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.

On Day 222 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 5 Massacres, 60 Palestinians Killed, 80 Injured, with a Death Toll of  35,233 and 79,141 Injuries

May 15, 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:  

By May 15, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 42,233+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (35,233) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 15, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 79,141 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By May 15, 2024, 500 Palestinians who were killed, 4,956 who were injured, and 8,725, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2023, the death toll included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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60 Palestinians were killed, 80 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, May 15, 2024	Some of the Palestinian children who were victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, May 15, 2024
Thousands of flag-waving Palestinians marched towards the Arab villages of Hosha and Al-Qasair, within the 1948 Palestinian territory, to commemorate the 1948 Nakba and to demand their right of return, May 15, 2024	A Palestinian father carrying his son on his soldier and searching for water for his family, after the Israeli occupation forces had closed Rafa'h crossing, stopping fuel supplies to Gaza Strip, May 15, 2024

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.

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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'Hamas: Al-Aqsa flood is natural extension of our people’s resistance to occupation

Wednesday 15-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said that the ongoing Al-Aqsa flood battle has consolidated the solidarity of the Palestinian people inside and outside of Palestine and has proven to the world that Palestinians cannot be defeated, because they do not surrender or abandon their right to their land, freedom, and independence no matter how long it takes, and no matter how strong the enemy is.

The Movement pointed out that the Al-Aqsa flood battle restored the Palestinian cause to its global presence, as a just issue of national liberation, freedom, independence, and self-determination, leading to the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Movement said, in a press statement on Wednesday on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, that “the Al-Aqsa flood battle is a natural extension of our people’s resistance and their legitimate right to defend their land and sanctities.”

The statement added that the 76th anniversary of the painful Nakba comes this year in light of the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood battle in the Gaza Strip in which the resistance has been fighting against the Israeli aggression for over 222 days.

The Movement affirmed that the Zionist occupation, its fascist government, and its Nazi army did not succeed during this war in achieving any of its aggressive goals against our people in the Gaza Strip, despite committing horrific massacres and waging a genocidal war that affected all aspects of human life, in which it used all types of weapons and ammunition.

'Hamas mourned the martyred leaders and “all martyrs of our people who fell in the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, and our Muslim nation, wishing a speedy recovery for the wounded and sick, and urgent freedom of prisoners and detainees from Israeli prisons.”

The Movement also praised the resoluteness of the steadfast people of the Gaza Strip who are enduring all kinds of calamities inflicted by Israel including displacement, killing, bombardment, starvation, and thirst.

'Hamas added that the ongoing Zionist aggression for 76 years and the genocide crimes committed in Gaza for more than seven months constitute a sign of shame for all those who remain silent and negligent in exposing and criminalizing the Israeli crimes and those who refrain from working to put an end to the Israeli aggression.

The resistance movement called on the nation and all free people in the world “to exert pressure by all means to stop the Zionist aggression against our land, people, and sanctities, and to support the steadfastness and struggle of our people aspiring to freedom and independence.”

The statement denounced the US administration’s support and bias towards the ongoing Israeli aggression and crimes in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), condemning the policy of double standards practiced by Western powers in dealing with the issue of the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights.

The 'Hamas statement also praised Palestinian prisoners -women and men- in Israeli jails, pledging to release them all, warning against escalating Israeli violations and crimes against them, and holding Israel fully responsible for their safety, especially those who were abducted after October 7, 2023.

The Movement’s statement called on the United Nations and human rights and humanitarian institutions to intervene by all means to criminalize and halt Israel’s systematic violations against them.

It also held Israel directly responsible for the continued suffering of millions of Palestinian refugees living in refugee camps inside Palestine and in the diaspora, stressing that their legitimate right to return to their homes from which they were displaced cannot be waived or neglected.

In this context, Hamas urged the United Nations and UNRWA to assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities in supporting the rights of refugees, providing them with relief and a decent life until their return.

'Hamas also addressed the masses of our people, wherever they are, to remain steadfast in the face of the Israeli occupation and its plans.

The Movement hailed the resistance fighters in Jerusalem and the West Bank, calling on them to engage in further clashes with the Israeli occupation army and Israeli fanatic settlers, in defense of their existence and in support of Gaza.

'Hamas concluded its statement by paying tribute to the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just cause, calling for continuing such activism in all capitals, cities, and squares of the world, and putting pressure on the countries, governments and institutions that support the Israeli occupation, until the Israeli bloody aggression against the Gaza Strip is put to an end.

