The Israeli B'Tselem Center for Human Rights issued a statement on Friday in which it believed that the bombing operations carried out by Israel since the beginning of the war on Gaza "constitute a war crime against humanity that must be stopped immediately."

B’Tselem’s statement said: “The massive destruction in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented. Entire residential neighborhoods were destroyed after Israel dropped thousands of shells on the Strip. Since the start of the war, Israel has dropped thousands of missiles on the Gaza Strip. The residents of the Strip, which is closed in all respects, have no way to take shelter. There are no safe rooms, shelters, or protected areas in the Strip.”

He added: “Residents are waiting with horror and fear, hoping to survive. More than a million people abandoned their homes in an attempt to search for safe places. Some of them were killed on their way to escape, and others were killed in the locations where they took refuge. The center stressed that “Israel, like Hamas, and all countries of the world are obligated to act in accordance with the provisions of international humanitarian law.”

Two Palestinian women walk near a building destroyed by the Israeli bombing on Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Saturday (AFP)

The Israeli Center for Human Rights said: “It was not human rights organizations or pro-Palestinian bodies that developed the provisions of this law, but rather it was adopted by the consensus of all countries, including Israel, based on the understanding that during the war there should also be rules that would reduce, To a minimum, it reduces the suffering caused to civilians, and ensures that they are kept outside the circles of combat, as much as possible.

It explained: “There are two basic principles that were approved to achieve these goals: The first is the principle of distinction, which determines which targets can be attacked (...), and the second is the principle of proportionality, which determines the method of carrying out the attack... The bombing operations carried out by Israel since the beginning of the war are conducted in a manner completely contradictory to these two principles, and constitute a war crime. The massive destruction in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented. Entire residential neighborhoods were destroyed, and according to the authorities in Gaza, at least 16,000 housing units were completely demolished and at least another 11,000 were no longer habitable. The horrific death toll, which increases daily, is unfathomable to the mind: according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, more than 7,000 people have been killed so far. Among the dead were nearly 3,000 children and minors, more than 1,700 women, and dozens of families who were completely killed and whose homes were destroyed. More than 17,000 people were injured, and about 2,000 are still missing under the rubble.”

B'Tselem pointed out that "it is not possible to reconcile these facts with the provisions of the law mentioned above: neither with the requirement that each of the thousands of targets that were bombed have an 'effective contribution' to Hamas' operations, and that their destruction gives Israel ' A clear military gain.” Nor with the requirement that even if thousands of targets meet these conditions, the harm to the lives and property of thousands of residents is proportional. He added: “Such an interpretation would not only be wrong from a legal standpoint, but also intolerable from a moral standpoint.”

The center said: “Israel claims that (Hamas) is exclusively responsible for these data. This is because it uses the population as human shields, hides weapons in their homes, and fires from among the civilian population on civilian targets inside Israel. Therefore, Israel has no other choice but to harm civilians as well as part of its war against Hamas. But the meaning of placing all responsibility on Hamas is that any action taken by Israel, no matter how terrible and terrifying its results are, will be considered legitimate. This claim has no basis in truth: in international humanitarian law, as in any other law, the principle of reciprocity does not apply: the fact that one party violates the law does not give the other party the right to violate it, too.

The center continued: “On October 7, Hamas carried out horrific war crimes. Hundreds of its activists and other residents of the Gaza Strip entered Israeli territory, shooting in all directions. They entered towns and homes of residents, shot and killed entire families and party participants, burned homes and committed atrocities. More than 1,300 people were killed, thousands more were injured, and many are still missing. More than two hundred people - including children, boys, women and the elderly - were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip and are still being held hostage there. There is, and cannot be, any way to justify these crimes, and any attempt to do so must be rejected and condemned. But these crimes cannot justify the destruction and death that Israel is now imposing on more than two million people, residents of the Gaza Strip. This intentional harm to civilians, their property, and civilian infrastructure is prohibited, and Israel must stop doing so immediately. It is clear that Israel, like any other country, has a duty to defend its citizens. But it is also clear that Israel, like any other state, has a duty to comply with the restrictions set by international humanitarian law.”

It is noteworthy that “B’Tselem” is the Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories, which works to end the occupation. The name “B’Tselem” comes from the verse in the Torah that states, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him” (Genesis 1:27), and it expresses the universal and Jewish obligation to respect the human rights of all human beings. Since its establishment in 1989, it has been documenting, investigating and publishing information, testimonies, photographic documentation, position papers and reports about Israel’s human rights violations in the occupied territories.

American actor Matthew Perry, who was famous in the Arab region for starring in the series “Friends,” died at the age of 54.

American media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, said that the California State Police received a report that a man had been found dead in a bathtub, but it was later discovered that he was Perry, without identifying the cause of death.

The newspaper confirmed that the police did not find traces of narcotic substances within the area of the death site.

Perry was famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing, one of the main characters in the famous series Friends, which gained wide fame throughout the world during the nineties of the last century and was shown in the Arab region on several channels.

Last year, the actor admitted in memoirs that he published in a book that he suffered from alcohol addiction, which nearly took his life more than once.

On the 23rd day of the war on Gaza, Israel bombed several areas by air, sea and land, and its raids caused dozens of martyrs and injuries in the south and center of the besieged Strip, bringing the toll to more than 8,000 martyrs - including about 3,200 children - in addition to nearly 20,000 wounded, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The death toll in Gaza exceeds 8,000

Press sources quoted the Ministry of Health in Gaza as saying that the number of martyrs as a result of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza exceeded 8,000.

A previous toll reported that more than 7,700 Palestinians were martyred - most of them children and women - and nearly 20,000 were injured, in addition to at least 1,650 missing people.

9 martyrs, including 3 children, in an Israeli bombing in Khan Yunis

A medical source said that the death toll from the Israeli bombing that targeted a house in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning, rose to 9 martyrs, including 3 children.

Today, Saturday, the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization held a meeting headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, who opened the meeting by reciting Al-Fatiha for the souls of the martyrs, noting the seriousness of what our national cause is going through, and reviewing the intensive contacts at the regional and international levels in order to stop the aggression and war crimes against our people.

The Executive Committee welcomed the united stance of our people in the face of aggression, and the Arab and international solidarity campaigns with our people, and called for expanding them and preserving the national unity of our people.

The Executive Committee affirmed that the essence of the conflict that the occupying state and its partners seek to deepen is occupation, settlement, expansion and siege, and the closing of all prospects for peace by the occupying governments, and that the basis for achieving security and peace is the implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions and the realization of the rights of the Palestinian people to freedom and independence.

