Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Remember to BOYCOTT child killers today🚨🚨🇮🇱🍟

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Palestinian families bid farewell to their loved ones who were killed by the israeli air strikes in Rafah city #GazaGenocide #AirDropAidForGazagalestinian families bid farewell to their loved ones who were killed by the israeli air strikes in Rafah city #GazaGenocide #AirDropAidForGaza pic.twitter.com/us5a8Ipjbs
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In the wake of International Court of Justice, ICJ,


Feeding the People of Gaza, and the UNRWA , western nations stop contributing to the relief fund. Time and Again, as the thought the Europian Nations are humane nation, but they choose not to contribute for disaster.

 By Latheef Farook

In the wake of International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling on Israeli genocide in Gaza on Friday 26 January 2024, many western countries which support Israeli genocide in Gaza have cut off badly needed funds for United Nations Relief and Works Agency-UNRWA – the sole lifeline of Palestinian refugees.

These countries – US, UK,Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland and Netherlands – decided to suspend funding to UNRWA after Israeli allegations that twelve staff members were involved in the Hamas incursion into Israel on 7 October last year. No evidence was presented; just allegations against twelve employees out of 30000 across the agency’s areas of operation, upon which the nine governments acted like the obedient lapdogs that they are.
UNRWA was first established in 1949 to help the Palestinian forcibly displaced from their homes by Zionist Jews when they committed genocide to create the settler state of Israel on Palestinian lands.UNRWA provides essential services upon which Palestinian refugees depend. This in turn, serves Israel’s colonization plans.

Today UNRWA exists because it allowed Israeli colonialism to thrive while preventing Palestinians from their political right to return to their land and homes.It is a cycle in which only one winner emerges, either way, and Palestinians remain pawns in the game because UNRWA takes priority, either because Israel calls for its dismantling, or because Palestinians are in dire need of its service.
Putting UNRWA in the spotlight has been a tactic that Israel has used frequently, and one that the UN has allowed. UNRWA exists for a purpose that is more political than humanitarian due to the history that founded it, and which allowed Israeli colonialism to thrive while preventing Palestinians from their political right to return to their land and homes.
Suspending the fund was not something unexpected. Columnist Ramona Wadi pointed out that in 2018, the Trump administration cut off US funding for UNRWA . A similar pattern has now emerged.Israel’s classified foreign ministry report seek to eliminate UNRWA from Gaza in three steps: alleged cooperation of UNRWA staff members with Hamas; a reduction of UNRWA services in Gaza; and ultimately the transfer of all of the agency’s duties to the entity governing Gaza after Israel decides that it has quenched its thirst for death and destruction.

Thus Israel uses starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Nine out of 10 people in Gaza cannot eat every day and have to skip meals for extended periods of time

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80 Bodies Return by IDF Zionist after they were kill.

On Tuesday, Israel returned the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians taken by its forces. Some of the bodies were taken by Israeli forces after they were killed, while others were exhumed from several cemeteries around Gaza, including Al-Shifa cemetery and Al-Nimsawi cemetery in Khan Younis. Pictures were taken of the bodies before burial to facilitate later identification by their families.

 

On Tuesday, Israel returned the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians taken by its forces.

Some of the bodies were taken by Israeli forces after they were killed, while others were exhumed from several cemeteries around Gaza, including Al-Shifa cemetery and Al-Nimsawi cemetery… pic.twitter.com/gNJFAwrJHE
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Monday, January 29, 2024

World International Terrorist Organization (WITO)

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Down with Zionista money machine

Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis · 7h Now French farmers are protesting at @McDonalds too😂😂😂🍟

 

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Zionista Israello & USA and monopoly of MSM to mis-informs, false narratives and Nazis Style Propagandas.

Last Sunday, The Washington Post published its hit piece targeting The Electronic Intifada and other independent media that have consistently challenged and exposed Israel’s lies about the events of 7 October. Written by Elizabeth Dwoskin, a Nakba denier who has expressed far-right Zionist views, the Post article falsely characterizes and misquotes The Electronic Intifada’s reporting, and attempts to smear us by association with Holocaust deniers and conspiracy theorists. 

 On The Electronic Intifada livestream on 24 January, I discussed some of the most egregious lies in Dwoskin’s piece and showed how she relied on the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), which she describes benignly as “a nonprofit tracking disinformation.” You can watch the segment in the video above. In fact, NCRI is led by individuals closely tied to various Israel lobby groups with a long history of defaming Palestinians and advocates for their rights as “anti-Semites,” including the Anti-Defamation League.

 

 

 How Zionista Israello, continue to employ all forms of lies and deeeptions by controlling the MSM (Main Stream Media in USA/Europe) to be their 2nd fiddle as a tool for Zionista Israello & USA propaganda. Readmore:
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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Remembering Rachel Corrie - She Inspired The Children of Palestine

REMEMBERING RACHEL 
🚨📣⚡🇵🇸 Never forget what Israel did to Rachel Corrie. Over 20 years ago, an Israeli bulldozer crushed Rachel Corrie to death. 

 Rachel Corrie was a 23-year-old American woman who spent her time advocating for the rights of Palestinians. On March 16th 2003, Rachel stood in front of a Palestinian home in Rafah, with the objective of preventing an Israeli bulldozer from destroying it. She was wearing a bright orange vest, and was yelling through a megaphone trying to persuade the driver to stop. The bulldozer ran her over. Israel claimed her death was an accident. Her family never received justice. Rachel’s last words were, “I think my back is broken.” RIP Rachel Corrie 💔🕊️
🚨📣⚡🇵🇸 Never forget what Israel did to Rachel Corrie.
RACHEL CORRIE - THE BEST OF HUMANITY  

RACHEL CORRIE - THE AMERICAN MATYR DEFENDING AND RELENTLESS FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF PALESTINE,


   

 RACHEL CORRIE - THE REAL GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE EVER ALIVE - HOLD NO BARS -  AN EXEMPLARY  OF ULTIMATE HUMANITY AND A FREEDOM FIGHTER AT HER YOUNGER AGE



   

 RACHEL CORRIE - REMEMBERING THE EPIC OF HUMAN COURAGE, FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND FRATENITY OF PALESTINE.

