The martyr is Ahmad Jamal Al-Durrah, brother of the late Mohammad Al-Durrah, whose murder by Israeli soldiers was an symbol of the second Intifada. According to his father, Jamal al-Durrah, Ahmad was killed in an Israeli raid on Bureij camp while returning from the palce of his mother-in-law who was killed the day before. [PHOTO](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1748410966071525496) Jamal Al-Durrah holds his son's face [Source](https://www.aljazeeramubasher.net/news/2024/1/19/بعد-24-عاما-شقيق-الطفل-محمد-الدرة-يلحق)

On January 11, Israeli settler escorted by soldiers attacked the village of Yatma, Nablus, attempting to set Palestinian homes on fire and hurling stones at houses and residents. A horde of armed settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Yatma town under military protection before local residents tried to fend them off. According to Ahmad Snobar, head of the Yatma village council, colonists attacked the Hawouz area to the north of the village, provoking confrontations with local residents who confronted the assailants. Israeli occupation forces intervened to provide protection for the colonists, deploying a heavy barrage of gunfire and tear gas against the villagers. Palestinian young man suffered a bullet injury in his leg when Israeli forces opened fire at him during clashes between settlers and local residents in the town. He rushed to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces intensified their security measures on the road connecting Jenin, Nablus and Tubas, where they intercepted cars and detained many passengers for security checks.

Around 2:30 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a car on Salah al-Din Street in Al-Satr area in Khan Younis. The target were another group of aid security personnel, who have been relentlessly targeted by Israel along with local police to sow chaos. Five people were killed. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Moatasem Raed Ramadan Abu Jarad (25 y/o) 2. Mahmoud Ayman Yousef Al-Majayda (26 y/o) 3. Mahmoud Basem Mahmoud Dawhan (37 y/o) 4. Fahd Imad Al-Din Ibrahim Abu Mustafa (26 y/o) 5. Unidentified (Sources: [1](https://x.com/F24online/status/1875341751797641355) [2](https://x.com/PalinfoAr/status/1875347444260835789) [3](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1875451223589187934))

Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Burqa near Nablus almost daily, especially after returning to the illegal Homesh outpost. The Homesh outpost, built on Burqa's land, was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s "disengagement plan." Recently, settlers built a religious school at Homesh after the Israeli army lifted a ban on returning to the site. **Settler Violence Escalation since 2023:** Attacks often involve settlers throwing stones, burning property, or damaging homes. Only major attacks, like destruction of a livestock barrack and cemetery damage, draw media attention. **Legal and International Reaction:** Despite multiple Israeli court rulings in favor of Burqa residents reclaiming their land, the army has denied them access. The US and EU criticized Israel’s decision to allow settlers back to Homesh, calling it harmful to peace efforts. **Broader Context:** Settler violence has surged in the West Bank, with incidents like the February 2023 attack on Hawara, where settlers torched homes, cars, and killed one Palestinian. Israeli policies, led by far-right ministers, have facilitated settlement expansion and targeted Palestinian communities. This incicents are escalated since October 7, 2023. The residents of Burqa continue to face daily violence and displacement as settlers expand their presence in the West Bank. Source : [1](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-attack-burqa-almost-daily-return)

"The 401st Brigade, the elite armored brigade that uses the latest "Merkava 4" tanks, has been directly involved in its attacks and aggression on the Gaza Strip, and has been part of the genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Strip. From the start of the ground invasion until Jabalia entered the current and ongoing aggression, the 401st Brigade has been heavily and fundamentally involved in heinous and bloody crimes, noting that the brigade commander, Ihsan Daqsa, fell into an ambush by the resistance in Jabalia. Under this tweet, I share some videos and begin to expose one of the most prominent propaganda of the Israeli occupation during this war: “evacuation leaflets.” In the clip below from Khan Yunis, we see that the evacuation leaflets were dropped on the targeted areas after the attacks were carried out, and not before them as is being promoted, which negates the claim that they aim to protect civilians or demand that they evacuate in advance. As a reminder, all the scenes were captured from a camera on the helmet of a soldier riding a tank, which means that there was no danger to the soldiers in all the previous scenes. Otherwise, the soldier would have been hiding inside the tank." researcher : @Tamerqdh

