Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

 

More Palestinian Death and Destruction, on Day 60 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza

December 5, 2023

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Video showing the assassination of two Palestinian children in Jineen today by Israeli occupation regime soldiers:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1729836178860302446

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Editor's Note:

The following statistics reflect the official records of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which are reported through its functional hospitals in Gaza Strip. However, thousands of deaths and injuries are not reported about those who cannot reach such hospitals. Thus, the death toll has exceeded 23,000 by December 5, 2023.

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Initial reports, by December 4, 2023:

The Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza, since October 7, resulted in a death toll of more than 16,000 people, including more than 6,500 children and over 4,500 women. There are more than 7,000 who are missing under the rubble.

In addition, there are 42,000+ Palestinians who were injured, during the the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

The systematic Israeli genocidal air strikes resulted in the complete destruction of more than 50,000 housing units, and more than 300,000 damaged housing units.

In addition, 281 health personnel were killed and hundreds were injured, 56 ambulances were destroyed while on duty, killing and injuring their crews, and destroyed 56 health institutions. As a result of the strikes and lack of fuel, 26 hospitals and 46 primary care centers are not functioning.

By December 4, 2023:

There were 263 Palestinians who were killed, 3,214+ who were injured, and 3,620 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. 

 

Palestinians grieving victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, file, December 5, 2023	Dozens of Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, in coffins, December 5, 2023
Palestinian children have been the main victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, December 5, 2023	Palestinian young men Anas Isma'eel Al-Faroukh, 23, and Mu'hammed Sa'di Al-Faroukh, 22, were killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Sa'ir, Hebron, on December 4, 2023
Funeral procession of the two Palestinian young men, Anas and Mu'hammed Al-Faroukh, in Sa'ir, Hebron, December 5, 2023	Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, Gaza Strip, December 5, 2023

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).

"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).

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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.

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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UN Humanitarian Coordinator: Conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) -

Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings said that the conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist. “If possible, an even more hellish scenario is about to unfold, one in which humanitarian operations may not be able to respond.”

Since the resumption of Israeli aggression on Gaza on December 1st, 700 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in addition to the 15,500 already killed, she noted.

Israeli military operations have expanded into southern Gaza, forcing tens of thousands of others into increasingly compressed spaces, desperate to find food, water, shelter, and safety, said the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory in a statement.

“Nowhere is safe in Gaza and there is nowhere left to go.”

The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist. If possible, an even more hellish scenario is about to unfold, one in which humanitarian operations may not be able to respond, she said.

“What we see today are shelters with no capacity, a health system on its knees, a lack of clean drinking water, no proper sanitation, and poor nutrition for people already mentally and physically exhausted: a textbook formula for epidemics and a public health disaster. “

The quantities of relief supplies and fuel allowed in are utterly insufficient, she maintained.

“Despite the enormous efforts of the Egyptian and Palestinian Red Crescent Societies, UN agencies, and other partners, the use of only the Rafah crossing - meant for pedestrians - to bring in trucks of goods does not work, she stressed.

Humanitarian operations cannot be kept on a drip feed of fuel. It is the foundation of social services and our operations; including for hospitals, desalination plants, clean drinking water and sanitation, the UN official added.

“Space for the humanitarian response allowed inside Gaza is constantly shrinking. The two most important routes – the coastal road and Salah Addin road – are now cut off to our teams and trucks, hindering our ability to help people wherever they are, she added.

“The UN and NGOs alone cannot support a population of 2.2 million.  Commercial and public sectors must be allowed to bring supplies into Gaza to restock markets. This must include fuel in a manner which ensures Israel’s security.”  

Announcements of establishing so-called safe zones and tented cities without assurances that people will be able to move freely and that assistance can be delivered where there is need are alarming. These zones cannot be safe nor humanitarian when unilaterally declared, she said. 

The UN stands ready to work with all parties to expand the number of UN-managed safe shelters and to deliver assistance where it is needed, concluded the UN official.

T.R.

The Israeli occupation regime expands its mass starvation campaign in Gaza Strip

Monday 4-December-2023, GENEVA, (PIC)

Israel has expanded its total ban on humanitarian supplies entering large areas of the Gaza Strip as part of its ongoing war waged since Oct. 7, which included the use of starvation weapons against civilians, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Monday.

According to Euro-Med, the Israeli army had planned to largely cut off the central governorate of the Gaza Strip from the southern areas during the previous 48 hours by imposing restrictions on movement and limiting the supply of humanitarian aid, such as food and drinkable water.

Although in small amounts, the humanitarian supplies over the last two days were confined almost entirely to the Rafa'h Governorate in the extreme south of the Gaza Strip. These supplies, the Euro-Med Monitor said, included sparse distributions of aid, particularly water and flour. However, humanitarian aid was halted in the neighboring Khan Younus Governorate due to Israel’s severe attacks.

