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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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On Day 334 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 42 Palestinians Killed, 107 Injured, with a Death Toll of  40,861 and 94,398 Injuries

September 4, 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 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 50,861+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (40,861), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 94,398.

By September 4, 2024, 668 Palestinians who were killed, 5,499 who were injured, and 10,430, 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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The funeral procession of the Palestinian teenage girl, Lujain Abdul Ra-ouf, 16,
who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Kafr Dan, west of Jineen, September 4, 2024
42 Palestinian were killed, 107 were injured, mostly children and women, such as
this little girl who is being carried to the Dair El-Bala'h hospital, September 4, 2024
In addition to mistreatment and torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, there
is now a spread of contagious diseases, especially in Ramon and Naf'ha
prisons, September 4, 2024
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza rose to 40,861, in addition to 94,398 injuries,
as a result of the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, by September
4, 2024
Carrying some of the Palestinian martyrs and injured who were massacred in
Al-Nusayrat by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Shuhada
Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, on September 4, 2024.
An Israeli occupation forces bulldozer destroying the Shuwaika roundabout and infrastructure, in Toulkarm, as a collective punishment to the Palestinian city population, on September 4, 2024.

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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the
land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.

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'Hamdan: US is a partner in Israeli crimes

Wednesday 4-September-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Leader in the 'Hamas Movement abroad, Osama Hamdan, criticized on Tuesday the US administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stressing that the US president’s statements about presenting new proposals do not contain anything new except what is being circulated in the media.

Speaking to Al Jazeera TV channel, 'Hamdan said the US administration was a partner in the Israeli crimes in Gaza, by providing political, military and security support, without effectively applying enough pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister to accept a deal.

“This support helped in the continuation of the crimes committed against the Palestinian people.”

'Hamdan reiterated the Movement’s stance that there is no need for a new proposal but rather more effort is needed to pressure Netanyahu to accept the agreement that Hamas had previously agreed upon last July.

He also said, “Our position on the Philadelphia Corridor is clear. We reject any status quo that allows for Israel’s presence there. The corridor is part of the withdrawal process from the Gaza Strip that was previously agreed upon.”

He explained that the Egyptian position was important in confirming Egypt’s refusal to use its name in Netanyahu’s manipulations that aim to keep the crisis going.

“If Washington does not pressure Netanyahu to withdraw from the Philadelphia Corridor, then we consider this to be an attempt to save him and his political career from the repercussions of the captives’ killing.”

'Hamdan also said the six captives whose bodies were retrieved at the weekend by Israeli forces were killed either “by Israeli shelling, Israeli shootings, or during clashes”.

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'Hamas calls on the UN Security Council to order an immediate halt to the genocide in Gaza

Wednesday 4-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement called on the UN Security Council to immediately work to stop the genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, to enforce its Resolution No. 2735 on Gaza war, and to oblige Israel to abide by it.

In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas condemned in the strongest terms the UN Security Council’s meeting held today upon Israel’s request with an American, British, and French support to discuss the file of the Israeli captives in Gaza, while Israeli occupation army is continuing its genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank and is escalating repression of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

'Hamas stressed that the Israeli occupation’s attempt to impose its false narration about the reason behind the death of the six Israeli captives held by the resistance in Gaza is a blatant continuation of the series of lies that do not deceive anyone anymore.

It pointed out that the fate of the Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip is determined by in the Israeli war criminal Netanyahu, and his terrorist army who hold full responsibility for the killing of the six prisoners, stressing that Netanyahu’s betting on the policy of military escalation and the attempt to liberate the prisoners by force had failed, and caused more killing of them at the hands of his army.

'Hamas warned that Netanyahu’s continuation of the policy of stubbornness, procrastination, and obstructing any agreement, endangers the lives of more Israeli captives.

'Hamas called on the Security Council to stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, and to stop the Nazi military operation taking place there.

It also demanded an investigation into the crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which caused the martyrdom of 50,000 people, and the injury of more than 100,000.

It also demanded a probe into the Israeli field executions and the deliberate murder of more than 60 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, carried out under protection by Netanyahu and his fascist government.

'Hamas reiterated welcoming any agreement that guarantees the implementation of a serious and real deal, a ceasefire, full withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from the Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced, and facilitating relief and reconstruction.

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'Hamas voices concern over health of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails

Wednesday 4-September-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has expressed deep concern over the spread of contagious diseases among Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, especially in Ramon and Naf'ha prisons.

