizens from various areas, especially southern Lebanon.

On the other hand, four rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the Greater Tel Aviv, the Israeli army said on X on Wednesday evening, noting that some missiles were intercepted while the rest landed in the area, with injuries reported among those rushing to shelters.

The sirens were heard in areas of the Greater Tel Aviv and Hasharon in central Israel. Shortly before that, sirens were also heard in dozens of Israeli cities and towns throughout the Greater Tel Aviv region, including the cities of Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Netanya and Bnei Brak.

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Lebanon: Most violent night of Israeli attacks on southern suburbs

Thursday 24-October-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army unleashed a wave of violent airstrikes on southern Beirut on Wednesday night, October 23, killing and injuring a number of people, Lebanese state media said.

It was one of the most brutal nights in the capital’s southern suburbs since the Israeli aggression against Lebanon started on September 23, 2023.

Lebanese state media reported 17 Israeli raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs last night, with six apartment buildings leveled to the ground and the vacated offices of Al-Mayadeen satellite channel hit.

Six buildings were destroyed around the suburb of Al-Laylaki area in southern Beirut, including a residential complex hit by four Israeli strikes “causing a large fire,” according to the state media.

Several fires lit up the sky over southern Lebanon and black smoke was seen rising from several neighborhoods, with some areas just 500 meters away from the city’s ancient ruins.

Local TV footage showed a massive explosion followed by smaller blasts in Lebanon’s embattled southern suburbs after the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for the area, where Hezbollah holds sway.

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

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On October 24, 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 at least 4 main massacres, in which 55 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 132 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 42,847 and the injuries to 100,544, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 384

Thursday 24-October-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 384th 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 Thursday 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.

According to media sources, at least 17 citizens, mostly children and women, were martyred and 42 others were injured, many seriously, after the Israeli army bombed the Shuhada an-Nuseirat School in central Gaza.

The Israeli army also bombed tents sheltering displaced families inside the Abu 'Husain School in Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. No casualties have been reported.

At dawn, an Israeli sniper shot dead a young man in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.

A mother and her child were reportedly killed in an Israeli attack in Jabalya refugee camp.

Civil defense workers were injured in northern Gaza after an Israeli drone fired a missile at them.

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

Israeli forces also continued today to destroy and detonate multiple homes and buildings during incursions in different areas, especially in northern Gaza.

In a related context, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed four massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 187 (55 martyrs and 132 injured) civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

The Ministry also said that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, climbed to 42,847 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 100,544 people.

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Bloodbath in Jabalya: 150 civilians killed and injured as Israeli warplanes attack residential complex

GAZA, October 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

In an escalation of the genocidal onslaught on northern Gaza, Israeli occupation forces carried out an airstrike on a residential complex in the Jabalya refugee camp this evening, resulting in the murder and injury of approximately 150 civilians, including women and children. 

This tragic event marks yet another chapter in what the ongoing Israeli campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the region that has been going on for three weeks.

Local sources reported that at least ten homes in the Al-Houja area of Jabalya were struck by Israeli warplanes, leading to the murder and injury of dozens of civilians and widespread destruction. 

Residents of the targeted area issued urgent calls for assistance to transport the wounded; however, rescue teams faced significant challenges in reaching the scene due to ongoing attacks by Israeli occupation forces.

The homes destroyed belonged to several families, including the Najjar, Abu Al-'Oaf, Salman, 'Hijazi, Abul Qumsan, 'Aql, Abu Rasheed, Abu Al-Tarabeesh, Zaqqoul, and Sha'lan families.

Since October 5, 2024, Israeli troops have intensified their ground invasion and bombardment of various locations in northern Gaza, with efforts aimed at forcibly displacing the local population. 

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 42,847 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 100,544 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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17 Palestinians martyred, 52 others injured in new Israeli massacre in Al-Nusayrat

Thursday 24-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed a new brutal massacre after bombing the Al-Nusayrat Martyrs school in the central governorate in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, resulting in the death of 17 citizens, including 9 children, and more than 52 injured in addition to several missing persons.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said in a press release that the occupation army was aware that the Al-Nusayrat  Martyrs school housed thousands of displaced persons, the majority of whom are children and women who were uprooted from their homes and whose residential neighborhoods were bombed.

