Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
The Palestinian Civil Defense says it has documented the killing of at least 38 Palestinians in Israeli bombing on Monday, including 10 people in a single attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Six Palestinians, including children, were also killed in the bombing of a tent housing displaced people near Khan Younis.
In Gaza City, another Israeli attack killed six people as well, including two children, Bassal said.
An Israeli attack that hit a home in southwest Gaza City has killed three people, including a woman and child, the Palestinian Civil Defense says.
Five people were killed in an Israeli attack on a bakery in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.
![Palestinians injured in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp are brought to the al-Awda hospital for treatment in Gaza City on September 16 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu Agency]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/9-16-b-300x225.jpg)
World Health Org paints a grim picture of medical rehab services in Gaza
WHO reports:
At least 22,500 people, or one-quarter of all Ministry of Health-reported injuries in Gaza by 23 July, are estimated to have life-changing injuries that require rehabilitation services “now and for years to come,” highlights the World Health Organization (WHO) in a recent analysis.
Severe limb injuries – estimated to be between 13,455 and 17,550 –are the main driver of long-term rehabilitation needs.
WHO also assesses that between 3,000 and 4,000 limb amputations have occurred, in addition to about 2,000 spinal cord and severe traumatic brain injuries and at least 2,000 major burns.
Amid a decimated health-care system, “acute rehabilitation services are severely disrupted and specialized care for complex injuries is not available, placing patients’ lives at risk,” warned WHO. Gaza’s only limb reconstruction and rehabilitation centre, located in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, became non-functional in December 2023, and was damaged in February 2024.
Most of the rehabilitation workforce in Gaza has been displaced and 39 physiotherapists have reportedly been killed as of 10 May. No in-patient rehabilitation and prosthetic services are present, and even the most essential assistive devices, like wheelchairs and crutches, are lacking due to the restricted flow of aid.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Strip were already living with pre-existing chronic conditions and impairments before the latest escalation, making it even more critical to integrate rehabilitation services in the ongoing response. Beyond the lack of acute trauma care options, stocks of the most essential medical supplies continue to decrease in Gaza due to persistent obstacles hampering the entry of aid.
UN rapporteur says Israel’s ‘militarization of water’ part of ‘water, territorial apartheid’ policy
Andalou Agency reports:
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation said Monday that Israel’s “militarization of water” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is part of its “water and territorial apartheid” policy.
Noting that the Gaza population lives on an average of 4.7 liters of water per person per day, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, in a press briefing in Geneva, reminded that it is far below the World Health Organization’s set minimum requirement in emergencies — 15 liters.
The only natural source of fresh water is the coastal aquifer, Arrojo-Agudo said, adding that the population of 2.3 million in Gaza has been forced to pump three times more water than the aquifer receives through natural replenishment, resulting in “intense marine intrusion and salinization.”
“In addition, Israel has been blocking 70% of the materials needed to build and operate sewage treatment plants as ‘dual-use,’ preventing proper sewage treatment, which has led to progressive faecal contamination of groundwater,” he added.
Calling Israel’s violation of existing international law, as the International Court of Justice has established, “systematic,” the rapporteur said: “The militarization of water in the occupied Palestinian territories has been at the heart of a policy of water and territorial apartheid for the past 50 years, including the destruction of basic Palestinian water infrastructure.”
He said Palestinians have no access to the Jordan River and cannot build wells or water infrastructure in their own territories.
“They have only 70 liters per person per day, and many rural communities have only 20 liters, while the Israeli population has four times more on average, and illegal settlers receive and use 18 times more water for their crops and swimming pools,” he added.
Harrowing 649-page document names every identified Palestinian killed by Israel in Gaza amid ‘genocide denial’
The New Arab reports:
Gaza’s ministry of health released a chilling 649-page document on Sunday, detailing the name, age, gender, and ID number of every Palestinian killed by Israel in the enclave over the past 11 months.
The document contains the details of 34,000 Palestinians out of around 42,206 killed since the start of Israel’s war on 7 October up to 31 August, amid ‘genocide denial’ from some people in Israel and the West.
The first 14 pages of the document feature the names of babies under one, while the last 11 pages contain the names of people aged 77 to 101 – all born before the State of Israel was established.
The ministry also clarified that 60 percent of those killed in the Gaza war – which now stands at 41,226 Palestinians – were women, children, and elderly people, while the vast majority of the rest will likely be unarmed, civilian men.
A breakdown of statistics states that 11,355 children have been killed so far, equating to a third of the death toll.