“This dangerous situation is taking place concurrently with the Israeli prison service’s decision to prevent lawyers from visiting prisoners, which reflects the enormity of the catastrophic conditions and abuse the prisoners endure,” 'Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday.

A number of prisoners died recently as a result of their exposure to torture, medical neglect and different forms of maltreatment at the hands of Israeli jailers, according to the Movement.

“Such practices reveal a systematic policy pursued by the occupation government with the aim of deliberately killing prisoners,” 'Hamas said, stressing that such Israeli violations against the prisoners should not go unnoticed.

'Hamas called on international human rights organizations to take immediate action to save the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and enforce the Geneva Convention related to the treatment of prisoners of war.

It also called on the Palestinian masses to step up their actions on the ground in support of the prisoners in Israeli jails, stressing the need for ongoing confrontation with the occupation regime to curb its crimes and violations against them.

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Retaliatory measures by occupation authorities lead to scabies outbreak among prisoners

Wednesday 4-September-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Prisoner Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees said in a joint statement that the widespread outbreak of scabies among Palestinian prisoners, in Israeli prisons — namely in Negev, Megiddo, Naf'ha, and Ramon — is due to the retaliatory measures imposed by the prison administration on prisoners and detainees after October 7. Among those affected are child prisoners in Megiddo prison.

The joint report highlighted that the spread of scabies among the prisoners was exacerbated by depriving them of necessary cleaning materials, including those used for personal hygiene.

Additionally, the reduction in the amount of water available, the limited time allotted for prisoners to bathe, and the confiscation of clothing from prisoners have led to a situation where most inmates rely on a single change of clothes. Some have been wearing the same clothes for long periods, forcing them to wash and wear them while still wet, which has contributed to the spread of the disease.

The report mentioned that the severe overcrowding in the cells and sections, resulting from the escalation of daily arrest campaigns and poor ventilation, along with isolating prisoners in cells devoid of sunlight, has also caused the spread of scabies among prisoners.

The deliberate transfer of infected prisoners from one section to another, instead of isolating them or delaying their isolation intentionally, has accelerated the spread of the infection among the inmates.

According to prisoners’ organizations, the Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out systematic arrest campaigns as one of their main established policies, which have escalated unprecedentedly since the start of the ongoing extermination war in Gaza. This escalation is evident not only in the number of detainees but also in the level of crimes being committed, alongside raids on the homes of detainees’ families, which are accompanied by widespread destruction and damage.

The Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 10,400 citizens from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since the beginning of the ongoing war of genocide on Gaza on October 7 last year.

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Israel prevents UN assessment team from reaching Jineen, says UN spokesman

Jineen, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the Israeli occupation army refused to allow a UN assessment team to reach the city of Jineen in the northern occupied West Bank.

Dujarric affirmed that the loss of Palestinian lives has increased as a result of the Israeli army's use of "lethal warfare methods."

He added that the barriers preventing access to the West Bank have affected humanitarian aid, and that the entry of ambulances and medical teams has been delayed for a week.

Dujarric indicated that the United Nations is following developments in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, indicating that "developments are going in the wrong direction."

The Israeli occupation forces continued their onslaught against the city of Jineen and its camp for the eighth consecutive day.

The onslaught resulted so far in the killing of 19 people, the injury and arrest of dozens, in addition to the widespread destruction of citizens' properties and infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

Y.S.

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 Two international activists injured in colonist attack south of Nablus

NABLUS, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two international activists were injured on Wednesday as Israeli colonists attacked them in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Red Crescent spokesman Ahmed Jibril said that ambulance crews transferred two international activists after they were brutally assaulted by colonists in the town of Qusra.

The causalities who were identified as a 22 years old young man and a woman suffered from a broken hand due to the attack.

For his part, anti-settlement activist in the town of Qusra, Fou-ad 'Hasan, said that colonists from the illegal colony of Yesh Kodesh attacked a number of foreign activists, which led to the injury of two in the southeastern area of ​​the town.

He pointed out that local residents and activists confronted the colonists who were carrying out acts of vandalism against  citizens' lands and proprieties.

The colonists carried out the attack as Israeli soldiers did nothing to stop them.

Y.S.

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UN warns of Israel’s continued use of “lethal tactics” in the West Bank

Wednesday 4-September-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday of the continued use of “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes with people being killed, injured and displaced.”

