2024-03-22 20:31:45
On the 168th day of the aggression against Gaza strip As the occupation operation continued on Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the number of martyrs rose to more than 32 thousand, while the Israeli occupation besieged Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
In continuation of the series of Israeli violations, pictures showed occupation tanks deliberately running over Palestinian civilians after their evacuation from the Shifa complex.
In a related context, the occupation army admitted that the photos it published yesterday, Thursday, and said they belonged to Hamas officials who were arrested in the Shifa complex, were inaccurate, and described what happened as a human error.
New massacres
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that the Israeli occupation committed new massacres, raising the death toll since the beginning of the war to more than 32 thousand martyrs.
The Ministry of Health said on Friday evening that the Israeli occupation committed 9 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, which led to the death of 82 Palestinians and the injury of 110 others within 24 hours.
She explained that the number of martyrs since the beginning of the Israeli war rose to 32,70 martyrs, and the number of wounded increased to 74,298 wounded.
On the other hand, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported the death of 3 patients inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex, west of Gaza City, due to the siege and the prevention of medicines from reaching the complex, which is being attacked and surrounded by occupation forces for the fifth day in a row.
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Siege of Al-Shifa Complex
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the doctors, patients, and displaced people trapped in… Al-Shifa Medical Complex In the northern Gaza Strip, they launched a distress call to provide food and medicine, while eyewitnesses reported that the occupation army asked the besieged people to surrender themselves amid heavy gunfire and the sound of explosions.
Al Jazeera obtained photos showing traces of Israeli tanks in the vicinity of the complex that ran over Palestinian citizens after they were evacuated from the hospital and while they were trying to reach a safe place.
The pictures show half the body of an injured Palestinian with a cast on one of his legs. He was trampled by an Israeli tank after he tried to escape by crawling.
In its first comment, the Islamic Resistance Movement said:agitation) Bombarding civilians with marches and trampling the wounded with tanks are war crimes that confirm that the occupation army is a gang of bloodthirsty killers.
She added, “In light of the occupation’s crimes continuing in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its surroundings, what is required is to deter the entity and hold it accountable for its crimes.”
For the fifth day in a row, the occupation army continues to storm Al-Shifa Hospital, which housed more than 7,000 patients and displaced persons, and carries out a massive arrest campaign among the displaced and bombs the homes surrounding the hospital, leaving dozens dead and wounded.
Occupation losses
Meanwhile, battles are taking place between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation army in the vicinity of the Shifa complex.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said that its fighters sniped one of the occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the compound.
She added that she bombarded a gathering of occupation forces in the area with a barrage of mortar shells.
On the other hand, the Israeli army announced that 11 of its soldiers and officers were injured in the battles taking place in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
This brings the announced number of Israeli soldiers who have been injured since the beginning of the war to 3,109, of whom 1,497 were injured during the ground attack on Gaza.
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Veto in the Security Council
At the international level, Russia and China used their veto power against a draft American resolution in the UN Security Council regarding the war on Gaza, on Friday, as opponents described the draft as politicized, ambiguous, and “frees Israel’s hand.”
The US delegate to the Security Council, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, expressed her regret at the use of veto by Russia and China, and said that the first goal of the United States is to reach an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza “within the framework of a deal to release the hostages.”
British delegate Barbara Woodward also expressed her disappointment at Russia and China’s failure to support the American draft resolution.
As for the Russian delegate, Vasily Nebenzia, he said in his speech before the Council that the American draft resolution is an attempt to enable Israel to escape punishment.
The Russian delegate pointed out that the non-permanent members of the Security Council had prepared another “non-politicized” resolution regarding Gaza.
For his part, Chinese delegate Zhang Jun said that the Security Council is “fidgeting” but is not taking any measures to stop the fire in Gaza.
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Seizure of lands in the West Bank
The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority announced – today, Friday – that Israel carried out the largest seizure of West Bank lands in 30 years during the year 2024, claiming that they are state lands.
The head of the government body, Moayed Shaaban, said – in a statement – that the areas seized by the occupation under the name of state lands amounted to a total of 10,640 dunums (a dunum equals a thousand square metres), in two separate announcements.
Earlier Friday, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that 8,000 dunams had been allocated in the Jordan Valley as Israeli land for the construction of hundreds of housing units, in addition to an area designated for industry, trade, and employment.
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Bombing in Lebanon
The Lebanese Hezbollah announced – on Friday – that it had targeted an Israeli military site and barracks, achieving “direct hits,” while Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati spoke of “positive” diplomatic contacts to stop the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.
The party said that its fighters targeted the Ruwaisat al-Alam site in the occupied Kafar Shuba hills, and achieved direct hits. It added that its fighters attacked the Metula military site with a march, and hit a tank inside it. They also targeted two gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Zarit barracks and the Jal al-Alam site with artillery shells.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that 4 missiles were fired at two Israeli sites in the Kafr Shuba hills and the occupied Shebaa Farms.
On the other hand, Israeli fighters launched a raid on the town of Aita al-Shaab, and Israeli artillery bombed the surroundings of the towns of Khiam and Kafr Kila, in southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that Israeli military aircraft launched two raids on the towns of Khiam and Taybeh in southern Lebanon on Friday evening.
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Demonstrations in the right-wing capital, Sanaa, and in the city of Hodeidah, denouncing the Israeli war on Gaza. Al-Jazeera correspondent Samir Al-Nimri monitors the scene#News #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/YOlGFKcmdd
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Demonstrations in support of Gaza
Several demonstrations took place on Friday in a number of Arab countries in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a devastating Israeli war since the seventh of last October.
Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in Al-Sabeen Square in the capital, Sana’a, in response to a call launched by the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) under the slogan, “Our operations continue… Stop your aggression.”
In Jordan, Jordanians continued their protests in the capital, Amman, and a number of governorates, villages, and camps for the 24th week since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
In Morocco, hundreds of Moroccans organized solidarity vigils with Gaza to demand an end to the starvation and siege imposed on it, and to support the steadfastness of the Palestinians in the Strip, which has been suffering from the scourge of war for months.
In Tunisia, Hizb ut-Tahrir (an Islamic party) organized a march in support of the people of Gaza after Friday prayers towards the municipal theater in Tunis.
In Bahrain, local platforms and accounts published scenes of a popular demonstration in the city of Diraz, northwest of the country, in support of Palestine and Gaza and to demand an end to the war and an end to starving the residents of the Strip.
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