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[00:00:03] that escalated in
[00:00:14] And our viewers are joined by our correspondent from the town of
[00:00:18] Qalandia refugee camp and Kafr Aqab, colleague Mahmoud
[00:00:21] Mazloum, who will now tell us about the latest updates
[00:00:26] confronting this regarding the continuation of the occupation's military operations in Qalandia refugee camp and Kafr.
[00:00:30] Aqab for the second consecutive
[00:00:32] day.
[00:00:38] And now, the occupation forces are closing one of
[00:00:41] the main road intersections here in the town of
[00:00:45] Kafr Aqab, north of
[00:00:47] which cannot withstand Al. Large forces of the occupation army
[00:00:50] and also with large military reinforcements are arriving at
[00:00:56] and preventing them from Qandil camp. Also, continuous closure of
[00:01:00] roads and main entrances leading to Qalandia camp.
[00:01:03] This does not prevent
[00:01:21] of the Palestine Liberation Organization considered the extensive military aggression
[00:01:25] launched or being launched by the Israeli occupation forces
[00:01:29] a state of on Qalandia camp north of occupied Jerusalem as
[00:01:32] part of the systematic Israeli military escalation against
[00:01:35] refugee camps in the West Bank, and in light of what
[00:01:39] Hebrew media reports revealed about the preparations
[00:01:42] or the preparation by the Central Command of the occupation army
[00:01:47] a statement it issued that this of a comprehensive military plan to invade and occupy new camps in
[00:01:51] the heart of the West Bank, including the camps of
[00:01:54] Balata, Jalazone, and Qalandia. It considered that
[00:01:57] the storming of Qalandia camp with such a large military force
[00:02:00] confirms the occupation's continued implementation of its plan to
[00:02:04] expand its military operations against refugee
[00:02:08] It warned of the seriousness of this camps as part of a policy aimed at
[00:02:12] and killed everyone in undermining the camps as the national incubator for the refugee issue
[00:02:16] and a witness to the Palestinian
[00:02:17] may be a breakthrough with Nakba, and imposing new realities by force
[00:02:20] that infringe upon the rights of refugees, foremost among them
[00:02:24] through the roof, it would have pierced the right
[00:02:26] into the camp, and preventing of return.
[00:02:31] The head of the Palestinian National Council,
[00:02:33] 38 consecutive hours, Ruhi Fattouh, said that the continuous aggression on Qalandia
[00:02:36] camp north of occupied Jerusalem and the accompanying
[00:02:39] extensive military reinforcements and home invasions
[00:02:43] and assaults on citizens' property represent
[00:02:46] a systematic escalation that falls within the framework of the policy of
[00:02:49] collective punishment and forced
[00:02:51] and infrastructure, and the displacement prohibited under international law. Fattouh
[00:02:55] added that the operations of repression and abuse that
[00:02:58] target civilians, including women and children,
[00:03:01] and resulted in dozens of injuries, reflect a serious
[00:03:05] escalation in the occupation's policies against our people.
[00:03:08] He warned of the seriousness of the indicators that accompany the aggression, foremost
[00:03:11] among them the introduction of mechanisms loaded with equipment
[00:03:15] and maps, and what is being rumored about plans to evacuate the camp's
[00:03:19] entry into this residents in preparation for seizing it and
[00:03:22] the Vocational Training Institute belonging to the United Nations
[00:03:25] Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), which has been in operation for
[00:03:29] more than 70 years, in an attempt to liquidate one of
[00:03:33] the most prominent symbols of the refugee issue and obliterate the legal
[00:03:36] and humanitarian witness to
[00:03:38] occupation forces today the right of return. He pointed out that
[00:03:41] settlement are not limited the occupation forces' hanging since the beginning of this of incitement banners inside the camp and the threat
[00:03:45] of further escalation reveal a hidden intention
[00:03:49] to expand the scope of the aggression and impose colonial
[00:03:53] realities by force in violation of international law
[00:03:56] and international legitimacy resolutions, warning that
[00:03:59] this falls within a policy of ethnic cleansing
[00:04:02] targeting the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem and its surroundings
[00:04:05] and ending the work
[00:04:07] pushed by ministers and Knesset of UNRWA. Fattouh called on the international community to
[00:04:10] act immediately to stop these crimes and hold those
[00:04:14] responsible accountable
[00:04:16] control over new areas in and provide international protection for the Palestinian
[00:04:17] people.