The Office said in a statement that “the Israeli operations have resumed in Tulkarem and continued in Jenin.”

It added that “the United Nations recorded more than twenty deaths in the past week, including children.”

OCHA explained that “at the time of the assessment, 13,000 people in the Nur Shams refugee camp were cut off from water, due to damage to the water network, and sewage flooding was observed. Teams also noted that residents were suffering from trauma and needed psychosocial support.”

The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn last Wednesday, a military operation, the largest since the Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, targeting resistance fighters in the cities of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas in the northern West Bank, where large Israeli forces invaded all areas, cities and camps in the northern West Bank from several axes.

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

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On September 4, 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 3 main massacres, in which 42 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 107 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 40,861 and the injuries to 94,398, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 40,861 martyrs

Wednesday 4-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring at least 149 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 42 martyrs and 107 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 40,861 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 94,398 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.

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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Day 334 of Genocide: Palestinian civilians killed and injured by ongoing Israeli bombardment in Gaza

GAZA, September 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

A number of citizens were killed and injured at dawn on Wednesday as a result of the Israeli genocidal bombardment of several areas in the Gaza Strip.

In Gaza City, a citizen was killed and others were injured after the occupation targeted a house in Al-Daraj neighborhood, which led to a fire breaking out in it.

Four people were also injured when the occupation bombed a barracks housing a family in Al-Sahaba area in Gaza City, while the occupation blew up residential buildings in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza.

Occupation military vehicles opened fire on citizens' homes in the vicinity of Street 8 in Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in Gaza City, amidst gunfire from drones and artillery shelling.

The occupation artillery fired its shells towards the northern areas of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip, and the eastern areas west of the cities of Khan Younus and Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,819 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,291 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

K.T.

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Israeli bombing targets civilian gathering, kills six people in Gaza

GAZA, September 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Six Palestinian citizens were killed this Wednesday afternoon in the Israeli occupation's bombing of Al-Shaikh Zayid Towers area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that the six citizens were killed in the Israeli bombing of a gathering of citizens in Al-Shaikh ZayidTowers area.

The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,819 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,291 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

K.T.

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Gaza: Young man, girl, killed by Israeli airstrike in Khan Younus

GAZA, September 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian and a young man were killed today in a bombing by Israeli occupation warplanes, in Khan Younus Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that a girl and a young man were taken to the Nasser Medical Complex, having been killed in the occupation bombing of the governorate.

Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,819 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,291 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

K.T.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime releases three women from Gaza at Al-Jalama checkpoint in Jineen

JENIN, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces released three Palestinian women at midnight, at Al-Jalama military checkpoint, northeast of Jineen.

Local sources said that the occupation released the three women after detaining them for hours inside the 1948 territories.

The three women were receiving treatment inside the 1948 territories before the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip began last October, and they were stuck there for this entire period.

One of them said that she felt pain last night, so she went to a medical center, and there it was decided that she undergo an urgent operation, but she and her husband were detained and transferred to Al-Jalama checkpoint, while the Israeli occupation forces kept her husband detained.

Y.S.

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

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Residents of Kafr Dan bid farewell to child martyr Lujain Abdul Ra-ouf

Wednesday 4-September-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

Palestinians in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jineen, on Wednesday took to the streets to take part in the funeral of their teenage girl, Lujain Abdul Ra-ouf, 16, who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces the day before, September 4, 2024.

The funeral procession set off from the town of Yamoun, where the martyr girl’s body was kept yesterday in the town’s health center, towards her hometown in Kafr Dan, where a final farewell was given to her in her family’s home before the funeral prayer was performed and then her body was buried in the town’s cemetery.

The child Lujain was martyred after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Kafr Dan, besieged and demolished the home of the citizen Ashraf Kamamja, and opened fire randomly towards Lujain’s family house killing her inside her home.

Another young man was injured in the Israeli attack by IOF gunfire, receiving a bullet in the thigh after which he was transferred to hospital.

Since Wednesday, August 28, the IOFs has been waging a brutal aggression on the northern West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom of 34 citizens, including 19 in Jenin, eight in Tulkarem, four in Tubas, and three in al-Khalil, bringing the death toll in the West Bank to 685 since October 7, 2023.

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19 people killed as Israeli occupation forces continue large-scale military onslaught against the city of Jineen and its refugee camp

Jineen, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces continued their onslaught against the city of Jenin and its camp for the eighth consecutive day.

