Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

On Day 280 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres in Al-Shuja'iya and Tel Al-Hawa, 121 Palestinians Killed, with a Death Toll of  38,466

July 12, 2024 

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Editor's Note:

There was a lack of reporting about the death toll in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, for July 12, 2024. As a result, the following is an initial report, on the basis of the media published reports. 

On July 12, 2024, on the basis of the published reports by WAFA and PIC, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 2 major massacres, in Al-Shuja'iya and Tel Al-Hawa and two more in Rafa'h and Al-Nusayrat, in which 121 Palestinian civilians were killed. There was a lack of media reporting about the injured Palestinian civilians in these massacres, in the past 24 hours.

This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,466 and the injuries to more than 88,295, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By July 11, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 45,345+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (38,345), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 11, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 88,295.

By July 12, 2024, 573 Palestinians who were killed, 5,237 who were injured, and 9,585, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

By July 12, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 16,054+ children and 10,700 women (69.7% of the total). The death toll also included 500 doctors and medical staff, 158 journalists, and 75 civil defense workers. 

By July 12, 2024, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombarment destroyed more than 100 health hospitals and medical facilities,  609 mosques, 3 churches, more than 430,000 housing units, and the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

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Despite the Israeli genocidal bombardment, Palestinian student Anas Al-Qanou' was defended his doctoral dissertation from inside his destroyed house‎ in Gaza, July 12, 2024	From inside his destroyed house‎ in Gaza, Palestinian student Anas Al-Qanou' defended his doctoral dissertation, despite the Israeli genocidal bombardment, July 12, 2024
A Palestinian child sitting on the rubble of his home, as UN warned of the risks of the collapse of the health system and the lack of sustainable food in Gaza, July 12, 2024	The Israeli occupation apartheid regime closed the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in a new provocation and an attempt to  Judaize the Islamic sanctity, July 12, 2024
Grieving the death of family members who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment in Khan Younus, July 12, 2024.	Carrying the martyrs to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, following Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Central Gaza Strip, July 11, 2024.
Mass destruction resulting from the Israeli genocidal attack on Al-Sina'a neighborhood, western Gaza city, after the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces, on July 12, 2024.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on several houses in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, which resulted in several martyrs and injured civilians, on July 12, 2024.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.

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'Hamas urges international accountability for Israeli crimes in Gaza City

Friday 12-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has accused Israel of committing “heinous abuses” in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City.

“The atrocities revealed after the terrorist occupation army’s withdrawal from Tel Al-Hawa in southwest Gaza City, after days of incursion and intense bombing that targeted all aspects of life, are war crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing,” 'Hamas said in a statement issued on Friday evening.

'Hamas called on the UN and international community, including the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, to take immediate steps to end a “war of extermination” that Israel is waging against the Palestinians.

Earlier on Friday, the Palestinian civil defense revealed that at least 60 bodies have now been found in Gaza City’s Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood.

“We’ve been reporting all day on the discovery of bodies in Gaza City, after Israeli forces withdrew from some of its areas this morning. The previous number we had from the civil defense was 50,” spokesperson for the civil defense Mahmoud Basal said.

“The Gaza civil defense teams moved in to rescue survivors. They found dozens killed. Most of those killed are families, women, and children. Some bodies were eaten by dogs,” Basal said.

“At least 60 bodies were counted. Some bodies were buried on the spot. Others were taken to nearby hospitals. Many bodies are still under the rubble. The Israeli forces are stationed nearby, and the rescue efforts are interrupted regularly,” he added.

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UNRWA: Gaza on the verge of losing an entire generation of children

RAMALLAH, Friday, July 12, 2024 (WAFA) -

 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said the Gaza Strip is on the verge of losing an entire generation of children due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Strip since October 7, 2023.

Director of Communications at UNRWA, Juliette Touma, explained in a post on X that more than 600,000 children in Gaza have not been able to go to school since the Israeli war began in October.

She pointed to the closure of a large number of schools and the transformation of UNRWA schools into shelters for internally displaced people.

"This means that if this war continues, we will face the risk of losing an entire generation of children."

The relief agency’s Director of Communications called for a ceasefire for the sake of children in Gaza.

T.R.

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The World Food Program: Children’s lives threatened by collapse of public health and malnutrition

Friday 12-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The World Food Program (WFP) said that “the collapse of the public health system and the lack of sustainable means for nutritious food leave countless children in Gaza at risk.”

In a post on its official X account, WFP pointed to a case of a Palestinian woman, identified as Shaymaa, who tragically lost her son to malnutrition, saying it was a completely preventable condition.

It’s time for an immediate ceasefire, the WFP concluded. 