   

 March 16th  2024 marked the 21st anniversary of the brutal murder of Rachel Corrie, an American human rights defender and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer as she attempted to halt the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Gaza. Two decades later, those responsible for Rachel’s murder have yet to face justice, as they have been shielded by the US’ refusal to hold Israel accountable for any of its crimes. 

 Today, we are hosting Rachel’s parents, Craig and Cindy Corrie of the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, in a virtual event to reflect on their fight for justice for Rachel over the last twenty years, and how the struggle to hold Israel accountable has evolved during that time. - Cindy & Craig Corrie are the parents of human rights activist and observer Rachel Corrie who in 2003 was killed by an Israeli military-operated Caterpillar D9R bulldozer in the Gaza Strip, as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home. Rachel wrote of the importance of making commitments to people and places. Since her death, her family and community have strived to continue the commitment to Palestine that Rachel intended. For over a decade, the Corries pursued accountability in Rachel’s case through efforts in the U.S. Congress, at the Departments of State and Justice, and in U.S. and Israeli courts. 

From 2003 through 2016, the Corries traveled often to the Middle East, supporting multiple delegations to the region, and making five trips to Gaza. During the past twenty years, they have spoken broadly throughout the U.S. and world sharing their daughter’s story, educating and advocating for Palestine and universal human rights, and standing with Palestinians in their quest for freedom, equality, and peace with justice. The Corries are volunteers for the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit they cofounded nearly twenty years ago in their hometown, Olympia, Washington. The foundation educates about Palestine and related issues and fosters grassroots advocacy that informs U.S. policy and the pursuit of human rights and social justice. 

The foundation promotes connections between peoples and maintains support for grassroots initiated sport and arts activities for youth in Gaza, and a women’s scholarship program at Birzeit University in the West Bank. The Rachel Corrie Foundation has been recognized for “outstanding service for Human Rights” by the Thurston County Diversity Council. Cindy and Craig Corrie have received a Human Rights Advocates of the Year Award from Seattle University’s Human Rights Network and a Pillar of Peace Award from the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Friends Service Committee. In October 2012, the Corries traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland, to accept the LennonOno Grant for Peace on behalf of their daughter Rachel.

FOR MANY DECADES ZIONIST ISRAEL  THE MOST DESPICABLE  NATION ON PLANET EARTH  OUTWITTING HUMANITY  WITH LIES & DECEPTIONS. 
ARIEL SHARON IS IN THE DEEP ABYSS OF HELLFIRE.

REMEMBERING RACHEL  CORRIE THE EXAMPLE OF  AN AMERICAN DERAM.


She really makes the World wonder, what the point of our life is. She knew from when she was knee-high to a grasshopper that she was there to help the millions who were struggling for freedom. A true hero, and pure heart of God-fearing American

 
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The Most Heart Breaking Moment of Life.

Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity

 

 “There is no possible justification for a system built around the institutionalized and prolonged racist oppression of millions of people. Apartheid has no place in our world, and states which choose to make allowances for Israel will find themselves on the wrong side of history. Governments who continue to supply Israel with arms and shield it from accountability at the UN are supporting a system of apartheid, undermining the international legal order, and exacerbating the suffering of the Palestinian people. The international community must face up to the reality of Israel’s apartheid, and pursue the many avenues to justice which remain shamefully unexplored.” Amnesty International’s findings build on a growing body of work by Palestinian, Israeli and international NGOs, who have increasingly applied the apartheid framework to the situation in Israel and/or the OPT. 

 Identifying apartheid A system of apartheid is an institutionalized regime of oppression and domination by one racial group over another. It is a serious human rights violation which is prohibited in public international law. Amnesty International’s extensive research and legal analysis, carried out in consultation with external experts, demonstrates that Israel enforces such a system against Palestinians through laws, policies and practices which ensure their prolonged and cruel discriminatory treatment. In international criminal law, specific unlawful acts which are committed within a system of oppression and domination, with the intention of maintaining it, constitute the crime against humanity of apartheid. These acts are set out in the Apartheid Convention and the Rome Statute, and include unlawful killing, torture, forcible transfer, and the denial of basic rights and freedoms. 


 Amnesty International documented acts proscribed in the Apartheid Convention and Rome Statute in all the areas Israel controls, although they occur more frequently and violently in the OPT than in Israel. Israeli authorities enact multiple measures to deliberately deny Palestinians their basic rights and freedoms, including draconian movement restrictions in the OPT, chronic discriminatory underinvestment in Palestinian communities in Israel, and the denial of refugees’ right to return. The report also documents forcible transfer, administrative detention, torture, and unlawful killings, in both Israel and the OPT. Amnesty International found that these acts form part of a systematic and widespread attack directed against the Palestinian population, and are committed with the intent to maintain the system of oppression and domination. They therefore constitute the crime against humanity of apartheid. 

 The unlawful killing of Palestinian protesters is perhaps the clearest illustration of how Israeli authorities use proscribed acts to maintain the status quo. In 2018, Palestinians in Gaza began to hold weekly protests along the border with Israel, calling for the right of return for refugees and an end to the blockade. Before protests even began, senior Israeli officials warned that Palestinians approaching the wall would be shot. By the end of 2019, Israeli forces had killed 214 civilians, including 46 children. In light of the systematic unlawful killings of Palestinians documented in its report, Amnesty International is also calling for the UN Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel. 