**On December 25**, Israeli forces rounded up dozens of Palestinians, including men, women, children, disabled people and even a baby in Gaza's Yarmouk Stadium. They were stripped to their underwear, blindfolded, and tied, with Israeli soldiers pointing guns at them. **Rafle campaign** According to Euro Med Human Rights Monitor, a large mass arrest campaign was launched by Israeli troops : civilians were arrested in Jabalia al-Balad and its camp, north of Gaza, and in the neighbourhoods east of Gaza City. *"Israeli forces frequently blow up doors and throw bombs during their raids of Palestinian homes and shelter centres. Israel’s soldiers then storm the buildings toshoot, execute, and kill everybody inside—either for no apparent reason, or for “crimes” as simple as two civilians speaking with each other. They later force any survivors out of the homes or shelters, forcing the men to strip completely naked while the women are searched and harassed"*. Israel’s random arrest campaign has targeted doctors, nurses, journalists, teachers, engineers, human rights defenders, workers in humanitarian organisations, and elderly people. **Yarmouk Statium used as a Dentention Camp** On December 26, 2023, harrowing footage emerged showing Israeli troops turning Yarmouk stadium into a makeshift internment camp. A soldier carrying a baby wrapped in a blanket could be seen at the end of the video. Armed soldiers and tanks encircled the field, soldiers posing in front of a group of detained women and children, and blindfolded men and women forced to kneel in front of a goal with the Israeli flag attached to the netting. Israeli forces further solidified its devastation by employing tanks and bulldozers to level the pitch. **Sexual harrassment** According to information received by Euro-Med Monitor, during the last days of December, the Israeli army has been detaining hundreds of Palestinians in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City. *"Among them are dozens of women who were taken to Yarmouk Stadium, where they had their veils removed and were searched by soldiers. Many of them also endured explicit abuse, beatings, and harassment".* Palestinian males, including children as young as 10 years old and elderly people over the age of 70, were forced to take off all of their clothes except their underwear and line up in a humiliating manner in front of the women detained in the same stadium. Israeli army detained a large numbers of females, including young girls, mothers with their children, and elderly women—one detained woman being over 80 years old—. All of whom are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment while in detention, including the forced removal of their veils. **Allegations of Field Executions :** The video, shared widely on social media, depicts what some have described as "executions." The UN and human rights groups accused Israeli forces of carrying out field executions in Gaza, targeting civilians forcibly removed from displacement centers. **Abduction in Israeli military trucks to Negev detention centers** Hadeel Youssef Issa Al-Dahdouh, a female detainee who was also released in 2024, was seen abducted and transported in an Israeli military truck alongside a group of naked men to the Israeli Detention Centers in Negev. **An enforced disappearance campaign** Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances can be defined by "the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorisation, support,or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge this deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which places such a person outside the protection of the law". Gaza Strip detainees are subject to all of these circumstances. They relatives ignore their fates : detained, killed or injured somewhere. In December, Israel’s military has detained over 3,000 people whose whereabouts are still unknown, and released no information on them. This constitutes the heart of Israel's dehumanization policy and genocide in Gaza. Forced disappearance is illegal and qualifies as a “crime against humanity” if carried out extensively or methodically, as is being done by Israeli army forces in the Gaza Strip. **On december 30, 2024,** Franceska Albanese claims on her X Account : "The case of the disappeared must be urgently investigated in the attempt to save lives. With the Israeli Supreme Court refusing to do so, other legal avenues must be explored."       Sources : [1](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-round-abuse-palestinians-gaza-stadium) [2](https://www.sportspolitika.news/p/gaza-football-stadiums-israel-war) [3](https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6060/Israel-required-by-law-to-reveal-the-fate-of-dozens-of-women-arrested-in-Gaza,-intl.-community-must-investigate-images-and-claims-of-torture,-harassment)

Late night airstrikes targeted energy production facilities in the Yemeni capital, killing nine people. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Abdullah Mukhlis 2. Abdo Ibrahim 3. Awad Sajma 4. Osama Hassan Deek 5. Issam Bakri 6. Yahya Alwan 7. Mohammad Omar Zaeem 8. Ali Arouki 9. Ali Mizjaji (Sources: [1](https://x.com/X__ay66/status/1869836746625822968)) Potraits of the martyrs: 

**On December 15**, Samer abu Daqqa, سامر أبو دقة, a 45 y/o camera operator for Al-Jazeera Arabic since 2004, was killed by a drone strike while covering the aftermath of nightly Israeli strikes on a United Nations school -Farahana School- sheltering displaced people in the center of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, according to Al-Jazeera and Reuters news agency. He was the father of 3 kids. His family lives in Belgium. He refused to leave Gaza despite the danger. He would say: *"I won’t leave, one day my family will return to Gaza too."* ## Circumstances His colleague, Al-Jazeera bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, whose wife and children were killed in an Israeli air raid on 25 October, was wounded in the arm and waist in the same strike as Abu Daqqa. But while Al-Dahdouh was able to be transported to the hospital, Abu Daqqa was unable to be moved for medical care and could not be reached for hours by first responders, according to Israel’s Foreign Press Association. He was trapped with other injured people in the school, which was surrounded by Israeli forces, and was unable to be evacuated for treatment. According Al Jazeera, *"Following Samer's injury, he was left to bleed to death for over five hours, as Israeli forces prevented ambulances and rescue workers from reaching him, denying the much-needed emergency treatment" .* ## [Reconstruction](https://yemenfuture.net/researches/23940) of his last day by the “Gaza Project,” by Forbidden Stories On December 15, 2023, Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abu Daqqa was killed in an Israeli drone strike while covering events in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. He was filming near Farhana School when the attack occurred, killing him and three others, including Civil Defense crew members. Despite being injured, Abu Daqqa tried to crawl to safety but was hit by a second missile. His camera was destroyed, and his body showed signs of multiple injuries. The team had been documenting the devastation in Gaza and had coordinated with the Israeli army for access to the area. ### Chronology and Key Facts: **December 15, 2023:** Morning: Samer Abu Daqqa (Al Jazeera journalist) and Wael al-Dahdouh (Al Jazeera bureau chief) arrive in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, to cover the destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes. They are accompanied by Civil Defense crews, including Nour Saqr and Hosni Nabhan. At 9:30 AM: Satellite images show a smoke cloud, likely from an explosion, about 700 meters from the location the journalists plan to cover. At 10:00 AM: The team reaches the Farhana Girls’ Secondary School, which has been empty due to the war. They film the surrounding destruction. After nearly two hours of filming, the journalists and Civil Defense crew head out to a new area. They are targeted by an Israeli drone strike near the Farhana School. The attack kills four people: Samer Abu Daqqa, Nour Saqr, Hosni Nabhan, and Rami Badir. Wael al-Dahdouh is injured but survives. Abu Daqqa is severely wounded, with injuries to his legs, eye, and right side. His camera is destroyed. Afternoon: Wael al-Dahdouh, despite his injuries, manages to walk to Civil Defense vehicles for help. He is rushed to Nasser Hospital while the rescue team attempts to retrieve Abu Daqqa’s body. Evening: Civil Defense crews are unable to return to retrieve Abu Daqqa’s body until five hours later, as they wait for Israeli military approval. When they finally find him, his body shows signs of multiple injuries, and his bulletproof vest marked "Press" is found several meters away from him. His body is discovered near the rubble of the Palestinian Production Bank, indicating he had crawled to safety before being hit by a second missile. ## Statements : The Israeli army pretends it approved a route for a Palestinian ambulance to access the scene but the medical van chose another route and was blocked. The FPA said the 45-year-old father of four, who had worked for Al Jazeera since 2004, was its first member to be killed in Gaza in the war. *“We consider this a grave blow to the already limited freedom of the press in Gaza and call on the army for a prompt investigation and explanation,”* Al Jazeera said it *“deems this incident a deliberate attempt to target its correspondents and their families in the besieged Gaza Strip”*. Al Jazeera managing editor Mohamed Moawad said: *“His unwavering commitment to truth and storytelling has left an indelible mark on our team. Samer, whose lens captured the raw and unfiltered reality of life in Gaza, was not just a skilled professional but a compassionate soul who understood the power of visual storytelling. His courage in the face of adversity allowed the world to witness the untold stories of a region grappling with complex challenges. In the pursuit of truth, our cameraman faced immense risks to bring viewers a deeper understanding of the human experience in Gaza. His lens became a window into the lives of those affected by conflict, shedding light on stories that needed to be told.”* **On December 17**, Al Jazeera claims preparing a legal file to send to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over what it called "the assassination" of one of its cameramen in Gaza. [According](https://www.lalibre.be/international/moyen-orient/2023/12/16/deces-dun-journaliste-dans-une-attaque-israelienne-a-gaza-sa-famille-en-belgique-souhaite-porter-plainte-aupres-de-la-cour-penale-internationale-LYXC6YZJ6REVHLQTEUXSPM7SW4/) to Belgian media VRT, Yazan, the son of Samer Abu Daqqa, who lives in Belgium gave an interview to the media, stating that he and his family wish to file a complaint against Israel with the International Criminal Court. ## Name of the martyrs : - Samer Abu Daqqa (Journalist) - Nour Saqr (Civile Defense Staff) - Hosni Nabhan (Civile Defense Staff) - Rami Badir (Civile Defense Staff) The journalist Wael al-Dahdouh is injured but survives. **Funerals :**  **Sources :** [1](https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalists-killed-israel-gaza-war/) [2](https://cpj.org/data/people/samer-abu-daqqa/) [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IetbaIcbyX0&ab_channel=NBCNews) [4](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/15/israel-hamas-war-live-us-shifts-tone-but-says-israel-support-steadfast) [5](https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/12/funeral-held-al-jazeera-journalist-killed-israel-strike) [6](https://realites.com.tn/fr/gaza-le-cameraman-dal-jazeera-samer-abu-daqqa-tombe-en-martyr/) [7](https://www.newarab.com/news/al-jazeera-refer-killing-cameraman-gaza-icc) [8](https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/al-jazeera-journalist-israel-gaza/) [9](https://yemenfuture.net/researches/23940)

Ayat Omar Khadoura, 27 years old, from Beit-lahia was a Palestinian freelance journalist and podcast presenter. She was killed on November 20, 2023 As a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted her home in Beit lahia in northern Gaza, along with four members of her family, according to the Beirut-based press freedom group SKeyes, the news website Arabi 21, and London-based Al-Ghad TV. Khadoura shared videos on social media about the situation in Gaza, including on November 6, where, in a haunting video posted shortly before her death, Khadoura expressed her fear for her life, narrating the terrifying situation in her area following the use of white phosphorous and thermobaric bombs. She called “my last message to the world” where she said, “We had big dreams but our dream now is to be killed in one piece so they know who we are.”"This could possibly be my last video," Khadoura said, in tears. "The situation is very frightening, and the whole thing is very terrifying. May our lord have mercy on us." Al-Hassanat, who had previously documented her experiences living under Israeli bombardment in a poignant article a year after the 2014 conflict escalation, was a dedicated journalist committed to conveying the truth of conflicts. Ayat Khadura was martyred along with her two sisters, two brothers, her grandfather, and her grandmother, according to what her sister "Ghadeer" announced. [](https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2024/10/4_journalists_gaza.pdf) [](https://cpj.org/data/people/ayat-khadoura/) [](https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/gaza-israeli-airstrikes-kill-palestinian-journalists-alaa-taher-al-hassanat-and-ayat-al-khadourg) [Her last messages](https://x.com/PalestineChron/status/1726878844051735007) [&](https://www.instagram.com/p/CzUMQvPr9jp/) [Her experience during this war](https://www.womenfpal.com/news/2015/7/6/%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8---%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b3%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%aa) [](https://x.com/SK_Eyes/status/1726693690146750959) [](https://arabi21.com/story/1553649/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B2%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF) [](https://arabi21.com/story/1553649/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B2%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF) [](https://www.alghad.tv/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84/)