It noted that this massacre raises the number of shelters and displacement centers bombed by the Israeli occupation forces to 196, which accommodate hundreds of thousands of displaced individuals due to the genocide being waged by the occupation army against the Palestinian people.

Furthermore, the PGMO added that this new crime coincides with the Israeli plan to dismantle the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip, destroy hospitals, render them non-operational, and prevent the entry of treatments, medicines, and medical supplies. This indicates a plan to eliminate more than 2,444,000 Palestinian individuals in the Gaza Strip.

The statement condemned the Israeli occupation forces for this new massacre against civilians, children, and women, calling on all countries of the world to denounce these ongoing crimes against the displaced, civilians, children, and women.

The PGMO held Israel, the U.S. administration, and countries participating in the genocide fully responsible for the continuation of ethnic cleansing, extermination, and genocide, and for the ongoing perpetration of these massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

The statement urged the international community and all international organizations to pressure Israel by all means to stop the genocide and halt the flow of blood in the Gaza Strip, as well as to end the war against children and the displaced.

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Israeli occupation forces besiege Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza

GAZA, October 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces embarked on a siege on the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in the town of Bait Lahiya, northern Gaza, on Thursday evening.

Medical sources inside the hospital reported that Israeli military vehicles were firing upon the facility, which houses vulnerable children in need of urgent care. 

Additionally, soldiers are preventing essential medical supplies from reaching the hospital. Currently, more than 15 patients are in critical condition, requiring surgeries that are increasingly difficult to perform due to the ongoing siege.

The Israeli occupation army has intensified its assault in northern Gaza amid a suffocating siege that has left tens of thousands of people without food and water.

The onslaught, which began on October 5, is the latest episode in Israel’s brutal offensive that has killed nearly 42,847 people, mostly women and children, and injured more than 100,412 since October 2023.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced nearly the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its atrocities against innocent civilians in Gaza.

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Multiple casualties in Israeli shelling of Al-Maghazi Services Club in central Gaza

GAZA, October 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were killed and others injured this afternoon following an Israeli airstrike which targeted a facility housing displaced people in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that at least four people lost their lives and numerous others were injured in the attack, which targeted the Al-Maghazi Services Club, a facility housing displaced families.

In a separate incident at the Zayid intersection in northern Gaza, one civilian was killed and others sustained injuries as a result of Israeli shelling.

Additionally, residential buildings in the city of Rafa'h, located in southern Gaza, were demolished by Israeli occupation forces.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in 42,847 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 100,544 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

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‎Martyrs and injured after the occupation bombed the headquarters of Al-Maghazi Services Club‎

‎Gaza 24-10-2024 Wafa -

A number of citizens were martyred on Thursday evening after the Israeli occupation forces aircraft targeted Al-Maghazi Services building in the central Gaza Strip.‎

‎According to medical sources, at least 4 citizens were killed and a number of others were injured, after the occupation bombed Al-Maghazi Services Club, which shelters displaced people.‎

‎A civilian was also killed and others were injured in the Israeli occupation targeting citizens at the Zayid junction in the northern Gaza Strip.‎

‎The Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in the center of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.‎

‎The Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since the seventh of October 2023, resulting in the death of 42,847 citizens and the injury of 100,544 others, the majority of whom are children and women, in an indefinite toll, as thousands of missing people are still under the rubble.‎

‎M.L‎.

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The Palestinian Civil Defense Society can no longer provide services in northern Gaza due to Israeli the Israeli occupation forces devastating aggression and threats.

Thursday 24-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian civil defense society announced that it has halted its operations in northern Gaza as a result of the Israeli occupation forces devastating aggression and threats.

The spokesman for civil defense in northern Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, has said in a brief statement on Thursday morning, “We regret to announce that we are no longer able to provide humanitarian services in the entire North Governorate due to the Israeli occupation forces threats to kill and bomb civil defense crews unless they leave Jabalya refugee camp.”

He pointed out that civil defense crews were targeted and a number of them were injured, while others were bleeding on the streets and no one could save them.

