The Zionist occupation forces continue to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, for the 377th consecutive day, by launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling, while committing massacres against civilians, amidst a catastrophic humanitarian situation resulting from the siege and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.

Raids and violent shelling

Correspondents reported that the occupation aircraft and artillery continued their raids and violent shelling - today, Thursday - on various parts of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, displaced persons' gatherings and streets, causing dozens of martyrs and wounded.

Ground invasion

The occupation forces continue their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafah, since May 7, and several axes of Gaza, amidst air and artillery shelling and committing horrific massacres.

The occupation forces continue their incursion into northern Gaza for the thirteenth consecutive day, amidst violent air and artillery shelling, siege and starvation, especially of Jabalia camp and complete isolation of the governorate from Gaza.

Targeting shelters of the displaced

Dozens were killed and wounded as a result of the occupation targeting Abu Hussein Elementary School for Boys, which shelters displaced persons in Jabalia camp.

The ambulance and emergency department at Kamal Adwan Hospital reported that the occupation army committed a massacre in the Abu Hussein School shelter center. Medical teams recovered more than ten martyrs and dozens of injured were transferred to Al-Awda Hospital. Most of the injured and martyrs were children. Three martyrs were killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli drone targeting a tent housing displaced people near the Abu Salim gas station south of Deir al-Balah. The martyrs are: 1- Waseem Abdul Rahman al-Attar 2- Musa Obaid Abu Mandeel 3- Rafiq Foura

The Ministry of Health announced that the Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 29 martyrs and 93 injuries arriving at hospitals during the past 24 hours.

Death toll rose to 42,438 martyrs and 99,246 injuries since October 7

It said: There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense teams cannot reach them.

It confirmed that the death toll from the aggression has risen to 42,438 martyrs and 99,246 injuries since October 7.

The elderly Aref Khalil Hassan Al-Qayed (81 years old) was martyred as a result of an aid box falling on him in the Al-Qarara area after planes dropped parachutes loaded with aid on Khan Yunis.

The bodies of 6 martyrs arrived at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis as a result of a previous Israeli bombing of the Al-Fakhari area southeast of the city.

Maryam Omar Khader Abu Daqqa was martyred as a result of her critical injury in an Israeli bombing on October 2nd on the town of Abasan Al-Kabira east of Khan Yunis.

8 citizens were martyred as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing at dawn on Thursday a house belonging to the “Al-Halou” family on Al-Sina’a Street southwest of Gaza City.

The “Civil Defense” reported that its crews extinguished a large fire in a house belonging to the “Salha” family near the Abu Rashid pond in the western part of Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, after it was bombed by the occupation.

The occupation forces bombed Khalifa bin Zayed School, which shelters displaced persons behind the Sheikh Zayed Towers in northern Gaza.

Civil Defense reported that the occupation forces bombed the third floor of Khalifa bin Zayed School, a large fire broke out, and the third floor was completely destroyed, and one person was lost at the scene.

After midnight, the occupation forces blew up residential buildings in the besieged Jabalia camp, north of Gaza.

Booming Nuseirat camp

The occupation artillery bombed areas northwest of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the firing of shells by warships at the same area in the camp.

Two citizens were killed and others were injured, last Wednesday evening, as a result of Israeli shelling of the “Al-Khairi” family home near the Abd Al-Aal intersection in Gaza City.

In another raid, 12 people were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted the “Al-Qarm” family home near the Italian tower in Al-Nasr neighborhood, and the “Al-Dahshan” family home in the Sabra area south of Gaza City was also subjected to Israeli shelling.

Kuwait discusses human rights with GCC members

  Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah reaffirmed, Wednesday, Kuwait’s firm commitment to human rights. This came in a statement to KUNA after her participation in the 17th meeting of heads of government agencies concerned with human rights in the GCC countries that was held in the Qatari Capital, Doha.

Sheikha Jawaher stressed on Kuwait’s firm commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, including close and effective cooperation with the international community in that matter. She extended her sincere appreciation to the State of Qatar for the invitation, their hospitality, and distinguished coordination to hold this important meeting, which discussed a number of topics related to promoting human rights in the GCC countries. She noted that the meeting discussed frameworks of cooperation and joint coordination between the GCC countries in implementation of the human rights strategy for the GCC countries for the years (2023-2026).

She congratulated Qatar on its election to membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the United Nations General Assembly in its 76th session. She noted that Qatar’s obtaining of the membership for an additional three years to its current membership (2025-2027) expresses the confidence of the international community in the effective role and the positive approach taken by Qatar in the field of protecting and promoting human rights at the local, regional and international levels.

She indicated that Kuwait, through its assumption of the presidency of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which is scheduled to begin in December 2024, will host the next meeting of heads of government agencies concerned with human rights in Kuwait, as the term of the presidency coincides with Kuwait’s membership in the Human Rights Council for the period 2024-2026, and with its presidency of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights 2025-2026. — KUNA

IICO Palestine relief projects valued at $11m since Oct 2023

  International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) has spent over $11 million since October 2023 in aid distributed to over two million Palestinians, the organization said Wednesday. Dr Abdullah Al-Matouq, the organization’s president, said in a press conference that the aid included 86 relief projects across various fields, executed in cooperation with Kuwaiti, Palestinian, Jordanian, Turkish and Egyptian charitable organizations.

