Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that dozens of Israeli settlers under the protection of police have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
Witnesses said they entered in separate groups and conducted mock tours through the mosque’s courtyards. The storming of the compound has become an almost daily occurrence even though entering any part of it is forbidden for Jews due to the sacred nature of the site, according to Jewish law.
Israeli settlers allowing only trucks without Gaza aid to pass Ashdod port
Footage shared on social media shows Israeli settlers inspecting trucks at Israel’s Ashdod port and only allowing those not carrying aid for Gaza to pass through.
Now in Ashdod port: Israeli settlers check trucks, only the ones that don’t carry aid to Gaza are allowed to pass pic.twitter.com/ScDPxR3JeX
— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_) February 1, 2024
Mass grave discovered in northern Gaza ‘clearly a war crime’
The discovery of a mass grave of Palestinian detainees who were handcuffed, blindfolded and thrown in the garbage at a school in northern Gaza is evidence that bolsters the ICJ’s ruling that there is a plausible risk Israel is committing genocide in the besieged strip, says Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu.
“This is precisely why Israel was taken to the ICJ,” the Ramallah-based attorney told Al Jazeera, adding that Israel has been committing war crimes against Palestinians since 1948 and nobody has ever held Israel to account. This incident, Buttu pressed, is clearly a war crime and the world should do something about it. She said this type of evidence needs to be preserved, but that can only happen under a ceasefire.
The Palestinian used as a human shield by Israel
Bahaa el-Din Abu Ras said he was used as a human shield to protect Israeli soldiers.
On January 15, the Israeli army stormed Dura, south of Hebron, using about 10 military vehicles, stopping in the town’s downtown commercial area, near Bahaa’s shop, and his ordeal began. Bahaa found himself marched into the street, where Palestinians were putting up the only resistance they had: throwing rocks at the heavily armed invading soldiers. The commanding officer sent Musaab and Mahmoud home and made Bahaa walk in front of him, saying, “You go in front of me, we’ll see if anyone dares to throw stones at us now.”
In the moments of terror, as bullets whizzed past his head and the sounds of shooting rang in his ears, he wondered if he would see his wife or his children again.
