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 396 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Palestinian Death Toll Rose to 43,391 and Injuries to 102,347, in Addition to 3,013 Martyrs and 13,553 Injured Civilians in Lebanon

November 5, 2024

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On Day 396 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 17 Palestinians Killed, 86 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  43,391 and 102,347 Injuries, by November 5, 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 5, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 53,391+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (43,391), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By November 5, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 102,347.

By November 6, 2024, 777 Palestinians who were killed, 6,532 who were injured, and 11,737, 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 5, 2024, according to initial reports, 37 Lebanese civilians were killed, 105 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 3,050 fatalities and more than 13,658 injuries.

Since September 23, 2024, the Lebanese death toll rose to 2,108 and the injuries to 6,710. 

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Palestinian elderly, Abdullah Muhammed Al-Sa'di, was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jineen, on November 6, 2024.	20 Lebanese civilians were killed,14 were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house, in the town of Barja in Mount Lebanon, November 6, 2024.
An Israeli court issued a three-year prison sentence against Al-Shaikh Jamal Mustafa, a mosque imam, for criticizing the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, November 5, 2024.	ICC chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, urges timely action on war crimes in Gaza, particularly arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli war criminals, November 6, 2024.
Performing funeral prayer on the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, November 7, 2024.	Carrying the injured Palestinian family members, who were victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, to Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, November 7, 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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Lebanon: 3,050 people killed, 13,658 injured in Israeli attacks

Wednesday 6-November-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday evening that the death toll in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon has risen to 3,050.

The Ministry further pointed out that 13,658 people were wounded since the start of the Israeli aggression on the country.

Over the past 24 hours, 37 people were killed and 105 injured in massive Israeli attacks.

Since September 23, Israel has been escalating its war on Lebanon, with unprecedented airstrikes targeting civilian areas.

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‎Israeli aggression on Lebanon enters its 45th day

Wednesday 6-November-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army continued on Wednesday its bloody war on Lebanon for the 45th day, launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling on various regions in the country along with a ground invasion into several villages in the south amid fierce resistance from 'Hizbullah.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Israeli massacre that was carried out in the town of Barja in Mount Lebanon Governorate surged to 20 martyrs and 14 wounded.

For its part, the Civil Defense in Beirut said its teams are still working on removing the rubble of the targeted building in search of the missing, adding that a woman was also martyred in the Israeli airstrike that targeted the Al-Jiya town near Sidon.

Three people were martyred in a raid on the town of Hortaala in the Biqaa', while two others were martyred and a third was wounded in a raid on the town of Talya in the Biqaa', the Civil Defense elaborated.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, by November 4, 2024, the total number of martyrs and wounded since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression on Lebanon, on October 8, 2023, has mounted to 3,013 martyrs and 13,553 wounded.

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

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On November 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 17 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 86 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 43,391 and the injuries to 102,347, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 43,391 martyrs

Tuesday 5-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 103 civilians, while a large number of victims 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 17 martyrs and 86 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 43,391 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 102,347 people.

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

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

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 397

Wednesday 6-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 397th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

The Israeli army’s large-scale genocidal campaign in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalya and Bait Lahya, has entered day 33, where its forces continue to intensively bomb homes and shelters and attack civilians.

According to local sources, 15 civilians were massacred when the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Sayid in Al-Fakhoura area, south of Bait Lahya, north of Gaza.

The Israeli army also bombed the 'Haleema as-Sadiya School in Jabalya Al-Nazla, north of Gaza, killing and injuring a number of displaced people.

Five citizens were killed and others were injured in another Israeli attack on a house in Bait Lahya.

In central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a house in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp claimed the lives of six citizens, including two women and three children.

Another attack on a house belonging to the family of Al-Zuhd in the same refugee camp killed eight people, including two women, five kids and one man.

At least two women were killed and others were injured in an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of Abu Daqqa in Al-Fakhari town, southeast of Khan Younus in southern Gaza. Others are still buried under the rubble.