IICO has utilized every possible opportunity since the onset of Zionist assault on Gaza to provide relief through airlifts, maritime shipments and trucks. He noted that over $677,000 was spent to launch housing projects, provide tents and rehabilitate several shelters for 12,000 displaced individuals, in addition to supplying potable water to over 1.5 million Palestinians in both northern and southern Gaza as part of the “Water for Gaza” campaign, which cost over $500,000.

IICO has provided urgent supplies and medications to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and other hospitals in Gaza, and sponsored 383 healthcare workers. IICO also provided urgent relief to victims of the Zionist aggression who were transferred for treatment in Turkey. The authority undertook projects to equip dental clinics at the Indonesian Hospital and supplied medical tools and medications for the injured and disabled.

Education, community

The organization, in collaboration with the Islamic University of Gaza set up five educational tents to receive 1,200 students. The centers also paid local teachers for their services and offering psychological and social support for students. Another educational project, “tawasul”, supported e-learning for 500 students in the strip. IICO also supported Palestinian students from Gaza studying in Turkish and Malaysian universities. The charity launched programs to distribute food parcels, ready-to-eat meals, fuel, and bread for displaced individuals and field workers, along with winter clothing parcels, vouchers for purchasing goods, and cash assistance. Daily meals were provided to 180,000 displaced individuals in Deir Al-Balah and Gaza’ s central governorate.

It also initiated efforts to enhance local community capabilities by employing 150 workers in agriculture, sanitation and epidemic response. An IICO campaign supported displaced families in gaining livelihoods and rehabilitating the agricultural sector in Gaza, as well as enhancing food security and restoring shelters in Jabalia camp, alongside purchasing 10,000 kilograms of olive oil from farmers in the West Bank for distribution in Gaza.

Relief bridges, convoys

The charity contributed to 40 relief flights in collaboration with the Kuwaiti Air Force and Kuwaiti charitable organizations, costing over $700,000. They also participated in dispatching three ships carrying 3,600 tons of essential relief supplies. The authority organized land convoys from Kuwait directly to the Rafah border in partnership with Kuwaiti charities, carrying 1,735 tons of supplies, in addition to supporting two air drops by the Jordanian Air Force in collaboration with Kuwaiti and Jordanian charities. Eight relief trucks loaded with 580 parcels of clothing, food, and health and women’s supplies were also prepared.

Global efforts

To mobilize efforts from international organizations for Gaza relief, the charity held an international conference to build a global humanitarian alliance to support and enhance humanitarian interventions and early recovery in Gaza, in coordination with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, involving 147 local, regional, and international organizations from 48 countries. Organizations participating in the conference committed to implementing programs and projects worth over $2 billion to support the humanitarian situation in Gaza over the next two years.

Matouq expressed his sincere gratitude and appreciation to the supporters and donors for the charity’s projects in Gaza over the past year, emphasizing the IICO’s commitment to supporting the people of Gaza in line with its humanitarian and moral responsibilities. — KUNA

Kuwait participates in ‘Middle East Green’ initiative’s first meeting

  The first session of the ministerial council for the Middle East Green Initiative kicked off today in Jeddah, chaired by Saudi Arabia, with participation from Kuwait represented by the Acting General Manager of the Environment Public Authority Samira Al-Kandari. In her speech during the meeting, Kandari confirmed Kuwait’s support for the initiative aimed at enhancing cooperation to combat land degradation and promote sustainable management of vegetation.

She said the initiative represents a pioneering step toward a sustainable environmental future by reducing carbon emissions and increasing green spaces in the region. She emphasized the importance of collective efforts to address climate change while preserving natural resources for future generations. Kandari noted Kuwait’s progress in ratifying the initiative’s charter and launching several projects beneficial to it, including the planting of mangroves, establishing a seed bank for indigenous plants, and expanding green spaces through increased protected areas, along with projects to rehabilitate contaminated and degraded soils.

The session was chaired by the Saudi Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, Abdulrahman Al-Fadli, and the ministerial council is expected to make important decisions to initiate the implementation phase of the initiative. Kuwait’s delegation included, alongside Head of the delegation Al-Kandari, the Director of Environmental Rehabilitation and Activity Monitoring, Shaima Al-Fadhli, and from the International Relations Department of the Public Authority for the Environment, Talal Al-Ali and Mustafa Al-Zuhair.