The Executive Committee reviewed the occupation’s war of genocide, daily massacres and destruction affecting all our people in the Gaza Strip and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the continued escalation and continuation of the war of genocide and destruction against our people, which has so far resulted in the death of more than seven thousand five hundred martyrs. More than eighteen thousand wounded, the destruction of homes, institutions and towers, and the targeting of mosques, churches and hospitals, as happened in the massacre carried out by the occupation by bombing the National Baptist Hospital, with more than five hundred martyrs and thousands of wounded rising, coinciding with the escalation of the occupation and gangs and herds of settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the rise of a large number of the martyrs who were directly targeted by the occupation army, which confirms the efforts made, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to immediately stop the war of extermination and escalating aggression.

The Executive Committee stressed the President's call to hold an emergency Arab summit in order to intensify all communications and efforts at the regional and international levels to stop the aggression.

The Executive Committee also affirmed its firm rejection of the forced displacement of our people, whether in the Gaza Strip or outside it, or the West Bank and Jerusalem, as this displacement that the occupation is trying to promote aims to create a new catastrophe for our people. Therefore, our people will remain steadfast on their land. They have the right to resist and struggle for their freedom and independence.

The Executive Committee warned against the ongoing attempts to talk about partial solutions or to undermine political representation, stressing that the Palestine Liberation Organization will remain the sole legitimate representative of our people, the leader of our people’s struggle for freedom and independence and to obtain the remaining rights to return, self-determination, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with full sovereignty, with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Executive Committee also affirmed its appreciation for all the positions of the peoples of the world who are now coming out to demand an end to the aggression and the war of extermination, in light of the partnership of the American administration and some of the capitals that orbit it and support the occupation and cover up its crimes and aggression.

I saluted the countries that voted to stop the aggression and bring in medical, food, water and basic materials.

At its meeting, the Executive Committee emphasized the priority of:

A ceasefire and aggression, under international and regional sponsorship, in agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Lifting the siege and opening paths for the entry of food and medical supplies, electricity, water, fuel and all life necessities.

Stop the policy of forced displacement of our people inside and outside Gaza.

The organization considered that it bears responsibility for our people, and will work to rebuild Gaza and provide the means of free and decent living for our people.

The Executive Committee affirmed its commitment to achieving these goals in parallel with the movement at the international, regional and Arab levels, to end the occupation and save the two-state solution on the basis of the relevant international legitimacy resolutions through an international peace conference under the auspices of the United Nations, and to enable our people to exercise their right to self-determination, and establish their independent state on the fourth borders. Since June 1967, its capital is Jerusalem.

The meeting expressed the importance of consolidating all efforts to embody Palestinian national unity in the face of the war of extermination and in light of the unity of our people on the ground in all the occupied Palestinian territories, refugee camps and diaspora, and in all their places of presence, in order to protect our people, represent them, and their rights and principles, with the importance of preserving the umbrella and our representative. The only legitimate one, the Palestine Liberation Organization, is the leader of our struggle and resistance to achieve freedom and independence.

The Executive Committee stressed the importance of continuing mass and popular activities with the participation of all components of our people, emphasizing that our main contradiction is with the occupation, far from all secondary contradictions, and resolute adherence to rejecting any attempts to distort the compass and create strife and division, and the importance of addressing all of this with a unified national position in order to confront the occupation. And its settlers.

The Executive Committee also heard the Prime Minister’s report on the government’s readiness and follow-up at all levels, and providing all capabilities to our people in the Gaza Strip, in light of the catastrophic conditions they are going through as a result of the war of extermination that the occupation is continuing in order to achieve its goals aimed at eliminating the national project and the rights of our people. Based on international legitimacy resolutions, international law, and attempts to impose facts on the ground.

In conclusion, the Executive Committee paid all tribute to the steadfastness and resistance of our people in the face of aggression, and to our heroic prisoners and detainees, whose number increases on a daily basis in the context of the daily raids, mass arrests, abuse and punishment to which our prisoners are subjected in the cells, in addition to the arrests and prosecution of our workers from the Gaza Strip who are in prison. The West Bank, and all of this is taking place within the framework of imposing collective punishment and an attempt to break the will of our people and their steadfast prisoners behind the bars of the occupation’s cells.

I also saluted the Arab and friendly peoples for their stances in support of the struggle of our people, and their condemnation of the occupation and its aggression against our people.

On Saturday evening, clashes broke out between young men and the Israeli occupation forces that stormed the Shuafat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

According to local sources, the occupation soldiers fired bullets, gas bombs, and incendiary bombs at citizens, during confrontations that broke out on the outskirts of the Shuafat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

The occupation forces also stormed the town of Issawiya, north of occupied Jerusalem, accompanied by its intelligence, and the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Arab students were subjected to physical and verbal assault, this Saturday evening, by a group of extremist Jews after they stormed their place of residence in the city of Netanya in the occupied interior.

Following the attack, the Joint Authority of Student Blocs announced the arrangement and coordination for the evacuation of the Arab students attacked in the student residences in Netanya.

In detail, a group of extremist Jews attacked the Arab students verbally and physically and chanted “Death to the Arabs,” while the housing administration asked the students to go upstairs until the Israeli police arrived.

The attack was on the Arab students under the pretext that they “did not respect the start of the Sabbath,” while skirmishes and provocations continued in the place despite the arrival of police officers.

The students were detained inside the residence after the storming, and they were unable to leave the place due to the presence of dozens of extremist Jews.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Saturday that the war against the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip will be “long and difficult.”

He said in a press conference held in Tel Aviv, “The war in the Gaza Strip will be long and difficult, and we are ready for it,” adding that the army “will destroy the enemy on and under the ground.”

He added that defeating Hamas is an “existential challenge” for Israel, claiming that 90 percent of the movement’s military budget comes from Iran.

He confirmed that the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas) use hospitals in Gaza as command centers, according to what was broadcast by Reuters.

He stressed that Israel will consider “all options” to ensure the release of more than 220 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.

A child and a young man were injured by live bullets, this Saturday evening, during confrontations that broke out with the Israeli occupation forces in the Arroub camp, north of Hebron.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its crews dealt with the injury of a 13-year-old child and a young man who was shot in the thigh by live bullets from the occupation forces, during confrontations that broke out in the Arroub camp, and he was transferred to the hospital.

According to local sources, the occupation forces fired bullets, stun grenades and toxic tear gas towards citizens during confrontations that broke out at the entrance to the camp, which led to a child being killed by live bullets.

The head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, announced today, Saturday, that the movement is ready for an exchange deal with Israel.

Al-Sinwar said in a statement: “We are ready immediately to conclude an exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the occupation prisons in exchange for the release of all prisoners held by the resistance.”

It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities continue to detain about 4,900 male and female prisoners, including 31 women and 160 children under the age of 18, in addition to more than 1,000 administrative detainees, according to figures from official and independent Palestinian prisoner institutions.