The onslaught resulted so far in the killing of 19 people, the injury and arrest of dozens, in addition to the widespread destruction of citizens' properties and infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

Yesterday, the child Lujain Abdul Ra-ouf,16, was killed, and four journalists were injured, including photojournalists of the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) Muhammad Mansour and Ayman Noubani, during the occupation forces' siege of a house in the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin.

The Israeli occupation forces also raided several houses in the Al-Hadaf neighborhood on the outskirts of Jenin camp, tampered with their contents and destroyed their furniture.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Al-Zahraa neighborhood in the city and bulldozed the infrastructure and streets, while water continues to be cut off from most of the city’s neighborhoods and the camp.

In the same context, the occupation forces continue to destroy the center of Jenin city, as the occupation bulldozers razed Cinema Street and large parts of Hospitals Street to the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, and destroyed shops in the Cinema Roundabout area and re-razed Post Street.

The Israeli occupation bulldozers attacked a group of journalists while they were covering the destruction of Cinema Roundabout and the surrounding shops, and opened fire directly on them, which resulted in the injury of several  journalists.

In Al-Jabariyat neighborhood, the occupation forces stormed the house of the detainee Zakariya Al-Zubaydi and detained his brother Ya'hya, after vandalizing and destroying the contents of the house.

The occupation forces also continued their large-scale detention campaigns of young men in Jenin camp and the villages of Al-Silah Al-'Harithiya, Al-Yamoun and Kafr Dan west of Jenin.

Later last night, the occupation forces stormed the town of Qabatya along with an Israeli special force, They began shooting at citizens' homes, which resulted in a young man being shot in the chest while he was inside his home.

Last night, the occupation forces also detained an ambulance crew while transporting an emergency medical case to Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospital in Jenin and assaulted a number of them.

At dawn today, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Muthallath Al-Shuhada, south of Jenin, deployed snipers on the roofs of several houses, raided six houses, detained a number of citizens before withdrawing from the town.

Y.S.

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IOFs continue violent raids in Toulkarm and Jineen

Wednesday 4-September-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued on Wednesday their raids in Toulkarm and Jenin as part of their large-scale operation in the West Bank, which started eight days ago.

At least 33 Palestinians have been killed and 130 wounded since last Wednesday, August 28, the vast majority in Jenin City and its refugee camp, according to Al Jazeera satellite channel.

In Toulkarm, Israeli forces reportedly burned property and homes in Toulkarm refugee camp, especially in Al-Sawalma neighborhood. Several citizens suffered from inhaling fumes.

The IOFs bulldozed more infrastructure and private property across Tulkarem camp, amid drone overflights and intensive presence of snipers on rooftops of several tall buildings.

No street and alley have been left without destruction as the Israeli army’s raid on Tulkarem entered the third day, according to journalists reporting from the area.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided many houses in Al-Balawna neighborhood in the camp and interrogated their residents, while bulldozers blocked roads leading to the camp with mounds of dirt and rocks.

The IOFs also continued to besiege the hospitals of Isra and Thabit Thabit in Toulkarm, obstructed the movement of ambulances and interrogated paramedics.

The continued Israeli operation in Tulkarem comes after Israeli forces killed three people, including a 15-year-old child on Tuesday, and destroyed more power, water and sewage networks across Tulkarem camp.

Local official Faisal Salama described the refugee camp as a “disaster area” and appealed to the international community to provide protection for the local residents and work immediately to stop Israel’s “aggressive practices, genocidal war, systematic displacement and organized terrorism” in Toulkarm.

In a separate incident, the IOFs kidnapped three citizens from their homes in Kafr Jamal town and another one from Bal’ah town in Tulkarem province.

In addition, the Israeli occupation army has retained the Jubara Bridge closed at the southern entrance of Toulkarm City for the third consecutive day, blocking vehicular traffic in both directions.

In Jineen, similar IOFs practices continued to take place in Jineen and its refugee camp.

Yesterday, 16-year-old Lujain Abdul Ra-ouf was killed and four journalists were injured by IOF gunfire in Kafr Dan village, west of Jineen.

Resistance fighters reportedly detonated an explosive device at IOF vehicles in central Jineen, while one young man was injured by IOFs gunfire in the city.