The initiative aims to plant 50 billion trees across the Middle East and support regional efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, contributing to a greener future in the region. Saudi Arabia launched the Middle East Green Initiative in March 2021, aiming to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Middle East and North Africa, and announced in November 2022 a budget allocation of $2.5 billion to support the initiative and cover its operational budget for ten years, in addition to hosting its secretariat in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. — KUNA

Charitable organizations in Kuwait celebrate the "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty."
The President of the Union of Charitable Associations and Endowments, Saad Marzouq Al-Ateeqi, emphasized that Kuwait has been and continues to be at the forefront of countries supporting the global cooperation efforts to eradicate poverty and alleviate debt, thanks to its rich record of humanitarian contributions that align perfectly with the message of the "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty" observed on October 17. He affirmed that Kuwait's commitment to helping the needy and providing assistance to impoverished communities around the world reflects a leadership vision eager to give and spread good, reflecting Kuwait's principles of humanitarian work, which earned it the title of "Global Humanitarian Center" by the international community.

Al-Ateeqi explained that Kuwait, through its charitable associations and endowments, continues to support large-scale development projects around the world, providing humanitarian aid and basic necessities such as food, water, educational and healthcare services without discrimination, believing in the necessity of helping humanity regardless of religion, nationality, or ethnicity. He pointed out that charitable organizations remain prominent symbols in the global humanitarian field, with their quick response to humanitarian challenges in disasters, wars, and famines, enhancing Kuwait's role as a key supporter in the international humanitarian scene.

Al-Ateeqi mentioned that Kuwaiti associations continue to work in cooperation with international organizations to establish educational and training projects that combat illiteracy and enhance human development in poor communities, as well as working on the creation of productive development projects to economically empower families and provide employment opportunities, supporting dignified living in those communities.

He highlighted the importance of localizing charitable work as a strategic step in promoting sustainable development within local communities, focusing charitable efforts and resources within the country to address its societal needs first before venturing abroad. Localizing charitable work helps direct support towards local development projects that enhance infrastructure, provide job opportunities, strengthen social cohesion, and reinforce the concept of self-empowerment. This approach facilitates skills development and the establishment of small projects that contribute to the financial independence of deserving families, ensuring long-term benefits and opening up new avenues for local growth and prosperity.

Al-Ateeqi emphasized that localizing charitable work plays a vital role in combating poverty by empowering those in need, meeting their basic needs locally, improving living conditions for communities through direct support and sustainable development opportunities, creating small projects for low-income families to build their capacities and financial independence, supporting long-term social and economic stability, promoting societal solidarity, and establishing a local support system that responds to societal challenges, making the goal of poverty eradication achievable through sustainable local resources and efforts.

International Quran Competition in Germany Concluded
The International Quran Competition in Germany for the year 2024 concluded its events, which lasted for 3 days under the sponsorship of the World Islamic Charity Organization, amidst the competition of 140 young men and women from 40 European and other countries, and the presence of a group of leaders from the Supreme Council of Muslims in Germany and the Al-Noor Islamic Endowment Center in the city of Hamburg.
The competition aims to magnify the Quran among the Muslim minority in Europe, motivate its children to memorize, recite, and master it, instill Quranic values and morals in them, preserve their Islamic identity, and enhance their role in building the earth and promoting values of tolerance, peace, and coexistence.
The General Manager of the International Islamic Charitable Organization, Badr Saud Al-Sumait, said in his recorded speech at the opening ceremony: The charitable organization is launching its sponsorship of this competition from a strategic vision, aimed at introducing the moderate Islamic culture. It believes that working with the Quran and adhering to its methodology is the path for the Islamic nation to regain its glory and leadership, and its way to rise again, lead the human and civilizational procession.

He pointed out the efforts of the charitable organization in serving the Quran during the past five years (2019-2023), highlighting its projects of establishing and equipping 18 Quran memorization centers in 6 countries, with a capacity of up to 10,753 male and female students.

Regarding Quran education sponsorships, Al-Sumait explained that the charitable organization sponsored over 18,000 male and female memorizers, and 712 Quran teachers in 19 countries, in cooperation with 40 partner organizations, in addition to various accompanying educational and training programs.

He also mentioned the distribution of over 84,000 copies of the Quran in 6 countries during this period, as well as the distribution of electronic Qurans in Braille for the blind, and support for various endowment, media, administrative, and Quran-related activities.

Al-Sumait also highlighted the Shafee' project for Quran memorization and its distinctive role in nurturing and hosting more than 17,500 students since its inception in 2005, stating that the project, operated under the organization, has graduated 13,598 male and female Hafizs of the Quran in 25 countries to date.

He mentioned that the charitable organization works on building and developing individuals' capabilities educationally, culturally, developmentally, and socially worldwide, emphasizing its continuous support for serving the Quran in collaboration with its partners.

On the other hand, the general supervisor of the competition, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Senani, stated that the International Islamic Charitable Organization, with its leading role in charitable and humanitarian work, sponsored the International Quran Competition in Germany as part of its continuous efforts to care for the Quran - memorization, recitation, and understanding.

Al-Senani noted that the competition consisted of three branches: memorizing the entire Quran with recitation and Tajweed, memorizing half of the Quran with recitation and Tajweed, and memorizing 5 parts with recitation and Tajweed, mentioning the judging committee including Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hazeem, an Imam and preacher at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf, along with members from Yemen, Kenya, Algeria, Morocco, and Oman.

He continued: The competition was held at the Noor Mosque with celebratory atmospheres by the Muslim community in Europe, reflecting the youth's interest in memorizing the Quran, and parents' focus on educating their children on the teachings of this great book. He also mentioned that Kuwaiti charitable organizations have contributed to the renovation of this mosque, which plays a significant role in Quran memorization, religious awareness, and care for new Muslims.

The school consists of 4 classrooms with an area of (4.5 × 3.8) for each classroom, in addition to an administration office and bathrooms. This school aims to support 160 displaced students, both boys and girls.

Ismail Al-Saeedi, the education coordinator at the implementing unit, expressed his great appreciation for Kuwait's leading role in providing sustainable humanitarian and developmental support to the displaced. He noted that the school will help alleviate the pressure on the education sector and provide a unique opportunity for thousands of displaced students to continue their right to education.

Namaa Charitable provides urgent relief to those affected in Lebanon
Namaش Charitable Foundation, a subsidiary of the Social Reform Association, distributed urgent relief aid in southern Lebanon. Its field teams, in collaboration with the Rakaz Development and Education Association, distributed necessary humanitarian materials as the number of recent displaced people seeking refuge in schools and institutes in the region continues to rise.

This response is part of Kuwait's efforts to support and alleviate humanitarian crises in Lebanon, as it consistently stands by affected countries. Najmah Charitable Foundation seeks to continue providing aid to the affected, focusing on providing food baskets, shelter materials, personal hygiene kits, and clean drinking water to meet urgent needs.

Namaa Charitable   distributed winter clothes to 100 orphans and Syrian families
With generous support from benefactors, Namaa Charitable of the Social Reform Association implemented a winter clothes project for Syrian orphans and families in the Turkish city of Urfa, benefiting 100 families, children, and orphans.

The project, attended by the relief department director at Najmah Charitable Foundation, aims to provide clothing to alleviate and support them in facing the difficult circumstances they are living in. They distributed coats, winter clothes, and shoes to relieve the financial burden on these families, especially given the economic challenges they are facing.

Launch of the "University Student Support" project in collaboration between Namaa and Ministry of Endowments
Namaa Charitable, in partnership with the Ministry of Endowments, launched the "University Student Support" project at Namaa Charitable Foundation's headquarters in Sabah Al-Salem area for the first semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. The project aims to provide appropriate support for Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti students studying at accredited universities inside and outside Kuwait. They aim to provide financial assistance to needy students and their families to cover educational expenses or part of them, focusing on supporting outstanding students and directing aid to diligent students as a requirement for benefiting from the project. 

On its 376th day.. The most prominent developments in the Israeli genocide in Gaza

The Zionist occupation forces continue to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, for the 376th consecutive day, by launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling, while committing massacres against civilians, amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation as a result of the siege and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.

Raids and violent shelling

Correspondents reported that the occupation aircraft and artillery continued their raids and violent shelling - today, Wednesday - on various parts of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, displaced persons' gatherings and streets, causing dozens of martyrs and wounded.

Ground invasion 

The occupation forces continue their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafah, since May 7, and several axes of Gaza, amidst air and artillery shelling and committing horrific massacres.

The occupation forces continue their incursion into northern Gaza for the twelfth consecutive day amidst violent air and artillery shelling, siege and starvation, especially of the Jabalia camp, and complete isolation of the governorate from Gaza.

Two persons were killed and three others were injured in the occupation's bombing of a vehicle in the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip.

Two martyrs arrived at the Gaza European Hospital as a result of an Israeli raid near Sofa, east of Rafah. They are: Mahmoud Rasmi Abu Mustafa and Muhammad Awda Muammar.

 Al-Bureij camp

The occupation's vehicles opened fire east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, while the occupation's artillery continued to shell the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Zionist gunboats fired their fire and shells towards the coasts of Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation's artillery shelled the southern Al-Zeitoun neighborhood and the Al-Sabra neighborhood in the southern Gaza City.

A number of citizens were injured when the Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the "Wafa" tower in the Al-Faluja area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Five citizens were martyred at dawn today, Wednesday, in the Israeli occupation aircraft's bombing of the Al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

As Operation, "Al-Aqsa Flood" enters its 375th day, the occupation forces continue to carry out airstrikes and intensive artillery shelling on the Gaza Strip, causing horrific massacres against civilians.

55 martyrs and 329 wounded in 24 hours

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the occupation forces committed 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 55 martyrs and 329 wounded arrived at hospitals in the past 24 hours.

The death toll since the beginning of the aggression on October 7 has risen to 42,344 martyrs and 99,013 wounded.

400,000 Palestinians are threatened with death by hunger northern Gaza

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor warned that more than 400,000 Palestinians are threatened with death by hunger and thirst in northern Wadi Gaza. As a result of the occupation's decision to prevent any aid or goods from reaching them for several weeks, at a time when the occupation army forces continue a large-scale attack on northern Gaza for the tenth consecutive day to empty the area of ​​its residents.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor explained in a statement that about 200,000 Palestinians in the northern Gaza Governorate have been unable to obtain any food or drinking water for 10 full days. This is due to their siege inside their homes or the shelters they resort to, at a time when the occupation army continues its invasion of the area and committing murders that led to the martyrdom of more than 350 Palestinians, and the injury of hundreds of others, in addition to the widespread destruction of homes and residential buildings.

"Education": Palestinian: 11,406 students were martyred since the aggression

The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education said: 11,406 students were martyred and 18,556 were injured since the start of the "Israeli" aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, according to what was reported by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).

The Ministry of Education stated in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression has reached more than 11,292, and those who were injured 17,965, while 114 students were martyred in the West Bank and 591 others were injured, in addition to 439 arrested.

It indicated that 550 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3,717 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 145 were arrested in the West Bank.

It pointed out that 362 government schools, universities and buildings affiliated with them and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were subjected to bombing and sabotage in the Gaza Strip, which led to 124 of them being severely damaged, and 62 being completely destroyed. 84 schools and 7 universities in the West Bank were stormed and sabotaged, and 133 government schools were used as shelters in the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that 718,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.

Qualitative operations by “Al-Qassam” and “Al-Quds Brigades” in Rafah and Jabalia

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas”, announced today, Tuesday, the detonation of a large explosive device in a special Zionist force near the Al-Rayyan area east of Rafah city, which led to deaths and injuries among the targeted force.

For its part, “Al-Quds Brigades”, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said: It targeted an “RPG” shell of an occupation Merkava tank that penetrated the Al-Qassasib neighborhood in the middle of Jabalia camp.

Al-Qassam Brigades also announced the shelling of occupation soldiers and vehicles stationed at the Civil Administration east of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip with mortar shells.

Israeli officer killed, 5 injured in shooting near Ashdod

A Israeli policeman was killed and five others were injured, including one seriously, in a shooting carried out by a Palestinian youth near the occupied city of Ashdod, according to the Palestinian Safa Agency.

The occupation police confirmed that the perpetrator was martyred at the scene of the operation after being shot, while search operations continue for suspects who assisted him.

“Hamas”: Ashdod operation a natural response to the occupation’s crimes

The Hamas movement described the Ashdod operation as a “natural response” to the occupation’s ongoing crimes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, stressing the continuation of the resistance and the escalation of its strikes despite the siege and the Zionist security measures.

The movement called for more operations deep inside the Zionist entity to deter the occupation and stop its aggression.

Jordanian Foreign Minister: The entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza has stopped since the end of September

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi announced that the Gaza Strip has not received any aid since September 30 due to the ongoing “Israeli” siege.

This came during a session titled "Global Diplomacy and the Future of Palestine", within the "Future of Palestine" conference, organized by Turkey, today, Tuesday, according to the "Anadolu" Agency.

Hundreds of demonstrators close the "New York Stock Exchange" in condemnation of the war of extermination on Gaza

New York City witnessed mass demonstrations in front of the "New York Stock Exchange" this morning, Tuesday, where hundreds of demonstrators closed the entrance to the stock exchange, demanding an end to the sale of weapons to the occupying state.

The demonstrators adopted slogans denouncing American support for the occupation, calling for directing aid to the victims of Hurricane "Milton" instead of supporting the war of extermination in Gaza.

On October 8, 2024, when the Zionists celebrate the so-called biblical "Days of Repentance", as part of the celebrations of the new Jewish year that last from October 4 to 25, a Jewish settler wearing priestly clothes stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard and performed the entire "Priest's Blessings Prayer".

He was joined - as part of the daily storming of the mosque during the Jewish holiday celebrations - by rabbis who performed the ritual of prostration (epic prostration) over the eastern courtyard of "Al-Aqsa" under the auspices of the occupation police, to consecrate the land of the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a "temple".

This dangerous development has prompted researchers in Al-Aqsa Mosque affairs to warn that it may be part of a Zionist plan to establish that this eastern area of ​​the mosque is a Jewish temple, in preparation for building the alleged "temple", and imposing the spatial division of "Al-Aqsa"; Any place for Jews and another for Muslims, after they imposed the temporal division by allowing Zionists to enter and pray on certain days.

Religious victory after military failure

The danger of what is happening is that the religious Zionist movement currently ruling "Israel" and directly represented by the Ministers of Security Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Bezalel Smotrich, seeks to exploit the current wars with the Palestinians, Lebanese, Iran and Yemen to impose a fait accompli in Al-Aqsa Mosque similar to what they did in the Ibrahimi Mosque, which they divided 63% for Jews and 37% for Muslims!

They want to try to snatch a religious victory and impose the Jewish identity on the Al-Aqsa Mosque after the military failure, exploiting the Zionist superiority, and the confusion and silence of the Arabs and Muslims on their massacres.

And to perform the ritual of collective prostration (epic prostration) to express their return to the place of the alleged "temple".

During their current holidays that coincide with October, the settlers and Zionist movements began to intensify their storming of the mosque and praying in its courtyard, violating an old agreement signed in 1976 by Moshe Dayan with the imams of Al-Aqsa that prohibits Jews from praying inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and allows them to visit only.

Since the Battle of “Sword of Jerusalem” in 2021 and Hamas’s bombing of Jerusalem for the first time in solidarity with Muslims against the settlers’ and occupation’s attacks on worshipers and the people of Jerusalem, the Zionists began to introduce new tools to the Al-Aqsa courtyard to impose this fait accompli.

This included blowing the biblical trumpet, which they did (for the fourth year in a row) on October 3, 2024, entering the courtyard of the mosque in the clothes of the priests of the Temple (responsible for slaughtering the sacrifices) and performing loud prayers, and the epic prostration that only takes place inside the temples and the Temple, coinciding with the celebrations of the beginning of the new Jewish Hebrew year.

This is a radical change in the way the raids are carried out, which now include performing prayers and religious rituals in full on a daily basis, after previously only performing oral prayers, according to Dr. Abdullah Marouf, Professor of Jerusalem Studies and former Media and Public Relations Officer at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

But what is new this year is the attempt by the Temple groups and religious Zionism to make the war an opportunity to decide control and impose sovereignty over Al-Aqsa, exploiting the silence of Arabs and Muslims. This is supported by the intentions announced by the Prime Minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, to create a new Middle East with a Jewish identity, as he spoke within two weeks about “pursuing the enemies and eliminating them as written in the Torah,” and that “the time of the Messiah has come to establish the Kingdom of the Jews,” and he is telling the “Israelis” that they will be victorious, and that he will fulfill “Isaiah’s prophecy,” in destroying the Palestinians and Arabs and describing them as “sons of darkness.”

The religious Zionism (Hardali Salvationism) movement, to which Ben Gvir and Smortish belong, adopts the most extreme interpretation of the idea of ​​Jewish salvation and the coming of the awaited savior, who will make the Jews leaders of the world, and build the temple on the ruins of “Al-Aqsa”.

These movements of revolutionary, corrective or secular religious Zionists see the building of the “Third Temple” as the key to solving all the problems and misfortunes of the Jews, especially religious and spiritual ones, and they see themselves as “God’s tool to bring the coming of the savior closer”.

Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib described these Zionist attacks on “Al-Aqsa” as an attempt to exploit the opportunity in the current circumstances to establish facts on the ground of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and said: The blessed “Al-Aqsa” will remain the solid rock on which the centuries of the occupiers, colonizers, arrogant and conceited have been shattered and broken.

Referring to Netanyahu's plans and his extremist ministers, he said: Whoever thinks that in light of the euphoria and riot he is experiencing, he will make Al-Aqsa Mosque his golden opportunity to impose a new reality, is delusional; because the solidity of Al-Aqsa Mosque shatters the centuries of rioters and dispels their illusions and dreams.

Is Al-Aqsa in existential danger?

According to the assessment of the position of the International Jerusalem Foundation regarding Al-Aqsa Mosque as an existential battle, the occupation is trying after the "Al-Aqsa Flood" to respond - religiously - by re-crystallizing a strategy to decide on "Al-Aqsa", through religious substitution and an attempt to establish the alleged "temple"; which makes the battle of "Al-Aqsa" an existential battle.

The assessment prepared by researcher in Al-Aqsa affairs, Ziad Abhais, suggested that this season will be the fiercest season of aggression against "Al-Aqsa", and that the Zionist leadership will deal with the anniversary of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" and address the October 7 complex by violating "Al-Aqsa" and threatening it existentially through attempts to liquidate its identity and Judaize it; Therefore, he called for the necessity of pressuring the official Arab regime to obtain any positive position and stop the deterioration of its position ceilings.

The same thing is warned by Dr. Abdullah Marouf, Professor of Jerusalem Studies, stressing that the mosque is no longer only threatened in the usual season of attacks, but is now facing an existential danger that threatens its entire entity.

He explained, in an analysis published on the Al Jazeera website on September 19, 2024, that the far-right occupation government is trying to exploit the anniversary of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” to pass political and religious messages that deepen the danger of Judaization, and the Jewish Heritage Ministry seeks to falsify the history of occupied Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque and promote Jewish myths, to consolidate the occupation’s narrative about the area of ​​the mosque and the history of Jerusalem as a whole.

On August 27, 2024, the ministry issued an official decision, the first of its kind, to finance the settlers’ storming of “Al-Aqsa” and promote Jewish heritage in a historical form devoid of Palestinian narratives, i.e. Judaizing these narratives.

On August 29, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz confirmed that the occupation's plan to build the "Temple" and demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque is based on an extremist Jewish religious doctrine and the collusion of the extremist American evangelical movement with them. It confirmed that the extreme Zionist messianic right, which is currently in power in Netanyahu's government, is very serious about rebuilding the "Temple".

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As Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood" enters its 374th day, the occupation forces continue to carry out airstrikes and intensive artillery shelling on the Gaza Strip, causing horrific massacres against civilians.

10 martyrs in the shelling of an aid center in Jabalia

10 Palestinians were martyred and dozens of others were injured on Monday in an artillery shelling by the occupation that targeted a gathering of civilians in front of the food aid distribution center in Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip, according to the "Anadolu" agency.

The agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the occupation army shelled a gathering of civilians, most of whom were women and the elderly, while they were heading to get flour from a distribution center affiliated with the UNRWA after food and water supplies ran out as a result of the ongoing Israeli siege for ten days.

The witnesses added that the artillery shells destroyed the center, which resulted in bodies scattered around it.

Burning of the Displaced People's Tents in the "Al-Aqsa Martyrs" Hospital

Powerful explosions rocked the "Al-Aqsa Martyrs" Hospital in Deir al-Balah on Sunday evening, as a Zionist fighter targeted the displaced people's tents in the hospital yard, which led to the outbreak of flames.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemned this bombing, describing it as a "new holocaust" against civilians, noting that 4 Palestinians were killed and more than 40 others were injured, most of them children and women.

Al-Rishq: Do not get used to the scene and do not get used to the massacres against your brothers in Gaza

In this context, Izzat Al-Rishq, a leader in the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas", said: The occupation army is carrying out a "new Nazi holocaust" against civilians and is targeting the displaced people's tents in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah with American weapons, support and a cover of international impotence.

Al-Rishq added in statements published on the official website of the Hamas movement: The occupying state is burning children, women and elderly people in tents and shelters. Is there a crime more deserving of international action than this genocide that has been ongoing for a year?!

He continued: “We know for sure that the international community will not move, and that the Zionist entity is safe from punishment, but we will not tire of the call of our nation’s sons. This is the time to escalate the action, each with what he can.”

The movement’s leader concluded with a message addressed to the Arab and Islamic nations: “The important thing is that you do not get used to the scene, and do not get used to the massacres against your brothers, and the enemy should not think that the people of Gaza have no support!”

“Al-Qassam” Publishes Scenes of a New Ambush in Jabalia

On the other hand, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, published scenes of a well-planned ambush operation east of Jabalia, which resulted in deaths and injuries among the occupation soldiers.

The scenes showed the stages of preparing the ambush, and documenting the moment of carrying out the operation and targeting the Zionist forces.

In the ambush video, a Qassam fighter sent a message to the Zionist Defense Minister Galant. They said in the message: “The despicable Galant, I remind you of your words that you said at the beginning of the battle. I see a defeat for Hamas. God willing, by God, we see a defeat for Israel, and the world will witness not your defeat, but your demise, for this land is not big enough for two, it is only big enough for the Palestinian people, God willing. We will trample on your necks, either us or you, and the days will tell.”

The European Union condemns the occupation’s attack on “UNIFIL” in Lebanon

On the international level, the European Union condemned the Zionist entity’s attacks on the UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and called on the member states of the Union to suspend the free trade agreement with the occupation.

The European Union’s foreign ministers expressed, in a joint statement, their “deep concern” over the “Israeli” army’s attacks on UNIFIL, calling on “Israel” to provide an “urgent clarification” and a comprehensive investigation in this regard, according to what was reported by the “Anadolu” agency.

Calls to suspend free trade agreement with occupation

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Monday on the member states of the European Union to respond to the request of Spain and Ireland to suspend the “free trade” agreement between the bloc and the “Israeli” occupation, due to its aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

A few days ago, Sanchez called on the international community to stop selling weapons to the “Israeli” occupation, denouncing the “Israeli” attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon “UNIFIL”, according to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).

As Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood" enters its 373rd day, the occupation forces continue to carry out airstrikes and intensive artillery shelling on the Gaza Strip, causing horrific massacres against civilians.

300 martyrs in 9 days of genocide in northern Gaza

The occupation forces continue their intensive shelling and targeting operations in the northern Gaza Strip for the ninth consecutive day, which led to the martyrdom of more than 300 citizens, while the bodies of dozens remain under the rubble and in the destroyed streets, in addition to hundreds of wounded who need urgent medical treatment.

The government media office in Gaza confirmed in a statement today that the occupation forces are waging a war of extermination and genocide in the northern Gaza Strip, where they are obstructing the work of medical crews and civil defense organizations in recovering the bodies.

The statement indicated that the occupation army seeks to completely eliminate the health system, targeting hospitals and infrastructure.

Hamas calls on the international community to stop the massacres in northern Gaza

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued an urgent appeal to the international community and Arab and Islamic governments, calling for the use of all pressure tools to stop the Zionist massacres in northern Gaza.

The movement stressed in its statement, today, Sunday, that the continuation of the occupation's aggression on the north, and the tightening of the siege on it and its isolation by force, is a "described genocide" in which the occupation government evades any international obligations, in light of clear American support.

Hamas: The fate Israeli POWs is unknown

The Hamas movement warned the families of the Zionist enemy's prisoners in Gaza, indicating that the fate of their sons has become "unknown", a year after the promises made by their Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them back "alive through a war of extermination".