It also states that 13,737 men have been killed, around 40 percent of the total death toll, the majority of them aged between 18-30.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has just published a 649-page document with the the name, age, gender, ID number of every Palestinian killed in Gaza from October 7 to August 31 that it has info for (over 34k out of 40k). The 1st 14 pages the age is listed as 0 (under 1 year old) pic.twitter.com/NZZNLLf7ml
— Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس (@sharifkouddous) September 15, 2024
West Bank: Two Palestinian Men Die of Previous Wounds
IMEMC reports:
A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds, on Monday, after suffering injuries inflicted on him by the Israeli forces during an earlier attack on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the death of the young man, Ahmad Omar Mahmoud Azqili, 43, on Monday, after occupation forces shot him with live ammunition, causing critical injuries, in the city of Jenin.
Sources added that Azqili was shot and critically wounded on August 5, 2024, after Israeli soldiers stormed the city of Jenin.
Earlier Monday, a young Palestinian man succumbed to serious wounds he suffered ten days ago after the Israeli army fired a missile at a car, killing four Palestinians, in Tubas, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part.
Medical sources reported that Saif Mithqal Abu Dawwas, 27, succumbed to his serious injuries sustained from an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the city of Tubas ten days ago.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 705 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 158 children.
According to the Shireen Observatory, 705 Palestinian citizens have been killed in the occupied West Bank, including; 188 in Jenin, 151 in Tulkarem, 72 in Nablus, 71 in Hebron, 59 in Ramallah, 57 in Tubas, 44 in Jerusalem, 28 in Qalqilia, 19 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside Israel, and 4 in Salfit.
On This Day – 42 Years since the Sabra and Shatila Massacre
Palestine Chronicle reports:
September 16 marks the day in 1982 when thousands of Palestinians were brutally massacred at the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon; an atrocity seen as one of the most heinous in modern history.
After besieging and bombarding the area for days, the Israeli-backed Lebanese phalange militias attacked, killing at least 3,000 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians.
After the siege of the two camps on September 15, the Israeli army under the command of Ariel Sharon lit the skies with flares as armed Lebanese militias entered the camps through Israeli army lines and proceeded to kill everyone in their way, regardless of whether they were elderly, women, or children.
They also broke into the camp hospital and killed nurses, doctors and patients who escaped from the massacre.
Over three days, and under the watch of Sharon’s army, the militias proceeded with their slaughter until news of the massacre was leaked out of the camp and the horrifying pictures of the dead were seen throughout the world before pressure was exerted on Israel to stop the militias.
The 1983 Kahan Commission, established by the Israeli government, found that Sharon, who was Defense Minister at the time, bore “personal responsibility” for the massacre.
Despite this, Sharon later became Prime Minister of Israel in 2001.
On December 16, 1982, the UN General Assembly condemned the massacre and declared it an act of genocide.
READ MORE ABOUT THE SABRA AND SHATILA REFUGEE CAMP MASSACRE HERE.
Israeli military arms citizens in the north with 9,000 assault rifles
Al Jazeera reports:
The Israeli army and the defense ministry have finished arming citizens in the northern part of the country with some 9,000 Israeli Weapons Industry’s Arad assault rifles.
This is on top of the 5,000 weapons provided at the start of the war on Gaza, according to a ministry statement cited by The Times of Israel.
Eyal Zamir, director-general of the ministry, reportedly said this is part of an ongoing project to “strengthen civilian defense squads that fought bravely on October 7”.
The assault rifles were bought for 50 million shekels (about $13m) and distributed among 97 communities in the north.
![Israeli forces take safety measures as fanatic Jewish settlers organize a provocative march in the Old City under the protection of Israeli forces on July 27, 2024 in Hebron, West Bank. [Amer Shallodi – Anadolu Agency]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/8-2-h-300x200.jpg)
U.S. ambassador to UN uncharacteristically critical of Israel
Ha’aretz reports:
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Israel’s military of striking schools, humanitarian workers and civilians in Gaza in a sign of growing American frustration with its [alleged] close ally as the war approaches its first anniversary.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield was unusually outspoken against the Israeli military at a UN Security Council meeting, saying many of the strikes in recent weeks that injured or killed UN personnel and humanitarian workers “were preventable.”
Israel said it targeted a Hamas command-and-control center in the compound, and Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, asserted Monday that Hamas militants were killed in the strike.
“We have also been unequivocal in communicating to Israel that there is no basis – absolutely none – for its forces to be opening fire on clearly marked UN vehicles as recently occurred on numerous occasions,” Thomas-Greenfield said.
At the same time, she said – although Israel has so far not offered proof – that Hamas is also hiding in – and in some cases, taking over or using – civilian sites, which poses “an ongoing threat.”
Thomas-Greenfield also reiterated U.S. “outrage” at the death of Turkish American activist Aysenur Eygi, who was shot and killed during a protest in the West Bank last week by an Israeli soldier. “The IDF is a professional military and knows well how to ensure that incidents such as these do not happen,” the U.S. envoy said.
NOTE: Monday’s comments from the US were uncharacteristically critical of Israel. Over the past 5 decades, the United States has blocked at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel – including 3 resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during the current onslaught.