A number of citizens suffered from suffocation, this Saturday evening, during confrontations that broke out with the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem.

According to local sources, the confrontations centered in the Al-Muteena area at the eastern entrance, then extended to the center of the village, during which the occupation forces fired bullets, stun grenades, and toxic tear gas, which led to a number of citizens suffocating as a result of inhaling toxic gas. They were treated in the field.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that patients, health workers and civilians spent last night in darkness and fear as a result of the intense Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Ghebreyesus explained, in a statement published on his official account via the “X” platform, that there is a complete outage of communications and electricity in the Gaza Strip, and that the number of wounded is constantly increasing, which hinders the efforts of ambulances to reach them due to the current circumstances.

The World Health Organization renewed its calls for a ceasefire on both sides in order to allow the provision of humanitarian aid. The organization indicated that civilians, including health workers and patients, must be protected in accordance with international laws. The global organization also stressed that it is impossible to evacuate patients without endangering their lives.

For its part, yesterday, Friday, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip. The decision was supported by the majority of member states.

The World Health Organization confirmed that it is impossible to evacuate patients without endangering their lives (French)

The draft resolution, which was submitted by nearly 50 countries, including Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, was approved by a majority of 120 votes in favor and 14 against, with 45 countries abstaining from voting.

On Friday night, Gaza witnessed the most violent bombardment from several axes since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, causing the complete destruction of hundreds of buildings. It coincided with a limited ground incursion for the third day in a row, and a complete cut off of communications and the Internet from the Strip to isolate it from the world. External.

For the 22nd day, the Israeli occupation army continues its war on Gaza, and the number of martyrs rose to 7,703, including 3,195 children, and the number of injured to about 19,450, in addition to 1,650 missing people, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Washington threatened Tel Aviv to suspend a deal to supply Israel with assault rifles, in light of the anger that formed in the White House over the political exploitation by the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, of the campaign to arm Israelis and form civilian militias.

The campaign to arm Israeli civilians and settlers launched by the Israeli authorities and led by the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, angered officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden.

This came according to what The Marker newspaper reported on Saturday, and referred to a “political and security crisis” that Ben Gvir almost caused, following American “threats” to suspend a deal to supply Israel with assault rifles.

The newspaper reported that Ben Gvir turned the “photographed and documented campaign” to distribute weapons to civilians and settlers and form more “alert teams” (civilian militias operating in Israeli towns) into a “political and security event.”

The report claimed that Ben Gvir's political exploitation of the arms campaign "ironized" the White House, and referred to American threats to "stop arms shipments from the United States."

The newspaper pointed out the posts that Ben Gvir was keen to share on social networks, which show him distributing machine guns, including M16 rifles, to civilians.

The newspaper reported that these pictures, which came in a festive atmosphere with "political and civil" dimensions, "incited the anger of the Americans."

According to the newspaper, Washington threatened Tel Aviv “not to supply weapons to Israel as long as they will be used to arm civilians,” and as long as the distribution of weapons is being exploited politically.

The Marker said that the US administration threatened to suspend a deal concluded by the Israeli Ministry of National Security with American suppliers to purchase about 20,000 machine guns.

The report stated that the American “threat” “surprised” the Israeli security establishment, which required the Israeli side to make political and legal efforts to “resolve the crisis.”

At the end of lengthy deliberations conducted secretly between Israel and the United States, a “solution” was reached that allowed Israel to obtain weapons, especially in light of the “clear shortage” of rifles and machine guns in Israel.

The newspaper reported that Israel had made a formal commitment to the United States that weapons would be distributed through the Israeli police or army, even if political parties were present at weapons distribution events.

Israel also sought to convince the United States that “alert teams” are defined in Israel as “an auxiliary force for the Israeli police and border guards, and that any use of weapons by members of these teams will be done in a manner subject to the control of the security forces.”

Following the "American anger", the Israeli Prime Minister asked the Ministry of National Security to "ensure that civilian symbols are neutralized in documenting weapons distribution operations" to Israeli citizens.

Members of the "ready teams" were also asked to wear operational vests to distinguish them, and to work to reduce any other civilian appearances in "security incidents."

According to data issued by the Israeli Ministry of National Security, assault rifles were distributed to civilian militias in more than 32 cities.

The data also indicates the formation of about 700 “standby teams” throughout the country, including 40 “standby teams” formed by the “Border Guard” forces in regional councils in different regions.

According to estimates, about 5,000 long weapons have been distributed so far, most of them Israeli-made, namely MZ-4 assault rifles produced by the “Amtan” factory in Karmiel.

US President Joe Biden's administration has asked Congress to fund "the potential needs of Gazans fleeing to neighboring countries," as part of a $105 billion request submitted last week that also includes money for Israel and Ukraine.

Some believe that the Biden administration's desire to obtain funds for the potential needs of Gazans fleeing to neighboring countries "is considered a green light for ethnic cleansing and a new nakba."

In a letter dated October 20, the Office of Budget and Management said the current crisis “could lead to cross-border displacement and increased regional humanitarian needs and funding could be used to meet evolving programming requirements outside Gaza.”

For some, this is normal contingency planning, but for others, in light of the US pressure earlier this month on Egypt to open a humanitarian corridor and the reluctance of US officials to call on Israel for restraint, it suggests that the White House supports mass displacement. For Palestinians from Gaza.

It is noteworthy that US President Biden, his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and all administration officials and spokesmen, followed a clear speech reiterating “Israel’s right to self-defense,” and provided a huge amount of military, political, and diplomatic aid. They declared on a daily basis that there are no red lines in “Israel’s right to defense.” "about itself", including the situation of the Palestinians after the end of the war.

According to press sources, the details of the administration’s request are contained in one paragraph on page 40 of the Office of Budget and Management’s letter, while Al-Quds learned that the amount requested is $3.5 billion.

The funding also provides “life-saving humanitarian assistance in Israel, and in areas affected by the situation in Israel. These resources would support displaced and conflict-affected civilians, including Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, and meet the potential needs of Gazans fleeing to neighboring countries, as well as "It will include food and non-food items, health care, emergency shelter support, water and sanitation assistance, and emergency protection. This will also include potentially critical humanitarian infrastructure costs needed for refugees to provide access to essential life-sustaining support."

Experts believe this crisis will lead to cross-border displacement and increased regional humanitarian needs, and funding could be used to meet evolving programming requirements outside Gaza.