**On November 17–18, 2023**, an attack by the Israeli army in Gaza's Sabra neighborhood led to the massacre of over 70 Palestinian civilians, primarily members of the Shaheibar family. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s report details this incident, revealing extensive civilian casualties and the destruction of residential infrastructure. The assault, part of a large-scale Israeli military operation, involved multiple airstrikes and a ground incursion targeting residential buildings without prior warning, leading to a severe humanitarian crisis and a communication blackout due to an ongoing siege. **Euro-Med Monitor documented the destruction, noting a complete lack of military targets in the area. The investigation involved several witness testimonies, video evidence, satellite imagery, and multiple site visits.** ## Chronology of the Shaheibar Family Massacre in Gaza - November 17–18, 2023 ### November 17, 2023 **4:10 a.m.** Israeli warplanes launched missiles at a five-story residential building owned by Maher Shaheibar on Shaheibar Street, Gaza City. The strikes hit the fifth and third floors, killing approximately 40 people, injuring 20 others, and leaving only a family on the ground floor unharmed. **4:40 a.m.** An Israeli drone targeted a second residential building owned by Muhyi Shaheibar, killing a child and critically injuring his mother on the top floor. **~5:00 a.m.** The Israeli army struck a third building, owned by Nahid Shaheibar, destroying the top floor and killing a woman, with 10 others injured. No warnings were given for any of these strikes. **6:00 a.m.** Family members and residents attempted to transport the wounded to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital but were **blocked by Israeli tanks encirclin**g the area. Due to lack of medical assistance, several injured civilians succumbed to their wounds. **6:30 - 7:00 a.m.** Israeli military vehicles entered Shaheibar Street and shelled a six-story building owned by Rafiq Shaheibar, killing a young girl, a woman, and injuring multiple women and children. **Tanks and bulldozers proceeded to crush bodies and vehicles along the street**. Many residents sheltered in nearby homes as the assault continued **5:00 p.m.** As residents anticipated a military withdrawal,**Israeli aircraft struck a three-story building owned by Said Ismail Shaheibar, where approximately 200 displaced people had sought refuge**. The attack killed four people, including three children and an elderly woman, while injuring at least 10 others. **Many died due to the inability to reach medical care.** ## November 18, 2023 **6:00 a.m.** Residents cautiously returned to Shaheibar Street to retrieve bodies and prepare for burials, assuming Israeli forces had withdrawn. **While they gathered outside, an Israeli drone fired two missiles, killing around 20 people**, including children, and injuring many others. **7:30 a.m.** After confirming the full withdrawal of Israeli forces, residents collected bodies from both days’ attacks, burying around 60 victims, including intact and fragmented remains, in the "al-Bariya" area, previously razed by Israeli military bulldozers. **At 4:10 a.m. on November 17**, missiles from Israeli aircraft struck a five-story building owned by Maher Shaheibar, killing approximately 40 people and injuring around 20 others. Survivors included a displaced family on the ground floor. Shortly after, an Israeli drone targeted a second building owned by Muhyi Shaheibar, resulting in the death of a child and severe injury to his mother. **A third nearby building, owned by Nahid Shaheibar, was struck soon after**, killing a woman and injuring ten others. -> **No warnings were issued before these strikes.** ## Israeli forces prevented rescue and targeted rescuers and funerals: Family members and neighbors attempted to rescue and retrieve bodies, laying around 15 bodies on the sidewalk. While trying to transport the wounded to the hospital, residents were blocked by Israeli tanks. Due to a lack of medical assistance, several injured individuals later died. When the residents attempted to bury the dead at 6:00 a.m., an Israeli drone struck the burial group, killing an additional 20 people, including children. *"The residents then waited for about an hour and a half, and after confirming that the Israeli forces had fully withdrawn south toward the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, they began collecting the bodies and remains of the victims from that day and the previous day, burying them in the "al-Bariya" area, where trees had once stood before being razed by the army. Despite the risks involved, the residents completed the burials, laying around 60 bodies to rest, including both intact bodies and body parts crushed by the Israeli military vehicles as they entered the street the previous day"* ## Impact of Siege and Communication Blackout: The attack coincided with a communications shutdown in Gaza, which hampered rescue efforts. Fuel shortages, due to Israel's blockade, rendered essential services unavailable, worsening civilian casualties. Mass Grave and Destruction Assessment: Following Israeli forces' temporary retreat, residents gathered bodies and buried around 60 victims. ## Conclusions and Legal Implications: Euro-Med Monitor concluded that the attacks violated international humanitarian laws, as they targeted civilians and lacked military necessity. The strikes breached principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution, which mandate the protection of civilians in conflict zones. The massacre is classified as a war crime under the Rome Statute, with elements of a crime against humanity due to the scale, systematic nature, and civilian targeting. ### Sources : [To read the entire investigation](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1856389144911421521.html) [Online investigation](https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6537/Shaheibar-family-massacre:-Euro-Med-Monitor-investigation-reveals-Israeli-army-killed-70-Palestinians-in-Gaza-street) [PDF report](https://euromedmonitor.org/uploads/reports/Shaheibar-massacre-ar.pdf)