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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The US-Backed Israeli Genocidal Air Strikes on Lebanon and Gaza, Killing and Injuring Hundreds, Destroying Buildings and Infrastructure, September 30, 2024

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On Day 360 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, One Massacre, 20 Palestinians Killed, 108 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  41,615 and 96,359 Injuries, by September 30, 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 September 30, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 51,615+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (41,615), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 30, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 96,359.

By September 30, 2024, 720 Palestinians who were killed, 5,786 who were injured, and 11,087, 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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'Hizbullah’s Deputy Secretary-General, Na'eem Qasim, confirmed that his Party has high capabilities and is following the alternative plans set by Martyr 'Hasan Nasrullah, September 30, 2024.	About 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, as reported by the Government Media Office, September 29, 2024.
Palestinian journalist Wafaa Al-'Odaini, her husband, and their two children, were killed last night by the Israeli shelling of their home, in the city of Dair El-Bala'h, on September 30, 2024.	UN reported that 162,000 women in Gaza are at risk of developing non-communicable diseases; and 15,000 pregnant women who are at the brink of famine, September 30, 2024.
Grieving the the death of family members who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Sayda, South Lebanon, on September 30, 2024.	Lebanese civilians fleeing the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the South, in their way to Syria, September 30, 2024.
Six Palestinian family members were killed by the Israeli occupation forces shelling of their home in Al-Nusayrat, in Central Gaza Strip, on September 30, 2024.	Carrying injured and killed Palestinians to Al-Awda hospital in Al-Nusayrat, following the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on their  homes, on September 30, 2024.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

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Na'eem Qasim: 'Hizbullah has high command and control capabilities

Monday 30-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

'Hizbullah’s Deputy Secretary General, Na'eem Qasim, confirmed that the party has high capabilities to control, dominate, and manage the field following the alternative plans set by its Secretary General, Martyr 'Hasan Nasrullah.

Qasim stressed in a press conference on Monday that the party has prepared itself for a long battle with open options, and that the Lebanese people will triumph over the Israeli occupation as they did in 2006.

He refuted the Israeli occupation’s claims of assassinating 20 resistance leaders in the major strike that targeted the party’s Secretary General, Nasrullah, adding that “'Hizbullah will install a new leadership as soon as possible.”

'Hizbullah’s operations have continued at the same pace and more since the killing of the leader Hassan Nasrullah on Friday, Qasim asserted, referring to the resistance strikes that targeted Haifa and the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim near the occupied city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

“We are quite ready, if the Israelis want a ground incursion, the resistance forces are ready for that,” Qasim declared, stressing that the Israeli occupation army will not achieve its goals.

“Israel is committing massacres in all areas of Lebanon to the extent that there is no house left without traces of Israeli aggression in it,” he said, underlining the role of the unlimited US support of Israel.

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Israeli war on Lebanon: More assassinations and massacres

Monday 30-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces have continued to escalate their bloody war on Lebanon for the eighth consecutive day, carrying out assassinations and shelling homes and facilities, including in the heart of the capital, Beirut, resulting in more martyrs and injuries.

On Monday morning, the occupation’s aircraft launched an airstrike on the Cola area in the heart of Beirut, marking the first such targeting outside the southern suburbs of the capital.

The strike targeted a residential apartment in the predominantly Sunni area near the road linking the capital to Rafiq Al-'Hareeri International Airport.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the airstrike resulted in the martyrdom of Mu'hammed Abdul 'Aal, a member of the political bureau and head of the armed and security department, along with 'Imad 'Awda, a member of the military department of the Front and its armed leader in Lebanon, in addition to Abdel Ra'hman 'Abdul 'Aal.

For its part, 'Hamas announced the martyrdom of its leader in Lebanon, Fatta'h Shareef Abul Ameen, along with his wife and two sons in an assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation this morning in the Beddawi refugee camp in Lebanon.

In a statement on Monday, 'Hamas said, “With all meanings of patience, pride, and honor, and with further acceptance and satisfaction with Allah’s decree and destiny, we mourn to the masses of our Palestinian people and our Arab and Islamic nation the martyr leader Fatta'h Shareef Abul Ameen, leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas in Lebanon and member of the leadership of the Movement abroad, martyred on the path to Jerusalem, in the shadows of the Al-Aqsa Flood epic, along with his wife, Omayma Ibraheem Abdul 'Hameed, and his two children, Ameen and Wafa.”

Israeli warplanes again targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut shortly before dawn Monday, conducting successive airstrikes on the south and the Biqaa' Valley.

Also on Monday morning, Lebanese media reported that three Israeli airstrikes targeted the city of Hirmil and its surroundings in northeastern Lebanon. Al-Mayadeen TV reported that more than 10 martyrs and a large number of injured were initially reported as a result of the airstrikes on Hirmil, while an elderly woman was martyred in an airstrike on a house in Nabi 'Othman in the northern Biqaa'.

