Latest News Headlines of Palestine
TUBAS: Last night, Israeli colonists ignited fires in several vegetable stalls belonging to Palestinian street vendors near the villages of Ein Al-Beida and Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley.
Human rights activist Aref Draghma stated that the colonists set fire to several vegetable and fruit stalls erected near Route 90 and destroyed their contents.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
DAMASCUS: Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo late last night killed more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, according to news agencies and local media reports.
The attacks at about 1:45am local time on Friday targeted several areas in Aleppo’s countryside, Syria’s Ministry of Defense said.
It said a number of civilians and military personnel were killed and property was damaged after Israel carried out the strikes, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
GAZA: Several Palestinian citizens were killed and others sustained injuries this morning in an Israeli shelling that targeted the premises of the Al-Shujaiya Sports Club, located east of Gaza City.
WAFA correspondent reported that at least 10 civilians were killed and 30 others injured as Israeli drones carried out the attack on the Al-Shuja’iya Sports Club, located east of Gaza City.
Additionally, five civilians were reported killed, with 20 more wounded, in another Israeli airstrike targeting the Gaza Industrial Zone, also east of Gaza City.
Simultaneously, Israeli occupation forces shelled the southwestern areas of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip, with artillery fire.
In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th of last year has resulted in 32,552 martyrs, in addition to 74,980 injured, the majority of whom are innocent civilians, including children.
Thousands of civilians remain missing under the rubble and on the streets, with occupation forces
preventing ambulance and rescue teams from reaching them.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
JERUSALEM: Israeli occupation forces imposed stringent restrictions today on the entry of Palestinians to the occupied city of Jerusalem to perform the third Friday prayer of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest place of worship.
The occupation forces bolstered their presence at military checkpoints leading to Jerusalem, scrutinizing the identities of Palestinians and preventing hundreds from reaching the city to attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of lacking necessary permits.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces prevented hundreds of elderly residents of the West Bank, who possessed permits, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque through checkpoints surrounding the holy city, notably Qalandia, Bethlehem, and Zaitouna.
Within Jerusalem, witnesses stated that the occupation forces erected metal barriers along the path of worshippers, particularly at the entrances to Al-Aqsa Mosque, impeding their movement and access to the mosque.
Video footage shared by activists showed I
sraeli forces chasing young Palestinians along the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, conducting searches, and mistreating several of them.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
GAZA: Fear and anxiety are gripping Palestinian mothers these days as they witness the plight of their children, who are suffering from severe malnutrition, disease, and lack of medical treatment due to the ongoing Israeli blockade and aggression on the Gaza Strip for 175 days.
Some of these children lie in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, their health deteriorating rapidly as their weight plummets amid scarce food, water, and medicine supplies.
On one hospital bed lies Jana Ayad (8 years old), in extremely poor health due to widespread malnutrition in northern Gaza, exacerbated by the occupation’s blockade preventing aid from entering.
Beside her hospital bed, Jana’s mother accompanies her, feeling helpless in providing any assistance to her daughter amidst the repercussions of this aggression.
“The conditions my daughter is enduring due to food shortages have led to severe malnutrition and deficiencies in vitamins, proteins, and calcium in her body,” the mother tells Anad
olu Agency, her voice trembling with pain. “My daughter’s body has become weak, and she has lost a significant amount of weight in recent days.”
Recalling her daughter’s condition before the war, the mother points out that Jana “used to be active, play, and interact with others without any health complaints, but today she suffers in bed, unable to move and struggling to speak.”
She hopes that her daughter can leave Gaza to receive necessary treatment after the Israeli aggression caused extensive damage to hospitals and medical supplies.
Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling have rendered 32 hospitals and 53 health centers across the beleaguered enclave out of service, in addition to targeting 155 health facilities.
Lung disease
Like Jana’s mother, the mother of 11-year-old Noor Al-Huda Mohammed fears losing her daughter’s life amidst the remaining hospitals’ shortages of treatment and food, especially in northern Gaza.
“My daughter suffers from lung disease (yet to be diagnosed) and a low blood coun
t, along with malnutrition, which negatively affects her life,” the mother tells Anadolu Agency. “Every day, my daughter’s condition worsens due to the lack of food and treatment in Gaza.”
