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Israel Kills Anadolu Cameraman in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
January 10, 2025

Saed Abu Nabhan, a freelance Anadolu cameraman in Gaza, was killed on Friday by a long-range rifle attack by the Israeli army. Abu Nabhan, 25, had a wife and one child.

In the fatal incident, the Israeli military first surrounded an area in the Al-Jadeed Refugee Camp, located in the central Gaza Strip’s Nuseirat region, where many journalists were, before targeting those in the area.

Footage from the scene shows a wounded individual being rushed out of a house on a stretcher with the help of aid workers.

The martyrdom of my colleague and friend, journalist Saed Nabhan, by an Israeli sniper’s bullet while covering events north of Al-Nuseirat camp #GazaGenocide 10.01.25 pic.twitter.com/sxBmarolz1
— Dogukan (@dgkn_yl) January 10, 2025

Nearby, Abu Nabhan is seen trying to run while covering the incident with his equipment. At that moment, he is targeted by what appears to be a shot fired from a long-range rifle.

Abu Nabhan then falls to the ground and lies motionless. People nearby struggle fearfully to approach him due to the threat of being targeted by Israeli bullets.

Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on the attack, confirming that Abu Nabhan was killed.

Separately, at least one person was reported dead, with the deceased and injured taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, following an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood.

The death of Abu Nabhan brought the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023 to 203. Reports also indicate that 399 journalists have been injured, and 43 others captured.

The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed more than 46,000 people, most of them women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.

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Genocide: 6 Killed in Deir Al-Balah

CrossFireArabia
January 8, 2025

Six more Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes on homes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip as the Israeli genocidal war continues unabated, local media reported on Wednesday morning.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted medical sources as saying that five Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home for the “Barghout” family in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeastern Gaza City.

Another Palestinian was killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Deir al-Balah city, the medical sources added.

Ten more Palestinians, including six children, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Bureij refugee camp, Wafa also reported according to Anadolu.

The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on the enclave that has killed nearly 45,900 people, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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1000 Attacks on Gaza Health

CrossFireArabia
December 7, 2024

Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) has reported that 1,000 Israeli attacks have been recorded against the healthcare sector since the start of Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip, in which 1,050 personnel were killed.

Meanwhile, only 17 out of 36 hospitals partially operate as the Israeli occupation continues its crimes on hospitals. According to the agency, the Palestinian Health Ministry has called on the international community, human rights, and health organizations to increase their actions to halt the brutal aggression of the Israeli occupation against the health system, and workers.

The latest crime against the healthcare sector was today after Israeli occupation forces besieged and targeted Kamal Adwan Hospital, committing a horrific crime.

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Israel Holds 9,700 Palestinian Prisoners in its Jails

CrossFireArabia
July 17, 2024

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority and the Palestine Prisoners Society ( PPS) said the Israeli occupation army has detained more than 9,700 people since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on 7 October, 2023 according to the Palestine News Agency Wafa.

About 13 Palestinian prisoners, including an elderly woman, were released this morning in central Gaza after several weeks of detention in Israeli detention. pic.twitter.com/zBkKK3g65z
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) July 17, 2024

The PPS and the Commission said in a joint statement that this toll includes those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held as hostages.

Israel is detaining 9,700 Palestinians in its prisons and detention centres, including 80 female prisoners and 250 children, according to estimates by the Palestinian Prisoners Club. https://t.co/htO0ZHnWap
— Ahmed Masoud (@masoud_ahmed) July 10, 2024

The statement pointed out that the detentions are accompanied by widespread abuse, beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes.

Nearly 9,800 Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

About 20,000 in detention of some sort (including detainees and prisoners from all oPt)

– 88 women and 250 children aged 17 and under still in the prisons.

– 500-700 Palestinian children being held in Israeli military detention… pic.twitter.com/zsiWlE37dK
— Children of Darkness🇵🇸🇿🇦 (@brokenmirror33) July 15, 2024

The Commission and PPS stated that the occupation detained at least 15 people from the West Bank, including three women, a child, and former detainees, from yesterday evening until this morning.

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60 Bodies Found in Al-Shja’iya After Israeli Pull Out

CrossFireArabia
July 11, 2024

As Palestinians return to the heavily devastated neighborhood of Al-Shja’iya they discovered bodies of civilians in the streets and under the rubble of their homes, as Israeli occupation forces have systematically detonated thousands of buildings in the area.

As Palestinians return to the heavily devastated neighborhood, they discover bodies of civilians in the streets and under the rubble of their homes, as Israeli occupation forces have systematically detonated thousands of buildings in the area. pic.twitter.com/3BOukEYEOC
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 11, 2024

Over 60 bodies have been discovered in Al-Shja’iya following the Israeli troop withdrawal from the area. They had been there for nearly two weeks.

“Dozens of bodies are still trapped under the rubble in the neighborhood,” Palestinian Civil Defence Agency spokesman Mahmoud Basal told a press conference.

He said Israeli forces destroyed more than 85% of the residential buildings in the neighborhood. “Shejaiya has become a disaster area that is not suitable for habitation,” he added.

The Israeli airstrikes and ground operations decimated more than 85% of residential buildings in Shujaiya, maakin the area uninhabitable and akin to a devastated wasteland.

A medical clinic that served over 60,000 citizens was also destroyed, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis, the Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported

Palestinians return to the devastated Shuja'iyya following an Israeli invasion that lasted several days, during which Israeli forces destroyed most of its buildings and all of its infrastructure, rendering it uninhabitable. pic.twitter.com/73vf3dTnf7
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 11, 2024

Palestinians started returning to their ruined homes in the devastated Shuja’iyya following an Israeli invasion of the area, during which Israeli forces destroyed most of its buildings and all of its infrastructure, rendering it uninhabitable.

Despite their withdrawal from the Shuja’iyya, Wednesday, Israeli forces continued to bomb the area the following day. Shuja’iyya lies to the east of Gaza City.

Israeli occupation aircraft are bombing Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood at this moment, a day after withdrawing their forces from there. pic.twitter.com/D5eMsGL6z0
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 11, 2024

The withdrawal of Israeli forces revealed a staggering level of destruction, reducing the neighborhood to rubble. Entire residential blocks have been leveled, streets obliterated, and critical infrastructure targeted throughout the area, Wafa reported.

Eyewitnesses from the neighborhood recounted harrowing tales of Israeli forces firing upon civilians as they attempted to evacuate, despite designated exit routes.