On Day 318 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 40 Palestinians Killed, 134 Injured, with a Death Toll of  40,139 and 92,743 Injuries

August 19, 2024 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By August 19, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 50,139+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (40,139), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By August 19, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 92,743.

By August 19, 2024, 629 Palestinians who were killed, 5,468 who were injured, and 10,112, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

By July 12, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 16,054+ children and 10,700 women (69.7% of the total). The death toll also included 500 doctors and medical staff, 158 journalists, and 75 civil defense workers. 

By July 12, 2024, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment destroyed more than 100 health hospitals and medical facilities,  609 mosques, 3 churches, more than 430,000 housing units, and the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

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18 Palestinians killed in two separate massacres in Gaza and Khan Younus, August 19, 2024	40 Palestinians killed, 134 wounded in Gaza in the past 24 hours, August 19, 2024
US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 318, August 19, 2024	An Israeli occupation soldier guarding Israeli bulldozers demolishing Palestinian homes in Al-Quds, Jerusalem, file, August 19, 2024
Palestinian journalist, Ibraheem Mu'harib, was killed after the Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of journalists in 'Hamad City, north of Khan Younus, August 19, 2024	Two Lebanese citizens were killed by an Israeli aerial attack on Abra area in southern Lebanon, on August 19, 2024
Surviving Palestinian children grieving the death of parents who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Dair El-Balah, August 19, 2024.	Bidding farewell to the Palestinian journalist, Ibraheem Muharib, who was killed in an Israeli genocidal air strike targeting journalists, in Khan Younus, August 19, 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.

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Israeli raid on south Lebanon kills two citizens

Monday 19-August-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Two citizens were killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Abra area in southern Lebanon on Monday morning, the Lebanese national news agency reported.

It said that an Israeli drone fired missiles at the area killing the two citizens on the spot.

The Israeli army has been escalating attacks on southern Lebanese village and border areas over the past few weeks killing and wounding dozens.

For its part, Hezbollah party continues attacks on Israeli military sites and settlements. Palestinian and national forces in Lebanon also contribute in the attacks on Israeli targets. They said their attacks will only stop when the Israeli war on Gaza stops.

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Al-Rishiq: Israel’s decision to escalate attacks in Gaza exposes Israel’s fascism

Monday 19-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

The member of Hamas political bureau, 'Izzat Al-Rishiq said on Sunday, “The Israeli security cabinet’s decision to escalate attacks in Khan Younus and Rafa'h to strengthen its position at the ceasefire negotiations, exposes once again its fascist approach against our people in the Gaza Strip.”

“This reveals Israel’s insistence on its brutal behavior in targeting unarmed civilians,” Al-Rishiq added in a press statement.

He further explained that “this decision exposes, to the whole world, the reality of the occupying Zionist entity, its criminality and thirsty for killing and terrorism.”

The 'Hamas official charged the international community, led by the US administration, with full responsibility for the silence and failure to put an end to the ongoing Israeli war of genocide.

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'Hamas: We call for criminalizing the occupation’s violations against humanitarian work

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

On World Humanitarian Day, the 'Hamas Movement called for “criminalizing the occupation’s violations against humanitarian work, stopping its escalating terrorism against the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.”

The Movement also called in a statement issued Monday for urgent action to intensify humanitarian and relief work in support of the Palestinian people and their steadfastness on their land.

The World Humanitarian Day, which the United Nations and the countries of the world celebrate on this day, August 19, comes amid the continuation of the war of genocide, displacement, and ethnic cleansing against the Gaza Strip for the 318th day, during which more than 40,000 martyrs have been killed, most of them children and women, including 280 relief workers from UNRWA staff, and about 93,000 wounded, thousands missing under the rubble, and thousands others kidnapped and detained in the occupation’s prisons, against whom the most heinous crimes of brutal torture and revenge killing are practiced, the statement reads.

On the World Humanitarian Day, Hamas affirmed that “the international community’s celebration of this day places all of them, countries, governments, and organizations, before a political, legal, moral, and humanitarian responsibility to stand with the just cause of our people and their legitimate rights, who are being subjected to the most heinous crime of genocide in modern history, for over ten months, which will remain a stigma on all those who are negligent in stopping and ending it and prosecuting its perpetrators in international courts”.

The Movement also hailed “the work, role, and efforts of all humanitarian and relief work teams from our people and institutions, especially in the Gaza Strip, who provide their services despite the bombing and the occupation’s escalation of all forms of crime, killing, and destruction against them,” calling on Arab, Islamic, and international organizations working in the field of humanitarian and relief work to intensify their work and programs and provide more humanitarian, health, educational, and relief services.

