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*** The US-Backed Israeli Genocidal Air Strikes Claimed the Life of 39 Palestinians, 72 Lebanese People, and Hundreds of Injuries, on September 26, 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
By September 26, 2024,
the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the
Israeli genocidal war on
Gaza
Strip is
51,534+.
This includes the accounted for deaths (41,534), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+).
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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/ *** Israeli Aggression on Lebanon *** ý72 martyrs and 392 wounded, the outcome of the Israeli occupation forces raids on Lebanon on Wednesday ý ýBeirut 26-9-2024 Wafa - The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the toll of the Israeli occupation raids on Lebanon on Wednesday reached 72 martyrs, including women and children, and more than 392 woundedýý.ý ýEarlier Wednesday, the coordinator of the Lebanese government's emergency plan, Environment Minister Nasir Yaseen, announced that the number of martyrs in Lebanon since October 8ýý, ýý2023, reached 1,247 and the wounded 5,278, most of them civilians, including children and womenýý.ý ýYaseen pointed out that the number of displaced people who have sought refuge in shelters has so far reached 52,900 people, distributed among 360 centers, most of which are educational institutions and public schools. These displaced people represent about 30% of the total population displaced from their areas due to Israeli shelling and massacresýý, he said.ý ýHe added: "We estimate the number of displaced people from Lebanese regions, especially from the south and the Biqaa', at more than 150,000 people, who were forced to leave their lands and towns due to the deteriorating security situation."ý ýThe occupation continues to raid several Lebanese cities and towns, especially in the south. Since Monday morning, the Israeli occupation has launched the "most violent, widespread and intense" attack on Lebanon sinceýý the ýýJuly 2006ýý war.ý ýA.F.ý *** Martyrs, wounded reported in ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon Thursday 26-September-2024 BEIRUT, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army continued on Thursday its massive aggression against Lebanon for the fourth consecutive day by launching more raids and committing massacres against civilians. On Thursday morning, the IOFs launched an air strike on the 'Hoash Soor area, completely destroying a restaurant and causing damage to a number of neighboring buildings, according to the National Information Agency. Israeli warplanes targeted the outskirts of the town of Tayr Debba. Meanwhile, the mayor of Youneen, 'Ali Qassas, confirmed the recovery of 23 martyrs and eight wounded including four slightly injured. The Civil Defense also announced at dawn hours today the completion of search and rescue operations and field survey in the town of Al-Maysera, after recovering the bodies of 11 martyrs and a living girl from under the rubble. The Minister of Environment and head of Emergency Committee, Nasir Yaseen, announced that “the number of displaced people ranges between 150-200 thousand people”, noting that 53,000 were distributed to shelter centers and the rest resorted to their relatives or rented houses. Yaseen stressed in an interview with the Voice of Lebanon radio, that “emergency committees across Lebanon started working from day one to distribute aid to the displaced.” *** Renewed Israeli genocidal airstrike on Beirut Southern Suburb kills 6, wounds 15 By Al-Mayadeen English 24 September, 2024 17:48 The Israeli occupation forces launch a new airstrike on the Southern Suburb of Beirut, martyring six and injuring 15 others. Residents check the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Southern Suburb, Tuesday, September 24, 2024 (AP) The Israeli occupation forces launched an airstrike on Tuesday on Ghobairy, a locality within the Southern Suburb of Beirut, in the second aggression of the sort within 24 hours in light of the ongoing onslaught on the country's south and eastern Biqaa' region. The airstrike destroyed three stories of a residential and populated six-story building, an Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported. As a result of the aggression six people were martyred and 15 were wounded, two of whom are in critical injuries, our correspondent added, noting that EMTs quickly mobilized to the area in hopes of reaching the affected civilians present. The Israeli occupation on Monday escalated its aggression against Lebanon, launching an attack on the southern suburb of Beirut as part of its continued assault on various Lebanese regions and villages in the Biqaa' Valley and southern Lebanon. According to the National News Agency, Monday's attack targeted a building in the Beirut Southern Suburb of Bir al-Abed. An Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported that four missiles struck the building, though not all of them exploded. The initial reports indicate that seven people have been injured. This marks the second attack on the Southern Suburb within two days. On Friday, Israeli forces targeted an eight-story residential building, killing 51 people, while dozens more were injured. Several individuals remain missing under the rubble. The Israeli aggression on Lebanon has killed 558 citizens, including 50 children, and wounded 1,835 others, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Al-Abiyadh said during a press conference on Tuesday. According to Al-Abiyadh, "the Israeli enemy's brutality led to the martyrdom of several members of medical and rescue teams." Al-Mayadeen's correspondent had reported over 1,000 Israeli airstrikes targeting the Lebanese South since "Israel" launched its extensive aggression on Monday. The