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 230 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 9 Massacres, 91 Palestinians Killed, 210 Injured, with a Death Toll of  35,800 and 80,200 Injuries

May 23, 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 23, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 42,800+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (35,800) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 23, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 80,200 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By May 23, 2024, 519 Palestinians who were killed, 4,390 who were injured, and 8,928, 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 May 21, 2023, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 15,000+ children (43%).

By March 4, 2023, the death toll also 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. 

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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Thousands of Palestinians gathered to mourn the 12 victims of the Israeli two-day assault on Jineen, which also resulted in significant casualties and extensive damage, May 23, 2024	Some of the 12 Palestinian martyrs who were killed by Israeli occupation forces in their raid on Jineen, including four children, a teacher, and a doctor, May 21-23, 2024 wafa
Professor Mu'hammed Ali Nasir Farran and 3 students were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a school bus, in the Nabatiyah area, May 23, 2024	A Lebanese teacher was killed and 3 students were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a school bus, in the Nabatiyah area, May 23, 2024
75 percent of Gaza were forcibly displaced, a large number of them moved 4 or 5 times, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, May 23, 2024	Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-'Awda Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, forcing doctors and healthcare professionals to evacuate and detaining dozens, on May 23, 2024 pic
Grieving the death of martyred family members who were killed by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Nusayrat, central Gaza Strip, May 23, 2024	Grieving and funeral prayer on the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jineen, on May 21-23, 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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‎A teacher was killed and 3 students were injured after a Zionist attack in the Nabatiyah area‎

‎ Al-Manar,‎  23 May، 2024

‎A Lebanese citizen was martyred following a Zionist drone attack that targeted his car this morning on the Kafr Dajal road in the Nabatiyah area, southern Lebanon. Three child students were wounded in the attack who were at the time of the raid inside a school van heading to their school.‎

‎The Islamic Resistance paid more pride to the martyr Mujahid Mu'hammed Ali Nasir Farran "Nasir", born in 1989 from the city of Nabatiyah in southern Lebanon, who rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem.‎

‎The raid burned the car and civil defense teams, the Red Cross, the Islamic Health Authority and the Message Scouts worked to transport the casualties to hospitals and extinguish the fire.‎

‎One of the injured children spoke to Al-Manar correspondent in Nabatiyah, Ali Shabeeb, stressing that he is not afraid of the Israeli enemy, and will return to his school immediately after the end of the treatment period, with greater stability and strength.‎

‎The driver of the school bus, that the care of the mechanism intervened and prevented a massacre against the students, during their way to school, pointing out that he contacted the moment of the Zionist attack civil defense teams, which went quickly to the place.‎

‎The driver said that he worked to secure the students and communicate with their families, stressing the steadfastness of the southerners to resist and withstand the Zionist occupation.‎

 ‎The Association of Basic Education Teachers congratulates the martyr Professor Mu'hamed Farran and calls for healing for the wounded‎

‎The Association of Basic Education Teachers condemned the Zionist attacks on the south and our steadfast people, and extended its warmest congratulations and blessings to the families of the martyr Professor Mu'hammed Ali Nasir Farran and to 'Hasan Kamil Al-Saba'h High School.‎

‎"I woke up this morning to the horror of the disaster that hit the educational body through the vicious attack and the drone raid that led to the martyrdom of a leader of the martyr educational work, Mr. Mu'hammed Ali Nasir Farran, as well as hitting a school bus that led to terror and injury to a number of students, thus recording a new attack on humanitarian laws and on childhood," the association said.‎

‎‎The League also called for the healing of wounded students and others, and saluted and prayed for the heroic resisters.‎

‎Shokin Public School condemns the Zionist attack‎

‎Shokin Public School denounced the brutal crime of the usurping enemy that targeted civilians, including workers, parents, teachers and students on the main road in Kfardjal-Shokin, which resulted in injuries among some of our children in the school on their way to continue their studies.‎

‎The school stressed that the targets that affect the educational field, including teachers and students, do not deter us from pursuing the march of steadfastness.‎

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IOFs storm Al-'Awda Hospital, force medical crews to evacuate

Thursday 23-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed on Thursday morning Al-'Awda Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, forcing doctors and healthcare professionals to evacuate and detaining dozens.

The IOFs had besieged the medical facility in the Jabalya refugee camp for four days, blocking ambulances and all access for humanitarian groups. During the siege, Israeli tanks attacked the hospital multiple times with projectiles and machine guns.

Leaving their patients behind, a mass exodus of doctors, nurses and paramedics were ordered to walk westwards on foot to seek safety and shelter.

According to Al-'Awda Health and Community Association, there are still 14 employees, 11 wounded civilians and two women taking care of children.