[00:04:25] Fatah movement affirmed that the continuous aggression of the Israeli
[00:04:29] occupation army on Qalandia camp north of occupied
[00:04:32] Jerusalem comes within the comprehensive Israeli
[00:04:35] war of extermination against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West
[00:04:39] Bank, including Jerusalem, adding
[00:04:42] that this aggression will not achieve its aims
[00:04:46] and objectives of undermining or harming
[00:04:49] the will of our people, who will not leave their land
[00:04:51] and will remain
[00:04:55] there was steadfast and rooted in it until they achieve their legitimate national
[00:04:58] rights, represented by the embodiment of their independent
[00:05:01] Palestinian state with full sovereignty and its capital
[00:05:05] support, funding, and cooperation Jerusalem. Fatah added in a statement issued by the
[00:05:08] Information and Culture Commission today that this aggression comes
[00:05:11] these transformations made the commander of the Central within what the occupation seeks to target the camps in the West
[00:05:15] Bank and the Gaza Strip as a living
[00:05:18] witness to the Palestinian refugee issue in
[00:05:21] an attempt to liquidate the right of return
[00:05:24] and compensation, which constitutes a blatant violation
[00:05:28] of international law and relevant international resolutions.
[00:05:30] Fatah sent greetings of pride and honor
[00:05:34] to our people in Qalandia camp who are
[00:05:38] aggression with steadfastness, as is the custom
[00:05:43] of our people in all camps, villages,
[00:05:46] cities, and communities, affirming that what
[00:05:49] the camp is being subjected to, including repression, abuse,
[00:05:52] arrests, eviction from homes, destruction
[00:05:55] and demolition of property, preventing ambulance crews from
[00:05:59] treating the wounded and sick, and assaulting journalistic
[00:06:02] crews, demonstrates the occupation's escalating
[00:06:06] plans in parallel with the aggression of settler
[00:06:09] gangs in collusion with the occupation army
[00:06:13] and its police against our people in various
[00:06:16] governorates of the West Bank, its villages, and communities.
[00:06:20] Fatah called on the international community and international
[00:06:23] and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and decisively
[00:06:26] and stop the war of extermination and ethnic cleansing against
[00:06:30] our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
[00:06:33] and curb the occupation's escalating
[00:06:35] measures that will escalate the situation
[00:06:39] to an undesirable extent.
[00:06:48] The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
[00:06:51] condemned the Israeli occupation's aggression on north Qalandia or on Qalandia
[00:06:54] camp north of occupied Jerusalem. It said in
[00:07:00] aggression comes in light of reports warning of the possibility
[00:07:03] of expanding the occupation's aggression against other camps in the West
[00:07:07] Bank, stressing that the storming of Qalandia
[00:07:10] camp constitutes a flagrant violation of international
[00:07:14] law, international humanitarian law, and relevant United
[00:07:17] Nations resolutions.
[00:07:20] escalation, which comes within the framework
[00:07:24] ممنهجه تستهدف تفكيك وتدمير مخيمات
[00:07:27] اللاجئين في الضفه وتدمير قطاع
[00:07:30] غزه فضلا عن استهداف وجود ودور
[00:07:33] ومنشات وموظفي وكاله الاونورو في اطار
[00:07:37] محاولات تصفيه قضيه اللاجئين
[00:07:40] and humanitarian witnesses.
[00:07:54] Our correspondent Mahmoud Mazloum joins us again
[00:07:58] live from Qalandia camp via phone. So Mahmoud, I
[00:08:01] asked you a short while ago about the latest updates
[00:08:05] regarding the military operation of the occupation forces
[00:08:09] on its second consecutive day in Qalandia camp and Kafr.