villages and towns of Qana, 'Ain Ba'al, 'Al-Aqbiya, Al-Sultaniyya, Siddiqeen, Jabal Al-Batm, Dabial, Markaba, 'Arab Saleem, 'Aytit, Ma'raka, and Al-Nabatiya Al-Fawqa were targeted, as well as the bridge between Jizzeen and Marji'youn, in southernmost Lebanon. In West Biqaa', 24 people were killed, while five are missing so far. Al-Mayadeen's correspondent also reported 113 martyrs and 500 injuries in northern Biqaa' as a result of the Israeli raids over the past 24 hours, where the towns of Sha'ath, Douris, and Al-Bazaliya were targeted. *** The Israeli occupation apartheid regime launches a new aggression on Beirut's Suburb By Al-Mayadeen English September 26, 2024 Just after Israeli warplanes struck a residential building in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, explosions were heard in the occupied city of Safad. Israeli military aircraft launched an aggression on the southern suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Thursday afternoon, targeting a residential building in the area. Al-Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the three missiles struck a residential building in the Qa-im neighborhood in the suburb. As a result of the aggression, preliminary reports indicate that at least four people were martyred and several others were injured. Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said that the residential building targeted by Israeli missiles is made up of 10 floors. The NNA also reported that two people were martyred and another 15 were injured in the strikes. Large explosions heard in Safad, Meorn A few minutes after the Israeli raid was conducted, sirens sounded in the settlements of Odem and El Rom in the occupied Syrian Golan. At around 4:08 pm (local time), Resistance fighters fired heavy barrages of rockets at multiple areas across Upper al-Jalil. Sirens sounded in Meron, where the Meron Air Traffic Control base is located, the occupied city of Safad, and multiple other settlements in the area, including Kadarim. According to Israeli media outlets, loud explosions were heard in Safad and Meron. In the context of the Israeli regime's large-scale aggression on Lebanon, Israeli warplanes have struck multiple areas in the Southern Suburb of Beirut. On Wednesday, a strike targeted yet another residential building killing several including leader martyr Ibrahim Mohammad Kobeisi. It is worth noting that earlier that morning, Hezbollah fired, for the first time, a short-range ballistic missile at the Israeli Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv. The details of Hezbollah's Qader-1 missile were later revealed by the Resistance, offering a glimpse into its strategic weapons arsenal. *** *** *** Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces*** On September 26, 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 4 main massacres, in which 39 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 85 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 41,534 and the injuries to 96,092, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023. *** At least 15 martyrs in an Israeli genocidal air strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabalya Thursday 26-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) At least 15 people were martyred, and dozens injured in a horrific massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in a school housing hundreds of displaced people in Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday. The Civil Defense Directorate in Gaza reported that its crews recorded 15 martyrs, including children and women, and dozens of injuries, including serious cases, in an Israeli bombing of Al-Falouja School in Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, noting that search operations are still going on for the missing under the rubble. Meanwhile, 13 citizens were martyred, and others were injured earlier on Thursday, as a result of relentless Israeli airstrikes on central and southern Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes targeted with missiles a house inhabited by residents east of Khan Younus, which led to the death of six civilians and the injury of others. For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the IOFs committed four new massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, resulting in 125 martyrs and wounded. The ministry said on Thursday in its daily statistical report that Gaza hospitals received 39 martyrs and 86 wounded, due to these massacres. The Ministry indicated that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,534 martyrs, in addition to 96,092 wounded with varying wounds, since October 7, 2023, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble. *** US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 356 Thursday 26-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 356 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians. Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and shelter centers and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours. According to media sources, an Israeli airstrike targeted a house belonging to the family of Al-Matari in the east of Khan Younus, killing at least five civilians while others were reported injured or missing. Another airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Fares in the west of Khan Younus claimed the life of one civilian and injured others. The Israeli occupation army also carried out an aerial attack on a house in Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing a woman and injuring others. A number of people were injured when an Israeli tank attacked them in the northwest of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza. Yesterday, an Israeli warplane bombed a civil defense center in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, injuring six workers. More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today. *** ýTwo martyrs after being bombed by an Israeli occupation forces drone in Rafa'hý ýGaza 26-9-2024 Wafa - Two civilians were martyred on Thursday evening after being bombed by a drone (march), belonging to the Israeli occupation forces in the city of Rafa'h, southern Gaza Strip.ý ýOur correspondent said that paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society transported two martyrs to the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, after they were targeted by a drone in the Al-Zuhour neighborhood, north of Rafa'h.ý ýThe two martyrs were Mu'hammed Abu Sharqiya and Ma'hmoud Abu Sharqiya.ý ýG.Z/Y.Iý. ***