Palestinians in Jineen and its refugee camp are now struggling to secure their basic needs, including food and water, in the wake of the widespread destruction that have been caused by Israeli forces.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap two Palestinians from Toubas and Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Toubas, Wednesday, September 04, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening kidnapped two Palestinians from the occupied West Bank governorates of Toubas and Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

Kamal Bani 'Oada, Director of the PPS Office in Toubas, said that the Israeli occupation soldiers manning the intermittently-staffed 'Ain Siniya checkpoint, brutally assaulted and rounded up a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) volunteer from the city of Toubas, while the latter was on his way back from Ramallah.

Meanwhile, the heavily armed Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from Khirbet Qalqas village, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The young man turned himself in to the Israeli occupation army after the latter stormed his family house several times today, kidnapped seven members of his family and escorted a bulldozer to the house, threatening to tear it down should he not turn himself in.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also stopped several young men in the Jaber neighborhood of the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and viciously attacked them.

In the predawn hours of today and before, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 30 people, including children and former abductees, from various parts of the occupied West Bank.

K.F.

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Two Palestinians injured by IOFs gunfire in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Wednesday 4-September-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A Palestinian young man and a child suffered bullet injuries on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at them in Al-Dthahiriya town, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the West Bank.

The Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews provided medical assistance for a 22-year-old young man and a seven-year-old boy in the town after they were injured in their legs by IOF gunfire before evacuating them to a hospital.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also assaulted citizens during their presence in a soccer field in Al-Dthahiriya town. 

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Israel’s assault on Toulkarm city and its refugee camp enters a third day

Toulkarm, Wednesday, September 04, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces assault on the city and refugee camp of Toulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank today entered its third day, systematically sabotaging and destroying the vast majority of the city and camp’s infrastructure, according to WAFA correspondent.

She said that Israeli massive armored bulldozers tore up tarmac streets and alleyways in the camp and ravaged through public and private properties.

In the Rabay‘a neighborhood, an armored bulldozer razed the narrow street along with residents’ vehicles parked along the way, and in the Al-Hadayda neighborhood, another bulldozer uprooted trees and tore down houses and stores. The same was reported in Al-'Hammam, Al-Damj and Al-Balawna neighborhoods.

The heavy machineries blocked the alleyways of the camp with earth mounds, making it impossible for residents to navigate them, even on foot and compounding their suffering.

This came as the occupation forces blew up several houses in the camp, setting them on fire, destroying them and displacing the occupants.

In the city of Toulkarm, a bulldozer dug out Al-Shwaika circle in the northern neighborhood, turning it into a pile of ruins.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces continue to deploy more military vehicles and bulldozers into the camp and the city, simultaneously while patrolling streets, intercepting vehicles and ambulances, inspecting them and interrogating passengers.

The gun-toting Israeli occupation soldiers impeded the distribution of relief aid by the Red Crescent crews.

Additionally, the military bulldozers ploughed through a section of the Nablus Street, adjacent to the entrance of Nour Shams refugee camp, before they headed to storm the camp via its main entrance, at a time when the sounds of clashes could be heard.

Last week, the Israeli occupation forces launched their largest offensive on the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada, attacking three cities - Jineen, Toulkarm, and Toubas - from land and air and killing at least 33 Palestinians and injuring 140 others.

Military bulldozers ploughed into critical infrastructure, cutting off communications and resources from several Palestinian cities and refugee camps.

This is the latest move in a broader Israeli offensive, marked by almost daily arrests and killings, in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the onset of the Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza on 7 October 2023, which resulted in the killing at least of 40,861 Palestinians and injuring 94,398 others.

K.F.

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Israeli forces forces kidnap 30 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 30 people, including children and former detainees, in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours.

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoners Society said in a joint statement that since the Israeli onslaught against the northern West Bank last Wednesday, more than 180 people have been detained

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continued their onslaught against the city of Jenin and its camp for the eighth consecutive day.

The onslaught resulted so far in the killing of 19 people, the injury and arrest of dozens, in addition to the widespread destruction of citizens' properties and infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

PPS and the Commission affirmed that, the total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 10,400. This figure includes those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

Y.S.

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Several Palestinians kidnapped by the IOFs in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 4-September-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped on Tuesday several Palestinian citizens during dawn and morning raids in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, one young man suffered a bullet injury and three others were kidnaped following an IOFs raid in different areas of the Nablus province.

The Red Crescent said that an 18-year-old youth was injured in his leg during clashes between local youths and Israeli forces in the old refugee camp of 'Askar in the east of Nablus City.