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

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Appeals to save people trapped alive under rubble in northern Gaza

Tuesday 5-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Civil Defense Society (PCDS) reported on Tuesday that it has received numerous appeals regarding people trapped alive under rubble from homes and residential buildings destroyed by the Israeli army in Bait Lahya, northern Gaza.

“We are receiving urgent pleas about the presence of survivors under the debris of some homes and residential buildings that were demolished by the Israeli occupation (forces) in the Bait Lahya project area in northern Gaza,” said PCDS in a statement.

It urged “international human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to allow access for rescue teams and work to save those trapped beneath the rubble.”

It also warned of the continued “international silence regarding the Israeli aggression and arrogance, which could lead to the execution of living citizens trapped under the rubble of their destroyed homes,” which he called a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”

The Civil Defense added, “Citizens in northern Gaza are facing death and Israeli extermination in silence, while the occupation has entirely disrupted our teams’ operations, confiscated their vehicles and equipment, displaced them, and arrested some.”

The agency noted that for the 14th consecutive day, the Israeli army has prevented teams from conducting their operations in northern Gaza.

For his part, World Food Program (WFP) Country Director in Palestine, Matthew Hollingworth raised concerns about food security and famine in the Gaza Strip.

He further warned that 90% of the Northern Gaza population is without food.

“We work with UNRWA to provide assistance in Gaza City,” he said, adding that all humanitarians are concerned about what is happening with UNRWA.

At least 54 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn Tuesday. Of those, 39 were in northern Gaza, where Israel launched a major air and ground assault about a month ago. 

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11,923 Palestinian students martyred, 497 educational structures bombed since October 7

Tuesday 5-November-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 11,923 students have been killed and 19,199 others have been injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

The education ministry explained, in a statement on Tuesday, that the number of students who have been martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression surged to more than 11,808, and the number of those who were injured to 18,596, while 115 students have been killed and 603 others injured in the West Bank in addition to the arrest of 450 students.

The ministry pointed out that 561 teachers and administrative staff have since then been martyred, and 3,729 others injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with more than 148 others arrested in the West Bank.

It stated that 341 educational structures including universities, governmental schools, and other affiliated buildings as well as 65 UNRWA schools have been bombed in the Gaza Strip, with 138 of which severely damaged, 77 others completely destroyed, and 84 schools and seven universities in the West Bank stormed and sabotaged.

The Israeli occupation army’s repeated raids on the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem spread fears among school children.

The ministry confirmed that 788,000 students in Gaza have been deprived of enrollment in their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma, facing difficult health conditions. 

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‎4 dead and 17 injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the central Gaza Strip‎

‎Gaza 6-11-2024 Wafa -

Four citizens, including a father and his son, were killed and others were injured, on Wednesday evening, in a raid launched by the Israeli occupation warplanes on a house in the new camp, north of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.‎

‎Wafa correspondents reported that four citizens, including Shadi Al-Sanea and his son, the child Hossam, were killed, and 17 others were wounded in a raid launched by the occupation warplanes on a house belonging to the Al-Sanea family in Al-Rahma neighborhood in the new camp, north of Al-Nuseirat camp, and they were transferred to Al-Awda Hospital, while the search work is still underway for missing persons under the rubble.‎

‎H.S., SAR‎

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

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‎Martyr, house siege and arrests during the ongoing occupation aggression on Jineen‎

‎Jenin 6-11-2024 Wafa -

 A Palestinian citizen was killed by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets on Wednesday evening, during their continuous aggression on the city of Jineen and its refugee camp.‎

‎The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that a civilian was wounded by three bullets in the Sa'da Forest in Jineen, described as critical, and was taken to hospital. ‎‎Ibn Sina Hospital reported that a serious injury was received by Israeli bullets in the thigh.‎

‎Later, Ibn Sina Hospital and the Ministry of Health announced the death of Abdullah Muhammed Al-Sa'di (53 years old) from his critical injuries, bringing the number of martyrs in Jenin governorate within 48 hours to 7, and in the West Bank to 10 martyrs.‎

