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

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By Day 393 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 43,314 and Injuries to 102,019, in Addition to 2,968 Martyrs and 13,319 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

November 2, 2024

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On Day 393 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 7 Massacres, 55 Palestinians Killed, 192 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  43,314 and 102,019 Injuries, by November 2, 2024

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By November 2, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 53,314+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (43,314), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By November 2, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 102,192.

By November 2, 2024, 769 Palestinians who were killed, 6,526 who were injured, and 11,712, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

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By November 2, 2024, according to initial reports, 71 Lebanese civilians were killed, 169 were injured, by the Israeli genocidal raids on Lebanon, in the past 24 hours. Thus, the Lebanese death toll, since October 8, 2023, has surged to 2,968 fatalities and more than 13,319 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 2,026 and the injuries to 6,371. 

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Scenes of destruction perpetrated by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the South Lebanese city of Al-Nabaitiya, November 3, 2024.	Thousands of Lebanese civilians taking refuge in the town of 'Almat, district of Bint Jubail, fleeing the Israeli genocidal air strikes on South Lebanon, November 3, 2024.
In the European hospital in Khan Younus, Palestinians grieving the family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the city, November 3, 2024.	Carrying family member and neighbors, who were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to the Nasir hospital in Khan Younus, November 3, 2024.
Carrying Palestinian family member and neighbors, who were martyred and injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza city, November 3, 2024.	Carrying Palestinian children, who were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Al-Nusayrat hospital, in central Gaza Strip, November 3, 2024.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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‎The number of martyrs of the occupation aggression on Lebanon rises to 2,968‎

‎Beirut 2-11-2024 Wafa -

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that the death toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the country since October 8, 2023 has risen to 2,968 martyrs and 13,319 wounded.‎

‎The Ministry said in a statement that "the Israeli enemy raids on Lebanon, Friday, resulted in 71 martyrs and 169 wounded."‎

‎The Ministry said that the Israeli occupation army launched, on Friday, 109 air raids on different areas of Lebanon, mostly in the governorates of Al-Nabatiya, the south, Ba'albek-Hirmil (east), and the southern suburb of Beirut, bringing the total attacks since the beginning of the aggression to "11,876 attacks."‎

‎M.A.‎

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‎The Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues its persistent crimes against the Lebanese civilians in Ba'albek and the Biqaa', resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded‎

‎ Al-Manar, November 2, 2024

Source: ‎‎ U News

‎The Israeli enemy intensified its aggression against the Lebanese regions, especially in the Biqaa' and Ba'albek-Hirmil regions, where it launched intensive fire belts that led to the death of dozens of martyrs and wounded, among unarmed civilians.‎

‎As part of its ongoing crimes on the areas of Ba'albek and the Biqaa', Israeli warplanes launched on Friday a series of violent raids, which affected the city of Ba'albek and its surroundings and the western Biqaa' regions, and led to the death of 52 martyrs and 72 wounded in an updated toll of the Israeli enemy raids today on Ba'albek-Hirmil, according to the Ministry of Public Health.‎

‎The National News Agency in the West Biqaa' reported that two hostile raids targeted the area between Sa'hmar and Yahmer and the outskirts of the town of Labaya.‎

‎The raid set fire to some floors. The building houses the office of the "Amal" movement, the office of the "Social and Cultural Development" association, the office of the Tobacco Growers Union, a cheese and dairy factory and several apartments. The strike caused extensive damage to nearby buildings and blocked the street with rubble.‎

‎Teams from the Civil Defense, Epatiya Ambulances, the Lebanese Red Cross, the Islamic Message Scouts and the Islamic Health Authority worked to transport the wounded, remove the rubble and extinguish the fire.‎

‎In Baalbek, a raid on a house in the town of Al-Alaq led to the martyrdom of a family consisting of father 'Ali Faisal Kan'an, his wife Ghinwa Naseef, and their children Ruqayya and Zainab 'Ali Kan'an. Local sources indicated that 8 martyrs and 3 wounded in the final outcome of the Israeli raid that targeted a residential building in Bednayel, west of Baalbek district.‎