The mother wishes for the necessary treatment and healthy food for her daughter, and permission for her to leave Gaza to receive the necessary medical care.
As the lives of Jana, Noor Al-Huda, and others hang in the balance, Israel’s aggression in its war on the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of more than 13,000 children, among tens of thousands of civilian casualties, alongside a famine that has claimed the lives of children and the elderly, according to Palestinian and UN data.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
GAZA: Israeli occupation forces committed seven massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 71 Palestinians and the injury of 112 others, according to medical sources.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 32,623 reported fatalities, with an additional 75,092 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of and medical and civil defense teams.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
GAZA: Eight civilians were killed this evening in Israeli strikes that shelled civilian houses east of Gaza City.
Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike targeting the Aliwa family home, east of the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza, killing three people and injuring several others.
Five civilians were also killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted civilian homes west of Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israeli artillery also shelled civilian homes in different areas of the Zeitoun neighborhood, in Gaza City.
According to sources, the occupation’s warplanes continued to launch violent raids against the Central Gaza Governorate.
On March 25, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan. The resolution also affirmed the urgent need to expand the flow of aid into Gaza and called for lifting all barriers with Gaza for the provision of humanitarian assistance at scale, in line with international humanitari
an law and resolutions 2712 (2023) and 2720 (2023).
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
GAZA: At least 20 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were killed today as Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense airstrikes in Gaza City, according to local and medical sources.
The sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a vehicle on Salah al-Din Street in the eastern areas of the city, resulting in the murder of eight civilians, including five children and two women, and dozens of injuries.
Additionally, 10 civilians were killed as Israeli fighter jets struck a residential building on Al-Wehda Street, east of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in western Gaza City, where the Israeli occupation army has been carrying out a military offensive for over 10 days.
Simultaneously, the Israeli military targeted civilians in the center of the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of two brothers, Marwan and Azmi Abu Salah, and injuring several others.
Earlier today, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death tol
l from the Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7 has risen to 32,623 reported fatalities, with an additional 75,092 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of and medical and civil defense teams.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
NABLUS: Israeli occupation forces tonight closed agricultural roads and bulldozed lands near Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Sources reported that Israeli bulldozers closed the bypass dirt road leading to the Masodiya area and the road leading to the village of Burqa and the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus. This road connects the said areas to Tulkarem.
The sources noted that forces also bulldozed agricultural lands near the Deir Sharaf checkpoint to the west of Nablus city.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces this evening detained five Palestinian citizens, including two brothers, following raids on their homes in different parts of occupied Jerusalem.
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission reported that Israeli forces detained five people, after raiding their homes in occupied Jerusalem.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
RAMALLAH: During a telephone call tonight, the President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, congratulated President Mahmoud Abbas on the holy month of Ramadan.
During the call, President Abbas briefed his Bulgarian counterpart on the latest developments in the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the urgent need to immediately halt the genocidal war waged against the Palestinian people.
President Mahmoud Abbas emphasized the necessity for international intervention to establish mechanisms for the entry of humanitarian, relief and medical assistance into the Gaza Strip at scale, in order to prevent the forced displacement of its population.
President Abbas reiterated the urgent need for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and cessation of all unilateral actions in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
He affirmed the Palestinian Authority’s full responsibility and action both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
President Abbas further str
essed the importance of granting Palestine full membership in the United Nations, calling for broader recognition of the state of Palestine by more countries.
President Abbas affirmed the depth of the historical and friendly relations between the two countries and continued work on the development of these relations in all fields.
For his part, President Radev expressed his hope for the war to end, for the Palestinian people to attain their freedom and independence and for all peoples of the region to enjoy peace, independence and the realization of their national rights.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA
RAMALLAH: Israeli occupation forces detained since yesterday evening at least 25 Palestinians, including children, a woman and prisoners freed from Israeli jails, from the occupied West Bank.
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) stated that the detention operations focused on occupied Jerusalem, following the arrival of hundreds of worshipers to perform Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The remaining detentions took place in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem, and Qalqilia.
This brings the total number of Palestinians detained since October 7th to about 7870, including those who were detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure and those who were taken as hostages.
The Commission and PPS reported that the ongoing and escalating detention operations that began after October 7th, which targeted children, women, the elderly and the sick came as part of the comprehensive Israeli occupation’s aggressi
on against the Palestinian people and its ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA