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The martyr was named as Mohannad Shafik Halabi, a resident of Al-Bireh located adjacent to Ramallah.

“Mohammed Shafik Halabi, 19, is a member of Islamic Jihad,” a senior member of the Gaza-based resistance group told AFP on condition of anonymity, after the group issued a statement hailing the attack and saying it was in response to Israeli terrorist crimes against Palestinians.

Just days before the attack, Halabi posted on Facebook that “the third intifada has already begun.”

“We are at the start of a true intifada,” wrote Islamic Jihad in an announcement. “The situation is at the breaking point – this isn’t a storm in a teacup. Today (Prime Minister Binyamin) Netanyahu is reaping what he sowed. The Palestinian people have spoken – harming Al-Aqsa is a red line.”

Hamas welcomed the brave attack and called for additional operations. Hamas spokesperson Hussam Bardan called the attack an act of heroism, and said, “we support every attack of this type.”

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The PRCS’s spokeswoman Errab Foqaha said on Sunday that a total of 77 Palestinians had been wounded in the past day.

According to the data, 18 Palestinians were injured from live rounds and 59 from rubber bullets.

Another 139 Palestinians have also been treated for tear gas inhalation and six for injuries sustained in beatings by Israeli security forces or settlers.

State of emergency

On Sunday, the Red Crescent also declared a level-three state of emergency in the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem), which indicates that the given situation requires a significant response from a humanitarian system.

It also reported at least 14 attacks against its staff and vehicles by Israeli forces and settlers over the past 72 hours.

Earlier in the day, Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian youth identified as Fadi Samir Mustafa Alloun near the Damascus Gate of al-Aqsa Mosque compound after accusing him of attempting to stab an Israeli settler.

This is while a video showing the moments leading to Alloun’s death show him running toward an Israeli police patrol as a group of settlers are chasing him.

Following Alloun’s killing, tens of Israeli settlers stormed Palestinian homes and properties in the area, shouting anti-Arab and anti-Islam slogans. They also stormed Alloun’s home and reportedly abducted three of his family members.

A day earlier, Palestinian sources said two Israelis were killed and two others wounded in a clash between a Palestinian youth named as Mohannad Rafiq Halab and Israeli settlers in the occupied Old City of al-Quds.

In recent months, Tel Aviv has applied harsh restrictions on entries into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds since.

Figures show that, on average, 39 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces per week since the beginning of the year.

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Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa said during a press conference on Sunday that 96 Egyptian pilgrims are also still missing.

The Egyptian minister added that 17 others are also still receiving treatment after being injured in the crush in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on September 24.

Meanwhile, Indonesia has raised its death toll from the incident to 100 after confirming nine more deaths. Indonesian officials say 28 people remain missing and six others are currently receiving treatment in Saudi hospitals.

India has also reported that 58 of its nationals have been confirmed dead so far and 78 others remain missing.

This as the latest figures from Pakistan show that 57 people have died, 47 been injured, and 102 gone missing.

Credible inquiry urged

Meanwhile, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, requested a credible inquiry into the incident and to establish the exact number of pilgrims killed in the stampede.

“There should be no blame game. There should be an inquiry because lives of millions of people are at stake. I request, on the behalf of this House and as a concerned person who is associated with it, for a credible inquiry,” the chief Minister said in the state Assembly.

This comes on the same day that Iran, which has the highest number of deaths in the crush, held a funeral for victims after their bodies were sent back to their homeland. Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says 4,700 people, including 464 Iranians, also lost their lives in Mina.

The rise in the number of the deaths confirmed by different countries comes as Saudi Arabia has refused to update its initial death toll of 769.

The crush occurred after two large masses of Hajj pilgrims fused together in Mina.

Some two million people were participating in Hajj rituals when the incident took place.

Saudi Arabia has also failed to take responsibility for its role in the tragedy and has not yet apologized to the countries that lost nationals in the incident.

Riyadh has come under pressure by many who say mismanagement by Saudi authorities resulted in the high number of casualties.

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Ahlul Bayt News Agency – On March 10, 632 CE, in the tenth year of Hijra, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) received a revelation from God, ordering him to halt the pilgrims at a pond called Khum, a place near Mecca, and to designate Imam Ali (PBUH) as his successor in guiding and ruling Muslims.

Ten Shia Muslims were martyred by takfiri terrorists, in Pakistan, during the last month i.e. September 2105.