‎On Friday, 12 people were killed and others were wounded in a raid launched by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the town of Am'haz in the Ba'albek governorate in eastern Lebanon.‎

‎Civil Defense fire brigades also managed to put out a fire in a house targeted by an Israeli raid in the town of Taraya, which led to personal death and 4 moderate injuries.‎

‎Meanwhile, local sources said that about 10 people were killed and wounded in raids on the town of Younin, north of Ba'albek district, in an initial toll. After Israeli airstrikes targeted the villages of Al-Khadir, Bednyel, Younin and Na'hla.‎

‎Enemy Israeli warplanes committed a massacre in the Harbata plain in the northern Biqaa', resulting in the death of 6 martyrs in an initial toll.‎

‎The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement announcing that the Israeli enemy raids on the cities and towns of Ba'albek-Hirmil led in an updated toll to the following:‎

‎– Am'haz (peas): twelve martyrs and seven wounded‎ ‎ – Harbata: six martyrs and four wounded‎ ‎ – Yunnin: nine martyrs and wounded‎ ‎ – Bednayel: eight martyrs and seven wounded‎ ‎ – Nahle: four martyrs and seven wounded‎ ‎ – Sharawneh: two‎ ‎ martyrs – Taria: one martyr and seven wounded‎ ‎ – Labwa: wounded‎ ‎ – Al-Khader: six wounded‎ ‎ – Al-Saeeda: two martyrs and three wounded‎ ‎ – Al-Alaq: 4 martyrs and two‎ ‎ wounded – Ras al-Ain: six wounded. ‎ ‎ – Monsters of the Prophet: twenty-one wounded‎ ‎ – Ai'at: 4 martyrs.‎

‎On Friday evening, in the Nabatieh district, Israeli warplanes launched an air strike on the area known as the army sortie between the villages of Toul and Al-Kfour, and the Muraisa neighborhood in the town of Ansar was subjected to two air strikes carried out by Israeli warplanes.‎

‎Israeli warplanes also launched two consecutive raids targeting the Ghandour building in the Al-Bayad neighborhood in the city of Al-Nabatiya, and the raid caused 7 injuries, and partially destroyed the 7-storey building significantly, so that the floors gradually collapsed from the southern side.‎

‎In Soor (Tyre), 4 people were killed and others injured in Israeli shelling on the city of Soor (Tyre) for the second consecutive day without warning.‎

‎Israeli fighter jets launched a large-scale aggression with heavy air-to-ground missiles targeting the Imam Hussein complex and two residential buildings in its vicinity, which led to widespread destruction and a number of injuries.‎

‎Despite the massive displacement from the city as the war began, quite a few Lebanese citizens are still present in different neighborhoods of the city, as well as ambulance and civil defense teams.‎

‎A number of injuries were caused in an Israeli raid, targeting a house in the town of Joya in the Soor (Tyre) district.‎

‎In the Bint Jbeil district, enemy warplanes raided the towns of Kafra and Yatar on Friday evening, without reporting any injuries.‎

‎On Friday, the lens of the U News agency toured the southern suburbs of Beirut, where it examined the extent of the destruction caused by the Israeli raids that targeted its various residential areas.‎

‎The scene in the southern suburbs reflects the criminality of the occupation, which did not spare even civilians, homes and commercial centers, as Israeli aircraft launched a number of violent raids at night after days of cautious calm.‎

‎In the latest report issued on Friday, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health announced that the Israeli enemy raids on Thursday, October 31, 2024, resulted in 30 martyrs and 103 wounded.‎

‎The total number of martyrs and wounded reached 2,897 martyrs and 13,150 wounded, since the start of the aggression on the eighth of October 2023.‎