The IOFs also stormed different neighborhoods of Nablus, including Al-Dahiya, Rafeedya, Al-Quds, Al-Jami’a and Al-Mamoun, and deployed snipers on some tall buildings.

Two young men were reportedly kidnapped during IOFs raids on homes in Al-Mamoun and Rafeedya areas of the city.

Another young man was taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Israeli occupation forces kidnapped five citizens, including two children under age 18, during raids in the towns of Tiqoa and Bait Sa'hour.

Two other children, both 15, were kidnapped by the IOFs from their homes in Al-Khadir town, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The IOFs also stormed Bait Jibreen refugee camp inside Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) City and ransacked several homes, with no reported kidnappings.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped two citizens from the city and Idhna town after raiding their homes.

Local sources said that Israeli forces raided a number of homes in Idhna town belonging to the family of martyr Muhanad Al-Aswad.

The IOFs has besieged Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and its towns and villages for a fourth day running with more checkpoints, roadblocks and barriers being erected.

The IOFs also kidnaped two young men after ransacking their homes in Qalqilya and Salfeet.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Israeli police forces detained about 20 young men during a raid in Bait Soureek town, northwest of the holy city and released most of them later after interrogating and assaulting them.

Two young men were also kidnapped by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces from their homes in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), particularly from Al-'Eisawiya district and Shu'fat refugee camp.

Meanwhile, the IOFs closed the military checkpoints of Tayaseer and Al-'Hamra in the northern Jordan Valley, prevented cars from using the roads and attacked a number of local residents in the area with tear gas.

In Ramallah, Israeli occupation soldiers stormed Al-Jalazoan refugee camp and kidnaped 12 citizens from their homes.

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Palestinian man injured, 16 others detained during military incursion north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces in Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that a young man was injured and was transferred to the hospital for a medical treatment.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped at least 16 Palestinians and subjected them to field investigation.

Local sources said that large forces of the Israeli occupation army stormed the camp, turned it into a field investigation, and detained a number of young men after raiding and searching their homes.

Intense confrontations erupted between the young men and the Israeli occupation forces, during which the forces fired live bullets, sound bombs and teargas bombs towards civilians and their houses.

They pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces closed all entrances leading to the camp, preventing citizens from entering and leaving it.

Following their withdrawal from the camp, the occupation forces closed the Ramallah-Nablus road and prevented citizens' vehicles from moving in both directions.

Y.S.

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The Israel occupation apartheid regime kidnapped 10,400 Palestinians from the West Bank since October 7th

RAMALLAH,  September 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The prisoners' institutions said that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped 10,400 Palestinian citizens from the West Bank since October 7, including 725 children, 400 women, and 98 journalists.

The prisoners' institutions, including The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) and Al-Dhameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, explained that 400 women were kidnapped, including women who were detained from the 1948 territories, and those from Gaza who were detained from the West Bank. However, this data does not include the number of women who were kidnapped from Gaza, whose number is estimated to be dozens.

They pointed out that the number of children kidnapped in the West Bank amounted to no less than 725, while the number of detained journalists since the beginning of the aggression against Palestinians amounted to 98, 52 of whom remain in detention, including six female journalists, and at least 17 journalists from Gaza whose identities we were able to verify, while there are 15 journalists under administrative detention.

The number of administrative detention orders since the beginning of the genocide amounted to more than 8872 orders between new orders and renewal orders, including orders against children and women.

After October 7, no less than 24 abductees whose identities were revealed and announced were killed in the occupation prisons, in addition to dozens of abductees from Gaza who were killed in prisons and camps but the Israeli occupation did not disclose their identities and the circumstances of their killing, in addition to dozens who were subjected to field executions.

Before October 7, the total number of detainees in prisons exceeded 5250, the number of female abductees 40, the number of children in prisons 170, and the number of administrators about 1320.

K.T.

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IOA renews administrative detention of two Palestinian women from Ramallah

Wednesday 4-September-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) renewed on Wednesday the administrative detention of two detained women from the city of Ramallah.

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), said in a joint statement that the IOAR renewed, for the third consecutive time, the administrative detention orders of two detained women: 'Hanan Al-Barghouthi and Mona Abu 'Husain.

The human rights organizations announced that the IOA issued today 22 administrative arrest warrants against Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), for renewable periods ranging from two to six months.