This should cover all weapons and munitions as well as law enforcement equipment, given the thousands of Palestinian civilians who have been unlawfully killed by Israeli forces. The Security Council should also impose targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes, against Israeli officials most implicated in the crime of apartheid. Palestinians treated as a demographic threat Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has pursued a policy of establishing and then maintaining a Jewish demographic majority, and maximizing control over land and resources to benefit Jewish Israelis. In 1967, Israel extended this policy to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 

Today, all territories controlled by Israel continue to be administered with the purpose of benefiting Jewish Israelis to the detriment of Palestinians, while Palestinian refugees continue to be excluded. Amnesty International recognizes that Jews, like Palestinians, claim a right to self-determination, and does not challenge Israel’s desire to be a home for Jews. Similarly, it does not consider that Israel labeling itself a “Jewish state” in itself indicates an intention to oppress and dominate. However, Amnesty International’s report shows that successive Israeli governments have considered Palestinians a demographic threat, and imposed measures to control and decrease their presence and access to land in Israel and the OPT. 

These demographic aims are well illustrated by official plans to “Judaize” areas of Israel and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which continue to put thousands of Palestinians at risk of forcible transfer. Oppression without borders The 1947-49 and 1967 wars, Israel’s ongoing military rule of the OPT, and the creation of separate legal and administrative regimes within the territory have separated Palestinian communities and segregated them from Jewish Israelis. Palestinians have been fragmented geographically and politically, and experience different levels of discrimination depending on their status and where they live. 

 Palestinian citizens in Israel currently enjoy greater rights and freedoms than their counterparts in the OPT, while the experience of Palestinians in Gaza is very different to that of those living in the West Bank. Nonetheless, Amnesty International’s research shows that all Palestinians are subject to the same overarching system. Israel’s treatment of Palestinians across all areas is pursuant to the same objective: to privilege Jewish Israelis in distribution of land and resources, and to minimize the Palestinian presence and access to land. Amnesty International demonstrates that Israeli authorities treat Palestinians as an inferior racial group who are defined by their non-Jewish, Arab status. This racial discrimination is cemented in laws which affect Palestinians across Israel and the OPT.

 For example, Palestinian citizens of Israel are denied nationality, establishing a legal differentiation from Jewish Israelis. In the West Bank and Gaza, where Israel has controlled the population registry since 1967, Palestinians have no citizenship and most are considered stateless, requiring ID cards from the Israeli military to live and work in the territories. Palestinian refugees and their descendants, who were displaced in the 1947-49 and 1967 conflicts, continue to be denied the right to return to their former places of residence. Israel’s exclusion of refugees is a flagrant violation of international law which has left millions in a perpetual limbo of forced displacement. 

 Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem are granted permanent residence instead of citizenship – though this status is permanent in name only. Since 1967, more than 14,000 Palestinians have had their residency revoked at the discretion of the Ministry of the Interior, resulting in their forcible transfer outside the city. Lesser citizens Palestinian citizens of Israel, who comprise about 19% of the population, face many forms of institutionalized discrimination. In 2018, discrimination against Palestinians was crystallized in a constitutional law which, for the first time, enshrined Israel exclusively as the “nation state of the Jewish people”. 

The law also promotes the building of Jewish settlements and downgrades Arabic’s status as an official language. The report documents how Palestinians are effectively blocked from leasing 80% of Israel’s state land, as a result of racist land seizures and a web of discriminatory laws on land allocation, planning and zoning. The situation in the Negev/Naqab region of southern Israel is a prime example of how Israel’s planning and building policies intentionally exclude Palestinians. Since 1948 Israeli authorities have adopted various policies to “Judaize” the Negev/Naqab, including designating large areas as nature reserves or military firing zones, and setting targets for increasing the Jewish population. 

This has had devastating consequences for the tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouins who live in the region. Thirty-five Bedouin villages, home to about 68,000 people, are currently “unrecognized” by Israel, which means they are cut off from the national electricity and water supply and targeted for repeated demolitions. As the villages have no official status, their residents also face restrictions on political participation and are excluded from the healthcare and education systems. These conditions have coerced many into leaving their homes and villages, in what amounts to forcible transfer. 

 Decades of deliberately unequal treatment of Palestinian citizens of Israel have left them consistently economically disadvantaged in comparison to Jewish Israelis. This is exacerbated by the blatantly discriminatory allocation of state resources: a recent example is the government’s Covid-19 recovery package, of which just 1.7% was given to Palestinian local authorities. Dispossession The dispossession and displacement of Palestinians from their homes is a crucial pillar of Israel’s apartheid system. Since its establishment, the Israeli state has enforced massive and cruel land seizures against Palestinians and continues to implement myriad laws and policies to force Palestinians into small enclaves. 

Since 1948, Israel has demolished hundreds of thousands of Palestinian homes and other properties across all areas under its jurisdiction and effective control. As in the Negev/Naqab, Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Area C of the OPT live under full Israeli control. The authorities deny building permits to Palestinians in these areas, forcing them to build illegal structures which are demolished again and again. In the OPT, the continued expansion of illegal Israeli settlements exacerbates the situation. 

The construction of these settlements in the OPT has been a government policy since 1967. Settlements today cover 10% of the land in the West Bank, and some 38% of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem was expropriated between 1967 and 2017. Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem are frequently targeted by settler organizations which, with the full backing of the Israeli government, work to displace Palestinian families and hand their homes to settlers. One such neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah, has been the site of frequent protests since May 2021 as families battle to keep their homes under the threat of a settler lawsuit. Draconian movement restrictions Since the mid-1990s Israeli authorities have imposed increasingly stringent movement restrictions on Palestinians in the OPT. 

