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Zionist withdrawal from Khan Yunis... And Biden threatens Netanyahu
Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” has been taking place for 184 days now. The Zionist career forces are still committing terrible massacre in the Gaza Strip, like air moves, shelling, and attacks on innocent civilians.
UNRWA Report
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) suggested that the Israeli conflict on Gaza has compelled greater than seventy five% of the population to flee their houses and has destroyed approximately 62% of houses.
Killing Children
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics discovered that the Israeli profession is killing four kids each hour within the Gaza Strip. Since the start of the Israeli aggression remaining October, over 33,000 human beings have been killed, with 14,350 of them being children.
Orphaned Children
More than forty three,000 kids in Gaza at the moment are dwelling without one or both in their parents. Women and children make up 70% of these lacking because of the attacks, with an predicted 7,000 human beings nevertheless unaccounted for.
UNICEF Report
According to James Elder from UNICEF, over six hundred,000 children in Rafah, Gaza, are facing hunger, worry, and the consistent threat of Israeli assaults. These youngsters don't have any safe vicinity to go.
Operation within the West Bank
A Palestinian fighter executed a taking pictures assault on a settler bus within the West Bank, injuring two people. The Palestinian resistance is engaged in fierce clashes with enemy forces in Gaza, the use of heavy weapons and concentrated on Israeli web sites from southern Lebanon.
Withdrawal of Zionist Force
The Israeli military has withdrawn the 98th Division from the Khan Yunis location, leaving only the Nahal Brigade in Gaza. This circulate is seen as practise for a ground operation in Rafah, following stress from the US to stop the battle.
Occupation Losses
The Israeli army has suffered considerable losses, with 604 soldiers killed and over 3,000 injured during the conflict. Many squaddies are handling put up-demanding strain signs and symptoms, and lots of settlers were evacuated from their homes.
Demonstrations in International Cities
Cities around the sector, like Oslo, Vienna, Lisbon, and Berlin, have seen massive demonstrations condemning the Israeli aggression in Gaza. People are calling for a ceasefire and the transport of humanitarian useful resource to the Gaza Strip.
Pro- Palestine Demonstrations Spread Across the UK
Across the United Kingdom, humans collected in 32 distinctive locations to reveal their aid for Palestine and demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
Demonstrations in London
In London, there had been 4 separate demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The protesters accused the British authorities of assisting Israel and ignoring the violence happening in Gaza.
Other Cities Join In
Support for Palestine became also shown in towns like Bristol, Brighton, Southampton, Cardiff, and Kirkwall. People chanted slogans like “Free Palestine” and “Stop the genocide” to make their voices heard.
Upcoming Marches
Today, Sunday, extra marches in help of Palestine are predicted in cities like Liverpool, Reading, and London. London could have 3 one of a kind marches taking vicinity.
Paris Hunger Strike
In Paris, supporters of Palestine started out a hunger strike out of doors the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to expose unity with Gaza.
Statements from British Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed surprise at the violence in Gaza and called for an stop to the warfare, the discharge of prisoners, and the shipping of humanitarian aid to the area. He also mentioned the tragic deaths of three British resource employees in an Israeli raid.
Biden's Warning to Netanyahu
Reports from CNN found out that US President Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of effects if the scenario in Gaza did no longer enhance. Biden threatened to reconsider America's support for Israel if civilians in Gaza persevered to go through.
According to Axios, Netanyahu turned into surprised by using Biden's request to forestall the fighting in Gaza, which made their final name the maximum tough one because the warfare started.
It is well known that Islam is a religion that addresses all aspects of life through its rituals and laws, which encircle the entire human entity. Among the Islamic rituals that contribute to reforming human life is the worship of fasting.
Fasting is one of the pillars of Islam, and it plays an active role in building the civilizational structure of the Islamic Ummah. However, the fasting referred to here is not the common fasting, which is limited to abstaining from food, drink, and sexual intercourse from dawn until sunset while allowing the tongue and limbs to indulge in sins and transgressions.
The fasting that contributes to civilizational progress is true fasting, which nurtures the human soul, regulates individual and social behavior, and benefits all human spectrums.
This is evident in the following aspects:
Firstly, The Role of Fasting in Establishing and Preserving Civilizational Construction:
Islamic law has outlined the pillars of fasting, which include abstaining from specific acts from dawn until sunset with the intention of fasting. (1) Fasting has temporary boundaries, and these pillars and boundaries have effects on the human psyche. A Muslim fasts at a specific time, in a specific place, and in a specific manner, and cannot strive to change any of that. Rather, they must fully commit to this fixed program until they achieve their intended goal.