[00:08:16] The occupation closes one of the main
[00:08:19] road intersections located in the middle of the town of Al-Asab north of
[00:08:22] the occupied capital, in addition to a continuous
[00:08:25] closure of all entrances to Qalandia camp,
[00:08:29] preventing
[00:08:32] camp. The residents of the camp are living in a state
[00:08:35] of complete siege on them. It also prevents
[00:08:39] the Red Crescent centers and also
[00:08:42] the entry of their necessities
[00:08:46] for bread and basic materials. And the
[00:08:51] prevented the entry of these basic materials
[00:08:54] and needs for citizens. In the latest statement
[00:08:58] we received from the Palestinian Prisoner's Club, it says that the occupation
[00:09:01] forces contacted and interrogated more than 60 citizens,
[00:09:05] including children and women, during
[00:09:09] their continuous aggression on Qalandia camp.
[00:09:12] And this also comes within the framework of the increasing number
[00:09:16] of injuries since the military operation on
[00:09:19] Qalandia camp and Kafr Aqab, and until this hour,
[00:09:22] to more than 16 injuries. These
[00:09:25] injuries, Marwa, most of them are due to
[00:09:29] severe beating by the occupation forces, which
[00:09:32] are deployed in all the streets and alleys of
[00:09:35] Qalandia camp, in addition to the town of
[00:09:39] Kafr Aqab, which are located in the north of
[00:09:42] the occupied capital. This comes as the invasion or military
[00:09:45] operation, Marwa, is truly happening in light
[00:09:49] of a major escalation from the political level in
[00:09:52] the occupation government. And Qalandia camp has witnessed
[00:09:56] continuous invasion operations in the recent period, since two months
[00:09:59] ago until today, in addition
[00:10:02] to the demolition of commercial facilities. Today,
[00:10:07] a demolition of some commercial facilities
[00:10:10] near Qalandia, and these facilities are located on a
[00:10:14] road from the Qalandia military checkpoint,
[00:10:17] in addition to the fact that
[00:10:20] there was a demolition operation
[00:10:24] carried out by the forces yesterday of a commercial
[00:10:27] facility in the town of Kafr Aqab
[00:10:30] next to the apartheid
[00:10:32] wall. Marwa, it is also said that there are
[00:10:36] fears among the residents of the camp, whose number is
[00:10:39] 19,000, because of the continuous
[00:10:42] siege by the occupation forces.
[00:10:46] There are many sick people and elderly
[00:10:49] people who need daily medical care around the clock,
[00:10:52] but the occupation forces from time to time
[00:10:56] allow a limited number of ambulances to reach
[00:10:59] these patients. There are
[00:11:03] also residents
[00:11:05] of the Qalandia camp under forced
[00:11:09] displacement by the occupation army forces
[00:11:13] from their homes and converting them into military
[00:11:16] barracks, placing these residents inside rooms
[00:11:21] leaving or entering
[00:11:25] their homes. And this also
[00:11:29] comes as the continuous threat
[00:11:32] that the occupation army also issued through its military
[00:11:36] statements yesterday targeted Qalandia
[00:11:40] camp and the town of Al-Aqab. What the military statement of the occupation
[00:11:43] army stated, Marwa, is a clear and explicit threat
[00:11:46] that it will use live ammunition if, according to
[00:11:50] its claims, there is
[00:11:54] protest against this military operation. There is
[00:11:57] another threat also through which it tells
[00:12:00] the residents of the camp that it may also close
[00:12:04] the Qalandia Vocational
[00:12:07] Institute belonging to the UNRWA for Palestinian
[00:12:11] refugees, and it has been threatened with closure
[00:12:14] for about five months. This institute has also witnessed
[00:12:17] continuous operations by the occupation army to storm
[00:12:21] it around the clock during
[00:12:32] an hour of continuous military operation in Qalandia
[00:12:34] camp, and as the evening hours
[00:12:37] approach,
[00:12:40] this military operation becomes more difficult and more
