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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
By September 8, 2024,
the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the
Israeli genocidal war on
Gaza
Strip is
50,972+.
This includes the accounted for deaths (40,972), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+).
ÈöÓúãö Çááåö ÇáÑøóÍúãóÜٰäö ÇáÑøóÍöíãö "ãöäú ÃóÌúáö Ðóٰáößó ßóÊóÈúäóÇ Úóáóìٰ Èóäöí ÅöÓúÑóÇÆöíáó Ãóäøóåõ ãóäú ÞóÊóáó äóÝúÓðÇ ÈöÛóíúÑö äóÝúÓò Ãóæú ÝóÓóÇÏò Ýöí ÇáúÃóÑúÖö ÝóßóÃóäøóãóÇ ÞóÊóáó ÇáäøóÇÓó ÌóãöíÚðÇ" (ÇáúãóÇÆöÏóÉõ ¡ 5: 32). "æóãóäú íóÞúÊõáú ãõÄúãöäðÇ ãøõÊóÚóãøöÏðÇ ÝóÌóÒóÇÄõåõ Ìóåóäøóãõ ÎóÇáöÏðÇ ÝöíåóÇ æóÛóÖöÈó Çááøóåõ Úóáóíúåö æóáóÚóäóåõ æóÃóÚóÏøó áóåõ ÚóÐóÇÈðÇ ÚóÙöíãðÇ" (ÇáäøöÓóÇÁõ ¡ 4: 93). "Åöäú ÃóÍúÓóäÊõãú ÃóÍúÓóäÊõãú áöÃóäÝõÓößõãú ۖ æóÅöäú ÃóÓóÃúÊõãú ÝóáóåóÇ ۚ " (ÇáÅÓúÑóÇÁõ ¡ 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). *** 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/ *** 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. *** ýAmerican solidarity family calls on Washington to conduct independent investigation into her murder ý ýRamallah 7-9-2024 Wafa - The family of Turkish-American solidarity activist, Aisha-Nour Eci, who was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers in the town of Baita, south of Nablus, demanded an independent investigation into her murder.ý ýAisha-Nour Egy, 26, was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier during her participation in the weekly demonstration against settlements in Beita town on Friday, and was transferred to Rafeedya Governmental Surgical Hospital in Nablus, where doctors announced her death from her critical injuries.ý ýHer family said in a statement: "She was abducted from our lives in vain, illegally and violently, by the Israeli armyýý."ý ý"Aisha Nour, an American citizen, was peacefully defending justice when she was killed by a bullet that video footage shows came from an Israeli army sniperýý," it said.ý ý"We appeal to President (Joe) Biden, Vice President (Kamala) Harris and Secretary of State (Antony) Blinken to issue instructions for an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a U.S. citizen and to verify full accountability for thoseýý ýýguiltyýý," theýý family statement said.ý ýEge was a member of the International Solidarity Movement with Our People, which she said was in Baita on Friday as part of a weekly demonstration against settlementsýý.ý ýThe International Solidarity Movement rejected Israeli allegations that activists threw stones at Israeli soldiers as "false".ý ý"Aisha Nour was more than 200 meters away from where the Israeli soldiers were stationed, and there was no confrontation in the minutes before she was killed," the organization said in a statement.ý ýTurkey said it was shot dead by the Israeli occupation soldiers, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the "brutal" act.ý ýWashington called Egy's death "tragic" and called on Israel to investigate. However, the victim's family has called for an independent investigationýý.ý ý ýý"Given the circumstances of Aisha Nour's murder, it is inappropriate to conduct an Israeli investigation," the family said.ý ýA.F.ý *** 3 Israeli border guards killed in shooting at the Karama Crossing Sunday 8-September-2024 WEST BANK, (PIC) Three Israeli border guards were killed on Sunday morning in a shooting attack by a Jordanian truck driver who was shot dead by other guards near the Karama (Allenby) Crossing connecting Jordan and the occupied West Bank. Hebrew media said that three Israelis guards were seriously injured in the shooting near the Crossing. Later, Israeli medics reported that the three injured Israelis had died from their wounds. According to the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, the three fatalities in the shooting at the Karama crossing were members of the security forces of the Israeli crossings authority. It was reported that the shooter was shot and left to bleed before confirmation of his martyrdom. The Israeli broadcasting authority mentioned that the military is investigating the possibility that the assailant was a Jordanian driver. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that a Jordanian truck driver, who came from Jordan to the crossing, drew a gun and opened fire on the Israelis in the cargo area. Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance factions praised the shooting operation carried out by the Jordanian driver near the Karama crossing, asserting that it was a painful blow to the Israeli security. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said in a statement that the execution of the operation at the Karama crossing, from point zero, is a painful strike against the Israeli security system and a fiery message from a Jordanian youth against the crimes of the occupation in Palestine. The Front emphasized that this operation is a legitimate response to the ongoing crimes perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside the prisons. It stressed that this operation proves the failure of the disastrous peace agreements in subduing Arab youth or undermining their national duties towards the Palestinian cause, highlighting that the brave Jordanian youth reflected the conscience of every Arab youth. It called on the Arab youth to emulate the Jordanian youth, engage in the battle of honor and dignity, and defend the Arab identity of Palestine and its oppressed people. For its part, the Palestinian Resistance Committees expressed its support for and endorsement of the shooting operation near the Karama crossing, noting that it occurred despite Israel’s heightened readiness and alertness, affirming the strength and significant effectiveness of the resistance. The Resistance Committees affirmed that the operation at the Karama crossing, with its renewed creativity, represents a new blow to the Israeli security system. *** *** Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces*** On September 8, 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 33 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 145 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 40,972 and the injuries to 94,761, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023. *** ýThe death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 40,972 and the injuries to 94,761 since the start of the aggressioný ýGaza 8-9-2024 Wafa - The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to ýý40,972ýý, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the seventh of last Octoberýý.