*** ý*** Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces *** ýA young man was injured by Israeli gunfire south of Qalqilyaý ýQalqilya 26-9-2024 Wafa - A young man was injured by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets, on Thursday, in the village of 'Habla, south of Qalqilya.ý ýLocal sources told Wafa that a young man was wounded by live bullets while he was near the separation wall and racial expansion in the village of 'Habla, and was transferred to Darweesh Nazzal Governmental Hospital in Qalqilyaýý.ý ýM.A./ER.ý *** ýNablus: The occupation injures a young man and arrests him and three others, including a woman ý ýNablus 26-9-2024 Wafa - The Israeli occupation forces injured a young man with live ammunition, on Thursday morning, in Al-Ain camp, west of Nablus, before arresting him and three others, including a woman from several neighborhoods in the city.ý ýLocal and security sources told Wafa that the occupation vehicles stormed Al Ain camp and fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, which led to the injury of the young man Waleed Khaleefa, before the occupation soldiers arrested him, without knowing the nature of his injury.ý ýThe same sources added that the occupation mechanisms stormed several neighborhoods and streets in the city, raided homes, searched them and tampered with their contents, and arrested Mrs. Muyassar Al-Faqeeh from the Jisr Al-Titi area, Sayil 'Adnan 'Asfour from the hidden, and Ghassan Al-Shaikh Qasim from Ibn Rushd Streetýý.ý ýbýý.ýýAýý/ýýP.Fý *** ýThree youths were injured by Israeli gunfire during a raid into Dura town, southwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)ý ýAl-Khaleel (Hebron)ý, 26-9-2024 Wafa - Three young men were injured by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets on Thursday, and a number of citizens were arrested, in addition to raiding dozens of homes, during the continuous incursion into the town of Doura, southwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)ýýý.ý ýOur correspondent reported that three young men were wounded by live ammunition in the outskirts, and were subsequently transferred to the hospital, after the occupation soldiers fired live bullets towards a number of citizens in the vicinity of their homes in the Kreisa area, west of the town, and in the middle near the municipality of Duraýý.ý ýActivist Shahd Al-Rujoub was also slightly bruised as a result of being beaten by Israeli soldiers while covering the raid in the Kreisa area, where she was pursued and the memory of the camera she used to document the aggression was seizedýý.ý ýHe pointed out that the occupation forces raided dozens of homes and arrested a number of citizens, after abusing them and subjecting them to field investigationsýý.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Doura and a number of surrounding villages with a large number of military vehicles, deployed patrols in all neighborhoods of the town, on secondary and main roads and in the vicinity of citizens' homes.ý ýAccording to a number of owners of the houses that were raided, the occupation soldiers stole all the money and jewelry they found, and damaged a number of citizens' vehicles and damaged their enginesýý.ý ýAccording to eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation forces also raided the headquarters of the Palestinian Workers Union branch in the town, breaking its contents, throwing flags and pictures on the street and destroying them, burning and destroying a number of pictures of martyrs and Palestinian flags, and writing racist slogans on the streets and wallsýý.ý ýThe Directorate of Education in South Hebron also announced the suspension of all public and private schools and kindergartens in the town of Dura, due to the incursion of the occupation army into the townýý.ý ýS.A./ER.ý *** ýThe Israeli occupation forces kidnap a Palestinian young man from the town of Al-Yamoun, west of Jineený ýJineen-26-9-2024-Wafa- The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped, at dawn on Thursday, a young man from the town of Al-Yamoun, west of Jineen.ý ýAccording to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village, raided several houses and kidnapped Ra-id Muneer Al-Samoudi after raiding his house and tampering with its contents.ý ýF.Eýý./ýýA.F.ý *** ýIsraeli occupation forces kidnap 10 Palestinian citizens from Al-Khaleel (Hebron)ý governorateý ýAl-Khaleel (Hebron)ý, 26-9-2024 Wafa - Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped ten citizens during the raid on the towns of Doura, Bait Ka'hil, and Idhna, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)ý.ý ýSecurity and local sources told Wafa that the Israeli occupation forces arrested Mus'ab Mu'hammed Abu Juhaisha, 'Abdul Ra'hman Tayseer Al-Aswad, Mo'taz Ma'hmoud Al-Aswad, and Wisam Rafeeq Al-Tamiza from the town of Idhna, after raiding and searching their homes.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped the two brothers, Yazan and Ibraheem Al-Najjar from Hebron, Jihad Al-Taneenah from Tarqoumiya town, A'hmed Ibraheem 'Aqeel from Bait Ka'hil, Khalid Al-Rujoub and A'hmed Jihad Tabish from Doura town, during a campaign to raid homes and abuse citizens.