Was there a ceasefire on Oct. 6th 2023? A 🧵
Oct 5 2023: Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinians in the West Bank, including Abd al-Rahman Atta & Hudhayfah Fares. Israeli forces also prevented medical aid from reaching the victims & took their bodies hostage; an Israeli settler murdered Labib Dhamidi aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/5…
Sep 22 2023: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian 18-year old, Abdullah Abu Hasan, in Kafr Dan in the West Bank in a raid in the early hours of the morning. aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/22…
Sep 19 2023: Palestinians in Gaza protested Israel's inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners & attacks on al-Aqsa mosque. In response, Israel murdered Yousef Salem Yousef Radwan w/ a shot in the head from behind reliefweb.int/report/occupie…
Sep 19 2023: Israeli forces killed 5 Palestinians & wounded 30, some critically, during an overnight raid in Jenin’s Aqabat Jabr refugee camp. Israel prefers to kill Palestinians at night b/c of fewer cameras & fewer people awake to witness the crime. middleeastmonitor.com/20230920-jenin…
Sep 2023: The Israeli army raided Bir Zeit University (near Ramallah in the West Bank) & arrested nine students, including the head of the student council. npr.org/2023/09/24/120…
Sep 19 2023: Israel injured 7 Palestinians in Gaza, including 3 children, during protests in the Malka area, east of al-Zeitoun, in Gaza & in the Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalia, also in Gaza. reliefweb.int/report/occupie…
18 Sep 2023 Israeli forces injured 4 journalists wearing press gear in Gaza covering a protest, including al-Manara photographer Fadi Mahmoud Ramadan Al-Danaf, French Press Agency photographer Bilal Bassam Odeh Al-Sabagh, Anadolu Agency photographer Mustafa Muhammad Al-Badri Hassouna mezan.org/ar/post/46245/…
5-18 September 2023: During this period, Israeli forces:
1) injured 4 Gazan fishermen for committing the crime of fishing
2) on 15 Sep, Israel bombed Gaza, injuring 1
3) on 13 September, Palestinians protested in Gaza, Israeli forces shot at them injuring 15 Palestinians, including 6 children
4) on Sep 9, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child in Hebron;
5) on Sep 5, Israeli forces raided Nur Shams Camp (Tulkarm, West Bank) & killed 1 Palestinian.
Some more stats for this period: ochaopt.org/poc/5-18-septe…
Altogether, on the eve of Oct. 7th, Israel has killed more 200 Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2023, on pace to be the deadliest year on record in nearly 20 years. al-monitor.com/originals/2023…
Before that, 2022 was the deadliest year on record since 2004. In 2022, Israel killed 146 Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
btselem.org/press_releases…
This came after 15yrs of an Israeli-led, Egyptian supported siege on Gaza, making the place "unlivable" already in 2020, according to the @UN. Note as well that imposing a blockade is act of war. The origins of the current war can be traced to June '07
For more content like this: PalestineNexus.com
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