A web of military checkpoints, roadblocks, fences and other structures controls the movement of Palestinians within the OPT, and restricts their travel into Israel or abroad. A 700km fence, which Israel is still extending, has isolated Palestinian communities inside “military zones”, and they must obtain multiple special permits any time they enter or leave their homes. In Gaza, more than 2 million Palestinians live under an Israeli blockade which has created a humanitarian crisis. It is near-impossible for Gazans to travel abroad or into the rest of the OPT, and they are effectively segregated from the rest of the world. 

 For Palestinians, the difficulty of travelling within and in and out of the OPT is a constant reminder of their powerlessness. Their every move is subject to the Israeli military’s approval, and the simplest daily task means navigating a web of violent control Agnès Callamard 
“The permit system in the OPT is emblematic of Israel’s brazen discrimination against Palestinians. While Palestinians are locked in a blockade, stuck for hours at checkpoints, or waiting for yet another permit to come through, Israeli citizens and settlers can move around as they please.” Amnesty International examined each of the security justifications which Israel cites as the basis for its treatment of Palestinians. 

The report shows that, while some of Israel’s policies may have been designed to fulfil legitimate security objectives, they have been implemented in a grossly disproportionate and discriminatory way which fails to comply with international law. Other policies have absolutely no reasonable basis in security, and are clearly shaped by the intent to oppress and dominate. The way forward Amnesty International provides numerous specific recommendations for how the Israeli authorities can dismantle the apartheid system and the discrimination, segregation and oppression which sustain it. 

 The organization is calling for an end to the brutal practice of home demolitions and forced evictions as a first step. Israel must grant equal rights to all Palestinians in Israel and the OPT, in line with principles of international human rights and humanitarian law. It must recognize the right of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to return to homes where they or their families once lived, and provide victims of human rights violations and crimes against humanity with full reparations. 

 The scale and seriousness of the violations documented in Amnesty International’s report call for a drastic change in the international community’s approach to the human rights crisis in Israel and the OPT. All states may exercise universal jurisdiction over persons reasonably suspected of committing the crime of apartheid under international law, and states that are party to the Apartheid Convention must do so. 

 The international response to apartheid must no longer be limited to bland condemnations and equivocating. Unless we tackle the root causes, Palestinians and Israelis will remain locked in the cycle of violence which has destroyed so many lives Agnès Callamard “Israel must dismantle the apartheid system and start treating Palestinians as human beings with equal rights and dignity. Until it does, peace and security will remain a distant prospect for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”
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Friday, January 19, 2024

Rise of Neo Zionism in India Under Modi

 

Hinduism suggests that “good and evil” is an overly simplistic and shallow, judgmental way of looking at reality. It breaks it down into a more fundamental dichotomy: Knowledge and ignorance, which is fundamentally identical to joy and suffering. True knowledge is joy. All suffering proceeds only from ignorance. For Hindu Right, support for Israel and disdain for Palestine is extension of hatred for Muslims In Uttar Pradesh, four students were booked for taking out a march in support of Palestine in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU); besides instructions have gone out that social media posts would be monitored and on October 14, a cleric was arrested ... Read more






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Thursday, January 18, 2024

70 Martyrs in 1 day Northern Gaza

A massacre that claimed the lives of more than 70 martyrs, committed by the occupation against the Abu Alba family, most of whom were children and women, as a result of the bombing of a house in northern Gaza.

 

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The Mother of Syuhada

The mother of the martyr journalist Mustafa Soraya begs to see her son’s face. “Her son’s body is torn and mutilated.” May God bind her heart, O God.Oh God, strengthen their hearts and forgive their martyr and reward them and give them patience and solace. We belong to God and to Him we shall return.. Oh God, forgive him and have mercy on him and make him dwell in your spacious paradise, Lord of the worlds.

 

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Daily Murdering of Muslim In India.

Location – Manipur Five Maitei Muslim men were massacred by Hindu militants who were buried on January 4 at Lilong Chingjao in Manipur's Thoubal district.

 



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Grief and fear persist in Manipur's Thoubal district, where five Meitei Muslim 'Pangal' men were killed on New Year's Day. While four were shot dead on the spot, one man eventually succumbed to his injuries.

The Quint visited the families of the deceased. The widows of two of the men who were killed, recount what happened on that fateful day.

'Saw Him Lying Down, Struggling to Save His Life'

“I have a baby who just turned 6 months today," said 32-year-old Salima Marei, wife of 37-year-old Abdur Rahaque Mareimayum.

"On that day, we took him to the doctor, and while we were returning, there was heavy gunfire, so we scattered. After the firing was over, I saw my husband lying down, struggling to save his life. After that, I can't remember anything that happened."

Salima Marei

Marei went on to narrate that her eldest daughter is 12 years old, while her other daughters are 10, seven, and 6 months old."

Having lost my husband, the sole breadwinner, who will take care of us now. The government should support us," she concluded, breaking into tears.

At about 8 per cent, the Meitei Pangals are the fourth largest community in Manipur after the Meiteis, the Nagas, and the Kukis. The community is spread out in and around Imphal.

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Wa'il al-Dahduh

The inventor and authentic writer Yousef al-Damuki said: He did not see any of the wa'il al-Dahduh except Ibn 'Umm al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He heard that Mahmoud was an Egyptian, and martyred, carrying the opinion between his brothers , Wakant Ibn Ta Sham Mahja Qalbeh, Fatfowha, Wakan Hafidah Adam Thamra Fuada Faqtl'waha, Then Kant Hamza Salsal Zahra, Fastshahad, Wama Zal Wael Yahaml Raya! Ja'far testified that his body is more than ninety subjects to the spear or sword blow, but Ja'far is not overcome by shame, and his body is overcome by all blows, and the overcomer raises the eye and between his arms and his breast . . . .
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The scorch earth policy

The Israeli destruction of Khan Yunis today: These are people's homes, lands, livelihoods and dreams, destroyed by brutal Israeli invaders.

