'Israel' killed 182 journalists; North Gaza toll over 1,000 in 23 days
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On day 387 of the genocide in Gaza, Israeli occupation crimes continue unabated, killing 1,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza in just 23 days.
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Palestinian women and their children walk through destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, after Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the area, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP)
For the 23rd consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue their genocide in northern Gaza, committing further massacres through intense airstrikes and the demolition of homes, all while completely isolating the northern governorate from the rest of the Gaza Strip.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Gaza reported the martyrdom of around 10 individuals in a new Israeli massacre that targeted the Asmaa school, which shelters displaced people located in the al-Shati' Camp, west of the city.
Let’s not normalize this loss. Each child is a beautiful young soul, sheltering for safety, not collateral damage, but victims of targeted violence in a place they believed was safe.
— Falasteen (@falastineisme) October 27, 2024
This is Zeina Saeed Al-Ghoul, she was waiting in line for a biscuit.
Al-Shati’ camp
10/27/2024 pic.twitter.com/VvZk9DFiZU
The Civil Defense in Gaza announced that the occupation targeted the Asmaa school for the second time in a week, reaffirming that search operations for missing persons under the rubble are underway.
In this context, Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, decried the dire situation in the northern Gaza Strip, stating that for 22 days, no water or food has been allowed in.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen, he condemned the Israeli occupation for its actions against those trying to aid the residents, saying, "The Israeli occupation is killing anyone who tries to provide services to the people of northern Gaza Strip."
Basal noted that over 100,000 Palestinian citizens in Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia are under siege and bombardment.
He added, "The Israeli occupation destroys more than one building in each raid to cause the largest number of casualties" and documented "more than 1,000 martyrs in 22 days in the northern Gaza Strip."
He further questioned the international community's inaction, asking, "Where is the international community regarding what is happening in northern Gaza?"
Basal expressed concern for many individuals whose fate remains unknown, stating, "There are many people we know nothing about, and the occupation is practicing extermination in northern Gaza."
Palestinian media revealed that at least 20 Palestinians were martyred after an Israeli fighter jet bombed several homes belonging to the al-Ajuri, al-Najjar, Abu al-Jdayan, al-Daour, and Abu Nida families in the Jabalia Camp in northern Gaza last night.
Additionally, several Palestinians were injured due to an Israeli drone strike on the Ahmed Fikri street in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza.
Local sources reported that three Palestinians, including two children, were injured in an attack on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City. Israeli aircraft also launched a barrage of fire in northern Gaza early today.
Gaza's Health Ministry reported the martyrdom of 1,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza, besieged for 23 days, and noted that it remains unaware of the fate of 30 medical personnel detained from Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Moreover, in central Gaza, one martyr was reported and others were injured due to Israeli shelling of the Salah al-Din school, which accommodates displaced people near Palestine Stadium in Gaza City.
Israeli artillery also shelled a residential neighborhood in the al-Bureij camp.
Medical sources stated that Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza received two martyrs and four injuries, including a child, as a result of drone fire west of the al-Nuseirat camp, and treated several injuries from missile strikes west of the new camp in northern al-Nuseirat.
Additionally, according to Palestinian media sources, the body of a Palestinian was found on the al-Rasheed coastal road, northwest of al-Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza.
In southern Gaza, a child called Ashraf Mohamed Fatouh was martyred, and his mother was injured in artillery shelling targeting the regional park area in Khan Younis.
Israeli artillery also targeted the vicinity of the Shakoush area, west of Rafah city, in southern Gaza.
Number of martyr journalists rises to 182
On its part, the Government Media Office in Gaza reported that the number of martyred journalists has risen to 182 since the onset of the Israeli occupation's genocide against the Gaza Strip.
This comes after the head of the digital media department at Al-Aqsa TV, journalist Saed Radwan, and journalist Hamza Abu Salmiya from the Sanad Agency, as well as journalist Haneen Mahmoud Baroud from Al-Quds News, and editor Hamza Youssef Abu Salmiya, were all martyred in the Israeli aggression that targeted the Asmaa school, which shelters displaced people, west of Gaza City.
ارتقى 3 من أبناء الكلمة في قافلة الشرف والفداء بغزة: سائد رضوان، حمزة أبو سلمية، وحنين بارود.
— د. هاني الدالي #غزة 🇵🇸 (@DrHaniAlDali) October 27, 2024
كل منهم حاملاً لواء الحقيقة، فكانوا هم الصوت الذي لا يُنكر في ظل الظلام.
شهادتهم تنير درب المقاومة، وتؤكد أن حرية الكلمة تحتاج إلى تضحية. في ظل جرائم الجيش الإسرائيلي النازي المستمرة… pic.twitter.com/jkCThrwJ0K
Journalist Nadia Imad Al-Sayed, who worked as a media professional, producer, and presenter with several radio stations and media outlets, and journalist Abdul Rahman Samir Al-Tanani, who worked as a journalist for Zaman and Sawt Al-Shaab radio stations and several media outlets, were the latest to be assassinated by the Israeli occupation, bringing the total number of journalists killed by "Israel" to 182.
The Office condemned in the strongest terms the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation, holding the occupation fully responsible for committing this heinous crime.
It also called on the international community and relevant organizations to deter the occupation and persecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, pressuring it to stop the genocide.
International organizations 'playing role of bystander to the genocide'
In another statement, the Government Media Office in Gaza expressed that international organizations operating in the sector have been negligent in performing their duties and are handling the dangerous conditions with indifference and lack of concern, which encourages the IOF to persist in their brutal massacres against the Palestinians.
The Media Office expressed its "extreme discontent and astonishment at the serious negligence of international organizations working in Gaza in fulfilling their roles, as they treat the dangerous conditions with complete indifference, encouraging the occupation to continue its brutal massacres against civilians and the displaced, particularly in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalia and Beit Lahia."
The Office reminded international organizations of their assigned role, which involves meeting humanitarian needs and providing the necessary protection for the Palestinian people, in accordance with international humanitarian law, as civilians are subjected to killing, genocide, ethnic cleansing, extermination, burning, kidnapping, and torture by the Israeli occupation forces, without any significant action from these organizations.
It stated in its statement that international humanitarian law mandates these organizations to provide humanitarian aid, yet they have failed to provide essential needs, such as food, water, and healthcare, as the Palestinian people have been living in a state of systematic and clear starvation enforced by "Israel" for over 180 days, amid a deafening silence on behalf of the international organizations operating in Gaza.
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