Over 50,000 Palestinian casualties since September 2000 In

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Over 50,000 Palestinian casualties since September 2000
Written by Maan News
Monday, 24 July 2006

A recent report issued by the Palestinian National Information Center said
that four thousand, four hundred and sixty-four Palestinians have been
killed by the Israeli forces since the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada on 28
September 2000 up until 30 June 2006. Forty seven thousand, four hundred and
forty Palestinians were injured, including eight thousand,four hundred and
thirty-five who were treated as outpatients.

Eight hundred and twenty seven children younger than eighteen were killed
during this period. Israel killed four hundred and fifty-five Palestinians
in its implementation of its assassination policy.

The report said that two hundred and eighty-nine women were killed by
Israeli forces. Israeli military barriers were responsible for the deaths of
one hundred and forty-two people, including women, children and the elderly
who were deprived of treatment for serious illnesses such as cancer, heart
and kidney diseases. In addition, Israeli settlers attacked and killed
sixty-five Palestinians.

Thirty-six medical crew and civil defence personnel were killed, nine media
workers were killed, and two hundred and twenty participants in sports
movements were killed.

The report says that Israel is holding nine thousand and eight hundred
Palestinians prisoner. Five hundred and fifty-three of these were imprisoned
before the Al Aqsa Intifada began. These prisoners are being held in more
than thirty Israeli prisons and detention centers. One thousand of these
prisoners suffer from chronic diseases.

The report noted that Israel is also detaining school and university
students, with a total of one thousand, five hundred and ninety-nine
students detained in Israeli prisons. Four hundred and fifty of these are
children under the age of eighteen, six of these are female students and the
other four hundred and forty-four are male.

Six hundred and forty-five public buildings and other property was damaged
during this period. Seven thousand, six hundred and twenty- eight houses
were completely damaged, including four thousand, seven hundred and
eighty-five houses in the Gaza Strip alone. Seventy-one thousand, four
hundred and seventy houses were partially damaged.

Twelve schools and universities were closed by the military order of the
Israeli forces. Israeli aggression disrupted classes in one thousand, one
hundred and twenty-five schools and educational organizations, while three
hundred and fifty-nine schools, universities and educational offices were
bombarded. Forty-three schools were taken over by the Israeli forces and
used as Israeli military barracks.

Eight hundred and forty-five students in schools and colleges were killed by
Israeli forces, who also injured another four thousand, seven hundred and
eighty students and teachers.

There were one thousand, one hundred and forty-seven cases of assaults
against journalists during this period. The Israeli forces also set up four
thousand, seven hundred and forty-five military barriers and new military
posts between 1 October 2001 and 30 June 2006, while the Israeli forces
shelled residential neighborhoods thirty-six thousand and eight times during
the same period.

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The type of Jihaad in Palestine

Question: What is the Islaamic Sharee'ah perspective of the current jihaad
of the Palestinians; Is it jihaad in the Path of Allaah, or jihaad for the
sake of land and freedom? And is jihaad for the sake of land (and freedom)
considered as jihaad in the Path of Allaah?

Response: It has been confirmed to us by trustworthy and reliable witnesses
that the Palestinian intifaadhah (uprising) and those who have stood forth
in this are from the most dedicated Muslims there, and that their jihaad is
(an) Islaamic (one). This is because they are oppressed by the Jews, and
that which is obligatory upon them is to protect their religion and
themselves and their families and children and to drive out their enemy from
their land with all they are able to of strength.

And these trustworthy and reliable (witnesses) who joined (the Palestinians)
in their jihaad and assisted them in that have informed us of their (the
Palestinians') Islaamic enthusiasm and their abidance to applying the
Islaamic Sharee'ah amongst them. So that which is obligatory upon the
Islaamic countries and the rest of the Muslims is to assist and support them
so they can be free of their enemy, so as to return to their land, in
accordance with the saying of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala):

{O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you,
and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allaah is with those who
are pious}, [Soorah at-Towbah, Aayah 123]

And His (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) saying:

{March forth, whether you are light (being healthy, young and wealthy) or
heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive hard with your wealth and your lives
in the Path of Allaah. This is better for you, if you but knew}, [Soorah
at-Towbah, Aayah 41]

And His (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) saying:

{O You who believe! Shall I guide you to a commerce that will save you from
a painful torment}
{That you believe in Allaah and His Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu `alayhe
wa sallam), and that you strive hard and fight in the Path of Allaah with
your wealth and your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know!}
{(If you do so) He will forgive you your sins, and admit you into Gardens
under which rivers flow, and pleasant dwelling in Gardens of 'Adn - Eternity
['Adn (Eden) Paradise], that is indeed the great success}
{And also (He will give you) another (blessing) which you love, help from
Allaah (against your enemies) and a near victory. And give glad tidings (O
Muhammad sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) to the believers}, [Soorah as-Saff,
Aayaat 10-13]

And the verses with this meaning are many.

And it is authenticated from the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) that he said:

((Make jihaad against the mushrikoon with your wealth, your selves and your
tongues (speech)))

And because they are oppressed, then it is upon their Muslim brethren to aid
them against those who oppress them, as the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) said:

((A Muslim is the brother of a(nother) Muslim; he does not oppress him and
nor does he hand him over (to the enemy))), its athenticity is agreed upon
by both al-Bukhaaree and Muslim.

And his (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) saying:

((Assist your (Muslim) brother if he is the oppresser or the oppressed)), it
was asked:

"O Messenger of Allaah: (we understand about) assisting him when he is
oppressed, so how do we assist him when he is the oppresser?" He
(sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) said:

((Restrain him from oppressing (anyone), for that is asssiting your (Muslim)
brother)).

And the ahaadeeth regarding the obligation of jihaad in the Path of Allaah
and assisting the oppressed and deterring the oppresser are very many.

So we ask Allaah to grant our mujaahideen brethren victory in the Path of
Allaah over their enemies in Palestine and elsewhere, and to unite them upon
the truth and to grant all the Muslims the ability to assist them and to
stand firm against their enemies and to forsake the enemies of Islaam
wherever they may be and to descend upon the evil-doing and criminal
people/nation (much) suffering, (that) which does not cease, indeed He is
the All-Hearing.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah - Volume 4, Page 295
Majallah ad-Da'wah published 09/08/1409 A.H.

PLEASE NOTE: Terrorism is haraam in Islaam, and this fatwa does not in any
way or form imply it's permissibility or acceptance. Rather, it provides a
qualified Islaamic legal ruling to oppose those who have caused oppression
by occupying Palestinian land.