‎‎The occupying forces surrounded a house in Horsh al-Sa'ada. ‎‎Local sources told Wafa that the occupation forces surrounded the family home of the martyr Amjad Al-Qunairi in Horsh Al-Saada, and asked through loudspeakers from Ibrahim's sister to surrender himself, and fired directly towards the house, amid the flight of a drone over the house.‎

‎The sources added that the occupation forces arrested the two brothers, Ahmed and Ziad Al-Qunairi, before withdrawing from the vicinity of the house.‎

‎Subsequently, the Israeli occupation forces raided the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, amid heavy and indiscriminate shooting, in conjunction with the Israeli occupation forces pushing military reinforcements to the city from Salem military checkpoint.‎

‎The Civil Defense crews rushed to Jenin camp to put out a fire that broke out in a house during the continuous occupation incursion into the camp and the city since this morning.‎

‎Local sources told Wafa that the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from Jenin refugee camp while they were in the German neighborhood of the city.‎

‎With the martyrdom of Al-Sa'di, the number of martyrs in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since the beginning of the comprehensive occupation aggression against our people on October 7, 2023, rises to 777 martyrs, including 167 children.‎

‎F.E‎‎./‎‎A.F.‎‎ ‎

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IOFs shoot a Palestinian young man after ramming Israeli settlers in northern Ramallah

Wednesday 6-November-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) shot a Palestinian young man after allegedly carrying out a ramming and a stabbing attack against Israeli settlers, injuring two of them on Wednesday evening at the entrance of the illegal Israeli settlement of Shilo, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

According to the Hebrew media, the IOFs shot the alleged attacker and left him bleeding on the road.

Local sources reported that the IOFs prevented Palestinian ambulance crews from reaching the site and rescuing the wounded young man who was left bleeding.

The IOFs deployed their reinforcements in large numbers around the site of the incident, prevented vehicles from passing, and diverted traffic towards other roads.

Meanwhile, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles on the road linking Nablus to Ramallah.

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Three Palestinians killed by IOFs gunfire in southern Jineen

Tuesday 5-November-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

Three Palestinian young men were martyred on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at them in Qabatya town, south of Jineen.

The Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews evacuated two martyrs to hospital after Israeli forces showered the car they were in with bullets in Qabatya.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car after deliberately ramming it with a military vehicle to force it to stop, killing two passengers inside it.

A third young man was also shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers during the same raid. The soldiers opened fire at him while he was standing on the roof of his home in the town, critically injuring him.

Their death has brought to seven the number of the citizens killed today by the IOFs in the West Bank.

Earlier today, four citizens were martyred in Israeli attacks on a car in Jenin and a house in Toubas.

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Palestinian injured, others kidnaped in IOFs raids in the West Bank

Wednesday 6-November-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Wednesday a number of Palestinian citizens and opened fire at another one during raids in the West Bank.

According to local sources, one young man was injured in his leg when Israeli forces opened fire at him in Abu Shukhaydim village, northwest of Ramallah.

The IOFs also raided many homes in the west and east of Ramallah, with no reported kidnappings.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped a wounded young man from his home in Balata Al-Balad area, east of the city, following an hours-long raid.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the Madama village in southern Nablus, where they broke into and ransacked dozens of homes and used some of them as interrogation centers and military posts.

Local sources said that the IOFs raid in Madama village lasted for 19 hours, during which the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped and interrogated over 24 citizens before releasing most of them except for two persons.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from Al-Baladiya suburb two days after releasing him form Israeli occupation  jails, where he spent one year in administrative detention.

At dawn, the Israeli occupation forces stormed Jineen City and its refugee camp, raided homes and wreaked havoc on public and private property using bulldozers.

The IOFs also stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

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Palestinian cameraman wounded in IOFs raid in southern Jineen

Wednesday 6-November-2024

JENIN, (PIC)

A Palestinian cameraman was wounded during the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOFs) raid in Qabatya village to the south of Jenin on Tuesday evening.