In the early hours after midnight, the occupation’s warplanes targeted the town of Qulayla in the Soor (Tyre) area of southern Lebanon and launched an airstrike on Baalbek.

Lebanese sources indicated that the occupation’s artillery shelled the town of Kfar 'Hamam in the Marji'youn district of southern Lebanon. Israeli warplanes also targeted the towns of Kfar Shouba, Kfar 'Hamam, Dair Zahani, and Zabdeen in the south.

This development comes after the Israeli occupation committed massacres that resulted in the death and injury of hundreds in the south and the Biqaa'. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 109 people had been killed and 364 others injured due to Israeli airstrikes on the south and the Biqaa' yesterday.

One of the airstrikes on the town of 'Ain Dulaib east of Sidon in southern Lebanon resulted in the death of 40 people, while 16 others were killed and 115 injured in other airstrikes on the city of Soor (Tyre) in the south as well.

In the Biqaa', several towns in the Ba'albek-Hirmil governorate were subjected to heavy shelling yesterday, resulting in the deaths of 33 people and injuries to about 100.

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Israeli army assassinates the Hamas leader in Lebanon Fatta'h Abul-Ameen

Monday 30-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has announced the martyrdom of its leader in Lebanon Fatta'h Abul-Ameen along with his wife and two children in al-Bass refugee camp in the Southern Lebanese city of Soor (Tyre).

In a statement on Monday, Hamas mourned Abul-Ameen, his wife Umayya Abdul-Hamid, his son Amin and his daughter Wafa, saying they were assassinated in a criminal and terrorist airstrike on their house in al-Bass camp.

'Hamas said Abul-Ameen dedicated his life to serving the Palestinian people, their just cause and their legitimate struggle against the Israeli occupation.

In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation army assassinated on the same day two leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in an airstrike on an apartment in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

In a statement, PFLP mourned its leaders Mu'hammed Abdul 'Aal and 'Imad 'Oada, as well as Abdul Ra'hman Abdul 'Aal.

PFLP vowed to uphold the path of struggle and resistance against the occupation until the liberation of the Palestinian land. 

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UNRWA's Lazzarini: Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon forced thousands, including Palestine refugees, to flee their homes

NEW YORK, September 30, 2024 (WAFA) -

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said Israeli forces’ airstrikes in Lebanon have forced thousands of people, including Palestine refugees, to flee their homes.

“We have opened seven shelters for the displaced, currently hosting 1,600 Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian people,” he said in a post in X.

“Many are traumatized due to the ongoing bombardment, uncertainty and fears. For some, it is trauma re-lived given repeated cycles of conflict over the decades.”

“A further expansion of the war will only bring more suffering for civilians. Civilians must be protected,” he added.

Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said Israel’s further expansion of the war on Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen will only bring more suffering for civilians and displacement.

T.R.

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"100,000 displaced persons fled from Lebanon to Syria due to Israel's ongoing aggression," says official

RAMALLAH, September, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that the number of people who fled the Israeli occupation aggression and crossed from Lebanon to Syria reached 100,000 people.

This came in a post by Grandi on X regarding the Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

He added that "the number of Lebanese and Syrians who fled the Israeli air strikes and crossed from Lebanon to Syria reached 100,000."

He pointed out that officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are stationed at four crossing points, in addition to local authorities and the Syrian Red Crescent to support those crossing into Syria.

Y.S.

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

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On September 30, 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 2 main massacre, in which 20 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 108 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 41,615 and the injuries to 96,359, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 41,615 martyrs

Monday 30-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring at least 128 civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but at least 20 martyrs and 108 wounded citizens were transported to hospitals.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 41,615 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 96,359 people.

The Gaza Strip has been under brutal bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by Hamas’s armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7, 2023.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 360

Monday 30-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 360 on Monday, 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, the Israeli occupation army bombed a school sheltering displaced families in Al-Salateen neighborhood in Bait Lahya, north of Gaza, killing and injuring a number of people.

At dawn, the Israeli occupation army assassinated journalist Wafa Al-'Odaini in an aerial attack on her house in Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Local sources told the PIC that Al-'Odaini was martyred along with her husband and two children.

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

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‎13 Palestinian martyrs, most of them children, after the Israeli occupation forces bombed houses in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp ‎

‎Gaza 1-10-2024 Wafa -

13 Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured, tonight, after the Israeli occupation forces aircraft targeted homes in Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.‎

‎According to medical sources, 13 citizens, most of them children and women, were killed, and dozens were injured, in addition to a number of missing people after the Israeli warplanes targeted two homes belonging to the Abu 'Ataya and Abu Shumais families in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.‎

‎The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,615, most of them children and women, and the injuries to 96,359 since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the seventh of last October, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as the occupation prevents ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching them.‎

‎M.L‎.