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'Hamas: Mediators have not provided us with any updates regarding ceasefire negotiations

Thursday 11-July-2024

'Hamas said on Thursday that mediators have not yet provided the Movement with any updates regarding Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

'Hamas said in a brief statement, “The Israeli occupation regime continues its policy of stalling to buy time to thwart this round of negotiations, as it has done in previous rounds.”

Since rumors spread about the return to indirect ceasefire negotiations, the Israeli occupation army has escalated its aggression and barbaric shelling on the Gaza Strip.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that the ongoing Israeli crimes are mainly aimed at using civilians as a tool of pressure and extortion to exterminate the Palestinians in light of the international silence towards the ongoing Israeli crime of genocide in the Strip.

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Islamic Jihad condemns the Israeli closure of the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque, which is an attempt to  Judaize the Islamic sanctity 

Friday 12-July-2024

Al-KHALIL, (PIC)

The Islamic Jihad Movement condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOFs) offensive on the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), south of the West Bank, dubbing it a “crime against the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Islamic sanctities.”

The Movement said in a statement on Thursday evening, “The crime committed by the IOFs today comes in the context of the Israeli plans to Judaize the Ibrahimi Mosque along with other holy sites, to enforce a state of spatial and temporal division between Palestinians and Israelis, and destabilize the existing historical, legal, and religious de facto situation at the Ibrahimi Mosque in order to change its Islamic identity.”

The statement stressed that “what happened today is a blatant violation of the dignity of Muslims, which requires Arab and Muslim countries and governments as well as human rights institutions to fulfill their responsibilities,” stressing “the need for mobilizing all forces in order to put an end to this Zionist aggression against our sanctities.”

“Our Palestinian people will not remain silent in the face of these attacks and will confront them with all their might in defense of their land, sanctities, and the dignity of all Muslims,” the Islamic Jihad added.

For his part, the Grand Mufti of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and the Palestinian territories, and the preacher of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mu'hammed 'Husain said on Thursday that the Israeli closure of the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque is “an attempt to Judaize the place, change its Islamic identity, structure and external appearance.”

He underscored that this attack “constitutes a serious violation of the holy place and the freedom of worship in it and a provocation to the feelings of Muslims. It also portends a dangerous escalation against Palestinian sanctities.”

The director of Al-Khaleel Endowments, Ghassan Al-Rajabi, said in a press statement, “The Israeli occupation forces are taking advantage of the ongoing war on Gaza, in an attempt to change the Islamic features of the Ibrahimi Mosque,” calling it “a blatant attack against the sanctity and status quo of the Mosque.”

The Ibrahimi Mosque is located in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Old City which is under full control of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, and includes the tombs of the Muslim Prophets Ibraheem, Is'haq, and Ya'coob (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), peace be upon them all. 

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UNRWA: UNRWA staff tortured in Israeli jails

Friday 12-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that its staff who were detained by Israeli forces were subjected to “ill-treatment and torture.”

This came in a press conference held by the Agency’s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, during a pledging conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Today, UNRWA is staggering under the weight of relentless attack, Lazzarini said.

“In Gaza, it has paid a terrible price, 195 of our colleagues were killed and nearly 190 installations were damaged or destroyed, killing over 500 people seeking United Nations protection.”

It comes at a critical time as UNRWA undergoes unprecedented attacks and systematic attempts to dismantle it, he added.

“It is a tribute to our staff working across the region, including on the humanitarian front lines in Gaza.”

“We are committed to continuing to deliver assistance and basic services, including education to Palestinian boys and girls.”

Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, also spoke at the UNWRA pledging conference at the UN headquarters in New York.

Guterres appealed to everyone to protect UNRWA and its employees, saying that “there is no alternative to it.”

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‎Palestinian student Anas Al-Qanou' successfully defends his doctoral dissertation from his destroyed home, in northern Gaza‎

‎Gaza 12-7-2024 Wafa -

In defiance to the continuous Israeli genocidal bombardment for more than 9 months on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian student Anas Al-Qanou was able to defend his doctoral dissertation successfully, from inside his destroyed house‎‎, in Jabalya, northern Gaza Strip.‎

‎In front of his computer, Al-Qanou', who lives in the Beer Al-Na'ja area, west of the Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, sat in one of the rooms he had reclaimed from his home to discuss and defend his Ph.D. dissertation, titled "Manufacturing silver nanowires and using them in the manufacture of ultraviolet sensors."‎

‎In Malaysia, his professors from the University of Science Malaysia‎‎ (USM) ‎‎were discussing him, as the university gave him the opportunity to discuss remotely due to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip‎‎.‎