The Society had earlier said in a statement on Wednesday that its “operations have completely ceased in North Gaza province, and the situation has become catastrophic”, adding that “residents in the area are now without essential humanitarian services.”

The Gaza Civil Defense Society revealed that its crews were subjected to direct Israeli shelling in the northern Gaza Strip governorate, which resulted in the injury of three of its members.

The statement also noted that “Israeli occupation forces in the Sheikh Zayed area arrested five of our staff and took them to an undisclosed location.”

The statement also noted that “Israeli occupation forces in the Sheikh Zayed area arrested five of our staff and took them to an undisclosed location.”

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

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16-year-old child, medic injured from Israeli army gunfire in Bait Foureek

NABLUS, October 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A 16-year-old child and an ambulance officer were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Bait Foureek, east of Nablus, on Thursday evening.

PRCS reported that the medic sustained a gunshot wound to the leg while responding to confrontations between local residents and Israeli troops in the area.

Meantime, witnesses indicated that Israeli forces stormed Bait Foureek, resulting in heavy gunfire and subsequent confrontations in which a 16-year-old child was shot and injured in the foot by Israeli troops.

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‎The Israeli occupation forces kidnap a citizen and his son and storms the town of Carmel, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

‎Hebron 24-10-2024 Wafa -

 On Thursday evening, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a citizen and his son in Masafir Yatta, and stormed the town of Carmel, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎‎.‎

‎The head of the Susiya village council, ‎‎Jihad al-Nawaji'a‎‎,‎‎ told Wafa that the occupation forces stopped the village council vehicle in which he was traveling with his son at the entrance to the village, forced him to stop it in the middle of the road, and seized its keys, adding that the occupation soldiers informed him that his detention and his son would continue for several hours, before they left the place‎‎.‎

‎In a related context, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Carmel, east of Yatta, deployed on the main roads, and obstructed the movement of citizens, before seizing two vehicles, without reporting any kidnappings‎‎.‎

‎S, P‎‎/U.A‎. 

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IOFs kidnap Palestinians, illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers in the West Bank

Thursday 24-October-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped on Thursday a number of Palestinian citizens in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and stormed areas in Ramallah and refugees camps in Nablus, while a horde of the illegal Israeli armed Jewish settlers assaulted olive farmers in Jenin.

Local sources in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) said that the IOFs kidnapped several citizens during a raid in Al-Fawwar refugee camp and Doura town, without specifying the number of the kidnapped Palestinian civilians.

In Nablus, local residents reported hearing sounds of explosions after IOFs vehicles with one bulldozer stormed the refugee camp of Balata and patrolled their streets. There was no information about IOFs clashes with resistance fighters or local youths.

On Wednesday evening, four citizens suffered injuries after the car they were traveling in crashed accidently into an Israeli military vehicle.

Another citizen was injured after the Israeli occupation soldiers had savagely assaulted him near Azmut village in eastern Nablus.

The IOFs also stormed Al-Balou' neighborhood in Al-Beereih City and Dair Abu Mish’al in western Ramallah, and raided homes.

In Jineen, a horde of the illegal Israeli armed settlers guarded by Israeli occupation soldiers brutalized olive farmers in Muree'ha village near Ya’bad town.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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‎Israeli occupation forces storm 'Husan, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)‎

‎Bethlehem 24-10-2024 Wafa -

On Thursday evening, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of 'Husan, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)‎‎.‎

‎The director of the 'Husan village council, Rami 'Hamamra, told Wafa that the Israeli occupation forces stormed 'Husan and positioned themselves in the areas of "Al-Sharafa and Al-Mateena", at the eastern entrance, fired bullets and poison gas canisters, closed the main street and shops, and prevented the movement of vehicles‎‎.‎

‎A.S./M.L‎.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Senior 'Hamas delegation arrives in Moscow

Thursday 24-October-2024

MOSCOW, (PIC)

A senior Hamas delegation headed by the Movement’s politburo member, Mousa Abu Marzouq, met with the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, and Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov, at the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow.

Abu Marzouq discussed with Bogdanov the ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and in particular what is happening in the North Gaza Governorate of mass killing of children and women, forced displacement of civilians, and systematic targeting of shelters and hospitals.

