The Israeli occupation forces continue to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip for the 437th consecutive day, by launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery bombardments, while committing massacres against civilians amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation due to the blockade and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.

The number of victims of the Israeli aggression on Gaza has risen to 45,028 martyrs and 106,962 injured since October 7, 2023.

The occupation bombed various areas in the strip, targeting the tents of the displaced, resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens, and intensified its airstrikes on northern Gaza, including the Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia.

Regarding the prisoner exchange deal, the newspaper "Israel Hayom" quoted a source familiar with the negotiations confirming that progress had been made in the talks, indicating that discussions might resume after the Jewish holidays at the end of this month.

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the third session of his testimony in his trial at the Central Court in Tel Aviv, where he is being tried on corruption charges.

Correspondents reported that Israeli aircraft and artillery continued their airstrikes and heavy bombardments on Sunday across various areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, gatherings of displaced individuals, and streets, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded.

The occupation forces continue their ground invasion of wide neighborhoods in Rafah since May 7, along with several fronts in Gaza amid aerial bombardment and artillery fire, committing horrific massacres and demolishing homes of citizens in the Jabalia camp.

For the 73rd consecutive day, northern Gaza is under Israeli siege and starvation amid intense aerial and artillery bombardments, with complete isolation of the northern governorate from Gaza.

The occupation forces continue to forcibly disrupt the operations of civil defense in northern Gaza for the 55th day due to ongoing Israeli targeting and aggression, leaving thousands of citizens there without humanitarian and medical care.

Two citizens were martyred and three others were injured following gunfire from Israeli occupation forces east of Rafah city in southern Gaza.

A young man was injured by Israeli sniper fire in the Shoja'iya area east of Gaza city.

Sheikh Khaled Nabhan, known for his famous phrase "The Spirit of the Soul," was martyred due to artillery shelling on Al-Nuseirat in central Gaza.

Five citizens were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Beit Lahia project in northern Gaza.

An Israeli artillery bombardment targeted the surroundings of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

The young man Nidal Mohammed Abu Bakra (28 years old) was martyred due to being shot by the Israeli occupation forces in the Al-Mashrou' area east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.

Intense artillery shelling and gunfire from occupation forces targeted the areas east of the towns of Al-Fukhari and Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis.

The Civil Defense Department reported that during the past 24 hours, occupation forces targeted, with air and artillery bombardment, 4 schools housing displaced persons, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 50 displaced individuals in the Gaza Strip.

During the past few hours, the occupation forces committed 4 massacres against Palestinian families and displaced persons in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of nearly 45 civilians, including children, and the injury of more than 50 others.

Meanwhile, Palestinian medical sources reported that there were 69 martyrs and more than 100 injuries due to Israeli airstrikes on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn yesterday, Sunday.

Ten civilian citizens were martyred, and several injuries were recorded in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house belonging to the Al-Qarm family on Al-Beltaji Street in the Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Israeli artillery targeted the Jabalia and Beit Lahiya camps in northern Gaza early today, in addition to the Khuza'a town east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, while an Israeli airstrike targeted Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation army demolished residential buildings in the vicinity of the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, while Israeli artillery shelling was combined with heavy gunfire in Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.

Four martyrs from one family fell as the occupation planes bombed the home of the "Abu Hajar" family in the "Abu Qadous" residential area in the Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

Five martyrs, including a child, and body parts, in addition to 16 injuries arrived at Al-Awda Hospital due to the bombardment of an occupation aircraft on a house near Al-Qassam Cemetery in the Al-Nuseirat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday evening, the occupation forces committed a horrific massacre against Palestinian displaced persons in the "Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz" school near Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, resulting in 20 martyrs and dozens of injuries, including children and women.