This commitment, with its three aspects, reflects on human life; it regulates schedules, determines the optimal place, and determines the ideal way to perform actions as required, without excess or deficiency. This commitment represents the foundation for civilizational construction, in which the individual acknowledges the importance of discipline in words, actions, schedules, and places of work.
Fasting also contributes to the nurturing of the soul upon which civilizational construction is based by ensuring the security and protection of this construction from all forms of dysfunction and disturbance. The fasting person refrains from spreading falsehoods and causing harm to others in order to preserve their fast. In Sahih Bukhari, Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “If one does not abandon falsehood and action in accordance with it, God had no need that he should abandon his food and his drink.”
Additionally, in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Fasting is a protection, [i.e. from acts of disobedience in this world and from hell in the next.] and when the day of the fast of any of you comes he must not use vile language or raise his voice, and if anyone reviles him or tries to fight with him he should tell him he is fasting.”
Here it becomes clear that fasting is a worship based on two wings: firstly, well-performing, and secondly, safeguarding the performance from anything that diminishes its reward or wastes its outcomes. Similarly, civilizational construction is based on good performance along with protecting and securing it.
Secondly, The Role of Fasting in Achieving Goals and Objectives:
Allah (SWT) has made it clear that fasting has an objective that every Muslim must set before their eyes, desiring and striving to achieve it, which is piety. Allah says, “O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous.” (Al-Baqarah: 21).
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) also explained that fasting is a means of sin forgiveness. In Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “He who fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from God will have his past sins forgiven.”
Furthermore, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) clarified that fasting is a means to enter Jannah. In Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, Sahl ibn Sa'd reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “In Jannah there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Saum (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, 'Where are those who observe fasting?' So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate.”
Therefore, the fasting person performs his fast while keeping these objectives in mind, and his heart is attached to them.
Just as fasting trains the individual to perform actions with the intention of achieving the goal of piety, forgiveness, and entering Jannah, establishing civilization operates on the same principle: working with the intention of reaching the goal. Thus, fasting with its objectives and purposes is an active pillar among the pillars of building civilization.
Thirdly, The Role of Fasting in Instilling Civilizational Values:
A closer look at the obligation of fasting reveals that it instills in the fasting person several beneficial civilizational values, such as:
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The Kuwaiti Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence (28/19).
"Al-Aqsa Flood" Developments and International Pressure
New Resistance Operations
"Hamas": No Concession to the Demands of Our People
Al-Azhar Sheikh Attacks Western Leaders
"Israeli" Protests against Netanyahu
US and Israel on Alert over Iran's Threat
"Al-Aqsa Flood": Day 177 and the Israeli-Zionist War
Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood":
Resistance Operations:
New Zionist Massacres:
Israeli Failures:
"Al-Aqsa Flood Day 178" Developments and New Death toll
Targeting "Eilat"
"Al-Shifa Medical" Massacre
Response from the Palestinian Ministry of Health
Force Infiltration into Gaza
New Death toll from the Occupation Army
"Al-Aqsa Flood Day 179" Developments and International Condemnation
"Al-Aqsa Flood": 180th Day and Protests against Netanyahu
Al-Aqsa Flood:
Protests against Netanyahu:
Arab and Islamic Role:
International Responses:
Statistics of the Annihilation War:
"Israeli Occupation of Gaza: 180th Day Update"
"Al-Aqsa Flood": 181st Day and Resistance Bombings
"Al-Aqsa Flood": 182nd Day and International Measures
International Measures Against Zionist Entity
Polish Foreign Ministry Protests
British Opinion Polls
CIA Director Bill Burns' Visit to Cairo
Thursday, April 4, 2024
President of Zanzibar Honors Saad Al-Otaibi for Serving the Holy Qur'an in 2024
"Azwa 2" Project Launched by "Country of Charity" and "The Volunteer Engineers of Charity Team"
International Islamic Charitable Organization's Zakat al-Fitr Support for Palestine, Yemen, and Syria
"Namaa Charity Launches University Science Student Project for Second Semester"
President of Zanzibar Honors Saad Al-Otaibi for Serving the Holy Qur'an in 2024
"Azwa 2" Project Launched by "Country of Charity" and "The Volunteer Engineers of Charity Team"
International Islamic Charitable Organization's Zakat al-Fitr Support for Palestine, Yemen, and Syria
"Namaa Charity Launches University Science Student Project for Second Semester"
Resistance in Gaza
The Palestinian resistance continues to confront the Zionist forces invading several areas in the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in the killing of 600 officers and soldiers and more than 6,900 wounded, in addition to the complete or partial destruction of hundreds of vehicles.