‎The coordinator of the Government Emergency Committee, Minister of Environment in the caretaker government, Dr. Nasir Yaseen, distributed the report No. 33 on the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the current situation, which stated:‎

‎"During the past 24 hours, 120 airstrikes were recorded in various areas of Lebanon, mostly in Al-Nabatiya (61), the south (41), the southern suburbs of Beirut (12) and Ba'albek, bringing the total number of attacks since the beginning of the aggression to 11,767.‎

‎To date, 1132 accredited centers have been opened to receive displaced people, of which 945 centers have reached their maximum capacity.‎

‎The total number of registered IDPs reached 188298 (43,802 families) in shelters, with the highest percentage of IDPs recorded in Mount Lebanon Governorate and Beirut, but it is estimated that IDPs are much higher.‎

‎More than 10,000 people were displaced from the city of Baalbek on Thursday evening after the threats of the Israeli enemy, distributed to shelters in Al-Dair Al-A'hmar, 'Arsal, Al-Fathra and northern and Biqaa' governorates.‎

‎From September 23 to October 31, 2024, General Security recorded the crossing of 359,805 Syrian citizens and 175,215 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory.‎

‎All security agencies maintain security, contribute to helping the displaced, distribute food and fuel, protect shelters, prevent monopoly operations, monitor prices and monitor border control.‎

‎The government's emergency committee is responsible for receiving international aid and distributing it to the displaced within a clear and transparent mechanism across the governorates."‎

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2,897 martyrs in Lebanon, 19 Israelis injured in Lebanese resistance shelling

Saturday, November 2, 2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported the martyrdom of 52 people yesterday, Friday (November 1, 2024), due to Israeli airstrikes on the eastern part of the country.

Israel has expanded its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to include Lebanon, resulting in 2,897 deaths and 13,047 injuries, mostly among women and children, along with the displacement of about 1.4 million people.

'Hizbullah continues to launch daily attacks using rockets, drones, and artillery against Israeli military positions, while the occupation maintains military censorship regarding its human and material losses.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement that “Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon in the past 24 hours resulted in 30 martyrs.”

Since September 23, the Israeli occupation has expanded its campaign of extermination to include most areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, through unprecedentedly violent and intensive airstrikes. It has also begun a ground invasion in the south, disregarding international warnings and UN resolutions.

In response, 'Hizbullah continues to retaliate daily with rockets, drones, and artillery shells targeting Israeli military positions and settlements. While Israel announces some of its human and material losses, military censorship imposes strict secrecy on most losses, according to observers.

Nineteen Israelis were injured this morning, Saturday, after a rocket struck the town of Tayyarah in central Israel. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that the rocket caused 11 injuries before emergency services raised the number to 19, noting that the rocket directly targeted a building.

For its part, the Israeli occupation army said that it had detected the launch of three rockets from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv and its environs, and that some of them were intercepted, adding that details are still under investigation.

The army confirmed that sirens sounded in several areas in central Israel following rocket fire from Lebanon. This occurs while the Israeli aggression against Lebanon continues, and confrontations between the occupation forces and 'Hizbullah intensify. 

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

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On November 1, 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 7 main massacres, in which 55 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 192 others were injured, in the past 24 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 43,314 and the injuries to 102,019, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Israel kills 55 more Gazans as death toll surpasses 43,314

By Ikrame Imane Kouachi,

Anadolu, 02.11.2024

Ankara --  

At least 55 more Palestinians were killed by the Israeli genocidal attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,314, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Saturday. 

A Ministry statement added that some 102,019 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

“Israeli forces killed 55 people and injured 192 others in seven massacres of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said.

“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

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

Mediation efforts led by the US, Egypt, and Qatar to reach a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap agreement between Israel and 'Hamas have failed over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to halt the war.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

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Three Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, November 2, 2024 (WAFA) —

Three Palestinians were killed this evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Al-Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City and an area northeast of Rafa'h.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes conducted a strike on Al-Sabra, resulting in the murder of one individual, while a military helicopter simultaneously opened fire on southern areas of the city.