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Palestinians in the 1948 territory demand an end to Gaza aggression on annual Return March

Wednesday 15-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Thousands of flag-waving Palestinians marched towards the Arab villages of Hosha and Al-Qasair, within the 1948 Palestinian territory, on Tuesday to commemorate the 1948 Nakba and to demand their right of return.

The protesters also called for an end to the war in Gaza as they took part in the march marking the “Nakba”, or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly displaced in 1948 that accompanied Israel’s creation.

The annual Return March started from the eastern entrance to Shifa 'Amr where many held up Palestinian flags and wore keffiyeh headscarves (symbol of Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation).

The “Nakba,” which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the forced removal of an estimated 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in preparation for the founding of Israel in 1948.

Every year, participants of the annual Return March, among them descendants of Palestinians who were internally displaced during the 1948 war, visit a different village that was destroyed or depopulated by Zionist militias.

This year, the Nakba anniversary comes amid Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed over 35,000 Palestinians.

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UNRWA: Over 150,000 pregnant women facing health risks in Gaza

Wednesday 15-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli genocidal war on Gaza is leaving tens of thousands of pregnant women struggling with terrible sanitary conditions and health risks, the UN refugee agency UNRWA warned.

“More than 150,000 pregnant women are facing terrible sanitary conditions and health hazards amid displacement and war,” UNRWA said in a statement.

The UN agency published a photo of a newborn girl in the war-torn enclave.

“Habiba was born in a small tent. She’s 2 weeks old and less than 2 kg of weight,” it said. “No child in the world should suffer like this.”

According to UNICEF, 95 percent of pregnant and breastfeeding women face severe food poverty in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

The United Nations Population Fund has recently reported that urgent aid packages containing materials for childbirth are still waiting for permission to enter through the Rafa'h crossing.

The death toll of the Israeli aggression on the Strip since October 7 has risen to 35,091. Over 78,827 people have been wounded.

The situation for women in Gaza is particularly dire, as they represent one of the main categories of those killed, wounded, and missing. 

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Day 221 Update: 500,000 Palestinians Displaced Again from Rafah

 IMEMC, MAY 15, 2024

Throughout the day on Tuesday, Israeli troops continued their bombardment of Rafah, the city sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians – after dropping leaflets telling the already displaced Palestinians to move once again. Over 500,000 civilians fled Rafah, trying to find a safe place away from the constant Israeli bombardment.

Israeli occupation aircraft dropped a bomb on a residential apartment in Gaza City, killing a woman and her child.

A civilian was killed and two others were seriously injured after Israeli drones targeted a group of civilians on the old Gaza Street in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes launched violent raids on Jabalya and on neighborhoods in Gaza City, including “Al-Rimal” and “Al-Zaytoun”, and the occupation artillery shelled Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, in conjunction with the Israeli gunboats firing towards the northern coast of the Gaza Strip.

Day 221: Intensified Israeli Bombings Kill Dozens In Gaza

May 14, 2024 at 11:34

On Tuesday, Day 221 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many children and women, in several parts of the destroyed and starved coastal enclave.

The Israeli army escalated its aerial, naval, and ground attacks against all parts of the Gaza Strip after the army demanded the families leave Jabalya, in northern Gaza, and leave the eastern and the southern parts of Rafa'h, in the southmost part of the coastal enclave, while pushing more tanks and armored vehicles into the southern areas of Gaza City, and the eastern areas of Khan Younus.

The Al-Jazeera News Agency said Israel’s shells killed eleven Palestinians in a home and a UNRWA School in the Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Al-Jazeera added that Israeli drones also fired live rounds at Palestinians on Salahuddeen Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing two.

The Israeli army also fired missiles at a four-story house where dozens of Palestinians tried to shelter, in Rafa'h, in Gaza’s southmost part, killing and wounding dozens, including children; many residents remain under the rubble.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said around 450.000 Palestinians were forced to leave Rafah since the Israeli army first issued the orders on May 6.

It added that the Palestinians in northern Gaza also face constant bombing and orders to leave the area, while the terrified families remain in fear as they have no place to go, as there is no safe place in Gaza.

“The Palestinians have no place to go to,” UNRWA stated, “There can never be security for the families without a ceasefire.”

UNRWA also stated that the severe Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, are devastating the already starved and displaced families who suffer under the constant bombing and have no food security.

It reiterated the calls for urgent safe passages to allow humanitarian aid and humanitarian workers to move freely in Gaza without being bombed or attacked.

The Prime Minister of Qatar, Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdul Ra'hman Al -Thani, said despite ongoing mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire and a prisoner-swap agreement between Israel and Hamas, all talks have not yielded any progress, and remain stalled, but added that his country will continue to work with all parties to achieve a deal.