‎Al-Qanou' is not the only one who discussed his doctoral thesis, as many students discussed their research and dissertations from the Gaza Strip in‎‎ ‎‎wartime.‎

‎Al-Azhar University – Gaza announced through posts on its Facebook page the discussion of many master's theses for students via "Zoom‎‎"‎‎ technology‎‎.‎

‎Al-Qanou' received his master's degree from the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip in recent years, where he joined to work as a teacher and support his family before traveling outside the Gaza Strip to Malaysia to study for a doctorate‎‎.‎

‎However, the living conditions and lack of funds for his family, as he is the sole breadwinner, sent him back to the Gaza Strip to return as a teacher at the Islamic University to collect money and then return to complete his doctoral career‎‎.‎

‎But on his last visit to the Gaza Strip on June June‎‎, ‎‎ 2023, the unexpected happened as the Israeli war broke out on the Gaza Strip and he was unable to leave the Strip‎‎.‎

‎Several months after the war, Al-Qanou' did not break and did not care about the difficult living conditions, as he continued to write his thesis until he finished it, discussed it and obtained a doctorate, despite the scarcity of the Internet and electricity‎‎.‎

‎As a result of the Israeli aggression and blockade, the people of Gaza, especially the Gaza and northern governorates, are on the brink of famine, in light of the severe scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies, with the displacement of about two million Gazans.‎

‎Al-Qanou' was displaced from his home more than once during the Israeli occupation forces' invasion of Jabalya camp, like other citizens who suffered the horrors of war‎‎.‎

‎On July July 3‎‎, ‎‎ the UN's chief humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, said there were 1.9 million displaced people across the territory, which has been witnessing a devastating Israeli war for nearly 9 months‎‎.‎

‎"The war has not only created a humanitarian crisis, but has also unleashed a spiral of human misery, with the public health system collapsing and schools destroyed, threatening to disrupt the education system for generations to come," Kaag said in a briefing to the UN Security Council meeting.‎

‎"There are 1.9 million displaced people across the Strip."‎

‎"In 2021, I traveled to Malaysia and enrolled at the University of Science Malaysia‎‎ (USM) ‎‎to obtain a PhD in the manufacture of silver nanowires and their use in the manufacture of ultraviolet sensors as well as electric convectors that operate on low constant voltage," Al-Qanou‎‎ told Anadolu Agency.‎

‎He added: "I returned to the Gaza Strip before the Israeli war to work and save some money for my family, in light of the difficult conditions that the people of the Strip suffer from as there is no breadwinner for them‎‎."‎

‎"During my stay in Gaza, war broke out and I stayed in the northern Gaza Strip, where I suffered, like any Palestinian, from the conditions and tragedies of war, and my house was bombed and destroyed."‎

‎"During the war, I stopped writing my doctoral thesis for a while, and then returned to complete it due to the long duration of the war‎‎," he said.‎

‎He explained that at first he faced compelling circumstances such as internet and power outages, but he overcame them and was able to write his letter‎‎.‎

‎"On‎‎ ‎‎March March, I was able to have an uncalculated initial discussion with which I qualified for the final discussion, and on the tenth of this month, my final discussion took place online," he said.‎

‎"At the time, I was afraid that the internet would go out or the battery I'm working on would run out of charge and it was charged via solar energy, as the discussion lasted about five hours in a row‎‎," he said.‎

‎Despite the suffering and horror of the war, the doctorate was discussed and the committee at the University of Malaysia decided to award him the degree after a great effort, according to Al-Qanou'‎‎.‎

‎Since the war began on 7 October October 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has completely destroyed 6 universities in the Gaza Strip, killed three university presidents and more than 95 university deans and professors, 88,000 students were forced to drop out of their university education, and 555 students who received international scholarships were unable to travel abroad.‎

‎The war has left more than 126,000 dead and wounded, mostly children and women, and more than 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that has killed dozens of children‎‎.‎

‎Israel continues its war, ignoring UN Security Council resolutions to cease it immediately and orders from the International Court of Justice to take measures to prevent genocide and improve the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza‎‎.‎

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Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

Editor's Note:

There was a lack of reporting about the death toll in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, for July 12, 2024. As a result, the following is an initial report, on the basis of the media published reports. 

On July 12, 2024, on the basis of the published reports by WAFA and PIC, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 2 major massacres, in Al-Shuja'iya and Tel Al-Hawa and two more in Rafa'h and Al-Nusayrat, in which 121 Palestinian civilians were killed. There was a lack of media reporting about the injured Palestinian civilians in these massacres, in the past 24 hours.