Additionally, Israeli drones carried out strikes northeast of Rafa'h, leading to the killing of two more Palestinians and injuries to others, amid ongoing artillery shelling and blowing up of homes in the city by the Israeli occupation army.

Israeli artillery also targeted the Baghdad neighborhood in the village of Khirbet Al-'Adas, north of Rafa'h.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 43,314 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 102,019 others injured.

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

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

M.N

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40 Palestinians martyred, dozens injured in Israeli attacks on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the past 48 hours

Saturday 2-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said the Israeli occupation army has committed several massacres over the past 48 hours in the new camp and its vicinity in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in Central Gaza, killing more than 40 people, and injuring dozens of others, including children and women.

The PGMO added in a statement on Saturday evening, that the Israeli occupation army bombed and destroyed 254 housing units during the past 48 hours, using internationally banned weapons, randomly dumped from combat warplanes and war tanks.

It pointed out that Israeli troops planted explosive barrels among citizens’ homes then detonated them from a distance without any legal considerations and used missiles with a huge destructive capacity against tin houses, leveling them to the ground.

The PGMO condemned the Israeli crimes, massacres and genocide against civilians, children, and women, calling on all countries of the world to condemn such brutal massacres.

It charged Israel, the US administration, the UK, Germany, France, and all countries participating in the Israeli genocide with full responsibility for the ongoing war of extermination, calling on the international community and all world organizations to pressure Israel by all means to stop its inhumane crimes and its genocidal war against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

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PGMO: Two Israeli massacres in northern Gaza, in which 84 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 50 children

Saturday 2-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Dozens of citizens, including children and women, were massacred or injured on Friday evening when an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Tel Al-Za'tar area, north of the Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation army bombed a multi-story building belonging to Shalayil in Tel Al-Za'tar, killing and injuring dozens of its residents.

A large number of wounded and missing people are reportedly still under the rubble, while there are no civil defense and ambulance services in the area to deal with the situation.

A source from the Shalayil family said that over 40 people were inside the bombed building, including a number of displaced civilians, adding that a pregnant woman was among the victims.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza reported that the Israeli occupation army committed two horrific massacres on Friday when it reduced to rubble two apartment buildings belonging to the families of Shalayil and Al-Ghandour in northern Gaza, adding that 170 civilians were inside them when the airstrikes happened.

The airstrikes on the buildings claimed the lives of at least 84 civilians, including 50 children, and injured many others, while many others are still under the rubble, according to PGMO.

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Director of Al-'Awda Hospital: The situation is terrifying and we are out of doctors, fuel will run out

Saturday 2-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Dr. Mu'hammed Sali'h, the director of Al-'Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, warned that fuel will run out by tomorrow, Sunday, which will have negative consequences that worsen the “terrifying health situation” in the region, which has been undergoing a campaign of extermination and ethnic cleansing by Israel for the past 29 days.

In statements to the press on Saturday, Sali'h noted that they are operating with very limited resources and with only one doctor. He said that Al-'Awda Hospital is currently the only hospital in northern Gaza that has a general surgeon, at a time when the number of injuries requiring urgent surgical interventions in the brain, nerves, blood vessels, eyes, and bones is increasing.

He added that more than 70% of the injuries received at the hospital need urgent surgical interventions, expressing his grave concern about the unprecedented deteriorating situation in the hospital and other medical facilities in the north. He described the situation in the province as terrifying, especially given the severe shortage of medical personnel and essential supplies, as well as the deliberate targeting of hospitals by Israeli occupation forces.

Sali'h mentioned that there are significant challenges in transporting injured Palestinians from targeted areas in the field, especially due to the Israeli army’s destruction of ambulance vehicles and the removal of the Palestinian Civil Defense from service in the province.

He also said: “The injured are currently being transported to the hospital carried on the shoulders of citizens walking on foot, and in some cases, they are being transported on carts pulled by animals.”

