Weekly OIC Report on Israel’s Crimes against the Palestinians

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The Occupation Forces Expel the Remaining Displaced People in Al-Shifa after a Massacre that Killed 50 People Accompanied by Atrocities

Israel Targets the Commercial Interests of Palestinian Individuals in the West Bank

Jeddah, 26 March 2024 - The Israeli occupation forces increased their attacks in the Gaza Strip, especially on March 20 and 21, 2024, as they killed 606 Palestinians and injured 922 others, during the week monitored by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Observatory on Israel’s crimes against Palestinians, spanning from March 19 to March 25, 2024.

In the Gaza Strip, dozens were killed by the Israeli bombing in the Nuseirat and Jabalia camps last Wednesday, March 20, in addition to the killing of 23 others as a result of the bombing of tribal committees working on the distribution of aid at the Kuwait Roundabout near Al-Rashid Street in the Gaza Strip.

The number of massacres committed against the civilians in the Gaza Strip during the period monitored by the observatory reached (0000). In light of these developments, the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, confirmed that more than one million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic famine.

In Al-Shifa Medical Complex in central Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Shifa for the second time after a previous one on November 18, 2023, and assassinated (50) people. The occupation forces also arrested (200) Palestinians, and continued to invade the hospital until the writing of this report and most of those sheltering there fled as a result of the continuous Israeli bombing of the hospital. After hundreds of people were displaced from the hospital, the media received horrific testimonies from fleeing Palestinians revealing atrocities committed by the Israeli forces after taking control of Al-Shifa.

In the West Bank, March 21, 2024, was considered a bloody day, as the number of killings reached 9 out of 16 others killed during the period from 19-25 March 2024. The occupation forces arrested 154 people during that period, while 21 settler attacks on towns and villages in the West Bank were recorded, the most prominent of which was the stabbing by settlers of a Palestinian driver in Jerusalem. 

Israel confiscated 8000 square meters of the Yafit in Jericho last week, and the OIC Observatory also documented many Israeli violations against Palestinians in the West Bank targeting the economic interests of citizens there. For example, the occupation forces confiscated two bulldozers in Jenin and Qalqilya, demolished commercial and service facilities in Hebron and Jerusalem, uprooted 150 olive trees, and bulldozed agricultural land in Bethlehem, in addition to confiscating many properties. Thus, the total number of Israeli violations against Palestinians during the past week reached about (2,366) violations, including road closures, erecting checkpoints, and shootings.

Regarding the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, approximately 3,274 settlers stormed the mosque via the Mughrabi Gate, during the month of February, to pray for the Israeli prisoners and dead soldiers. – OIC News