'Hamas also called on “all countries and governments to criminalize the racist and criminal practices and violations committed by the fascist occupation government against the humanitarian work teams supporting our Palestinian people, to pressure the occupation to stop its terrorism against them, and to provide protection to continue their role and humanitarian work.”

The statement concluded by calling “on the United Nations and its institutions and all humanitarian organizations to assume their responsibilities in providing support to our Palestinian people in all places where they are located, especially in the Gaza Strip, and we stress the need to continue their humanitarian work in solidarity and support for the legitimate rights of our people to live in freedom and dignity on their occupied land until the rights, liberation, and return are realized.”

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'Hamas: Demolishing Jerusalemites’ homes is a fascist crime

Monday 19-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas Movement confirmed that the Israeli occupation’s criminal policy of demolishing Palestinian homes in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and the recent demolition of a four-story building in Al-Ram town came as part of “the Zionist ethnic cleansing policy against our Palestinian people in Jerusalem, and attempts to displace them from the holy city in favor of settlement and Judaization projects.”

The Movement stressed in a press release issued Monday that “this criminal settlement policy will not succeed in pushing our steadfast and patient people to leave their land, and will not weaken their steadfastness.”

Hamas called on the Arab and Islamic nation and the free people of the world “to exert efforts and support the steadfastness of the people of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and to work to prevent the occupation from isolating the holy city and implementing its criminal plans there.”

Earlier Monday, the Israeli forces demolished an under-construction residential building in the town of Al-Ram, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), for alleged security reasons.

Local sources reported that the Israeli forces, accompanied by three bulldozers, stormed the town of Al-Ram, and began knocking down a 4-story building that belongs to the citizen Anis al-Natsheh, noting that the building has an area of 3,500 square meters.

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Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli attack on Khan Younus

Monday 19-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian journalist Ibraheem Mu'harib was killed after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) targeted a group of journalists in 'Hamad City, north of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Mu'harib was directly shot on Sunday by the IOF while covering the Israeli incursion into 'Hamad City. He was missing while trying to take shelter from IOF heavy gunfire during the incursion.

Meanwhile, medical sources reported that the Palestinian journalist Salma Al-Qadoumi was wounded in the Khan Younus military operation, which was expanded to 'Hamad City, hundreds of meters away from the claimed “safe zone”.

The martyrdom of journalist Mu'harib brings the number of Palestinian journalists who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza to 169 journalists.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli occupation army soldiers targeted the TRT Arab channel team in Gaza for the fourth time, resulting in the injury of the TRT correspondent, Sami Barhoum.

The TRT correspondent confirmed that they were targeted while being in a non-military zone overcrowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced people, stressing that the targeting was definitely deliberate.

“We were subjected to direct shooting by Israeli occupation forces northwest of Khan Younus”, Barhoum said, noting that he was wounded after attacking his car which was carrying the targeted group of journalists.

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

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On August 19, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 3 main massacres, in which 40 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 134 others were injured, in the past 48 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 40,139 and the injuries to 92,743, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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‎40 Palestinians killed, 134 wounded in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Monday 19-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed three massacres in the enclave over the past 24 hours killing 40 citizens and wounding 134 others.

It added that the total number of those martyred since October 7 last year thus surged to 40,139 and the wounded to 92,743.

The ministry reiterated the fact that many other victims were still unrecovered due to the IOF intense shooting and barriers.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 318

Monday 19-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces continue to perpetrate the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, for the 318th consecutive day, through dozens of air raids and artillery shelling, while committing massacres against civilians, amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation as a result of the siege and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.

Our correspondents reported that the Israeli aircraft and artillery continued their violent raids and bombardment on Monday on various areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, gatherings of the displaced, and streets, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded.

The occupation forces continue their ground invasion of neighborhoods in Rafa'h since last May 7, and several axes in Gaza, amid aerial and artillery bombardment and the perpetration of horrific massacres.

Citizens were killed and others were injured after the Israeli aircraft bombed a house in the city of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera in the afternoon.

Our correspondent reported that the south of Dair El-Bala'h is witnessing continuous shelling by the occupation forces for two hours, resulting in 4 martyrs and a number of injuries.

The Israeli warplanes carried out an air raid near the intersection of the mills, southeast of Dair El-Bala'h, in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces’ warplanes bombed a house in the Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza reducing it to rubble.

The occupation forces bombed the city of 'Hamad and displaced persons gatherings in the Al-Zuhour area of Khan Younus, which led to deaths and injuries.

Today, the body of the martyr journalist Ibraheem Muharib was recovered from the vicinity of the city of 'Hamad in Khan Younus, after the occupation forces opened fire on him and other journalists last night.

Our correspondent reported that journalist Salma Al-Qaddoumi was shot by the occupation forces, Salma reported that she and other journalists, including Ibrahim Muhaireb, were exposed to gunfire by the occupation forces, and contact with journalist Mu'harib was lost until he was found martyred this morning.

Local sources reported that a helicopter carried out an evacuation operation for wounded soldiers as a result of clashes northwest of Khan Younus.

The Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike northeast of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, at dawn today.

The Israeli artillery, also at dawn today, renewed shelling the vicinity of the city of 'Hamad, north of Khan Younus, coinciding with intense overflight of reconnaissance planes.

The occupation forces fired flares in Khan Younus last night, amid clashes with the Palestinian resistance.

The medical services in Gaza warned of a real disaster, after a number of ambulances stopped working due to a fuel shortage, noting that all vehicles are dilapidated, and appealed to the world to supply new vehicles.

Israeli warplanes, in the first minutes after midnight (Sunday/Monday), bombed an agricultural land in the Beer Al-Na’ja area, west of the Jabalya refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip.

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18 Palestinians killed in two separate massacres in Gaza and Khan Younus

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed two separate massacres in the Gaza Strip on Monday. At least 18 civilians were killed in the two crimes.

The first massacre took place in the Al-Shati camp west of Gaza, while the second targeted Khan Younus in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli warplanes bombed an internet point in the Austrian neighborhood west of Khan Younus; resulting in the killing of 9 people and the injury of several others.

In another Israeli massacre, 9 Palestinians were killed and many others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of people in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

The health ministry in Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the Israeli occupation committed three massacres in the enclave over the past 24 hours killing 40 citizens and wounding 134 others.

It added that the total number of those martyred since October 7 last year thus surged to 40,139 and the wounded to 92,743.

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Nine civilians killed, others wounded in Israeli shelling of group of civilians west of Gaza City

GAZA, Monday, August 15, 2024 (WAFA) -

Nine civilians, including children, were killed this evening in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Shati (Beach) camp west of Gaza City.

The occupation’s warplanes also targeted a residential tower West of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 40,139 civilians and the injury of 92,743 others.

Thousands of victims remain buried under rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them.

T.R.

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Palestinian infant killed, others injured by Israeli live bullets west of Khan Younus

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 19, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian infant was killed and dozens of displaced women were injured on Monday by the occupation forces' fire in the Asdaa area west of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 40,139 civilians and the injury of 92,743 others.

Thousands of victims are still trapped under rubble and scattered on the roads and cannot be reached by ambulance and rescue crews.

Y.S.

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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing central Gaza

GAZA, Monday, August 19, 2024 (WAFA) –

A number of Palestinians were Monday killed and others were injured when Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house in Al-Nusayrat, central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that four slain civilians and a number of injured people were taken at Al-'Awda Hospital in Jabalya after the occupation warplanes targeted a house in southern Al-Nusayrat, central Gaza Strip.

A number of citizens, including children, were also injured with varying degrees of injuries after the occupation warplanes targeted a residential apartment in the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 40 Palestinians and the injury of 134 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,139 reported fatalities, with an additional 92,743 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services 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.

K.T.

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

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‎A young man died of his injury by Israeli bullets in Dura ‎

‎‎Hebron 20-8-2024 Wafa -

The Ministry of Health announced tonight the death of Ma'hmoud Ibraheem Al-'Huroub (18 years old) due to his injury by the Israeli occupation forces, in the town of Dura, south of Hebron.‎

‎The young man Al-'Huroub had been wounded by a bullet fired at him occupation soldiers on Monday evening, penetrated the right eye and settled in the head, and was transferred to the hospital in a critical health condition, where he was declared dead tonight from his injuries.‎

‎According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town, which led to the outbreak of clashes, during which occupation soldiers fired live bullets, stun grenades and poison gas at the youths, wounding two young men, one of them Al-'Huroub, in addition to dozens of suffocation.‎

‎With the martyrdom of the young man Al-'Huroub, the number of martyrs in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since the seventh of last October‎‎ ‎‎October to 636 martyrs, including 147 children, in addition to about 5,400 injuries‎‎.‎

‎W.A.