Additionally, Sali'h explained that the hospital is under repeated gunfire from the Israeli occupation army, which disrupts operations and poses a threat to the lives of patients and medical staff. He pointed to the immense pressure faced by the medical staff in the hospital due to the volume of injuries, in addition to the shortage of medicines and essential medical supplies.

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

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Palestinian injured by IOFs gunfire in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Saturday 2-November-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was injured on Saturday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), south of the West Bank.

According to local sources, a 40-year-old young man suffered a bullet injury in his shoulder during his presence near the separation wall in Tarqoumiyah town, northwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Paramedics from the Red Crescent provided the wounded young man with medical assistance and evacuated him to the nearest hospital.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces with one bulldozer stormed Al-Fawwar refugee camp in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and clashed with local youths.

Local sources said that the IOFs raided several homes in Al-Fawwar, kidnaped over 10 young men, deployed snipers, and barred local residents from moving in the camp’s streets.

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Israeli occupation soldiers injured in fierce clashes with the Palestinian resistance fighters in the West Bank

Saturday 2-November-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) came under attack from Palestinian resistance fighters during their raids in the West Bank on Saturday, amid reports of casualties among Israeli soldiers.

According to local sources, some Israeli soldiers were injured during fierce clashes with resistance fighters in Jaba' town, south of Jineen.

The Jineen Brigade, an affiliate of Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades, affirmed that a group of its fighters clashed with Israeli occupation soldiers in Jaba' town and wounded a number of them.

Meanwhile, a large number of Israeli occupation soldiers with bulldozers stormed the towns of Idhna and Yatta in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and Tammoun town in southern Toubas, as part of a large-scale campaign in the West Bank.

In a related context, the IOFs kidnapped two young men during raids in Nablus and Qalqilya and stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers while picking olives in Salfeet, Nablus

Saturday 2-November-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli armed settlers attacked on Saturday Palestinian farmers while picking olives in their agricultural lands in two towns located west of Salfeet and south of Nablus in the West Bank.

The farmer, Yousuf Al-Deek, reported that settlers of the pastoral settlement outpost which was illegally built on citizens’ lands in Kafr Al-Deek town attacked olive pickers in the Khalat Al-'Haramiya area west of the town while shouting, cursing, and threatening to make farmers leave their lands, and prevent them from harvesting their olives.

Al-Deek pointed out that the settlers stole, over the past week, 30 bags of olives and agricultural equipment, in addition to grazing livestock among trees and provoking farmers, in an attempt to prevent citizens from reaching their lands.

Agricultural lands in Salfeet province are subjected to daily attacks by settlers and Israeli occupation forces (IOF), which have escalated since the start of the current olive season.

Meanwhile, Israeli settlers reportedly attacked olive pickers in the lands of Jaloud, to the south of Nablus city.

Local sources explained that a number of settlers attacked, under the protection of the IOF, Palestinian farmers in the eastern region of the town and prevented them from harvesting olive fruits, adding that the attacking settlers opened fire towards anyone who attempted to approach the land.

Jaloud town is systematically exposed to settlers’ attacks, especially during the olive harvesting season, as farmers of the town have been deprived of accessing more than 500 dunums of lands planted with olive trees.

During the annual olive harvest season, Palestinian lands are subjected to repeated attacks by the illegal settlers and IOFs, leaving farmers forced to constantly face obstacles and arbitrary practices that prevent them from accessing their lands, which leads to huge material losses and exacerbated daily suffering.

Expectations indicate that farmers will be unable to reach 80,000 dunums of olive groves, due to settlers’ terrorism which is carried out under the IOF protection, leading to the loss of about 15% of this year’s harvest.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Euro-Med: International community showed disgraceful failure to stop genocide in Gaza

Saturday 2-November-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Monitor said the foot-dragging by the international community regarding taking decisive decisions towards the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip, especially in northern Gaza, indicates its complicity in those heinous crimes, gives the Israeli army a green light to escalating its genocidal war, and shows its shocking ignorance of Palestinians’ lives and dignity.