It was not immediately clear from the wording whether items such as humanitarian infrastructure, water and sanitation would be designated for Palestinians inside or outside Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders confirmed today, Saturday, that “some surgical operations are performed in the Gaza Strip without general anesthesia for patients due to the lack of anesthetic drugs,” as the Israeli aggression on the Strip continues since the seventh of this month, which has resulted in the death of about 7,500 citizens. About 21,000 have been infected so far, the majority of whom are children, women and the elderly.

"We lack anesthesia drugs, we lack sedatives, we perform a lot of operations with half doses of anesthesia, which is terrible," said Leo Kans, head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in Jerusalem.

He explained in press statements: “The person is not completely anesthetized as he should be. Sometimes, operations are performed without anesthesia.”

Kanz spoke about an operation performed this week on a 10-year-old boy, saying: “We had to amputate half of his left foot under partial anesthesia, on the hospital floor in the corridor because all the operating rooms were full.”

He added, "His mother and sister were present. They watched the operation (...) on the ground," referring to "painful pictures and videos of patients" sent by MSF teams.

He also pointed out that “a 12-year-old boy was burned 60% of his body (...) and his bandages had to be changed... The doctors did this only under the influence of paracetamol.”

He pointed out that it is difficult for the medical staff to determine priorities according to the severity of the injuries.

He stressed that "it is terrible when it comes to managing pain and suffering," calling for an urgent end to the ongoing Israeli bombing and the introduction of medical supplies into Gaza.

He added that among the victims, "we receive a very large number of children and women, which leads us to say that there was indiscriminate bombing."

The head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in the Palestinian territories explained that he has limited communications with the organization’s teams in Gaza thanks to two satellite phones. "It is almost impossible to coordinate our activities after the complete cut off of communications in the Gaza Strip," he said.

On Friday evening, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the last two international connection points with Gaza, which led to a complete interruption of communications and the Internet, as the Strip became isolated from the world.

Leo Kanz stressed that the Israeli occupation army's call on the residents of northern Gaza to migrate to the south of the Strip is tantamount to "asking caregivers to abandon their patients."

He continued, saying, "In any case, there is no place where we can be safe," stressing that the bombing is also intense in the south.

Médecins Sans Frontières employs approximately 230 employees in the Gaza Strip.

Kanz explained that "many have lost their homes" and "spend a large part of the day searching for water and food," and raised "the alarm about the suitability of water for drinking."

The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a stifling siege since 2007, but the Israeli occupation government has tightened the siege on the Strip since the start of the aggression 22 days ago, to include cutting off electricity and water, and preventing the entry of basic materials, medical supplies, and fuel.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that “without fundamental change, the people of Gaza will suffer an unprecedented barrage of humanitarian tragedies.”

"Everyone must shoulder their responsibilities. This is the moment of truth, and history will judge us," Guterres said in a statement read by his spokesman, stressing that "the humanitarian system in Gaza faces complete collapse, with unimaginable consequences for more than two million civilians."

He added: "Given the desperate and tragic situation, the United Nations will not be able to continue providing aid inside Gaza without an immediate and fundamental change in the way aid flows."

He pointed out that before the start of the current war on the seventh of this month, "about 500 trucks were crossing into Gaza daily."

Guterres confirmed that "an average of 12 trucks have entered daily in recent days" through the Rafah crossing, at a time when Gaza is suffering from a state of siege, and "the needs are much greater than ever before."

This Saturday evening, at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah, President Mahmoud Abbas chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

President Abbas said in his speech at the beginning of the meeting:

Our cause today is going through extremely delicate and difficult circumstances, as our people in the Gaza Strip are exposed to a genocidal war and massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces, in full view of the entire world.

From the first moment, we made all our efforts, and made extensive contacts with many world leaders, in order to stop this aggression. We went to the Cairo summit, held dozens of meetings, and called on the UN Security Council to stop the aggression, bring in humanitarian aid, prevent displacement abroad, and stop attacks. Settlers and the occupation forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and seeking a political solution based on international legitimacy to end the occupation. Despite the issuance of a resolution by the General Assembly by an overwhelming majority, the Israeli occupation forces responded with a ground invasion and an unprecedented intensification of bombing, destruction and killing.

The number of Palestinian victims so far has reached about 7,500 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women, and the number of wounded has reached about 20,000, in addition to those still under the rubble.

I say to everyone who listens to me, how can we remain silent about the killing of more than 3,000 Palestinian children? How can we remain silent about the bombing of hospitals? How can we remain silent about this brutal destruction and collective punishment of civilians?

I call on the countries of the world to put pressure on Israel to stop the waterfall of Palestinian blood, and I call on our people in these moments to unite, support each other, and stand firm on our land, in the face of this criminal war waged by the war machine of the Israeli occupation forces against our people in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.

We must confront deportation, displacement, and to repeat the Nakba.

In these critical moments, I say to our people that we will rebuild everything that the occupation destroyed in the Gaza Strip, and Gaza will remain an integral part of the Palestinian state alongside the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and a thorn in the side of the aggressors, and Jerusalem will remain our eternal capital, with its Islamic and Christian sanctities.

We also cannot forget in these moments our righteous martyrs, our heroic prisoners and our brave wounded. I salute our people clutching embers in Palestine, in exile, in the diaspora, and in the camps, for their heroic stand alongside the free people of the world, to whom we sincerely appreciate their stand in solidarity with the national and legitimate rights of our people.

I call on the brothers and sisters, the leaders of the Arab countries, to hold an emergency Arab summit to stop this brutal aggression against our Palestinian people and our cause, to confront regional and international challenges, and to do everything that will enable our people to remain in their land, and to end the occupation of the land of our state, with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Executive Committee remains in an emergency and open meeting to follow up on developments, communications and ongoing developments.

The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip witnessed a dangerous turning point yesterday, when Israel intensified raids and bombing on the Strip, and cut off communications in preparation for ground operations on the ground, which made the world stand on its toes, including the families of Israeli prisoners.

On Saturday, the Israeli families of detainees in the Gaza Strip expressed their concern about the fate and lives of their relatives after the occupation army escalated its raids last night on the Gaza Strip, which is witnessing intense bombardment for the 22nd day in a row.

A statement issued by representatives of the detainees’ families regarding the unprecedented escalation in the Gaza Strip last Friday night stated, “It was a long night, the most horrific of all, during which we experienced great anxiety and uncertainty about the fate of the kidnapped persons detained there, who were also subjected to violent bombardment.” According to what was reported by Israeli media.

The Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, announced the start of a ground incursion into Gaza, saying, “We are advancing in the stages of the war and our forces have entered northern Gaza and expanded the scope of their operations,” indicating that military operations will continue until the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is eliminated. and return detainees.

Hagari explained - in a press conference yesterday, Friday - that they informed the families of 229 Israelis that they were kidnapped in Gaza, noting that the number changes and is constantly being updated, stressing that they will continue what he called the utmost efforts to return the prisoners as a top priority, stressing, “So far the families of 310 soldiers have been informed that their sons are dead.” ".

