Israel kills Palestinian Civil Defense member in Gaza

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian Civil Defense member during an attempt to evacuate people wounded by their gunfire in Jabalia, according to Gaza’s Ambulance and Emergency Services.

Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza on third anniversary of October 7

Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in several areas of Gaza on the anniversary of October 7.

A Civil Defence rescue worker was killed while attempting to reach and rescue injured people in a displacement camp near Kamal Adwan Hospital.

A young boy was also shot and killed amid ongoing heavy Israeli machine-gun fire east of Khan Younis. A third person was reported killed in a drone strike in Khan Younis

Today marks three years since the Hamas-led attack on Israel. In the three years since, at least 74,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, including thousands of children.

Fourth Palestinian killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza

One more person has died in the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave.

We reported earlier that three Palestinians had been killed since dawn by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes in various parts of the strip.

Others were reported wounded in the latest attack but there are no clear figures so far.

Fifth Palestinian killed in air strike by Israeli forces on Gaza’s Khan Younis

A fifth person has been killed in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli air attack struck the roof of a house in the Khan Younis refugee camp, injuring several others, including one who was critically wounded.

Hamas marks anniversary of October 7 attacks, says Israel failed to end the group

Hamas says the October 7, 2023 attacks were a “historic milestone” in the Palestinian people’s struggle.

In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the group said Al-Aqsa Flood, the name given to the operation, was the result of decades of Israeli occupation, its siege and attacks. It said Israel failed to eliminate Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups despite its genocidal war on Gaza.

Hamas said nearly 1,500 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,000 wounded since the “ceasefire” in Gaza about a year ago.

The group said it remains committed to carrying out its obligations under the “ceasefire” agreement and is working with mediators to ensure its success. It held the US administration and the guarantor mediators responsible for compelling Israel to meet its commitments and implement the roadmap.

Hamas called on the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice to pursue Israeli officials responsible for crimes in Gaza. It also urged Arab and Islamic states and the international community to step up pressure to end the war and support Palestinians.

It said it is working to build a unified Palestinian national strategy to confront the Israeli government’s plans. It also reaffirmed the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and to an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

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Iran vows continued support for Hamas on October 7 anniversary

The armed forces chief of staff says the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas fighters accelerated its decline, pledging Iran will continue to back what he called the “resistance front”.

Major-General Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, made the remarks in a message marking the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.

The deadly assault and mass kidnapping of Israelis “upset the calculations of the resistance front’s enemies” and turned its “defensive strategy into an offensive strategy for the legitimate defence of the Palestinian people”.

Abdollahi said the “epic deeds” of slain leaders – including Qassem Soleimani, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, and Yahya Sinwar – “will continue and will determine the end of the occupying regime”.

The policies of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, on Palestine and the resistance front will continue “until the liberation of holy Jerusalem”, he added.

US lawmakers demand release of Palestinian healthcare workers detained by Israel

US Congressman Chuy Garcia and five other Democratic lawmakers have called for the immediate release of detained Palestinian healthcare workers, including Dr Hussam Abu Safia.

In a post on X, Garcia accused Israel of “systematically” destroying the Palestinian health system, saying at least 1,700 doctors, nurses, paramedics and other healthcare workers had been killed and dozens of hospitals destroyed.

Garcia, along with Representatives Delia Ramirez, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, said in a joint statement that hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers had been arrested and arbitrarily detained, including at least 16 physicians.

“We demand the immediate release of Dr. Abu Safia and all other arbitrarily detained healthcare workers and Palestinian prisoners,” they said.

The lawmakers also called for an end to US arms transfers to Israel, including a proposed $2.8bn bomb sale, and urged Congress to pass the Block the Bombs Act.

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Happened in the occupied West Bank

Palestinian news agency Wafa news agency reported:

• Israeli forces demolished a five-storey residential building in occupied East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem governorate said the building held 10 apartments and was home to about 70 people, mostly women and children. It said far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led the demolition.
• Israeli settlers shot a 23-year-old man in the foot and beat three others, including AFP photojournalist Jaafar Ashtiyeh, near Aqraba, south of Nablus, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Settlers also burned four vehicles and damaged property.
• Settlers set fire to a house of a family of five, causing major damage, the head of the village council said.
• Settlers also attacked farmers in Salfit, northwest of Ramallah, as they picked olives, injuring two brothers who were taken to hospital in stable condition, local sources said. The settlers stole the harvest.
• Israeli forces raided towns and villages across the territory and arrested at least four people, including Nihad al-Naoura, the Fatah movement’s secretary in Salfit.

Israeli forces raid Nablus in occupied West Bank, impose curfew and demolish memorials

Israeli forces have raided the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, imposed a curfew, arrested several residents and demolished memorials to Palestinians killed by Israel, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

Local sources told Wafa that troops entered the city from several directions before dawn with military jeeps, vehicles and a bulldozer, and declared a curfew. Soldiers have raided and searched homes in several neighborhoods, including al-Dawar, the Northern Mountain, Rafidia and Khallet al-Amoud, and ransacked them, the sources said.

At least nine people have been arrested, among them journalist Omair Istitieh, brothers Hamza and Omar al-Kakhan, and brothers Osama and Islam Salameh, Wafa said. It added that the military bulldozer has also demolished memorials in the al-Dawar and Ras al-Ein areas.

Pogrom in northern Nablus kills 1 Palestinian, injures 16

One Palestinian has been killed, and 16 others have been injured in a pogrom by Israeli forces and settlers against olive pickers in the Sahl Ramin and Burqa plain in northern Nablus.

A large group of Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers, opened fire at people harvesting olives, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Palestinian who died was identified as 44-year-old Ali Hassan Yosr Al-Bazzari.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said it had treated at least two people in critical condition from gunshot wounds, while others were beaten, with at least one woman among the injured.

The PRCS also said that Israeli forces assaulted its members in Burqa as they attempted to rescue the injured.