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Live blog: Israel detains injured Palestinian in West Bank hospital raid
Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 342nd day, has killed 41,084 Palestinians and wounded 95,029 others, a conservative estimate, with 10,000+ believed to be buried under the debris of bombed homes.
Israeli troops disguised as civilians enter a hospital and detain a Palestinian. / Photo: AA
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Israeli troops disguised as civilians enter a hospital and detain a Palestinian. / Photo: AA
Thursday, September 12, 2024
0146 GMT — Israeli forces have raided a hospital in the occupied West Bank, detaining an injured Palestinian.
Eyewitnesses reported that the troops, disguised as civilians, entered Mahmoud Abbas General Hospital in Halhul, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
They detained an injured Palestinian whose identity and health condition remain unknown.
According to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa, Israeli forces also raided the town of Husan in Bethlehem, detaining 17-year-old Ibrahim Hamamira.
On his way home from work at a car wash, he was reportedly assaulted by Israeli forces, suffering cigarette burns, other wounds and bruises on various parts of his body due to torture. After his release, he was taken to Beit Jala Hospital for treatment.
Israeli soldiers also fired tear gas at Palestinians protesting the raid in Husan, leaving many affected.
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0439 GMT — No more money for Netanyahu’s war machine: US senator
The US should stop funding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Gaza, Senator Bernie Sanders has said.
“This week: 19 people killed & scores injured in a strike in a ‘humanitarian zone’ in Gaza. An American shot in the head in the West Bank. Now, another school bombed, killing 14 people, including 6 UN aid workers.
“Enough is enough. No more money for Netanyahu’s war machine,” Sanders said on X.
0413 GMT — Israel storms West Bank’s Qalqilya, injuring woman, detains Palestinians
Israeli forces stormed Qalqilya, a city in the occupied West Bank, during a raid that involved live ammunition.
According to local sources, an 18-year-old woman was injured by Israeli shrapnel in the neck during the offensive.
The wounded woman was transported to Darwish Nazzal Governmental Hospital for treatment, local sources reported to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
During the raid, Israeli forces arrested two young men, identified as Musa Zaid and Hanoud Salmi.
0036 GMT — About 100 Palestinians evacuated from Gaza for treatment: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced that 97 patients and critically wounded people from Gaza were medically evacuated for treatment to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Tedros shared details about the medical evacuation carried out in Gaza under intense Israeli attacks on X.
“WHO, in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partners, today evacuated 97 sick and severely injured patients and 155 companions from Gaza in the largest medical evacuation since October 2023,” he said.
“Patients were transported via Kerem Shalom to Ramon Airport in Israel for onward travel to Abu Dhabi for specialised care,” he added.
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2358 GMT — Congress members seek US-led probe into murder of Turkish-US activist
US Senator Patty Murray and Representative Pramila Jayapal have urged the Biden administration to conduct an independent, US-led investigation into the murder of Turkish American peace activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
“Our hearts are with her family, friends, colleagues and community, all of whom are devastated by her killing and deserve to know their government has done everything it can to fully understand what led to her killing, pursue accountability for those involved, and seek to ensure this does not happen again,” Murray and Jayapal wrote in a letter addressing President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“That is why we request an immediate, transparent, credible and thorough independent US investigation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into the killing of Ms. Eygi, which, as Secretary Blinken said was ‘unprovoked and unjustified.'”
2340 GMT — New York City museum fires employees for wearing keffiyeh
New York City’s Noguchi Museum has said it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh headscarves, which have become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestine’s cause.
Last month, the art museum — founded by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi — announced a policy prohibiting employees from wearing anything that expressed “political messages, slogans or symbols.”
“While we understand that the intention behind wearing this garment was to express personal views, we recognise that such expressions can unintentionally alienate segments of our diverse visitorship,” it said in a statement.
Natalie Cappellini, one of the three gallery attendants who was fired, took to Instagram to say the museum leadership was weaponising the term “political” against the Palestinian cause.
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2110 GMT — Israel kills six staff members of the UN Palestinian refugee agency
The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has said that Israel killed six staffers in two air strikes hit a school in central Gaza, marking what it said was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident.
“Among those killed was the manager of the UNRWA shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people,” UNRWA said on X.
“This school has been hit five times since the war began. It is home to around 12,000 displaced people, mainly women and children,” UNRWA added.
The government media office said the Israeli strike killed at least 18 people, including the UNRWA staff members.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Reuters news agency that a lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza was “totally unacceptable”.
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2045 GMT — Hamas says ready for Gaza truce based on Biden’s May plan
Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that it is ready to implement an immediate ceasefire in besieged Gaza based on a plan by US President Joe Biden that he presented in May.
Hamas reiterated its rejection of any “new conditions” added to the agreement in a statement that followed a meeting between its negotiating team, led by Khalil al-Hayya, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, as well as Egyptian Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel in the Qatari capital of Doha.
In May, Biden touted the plan as one offered by Israel. Biden presented the three-phase deal that would end hostilities in Gaza and secure the release of hostages held in the coastal enclave. The plan includes a ceasefire, a hostage-prisoner exchange and the reconstruction of Gaza.
But since then hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to amend his own offer and suggest new conditions while continuing his genocidal war on Gaza.
In his new conditions, Netanyahu insists on maintaining a military occupation along the Philadelphi Corridor, or Saladin Axis, along the Palestine-Egypt border in southern Gaza — a demand both Hamas and Egypt have rejected.
2021 GMT — No deal with Israel without truce, full Gaza withdrawal: Palestine
Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) have said that no agreement with Israel will be reached unless it includes a comprehensive ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from besieged Gaza.
“The situation in the Gaza Strip after the war (once it ends) is a pure Palestinian matter,” the two groups said in a statement.
“Any force, no matter its origin, that acts outside the national consensus will be treated as an occupying power.”
The Palestinian resistance group and the DFLP stated: “We reaffirm that no deals with the Zionist occupation will be made without a comprehensive ceasefire, full withdrawal from Gaza, lifting the blockade, reconstruction, and a serious prisoner exchange.”
2000 GMT — Israel carries out ’47th massacre’ in Nuseirat camp since Oct 7
The death toll has risen to 18 in an Israeli bombing of a UN-run school housing displaced civilians in central Gaza, with several wounded, according to Gaza Media Office.
“It is the 47th massacre to have been committed by the Israeli army during its war of genocide in the Nuseirat refugee camp, where over 250,000 people live,” the Office said.
1955 GMT — Netanyahu repeats vows to build barrier along border with Jordan
Netanyahu has vowed to build a barrier along the border with Jordan to prevent what he said are attempts to smuggle weapons and fighters into the occupied West Bank and Israel.
“We know that we need to secure our eastern border with Jordan. This is a border of peace. We are partnering with the Kingdom of Jordan to ensure that it remains so,” Netanyahu said while overlooking the Jordan Valley and accompanying army commanders.
He claimed that “there is an attempt to smuggle both terrorists and weapons across Jordan into Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and into the cities of Israel.”
Netanyahu did not specify who he believes is behind the alleged smuggling attempts.
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