The 'Hamas senior official stressed that the Israeli crime of genocide is aimed at displacing the people of Gaza with the full support of the US administration and the West.

For his part, Bogdanov stressed the Russian Federation’s position in support of an immediate ceasefire, the rights of the Palestinian people, the necessity of providing humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip, and reaching a prisoner exchange deal.

The 'Hamas delegation also included the Movement’s representative in Moscow Iyad Abu Zaher, and Secretary of the International Relations Office, Mu;hammed Al-'Aila.

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'Hamas conducts intensive talks with the UN and several countries to foil the Israeli occupation regime's so-called the Generals' Plan, in northern Gaza Strip

Thursday 24-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement announced it has launched a campaign of intensive political and diplomatic talks to foil the Israeli "Generals' Plan" and to stop its crimes in the Gaza Strip, specifically in northern Gaza.

A statement by the Movement on Thursday said that it has warned during its talks against implementing the "Generals' Plan" and the consequent destruction, bloody massacres, organized displacement, deprivation of food, medicine, and water, and the destruction of the entire infrastructure, especially hospitals, in northern Gaza.

The 'Hamas Movement pointed out that senior-level Hamas delegations are currently visiting Turkey, Qatar, and Russia, while contacts are conducted with Egypt, the United Nations and Iran, adding that contacts with a number of other countries would take place soon.

Meanwhile, the Hamas official, Abdul Ra'hman Shadeed, called for an uprising in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and 1948 occupied Palestine against the Israeli occupation and make it pay for its crimes in the Gaza Strip.

In press statements on Thursday, Shadeed said that silence is no longer acceptable vis-à-vis such Israeli crimes and called for besieging the Israeli embassies and the embassies of all pro-Israel countries.

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Israeli occupation soldier: We used two Palestinian prisoners as human shields in Gaza

Thursday 24-October-2024

NAZARETH, (PIC)

An Israeli occupation soldier admitted to using Palestinian prisoners as human shields to “explore dangerous areas,” in the Gaza Strip, which has been under continuous Israeli aggression for the second consecutive year.

The American news network CNN reported on Thursday that an Israeli occupation soldier stated, “Our unit held two Palestinian prisoners in Gaza to use them as human shields to explore dangerous places, as they passed through the rubble and under threat of weaponry to potential bombed buildings and dark tunnels.”

The Israeli soldier recounted to the network how the infantry unit used the two Palestinians as human shields, saying, “We ordered them to enter the building ahead of us; if there were any traps, they would explode, not us.”

The soldier mentioned bringing a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old young man to his unit, noting that “their hands were tied behind their backs and they were blindfolded.”

He confirmed that the orders came from an Israeli intelligence officer who handed them over, saying he was instructed to take them in the next attack and use them as human shields, and that they had connections to Hamas.

When the soldier questioned this practice, he said one of his leaders told him it was “better for the Palestinian to explode than for our soldiers.”

For two days, his unit followed these orders—according to the soldier, who described a chilling scene: “The young Palestinian was surrounded by two soldiers ordering him to advance, and when we went to the attack site, before they entered the building, we lifted the cloth so he could see. I was with one of the soldiers who spoke Arabic.”

The soldier said that he and his comrades refused to continue this practice after two days and confronted their higher commander about it. However, their commander instructed them from the beginning not to “think about international law,” saying their lives were “more important.”

CNN reported that the soldier’s testimony, along with that of five Palestinian civilians, indicates this practice was widespread in the northern Gaza region, Gaza City, Khan Yunis, and Rafah. All described how they were captured by Israeli occupation forces and forced to enter potentially dangerous areas ahead of the army.

The network noted that this practice is very common in the Israeli army and is referred to as the “Mosquito Protocol.” It added that the organization “Breaking the Silence,” which provides a forum for Israeli soldiers to speak and verify their testimonies, supplied it with three images of the Israeli army using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza.

One impactful image shows soldiers urging a Palestinian civilian to advance amid a scene of destruction in northern Gaza. In a second image, two civilians used as human shields are seen bound and blindfolded, while a third image shows a soldier guarding a bound civilian.