A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants, and any kind of tools and infrastructure.

 

Refugee Camp in Rafah, 

Zionist IDF and Fighter Jet Killed Civilian, and Scotch Earth Policy by destroying every structures for Human Dwelling.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel

  • Heavy Israeli bombardment from air, land, and sea continued across much of the Gaza Strip, including central Gaza, the southern town of Khan Younis, and Jabalya Camp in northern Gaza. The firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel also continued. Additionally, ground operations and fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups were reported, including in areas such as Al Bureij and Al Maghazi camps in Deir al Balah, where Palestinians have relocated following orders from Israeli forces to move from northern Gaza, and the Ad Darraj and At Tuffah neighbourhoods of Gaza city. Reportedly, these operations resulted in high numbers of fatalities.
  • Between the afternoons of 3 and 4 January, 125 Palestinians were reported killed, and another 318 people were reported injured, by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza. Overall, between 7 October and 12:00 on 3 January, at least 22,438 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, according to the MoH in Gaza. About 70 per cent of those killed are said to be women and children. During the same period, 57,614 Palestinians were reportedly injured.
  • Since 3 January and as of 4 January, no additional soldiers have been reported killed in Gaza. Overall, since the start of the ground operation, 173 soldiers have been killed, and 1,003 soldiers injured, in Gaza, according to the Israeli military.
  • On 3 January, the Israeli military designated two additional blocks for evacuation in Deir al Balah governorate, issuing orders via air-dropped leaflets. The orders cover an estimated 1.2 square kilometres, home to about 4,700 people and where one UN-supported health centre (Nusseriat) is located. Since 1 December, evacuation orders have been issued for several areas, estimated to cover 128 square kilometres south of Wadi Gaza alone (35 per cent of the Gaza Strip) and previously home to just over 1 million people (44 per cent of Gaza’s population). This area encompasses 13 hospitals, 29 health facilities and 143 shelters where over 550,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were taking refuge.
  • The UN and other humanitarian partners have been unable to deliver urgently needed life-saving humanitarian assistance north of Wadi Gaza for four days due to access delays and denials, as well as active conflict. This includes medicines that would have provided vital support to more than 100,000 people for 30 days, as well as eight trucks of food for people who currently face life-threatening food insecurity. Humanitarian organizations are calling for urgent, safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to areas north of Wadi Gaza, which has been severed from the south for more than a month.
  • On 4 January, the vicinity of Al Amal hospital and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Khan Younis was struck for the third consecutive day. PRCS reported that seven IDPs sheltering in the compound, including a five-day-old baby, had been killed, while another 11 people were injured over the three days of bombardment. PRCS also reported that dozens of residential buildings and people gathered at the entrance of Al Amal Hospital had been hit, resulting in dozens more deaths and injuries.
  • On 3 January, WHO stated that, over the previous three days, 13 trucks carrying crucial medical supplies for surgeries and anaesthesia had been delivered through the Rafah crossing. The medical aid is set to be delivered to Nasser Medical Complex, Al Aqsa, Al Awda, and European Gaza hospitals in southern Gaza, benefiting about 142,000 patients. WHO called for unimpeded access for these life-saving items to reach their final destinations.
  • On 4 January, 177 trucks with food, medicine and other supplies entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings.

Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip)

  • The following are among the deadliest incidents reported between 3 January and 4 January:
    • On 3 January, at about 13:00, tens of people were reportedly killed when a residential building in Jabalya Camp, northern Gaza, was struck.
    • On 3 January, at about 19:30, four people were reportedly killed by an airstrike near the Aisha Mosque, Rafah, southern Gaza.
    • On 3 January, at about 23:00, 10 people were reportedly killed when two houses in Deir al Balah were struck.
    • On 4 January, at about 1:00, 14 people, including at least nine children and two women, were reportedly killed when a house west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, was struck. The building was reportedly being used as a shelter by IDPs.
    • On 4 January, at about 1:00, six people were reportedly killed, and another six injured, when agricultural land where IDPs were sheltering, west of Khan Yunis, was struck.

Displacement (Gaza Strip)

  • By the end of 2023, according to UNRWA, 1.9 million people, or nearly 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza, were estimated to be internally displaced, including many who have been displaced multiple times, as families are forced to move repeatedly in search of safety. Nearly 1.4 million IDPs are sheltering in 155 UNRWA facilities across all five governorates. Rafah governorate is now the main refuge for those displaced, with over one million people squeezed into an extremely overcrowded space, following the intensification of hostilities in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah and the Israeli military’s evacuation orders. Obtaining an accurate figure of the total number of IDPs remains challenging.
  • On 4 January, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that he was “very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials' statements on plans to transfer civilians from Gaza to third countries. 85 per cent of people in Gaza are already internally displaced. They have the right to return to their homes. International law prohibits forcible transfer of protected persons within or deportation from occupied territory.”

Electricity

  • Since 11 October, the Gaza Strip has been under an electricity blackout, after the Israeli authorities cut off the electricity supply, and fuel reserves for Gaza’s sole power plant were depleted. The communications and fuel shutdown continues to significantly hinder the aid community’s efforts to assess the full extent of needs in Gaza and to adequately respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis. For more information on electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, please see this dashboard.