[00:12:42] intense, so to speak. And it comes in light
[00:12:46] of a shortage of basic materials and medical supplies
[00:12:51] people from leaving the camp or even entering it. The camp
[00:12:55] has been closed for more than
[00:13:05] the foreign ministers of eight Arab and Islamic countries today
[00:13:09] condemned the continuous Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip,
[00:13:12] especially the targeting of health facilities
[00:13:16] continued fall of civilian casualties, including
[00:13:20] women and children, in a grave violation of international
[00:13:23] law and international humanitarian law. The ministers
[00:13:27] affirmed in a joint statement issued by the foreign
[00:13:31] ministers of the Arab Republic of Egypt,
[00:13:34] the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State
[00:13:38] of the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of
[00:13:41] Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
[00:13:45] the Republic of Turkey, and the Kingdom of Saudi
[00:13:47] Arabia that the continuation of these violations constitutes
[00:13:51] a clear breach of Israel's obligations under international law
[00:13:55] and undermines international and regional efforts aimed at
[00:13:59] ending the war in the Gaza Strip. They pointed out that these
[00:14:02] violations threaten to undermine the political
[00:14:06] process and reignite the cycle of escalation and deepen the humanitarian
[00:14:09] catastrophe witnessed in the Strip,
[00:14:11] stressing the need to protect civilians and ensure the delivery
[00:14:15] of humanitarian aid, medical supplies,
[00:14:18] and relief to all parts of Gaza immediately
[00:14:22] and safely and without obstacles. The ministers
[00:14:25] emphasized their countries' absolute rejection of any attempts
[00:14:29] to annex the occupied Palestinian territory or impose Israeli
[00:14:32] sovereignty over it, or forcibly displace the Palestinian
[00:14:36] people.
[00:14:42] Israeli occupation forces continue to fire bullets
[00:14:46] and artillery shells in the vicinity of the Al-Shakoush area west of
[00:14:49] Rafah city towards the tents of the displaced in Mawasi
[00:14:53] Khan Yunis and Rafah. And. Our correspondent Safaa
[00:14:56] Al-Habeel joins us live from the Gaza Strip
[00:14:59] to tell us more about the details and developments
[00:15:03] of the situation in the Gaza
[00:15:04] Strip.
[00:15:20] Al-Habeel will join us directly from the Gaza Strip
[00:15:23] in a moment to tell us more about the latest
[00:15:26] developments in
[00:15:32] the field situation, there is a cautious
[00:15:35] calm compared to the past and the situation
[00:15:41] recent weeks with the increase in the number
[00:15:43] of targeting and the nature of these targeting and the locations
[00:15:47] of the targeting, however, since 48 hours,
[00:15:51] the southern governorates have witnessed calm in terms of
[00:15:53] targeting and assassination operations and bombing of residential
[00:15:56] blocks. As for firing bullets
[00:16:00] and shooting towards the tents of the displaced, these
[00:16:04] targetings are concentrated in the eastern
[00:16:08] areas. From the Al-Shakoush area here in Rafah Governorate, between Khan Yunis
[00:16:12] and Rafah Governorates, the shooting today from the cranes
[00:16:15] and from the military barracks that the occupation
[00:16:19] recently erected in the eastern areas reached the flimsy
[00:16:22] tents of the displaced, these bullets in
[00:16:26] the middle of Mawasi Khan Yunis and the western areas of
[00:16:30] Khan Yunis and Rafah Governorates. In addition
[00:16:33] to that, heavy machine gun
[00:16:36] fire was launched from the military sites
[00:16:39] in eastern Al-Maghazi and eastern Al-Nuseirat
[00:16:43] towards the eastern areas,
[00:16:47] areas that are far from
[00:16:50] the yellow line from accessing their lands and harvesting any
[00:16:54] crops they had managed to cultivate during
[00:16:57] the past months. In the northern part of the strip, also in the eastern
[00:17:00] areas of Jabalia, these
[00:17:03] cranes and heavy machine guns targeted citizens.