In a video clip published by the movement, it displayed pictures and names of six Zionist prisoners who were killed and whose bodies were found by the occupation army in a tunnel in the city of Rafah.

The occupation army accused Hamas of killing them, which the movement denied, confirming that they were killed by the occupation army’s fire.

Netanyahu attacks 130 soldiers demanding a deal with Hamas

The head of the Zionist occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, and a number of his government ministers criticized 130 Zionist soldiers who announced their refusal to serve in the military unless the government sought to conclude a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

The newspaper “Haaretz” reported that Netanyahu called during a security meeting to deal firmly with this refusal, considering it a “loss of national conscience.”

For its part, Transportation Minister Miri Regev called for the soldiers to be tried and described it as “rebellion,” while Defense Minister Yoav Galant denied the accuracy of the circulated numbers about the disobedience, according to what was reported by “Al Jazeera.”

Global demonstrations denounce the Genocide in Gaza  

Demonstrations took place in various parts of the world yesterday, Saturday, in protest against the massacres committed by the occupation in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Berlin witnessed a march in which hundreds participated, raising slogans denouncing the genocide and calling for an end to funding "Israel", and Paris witnessed a similar protest, where participants called on the French government to stop its support for the occupation.

A solidarity event with the Palestinian people in Moscow

In Moscow, the Palestinian embassy, ​​in cooperation with the Venezuelan embassy, ​​organized a solidarity event with the Palestinian people, demanding an end to the aggression on Gaza.

Protesters in Istanbul participated in a march in front of the US consulate, denouncing US support for the "Israeli" aggression.

In Kuala Lumpur, demonstrators demanded that the government punish US companies involved in arming the occupying state.

The Israeli war of extermination on the Gaza Strip entered its 372nd consecutive day, amid the continued tight Israeli siege on Jabalia camp and areas north of the Strip.

The occupation army committed a horrific massacre in Jabalia al-Balad, which claimed the lives of at least 22 martyrs and dozens of injuries, while health centers stopped working and there are fears of a complete shutdown of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes, more than 90 were injured, and dozens were reported missing as a result of Israeli bombing that targeted an entire residential block in the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the bombing targeted 4 houses, all of which were inhabited by residents, and among the martyrs were children, women, and the elderly, while there were more than 90 injured and 14 missing people still under the rubble. At the same time, local sources confirmed hearing huge explosions shaking the northern Gaza Strip, caused by "Israeli" bombings of buildings in the Saftawi and Al-Tawam areas northwest of Jabalia.

Siege amidst the bombing

Civil Defense official Mahmoud Basal said in a press statement: The occupation continues to besiege Jabalia camp and Jabalia town for the seventh consecutive day, where residents are living without food, water and the necessities of life.

He confirmed that the Civil Defense crews are also besieged, including medical crews and relief crews, as the occupation has not allowed them to obtain fuel or medical supplies.

He added: The occupation is besieging more than 200,000 Palestinians trapped in that area, warning that they are threatened with death as a result of the bombing or hunger and thirst.

Basal called on international institutions and organizations to do their humanitarian duty in order to protect the remaining Palestinians there who are still alive.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the "Israeli" occupation army committed five massacres in the Gaza Strip. They resulted in the martyrdom of 49 Palestinians and the injury of 219 others within 24 hours, noting that this number of victims are those who arrived at hospitals while there are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads that ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach.  Thus, the number of victims of the ongoing "Israeli" war of extermination on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 has risen to 42,175 martyrs and 98,336 wounded, according to documentation by the Ministry of Health. New evacuation orders in the north

The continuation of the "Israeli" war of extermination on the Gaza Strip on Saturday comes as the occupation army threatened to evacuate more areas in the north of the Strip to expand its operations

 The occupation army threatened, in new orders, the Palestinian citizens in an area it called "D5". The area includes Jabalia al-Nazla in the northern Gaza Strip, reaching the northern outskirts of Gaza City, which are the Saftawi areas, and parts of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, with immediate evacuation via Salah al-Din Street towards what it calls the "humanitarian area" in the southern Gaza Strip.

The area threatened with evacuation is home to tens of thousands of Palestinians, in addition to thousands who were displaced to it from Jabalia camp and the towns of Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun, with the renewal of the "Israeli" invasion a week ago.

The areas east of Gaza City and the center of the Strip witnessed the martyrdom of dozens of Palestinians and the injury of a number of others as a result of shelling that resulted in the destruction of homes on the heads of their residents, coinciding with the firing of occupation drones at Palestinian gatherings.

In Gaza City, the occupation aircraft bombed a house belonging to the Kahlout family near the "Snafour" junction in the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, which led to the martyrdom of 3 Palestinians, while ambulance crews transferred 12 injured to the Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

In the central Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli drone bombing of a house and a gathering of Palestinians in the Bureij camp.

Two Palestinians were also martyred and others were injured in a drone bombing of a group of residents near the fishermen's port west of Gaza City.

In Khan Yunis, three martyrs arrived at the European Hospital, one of whom was injured in yesterday's bombing and the others were recovered from Rafah.