Representatives of these families demanded an “immediate” meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other members of the mini-ministerial council for security and political affairs (cabinet), to discuss their concerns, which are accompanied by debates in the Israeli street regarding the chances of the return of prisoners from the grip of factions. The resistance, in light of the escalation in Gaza, amid sharp criticism of Netanyahu’s performance in dealing with this issue, threatening escalation if they do not meet with the mini-ministerial council, according to Israeli Channel 12.

Family members of Israelis detained in Gaza demonstrated in front of the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kesaria, south of Haifa.

The families of the detainees described last night as being exceptionally difficult for them, and Israeli Army Radio reported that Defense Minister Yoav Galant will meet tomorrow, for the first time, with representatives of the families of detainees in the Gaza Strip.

What was described as neglect angered the families of the detainees, as the mother of the prisoner, “Rumi,” said in an interview broadcast on the Israeli “Kan” channel account on the (X) platform, “We demand to meet Gallant today, not tomorrow. We will not wait another day. My daughter has been there for 21 days, wounded and bleeding.” "And God knows what else." We should not wait any longer."

These statements sparked angry reactions on social media. One user commented on the Israeli Channel 12 account, which broadcast residents’ demonstrations in front of Netanyahu’s house on the X platform, saying, “A scandal I have never seen before. A government does not communicate with families who are going through a nightmare.” Tragic, shame shame shame.”

Al-Qassam announced that it captured between 200 and 250 Israelis, and others of other nationalities. (Getty Images)

While one user challenged Netanyahu, saying, “If all the kidnapped people are returned, I will personally kiss Benjamin Netanyahu’s feet. From that moment on, I will call Queen Sarah of Israel and give her a 3-minute speech of praise in a row. On any platform. I will commit not to say a bad word about them for a year and a half.”

Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Hamas movement - had previously announced last Thursday that about 50 prisoners held by them had been killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip. Al-Qassam had previously announced that it had captured between 200 and 250 Israelis, and others of other nationalities.

This is accompanied by an unprecedented Israeli bombing of Gaza last night, as part of continuous raids for the 22nd day, leaving thousands of martyrs and wounded, and massive destruction to residential buildings and vital facilities, with the continuation of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched by the Palestinian resistance factions at dawn on October 7. Current, in response to the attacks of the Israeli occupation and settlers against the Palestinian people and their sanctities.

On Saturday evening, Israeli occupation forces bombed the town of Aita al-Shaab, south of Lebanon.

The representative of the Lebanese National News Agency reported that the Israeli occupation forces bombed the town of Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil district, and that a shell fell near a house, and no casualties were recorded.

On Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the “unprecedented escalation” in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, renewing his call for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire.”

Guterres said during a visit to Doha, "Unfortunately, instead of a truce, I was surprised by an unprecedented escalation in bombing and its devastating results, which undermines humanitarian goals."

He expressed his concern about the communications outage in the Gaza Strip, as well as his concern about the United Nations employees who are in Gaza to provide humanitarian aid.

“I reiterate my strong call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and to provide humanitarian relief at a level that matches the urgent needs of the people in Gaza, where a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes,” Guterres said.

The Gaza Strip has turned into pieces of flame since last night due to the complete disruption of the communications and Internet networks, causing a complete paralysis in the capabilities of the health system and the movement of ambulances and medical teams.

The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a stifling siege since 2007, but the Israeli occupation government has tightened the siege on the Strip since the start of the aggression 22 days ago, to include cutting off electricity and water, and preventing the entry of basic materials and fuel.

The occupation warplanes have continued to launch raids on the Gaza Strip since October 7, resulting in the death of 7,650 citizens, including 3,195 children and 1,863 women, in addition to wounding about 20,000, according to an infinite statistic.

Medical sources said that the occupation forces had committed 53 massacres in the Gaza Strip since last night and Saturday dawn, in the most violent and severe bombardment since the start of the aggression 22 days ago.

By Perry Bacon Jr.

I voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and almost certainly will again next year. His policies on a number of issues have been very good — and I’m much closer to him ideologically than whoever the Republican candidate will be. But I’m extremely disappointed with how he and his administration have handled the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The past two weeks have been far from this administration’s finest hours.

I’m glad Biden and his administration rallied to Israel’s defense immediately after the heinous attacks that killed more than 1,400 Israelis. And the Israeli government not only has the right but also the responsibility to defend its citizens. The United States should be playing an active role in preventing such an attack from ever happening again in Israel. And as The Post reported Friday, Biden administration officials have been privately discouraging Israel from starting a full-scale ground invasion in Gaza, which would likely lead to massive civilian casualties.

But I’m uncomfortable with a number of things that the U.S. government has done since Oct. 7:

Condoning a hyperaggressive Israeli bombing of Gaza that has killed thousands of people, including children. The New York Times recently described the bombing as “one of the most intense of the 21st century, prompting growing global scrutiny of its scale, purpose and cost to human life”; 

The constantly repeated refrain from administration officials that “Israel has the right to defend itself,” answering a question no one is asking (“Does Israel have the right to defend itself?”) and not giving much guidance to the actual questions (“How should Israel defend itself? How much pain and suffering should Israel inflict on Palestinian civilians in retaliation for the Hamas attacks and to prevent future ones, with the rhetorical and financial backing of the United States?”);The State Department telling its staff that it couldn’t use phrases such as “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm”; The president and his spokespersons giving statements hinting that counts of Palestinian casualties from officials in Gaza are inflated (a claim rejected by journalists and organizations not tied to the Palestinians) while not offering any alternative estimates; Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly urging the Qatari government to push Al Jazeera, which it owns, to dial back its rhetoric about the war in Gaza; The lack of forceful criticism of Israel cutting off access to food and electricity in Gaza, moves that former president Barack Obama strongly condemned; Callous statements, such as White House spokesman John Kirby saying that “a cease-fire, right now, really only benefits Hamas.”

A cease-fire might help Hamas but it would obviously also help everyday civilians in Gaza. In rejecting calls from progressive lawmakers on Capitol Hill for more restraint from Israel, White House spokesman Karine Jean-Pierre referred to their comments as “repugnant” and “disgraceful.”

I worry this administration isn’t prioritizing Palestinian lives enough and is putting the interests of Israelis far ahead of those of Palestinians. Biden and his aides keep stating that they understand that everyday Palestinian citizens are not Hamas terrorists and had nothing to do with the Oct. 7 attacks. But their actions don’t fully line up with that. Israel’s bombing seems less a targeted effort to kill Hamas terrorists and more a general punishment for everyone who lives in Gaza in retaliation — and the United States continues to tacitly approve it.