[00:17:07] These bullets reached the heart
[00:17:11] of the camps and very far
[00:17:14] areas from the yellow areas. Regarding
[00:17:18] Marwa, the humanitarian situation, with the reduction
[00:17:22] in the number of trucks, there are talks
[00:17:24] circulating that the pace of trucks
[00:17:28] entering may increase from 100 trucks
[00:17:32] daily to 600 trucks carrying
[00:17:35] humanitarian aid, food, and medical supplies.
[00:17:39] The occupation had imposed a reduction on these aids and
[00:17:43] commercial goods, which greatly raised their prices and costs,
[00:17:46] and also international organizations reduced the
[00:17:50] distribution of food parcels and humanitarian aid. Therefore, there
[00:17:55] the situation related to the news related
[00:17:58] to the 14-day truce that was called a truce
[00:18:02] to disarm, in addition to the hint of
[00:18:05] a peace plan lasting seven months,
[00:18:08] under which five stages will be implemented, starting with
[00:18:11] the entry of heavy equipment, increasing
[00:18:14] the number of trucks and humanitarian aid, to excluding
[00:18:17] trucks, facilitating the Rafah crossing, starting
[00:18:21] to remove rubble and collecting rubble, and stopping the policy
[00:18:24] of assassinations, the policy of bombing residential
[00:18:27] blocks, and then gradually withdrawing to where the
[00:18:30] occupation forces used to control in the past,
[00:18:43] Israeli website investigation revealed a shift in the ideas
[00:18:46] of the extremist right-wing Hilltop Youth into
[00:18:50] an official political program within the Israeli
[00:18:53] government to cancel the Oslo Accords and expand
[00:18:56] settlement in areas A
[00:18:59] and B. The Shomrim website for investigative
[00:19:03] journalism published an investigation titled "From Hilltop
[00:19:06] Youth to Government: The Religious-National Vision
[00:19:09] Becomes a Political Program," revealing that
[00:19:13] ideas that were until recently confined to the circles
[00:19:16] of the extremist right-wing Hilltop Youth, such as canceling
[00:19:19] the division between areas A, B, and C according to the Oslo
[00:19:23] Accords, and establishing settlements in areas
[00:19:26] under Palestinian control, have today become
[00:19:29] part of the political discourse within the Israeli government.
[00:19:32] The investigation indicated that what began as calls
[00:19:36] launched by a group of extremists to cancel the Oslo
[00:19:39] Accords gradually transformed into a policy
[00:19:45] members from the Israeli right, foremost among them Finance Minister
[00:19:49] Bezalel Smotrich, who demands imposing Israeli
[00:19:53] the West Bank and changing the existing reality on the
[00:19:56] ground. The investigation explained that the demand to transfer Area B
[00:20:00] to Area C, which means placing it under
[00:20:03] full Israeli control, comes within a broader campaign
[00:20:07] to effectively empty the Oslo Accords of their content.
[00:20:11] This campaign began among the Hilltop Youth before gradually
[00:20:14] moving into the Israeli government coalition.
[00:20:17] According to the investigation, settlement activists focused
[00:20:21] in recent years on establishing settlement outposts not
[00:20:25] only in Area C, which is under Israeli control, but also
[00:20:28] in Area B, which is under Palestinian civil responsibility,
[00:20:32] and sometimes in Area A, which is under
[00:20:35] full Palestinian control. While settlement outposts in
[00:20:39] Area C receive government
[00:20:43] from the Israeli army and police,
[00:20:45] the investigation explained that
[00:20:49] Region in the Israeli army, Avi Blot, a target of criticism
[00:20:52] from the Hilltop Youth because of evacuation operations and restriction
[00:20:56] orders issued against settlers involved in Jewish violence
[00:20:59] against Palestinians, despite his closeness
[00:21:02] to settler circles. Shomrim pointed out
[00:21:05] that calls for establishing settlements in areas under
[00:21:08] Palestinian control were until recently marginal
[00:21:12] positions within the settlement movement, but today they
[00:21:16] have become part of the prevailing political discourse among the Israeli right.