Eyewitnesses reported that Rabee' Al-Muneer, working as a cameraman for Al-Arabi A-Jadeed TV, was hit with a live bullet in his abdomen while covering the IOFs raid in Qabatya.

They added that a Palestinian ambulance transferred Muneer to a clinic in Qabatya where his condition was described as “moderate”.

Three Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in the IOFs raid in the village.

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An  Israeli occupation apartheid regime court jails a Jerusalemite mosque imam for three years, for criticizing the Israeli occupation apartheid regime

Wednesday 6-November-2024

Al-Quds (0ccupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

An Israeli occupation apartheid regime court in Al-Quds (0ccupied Jerusalem) issued on Tuesday a three-year prison sentence against Al-Shaikh Jamal Mustafa, a mosque imam, on allegations of incitement, while the Israeli municipality demolished five homes in the Silwan district.

Al-Shaikh Mustafa, a noted mosque imam in Al-'Eisawiya, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police, who accused him of incitement during one of his khutbas (sermons) (sermons).

He was kidnapped at the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, October 15, 2023. During his detention, he was reportedly exposed to maltreatment.

In addition to Al-Shikh Mustafa, the Israeli police jailed two other Jerusalemite mosque imams on a similar charge following the October 7 events in Gaza.

In a separate incident, the Israeli police kidnaped two brothers from the family of Al-Ruwaidi after the Israeli municipality embarked on demolishing five houses belonging to the family in Al-Bustan neighborhood in Al-Quds (0ccupied Jerusalem) district of Silwan.

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Several suffocate due to Israeli army teargas in southern West Bank village

BETHLEHEM, November 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians suffocated Wednesday evening due to Israeli army teargas in al-Khader town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to local sources.

They said that the occupation forces barged their way into the town, where they deployed in the vicinity of the local mosque and the Tell area, simultaneously while firing barrages of concussion grenades and teargas canisters towards the villagers, causing a number to suffocate.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli colonist attempt to run over Palestinian in Hebron

HEBRON, November 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

An Israeli colonist Wednesday attempted to run over a Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Yasser Abu Markhiya, 52, told WAFA that an Israeli colonist driving a car attempted to deliberately run him over in the Hebron neighbourhood of Tal Rumeida.

Abu Markhiya added that he was subjected to an attempted car-ramming attack by the colonist as he was along with a group of children preparing for a children's entertainment activity, scheduled to be organized by the “Farah w Marah" children's program tomorrow, Thursday, at the Ibrahim al-Khalil Society in the neighbourhood.

He pointed out that the colonist’s car slammed into the cart he was pushing in the neighbourhood, only inflicting wounds in his foot and causing damage to the cart, while the children managed to escape from the attempted attack.

The Palestinian neighbourhood is located in the Israeli-controlled area of the old town, known as H2, where several hundred extremist Jewish settlers are based. Israel heavily restricts the movement and activity of Palestinians in the H2 area while allowing the settlers free movement and access.

The city of Hebron, which houses the Ibrahimi Mosque, is home to roughly 160,000 Palestinian Muslims and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in compounds heavily guarded by Israeli troops.

Israel has expelled the only international monitors protecting Hebron’s Palestinians from 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment.

K.F.

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Israeli forces demolish residential structure north of Jericho

JERICHO, November 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday demolished a Palestinian-owned residential structure near al-Jiftlik village, north of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to a human rights activist.

Aref Daraghmeh said that the occupation forces escorted a bulldozer to the al-Makhruq locality, north of the village, where the heavy machinery tore down a 120-square-meter structure belonging to Issam Suleiman 20 days after handing him a demolition order.

K.F.

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Israeli forces erect checkpoint at entrance of northern West Bank village

QALQILYA, November 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the an-Nabi Elyas village, east of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to local sources.

They said that the occupation soldiers set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, stopping Palestinian-licensed vehicles and inspecting passengers’ ID cards.

Israel severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of over 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads and various other physical obstructions.

Closures besides other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 57-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

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The IOAR escalates its demolition operations in the holy city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 6-November-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Palestinian Governorate said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) escalated its demolition and bulldozing operations in the holy city as part of a Judaization campaign aimed at emptying the city’s neighborhoods of their residents.

In a statement, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate pointed out that the IOF demolished on Tuesday several Palestinian homes, displaced their residents, bulldozed walls and roads, and uprooted trees in Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque.

The Governorate warned that Israel’s demolition and Judaization campaigns in Jerusalem are aimed at imposing a new fait accompli in the city that threatens the existence and stability of the native residents.

The Governorate accused the Israeli occupation regime of exploiting the international preoccupation with the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to carry out its Judaization schemes in Jerusalem and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Governorate appealed to the international community and its human rights organizations to take urgent action to stop Israel’s crimes against the Madisi (Jerusalemite) people and protect their historical and humanitarian rights.

According to the Governorate, the Israeli occupation authority has demolished about 360 Palestinian homes and structures since October 7, 2023 in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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ICC chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, urges timely action on war crimes in Gaza, particularly arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli war criminals

Tuesday 5-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) defended his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, emphasizing the need for timely action in investigating war crimes in Gaza.

“Should I wait until everybody’s dead?” Karim Khan said in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel, dismissing claims of hasty decision-making regarding arrest warrants for Israeli politicians and three Hamas leaders.

“If your father, your mother, your grandfather was a hostage, would you really want me to wait? If this was your child or your sister blown to bits, would you want me to wait?” he said, stressing the importance of immediate legal intervention in ongoing conflicts.

“We shouldn’t indulge ourselves into thinking that the suffering of people is something to comment on in the future. The law must be felt in real time. If you are a firefighter, you don’t wait until the house is burned down and the neighborhood is in flames,” he said.

The ICC, established in 2002, investigates and prosecutes individuals for international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

In May, Khan issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his war minister Yoav Gallant following a months-long investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza genocide.

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Francesca Albanese: Don not call it war, it is a genocide

Wednesday 6-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, said on Tuesday “what’s happening in Gaza of systematic starvation and deliberate destruction is not a war, but a genocide.”

Albanese shared a UN report on her X account stating that last month Israel allowed only 30 aid trucks per day to enter the Gaza Strip.

She pointed out that “there are many ways in which Israel is destroying the Palestinians in Gaza. Creating unsustainable and inhumane conditions of life is the most complex and cruel.”

“Don’t call it war. It’s genocide. The intent to destroy is evident. the complicity of other states is unequivocal,” Albanese said.

On Monday, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that Israel had reduced the number of aid trucks allowed into the Gaza Strip to only 30 trucks per day during last October.

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UNICEF: Thousands in northern Gaza denied polio vaccination

Wednesday 6-November-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kadthim Abu Khalaf, confirmed that thousands of children in northern Gaza have been deprived of their right to be vaccinated against polio due to the Israeli siege and ongoing aggression in the area.

Abu Khalaf warned about the dangers of abandoning the northern Gaza Strip’s polio vaccination campaign.

He pointed out that the second phase is now suspended in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates due to the Israeli military operations that have escalated early October (2024), “so we decided to postpone it despite the seriousness of the decision.”

More than 105,000 children were denied the second stage of the “polio” dose, Abu Khalaf explained, adding that “the postponement means increasing the time interval between the first and second rounds of vaccination, and this would affect the expected benefit of completing the vaccination in two rounds.”

Given the devastation of the health and medical sector and the spread of diseases, the UNICEF spokesperson stated that “we are racing against time to address the matter and limit the spread of this virus.”

He further said that “the Israeli occupation’s targeting campaign of UNRWA adds to the complexity of the Gaza scene and casts a dark shadow over the entire humanitarian response effort.”

More than a million people rely on UNRWA’s services, he explained.

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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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