Questioning casualty numbers, going to journalists’ bosses to get them to change their coverage, using vague talking points and carefully policing the language of underlings are signs that administration officials are not confident and proud of their policies. And they shouldn’t be.

Some progressives and Arab Americans in particular are saying they won’t vote for Biden again. I don’t know whether they will follow through on those comments and I don’t think election analysis is that important at this stage, a year from when voting starts. But there is real, serious disappointment with the actions of the Biden administration over the past few weeks. This is how I feel too.

There is also surprise and a sense of betrayal. Biden and his aides have done more than perhaps any administration ever to ensure that minority groups, including Arab Americans, Muslims and Jewish Americans, are listened to and have their interests reflected in governing. And the president himself, despite his long tenure in Washington, has seemed open to rethinking his approach on many issues. 

But his administration’s actions over the past few weeks have been both very old-guard (strongly aligning with Israel’s government) and without enough regard for the views of Arab Americans and others who are deeply hurt by the killing of so many Palestinian civilians.

I hope the president shifts his approach, especially as Israel appears this weekend to be moving into a new phase in its military response to Oct. 7. While privately prodding is useful, the U.S. government needs to be publicly and forcefully calling for greater restraint by Israel. 

The U.S. government should be acting as if Palestinian and Israeli lives matter, not as if the latter are actually important and the former should just get lip service. Time is running out for the president and his team to do right by the Israelis and also the Palestinians.

Source: Washington Post

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said reports of intense bombing in the Gaza Strip are worrying.

The head of the World Health Organization confirmed in a tweet on the X website on Saturday morning the difficult humanitarian conditions experienced by the residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, which was cut off from water, electricity and fuel, before it was cut off from the outside world as a result of communications being cut off from it. All of this happened in conjunction with an intense bombing campaign by Before the Israeli occupation forces.

The head of the World Health Organization also spoke about the difficult conditions experienced by the residents of the Gaza Strip, as "patients cannot be evacuated in such conditions, safe shelter cannot be found, and power outages make it impossible for ambulances to reach the wounded."

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his fear for the fate of the United Nations employees in the sector, especially after there was no news of them due to the isolation that the sector is experiencing, following the disruption of communication networks. He said: “We are still far from communicating with our employees and health facilities. I am concerned for their safety.”

Ghebreyesus appealed to all actors to press for a ceasefire: “The World Health Organization calls on all those who have the ability to press for a ceasefire to act now.”

The World Health Organization previously stated that its estimates indicate that there are a thousand people trapped under the rubble in the Gaza Strip. It also noted in a press conference that it had received from the Palestinian Ministry of Health a list containing the names of 6,740 martyrs who died as a result of the Israeli occupation’s bombing in Gaza.

Today, Saturday, several Arab and international capitals and cities witnessed demonstrations and marches denouncing the barbaric Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and supporting the Al-Qassam Brigades and the resistance factions.

In the same context, the Algerian government announced the cancellation of all celebrations, which were scheduled to mark the anniversary of the Liberation Revolution, early next month, and the National Press Day ceremony, expected next Sunday, due to the Zionist massacres, and demonstrations took place in the capital and several cities in support of the Palestinian people.

Britain

A massive march took place across the British capital, and the London police said that “up to 100,000 demonstrators gathered in a pro-Palestine march.”

This comes in light of strong warnings from the police that anyone who expresses support for Hamas will be arrested, and that it will not tolerate any act classified as a hate crime.

America

The New York City Transportation Authority said that hundreds of demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in Gaza closed Grand Central Station, one of the city's main transportation hubs, according to the New York Times.

“Grand Central Station is closed until further notice due to a protest,” the transportation authority said on its website, urging passengers to use alternative stations and take into account increased transfer times.

One of the banners raised inside the building read: “Mourn for the dead, and fight with all might for the living.”

France

In Paris, protesters went out in marches denouncing the aggression against Gaza, raising banners saying: “They shut down the Internet, but not our hearts... Stop the war.”

Indonesia

In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the opposition Justice and Welfare Party led a demonstration against the Israeli aggression, and student organizations and labor unions in the most populous Islamic country in the world preceded it.

Türkiye

Most Turkish states witnessed demonstrations in protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza, and in the capital, Ankara, supporters of the Anatolia Youth Association gathered in front of the parliament building, chanting slogans against Israel and its attacks on Gaza and in support of the Palestinians.

As for Istanbul, demonstrators gathered in several points, most notably in front of the Israeli consulate, in Sarash Hana Park, and in the Uskudar area.

Tunisia

Dozens of demonstrations and protest events took place in Tunisia, in support of the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to intense bombing, killing, cutting off electricity and the Internet, destroying all aspects of life, and blocking all sources of facts and information about the massacres and war crimes that are occurring.

Morocco

Last night and today, Moroccan cities witnessed massive demonstrations and protests, especially in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Tetouan, Salé, Marrakesh, El Jadida, Safi, M'diq, Temara, Ait Melloul, Souk Arbaa, and others, where a number of cities witnessed more than one demonstration taking place at the same time.

Jordan

Amman and Jordanian cities witnessed popular marches, and the Website Coordination organized a stand in solidarity with the Palestinian brothers, to denounce the aggression and crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people, the killing of innocents, and the destruction of facilities, buildings, hospitals and schools.

The Journalists Syndicate called for a solidarity stand, which it will organize next Wednesday, to denounce the aggression and crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people, the killing of innocent people, and the destruction of facilities, buildings, hospitals and schools.

This Saturday evening, settlers attacked citizens’ homes in the village of Tuba in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron.

Our correspondent said that the settlers, protected by the occupation soldiers, attacked the homes of citizens in the village of Tuba, threw stones at them and stole them. Among the targeted homes was Issa Awad’s house.

Settlers also attacked citizens' homes in the Umm Dharit area, near the village of Sha'b al-Batm in Masafer Yatta, and carried out provocations against citizens.

Residents of the villages of Masafer Yatta stated that settler attacks have recently recorded a noticeable escalation against citizens and their property, and are now taking place almost daily, in full view of the occupation forces that provide protection for them.

The occupation forces also closed the roads leading to the villages and ruins of Al-Musafer, which connect them to the bypass line.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Western countries of responsibility for the genocidal massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, stressing that Ankara is making preparations to declare Israel a war criminal before the world.

He said in a speech before a massive demonstration in support of Gaza in Istanbul, that those who were shedding crocodile tears over Ukraine are now silent about what is happening in Gaza.

Erdogan added, "We are not only condemning the massacre in Gaza here, but we are also defending our independence and our future."

The Turkish President stressed that Israel does not care about the killing of civilians in Gaza, and they say frankly and clearly, “We know killing well,” but they will pay a heavy price for that.