Health care, including attacks (Gaza Strip)

  • On 3 January, UNRWA announced it would rapidly deliver, with UNICEF, WHO, and other partners, over 960,000 additional doses of key vaccines into the Gaza Strip, protecting against diseases like measles, pneumonia and polio. Between 25 and 29 December, humanitarian partners delivered over 600,000 doses of vaccines to the Gaza Strip.
  • According to WHO, as of 3 January, 13 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functional; nine in the south and four in the north. Those in the north have been offering maternity, trauma, and emergency care services. However, they face challenges such as a shortage of medical staff, including specialized surgeons, neurosurgeons, and intensive care staff, as well as a lack of medical supplies such as anesthesia, antibiotics, pain relief medicines, and external fixators. Additionally, they have an urgent need for fuel, food, and drinking water. The situation of hospitals and the level of functionality depend on fluctuating capacity and minimum level of supplies that can reach the facilities. The nine partially functional hospitals in the south are operating at three times their capacity, while facing critical shortages of basic supplies and fuel. MoH in Gaza, occupancy rates are reaching 206 per cent in inpatient departments and 250 per cent in intensive care units.

Food security

  • The Food Security Sector continues to support the daily food needs of people in Gaza, although the operating environment and response capacity continues to be hindered by security risks and mobility constraints. On 2 January, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 98,000 food parcels in Rafah. The supply of wheat flour, salt and sugar to bakeries is ongoing; six bakeries are currently operational in Rafah, but only five of the eight bakeries in Deir al Balah remain functional. On 4 January, WFP’s Chief Economist stated that “we can still avoid famine. But we need to make sure that people have food, people have water, they have shelter, they have sanitation.”
  • The Famine Review Committee (FRC), activated due to evidence surpassing the acute food insecurity Phase 5 (Catastrophic threshold) in the Gaza Strip, warns that the risk of famine is increasing daily amid intense conflict and restricted humanitarian access. The FRC stated that, to eliminate the risk of famine it is imperative to halt the deterioration of the health, nutrition, food security, and mortality situation through the restoration of health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. In addition, the FRC has called for the cessation of hostilities and the restoration of humanitarian space for delivering multisectoral assistance as vital first steps to eliminate any risk of famine.

Hostilities and casualties (Israel)

  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel, including 36 children, according to the Israeli authorities, the vast majority on 7 October.
  • During the humanitarian pause (24-30 November), 86 Israeli and 24 foreign national hostages were released. As of 3 January, the Israeli authorities estimate that about 128 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza.

Violence and casualties (West Bank)

  • On 4 January 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the village of Tammun (Tubas) during a search-and-arrest operation that involved exchanges of fire between them and Palestinians. Another Palestinian man was arrested during the operation.
  • This brings to 314 the number of Palestinian fatalities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024. Among the fatalities were 80 children. Additionally, two Palestinians from the West Bank were killed while carrying out an attack in Israel on 30 November. Of those killed in the West Bank, 305 were killed by Israeli forces, eight by Israeli settlers and another one by either Israeli forces or settlers. The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem in 2023 (507) marks the highest number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.
  • Since 7 October 2023 and as of 3 January 2024, four Israelis, including three members of the Israeli forces, have been killed in attacks by Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Another four Israelis were killed in an attack by Palestinians from the West Bank in West Jerusalem (one of the four was killed by Israeli forces who misidentified him). The number of Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel in 2023 in attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank (36) is the highest since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.
  • Since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024, Israeli forces have injured 3,949 Palestinians, including at least 593 children; 52 per cent in the context of search-and-arrest and other operations and 40 per cent in demonstrations. Another 91 Palestinians have been injured by settlers and 12 other Palestinians have been injured by either Israeli forces or settlers. Some 33 per cent of those injuries have been caused by live ammunition, compared with 9 per cent in the first nine months of 2023.

Settler Violence

  • On 1 January, settlers, reportedly from the settlement of Pnei Hever, attacked Palestinian shepherds who were grazing their animals, killing three of their livestock.
  • Since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024, OCHA has recorded 381 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, resulting in Palestinian casualties (36 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (297 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (48 incidents). The number of such incidents represents almost one third of all settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank recorded from 1 January 2023 to date.
  • In 2023, 1,229 incidents involving settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (with or without Israeli forces), resulted in Palestinian casualties, property damage or both. Some 913 of these incidents resulted in damage, 163 resulted in casualties and 153 resulted in both. This is the highest number of settler attacks against Palestinians in any given year since OCHA started recording incidents involving settlers in 2006.
  • The weekly average of such incidents since 7 October is 30, compared with 21 incidents per week between 1 January and 6 October 2023. The number of incidents since 7 October has declined from 127 incidents in the first week (7-13 October) to 18 incidents between 23 and 28 December. One-third of those incidents after 7 October included firearms, including shootings and threats of shootings. In nearly half of all recorded incidents after 7 October Israeli forces were either accompanying or reported to be supporting the attackers.

Displacement (West Bank)

  • Since 7 October 2023 and as of 3 January, at least 198 Palestinian households comprising 1,208 people, including 586 children, have been displaced amid settler violence and access restrictions. The displaced households are from at least 15 herding/Bedouin communities. More than half of the displacements occurred on 12, 15, and 28 October, affecting seven communities. The displacement toll since 7 October 2023, represents 78 per cent of all displacement reported due to settler violence and access restrictions since 1 January 2023 (1,539 people, including 756 children).
  • On 3 January 2024, three Palestinian families comprising 14 people, including four children, were displaced after their homes were demolished in Jabal al Mukkabir in East Jerusalem. These demolitions were carried out due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. This brings to 444 the number of Palestinians displaced since 7 October, following the demolition of their homes, due to lack of Israeli issued permits in Area C and East Jerusalem. Among them are 224 children. This represents 36 per cent of all displacement reported due to the lack of building permit since 1 January 2023 (1,153 people).
  • A total of 19 homes have been demolished on punitive grounds since 7 October, resulting in the displacement of 95 Palestinians, including 42 children. Between January and September 2023, 16 homes were punitively demolished, resulting in the displacement of 78 Palestinians. Punitive demolitions are a form of collective punishment and as such are illegal under international law.
  • Another 537 Palestinians, including 238 children, have been displaced since 7 October following the destruction of 82 residential structures during other operations carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank; 55 per cent of the displacement was reported in Jenin Refugee Camp, and 39 per cent in Nur Shams and Tulkarm Refugee Camps (both in Tulkarm). This represents 59 per cent of all displacement reported due to the destruction of homes during Israeli military operations since January 2023 (908 people).