This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,345 and the injuries to more than 88,295, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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On July 11, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in 2 massacres, in which 50 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 54 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,345 and the injuries to 88,295, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.    

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip enters Day 280

Friday 12-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 280 on Friday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians, especially in northern Gaza.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours.

The Israeli occupation forces have continued their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafa'h, since May 7, while storming the Gaza City amid air and artillery bombardment.

The Israeli occupation forces opened their machine gunfire in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, amid artillery shelling in the vicinity of the fishermen’s port.

The Gaza Civil Defense spokesman said that their crews transported a number of casualties from Tel Al-Hawa and the Industrial Area after the Israeli forces’ withdrawal.

The Civil Defense also warned of the serious danger of the Israeli remnants that have failed to explode.

Local sources affirmed that the Israeli occupation army withdrew from the Industrial Area, saying that a number of martyrs are still lying in the streets and under the rubble, in addition to the UNRWA industrial headquarters.

Israeli helicopters opened fire on citizens’ homes west of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians were killed, and many others were injured, mostly children, in an Israeli attack on the Abu Mustafa family house in the vicinity of Al-'Awda, northeast of Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip.

Two Palestinians were also injured in a helicopter raid in the Geezan Abu Rashwan area, south of Khan Younus.

The Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City.

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Israeli genocidal airstrikes kill three civilians, including baby, in Gaza

GAZA, Friday, July 12, 2024 (WAFA) -

Early this morning, at least three civilians were killed following an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the central Gaza Strip. 

Local sources reported that among the deceased was an infant, after Israeli aircraft targeted a home in the northern area of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Sources further stated that several injured individuals, including a critically wounded young girl, were rushed to Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp as a result of the attack.

By July 11, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October last year has so far resulted in 38,345 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 88,295 others injured. 

Thousands more are feared trapped under the rubble and in streets, inaccessible to rescue and ambulance crews.

M.N.

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Civil Defense in Gaza recovers 60 bodies of martyrs in Al-Shuja'iya

Thursday 11-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Civil Defense in Gaza said on Thursday that its crews have recovered more than 60 bodies of martyrs in Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza City, after a two-week-long Israeli ground invasion ended on Wednesday.

In a statement, the Civil Defense confirmed that dozens of martyrs are still under the rubble in Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood.

“We have not managed to reach them yet because of the ongoing Israeli raids that are still targeting the neighborhood”, the Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal explained.

He stressed that Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood has become an unlivable disaster area after the Israeli occupation army destroyed more than 85% of its buildings.

The Civil Defense indicated that its crews are denied entry into Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood to recover the martyrs and trapped people under the rubble due to Israeli relentless airstrikes and ground operations.

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Gaza: Civil defense teams recover over 56 bodies following Israeli withdrawal from Tel Al-Hawa

GAZA, Friday, July 12, 2024 (WAFA) –

On the 280th day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, rescue and civil defense teams recovered the bodies of approximately 60 Palestinians from Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, tragically killed during the recent Israeli military offensive in the area.

Israeli forces pulled out yesterday from Tel Al-Hawa and the western area of Gaza City after a week-long incursion, allowing emergency responders access to the region early this morning.

Medical sources at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City reported that 56 bodies were retrieved from Tel Al-Hawa and the Industrial Zone in the city by 10 am local time. Additionally, emergency teams extracted five bodies from inside the Patient's Friends Hospital in western Gaza City.

Eyewitnesses conveyed harrowing scenes of dozens of bodies strewn across the ground and buried under the rubble of destroyed homes in Tel al-Hawa and the Industrial Zone. The extensive damage to infrastructure was exacerbated by Israeli forces setting fire to several houses before their retreat.

In Rafa'h, southern Gaza, two civilians were reported killed in an Israeli drone strike on the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood.

Furthermore, a number of individuals sustained injuries in intense airstrikes and artillery bombardment by Israeli forces targeting the northern part of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, necessitating their transfer to the Al-'Awda Hospital.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October last year has so far resulted in 38,345 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 88,295 others injured. 

The toll on civilians continues to mount as the Israeli aggression shows no signs of abating, with the humanitarian situation in Gaza growing increasingly dire.

M.N.

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Footage shows IOFs executing women and elderly people in Gaza

Friday 12-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A recently published footage shows Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) deliberately executing Palestinian civilians right in their homes in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.

According to local testimonies, the IOFs executed in cold blood elderly women from Al-Ghalayeeni family, and killed an elderly man after shooting him directly, according to Al-Jazeera.

The IOFs also set fire to a number of residential buildings in the suburb and the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Fire is still burning in some of them.