He stressed that Israel is an occupying state and what it is doing is not in self-defense, but rather a clear and despicable massacre aimed at eliminating the population of Gaza en masse through starvation and thirst and destroying their health services.

Erdogan reiterated that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is not a terrorist organization.

He added, "Israel was disturbed by my statement that Hamas is not a terrorist movement, and I felt very insulted by this. I am speaking clearly because Turkey does not owe you anything, unlike Western countries."

It is noteworthy that the occupation forces are launching a violent bombardment on the Gaza Strip and yesterday began expanding ground operations, following the Palestinian resistance’s launch of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on the seventh of this month in response to the ongoing Israeli violations in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

On Saturday, European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell called for a "truce" in the Gaza Strip to allow the entry of humanitarian aid, after a night of violent Israeli bombing.

Borrell said in a post on the “X” website, “Gaza is completely cut off from the world and isolated, while the concentrated bombing continues. A huge number of civilians have been killed, including children. This is in violation of international humanitarian law.”

The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a stifling siege since 2007, but the Israeli occupation government has tightened the siege on the Strip since the start of the aggression 22 days ago, to include cutting off electricity and water, and preventing the entry of basic materials and fuel.

The occupation warplanes have continued to launch raids on the Gaza Strip since October 7, resulting in the death of 7,650 citizens, including 3,195 children and 1,863 women, in addition to wounding about 20,000, according to an infinite statistic.

Medical sources said that the occupation forces had committed 53 massacres in the Gaza Strip since last night and Saturday dawn, in the most violent and severe bombardment since the start of the aggression 22 days ago.

The Gaza Strip has turned into pieces of flame since the communications and Internet networks were completely cut off from the world, causing complete paralysis in the capabilities of the health system and the movement of ambulances and medical teams.

An apparent sea change took place in the aftermath of Oct. 7, when Hamas massacred an estimated 1,400 Israelis. The idea of Israel attaining victory over the Palestinians went from the margins to the mainstream, from peripheral to consensual. Politicians and polls both support this idea. Israelis seem to be a transformed people. But are they?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made victory his constant exhortation: "Victory will take time. ... Now we are focusing on one goal, and that is to unite our forces and storm ahead to complete victory." He told soldiers: "The entire people of Israel are behind you and we will deal harsh blows to our enemies to achieve victory. To victory!" And "We will emerge victorious."

"I am responsible for bringing victory." - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant quoted himself informing President Biden that Israel's victory "is essential for us and for the United States." To his soldiers, Mr. Gallant declared, "I am responsible for bringing victory."

Bezalel Smotrich, the minister of finance, announced the halt "of all budgetary outlays and redirected them to one thing only: Israel's victory." He called the goal of Israel's war with Hamas to be "a crushing victory."

Benny Gantz, a member of the wartime Cabinet, deemed it "the time for resilience and victory."

But these politicians represent what is widely called "the most right-wing government in Israeli history."

What about others in the country? Many others do indeed agree that Hamas must be eliminated:

• Naftali Bennett, former prime minister: "It's time to destroy Hamas."
• Brigadier Gen. Amir Avivi: "We need to destroy Hamas. We need to deprive them completely from their capabilities."
• Chuck Freilich, former deputy national security adviser (in Haaretz): "Israel must now deal Hamas an unequivocal defeat."
• Tamir Heyman, former Israel Defense Forces intelligence chief: "We have to win."
• David Horovitz, Times of Israel editor: "There is a war to be won."
• Yaakov Amidror, former national security adviser: Hamas "should be killed and destroyed."
• Meir Ben Shabbat, former national security adviser: "Israel should destroy everything connected to Hamas."

Benny Gantz, a member of the wartime Cabinet, deemed it "the time for resilience and victory."

And Israel's population as a whole? To find out, the Middle East Forum commissioned a poll on Oct. 17 of 1,086 Israeli adults. It found extraordinary support for the destruction of Hamas, for a ground operation to achieve this, and for not making concessions in exchange for formal ties with Saudi Arabia. (Shlomo Filber and Zuriel Sharon of Direct Polls Ltd. carried out the poll; it has a statistical sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.)

When asked "What should be Israel's primary objective" in the current war, 70% of the public answered to "eliminate Hamas." In contrast, only 15% answered to "secure the unconditional release of captives held by Hamas" and 13% "disarm Hamas completely."

Remarkably, 54% of those Israeli Arabs (or, more technically, voters who supported the Joint List, a radical anti-Zionist Arab party), made "eliminate Hamas" their preferred objective.

Given the option of a ground operation in Gaza to eradicate Hamas or avoiding a ground operation in favor of another way to deal with Hamas, 68% chose the former and 25% the latter. This time, 52% of Israeli Arabs concurred with the majority.

A similar number of respondents, 72%, rejected making "significant concessions to the Palestinian Authority" as the price for formal ties, with only 21 percent saying yes. Here, 62% of Israeli Arabs voted with the majority.

Does this ferocity signify a fundamental shift in outlook among Jewish and Arab Israelis, or just a passing surge in emotions?

In short, a ferociously anti-Hamas and anti-Palestinian Authority mood dominates Israeli politics, with only the two left-wing parties (Labor and Meretz) in opposition. Even a majority of Israeli Arabs recognize the danger that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority pose to their safety and well-being.

The big question then is: Does this ferocity signify a fundamental shift in outlook among Jewish and Arab Israelis, or just a passing surge in emotions?

As a longtime observer and as an historian of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, I tend to see the latter as more likely. From 1882 to the present, the two feuding parties have compiled records of remarkably sterile continuity. The Palestinians have a mentality of rejectionism (no, no, and never to everything Jewish and Israeli), while Zionists stick to conciliation (accept us and we will enrich you). The two go around and around, hardly changing or making progress.

Accordingly, I expect the inflamed Israeli mood of the moment will likely fade with time, as old patterns reassert themselves and business-as-usual returns.

Source: Middle East forum

Prisoners' institutions said on Saturday that the data received about the level of systematic crimes carried out by the Israeli occupation prison administration against detainees, after October 7 until today, is horrific, and reflects what was confirmed after the martyrdom of detainees Omar Daraghmeh and Arafat Hamdan.

The institutions added in a statement today, Saturday, that there is a systematic decision to assassinate detainees through systematic torture measures, in light of the comprehensive aggression against our people and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The institutions reviewed the most prominent measures that the prison administration continues to impose, including cutting off electricity to the detainees’ cells (their rooms), deliberately cutting off water for long periods of time, and practicing a policy of starvation, after withdrawing all food supplies from their sections, reducing meals to two meals, in addition to closing “ "Cantina", noting that meals are morsels, consisting of food that is not cooked well, inedible, and in small quantity, to the point of banning salt, sugar, and other basic needs.