The occupation forces also demolished residential buildings in the Abu Qamar area of the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, an Israeli drone "Quadcopter" opened fire in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Hamas was the reason for the destruction of Gaza. If it weren't for Hamas, the Israeli army wouldn't have destroyed Gaza, nor would thousands of its residents have been killed or injured. Hamas provoked the peaceful Israeli army, leading to the Nakba. When push came to shove, Hamas forces disappeared, leaving the people as fodder for the Israeli air force, tanks, and deadly weapons. The greatest crime of Hamas is that it pushed Israel into a war for which Hamas was not prepared. Hamas leaders abroad live in luxury, making decisions from afar, far from the battlefront. Khaled Meshaal's daughter's wedding cost one and a half million dollars. Iran deceived Hamas, making them believe it was with them, only to abandon them, and so on.

These are samples of headlines published by falsely named national newspapers. I will not respond to all these slanders because they represent the mentality of a group of mercenary journalists who belong to what I have previously called the “swamp school.”

These journalists have forgotten the following undeniable facts:

1. No Palestinian faction has sacrificed as many martyrs as Hamas. Among its martyr leaders are Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdul Aziz al-Rantisi, Mahmoud al-Zahar’s two sons, Said Siyam, Nizar Rayan, along with thirteen of his relatives and grandchildren, and others.
2. Israel is inherently an aggressive state and does not need provocation or signals from anyone to carry out its brutal acts. It has conducted widespread assassinations without being provoked. It is a cancerous state founded on aggression that has lived and continues to live on aggression. It would take too long to list all the treacherous and assassination acts committed by its agents.
3. Its historical crimes began even before the Palestinian land knew Hamas:

– Their killing of 250 unarmed Egyptian soldiers after the June 1967 war, which was documented in a documentary film that no one can deny.

– The massacre of “Al-Sheikh” Village, committed by the “Haganah” gang on the evening of December 31, 1947, resulted in 60 martyrs from the village. Most of their bodies were found inside their homes, and the village was incorporated into Israel under the new Hebrew name “Tel Ganan.”

– The massacre of “Sa'sa'” Village, committed by Zionists who blew up 20 houses over the heads of their inhabitants.

– The massacre of “Abu Kabir” Village, committed by the “Haganah” gang on March 31, 1948, in which everyone who tried to escape from the village was killed.

– The “Deir Yassin” massacre, committed by the “Irgun” and “Haganah” gangs on April 9, 1948. Located on the outskirts of Jerusalem, it resulted in the slaughter of 250 Arabs and the injury of a similar number, mostly children, women, and the elderly. Those who were not killed were taken in trucks to Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, where they were paraded in front of the Zionist public, who threw stones at them. This massacre was led by Menachem Begin, who later became Prime Minister of Israel starting in June 1977.

– The massacre of “Abu Shusha” Village on May 14, 1948, carried out by soldiers of a regular army brigade, resulting in the martyrdom of 50 civilians by gunfire and head bashing with axes.

– The massacre of “Lydda” on July 11, 1948, committed by an Israeli commando unit led by Moshe Dayan. When some civilians tried to take refuge in the mosque, they were pursued by Jews, who killed 176 people. The final death toll was 426 martyrs.

– The remaining survivors of “Lydda” were gathered by the Zionists in the city stadium and ordered to leave the town immediately on foot, leading to many deaths from hunger, thirst, terror, and exhaustion.

– The massacre of “Eilabun” Village on October 29, 1948, where the Israeli army stormed the village, gathered civilians in the town square, and fired at them from all directions.

– The massacre of “Qalqilya” on October 10, 1948, where airplanes and artillery were used to bombard the village, resulting in 70 martyrs.

– The massacre of “Sharafat” Village on February 7, 1951, attacked by a division of the Israeli army, which planted a large number of mines in the village, killing many of the villagers, especially women and children.

– The massacre of “Nilla” Village on February 9, 1951, where a Jew infiltrated the village and killed a man, a child, and a girl in one house. The Jews returned for a second attack, killing and injuring many of its residents.

– The massacre of “Qibya” Village, where 67 civilians were martyred, and the village mosque, water tank, and 56 houses were destroyed.

