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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 341 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 64 Palestinians Killed, 104 Injured, with a Death Toll of  41,084 and 95,029 Injuries

September 11, 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 11, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 51,084+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (41,084), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By September 11, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 95,029.

By September 11, 2024, 690 Palestinians who were killed, 5,505 who were injured, and 10,517, 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 Israeli occupation army admitted on Wednesday the death of two soldiers and the injury of seven others, after the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in Rafa'h, on September 11, 2024. The 'Hamas leader, Ya'hya Al-Sinwar, congratulated the Algerian President, Abdul Majeed Tebboun, on his re-election and regaining the trust of the Algerian people, September 11, 2024.

Israeli occupation forces impersonating relief organizations to get information about Palestinian resistance, in order to bomb homes and neighborhoods, September 11, 2024.

Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their vehicle, in Toulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, September 11, 2024.
64 Palestinians were killed, 104 were injured, in 4 massacres, perpetrated by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on September 11, 2024. President Biden repeated the Israeli false claim of killing of the American solidarity activist Aisha Nour Izgi, as it was by by a mistake, by a ricocheted bullet, September 11, 2024 pic
Five Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli genocidal drone attack that targeted a group of citizens near Al-Taw'heed Mosque in Toubas, on September 11, 2024. Funeral Procession of the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on the UNRWA Al-Ja'ouni school, in Al-Nusayrat, on September 11, 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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Al-Sinwar congratulates Algerian President on re-election

Wednesday 11-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The head of the political bureau of 'Hamas, Ya'hya Al-Sinwar, congratulated on Tuesday the Algerian President Abdul Majeed Tebboun, on his re-election as the President of Algeria and regaining the trust of the Algerian people to lead the country.

In his congratulation statement, Al-Sinwar pointed to the heroic epic the Palestinian people are waging despite the ongoing Israeli war of genocide, and the barbarism of the Nazi Zionist occupation against civilians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and the 1948 occupied Palestine, in violation of the international laws and conventions.

The 'Hamas chief renewed his appreciation for the Algerian role in standing with the Palestinian people and defending their rights in international forums, calling on the Algerians to continue and develop their supportive position to enhance the Palestinians’ resilience and resistance, to be able to stop the brutal aggression, defeat the Israeli occupation regime, and achieve the dream of the Palestinian people of liberation, return, and the establishment of the independent state of Palestine with Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) as its capital.

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Two Israeli soldiers killed, seven others wounded in helicopter crash in Gaza

Wednesday 11-September-2024

NAZARETH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army admitted on Wednesday the death of two soldiers and the injury of seven others, four of whom seriously injured, after the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter while carrying out a mission to evacuate a wounded soldier in Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip, with the first fatal crash of its kind in 30 years.

The Israeli occupation army announced opening an investigation into the incident, claiming that initial information indicates that the helicopter crash “was not exposed to a hostile fire, and it appears that it happened due to a technical malfunction or human error.”

According to Walla Hebrew website, the Black Hawk helicopter constitutes the backbone of transport and rescue helicopters in the Israeli army, indicating that it can carry 14 to 22 soldiers.

The Yedioth Aharonot newspaper reported that the helicopter crash resulted in three critical and four moderate injuries, including the soldier who was supposed to be rescued.

The newspaper, however, said that the helicopter was on its way to save a soldier who was shot by a Palestinian sniper, pointing out that the helicopter arrived to evacuate the injured soldier after midnight, explaining that in the last stage of landing, the helicopter collided with the ground near the Philadelphia border corridor, and crashed for an unknown reason.

The newspaper pointed out that four helicopters recovered the wounded soldiers in an operation that lasted for hours early at dawn.

The newspaper quoted the Israeli army as saying that the crash of the helicopter was the first of its kind since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip, but it is not the first incident of a helicopter damage.

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Palestinian Interior Ministry warns: Israeli occupation forces impersonating relief organizations to get information about Palestinian resistance, in order to bomb homes and neighborhoods

Wednesday 11-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security urged citizens in the Gaza Strip to be cautious about providing any information or data to individuals on the phone claiming to work for charitable organizations or relief institutions, who request detailed information about their residences and family members or neighbors under the pretext of providing assistance, packages, or financial amounts.

The ministry confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the provision of information or updating data with institutions and associations active in relief work is strictly done through face-to-face interviews or at the known offices of those organizations.

It warned that investigations conducted by relevant authorities have revealed that many of the targeted attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation army on citizens’ homes during the previous period, which resulted in martyrs and injuries, were conducted based on information provided via mobile phone to the Israeli intelligence services impersonating known local and international relief organizations.

It indicated that the authorized entities collecting data for the purpose of providing assistance to citizens and displaced persons do so through face-to-face interviews, not via mobile phone.

The ministry urged citizens not to respond to any calls they receive in this context, regardless of the institution’s name, even if it claims to be a governmental entity. It also called on local media, Palestinian radio stations, and social media activists to contribute to raising awareness among citizens in this regard.

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'Hamas: Biden’s statements on the killing of the American solidarity activist unacceptable

Wednesday 11-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement condemned the statements made by US President Joe Biden regarding the killing of the American solidarity activist Aisha Nour Izgi, in which he justified her killing by one of the Israeli soldiers south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

“In continuation of the blind and unlimited support of the US administration of the Zionist entity, US President Joe Biden made flawed and irresponsible statements about the killing of the American activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, at the hands of the Zionist occupation forces,” the Movement said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

President Biden justified Aysenur’s killing by saying that she was killed by mistake as a result of being hit by a bullet that ricocheted back to her after hitting the ground, while he denounces, threatens, and takes immediate action when it comes to false accusations directed at the Palestinian resistance, the statement reads.

“These statements that absolve the occupation of responsibility for the deliberate killing of the American activist are a continuation of the racist policy pursued by the US administration, even towards its citizens according to their religion, color, race, and the party that killed them.”

“These statements also contradict the statements of a number of US officials, including US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who expressed his deep concern that according to the initial investigation conducted by the army, the shooting by the occupation army soldiers led to the killing of an American citizen in the West Bank without justification and without any provocation on her part.”

The Movement called on the US administration to immediately stop this biased policy that has brought nothing but death, destruction, insecurity, and instability to the region, and to take immediate measures to hold accountable the war criminals who have been spreading death everywhere in the Palestinian territories for more than 11 months.

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South Africa prepares to present evidence of Israeli crimes in Palestine

Wednesday 11-September-2024

CAPE TOWN, (PIC)

The Presidency of South Africa announced that it will submit a memorandum to the International Court of Justice next month, documenting facts and evidence proving that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Palestine. The Arab states have agreed to support this case.

The presidency stated in a post on its official website that this case will continue until the court issues its ruling, expressing hope that Israel will comply with the interim orders issued by the court so far.

According to Axios news site, the Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a confidential cable to its embassy in Washington and to all consulates in the United States regarding South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice.

Axios reported that the cable urged the embassy and consulates to work immediately with legislators, governors, and Jewish organizations to pressure South Africa to change its policies toward Israel.

The site also indicated that Israel is exerting pressure on members of the U.S. Congress. Israeli diplomats were directed to ask members of Congress and Jewish organizations in the United States to communicate directly with South African diplomats in the U.S. and clarify that South Africa would pay a heavy price if it did not change its policy.

In parallel, an Arab foreign ministers’ meeting held in Cairo on Tuesday witnessed agreement among Arab countries to officially intervene to support the case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

The final statement from the meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of foreign ministers noted that “the member states of the Arab League, parties to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, agreed to officially intervene to support the case brought by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice.”

South Africa resorted to the International Court of Justice at the end of December, 2023, filing a complaint accusing Israel of violating the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was established in 1948, in its attack on the Gaza Strip.

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

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On September 11, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 4 main massacres, in which 64 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 104 others were injured, in the past 48 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 41,084 and the injuries to 95,029, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: 64 Palestinians martyred, 104 injured in the past 24 hours in Gaza

Wednesday 11-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army committed four massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing 64 citizens and injuring 104 others.

It added in a statement that an unidentified number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

The ministry said that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardment and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 41,084 and the number of the wounded surged to 95,029.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 341

Wednesday 11-September-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 341 on Wednesday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and shelter centers and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours.

13 Palestinians were killed, including two women and eight children, while dozens more were injured, after the Israeli forces bombed the Al-Qara family house in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younus.

The victims were identified as Mu'hammed 'Hamdan Al-Qarra, his wife Maha Talal Abu Ridha, and their children.

A fisherman was also killed after being targeted by Israeli war boats off the coast of Khan Younus.

Four more citizens were killed and several others were injured after Israeli aircraft bombed the Abu 'Ataiwi family house in Al-Nusayirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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Civilian casualties in Israeli airstrike targeting school sheltering displaced persons in central Gaza

GAZA, September 11, 2024 (WAFA) -

A number of civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday evening in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Nusayirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, at least nine civilians were killed, mostly children and women, and many more were injured in an Israeli air raid that targeted Al-Ja'ouni UNRWA school, where displaced people are seeking shelter.

On 10 August, more than 100 civilians were killed and 150 others were injured in an Israeli rocket shelling fired directly against displaced civilians at Al-Rabeen school in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

Also on August 4, At least 30 civilians were killed and dozens others were injured, mostly children, in the occupation’s bombardment of Al-Nasr and 'Hasan Salama schools west of Gaza City.

On August 3rd, 16 civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted the 'Hamama School in the Gaza neighborhood of Al-Shaikh Radhwan, where displaced persons are taking shelter.

Since the start of the occupation’s aggression on October 7, 2023, at least 41,020 civilians, mostly children and women, have been killed and some 94,925 have been injured.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks and the massive amount of debris.

T.R. 

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Four Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing in Rafa'h

GAZA, September 11, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Four Palestinians were killed and 15 others were injured on Wednesday as a result of the Israeli occupation bombing of a house in Rafa'h city.

Local sources reported that the occupation aircraft bombed a house owned by Abu Shallouf family in Al-Mawasi area of ​​Rafa'h, which led to the killing of four citizens and the injury of 15 others.

Israeli occupation artillery shelling was renewed in the vicinity of Al-Dawla intersection, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, in conjunction with Israeli firing of smoke and sound shells towards the southeastern areas of the neighborhood.

The occupation drones also opened fire in Sabra neighborhood, and Al-Musallaba and 'Hasan Al-Banna areas in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023, 41,020 Palestinians have been killed, most of them children and women, and 94,925 others have been injured. Rescue teams are still facing great difficulties in reaching thousands of victims who are still under the rubble or on the streets.

K.T.

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

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Three Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike in Toulkarm

Wednesday 11-September-2024

Toulkarm, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were killed on Wednesday evening in an Israeli air strike in Toulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that three Palestinians were killed in a drone attack on a vehicle near 'Izbet Al-'Hajj Mas'oud area, located between Iktaba and Shuwaika towns in Toulkarm.

The Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Jineen and Toulkarm last Friday after a 10-day attack that resulted in the killing and injury of dozens of Palestinians.

Since October 2023, more than 690 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including more than 150 children. 10,400 others were detained.  

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5 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone attack in Toubas

Wednesday 11-September-2024

Toubas, (PIC)

Five Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli genocidal drone attack that targeted a group of citizens near Al-Taw'heed Mosque in Toubas at dawn Wednesday.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported in a statement that its crews were able to retrieve the bodies of the five martyrs from the bombing site and transfer them to the hospital.

The martyrs were identified as: Mu'hammed Sa'eed 'Husain Sawafta, 19, Majd Burhan Jameel Sawafta, 23, Qays Sa-ib Ratib Sawafta, 24, Yaseen A'hmed 'Ali Sawafta, 22, and Talab Ma'hmoud Jameel Bisharat, 18.

Following the attack, the Israeli occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the Toubas Turkish Governmental Hospital.

The bombing came as Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale aggression on the city amid a total curfew.

This military raid was accompanied by intensive flights of reconnaissance planes and helicopters at low altitudes over the governorate.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap 30 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, September, 11, 2024 (WAFA) – 

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

The kidnapees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoners Society said in a joint statement that the detention operations were concentrated in the city of Hebron, while the others took place across the governorates of Ramallah, ,Bethlehem, and Jenin, accompanied by widespread raids and abuse, assaults and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to vandalism and destruction of citizens' homes.

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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Two Palestinians injured, one critically, from Israeli gunfire southeast of Toubas

Toubas, September, 10, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinians today were injured, one critically, by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Tammoun, southeast of Toubas, during the ongoing aggression on the city of Toubas and the town of Tammoun.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that two young men were injured by live bullets in the town of Tammoun, one of them was critically injured in the chest and was transferred to An-Najah Hospital in the city of Nablus,

The another young man was injured by live bullets in the back and was transferred to Toubas Turkish Governmental Hospital for medical treatment.