The institutions explained that the heavily armed repressive forces intensified raids on all sections of detainees, accompanied by systematic abuse and severe beatings, using police dogs, stun grenades, gas, and batons, and escalated the policies of denying them treatment and transferring them to clinics or civilian hospitals for those suffering from chronic diseases.

The institutions stated that the occupation prison administration deliberately left detainees who were injured as a result of the assault on them, without treatment. It also began interrogating a number of them as a form of investigation, asking questions related to the current situation, and reduced the space available to the detainee inside the cell, after a decision by the occupation government, where the number of Detainees in one cell (room), up to more than 10.

The institutions said that the occupation administration transferred many detainees to solitary confinement cells, and has been isolating detainee Marah Bakir for more than 20 days, imposed double isolation on the detainees, and completely isolated their sections from each other.

The institutions pointed out that in the first days of the aggression, the prison administration withdrew the available television stations and electrical appliances, destroyed all the detainees’ possessions, seized their clothes, and kept one spare change for each of them, and also seized the radios, blankets, shoes, and books.

It also carried out mass transfers inside detention centers, including transferring detainees from one section to another, or one prison to another. This was accompanied by assaults and beatings on them, increased jamming devices, stopped visits by the families of detainees and their lawyers, deprived them of “freedom”, and closed the laundry, one of the most important facilities. , which they use to wash their clothes, and detainees were prevented from taking waste out of the rooms.

The institutions continued that after many attempts by institutions to submit requests for lawyers to visit detainees over the past period, the administration worked with all available tools to obstruct them, even after informing the lawyer of its approval, stressing that the visits that take place to date are very limited, and under difficult circumstances, after... The occupation deliberately assaulted and abused detainees who went out to visit a lawyer or to court, in addition to the fact that many of them suffered injuries as a result of severe beatings.

American billionaire Elon Musk announced that Starlink, which he owns, will support Internet connectivity for international relief organizations in Gaza.

Musk's position comes after appeals on the X platform, which he also owns, yesterday, asking him to secure the Internet for the sector following its isolation by Israel by cutting off communications and the Internet.

Local sources in Gaza and telecommunications companies confirmed on Friday that there was a complete outage of the optical fibers feeding the Internet in the Strip.

It explained that the Israeli army deliberately cut and disrupted communication and Internet lines in conjunction with violent attacks carried out by Israeli aircraft and artillery on the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today (Saturday) that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip has risen to 7,703 deaths since the outbreak of war on the Strip on October 7, including more than 3,500 children so far. Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila announced that the dead included about 70 percent of children, women, and the elderly, in addition to about 19,000 injured people, and thousands are still under the rubble, according to the official Palestinian Wafa Agency. 

The ministry said that “the occupation committed 53 massacres in a violent bombardment yesterday (Friday),” while the minister added that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is more difficult than description. Al-Kaila continued: “What is happening in Gaza is genocide. The occupation kills citizens and health teams, destroys and bombs treatment centers and ambulances, prevents the fuel needed for hospitals to operate, prevents the entry of urgent health supplies, prevents the wounded and sick from leaving the Strip for treatment, and also prevents the entry of medical teams.” On top of that, he escalated his aggression to completely separate the sector from the world by cutting off all lines of communication.”

The Minister stressed that the Ministry of Health appeals to all countries, institutions and international organizations to save the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, increase solidarity and international pressure to stop the aggression against humanity, and allow the immediate entry of health support in all its forms into the Strip.

Al-Kaila stated: “Citizens sheltered in shelter centers and schools suffer from the rapid spread of disease infections, lack clean water, are greatly overcrowded, and in very poor sanitary conditions, and all of this is on top of the woes they suffer as a result of being forced by the occupation to displace, bombing their homes, and killing and wounding.” “Their families.”

In a related context, Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said, during a press conference at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, that the Israeli army committed 53 “massacres” during the last hours that led to the killing of 377 people in different areas of the Gaza Strip.

Al-Qudra added that medical authorities received 1,800 reports of people missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings, including about a thousand children, noting that 110 health personnel were killed and 45 health institutions were targeted in Israeli attacks, according to what the German News Agency reported. 

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza urged the authorities Egypt agreed to open the Rafah crossing to ensure the flow of medical aid, the entry of fuel, the removal of the wounded and sick, and the entry of medical delegations to the Gaza Strip’s hospitals. Today, Israel’s war in Gaza entered its fourth week amid intense artillery shelling, an increase in ground incursions, and an interruption of communications and Internet services in the Strip.

The Israeli occupation authorities forced three Palestinian citizens, this afternoon, Saturday, to demolish their homes in the town of Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that the houses belong to the citizens: Omar Nassar Al-Husseini, Khalil Nassar Al-Husseini, and Salah Nassar Al-Husseini.

Salah Nassar said that the three houses house about 18 people, and they will be outdoors after today, adding that the area of each house is 70 square meters.

He pointed out that the occupation authorities had notified the homes and imposed a fine on their owners after imposing a fine of 40,000 shekels.

He explained that families were forced to self-demolish their homes built 5 years ago, to avoid paying the demolition costs, which amount to about 200 thousand shekels if the occupation municipality carried it out.

Today, Saturday, extremist settlers attacked olive pickers in various parts of the West Bank, in a scene that is repeated every season, but this period in particular witnesses a series of brutal attacks against citizens in light of the successive developments of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

In Salfit, today, Saturday, settlers from the “Beduel” settlement attacked citizens and farmers in the town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit, with live bullets, and prevented them from reaching their lands to pick olives.

Local sources reported that the settlers forced all farmers in the western area of the town to leave their lands, amid heavy live ammunition, and under the protection of the Israeli occupation army.

Dozens of colonists from the “Refafa” colony attacked olive pickers in Derastiya and Haris, and forced them to leave their lands at gunpoint, with the protection of occupation soldiers.

In Hebron, armed colonists attacked olive pickers in the Sha’b al-Butm area in Masafer Yatta in the south, while they were picking olives on their lands.

Colonists also detained citizens’ sheep in the Al-Daraj area in the Badia, east of Yatta, and prevented shepherds from receiving them.

Dozens of colonists uprooted 10 perennial olive trees, accompanied by the occupation army in Qusra, even though the area where the farmers were picking olives is located in Area B, and does not require coordination.

In Ramallah, colonists raided the “Al-Shorfa” area in the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, and stole special olive-picking equipment, at gunpoint, belonging to citizen Jad Samih.

In Tulkarm, dozens of colonists assaulted citizens while they were picking olives in the Al-Qurain area, near Khirbet Al-Hamam.