He added that Israel does not have a clear idea on how to end this war, and return the captured Israelis, and said that Qatar is a mediator and will not allow any attempt to use its role otherwise.

Sheikh Mohammed also stated that the talks about reconstructing Gaza are premature as this offensive is still ongoing, and added that the cost of such a reconstruction, as it stands now, would be between 40 to 50 billion US Dollars.

It is worth mentioning that Israel is still closing the Rafa'h Border Terminal and Karm Abu Salim Commercial Crossing, amidst dire warnings from the international community regarding an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

Israel invaded the Rafa'h Border Terminal with Egypt on May 7, and destroyed various buildings before shutting it down and barring the entry of humanitarian and medical aid, while Karm Abu Salim Crossing, southeast of Rafah City, remains closed for the tenth day.

The Rafa'h Terminal was the only land crossing used for delivering aid supplies, although in limited quantities, and was the only crossing where patients and seriously wounded Palestinians were transferred to receive treatment in Egypt and other countries.

Israel has now killed more than 35.173 Palestinians, mostly women, and children, and injured at least 79.061, in addition to the thousands of missing Palestinians, largely under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings in several parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.

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

On May15, 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 Gaza Strip resulted in 5 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 60 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 80 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 35,233 and the injuries to 79,141, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: IOFs committed five massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Wednesday 15-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said in a statement on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed five massacres in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

It added in its daily count of casualties in the beleaguered enclave that 60 citizens were killed while 80 others were injured in the IOFs attacks over the past 24 hours.

The numbers were of those who reached hospitals, the ministry pointed out, adding that others are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings or lying on roads but could not be retrieved due to the IOF relentless bombardment.

The ministry said that the number of those martyred in the IOF aggression ongoing since October 7 last year has reached 35,233 while the number of wounded has reached 79,141.

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Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 222

Wednesday 15-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 222 on Wednesday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians, especially in Rafa'h.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid escalating incursions and attacks in Rafa'h, Jabalya and Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

According to media sources, the Israeli army bombed a house in the old street of Gaza in Jabalya City, north of Gaza, killing law professor Mamdou'h Abu Al-'Hasani, his father and two sons.

Other casualties were reported following an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Barrash in Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Last night, a woman and her child were martyred after a warplane bombed an apartment in Gaza City.

Another Israeli attack on an apartment in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in the north of Gaza City claimed the lives of four civilians and injured nine others.

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

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Day 222: Israeli Missiles Kill Many Palestinians In Gaza

 IMEMC, MAY 15, 2024

On Wednesday, Day 222 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured at dawn and Wednesday morning, in a series of raids launched by Israeli warplanes on several areas in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said at dawn on Wednesday that electricity generators stopped working at the European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

The sources pointed out that the electricity generators at the European Gaza Hospital, one of the few remaining hospitals operating in the Gaza Strip, stopped working as a result of running out of fuel, threatening the lives of hundreds of wounded and sick people and inside it.Video Player 00:00 00:35

This comes at a time when the Israeli occupation artillery continues its intensive shelling on the neighborhoods of Al-Salam and Al-Junaina, east of Rafa'h, and in the vicinity of Tel Al-Za'tar in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

A correspondent with the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that 10 displaced civilians were killed in an Israeli shelling on a clinic belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Four civilians were killed, and others were wounded when an Israeli warplane bombed a house belonging to the Abu al-Hasani family in the town of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, and they were transferred to Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in Jabalya refugee camp.

Five civilians, including a child, were killed by an Israeli missile strike targeting a house belonging to the Barash family in the vicinity of the club in Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and they were transferred to Al-'Awda Hospital in the nearby Nusayrat refugee camp.

The neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Al-Sabra and Al-Rimal in Gaza City witnessed intensive aerial and artillery bombardment by the Israeli occupation, which resulted in the injury of a number of citizens.

Our correspondent reported renewed heavy artillery shelling on the Maslaba area and the vicinity of Street 8 in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, which resulted in 7 injuries who arrived at the Baptist Hospital in the city.

Israeli warplanes also targeted the Old Gaza Street in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.

The neighborhoods of Al-Salam, El-Junaina and Brazil, east of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip, witnessed artillery shelling that caused extensive destruction to citizens’ homes and properties.

In an ongoing and continually increasing count, the number of Palestinians Israel has killed since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip reached 35,173, the majority of them children and women, in addition to the injury of 79,061 citizens, and thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

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

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Israeli occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian in Al-Beerih

 IMEMC, MAY 15, 2024

On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man and injured others, at the entrance to the city of Al-Beerih, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.

Media sources said that occupation forces attacked a march commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, at the northern entrance to Al-Beerih.

Soldiers opened fire at peaceful demonstrators with live rounds, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters, shooting and seriously injuring a Palestinian young man with a live round in the neck.

The critically injured young man was transported to hospital, where doctors attempted life saving measures which were unsuccessful; he was pronounced dead at that time.

The slain young man was identified as Ayser Mu'hammed Safi, 20, a student at Beer Zait University, and a resident of the Al-Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

It was added that Palestinians participating in the march protested the army attack, and dozens suffered the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation.

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers killed Samir Nasir Rommana, 27, after shooting him in the head with live ammunition, in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Wednesday 15-May-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed last night and at dawn Wednesday different West Bank areas and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens from their homes, amid clashes with resistance fighters in Nablus.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped a young man during a raid in 'Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya.

The IOFs also kidnapped at least 10 citizens during raids in Yatta City and three others during raids in Al-Khalil City.

The IOFs also kidnapped a young man from his home in Toulkarm City and two others from 'Husan town in Bethlehem.

Two teenagers were reportedly taken prisoners during IOFs raids on homes in Shufa village, southeast of Toulkarm.

An elderly man was also kidnaped from Khirbet Quwaiwis in Masafir Yatta, south of al-Khalil.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces kidnaped a young man and his father from their home in Shu'fat refugee camp and another young man from his home in 'Anata town.

In Nablus, Israeli forces raided an apartment building near the Nablus Hospital in Al-Jami’ah street and clashed with resistance fighters in the city.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), Israeli soldiers stormed the house of a wounded child called Joud 'Humidat in 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, without making arrests.

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

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

 IMEMC, MAY 15, 2024

On Tuesday, hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), while police restricted Palestinian worshipers from entering the Islamic holy site.

Media sources said that hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the full protection of occupation police, raised the Israeli flag, and performed Talmudic rituals.

According to the Wadi Al-'Hilwah Information Center in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) (Silwanic), a total of 526 illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and raised the flag of the occupation state.

Israeli police increased security procedures at the holy site, preventing Palestinian Muslim worshipers from entering the compound, while inspecting their ID cards.

Later, occupation police closed the Lions Gate (Bab Al-Asbat), denying citizens entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while allowing illegal settlers to roam the courtyards with police protection.

It was added that the police also closed the Damascus Gate (Bab Al-'Amoud) for a period of time, assaulted a young man there, and increased security measures around the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

In related news, Israeli forces invaded, on Tuesday night, the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, fired tear gas canisters at citizens’ homes, while local Palestinian youths lit fireworks in protest to the invasion. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers Kill a Camel, Steal Livestock, Near Toulkarm, Attack UNRWA Headquarters in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

 IMEMC, MAY 15, 2024

Illegal Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, killed a camel and stole calves near Toulkarm in the northwestern part of the West Bank, attacked the UNRWA headquarters in occupied Jerusalem, and damaged vehicles near Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

On Tuesday evening, an illegal Israeli settler killed a camel and stole four calves from a Palestinian farmer in the town of Kafr Al-Labbad, east of Toulkarm in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local Palestinian farmer, Mo'adth Samir Kayid, said that while he was grazing his livestock, an Israeli colonist from the nearby illegal “Avnei Hefetz” colony invaded the area, shot and killed one of his camels, and stole four calves.

In the northern West Bank, a group of Israeli colonizers assaulted two Palestinian young men, on Monday night, near the village of Douma, southeast of Nablus, and hurled rocks at a vehicle, causing damage.

At dawn on Tuesday, Israeli settlers hurled flammable materials and rocks at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) headquarters in the Sheikh Jarra'h neighborhood, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Media sources said that a group of illegal colonizers set fire to the outer square of the building, noting that this is the third such attack on the UNRWA headquarters in a week.

Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, Israeli colonizers hurled rocks at Palestinian-owned vehicles near the “Adora” settlement, northwest of Hebron, on Tuesday afternoon.

Media sources said that dozens of illegal settlers, under the full protection of the occupation army, gathered on the bypass road and hurled rocks at Palestinian-owned vehicles, causing damage to several vehicles.

It was added that Israeli forces closed the bypass road and erected many flying military roadblocks at the entrances to the city of Hebron and the town of Idhna, northwest of the city.

Furthermore, several colonizers grazed their livestock on Palestinian-owned crops in Masafir Yatta, south of Hebron, destroying the crops.

According to Mohamed Rabi, the head of the Al-Tuwani Village Council, said that several colonizers from the illegal “Mitzpe Yair” colony, established on stolen Palestinian lands in Masafir Yatta, allowed their livestock to graze on 40 dunams of agricultural crops planted with wheat, barley, and millet, causing destruction.

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