According to Al-Jazeera TV correspondent, Isma'eel Al-Ghoul, the IOFs withdrew from the industry area in Tel Al-Hawa, after a devastating one week of ground invasion.

Meanwhile, Israeli snipers were taking control of rooftops in some neighborhoods, as the displaced were struggling to check on their homes and property.

For his part, the spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, said that the number of martyrs in Tel Al-Hawa area and the industry street reached nearly 60 martyrs after the withdrawal of the IOF.

The Civil Defense in Gaza said that dozens of martyrs’ bodies are still scattered on the roads and inside houses as entire families were martyred on the industry street after the withdrawal of the IOFs. 

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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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IOFs shoot, kill Palestinian man in West Bank

Friday 12-July-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A young man was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Abwein town, northwest of Ramallah, in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health declared on Friday evening.

The Ministry identified the martyr as Ali Muwaffaq Mousa Muza'him, 26, saying that he suffered from serious gunshot injuries in the head.

The town witnessed violent confrontations after IOF patrols stormed the area amid heavy live fire.

During the raid, the IOFs opened fire at a group of people near their homes, and shot Muza'him directly in the head.

Hundreds of citizens marched in Muza'him’s funeral amid calls for revenge.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap two brothers in Bait Ummar

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Friday, July 12, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces conducted a raid this morning in the town of Bait Ummar, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), resulting in the kidnapping of two brothers, according to local sources.

Local media activist Mu'hammed 'Awwad reported that the Israeli forces stormed the town with dozens of military vehicles and soldiers. They arrested lawyer Tha-ir Abu 'Ayyash, 35, and his brother, Ma'hmoud, 36, after raiding their home, destroying its belongings, and confining family members to a single room.

The detainees were subsequently transferred to the Etzion military camp north of the town.

M.N.

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Clashes erupt in IOFs West Bank raids

Friday 12-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Clashes broke out after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed several areas in the West Bank at dawn Friday.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs stormed the Shuwaika suburb and arrested a young man from his family house.

A second young man was rounded up after IOFs raided his family house in Dthanaba suburb, east of the city.

In al-Khalil, clashes erupted in the Krissa area in Dura town, after being stormed by IOFs troops.

Similar raids were reported in Bait Ummar, Bait Soureef, and Yatta towns. At least one young man was detained during the raids, while in Nablus, the IOFs stormed Burqa and Sebastia towns and raided several local homes.

Meanwhile, at least ten homes were stormed and searched in Marda village, north of Salfeet. A number of people were also detained.

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Palestinian forced to demolish his own home, in Bait 'Haneena, north of Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem), Sunday, December 3, 2023 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian resident of the town of Bait 'Haneena, north of Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem), was forced today to demolish his own home, after receiving a demolition order from the Israeli occupation apartheid regime so-called municipality of Jerusalem.

Local sources said that resident Waleed Sadiq was forced today to self-demolish his 100-square-meter home or else the Israeli municipality will demolish it and obligate him to pay the exorbitant costs.

Under the pretext of building without a permit, which is rarely granted to Palestinians in the occupied city, the Israeli municipality has been demolishing or forcing Palestinians to demolish their own houses as part of a policy aimed at restricting Palestinian expansion and growth in occupied Jerusalem.

Palestinians in East Jerusalem find themselves compelled to tear down their homes after receiving a demolition order to avoid paying exorbitant costs to the Israeli municipality if it carries out the demolition.

Palestinians say they are forced to build without permits because the Israeli municipality discriminates against them and refuses to issue permits or places unreasonable conditions that they cannot afford to issue a permit.

At the same time, thousands of housing units are built for the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers in the city on appropriated Palestinian lands and are made easily accessible to them.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces close main entrance connecting 'Husan village in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) with neighboring towns

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Friday, July 12. 2024 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces closed the eastern entrance to the village of 'Husan west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), in the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local official.

The director of 'Husan village council, Rami Hamamra, told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces closed the eastern entrance, specifically the Matina area, and prevented the movement of citizens. This entrance is considered the main entrance connecting the said village with the towns of Na'haleen and Batteer and Wadi Fukeen area.

The Israeli occupation forces also forced the owners of shops in the Mateena area to close.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers burn bulldozer, block roads north of Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, July 11, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire this evening to a bulldozer near the village of Bazarya, located northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

WAFA correspondent reported that the illegal Israeli settlers ignited the bulldozer at the entrance to Bazarya and pelted civilian vehicles with stones, resulting in damage to several vehicles. They also blocked the adjacent Jineen-Nablus Road.

Israeli occupation forces deployed heavily in the area and set up military checkpoints that restricted civilian movement.

M.N

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