– The massacre of “Kafr Qasim,” resulting in 57 martyrs and 27 injuries, including a child and 17 women among the martyrs.

– The massacres of refugee camps committed by the Israeli army against Palestinian refugees in the main camp in Khan Younis city on November 3, 1956, resulting in 250 Palestinian martyrs.

– The massacre was repeated on November 12, 1956, resulting in 275 Palestinian martyrs.

– On the same day, after the previous massacre, Israelis marched to the Rafah refugee camp and killed more than a hundred refugees.

– The “Sabra and Shatila” massacre, on September 18-19, 1982, resulted in the deaths of over 3,500 Palestinian civilians, most of whom were women, children, and the elderly. This massacre was planned and supervised by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

It is fair for the reader to ask: Is Hamas responsible for these Zionist crimes?

It is worth noting that all these massacres were committed by Israel before the existence of Hamas, which is known to have been established on December 15, 1987.

Another observation is that the number of martyrs from these massacres far exceeds the number of martyrs in Gaza.

It is astonishing that officials and journalists from the “swamp school” assert that Hamas has suffered an irrecoverable defeat and deny that Hamas achieved a certain victory, which even many Israelis acknowledged. They stood heroically for nearly four weeks without surrendering and continued fighting, forcing the Zionists with their devilish weapons to withdraw, failing to achieve their goal of eradicating Hamas forever.

It is also worth noting that some Arab rulers hoped and perhaps worked to help Israel achieve its objectives, calling for the support of Mahmoud Abbas as the legitimate ruler of the Palestinian government despite his term having ended, thus nullifying his legitimacy. Moreover, he and his men are aligned with the Zionists, Americans, and their allies.

Finally, I say: God bless you, O mujahideen. Palestine will remain proud and strong because of you.

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Source: The official website of Dr. Jabir Kumayha.

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On April 18, 1996, the Zionist entity committed a horrific massacre in the Lebanese town of Qana. To ensure that we do not forget the atrocities of this entity, “Al-Mujtama” is republishing this article written by Dr. Salah al-Din Arqah'dan, originally published in issue 1714 on August 12, 2006.

Despite the massacres and the blood of the Lebanese, the Zionists will reap nothing but terror and political failure, which now threaten Olmert's government.

Qana, a serene southern Lebanese town, holds artifacts that date back to prehistoric times, in addition to the miracle recorded in the Bible performed by Isa (Jesus) (peace be upon him) at a wedding there. Visitors can clearly see engravings in the rock believed to depict the disciples of Isa (peace be upon him) who witnessed this miracle.

In 1996, the Zionist enemy launched its US-manufactured missiles under the dense cover of American diplomatic maneuvers and stances, using the veto power to block any attempt to condemn the aggression, which the Zionists called “Operation Grapes of Wrath.” These missiles were deliberately targeted at a gathering of Qana residents near a United Nations observation post, resulting in the deaths of 110 Lebanese, both Muslims and Christians, who were buried together in a cemetery that has since become a warning and a testament to the truth of Zionism.

Cautious peace returned to Lebanon following the Zionist withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. However, the Shebaa Farms remained a pretense for constant Zionist threats and provocations against Lebanon. The Zionist enemy continued to detain Lebanese, some of whom had been held since the 1970s. The United Nations resolutions calling for full withdrawal and the return of prisoners remained merely on paper!

Zionist Racism Under American Cover

The First Qana Massacre ended with the burial of the victims, but the massacre, its repercussions, and its symbolism remained entrenched in the halls of the United Nations through documents and Lebanese protests against the ongoing occupation and the non-release of prisoners. It also remained imprinted in the memory of the Lebanese, as the Zionist withdrawal did not alter its symbolism. Qana remains a living testament to the Zionist doctrine and their methods of dealing with others, embodying the only true Zionist slogan: “A Good Arab is a Dead Arab!”