The town of Tammoun has been witnessing a continuous incursion by the occupation forces since the early morning, coinciding with the aggression on the city of Tubas.

Y.S.

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Toubas: Israeli aircraft targets and kills five Palestinians near mosque

TUBAS, September 11, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Five Palestinian citizens were killed at dawn on Wednesday in an airstrike carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft targeting a group of citizens near Al-Taw'heed Mosque in the city of Tubas.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that its crews were able to retrieve the bodies of five people from the bombing site, where they were transferred to the hospital, while the occupation forces prevented ambulances from reaching the targeted site.

The slain youths were identified to be Mu'hammed Sa'eed 'Husain Sawafta, 19, Majd Burhan Jameel Sawafta, 23, Qays Sa-ib Ratib Sawafta, 24, Yaseen A'hmed 'Ali Sawafta, 22, and Talab Ma'hmoud Jameel Bisharat, 18.

This bombing comes as part of an escalation campaign launched by the occupation forces on the city of Tubas, which saw a large-scale storming of its outskirts and neighborhoods in the early hours of dawn, as the occupation forces declared a curfew on the city, and deployed in its northern areas.

The raid was accompanied by intensive flying of reconnaissance planes and helicopters at low altitudes over the governorate.

In another escalation, the occupation forces surrounded the Tubas Turkish Governmental Hospital on the northern outskirts of the city, where they closed the roads leading to it and prevented ambulances from reaching the hospital.

They also deployed soldiers around the city, which led to an escalation of tension among the residents.

The occupation operations were not limited to the city of Tubas only, as local sources reported that the occupation forces later stormed the town of Tammoun, southeast of Tubas, as part of what appears to be a large-scale aggression against the governorate.

This shelling and raid comes within a series of ongoing Israeli escalations in the West Bank, which has recently saw extensive raids and attacks in various Palestinian cities.

Yesterday evening, the occupation forces stormed the city of Toulkarm and its two camps, resulting in the killing of two civilians and the injury of ten others with several injuries.

K.T. 

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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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Illegal Israeli settlers set thousands of Palestinian olive trees on fire south of Nablus

Wednesday 11-September-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A group of the illegal extremist Israeli settlers raided large areas of Palestinian lands in the village of Bureen, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Wednesday and torched olive trees.

Nimr Al-Tirawi, a resident of the town, reported that Israeli occupation forces prevented the citizens from reaching their lands to put out the fire.

Al-Tirawi pointed out that the fire burnt thousands of olive trees and extended to large areas of land, adding that the fire is still blazing until the moment of writing this news, according to Sanad news agency.

The West Bank towns which are surrounded by Israeli illegal settlements are continuously subjected to Israeli settlers’ attacks and violations. 

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Several Palestinians suffocated during confrontations with Israeli occupation soldiers near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), September, 11, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinians suffered from suffocation, on Wednesday evening, during the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the village of 'Housan, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The director of the 'Housan village council said that an occupation army force stormed the village and fired sound bombs and toxic tear gas towards local residents, causing them to suffer from suffocation due to inhaling the toxic gas.

The occupation soldiers also deployed on the rooftop of a house in the area and turned it into a military observation point.

The village of 'Housan is subjected to daily raids by the occupation forces, especially Al-Matina area, where the occupation soldiers fire bullets, sound bombs and toxic gas at the citizens and their homes and proprieties.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinian citizens' vehicles south of Nablus

NABLUS, September 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Wednesday night Palestinian citizens' vehicles near the village of Burin, south of Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources said that colonists attacked the vehicles of Palestinian citizens driving near the village of Burin with stones. No injuries or damage to cars were reported.

Earlier in the morning, a group of colonists attacked the outskirts of the village of Burin and set fire to residents’ lands.

The illegal extremist Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish a Palestinian house and three commercial shops, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September, 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today demolished a house and three commercial shops in the town of Biddu, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the town and demolished a house containing a private garden and a swimming pool belonging to the citizen Wa-il Al-Saifi, three shops, and a 150-meter-long retaining wall.

Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank last October, and in parallel with the unprecedented destruction of homes, buildings and facilities in the Strip, the demolition of citizens' homes has escalated, especially in the so-called Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the West Bank.

Data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission show that the occupation authorities carried out 62 demolition operations during the month of August.

Y.S.

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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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