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Palestinian woman along with her infant killed in Israeli airstrike on house in central Gaza Strip

GAZA, September, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian woman and her child were killed at dawn in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the 'Hikr Al-Jami’ area in the city of Dair El-Bala'h, killing a woman and her infant child.

Y.S.

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‎4 Martyrs and Injuries in the Occupation Shelling of a Residential Building in Gaza City‎

‎Gaza 30-9-2023 Wafa -

 Four citizens were killed and others were injured, on Monday evening, in the shelling of the Israeli occupation warplanes on the Old City of Gaza City.‎

‎According to local sources, 4 civilians were killed and others were injured during the bombing of a residential building near the Gold Market in the Old City of Gaza City.‎

‎Medical sources announced today that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,615, the majority of them children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7.‎‎ ‎‎The same sources added that the toll of injuries has risen to 96,359 since the start of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as the occupation prevents ambulance and rescue crews from reaching them.‎

‎A.B‎‎./‎‎A.F.‎

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‎Journalist Wafaa Al-'Odaini, her husband, and their two children were killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza‎

‎‎ The New Arab, ‎September 30, 2024‎‎

‎Palestinian ‎‎journalists‎‎ and activists mourned on Monday Wafaa Al-'Odaini, her husband, and their two children, who were killed last night in an Israeli shelling of their home in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip. Wafaa is a fluent English-speaking journalist, who worked as a translator and publisher, and founded teams to mobilize, support, and advocate for the Palestinian cause in light of the dominance of the Israeli and Western narrative.‎

‎The Palestinian Media Forum accused the Israeli occupation regime army of assassinating Wafaa Al-'Odaini, a prominent activist in the field of transmitting the Palestinian narrative to foreign media, as she and her family died, as a result of a treacherous Israeli bombing of their home.‎

‎The forum mourned journalist Al-Odaini, "who devoted her life to convey the suffering of her oppressed people, through international media, in a series of articles in English, interviews with foreign activists, electronic conferences, photo exhibitions, and short film competitions in English." With her martyrdom, the Palestinian national media had lost a free and vibrant voice of love for Palestine and its people fighting for freedom and self-determination.‎

‎Journalist Wafa Al-'Odaini joins the convoy of martyrs of the Palestinian media movement, which amounted to about 174 journalists and media workers since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Media Forum renewed its call to protect journalists and enable them to perform their professional duty in accordance with international laws and humanitarian conventions, as well as calling for accountability of the Israeli occupation for its continuous crimes against Palestinian journalists.‎

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The Israeli occupation regime forces release 12 Palestinian civilians who were kidnapped from Gaza, amid reports of severe abuse

GAZA, September, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation regime forces today released 12 Palestinian civilians who were kidnapped from the Gaza Strip.

Local sources  reported that the occupation released the detainees through the Kerem Abu Salem crossing east of Rafa'h city.

Recently, the occupation released a number of detainees from the Gaza Strip in several batches, who revealed the extent of torture, abuse and violations they were subjected to during their detention, as they were subjected to severe torture, continuous severe beatings, and electric shocks, while the detainees remain handcuffed and blindfolded around the clock, and are prevented from raising their heads, and are crammed into narrow rooms that lack the most basic necessities of life.

The occupation forces have detained hundreds of civilians during their ground invasion of the northern, central and southern parts of the Strip, and released a number of them after detaining them for months, weeks or several days since the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, 2023.

During its ground invasion of Gaza, the occupation forces published horrific pictures and scenes of hundreds of people being detained naked and in conditions that degrade human dignity.

Y.S.

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Due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, UNRWA: Sanitary and living conditions in Gaza are inhumane, as mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza middle areas as sewage leaks onto streets

Monday 30-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said, “Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane.”

The UN agency wrote on X on Sunday, “mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza middle areas as sewage leaks onto streets.”

“Families have no choice but to live beside the accumulated waste, exposed to the reek and the threat of a looming health disaster”, it added, calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has been waging, with US support, a war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 41,595 citizens and the injury of more than 96,251 others, by September 29, 2024. 

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

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Over 45 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

RAMALLAH, September, 30, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 45 Palestinians in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank over the last 24 hours, according to local sources.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission reported in a joint statement that the total number of arrests since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has exceeded 11,000, affecting all segments of Palestinian society.

The report also highlighted the detention of numerous Palestinian workers and thousands from Gaza, with many still unaccounted for due to ongoing enforced disappearances.

The organizations noted that the sustained Israeli occupation forces kidnapping campaigns have been accompanied by incidents of extrajudicial killings, direct gunfire prior to arrests, severe physical abuse, and intensive field interrogations.