Since 1936, the Lebanese have continuously and relentlessly suffered from Zionist violence, directly and indirectly. They also endure hardships due to the unwavering American support for Zionist policies. The Americans do not recognize any rights for any party other than the Zionists in the region.

Here lies the problem for Arabs and non-Arabs alike in the Zionist doctrinal perception, which views non-Jewish nations as creatures made by God in human form to serve them, having no rights whatsoever, and the crumbs they receive are seen as a favor for which they should be grateful.

Applying Zionist Doctrine in Iraq

You probably recall that before the Americans directed their occupying forces towards Iraq, they sought lessons in silencing conscience from the Zionists. The question they posed, which was reported by the media at the time, was “How should Israeli field commanders order their troops to destroy houses over their inhabitants' heads without fearing disobedience?”

You may also recall that the Americans were not dumb, and some of the stories from Abu Ghraib prison are irrefutable evidence of this. Inhumane, dead-conscience Zionists remain stationed on occupied Iraqi soil, ready at any moment to transfer their experiences from Jenin and Qana to the American occupation forces.

Rice's Green Light

Who hasn't heard U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice say, on the suffering land of Beirut and just hours before the Qana massacre, that “the Israelis are not obliged to an immediate ceasefire before achieving the security objectives of their military campaign!”

Yes! Rice stood over the bodies of our mothers and children to deliver the harshest rebuke to her Lebanese ruling elite audience for forcing the US to intervene directly to eradicate the forces of fundamentalism and extremism, as she put it. This is because the Lebanese government failed to carry out this task for the Americans. Washington's hope was that Arab governments would undertake the massacre themselves, eliminating factions resisting American policy and Israeli occupation, sparing the Israelis the trouble and the US the task of cleaning up the Israelis' image, tainted by the blood of Lebanese children, women, and the elderly, in the corridors of the United Nations and beyond.

Rice's statement gave the green light for the latest Qana massacre, just as previous statements sparked the first Qana massacre and others alike. Qana has large and extended similar massacres, from Bahr al-Baqar in Egypt to the northern borders of Lebanon, passing through over 400 Palestinian cities and villages that share the same fate as Qana and Deir Yassin.

Zionist Failure

But what has Israel reaped in Lebanon? What have the Zionists achieved so far from their declared goals?

The numbers and facts on the ground say “Nothing.”

The Lebanese government's and people's stance has become more unified and resilient in the face of Israeli violence.

The popularity of the Israeli occupation army has declined both within and outside Israel, as it has failed spectacularly to confront a popular militia whose resilience is considered a victory by all standards and a defeat for Israel.

More importantly, the operations of the Lebanese resistance targeting the Israeli interior have, for the first time in the history of the conflict, instilled terror in the hearts of the Israelis, disrupted production, emptied the port of Haifa of its ships, and forced hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stay in shelters and bunkers out of fear of the resistance's rockets.

The Zionists have no more tricks up their sleeve beyond what we've already seen. However, the resistance against the Zionist-American project still has much in reserve that has yet to be deployed. The current war will eventually end, whether it drags on or not, and the Zionists will have to choose a more realistic leadership to guide them out of the Lebanese quicksand with the least possible losses.

If only Arab officials would reconsider their analysis of the crisis and its solutions and strive to preserve lives that Allah has forbidden to be taken except with justice.

And if only the current American administration, preoccupied with igniting conflicts across the world, would look at the legend of “Armageddon” from a different perspective. Christ (peace be upon him) was Palestinian, and his disciples were Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Jordanian. If only they would realize, even once, that the Zionists track every land where Isa (peace be upon him) ever walked, destroying and sabotaging them. And for the Americans and Zionists engrossed in reading the Torah's symbols, they should pay attention to the fact that the curse of Qana is a tangible and proven reality that struck the former Zionist leadership in 1996.

Any rational person would acknowledge that it has affected the current leadership in terms of its popularity and the confidence of the Israeli people in its army. Let them and their disciples beware of the curse of Qana, wherever they may be!

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