Since Israel resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip last Friday, after a one-week temporary humanitarian truce, humanitarian supplies have been completely stopped in Gaza and its northern areas, which have been isolated by the Israeli army for more than a month as part of its ground incursions.

According to the Euro-Med Monitor, Israel has extended its restrictions on humanitarian aid to encompass over 65% of the Gaza Strip’s total area.

The Israeli orders to evacuate roughly 20% of Khan Younus City, which is home to over 110,000 people, and 21 shelter centers that house roughly 50,000 displaced people—the great majority of whom were previously displaced from North Gaza—were likewise a cause for deep concern, according to the Euro-Med Monitor.

Along with its recent orders for evacuation and increased ground incursions in the Khan Younus Governorate, the Geneva-based organization further warned that Israel would soon be expanding its ban on the entry of humanitarian supplies as part of its plans to forcibly displace the people of Gaza.

Israel has been using the starvation campaign as a tool of subjugation since the beginning of its war on the Gaza Strip. This includes bombing and destroying bakeries, factories, food stores, water stations, and tanks, in addition to cutting off all food supplies.

Since the start of the war, Israel has imposed a complete closure on the Gaza Strip, halting all food, water, electricity, and fuel supplies. Subsequently, it prohibited humanitarian aid access to the northern parts of Gaza City and its surrounding areas. Later, it broadened the purview of this ban, taking advantage of the lack of the passive position of the international and humanitarian groups.

The Euro-Med Monitor emphasized that, as the occupying power in Gaza, Israel is prohibited from using starvation and cutting off humanitarian supplies as a tool of war and is required by international humanitarian law to protect and meet the needs of the people living there.

The human rights monitor called for swift international action to impose a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and stop the situation from getting worse by allowing all residents fair and unrestricted access to basic and relief supplies and by ensuring that fuel, food, water, medical supplies, and other necessities are available.

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

‎Al-Kayla: More than 16,060 martyrs in the ongoing occupation aggression against our people in Gaza and the West Bank‎

‎- Increase in the number of cases of infectious diseases among displaced citizens‎

‎- The number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip reached more than 1.8 million‎

‎Ramallah, 5-12-2023 Wafa -

Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai Al-Kayla, said that the latest statistics of the Israeli occupation army's aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank for the 60th consecutive day recorded the martyrdom of 16,060 citizens.‎

‎Al-Kayla added in a press conference held at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah, on Tuesday, dealing with the catastrophic health situation, that about 15,800 citizens were martyred in the Gaza Strip, while 260 citizens were martyred in the West Bank governorates‎‎.‎

‎She pointed ‎out that about 40,000 ‎‎ citizens were injured during the aggression, more than 70% of them women and children (more than 6,000 children, and about 4,000 women), ‎‎while ‎‎20 hospitals are still out of service, although some of them partially resumed their operations after the arrival of fuel, meaning that all patients, including dialysis patients, pregnant women and children in northern Gaza, do not have any place to receive treatment.‎

‎She stressed that the occupancy rate in hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip has so far reached more than 210%, in addition to the acute shortage of human cadres, medicines, medical supplies and fuel.‎

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 60

Tuesday 5-December-2023, GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 60 on Tuesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and level whole blocks and homes and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

According to local sources, Israeli warplanes carried out intensive attacks at dawn and in the morning on different areas of Gaza.

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that 10 civilians were martyred in an Israeli attack on a house in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army had launched hundreds of airstrikes since Monday evening on Gaza, amid incursions and fierce resistance in the west and east of Khan Yunis and the towns of Al-Qarara, Bani Suhaila and Abasan.

Relatives of victims and stranded people in Al-Sater Al-Gharbi area, Bani Suhaila, Al-Sater Al-Sharqi and Ma’an in Khan Younus sent distress calls to help them with ambulance and rescue crews due to the presence of many martyrs and wounded civilians following violent Israeli attacks.

This morning, at least 40 martyrs and dozens of wounded civilians were evacuated to Nasser Hospital from the UNRWA-sponsored Ma’an School, which shelters thousands of displaced people, after it was bombed by the Israeli army, as well as from other areas in Khan Younus.

Several martyrs and wounded civilians were also taken to the European Gaza Hospital after the Israeli army bombed neighborhoods in the eastern area of Khan Younus.

Media sources said that ambulance crews cannot reach different bombed areas of Gaza, where there are large numbers of martyrs and wounded citizens.

They also said that Israeli tanks and troops encircled the Kamal 'Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, amid intensive gunfire and airstrikes around it.

There are 108 martyrs, dozens of wounded citizens and over 7,000 displaced people at the Kamal 'Adwan Hospital, according to senior health official Muneer Al-Barsh.