Al-'Awda Association said that the administration of the hospital refused to evacuate the wounded unless there were ambulances to transport them.

In last December, the IOFs had besieged the same hospital for 18 days, during which they bombed some of its floors and killed three of its medical employees.

No hospitals are currently operating in northern Gaza.

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UNRWA: The majority of Gaza population forcibly displaced

Thursday 23-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday that 75 percent of Gaza residents have been forcibly displaced, with a large number of them having to move out 4 or 5 times since October 7, 2023. However, the actual numbers are much greater.

According to United Nations estimates, more than 900,000 people or about 40 percent of Gaza population have been displaced. They include approximately 812,000 people expelled from Rafa'h and more than 100,000 from northern Gaza.

The UNRWA said in a post on X, “75 percent of Gaza residents were forcibly displaced. A large number of them were displaced 4 or 5 times.”

“To thousands of Palestinian families, there is no place to go to. The Israeli military operations and the bombing form a continuous threat, while buildings have turned into ruins. There is no safe place in Gaza,” the UN agency added.

In a previous post, UNRWA said that its employees in Khan Younus in southern Gaza Strip, “have been supporting the displaced by providing them services such as sanitation, water, waste and guidance.”

“The challenges are enormous, including the scarcity of water, fuel and health resources,” UNRWA highlighted, stressing the need for safe and unhindered access to protect the people in Gaza.”

Earlier on Wednesday, the UN agency also wrote on X, “We lose patients daily due to lack of medical capabilities”.

It explained that “members of the medical crews in Gaza are working tirelessly. Yet, they need resources.”

More than 35,700 Palestinians have been martyred and nearly 80,000 others injured, mostly women and children, in the relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year. 

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UN expert urges investigation into reports of mistreatment of Palestinian detainees

GENEVA, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) -

A United Nations expert called today on the Israeli occupation to investigate multiple reports of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said in a statement that she had received reports of people being beaten, kept in Israeli occupation regime prison cells blindfolded and handcuffed for long periods.

Edwards added that she had received reports of some detainees being deprived of sleep, threatened with physical and sexual violence, insulted and exposed to humiliating acts, including "being photographed and filmed in degrading poses".

"I am particularly concerned that this emerging pattern of violations, coupled with an absence of accountability and transparency, is creating a permissive environment for further abusive and humiliating treatment of Palestinians," Edwards said.

She affirmed, "The Israeli authorities must investigate all complaints and reports of torture or ill-treatment promptly, impartially, effectively and transparently. Those responsible at all levels, including commanders, must be held accountable, while victims have a right to reparation and compensation."

M.N.

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Diplomatic Missions in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Ramallah condemn escalating settler violence and displacement during visit to Northern Jordan Valley communities

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) -

Representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom made a joint visit to the Palestinian communities in the Northern Jordan Valley, yesterday, in light of the alarming increase in colonists’ violence and forced displacements. Ireland supported this statement. 

During their visit, diplomats witnessed first-hand the distressing impact of colonists’ violence on Palestinian communities, including the recent displacement of families in the Al-Sukhun community following relentless attacks from Israeli colonial outposts and the destruction of multiple properties in the Al-Jiftlik area neat Jericho.

The delegation also condemned the recent declaration of 800 hectares of land as state land in 'Aqraba by Israeli authorities, exacerbating the coercive environment faced by these communities.

The delegation expressed deep concern over the surge in colonists’ violence, which has led to numerous displacements and casualties throughout the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley.

The diplomats stressed the need for more robust actions to hold perpetrators of settlers’ violence accountable and prevent further intolerable situations for Palestinians. 

Diplomats called on Israel to respect all its obligations under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the prohibition on forcible transfer, reiterating their opposition to illegal colonies, which fuel violence and impede the two-state solution.

The diplomats reaffirmed their commitment to upholding Palestinian rights and assisting vulnerable populations in Area C, which is under full Israeli military control, emphasizing the need for Israel, as the occupying power, to ensure the safety of all Palestinian communities living in Area C. 

They condemned all acts of violence, emphasizing the need for a peaceful resolution to the conflict and the protection of civilian lives on all sides.

T.R. 

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

On May23, 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 9 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 91 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 210 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 35,800 and the injuries to 80,200, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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91 Palestinians killed in 9 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

GAZA, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces committed nine massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 91 Palestinians and the injury of 210 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 35,800 reported fatalities, with an additional 80,200 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

M.N.

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Jineen: Young man dies of injury, raising death toll to 12 martyrs

Thursday 23-May-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead on Thursday morning after he succumbed to a serious bullet injury he sustained yesterday during the Israeli aggression in Jineen City and its refugee camp.

The young martyr was identified as 30-year-old Mustafa Jabbareen, according to a medical source.

His death has brought to 12 the number of the victims killed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) during their violent campaign in Jenin, which started on Tuesday morning. Among the martyrs are four children, a teacher and a doctor.

On Wednesday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said that three teenagers, identified as Sami Al-Qaisi, 18, Ma'hmoud Quraini, 16, and Waseem Jaradat, 15, were shot dead by IOFs gunfire in Jenin.

24 other citizens have also suffered bullet injuries — four of them seriously — during the IOFs attack on Jenin.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, 517 Palestinian citizens have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and  Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) since the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip started on October 7, 2023.

Meanwhile, renewed clashes between resistance fighters and Israeli forces were reported at dawn Thursday in Jenin City.

Earlier, Israeli occupation forces reportedly besieged a number of journalists inside the Cinema Hotel in Jineen City and opened fire at it before demolishing its guard room. One of the hotel’s employees suffered a bullet injury.

Local sources said that the IOFs wreaked havoc on public and private property during its campaign in Jineen City and its refugee camp.

In a related development, the Israeli army withdrew its forces at dawn Thursday from Jineen City and its refugee camp following a two-day violent campaign.

Local sources said that hundreds of displaced families started to return to Jineen to check on their homes and property.

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

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Thousands of Palestinians attend funerals for Jineen massacre victims

Jineen, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

Thousands of Palestinians gathered today in Jineen, north of the occupied West Bank, to mourn the 12 victims of the recent Israeli assault on the city and its refugee camp. The attack, which lasted over two days, resulted in significant casualties and extensive damage.

The funeral processions commenced from the Jineen Governmental Hospital, where the victims' bodies were paraded through the city's streets on the shoulders of mourners. 

Participants in the funeral chanted slogans condemning the Israeli occupation and the continuous violence perpetrated in Gaza and the West Bank. Several speeches were delivered, denouncing the ongoing aggression and asserting that these atrocities would not deter the Palestinian people from resisting the occupation and settlers.

The Israeli military offensive intoJineen began on Tuesday morning and continued for over two days, resulting in the murder of 12 Palestinians and injuries to more than 20 others from live ammunition. 

The assault left a trail of destruction, severely damaging infrastructure, including roads, electrical and water networks, sewage systems, commercial properties, vehicles, and vegetable stalls.

Additionally, Israeli forces bombed over 10 homes and completely demolished a two-story house belonging to the family of the martyr A'hmed Hani Barakat.

M.N.

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Jineen death toll rises to 12 as Palestinian youth succumbs to injuries by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire

Jineen, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth has Thursday morning succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli occupation forces' gunfire during the ongoing Israeli assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp.

The director of Al-Razi Hospital, Fawaz 'Hammad, said that Mustafa Ibrahim Musa Jabbareen, 30, from the Jenin camp, died from his injuries that he sustained yesterday evening in Jenin.

With the killing of the young man, Jabbareen, the death toll in the city of Jenin and its camp since the beginning of the Israeli aggression last Tuesday morning has risen to 12, including four children, a teacher, and a doctor.

Earlier, in the morning hours of Tuesday, the occupation forces shot and killed seven Palestinians, including a doctor, a teacher and two youths, and injured 19 others, including a journalist who was shot after the soldiers opened fire on a group of journalists covering the assault.

Yesterday, 18-year-old Sami Ameen A'hmed Al-Qaisi, 18, a resident of Jineen , died of the wounds he suffered as a result of being shot by Israeli occupation army gunfire in the course of the assault.

Meanwhile, 16-year-old Ma'hmoud Faris Quraini also succumbed to his wounds sustained from Israeli army gunfire, as confirmed by the Health Ministry.

Among the fatalities was 51-year-old Osayd Kamal Jabbareen, the Head of the Surgery Department at Jineen  Governmental Hospital, who was killed in the vicinity of the hospital, and 'Allam Jaradat, a 48-year-old school teacher, who was shot and killed whilst in his vehicle on his way to work.

Two youths, Ma'hmoud Amjad 'Hamadnah, 15, and Osama Mu'hammed Na'eem 'Hujair, 16, were also shot and killed. The other slain Palestinian are Mu'ammar Mu'hammad Abu 'Omeira, 50, Ameer 'Isam Abu 'Omaria, 22, Bassem Ma'hmoud Turkman, 53, in addition to Jihad Mu'hammed Talib, 38.

With the killing of the 12 civilians, the death toll in the West Bank since October 7th rises to 517.

K.T. 