According to the human rights groups, the geographical distribution of the new administrative detention orders came as follows: seven from Ramallah and Al-Beerih, four from Aree'ha (Jericho), two from Al-Khaleel (Hebron), two from Toulkarm, two from Nablus, two from Qalqilya, and one from Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and another one from Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The two women were arrested by Israeli occupation forces on March 5, 2024, after storming their homes in Ramallah.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces torch a house in Jineen refugee Camp

Jineen, Wednesday, September 04, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening torched a house in the Jineen refugee camp, according to local sources.

They said that the gun-toting Israeli occupation soldiers set fire to the house and stormed the house of a slain Palestinian, wreaking havoc inside.

The Israeli occupation forces later on withdrew from the yard of the camp, but the military vehicles remain stationed in the vicinity of sraeli occupation Government Hospital and Al-Rayyan Building.

Last week, the occupation forces launched their largest offensive on the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada, attacking three cities - Jineen, Toulkarm and Toubas - from land and air and killing at least 33 Palestinians and injuring 140 others.

Military bulldozers ploughed into critical infrastructure, cutting off communications and resources from several Palestinian cities and refugee camps.

This is the latest move in a broader Israeli offensive, marked by almost daily arrests and killings, in the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) since the onset of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza on 7 October 2023, which resulted in the killing at least of 40,861 Palestinians and injuring 94,398 others.

K.F.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish agricultural barracks north of Aree'ha (Jericho)

JERICHO, September 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished an agricultural barracks in the village of Al-Jiftlik, north of Aree'ha (Jericho), according to a local official.

Head of Al-Jiftlik village council, A'hmed Abu Ghannam, told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a heavy bulldozer, stormed the Abu Al-'Ajaj community in the village of Al-Jiftlik and demolished a 90-square-meter barracks owned by a local resident. The Barracks is used for the manual sorting of the dates harvest.

In the meantime, an illegal Israeli settler stormed an Arab community northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho) and grazed his sheep there.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, the general supervisor of Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that an illegal Israeli settler stormed the Arab Mulai'hat Bedouin community and grazed his sheep throughout the community in a provocative manner.

The Israeli occupation army targets citizens and their private properties in Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of the occupied West Bank, to force Palestinian residents to leave for the benefit of the illegal Israeli settlement expansion.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack several homes, assault Palestinian residents in northern Jordan Valley

NOTHERN JORDAN VALLEY, September, 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the Israeli settlers today attacked the homes of Palestinian residents of Wadi Al-Faw, in the northern Jordan Valley, and assaulted them.

The official in charge of the Jordan Valley file in Toubas Governorate, Mu'taz Bisharat, said that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked two homes belonging to citizen Waleed Ka'abna and his brother in the Wadi Al-Faw gathering and assaulted local  citizens and foreign solidarity activists.

Following the attack, several people were injured, including women and children, after the settlers attacked them with sticks and sprayed them with pepper gas.

The northwestern Jordan Valley is witnessing daily and escalating attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers, including raiding citizens' homes, assaulting them and terrorizing them, in addition to pursuing shepherds and preventing them from entering pastures and stealing their livestock.

Y.S. 

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IOFs demolish Palestinian residential and agricultural facilities in Nablus

Wednesday 4-September-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished Palestinian-owned residential apartments, warehouses, and livestock pens in Nablus, north of the West Bank, on Tuesday evening.

The head of the Douma village council, Sulayman Dawabsha, said that the IOFs stormed Douma village and demolished, for the fourth time in a row, a number of residential facilities and pens.

He explained that the demolished facilities belong to the citizen A'hmed Sulayman Zawahra, noting that the IOFs had previously demolished his facilities months ago, under the pretext of being built in Israeli-controlled Area C.

Meanwhile, the IOFs demolished 3 residential apartments and warehouses in Al-Tour area in Nablus, under the pretext of being built without Israeli permit.

Local sources reported that IOF troops, accompanied by two bulldozers, stormed the At-Tur area and began demolishing a building consisting of two residential apartments belonging to citizen Muheeb Salama.

The Israeli bulldozers also demolished a second nearby building consisting of a residential apartment and warehouses, belonging to citizen 'Adnan Al-Khaleeli.

Also on Tuesday, the IOFs set up new checkpoints at various points in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Governorate, south of the West Bank, while the majority of the city’s entrances continue to be closed and its towns, villages, and camps are isolated.

Since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, last October, Israeli demolition operations of Palestinian homes and structures have escalated throughout the West Bank.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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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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