ý ýA.H/S.Ký. *** ýThe number of Palestinian female administrative detainees in Israeli prisons rises to 27 ý ýRamallah 26-9-2024 Wafa - The Prisoners' Club said that in the context of the escalation of the crime of administrative detention and the ongoing detention campaigns, the number of female administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation prisons increased to 27, after the transfer of three detention centers from Ramallah governorate to administrative detention. ý ýThe Prisoners' Club said in a statement issued on Thursday that the three detainees are 'Abla Sa'adat, wife of prisoner commander A'hmed Sa'adat, Ta'hreer Jabir, and student Do'aa Al-Qadhi, as the occupation issued an administrative order against Sa'adat and Jabir for a period of 4 months, and student judge for 3 months, and they have been detained since September 17. ý ýHe added that the number of female detainees in the occupation prisons reached 97 detainees (whose identities are known), and the majority of them are in (Damon) prison, including a pregnant detainee, and three from Gaza, pointing out that this data for the number of female detainees in the occupation prisons, does not include all those from Gaza, specifically those detained inside the camps of the occupation army, and the occupation authorities continue to implement the crime of enforced disappearance against them.ý ýIt is worth mentioning that the number of arrests among women since the beginning of the war of genocide has reached more than (415), and this data includes women who were arrested in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, as well as women from the 1948 territories, while there is no clear estimate of the number of arrests among women who were arrested from Gaza.ý ýIt is noteworthy that the occupation continues to escalate the crime of administrative detention, which constituted one of the most prominent current transformations, as a result of the unprecedented rise in their numbers, as the number of administrative detainees until the beginning of this month reached at least (3323), and all of them are subject to mock and formal trials under the pretext of having a (secret file), knowing that hundreds of administrative detainees are patients, and the vast majority of them are former prisoners who spent years in Israeli occupation prisons.ý ýS.K.ý *** *** Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers *** Israeli occupation army razes two homes in northern Jordan Valley Thursday 26-September-2024 TUBAS, (PIC) The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army demolished on Thursday two homes in Al-Burj and Al-'Aqaba areas, in the northern Jordan Valley. According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli occupation soldiers knocked down a residential structure, made of concrete blocks and insulation panels, along with a water tank and solar panels belonging to Khaleel Zawahra from Al-Burj area. The Israeli occupation army also bulldozed a house under construction belonging to 'Hamid Jabir from Al-'Aqaba village, east of Toubas. During last August, the Israeli occupation authority demolished in the West Bank and Jerusalem 78 Palestinian structures, including 36 inhabited homes, eight uninhabited homes, and 13 facilities used for different purposes, and delivered demolition notices against 74 homes and other structures, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. *** *** Related News About the US-backed Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People *** 'Hamas: The Palestinian resistance will not stop without Israel ending its aggression Thursday 26-September-2024 BEIRUT, (PIC) Senior 'Hamas official Osama 'Hamdan has stressed the need for an end to Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in order for the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon to stop their operations. “It’s not the green light from America that is needed to stop the aggression, but rather Israel’s green light,” 'Hamdan told Al Jazeera satellite channel on Wednesday. 'Hamdan accused the US administration and the Europeans of obstructing the international position that supports Gaza and protecting the Israeli occupation regime. “The American side is fully aware of the resistance’s demands in Palestine and Lebanon, which are to end [Israel’s] aggression and occupation, and knows that the failure to stop the aggression against Gaza has provided Netanyahu with an opportunity to attack Lebanon,” Osama said. “The resistance does not want to see the aggression against Gaza or our people in Lebanon linger on for a long time, but the occupation regime and its supporters must realize that no matter how long it takes, the resistance will never surrender,” the Hamas official underlined. 'Hamdan also paid tribute to the Lebanese people and their resistance that “has stood with Gaza.” “The enemy seeks to create a division between the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon and isolate them from each other, but this will not happen,” he said. “Our brothers in the resistance fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq are fully alert to the enemy’s goals and intents,” he added. *** 'Hamas condemns Israel’s attacks on shelter centers, calls for int’l action Thursday 26-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) The 'Hamas Movement has described the Israeli occupation army’s recent escalation of its attacks on schools used as shelter centers and tents housing displaced families in the Gaza Strip as “persistence in deliberately targeting defenseless civilians and committing horrific massacres against them.” In a statement on Thursday, 'Hamas called on the international community, the UN and their organizations to work on putting an end to Israel’s terrorism and its flagrant violation of the international law in Gaza. 