Since the first day on October 7, 2023, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have managed to kill hundreds of soldiers and capture about 250 Zionists.
In the latest update on resistance operations, Al-Qassam announced that a Zionist force was ambushed on a boat in the center of the city of Khan Yunis.
Al-Qassam announced, in a statement on Monday: “Al-Qassam” mujahideen managed to ensnare a Zionist force in a compound ambush, where they targeted a troop carrier with an “Al-Yassin 105” missile, and targeted a group of 7 soldiers in the same place with another missile.
They added: “As soon as the rescue force arrived to rescue them, they were clashed with heavy weapons, leaving them all dead and wounded in the downtown area of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.”
Overthrow Netanyahu
Since 1st April, the Israeli street has witnessed massive protests demanding the overthrow of the Netanyahu government, while opposition movements set up tents in front of government headquarters and the Knesset in Jerusalem and closed the main street in the area.
Amos Harel, a writer in the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, said: “The pressure on Netanyahu is increasing, and the struggle of the families of POWs in Gaza may affect the negotiations.”
2nd Kuwaiti Medical Delegation
On Monday1st April, the second Kuwaiti medical delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah land crossing to strengthen the Palestinian health system and perform a series of surgical operations for Palestinian patients and wounded.
The head of the Kuwaiti medical delegation, Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Relief Society, Omar Al-Thuwaini, said in a press statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA): The delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing to perform a medical mission that will last 7 consecutive days until the 7th of this April.
In addition, for the ninth day in a row, Jordan is witnessing mass demonstrations in the vicinity of the occupation embassy in the capital, Amman, denouncing the war on Gaza and demanding that the Jordanian government close the embassy and cancel the peace agreement with the occupation.
International Condemnation of the Killing of a Relief Team
Western countries condemned the Zionist bombing of a relief team in the Gaza Strip, yesterday evening, Monday, which led to the deaths of 7, including 6 foreigners and a Palestinian.
For its part, the United States, on Tuesday, called on “Tel Aviv” to investigate the Israeli army’s targeting of “Central Kitchen International” employees in the Gaza Strip and the killing of a number of them.
US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson wrote on the X platform: We are heartbroken and deeply disturbed by the raid that led to the killing of aid workers at the World Central Kitchen in Gaza.
They added: Humanitarian relief workers must be protected because they provide aid that the Palestinians desperately need, and we urge “Israel” to quickly investigate what happened.
Reuters quoted the Prime Minister of Australia as saying that his country expects full accountability for the killing of aid workers in Gaza.
The newspaper "Israel Hayom" indicated that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese summoned the "Israeli" ambassador after the killing of an Australian aid worker in Gaza by an "Israeli" air strike.
Meanwhile, Cyprus called for respecting and protecting humanitarian aid workers and conducting a rapid and decisive investigation into the occupation’s targeting of the relief team in Gaza.
Al Jazeera quoted the British Foreign Office as saying: We are aware of the death of a Briton in Gaza and we call for respect for international law and the protection of civilians.
The British Foreign Office added: Many civilians were killed in Gaza and we want to avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.
The European Union Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner also condemned the "Israeli" targeting of humanitarian workers in Gaza.
On the other hand, Japan announced the resumption of its funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), stressing that the agency’s role cannot be dispensed with in confronting the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as a result of the war.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said, in press statements in Parliament, that her country will end the freeze on its financial contributions to UNRWA, noting that approximately $35 million - of the originally planned funding - is ready for disbursement.
In addition, the American network “CNN” reported that the administration of President Joe Biden is close to approving the sale of up to 50 American-made F-15 fighter aircraft to “Israel”, in a deal expected to be worth more than 18 billion dollars.
Source: Al-Mujtama + Agencies
Sri Lanka lost one of the figures of Islamic advocacy and thought last Friday, March 29, 2024. God destined for him a blessed ending in the blessed month, as the deceased spent his life for the sake of the Islamic religion.
Professor Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Hassan Lebbe died last Friday, March 29. We ask God to have mercy on him and grant him paradise.
The Sri Lankan Muslim community in the State of Kuwait, in coordination with the Islamic Cooperation Office of the Social Reform Society, held a condolence reception for the Sheikh on Sunday, March 31, 2024, at the Society’s office, during which Professor Agar Muhammad, Rector of Islamic university of Naleemiah in Sri Lanka, the guest of the community in the last ten days of Ramadan, gave a speech about the deceased.