The Euro-Med indicated in a statement on Saturday that the international community, including the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the European Union, and the various UN organizations, showed a 13-month disgraceful failure to protect civilians and stop the crime of genocide committed by the Israeli occupation army against Palestinians in Gaza.

The Euro-Med emphasized that the international community did not deal seriously with the Israeli occupation crimes and ignored its atrocities, which encouraged the Israeli army to expand such crimes with the support and armament from the US and a number of European countries.

The Euro-Med voiced concerns that Israel, despite officially denying it, is implementing a displacement plan in northern Gaza, known as the “General’s Plan” by evacuating shelters in Jabalya and Bait 'Hanoun by committing massacres, killing, displacing, and starving civilians through blocking the entry of aid or goods into northern Gaza for a whole month.

It called on the International Criminal Court to shoulder its responsibilities to issue arrest warrants and hold accountable the perpetrators of the Israeli crimes.

The human rights group also urged the United Nations and the international community to intervene immediately to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents in northern Gaza, stop the crime of genocide, impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, and to take all decisive measures to protect Palestinian civilians.

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Tens of thousands of Yemenis rally in solidarity with Gaza and Lebanon

Saturday 2-November-2024

SANA’A, (PIC)

Tens of thousands of Yemeni citizens rallied on Friday afternoon in several cities of the country, especially in San’a, in solidarity with the war-torn Gaza Strip and Lebanon, whose peoples are facing a devastating Israeli war of extermination with full US support.

The demonstrations were organized following the Friday prayer in several cities, including San’a, S'ada, 'Hajjah, Al-Jawf, Dthamar, Al-Mahwit, Raymah, Ibb, Al-Baydha, Al-Dali, La'hj, 'Hudayida, and Ta'iz.

The participants carried flags of Yemen, Palestine and Lebanon and pictures of 'Hamas and 'Hizbullah leaders, and chanted slogans in support of Gaza and Lebanon.

In a joint statement, the organizers of the protests highlighted Yemen’s readiness to respond to any Zio-American escalation regardless of the sacrifices and challenges.

The statement applauded the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance factions for inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

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Guterres: Israeli occupation army’s killing of journalists in Gaza “unacceptable”

Saturday 2-November-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, “The Israeli army’s killing of journalists in the Gaza Strip is unacceptable.”

Guterres added that “the war on Gaza completed its first year last month,” stressing that the deteriorating situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Israeli military operations, the construction of settlements and the increasing intensity of settler attacks continue to weaken the possibility of reaching a two-state solution.

Guterres criticized the continued “Israeli ban”, which prevents international journalists from entering Gaza, noting that “journalists in the Strip are being killed at an unprecedented level in any past conflict.”

He stressed that “journalists covering developments in the occupied West Bank were also killed or injured by the Israeli army,” stressing that “this situation is unacceptable.”

The Government Media Office in Gaza had earlier announced that the number of martyrs among journalists in the Strip has mounted to 183 since October 7, 2023.

Meanwhile, the Forum of Palestinian Journalists said in a statement on Saturday that the international inaction for prosecuting Israel and holding it accountable for murdering journalists and targeting civilians in Gaza, paved the way for committing more crimes against Palestinian journalists and media institutions over more than a year of its genocidal war in the Strip.

In a press statement on the occasion of the International Day to end impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, which falls on the second of November, the Forum said the Israeli occupation crimes against journalists affected 183 journalists and hundreds of their families.

It also called on concerned international bodies to take serious and decisive measures to hold the Israeli occupation accountable for its grave crimes against Palestinian journalists in order to put an end to its continuous impunity.

The Forum called for obliging the Israeli occupation army to abide by international and humanitarian laws and conventions that stipulate for the protection of journalists and media institutions during times of conflict.

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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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