Bursh said that the hospital was plunged into darkness after its power generators completely stopped operating due to a severe fuel shortage.

The Israeli army reportedly bombed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, killing at least one civilian.

Local sources reported that an airstrike destroyed at dawn the Hudthayfa Ibn Al-Yaman Mosque in Khan Younus, wounding several citizens.

Dozens of casualties were also reported following morning and afternoon artillery and aerial attacks on different areas of Gaza, especially in Khan Younus, northern Gaza and Gaza City. 

Dozens of victims in Israeli genocidal bombings in Gaza Strip

GAZA, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) -

Several people were killed and others were injured this afternoon in an Israeli genocidal bombing of homes in the central Gaza Strip and east of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondents said that the occupation warplanes bombed a house in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip where displaced persons were staying killing and wounding several people.

Several people were also killed in a bombing that targeted a house in Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

M.K.

At least 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza's Khan Younus

GAZA, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) – 

Medical sources announced that at least 40 Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the city of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

The sources added that 10 other civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

They indicated that occupation artillery and drones bombed the vicinity of Kamal 'Adwan Hospital in Jabalya Camp.

According to the sources, 108 slain civilians and dozens of casualties were taken to the Kamal 'Adwan Hospital, which experiences a power outage as more than 7,000 displaced people are still inside it. Additionally, medical teams were unable to perform any surgical operations in the hospital.

Medical sources warned of a massacre that the occupation might commit inside Kamal 'Adwan Hospital, as happened in Al-Shifa and Indonesian hospitals.

The sources confirmed that only four hospitals were operating in northern Gaza, and about 55 ambulances were out of service.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a mosque in the Bintan Al-Sameen area in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, as the occupation gunboats fired shells towards the shore of the Khan Younus Sea, south of the Gaza Strip.

K.T.

Dozens of civilians killed and injured in Israeli air raids on homes in Gaza City

GAZA, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) –

Dozens of civilians were killed and others injured this evening in a series of Israeli air raids targeting scores of houses in Al-Shaja'iya and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods, in Gaza City, said sources.

Israeli jets bombarded dozens of houses in the said neighborhoods with the inhabitants inside, which led to the killing and wounding of dozens of people.

Israeli warplanes and artillery also targeted tens of commercial stores in Omar Mukhtar St. in the city, destroying them.

T.R.

Two schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza bombarded in Israeli genocidal strikes, 50 civilians killed, hundreds injured

GAZA, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) –

At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds of others injured in a series of Israeli strikes that targeted two schools sheltering displaced persons in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, in Gaza City, said sources.

Israeli warplanes and artillery shelled the Salah Ad-Din school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) and Martyr As'ad Saftawi school in Al-Daraj neighborhood, which led to the killing of around 50 displaced people and the injury of hundreds of others.

Dozens of bodies and injured were brought to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the nearby Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Ambulance crews reported that they are facing tremendous difficulties in reaching the two schools to evacuate the bodies and injured as a result of the intensive Israeli shelling against the area.

T.R.

Several Palestinians killed and injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes in Gaza

GAZA, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) -

 A number of Palestinian civilians were Monday killed and injured after Israeli warplanes bombed areas in Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, and Deir al-Balah in the central Strip.

WAFA  correspondent said that seven citizens were killed and a number of others were injured after Israeli airstrikes bombed a house in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, while its residents were still inside.

He added that the occupation aircraft also bombed a house in Dair El-Bala'h, killing a number of people who were later transferred to al-Aqsa Hospital.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their comprehensive aggression against the Gaza Strip, which they began on October 7th, and resulted in killing more than 15,500 citizens, including 6,150 children and more than 4,000 women, in addition to more than 38,000 wounded, in an infinite toll.

K.T.

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

Youth shot by Israeli occupation soldiers at point blank near Hebron

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian youth near Al-Khaleel (Hebron),  from point blank and injured him in the leg, reported WAFA correspondent.

Video footage showed an Israeli occupation soldier shooting Tariq Ghazzawi, said to be with a disability, at point blank at the entrance to Khirbit Qalqas, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, injuring him in the leg.

He was taken to hospital for treatment, according to the Red Crescent.

M.K.

Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian youth near Jerusalem

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth was Tuesday morning killed, while his brother was detained, by Israeli forces during a raid in Qalandya refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

The Ministry of Health said that Mu'hammed Yousuf 'Hasan Manasra, 25, from Qalandya, north of Jerusalem, was killed during the occupation forces’ storming of the camp.

Witnesses said that the occupation forces violently stormed Manasra's and blew up the door of the house behind which the slain Palestinian was standing in preparation for opening the door to the occupation forces, who blew up the door of the house with a bomb that disintegrated his body. The occupation forces later his brother before they withdrew.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces fired bullets, gas bombs, and sound bombs as they stormed many homes.