[00:21:20] The Otzma Yehudit party was among the first political
[00:21:23] entities to push for the cancellation of the Oslo
[00:21:26] Accords before a number of ministers and Knesset
[00:21:29] members adopted these positions. The Shomrim investigation
[00:21:33] concluded that ideas that were previously associated
[00:21:36] with marginal groups within the settlement movement, such as canceling
[00:21:39] the separation between areas A, B, and C, and establishing
[00:21:43] settlements in areas under Palestinian control,
[00:21:46] have today become part of a political program
[00:21:50] endorsed by ministers and prominent figures within the Israeli
[00:21:53] government. Dalin Karakra, Palestine
[00:21:56] TV.
[00:21:59] The children of the Mansour family miraculously escaped death after rocks fell
[00:22:03] from the expansion work being carried out by the occupation
[00:22:06] authorities in the settlement outpost that was recently
[00:22:09] established on the lands of citizens in the village of Kafr Qallil
[00:22:13] south of Nablus.
[00:22:15] The children of the Mansour family in Kafr Qallil village, south of Nablus, miraculously
[00:22:19] escaped certain death when huge rocks fell
[00:22:23] from the expansion work being carried out by the occupation forces inside the
[00:22:27] settlement outpost that was recently established. Fear
[00:22:30] grips the homeowners that other rocks might fall and
[00:22:34] destroy the house and kill those
[00:22:36] inside it. We were sleeping when
[00:22:40] suddenly the rocks fell on us. The house shook
[00:22:42] from their force. I got up to see what it was
[00:22:46] when the house shook. They called us, "Sedeedah's
[00:22:49] house." We went downstairs, and it kept falling because we were
[00:22:53] sleeping in the morning. If we were here,
[00:22:57] this would have hit us. If it weren't for the hit in the street, it would have absorbed
[00:23:00] the blow, pierced the roof,
[00:23:02] the house because look at it, it's
[00:23:06] full of concrete and iron, and it pierced the facade and pierced
[00:23:09] the facade. If it had come directly
[00:23:14] everyone in the house. Now the rocks are piled up. Many
[00:23:17] rocks. The settlers who come there
[00:23:21] because I used to stay in the land opposite them, they would
[00:23:24] look for a rock they could throw at us and
[00:23:28] throw it at us. This settlement outpost was
[00:23:31] established on the lands of the residents and is only hundreds
[00:23:34] of meters away from the homes of citizens in the village of Kafr Qallil
[00:23:38] south of Nablus, which suffers from the occupation and settler
[00:23:41] terrorism, in addition to the military training that
[00:23:45] takes place next to them. Rocks were
[00:23:49] removed and fell,
[00:23:52] meaning there was a path for them to fall on the homes and houses of citizens in the town
[00:23:55] of Kafr Qallil, almost killing families. All of Nablus Governorate
[00:23:59] is exposed to settlement, and every day there is settlement
[00:24:02] expansion on all that has been mentioned, and there is no
[00:24:05] longer any mountain that is targeted by
[00:24:08] the settlers. This is a very dangerous project.
[00:24:12] What the settlers are doing in terms of expansion
[00:24:15] and excavation in the settlement outposts and existing
[00:24:18] settlements indicates the accelerating pace of settlement
[00:24:22] in the lands of citizens in Nablus Governorate, which has been witnessing
[00:24:25] active settlement movement
[00:24:29] year. The effects of
[00:24:31] to Palestinian land alone, but extend to
[00:24:35] the lives of citizens, especially children, who
[00:24:38] have become targeted by the occupation
[00:24:42] and settlers. Muhammad Al-Khatib, Palestine TV,
[00:24:46] Nablus. And in Tulkarem, after nine
[00:24:50] and nineteen months of continuous Israeli aggression,
[00:24:53] the suffering of forcibly displaced people under the threat of
[00:24:57] arms from Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps, especially