Monday’s statement is especially surprising, given that just last week, Thomas-Greenfield said, “I think that we have an Israel problem in the UN. And there is a inordinately over-focus [sic] on Israel – even before Gaza – on Israel in the UN.”
Netanyahu ready to sack defense chief over Lebanon offensive: Report
The Cradle reports:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering terminating Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, according to Hebrew media.
The tension comes as the two ministers are embroiled in several disputes, most recently over a possible military operation in the south of Lebanon.
According to Israeli Kan public broadcaster and Channel 13, the army’s Northern Command chief, Ori Gordin, is pressing for a large-scale attack on Lebanon; Netanyahu is in favor of a “limited” operation in Lebanon, but Gallant apparently prefers a diplomatic solution with a ceasefire and captive agreement in Gaza.
“If Gallant tries to thwart an operation in the north, he will be replaced,” an unnamed source close to the premier told the broadcaster.
Netanyahu fired Gallant in March last year after the defense minister called for a suspension of the controversial judicial overhaul plan that the prime minister launched in 2023. The premier quickly reinstated Gallant under pressure from the Israeli public.
Israel is joining the first global AI convention, here’s why that’s dangerous
Mondoweiss reports:
It is deeply troubling that Israel has been allowed to join the first global treaty on artificial intelligence (AI)—an agreement meant to regulate AI’s responsible use while upholding human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. For 11 consecutive months, Israel has weaponized AI in its genocide in Gaza, deploying AI-driven surveillance and automated targeting systems that have inflicted devastating civilian harm.
Yet, Israel is now celebrating its participation in this treaty alongside the U.S., U.K., and EU, after spending two years at the negotiating table and helping draft the first international AI treaty for ethical AI governance. This contradiction exposes glaring hypocrisy and raises serious questions about the international community’s true commitment to accountability.
This treaty applies primarily to public sector AI but also addresses private sector risks. The signatories of the treaty agree to uphold principles like transparency, accountability, and non-discrimination, and commit to establishing remedies for AI-related human rights violations.
The treaty mandates risk assessments, mitigation measures, and graded obligations based on specific contexts, ensuring flexibility in its application.
Since the beginning of this ongoing genocide, Israel has been weaponizing AI and advanced technologies to carry out the massive and indiscriminate killing of civilians. The Apartheid state has harnessed AI for surveillance, targeting, and decision-making. Israel has intensified its efforts to control and oppress the people in the Gaza Strip, continuing a long history of systematic oppression of the Palestinian people.
This misuse of technology raises profound concerns, leading to devastating consequences for innocent lives caught in the crossfire.
(Read the full article here.)
Iran has shown restraint after Israeli killing of Hamas leader, president says
The Guardian reports:
The new Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said in a press conference Monday, “What Israel has done in the region and what Israel tried with the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran was to drag us into a regional war.”
“We have exercised restraint so far but we reserve the right to defend ourselves at a specific time and place with specific methods,” he added.
Under questioning, he denied that Iran had sent any missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen, after the claimed firing of a hypersonic missile at Israel on Sunday.
Pezeshkian said it was hard enough for people to get to Yemen from Iran and asked how a missile could go to Yemen unseen.
He conceded that Iran had hypersonic missiles, but he said not of the kind fired by the Houthis on Sunday. “We don’t have this missile in Iran at all,” he said.
Pezeshkian, a reformist who was elected unexpectedly three months ago, was speaking at a wide-ranging and unprecedented two-and-half-hour press conference in which nearly half of the questions were from foreign media.
US Senator slams UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Middle East Eye reports:
Democratic Senator John Fetterman has slammed UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for saying that Israel is conducting mass atrocities in the Gaza Strip.
“These so-called ‘experts’ have consistently revealed their anti-Israel bias and a censure from one of them is a badge of honor,” Fetterman said on social media.
“No apologies and zero conditions for any essential support for Israel.”
Albanese said earlier in the day that Palestinians have a right to resist Israel’s occupation.
NOTE: In reality, International law supports the efforts of resistance groups against an occupying power, even to the point of armed resistance. Hamas has clearly and openly stated that its enemy is not the Jewish people, but the racist ideology of Zionism – the ideology under which Israel dispossessed 750,000 Palestinian people, exiled them to Gaza and other locations, and continues to oppress and ethnically cleanse their population.
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 16:
Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 16, 2024: at least 41,957* (41,252 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (30%), 16,715 children as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]
This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 705 in the West Bank (~148 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.
Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.
Ralph Nader earlier estimated 300,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.
- At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 23 from West Bank).
- At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
- About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
- Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
Palestinian injuries from October 7 – September 16: at least 101,197 (including at least 95,497 in Gaza and 5,700 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how many Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 16, 2024: ~1,453 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 289*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
*Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.
**Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.
***Approximately ten of the deaths listed above were Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in fighting at the Israel-Lebanon border. The figure does not include the reportedly 53 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.
† For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.
Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.
Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org
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