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Two minor siblings injured by Israeli gunfire near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian minor brothers were Thursday morning injured by Israeli occupation army while they were near the apartheid separation and expansion wall in the town of Jayyus, east of the city of Qalqilya.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that the two children were injured by live bullets, one in the foot, and the other with shrapnel in the foot and hand.

They were taken to the hospital for treatment where their injuries were reported to be moderate.

K.T

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Israeli occupation forces detain 18 Palestinians across the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained at least 18 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Commission of the Detainees and the Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

They said that the occupation forces kidnapped at least 18 Palestinians, with the majority of the detainees coming from the West Bank district of Bethlehem.

Meanwhile, the other detainees coming from the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron and Jericho.

Israeli military forces lunched a large-scale offensive against Jenin city and its camp that lasted for two days, resulting in the killing of 11 Palestinians and the detention of several civilians, including women and children.

The prisoners' institutions added that the military raids were accompanied by assaults against civilians, threats against detainees and their families, the destruction and vandalism of Palestinian properties and field investigations.

According to the Commission and PPS, the occupation forces have detained over 8840 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. This figure includes Palestinians who were detained from their houses, at checkpoints, were forced to turn themselves in under pressure, or were held as hostages.

Y.S.

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IOF kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Thursday 23-May-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at dawn Thursday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, armed clashed happened between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Nablus City and Al-'Ain refugee camp.

Eyewitnesses reported that resistance fighters attacked IOF vehicles with explosive device in Nablus, adding that the IOFs withdrew from the city after kidnaping two young men from their homes.

Two young men were also taken prisoners during a violent IOFs campaign in 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in southern Jericho.

In Bethlehem, the IOFs kidnapped seven citizens from Bait Fajjar town and four others from 'Husan village.

Two citizens were also taken prisoners during IOFs raids in the towns of Koabar and Kafr 'Ain in the northwest of Ramallah, while another one was kidnaped by Israeli forces from Al-Dthahiriya town in southern Al-Khaleel.

In Jineen, the IOFs stormed the towns of Ya’bad and 'Arraba and raided homes, with no reported kidnappings. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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 Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers open live fire at Palestinian villagers in Nablus

Thursday 23-May-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

Armed illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attacked the village of 'Aseera Al-Qibliya in southern Nablus on Wednesday, opened live fire at villagers and set fire to village lands.

Local sources said that settlers from nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, which was built illegally on Palestinian land, attacked the village with gunfire before trying to set a house on fire then torched swaths of cultivated lands.

In another development, Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) delivered stop-construction orders against a number of houses in Duma, also in southern Nablus, on Wednesday evening.

Sulayman Dawabsha, mayor of the village, said that IOFs soldiers stormed the village and handed a number of citizens stop-work orders. The soldiers then took photos of a number of houses that were previously notified of demolition.

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Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers burn wheat crops near Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers last night burned wheat crops in the lands of the town of Sebastya, northwest of Nablus.

The mayor of Sebastya, Mu'hammed 'Aazim, told WAFA that a number of colonists from the illegal Shavi Shomron colony, established on village lands, burned 15 dunums of wheat crop in the town plain, owned by local resident Ahmed Tawfeeq Makhalfa.'

'Aazim explained that Makhalfa was shocked this morning to learn that the illegal Israeli settlers burned the entire crop, noting that the colonists burned dozens of dunums, rooms, and agricultural stalls during May along the road extending from the town of Sebastia to Bazarya Junction, northwest of Nablus.

K.T.

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

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of Palestinian residents today suffered from suffocation during confrontations that broke out with Israeli occupation forces in the town of Bait Fajjar, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Local sources said the occupation forces broke into the town, sparking confrontations with residents.

Forces attacked residents with sound and tear gas canisters, causing a number of residents to suffocate due to inhaling the toxic gas fired at them.

Y.S.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime seizes dunums of Palestinian lands near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, May 23, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces seized about six dunums of land from the villages of Na'haleen and Al-Jabaa in the Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) Governorate, under pretext of orders for military and security purposes, which bore the number T/24/27, the head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Mo-ayed Sha'ban, said on Thursday.

Sha'ban added, in a statement issued by the Commission, that this military order is considered a new practical implementation of the buffer zones plan proposed by the extremist occupation finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, at the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, which aims to seize tens of dunums of land around the settlements, and prevent access to hundreds of dunums of land surrounding them,, which will deprive Palestinians of access to, reclamation and care for their lands.

He stressed that this measure targets the lands surrounding the illegal Israeli settlement of Giv'ot, which was built on the Palestinian lands of the village of Nahaleen.

Sha'ban called on Palestinians to go to the Commission’s office in Bethlehem Governorate in order to set up a legal file that would thwart the Israeli occupation plan and undermine the Israeli efforts to seize more lands.

K.T.

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