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Al-Aqsa Flood or al-Aqsa Storm is the name of a surprising and complex military operation carried out by Hamas, (a Palestinian resistance group) in Gaza against Israeli Zionist Regime. It was launched in response to the Israeli occupation and decades of crimes, including the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, killings of civilians and children, assassinations, imprisonment, discrimination, humiliation, violations of Palestinian fundamental rights, blockades, and the continuation of Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Arab territories. The operation commenced on October 7, 2023, and resulted in a full-scale conflict between Hamas and Israel, with reports of thousands of civilian casualties in Gaza.
Throughout the years of occupation, the Palestinian people have experienced a significant and widespread violation of their fundamental rights. Many would argue that all of Gaza is effectively an open-air prison, with 2.2 million people blockaded by Israel in a tiny coastal enclave. Since 1967, when Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, it has arrested an estimated one million Palestinians, as the United Nations reported last summer.
One in every five Palestinians has been arrested and charged under the 1,600 military orders that control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation. That incarceration rate doubles for Palestinian men — two in every five have been arrested. Today, the number of Palestinians currently behind Israeli bars is 5,200, including women who are prosecuted in military courts.
Indeed, Palestinian children have consistently been among those who have been affected by imprisonment during the years of occupation. Since the outbreak of the second Intifada in 2000, more than 12,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces. The most common charge is throwing stones, which is punishable by a maximum punishment of 20 years.[1] The children are often subjected to physical and psychological torture, according to child rights groups......
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