Funding

  • As of 3 January, Member States have disbursed $636.4 million against the updated Flash Appeal launched by the UN and its partners to implement its response plan in support of 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip and 500,000 in the West Bank. This constitutes 52 per cent of the $1.2 billion requested. Private donations are collected through the Humanitarian Fund.

HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND RESPONSES: 26 December to 2 January

Health

  • The security situation, access, transport, and deconfliction remain extremely challenging, especially for hospitals in the northern governorates. Despite these challenges, health partners carried out missions to Al Shifa, As Sahaba Medical Complex, Patient Friendly and Al Helou hospitals in these governorates and provided them with medical supplies and fuel. The need for fuel medical supplies and support to health workers remain high.
  • Humanitarian partners continue to provide health care to IDPs in shelters through 150 medical teams.
  • Some 98 health workers have been deployed to Nasser, Najjar, European, Al Amal, and the Emirati hospitals to strengthen case management in health facilities.
  • Some 3,400 hygiene kits, eight sexual and reproductive health kits (SRH), and ten Interagency Emergency Health Kits were provided to four hospitals to serve over 100,000 people for three months.
  • Mental health, and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services were provided to 13,000 IDPs in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, with a team of two psychiatrists and 16 counsellors and supervisors to assist special cases referred from health centres and shelters.
  • Currently, only 150 out of 325 shelters have medical points. Health partners are working to expand access to primary healthcare service by increasing the number of medical points in designated shelters. Additionally, health partners aim to re-open some of the 49 primary healthcare facilities that have been forced to close since the start of hostilities.
  • In the West Bank, health partners continue supporting the MoH and designated private hospitals in responding to the high number of causalities resulting both from Israeli forces operations and settler violence. In addition, 18 mobile teams continue providing primary health care services to 124 communities across Area C, where over 400 people benefited from MHPSS services during the reporting period.

Protection

  • Currently, Palestinian nationals in Gaza are not permitted to exit, even if they possess a visa for a third country. Departure is only authorized when an official request for evacuation is initiated through the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the third country, using diplomatic channels and embassies, in coordination with permission from Israeli authorities. The cluster is supporting the evacuation of about 40,000 Palestinians-Egyptian dual nationals who have registered to enter Egypt.
  • Child Protection partners reached 24,744 boys and girls and 1,074 women and men in the past two weeks through awareness raising interventions, MHPSS for children and caregivers, child protection case management and distribution of clothing kits.
  • There is a lack of essential items including children’s clothing, diapers, sanitary pads in the local markets.
  • The Gender-based violence (GBV) Sub-Cluster member UNFPA supported 239 vulnerable women, including displaced, pregnant, and lactating women (PLWs), cancer survivors, and women previously supported by the Safe Spaces programme in Gaza. Three health mobilizers with Psychological First Aid (PFA) skills and two counselors are supporting women and girls in the only currently running UNFPA-supported safe space, at Al Awdah Health and Community Association in Rafah.
  • Partners working to address GBV continue to highlight the increased psychological stress among displaced women and girls and increased protection and GBV risks. GBV prevention, response, and risk mitigation interventions remain extremely difficult given the collapse of services and displacement of service providers and movement restrictions.
  • Access to basic needs, including menstrual hygiene products, is challenging with market depletion, disrupted supply chains, and access restrictions on incoming aid. When possible, civil society organizations, including women and youth-led organizations, are mobilizing volunteers to support limited distribution efforts and are supporting efforts to address GBV and to generally mitigate risks in limited/accessible shelter sites.

Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI)

  • As of 30 December, it is estimated that about 65,000 housing units across Gaza Strip have been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable and over 290,000 housing units have been damaged, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza. It is estimated that over 500,000 people will have no home to return to and that many more will be unable to return immediately due to the level of damage to surrounding infrastructure, as well as the risk posed by of Explosive Remnants of War.
  • Since the start of the hostilities, shelter partners have provided assistance to 914,500 people, the majority IDPs seeking shelter in UNRWA and non-UNRWA shelters.
  • Since the start of the hostilities, shelter partners have provided cumulatively 11,500 dignity kits; 1,000 emergency shelter kits (bedding sets, washing kits, eating sets); 76,530 household kits (bedding, kitchen, washing set); 36,000 sealing off kits; 650,000 bedding set items (blankets and mattresses); 4,200 tents; 11,500 kitchen sets; and 17,250 winter clothing kits.

Food security

  • In the last week of 2023, 15 Food Security partners provided food parcels to people in and outside shelters across the Gaza Strip. The figures demonstrate an adaptive response to a dynamic operating environment, ensuring that the most vulnerable populations continue to receive life-sustaining assistance.
  • This includes:
    • Some 3,000 food parcels and 15,000 hot meals in northern Gaza;
    • Some 1,100 food parcels and 10,000 hot meals in Gaza governorate;
    • Nearly 21,000 food parcels and 360 ready-to-eat meals (RTE) in Central Gaza;
    • Some 11,000 food parcels, 17,000 hot meals, and more than 2,900 RTE parcels in Khan Younis;
    • More than 86,500 food parcels, nearly 22,000 hot meals and 750 RTE parcels in Rafah;
    • Flour to nearly 882,000 people in the south; and
    • Cash-based transfers for nearly 5,000 people across the Strip.
  • While Food Security partners have identified all 2.2 million people to be in urgent need of food assistance each day, on average, the daily assistance in the last week of December reached only eight per cent of the targeted people in need.