'Hamas stressed the need to take legal action to hold Israeli war criminal accountable for their crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Lebanon. At least 15 people have now been confirmed killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on the 'Hafsa Al-Falouja School in Jabalya, in northern Gaza, on Thursday evening, according to Gaza’s civil defense service. The victims include women and children, it said. Dozens more have been wounded, some severely, as the search continues for those missing under the rubble. *** Palestinian Health Ministry forms multilateral committee to address unidentified corpses Thursday 26-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Ministry of Health has held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the inhumane and unethical treatment of the corpses of martyrs that were exhumed from graves and stolen. It announced the formation of a committee involving relevant parties to deal with these corpses. In a statement issued Thursday, the Ministry of Health explained that the occupation army had exhumed dozens of graves and then loaded them into a truck containing 88 corpses destined for the Gaza Strip, under unethical and illegal conditions, without any data or information to identify the corpses and their owners. The ministry attempted to involve the International Committee of the Red Cross to coordinate with the occupation; however, the Red Cross declined due to non-compliance with the protocol applicable in such cases. The ministry reported the formation of a committee involving relevant parties to handle the corpses appropriately and to receive them today in preparation for their burial. It called on international bodies to play their role and pressure Israel to deal with these matters according to recognized standards and protocols. Yesterday, the health ministry announced the arrival of a container from Israeli army containing about 88 unidentified corpses of martyrs from the Gaza Strip. The ministry stated that it had halted the procedures for receiving the corpses until data and information about them could be completed so that their relatives could identify them. It appealed to the International Red Cross to fulfill its responsibilities regarding the receipt and delivery of the corpses to provide data for each and the areas from which they were taken. In response, the International Committee of the Red Cross stated that the corpses arrived in the Gaza Strip without coordination with them, and that they did not participate in the transfer of the corpses at any stage. In a statement yesterday, the committee said, “We are on standby to facilitate the transfer of the corpses as a neutral humanitarian intermediary, should the parties to the conflict reach a prior agreement and in coordination with them.” It mentioned that it had provided technical and material assistance to responders and forensic specialists to support them in retrieving and handling the bodies with dignity and in accordance with best practices in this field, including the provision of body bags and personal protective equipment. The committee reiterated the right of all families to receive any information about their loved ones and to conduct burial ceremonies that preserve their human dignity and align with customs and traditions. Under international humanitarian law, individuals who lose their lives during armed conflict must be treated in a way that preserves their human dignity, and their remains must be managed correctly and appropriately. The law also requires searching for, retrieving, and evacuating them, ensuring they do not remain missing. The International Committee indicated that it maintains ongoing communication with the parties to the conflict to remind them of their obligations to ensure the dignity of the corpses and the right of families to know the fate of their loved ones who have gone missing. *** World Bank: Residents of the Gaza Strip suffer from 100% poverty and 250% inflation Thursday 26-September-2024 WASHINGTON, (PIC) The World Bank said all the residents of the Gaza Strip suffer from poverty, which amounted to 100%, and an inflation that exceeded 250%, due to the consequences of the ongoing Israeli genocide war for almost a year now. This came in a report issued on Thursday by the World Bank, with the title, “Palestinian Economic Modernization”, in which the Bank stressed that the war pushed Gaza’s economy to the brink of absolute collapse, with a shrinkage of 86% in the first quarter of 2024. The World Bank pointed out that the prices of basic commodities in Gaza witnessed a significant increase in light of the severe shortage of cash liquidity, adding that the war in Gaza has led to the collapse of the educational system and severe damage to the agricultural sector and the health system in the Strip. *** UNRWA: Over 625,000 school-aged kids in Gaza suffer from severe trauma Thursday 26-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) UNRWA said on Wednesday that more than 625,000 deeply traumatized school-aged children are living in the rubble in Gaza. In remarks on X platform, UNRWA also said that many Palestinian children in the West Bank are exposed to escalating violence that negatively affects their lives and education. According to the agency, Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank have suffered heavy losses since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Gaza nearly a year ago. The agency noted that even before the war began, most families in Gaza were facing great difficulties in providing food for their children. It said “12 months into the war, there has been a noticeable increase in malnutrition cases, diseases and related deaths.” *** =============================================================================================================================== Editorial
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