Born in 1937 in Uyanwatte, Sheikh Ibrahim began his education at the village school and later joined Maharagama Ghafooriya Arabic College. He established ties with the Sri Lanka Jamaathe Islami.
Al-Mujtama Magazine expresses its sadness and condolences for the deceased, and we ask Allah to have mercy on him and grant him the highest paradise.
As Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” enters its 178th day, while the Palestinian resistance continues to confront enemy forces, the Zionist occupation continues to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Targeting “Eilat”
The occupation army announced, at dawn on Monday, that a building in the city of Eilat, south of the occupied territories, was damaged in a drone attack.
A statement by the occupation army said, “One of the buildings was slightly damaged in a drone attack in Eilat, but there were no casualties in the incident,” according to what was reported by Hebrew media.
The occupation army added that its soldiers identified “a suspicious air target that entered Israeli territory from the east and landed in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) area.”
Hebrew media reported that a drone targeted a “naval base in Eilat,” according to the Palestinian Information Center.
Meanwhile, the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement.
“Al-Shifa Medical” Massacre
Medical sources reported that hundreds of bodies of martyrs were found in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in the streets and roads surrounding it, west of Gaza City.
The sources confirmed that the buildings of the Al-Shifa Complex were burned and completely out of service, noting that the extent of the destruction in the complex and surrounding buildings was very large.
The occupation forces withdrew completely from the Shifa complex at dawn on Monday after a two-week operation during which the occupation forces launched a massive attack on the complex and its surrounding areas.
The government media office in Gaza said, in a press statement: The “Israeli” occupation army committed crimes of destroying, burning, and targeting 1,050 homes in the vicinity of the Shifa Medical Complex, killing more than 400 martyrs, and arresting and torturing hundreds of patients, displaced people, and medical staff inside and around the complex.
The Gaza Civil Defense spokesman indicated that the majority of the bodies were decomposed, and some were skeletons, as a result of being burned inside the Al-Shifa Complex.
While the occupation forces admitted that they killed 200 Palestinians, arrested 500 others, and detained about 900 people and subjected them to investigation during their storming of the Shifa Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza appealed to all international and international institutions and the international community to make efforts to restart Nasser Hospital and provide protection to health institutions.
They also said that the absence of Nasser Hospital from service is a severe blow to the health service, which has shrunk to its lowest levels and deprives patients of access to therapeutic services, especially after the loss of the bulk of services in the northern Gaza Strip.
For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” said that the horrific crime that unfolded on Monday morning, after the occupation army withdrew from the “Al-Shifa” complex and its surroundings in Gaza, “confirms the nature of this fascist entity rogue from the values of civilization and humanity.”
In a statement, Hamas held “the American administration and President Biden personally fully responsible for the crimes, massacres, and systematic destruction of civilian life in the Gaza Strip that have occurred and are occurring.”
Hamas pointed out that at the top of that is “the health sector and hospitals, which is done with American weapons, and all forms of military and political support and assistance.”
They stressed that the extent of the destruction and killing in which the enemy excels. This does not mean achieving any victory over the will of our people as they cling to their land and identity. This barbaric attack on the Gaza Strip once again confirms the reality of what the enemy seeks to push our people to emigrate from their land in implementation of his plans to liquidate the Palestinian cause.
The movement called on the international community and the United Nations to “condemn this terrible crime committed by the criminal Zionist enemy against the Al-Shifa Complex, its surroundings, and the citizens therein, and we call on them to take immediate action to enter Gaza City and see the extent of the crime to which it was subjected.”
It also called on “international judicial bodies, especially the International Criminal Court, to begin actual procedures to investigate the crimes and atrocities that occurred in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its surroundings... and to implement their assigned mission to hold the leaders of this entity accountable and bring them to justice.”
Failed infiltration into Gaza
The Home Front in the Gaza Strip revealed the infiltration of officers and soldiers from the General Intelligence Service in Ramallah on an official mission under direct orders from the Palestinian General Intelligence Service's head, Major General Majid Faraj, in what it described as an intelligence operation.
The Front confirmed that the security services in Gaza dealt with these elements, arresting 10 of them and foiling the plan for which they came.
She said that their goal was to create a state of confusion and chaos among the ranks of the home front, and that they infiltrated with security from the Israeli Shin Bet and the enemy army after an agreement was reached between the two parties in their meeting in one of the Arab capitals last week.