ý ýThe same sources added that the toll of injuries has risen to ýý94,761 ýýsince the start of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.ý ýShe pointed out that the occupation forces committed 3 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of 33 ýýcitizens and the injury of 145 others, during the past 24 hours.ý ýA number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them, she said.ý ýS.Ký. *** US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 338 Sunday 8-September-2024 GAZA, (PIC) As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 338 on Sunday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians. Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and shelter centers and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours. According to media sources, the Israeli army bombed the house of Mu'hammed Mursi, deputy director of the civil defense service in northern Gaza, killing him along with his mother, two of his sons and one relative, and injuring others. The civil defense service mourned Mursi and his family, saying they were martyred following an Israeli airstrike on their home in Al-'Alami area in Jabalya. The Israeli occupation army also launched an artillery attack on the western area of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, injuring a number of civilians. More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today. *** ý5 martyrs from one family as a result of the Israeli occupation forces shelling of the Jabalya refugee campý ýGaza 8-9-2024 Wafa - 5 citizens were martyred, at dawn on Sunday, as a result of the Israeli occupation shelling of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.ý ýOur correspondent reported the death of five citizens of the Mursi family, after the occupation bombed a house in the Al-'Alami area of the camp, and they were transferred to Kamal 'Udwan Hospital.ý ýIsraeli artillery also fired shells at the northern areas of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression by land, sea and air on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of October 2023, resulting in the death of 40,939 citizens and the injury of 94,616 others, in an indefinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under rubble and in the roads and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.ý ýG.Z./ER.ý *** ýA woman and her child were killed in the occupation shelling southeast of Khan Younusý ýGaza 8-9-2024 Wafa - A woman and her child were martyred on Sunday evening in the Israeli shelling of Al-Manara neighborhood, southeast of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.ý ýAccording to local sources, a woman and her child were killed in the bombing of Israeli warplanes targeting a house adjacent to their house in Al-Manara neighborhood.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression by land, sea and air on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of October 2023, resulting in the death of 40,972 citizens and the injury of 94,761 others, in an indefinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under rubble and on the roads and cannot be reached by ambulance and rescue crews.ý ýM.A.ý *** ýSix martyrs in the occupation shelling of Al-Sabra and Rafa'h areaý ýGaza 8-9-2024 Wafa - On Sunday, four citizens were killed in the Israeli occupation shelling of a house in the Al-Sabra area, south of Gaza City.ý ýAccording to local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to Al-Qarout family in Al-Sabra area near Al-Istijaba Mosque, killing four civilians and wounding others.ý ýShe added that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a group of citizens in the town of Al-Shoka, east of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip, which led to the death of two civilians.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces fired directly at ambulances while they were trying to retrieve injuries from the Rafa'h Sea shore, as the Israeli occupation boats targeted the tents of the displaced on the beach, injuring a number of civilians.ý ýLocal sources indicated that the occupation warplanes bombed two houses of the Mu'ammar family and the Isla'h family in Al-Manara neighborhood, south of Khan Yunis, in conjunction with violent raids launched by the occupation warplanes on the same area.ý ýThe Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression by land, sea and air on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of October 2023, resulting in the death of 40,972 citizens and the injury of 94,761 others, in an indefinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under rubble and on the roads and cannot be reached by ambulance and rescue crews.ý ýM.A.ý *** Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces *** IOFs kidnap Palestinians in West Bank raids Sunday 8-September-2024 WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at dawn Sunday a number of Palestinian citizens in different areas of the West Bank. According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men from their homes in the towns of Al-Yamoun and 'Arraba in western Jineen. The IOFs also kidnapped a young man at the Allenby (King 'Husain) border crossing as he was en route to the West Bank from Jordan. In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a citizen and confiscated his car during raids in the towns of Al-Shuyoukh and Sa’ir. The IOFs also kidnapped and assaulted three young men in Al-Tabaqa village before releasing them later and another one from the nearby town of Doura in the west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron). In Nablus, a large number of Israeli troops stormed the Old City at dawn and clashed with resistance fighters, with no reported kidnappings. In Toulkarm, the IOFs stormed different towns in the north of the city and patrolled their streets. *** ýClashes erupt in Doura Al-Qar'a, northeast of Ramallahý ýRamallah 8-9-2024 Wafa - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Doura Al-Qar'a, northeast of Ramallah.