WASH

  • Of the 23 active WASH partners, few are able to operate across the Gaza Strip. In the last week of December, WASH partners delivered 17,305 cubic metres of water per day, bringing the total to 121,000 cubic metres since October 2023. In the same week, WASH partners distributed about 40,000 litres of fuel to support water supply/distribution.
  • The combination of water trucking, water from the functional desalination plant and restoration of one of the three main water supply lines (on 30 December) yielded only seven per cent of water production in Gaza, compared with the pre-October 2023 supply. Water quality indicators also remain a major concern, with limited large-scale water quality testing campaigns or activities being undertaken.
  • Between October and December 2023, a total of 138 sanitation units were installed or rehabilitated in IDP shelters, through the use of local materials and supplies.
  • Overall, 1.4 million of the 2.2 million population of Gaza have been reached at least once with partial water and sanitation assistance since October 2023.

Nutrition

Nutrition partners have undertaken the following responses to prevent malnutrition among children and mothers:

  • In the last week of December, Nutrition partners distributed 68 metric tons of Lipid Nutrient Supplements-Medium Quantities (LNS-MQ) to nearly 45,500 pregnant and breastfeeding women and children (6-24 months) in UNRWA shelters in Rafah.
  • During the same week, Nutrition partners distributed 254,000 bottles of ready to use infant formula (RUIF) to 2,260 non-breastfed children under five months for thirty days. Therapeutic milk supplies were provided to 562 acutely malnourished children with medical complications – a life threatening condition affecting the development and survival of a child. More than 18,000 pregnant and nursing mothers received Multiple Micronutrients tables and another 40,5000 received iron-folate supplements. An additional 30,300 children under-one received vitamin A supplements as an integral part of their feeding.
  • Given the current stock and funding situation, Nutrition Partners can only meet 25 per cent of the nutritional needs for malnourished children and vulnerable mothers in the next two months. Without immediate funding and an expanded response, 375,000 individuals are at risk of severe undernourishment. Urgent action is crucial to prevent this life-threatening situation.

Education

  • The Education Cluster reported that 342 schools have sustained damage across the Gaza Strip, affecting the education of 400,700 students. Gaza and Khan Younis governorates, as well as northern Gaza, are highly affected, accounting for 74 per cent of the total damage. About 90 per cent of school buildings are being utilized as shelters by IDPs. and/or sustained damage, with the severity of damage varying from minor (128 schools), moderate (110 schools), major (96 schools) and destruction (8 schools).
  • Since 7 October, the Education Cluster’s ten partners currently active in Gaza have reached 84,262 students and teachers. This included the provision of emergency learning and recreational supplies, reaching 52,653 individuals, psychosocial support, reaching 64,854 individuals, and conducting recreational activities, reaching 83,262 individuals in areas south of Wadi Gaza.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance (MCPA)

  • Since the beginning of the hostilities, 111,254 households (comprising almost 750,000 people) have received emergency MPCA. With about 81,941 households (54,926 people) having already cashed out their assistance. Cash out rates stand at 73 per cent and are declining slightly.
  • While distribution has been delivered across the Gaza Strip, the vast majority is now concentrated in the southern governorates.
  • While formal markets are largely depleted, informal markets are now the key sources of basics goods and services. This includes trades of personal belongings, small household-based production (bread, vegetables), humanitarian assistance, and other items.
  • Post distribution monitoring data from recipients of cash assistance point to food, medicines, debt repayment, drinking water, and transportation as the top expenditures reported. The percentage of expenditures on food has further decreased over the past weeks, while the percentage of expenditures on medicines has doubled. Some 70 per cent of the respondents report that unrestricted cash has helped them access needed goods and services, either fully or partially, while 87 per cent reported unrestricted cash as their preference for future assistance.

Logistics

  • The Logistics Cluster continues to facilitate access to storage, transport, and cargo notification transshipment services.
  • The Cluster has thus far installed and handed over a total of 14 Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) to augment the offloading capacity in the Rafah transshipment point and the storage capacity of UN Agencies and International NGOs.
  • Three installed MSUs in the Rafah transshipment point were recently destroyed.
  • An additional four MSUs have been delivered in Gaza; two of them will be set up at Kerem Shalom crossing while the other two will be handed over to PRCS to enhance its storage capacity.
  • The cluster is engaging with partners and conducting a logistics assessment in Jordan for potential inter-agency support.

Emergency Telecommunications

  • The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and its partners continue to engage with the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) for authorization to import telecommunications equipment and set up an independent, efficient, and reliable communications platform for humanitarian responders. The ETC has requested a follow-up meeting with COGAT during the first week of January to discuss the pending approval status.
  • To date, only 20 Iridium satellite phones, purchased from an Israeli service provider, have been authorized for import. The phones are being managed by the United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) for issuance to UN agencies to support field missions across Gaza.

Protection against sexual abuse and exploitation (PSEA) remains a cross-cutting priority for all clusters. The SAWA helpline, reachable at 121 and through WhatsApp at +972 59-4040121 (East Jerusalem at 1-800-500-121), operates 24/7. This toll-free number is widely disseminated across all areas of intervention to report cases of SEA and to facilitate emergency counselling and referrals for affected communities to access life-saving services. The PSEA Network monitors calls daily and will increase the number of counsellors if necessary.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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