Reports also detail the use of police dogs, human shields, and hostages during these operations. Widespread destruction of homes, confiscation of property, vehicles, money, gold, and electronic devices has also been documented, alongside the demolition and blasting of homes belonging to prisoners.

These detentions are also part of a broader military offensive against the Palestinian population. Data related to these detentions includes both those still detained and those released later, reflecting the scale and impact of the ongoing crackdown.

Y.S.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attack village northwest of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 30, 2024 (WAFA) -

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on Monday night the village of Rantis northwest of Ramallah and trapped a young man in an agricultural land, amid confrontations with Israeli forces.

Security sources told WAFA that a group of colonists, backed by Israeli military forces, attacked agricultural land in the village of Rantis and trapped a young man before local citizens intervened and fended off their attack.

Confrontations broke out between the citizens and the occupation forces who provided colonists with protection during their attack, however no injuries were reported.

The occupation forces detained a 40-year-old resident during the confrontations.

T.R.

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IOFs attack a Palestinian family, kidnap foreign activists in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Sunday 29-September-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) assaulted a Palestinian family and kidnapped foreign peace activists in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in the southern West Bank on Sunday.

Activist Osama Makhamra reported that the IOFs stormed Al-Tuwani village in Masafir Yatta, and assaulted the Al-Hareeni family.

He added that the IOF kidnapped foreign peace activists after preventing them from filming and documenting settlers’ violations and attacks against local citizens.

In August 2024, the Israeli occupation army and the illegal settlers carried out 1,228 attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank.

These attacks included field executions, armed attacks on Palestinian villages, vandalism, bulldozing of land, uprooting of trees, property confiscation, movement restrictions, and the erection of military checkpoints.

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IOA razes seven commercial facilities in northern Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 30-September-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) , (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) demolished on Monday seven commercial facilities belonging to Palestinian citizens in Shu'fat refugee camp, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), at the pretext of unlicensed construction.

Eyewitnesses said that bulldozers escorted by police forces stormed at dawn Shu'fat refugee camp and embarked on knocking down seven commercial structures with no prior notice.

They added that the Israeli police did not allow the storekeepers to remove the contents of their facilities, which were four construction supply stores, one café, one restaurant and one grocery store.

Meanwhile, the Wadi Al-'Hilwa Information Center in Jerusalem said that the Israeli police closed the road barrier that connects Shu'fat refugee camp with the holy city and obstructed the movement of local residents as they tried to reach their workplaces and schools in the morning.

In a separate incident, employees from the Israeli municipality delivered demolition and stop-work orders against a number of Palestinian homes in the east Jerusalem district of 'Aisawiyya.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UN: 15,000 pregnant women in Gaza on the brink of famine

Sunday 29-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

UN Women has released a report on the health situation in Gaza, titled “Gaza: A War on Women’s Health.” The new report provides a comprehensive analysis of the health sector crisis in Gaza and its impact on the physical and mental health of women and girls.

After more than 11 months of war, the healthcare system in Gaza has almost collapsed, the report said.

Nearly 84 percent of health facility buildings have been destroyed or damaged, and those remaining in service lack medicines, ambulances, basic life-saving treatment, electricity, and water, according to the UN Women report.

The report estimated that more than 177,000 women face life-threatening health risks, including 162,000, who have or are at risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular or hypertensive diseases; and 15,000 pregnant women who are at the brink of famine.

“Pregnant and lactating women are facing severe complications and experiencing infections, anemia, and hypertension. Some 68 percent of pregnant women surveyed have suffered from urinary tract infections, anemia, hypertensive disorders, vaginal bleeding, or hemorrhage. The lack of sexual and reproductive health services is another area of concern.”

“Despite this serious decline in their overall health, women are also the main caregivers for their families, eating last and least under severe hunger and starvation conditions. The new risk of polio is adding new challenges to a health system already operating with the bare minimum.”

“Too many women in Gaza are at risk of dying from medical complications after months without any medication, limited access to doctors and no treatment for serious illnesses like diabetes or cancer. It is imperative that we act swiftly to save their lives. An immediate and sustainable ceasefire, the release of all hostages, the provision of safe, unimpeded humanitarian aid, and access to medicines and health services throughout Gaza are essential to prevent further deterioration,” said UN Women’s Regional Director for Arab States, Moez Doraid.

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17,000 children killed in Israeli war on Gaza

Sunday 29-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Around 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that started last October, the Government Media Office (GMO) revealed on Sunday.

“Around 25,973 Palestinian children now live in Gaza without one or both parents due to the Israeli aggression,” said Isma'eel Al-Thawabta, who heads Gaza’s GMO.

He said at least 16,859 children, including 171 infants, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7, 2023.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has repeatedly warned that “Gaza’s children have endured unimaginable horrors” under relentless Israeli attacks.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution a few months ago calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 41,600 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 96,200 others injured, according to local health authorities.

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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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