ý ýAccording to local sources, a force of the occupation army positioned itself at the entrance to the village, which led to the outbreak of confrontations during which the soldiers fired sound bombs and poison gas, but no injuries were reported.ý ýSARý. *** ýIsraeli occupation forces kidnap at least 35 Palestinian citizensý ýRamallah 8-9-2024 Wafa - During the past two days, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 35 citizens from the West Bank, including former prisoners, in addition to summoning a female citizen.ý ýThe Prisoners' Club and the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement that the arrests were distributed over the majority of the West Bank governorates, while the occupation forces continue to carry out large-scale raids and abuses, attacks and threats against detainees and their families, during arrest campaigns, in addition to field investigations, and the destruction and destruction of citizens' homes.ý ýThe statement added that the Israeli occupation forces continue to implement systematic kidnapping campaigns, as one of the most prominent consistent policies, which have escalated in an unprecedented manner since the start of the ongoing war of extermination, not only in terms of the level of the number of detainees, but also in terms of the level of crimes they commit.ý ýM.A.ý *** ýThe Israeli occupation forces kidnap eight Palestinian citizens from Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorateý ýAl-Khaleel (Hebron), 8-9-2024 Wafa - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested eight citizens from Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorate, and searched several homes.ý ýSecurity sources told Wafa that the occupation forces raided several neighborhoods in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), kidnapped 'Abdul Wadood Al-Natsha, Iyad Tawfeeq Nassar, and from the town of Yatta in the south, arrested three brothers: Mu'hammed, Yazan, Ayman Tabish, and Qasim Nabil Tabish, after maintaining their homes and tampering with their contents.ý ýShe added that the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Shuyoukh in the north, kidnapped Mu'hammed Badawi 'Halayqa and his brother Fou-ad, seized his vehicle, and searched several houses in the town of Idhna, including: the house of Safwat al-Tamiza, and another in the town of Bait Ummar in the north, searched them and tampered with their contents.ý ýThe illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Jabir neighborhood in the Old City, and assaulted the property of citizens, and other groups spread in the people of Al-Batm in Masafir Yatta and assaulted the property of citizens.ý ýA.H./M.A.ý *** ýIsraeli occupation forces kidnap three citizens from Jineen ýJineen, 8-9-2024 Wafa - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three citizens from the towns of Al-Yamoun and 'Arraba, in Jenin governorate.ý ýMuntasir Sammour, director of the Prisoners' Club in Jineen, reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested Anas Abdul Ra-ouf Khamaysa from Al-Yamoun town and Hani 'Isam Nawwaf in 'Arraba town,ýý ýýafter they raided their homes, searched them and tampered with their contents.ý ý Meanwhile, a young man, A'hmed Ziyad Abu Al-Hayja, was kidnapped while he was passing through Al-Karama crossing, where he was returning from Jordan.ý ýF.E/M.J.ý *** 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. *** Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers *** ýIllegal Israeli settlers assault an elderly man after kidnapping him south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)ý ýAl-Khaleel (Hebron), 8-9-2024 Wafa - A group of the illegal Israeli settlers kidnapped an elderly man from the town of Al-Dthahriya, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), on Sunday, and severely beat him.ý ýLocal sources said that a group of settlers kidnapped the elderly Baji Salim Abu Sharkh (68 years old), and beat him, while he was grazing sheep in the Tayaran area.ý ýShe added that the people began searching for him immediately after his abduction by the colonists, at the time he had arrived at the army, before they carried out a greater crime against him.ý ýIt is noteworthy that what Abu Sharkh was subjected to comes in the context of criminal practices that escalated in this area by the colonizersýý.ý ýP.O.I/M.P.ý *** ýThe occupation notifies to stop work and construction in a playground and houses west of Salfeetý ýSalfit 8-9-2024 Wafa - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces were notified of the suspension of work and construction in a playground and houses in the village of Rafat, west of Salfeet.ý ý The ýýhead of the village council of Rafat Shafie, Shihada told Wafa that the occupation forces delivered notices to stop work and construction in the Rafat municipal stadium, and houses under construction, some of which are inhabited in the areas of "Al-Ras and 'Arara" northeast of the village, whose owners were: Yousuf Al-Mashni, Mustafa Abu Zuraiq, 'Hasan 'Ayyash, Mu'hsin 'Ayyash, Rashad 'Ayyash, Bilal 'Ayyash, Yousuf Mustafa Abu 'Asba, and Iyad 'Abdullahýý. ý ýA.M./S.Ký. *** =============================================================================================================================== 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. *** 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) *** Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic: A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf, 'Hasan Mulai'hat, *** Conflict terminology The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government) Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists) A group of the illegal Israeli settlers *** Fair Use Notice This site contains copyrighted material the
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