Hamas stressed that “everyone who dares to play in a square that only serves the occupation will be struck with an iron fist.”
New Death Toll from the Occupation army
The number of soldiers and officers killed by the Palestinian resistance has risen since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
The occupation army said that a soldier from the 77th Battalion, named Nadav Cohen, who held the rank of sergeant, was killed in the battles of the Gaza Strip during the last hours, thus bringing the number of deaths in the occupation army since October 7 to 600 soldiers and officers.
Of these, 264 were killed since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip in late October.
Current Situation
As Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” reaches its 177th day, the Palestinian resistance continues to be preventing against the Zionist occupation within the Gaza Strip. The occupation forces are committing acts of genocide inside the area.
Casualties and Destruction
So far, Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” has resulted inside the deaths of 598 officials and infantrymen, with over three,176 others injured. More than 6,900 humans were wounded, and loads of motors were destroyed. The occupation army keeps bombing enemy positions and settlements across the Gaza Strip.
Resistance Efforts
Since October 7, the “Qassam Brigades” have killed hundreds of squaddies and captured about 250 Zionists. They have launched missile attacks on various places, including Ben Gurion Airport, Ashkelon, and Ashdod, in defense of Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites.
Recent Operations
The “Al-Qassam Brigades” lately focused a Zionist tank and shot down its crew. They had been accomplishing fierce clashes with enemy forces and feature correctly destroyed enemy soldiers and automobiles in Gaza City.
New Developments
Recently, the occupation bombed tents for journalists and displaced people inner Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, resulting in casualties. The international network is being urged to condemn these actions and placed pressure on the profession to forestall the violence.
International Response
Hamas has condemned the USA administration's approval of new arms shipments to the Zionist entity, accusing them of helping the occupation's brutal acts against Palestinians. They are calling for a ban on arms deliver to the occupation and responsibility for their crimes.
Israeli Admissions
Israeli leaders have admitted to disasters in returning prisoners and feature known as for new elections. Israel is going through challenges at the battlefield and in the political and global area.
Overall, the situation in Gaza remains tense, with ongoing resistance efforts against the occupation forces.
Source: Al-Mujtama
Field Developments
On the 176th day of the Israeli Genocide War on Gaza, the Ministry of Health mentioned 8 massacres in 24 hours, resulting in 82 deaths and 90 accidents. The general range of casualties since October is now 32,705 deaths and seventy-five, a hundred ninety accidents.
On the Field
Israeli warplanes bombed the Wadi Gaza Bridge and focused Palestinians in Abasan al-Kabira and Khan Yunis. Israeli artillery additionally attacked Khan Yunis.
The Al-Qassam Brigades and Al-Quds Brigades engaged in clashes with Israeli forces, concentrated on military vehicles and a tank.
Medical Situation
The Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City has been below siege for 13 days. The Israeli navy destroyed homes close to the hospital, trapping civilians inside.
Israeli Actions
The Israeli navy admitted to killing two Palestinians and burying their our bodies with a bulldozer. The UNICEF spokesperson criticized Israel for limiting useful resource to Gaza.
Humanitarian Crisis
The World Health Organization highlighted the pressing want to evacuate 9,000 patients for treatment abroad. Only 10 hospitals are working in Gaza, leaving heaps without proper healthcare.
West Bank
455 Palestinians had been killed by using Israeli forces in the West Bank on the grounds that October, which includes 117 youngsters. A boy from Qabatiya died from injuries sustained at some point of an Israeli army raid.
Land Day
Palestinians honored the forty eighth anniversary of Land Day with marches and occasions in Sakhnin and Deir Hanna.
Lebanon
UN truce video display units were injured in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah attacked Israeli military web sites. The Israeli army retaliated by using bombing Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Negotiations Developments
Hey there! So, some massive information on the truce talks among Hamas and Israel - they may be set to renew in Cairo the following day. A delegation from Israel, which includes some critical representatives, can be heading there to talk about the exchange cope with Hamas. The families of Israeli prisoners in Gaza aren't glad about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him the primary obstacle to seeing their kids. They even stated they want him out of the office!
There turned into a large protest march in Tel Aviv demanding early elections, too. Things are honestly heating up!
Three-Way Meeting
Over in Cairo, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, and France were given together and pointed out the ceasefire in Gaza. They all agreed that the international network needs to treat the Palestinian humans higher on the subject of human rights. Jordan's overseas minister called for sanctions on Israel to forestall the aggression in Gaza, even as France is running on a two-state solution initiative within the Security Council. They're all about reaching peace and ensuring everybody is at the identical web page.