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UN rapporteur: Incitement against six journalists in Gaza sounds like a death sentence

Thursday 24-October-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, has condemned the Israeli occupation army’s direct incitement against six Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

Albanese said in a statement on Thursday that Israel’s declaration that six Al-Jazeera journalists are members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad “sounds like a death sentence.”

“These six Palestinians are among the last journalists surviving Israel’s onslaught in Gaza,” the UN rapporteur added.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) claimed on Wednesday that the six journalists working for Al-Jazeera in Gaza Strip are “terrorists” affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The accused journalists are Anas Al-Shareef, 'Alaa Salama, 'Husam Shabat, Ashraf Al-Sarraj, Isma'eel Abu 'Omar, and Talal Al-'Urouqi. Most of them have already been targeted and attacked by the IOFs over the past months.

For its part, Al-Jazeera confirmed that the Israeli accusations are “fabricated” and “part of a broader pattern of hostility” against the channel, stressing that “these allegations represent a blatant attempt to silence the few remaining journalists in Gaza to hide the harsh reality of the brutal war going on in the besieged Gaza Strip.”

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PGMO: Israeli incitement against Gaza journalists paves the way for more crimes

Thursday 24-October-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) has accused the Israeli occupation army of carrying out an incitement campaign against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip as a prelude to committing more crimes against them.

In a statement on Wednesday, PGMO said that the Israeli army’s false claims against Palestinian journalists in Gaza are part of its attempts to muzzle the voice of truth and justify its ongoing crimes against civilians, including children, women and elderlies.

PGMO stressed that “such attempts are aimed at obscuring the Palestinian narrative that exposed the Israeli army’s lies and threw its misleading stories into the trash can.”

“The world today has become aware of the Palestinian right to establish its state and demands an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territories,” PGMO said.

For its part, the Hamas Movement said that the false Israeli claims that a number of Al Jazeera channel journalists are affiliated with resistance factions in Gaza is blatant incitement reflecting an intent to target them.

“This falls within its fascist policy that has claimed the lives of about 177 journalists as part of its attempts to terrorize them, prevent them from delivering their message, and impose a news blackout on its brutal genocide and gross violations [in the Gaza Strip],” 'Hamas added.

The Movement appealed to the international community and media and human rights institutions to condemns Israel’s crimes against the journalists working in Palestine and take action to provide them with protection.

 

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‎UN: Israeli blockade of northern Gaza shows lack of respect for international law‎

‎New York 24-10-2024 WAFA -

UN Deputy Spokesman Far'han 'Haq said on Thursday that the Israeli blockade of the northern Gaza Strip shows a lack of respect for international law‎‎.‎

‎Haq explained at a press conference that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) referred to the destruction in Gaza as a result of the Israeli aggression‎‎.‎

‎"The massive destruction caused by the blockade in northern Gaza shows that the war is being waged without respect for international law. The families there are trapped in their places and cannot move‎‎."‎

‎Haq pointed out that there are between 50,000 and 70,000 people in Jabalya currently, and that 63,000 people have been displaced from the north to the center of the Gaza Strip.‎

‎Asked about the UN message to the people of northern Gaza, Haq said: "We continue to work for them. We continue to strive for the world to hear them and see their needs‎‎."‎

‎United Nations staff were reportedly trying to perform their duties in Gaza under very difficult conditions‎‎.‎

‎A.F.‎

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Venezuela criticizes Israel’s impunity despite its Gaza and Lebanon aggressions

Thursday 24-October-2024

ANKARA, (PIC)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro criticized Israel’s impunity despite its ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

This came at the “BRICS+” expanded meeting during the BRICS Leaders’ Summit held in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan.

In his speech, Maduro thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for organizing the summit and inviting his country to participate in it.

He stated that Venezuela is trying to contribute to resolving global crises, and that he discussed the Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“Every time a high-precision missile falls on an apartment building in Gaza, Beirut, or Lebanon — killing men, women and children — it sets fire and destruction to the United Nations system. A new world is possible.”

The Venezuelan president asked: “Does the International Criminal Court exist only to punish the countries of the Global South?”

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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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