Ali 'Alqam, 32, was killed yesterday by occupation bullets while storming Qalandya camp and damaging the contents of his house.

With the killing of Manasra, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since the beginning of 2023 has risen to 468, including 260 who were killed after October 7th.

K.T.

Two Palestinian youths killed by Israeli forces near Hebron

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian youths was Monday evening killed after they were shot by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The Ministry of Health said that Anas Isma'eel Al-Faroukh, 23, and Mu'hammed Sa'di Al-Faroukh, 22, died due to their severe injuries by Israeli occupation forces.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces fired live bullets at two young men while they were in the Ras Al-Aroud area, south of Sa'ir, wounding one of them in the back and the other in the chest.

They were subsequently transferred to Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, where their injuries were reported to be critical.

With the killing of the two youths, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since the beginning of 2023 has risen to 467, including 259 who were killed after October 7th.

K.T. 

Three Palestinians, including teen, injured by live bullets in Hebron-area confrontations

HEBRON, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) –

Three Palestinians, including a teenager, were injured by live bullets fired by Israeli forces during confrontations that broke out in the town of Bani Na'eem, east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in the southern occupied West Bank, according to security and local sources.

Sources told WAFA correspondent that confrontations erupted near the town’s entrance in the Wadi Al-Joaz area, during which Israeli forces fired live ammunition toward residents, shooting and critically injuring a 14-year-old teen in the chest and hand.

Two other youths were injured moderately by live fire.

T.R.

Israeli occupation forces break into Tulkarm city

TULKARM, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces Monday stormed the city of Tulkarm, north of the occupied West Bank.

WAFA correspondent said that an occupation force stormed the city from the western region, and stationed in the vicinity of Khadoori Roundabout and the Western Cemetery, amid heavy gunfire.

Another force also stormed the Shuwaika suburb, north of Tulkarm, roamed its streets and neighborhoods, and stationed in Al-Na'alwa neighborhood area.

K.T. 

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli forces abduct 38 Palestinians, including two women, from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday abducted 38 Palestinians, including two women, during raids in several areas in the occupied West Bank.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the occupation soldiers detained 13 people, including 10 workers from the Gaza Strip, while in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), 11 people were abducted.

Additionally, the Israeli occupation forces detained three in Jerusalem, including the brother of a Palestinian youth killed by Israeli occupation forces in the refugee camp of Qalandya today's morning.

Five people from the Nablus district were detained, four, including two women from Ramallah, and two from Jenin.

K.T.

Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

Illegal Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers Tuesday morning broke into the compounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation regime police.

The extremist settlers, divided into groups, raided the holy Islamic Mosque from A-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours in its compounds.

It added that the settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the eastern part of the Mosque.

This comes at a time as Israeli forces intensify measures against Palestinians coming from Jerusalem to enter the Mosque, inspecting their IDs and briefly detaining them.

K.T.

Large Israeli military forces, accompanied by bulldozers, storm city of Jenin, destroy infrastructure

JENIN, Tuesday, December 5, 2023 (WAFA) –

Large Israeli military forces, accompanied by four bulldozers, stormed the city of Jenin tonight, amid the firing of live bullets, leading to confrontations.

WAFA correspondent said that over 50 military vehicles, accompanied by four bulldozers, stormed the city from Jineen-Naasra St. amid the firing of live bullets, leading to confrontations.

Sources said that drones were flying over the city, as snipers took over the rooftops of several homes and high buildings and turned them into military outposts, adding that the power was cut off in several neighborhoods in the city and its camp.

Israeli forces reportedly deployed their troops in the vicinity of Jenin Governmental Hospital and other areas in the city and the outskirts of the camp.

Bulldozers proceeded to destroy the infrastructure in the vicinity of Tawalba Mosque, al-Zahra’ neighborhood, and roads leading to the camp amid the upsurge of violent confrontations in several areas across the city.

T.R.

The Israeli occupation regime refuses to allow Jerusalemite children released in recent prisoner swap to go back to schools

JERUSALEM, Monday, December 4, 2023 (WAFA) -

Families of the child prisoners released in the recent exchange deal said that the schools’ administrations affiliated with the so-called Israeli Ministry of Education and the occupation regime municipality in Jerusalem refused the return of their children to school.

The Wadi Hilwa Information Center-Jerusalem explained that several families in the neighborhoods of Silwan, Al-'Aisawiya, and Sour Bahir reported that the administrations of these schools refused the return of their children to schools, and asked them to wait for a definitive decision in their cases.

The center added that the names of about 50 children released in the recent exchange deal and other children who were detained for several hours or days, were circulated to the school administrations affiliated with the so-called Ministry of Education and the occupation municipality in Jerusalem, to ensure that they do not return to school until further notice.

A.D./T.R.

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