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‎Two young men were injured, one critically, by Israeli gunfire in Dura‎

‎Hebron 19-8-2024 Wafa -

Two young men, one of them critically, were injured, on Monday evening, by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets in the town of Doura, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).‎

‎The Ministry of Health reported that a civilian was wounded by a bullet fired at him by the Israeli occupation army in the town of Dura, which penetrated the right eye and settled in the head, and he was transferred to the hospital in critical condition.‎

‎According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town, which led to the outbreak of clashes, during which occupation soldiers fired bullets, stun grenades and poison gas at the youths, resulting in the injury of two young men, one in the face and the other in the pelvis, who were taken to hospital, and dozens of people were suffocated due to inhalation of poison gas, who were treated in the field.‎

‎G.T./A.F.‎

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‎Three injured by Israeli gunfire in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)‎

‎Hebron 19-8-2024 Wafa -

Three civilians were injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets on Monday evening, during their raid into Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the southern West Bank‎‎.‎

‎Our correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed the camp and raided a number of houses, and then clashes took place during which occupation soldiers live bullets, sound bombs and poison gas were fired at the citizens, causing the injury of three young men with live bullets, one in the abdomen, the other in the lower back and the third in the thigh, and they were transferred to the hospital, and dozens of people suffocated due to inhalation of toxic gas, and were treated in the field.‎

‎G.T‎‎./‎‎A.F.‎ 

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‎Israeli occupation forces kidnap 14 citizens from the West Bank‎

‎Ramallah Allah 19-8-2024 Wafa -

From yesterday evening until Monday morning, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 14 citizens from the West Bank‎‎.‎

‎The Prisoners' Club and the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement that the occupation continues to mainly target former prisoners, as the former prisoner Dania Hanatsha, one of the prisoners who were released as part of exchange deals, was arrested.‎

‎The statement added that the kidnappings were distributed in the governorates of Bait La'ham (Bethlehem), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Ramallah, Nablus and Toulkarm, accompanied by attacks and threats against the detainees and their families, in addition to the widespread vandalism and destruction of citizens‎‎' homes.‎

‎It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped more than 10,112 citizens from the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), since the start of the ongoing war of extermination and comprehensive aggression against our people‎‎.‎

‎M.A.‎

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Injuries, kidnappings reported in Israeli kidnapping campaign in the West Bank

Monday 19-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out at dawn Monday a large-scale raid and kidnapping campaign across the West Bank, resulting in the injury of four Palestinians and the arrest of many others.

In Nablus, four young men were wounded by IOFs live bullets, while a fifth was kidnapped at the hands of Israeli occupation special forces in the old town of Nablus.

A local source reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles stormed the vicinity of the Old City in Nablus, after the Israeli special forces broke into the area, amid heavy gunfire and the spread of a score of snipers who occupied the rooftops of Palestinian homes and commercial stores, leading to the eruption of clashes with the IOF.

Meanwhile, the IOFs demolished a house and a sheep pen in the village of Furoush Bait Dajan, east of Nablus.

The head of the Furoush Bait Dajan village council, 'Azmi Haj Mu'hammed, said that the IOFs accompanied by two bulldozers stormed the village and demolished a one-story house licensed for building since the 1980s, and a sheep pen owned by local resident 'Ameed Haj Mohammad.'

He added that the IOFs also notified 'Abbas Haj Mu'hammed, 'Azmi Haj Mohammad, and Isma'eel Sadiq Ismail of the demolition of their homes.

In Ramallah, local sources reported that the IOF arrested the released prisoner in the recent exchange deal and the student at Beer Zait University, Danya Hanatsha, after storming her family’s house in the Thata neighborhood in Ramallah.

The IOF also arrested the young man Nidhal Hindi after raiding a residential building in the Al-Teera neighborhood of Ramallah.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs held captive 'Alaa Al-Sharabati from Khirbet Al-Hariq area as well as the former prisoner Mu'hammed Al-Ashqar, 32, while passing through the 'Hamra military checkpoint near the city of Aree'ha (Jericho), while five other young men were rounded up in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOFs demolish 4-story building north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 19-August-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished on Monday an under-construction residential building in the town of al-Ram, north of Occupied Jerusalem, for alleged security reasons.

Local sources reported that the IOFs, accompanied by three bulldozers, stormed the town of al-Ram, and began knocking down a 4-story building that belongs to the citizen Anis al-Natsheh, noting that the building has an area of 3,500 square meters.

The sources revealed that the demolished building is one of 17 others previously notified to be demolished for the expansion of a settlement road linking two military checkpoints north of Occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli demolition operations have recently escalated in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), affecting homes and commercial and agricultural structures in addition to other facilities.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parantheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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