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 283 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 80 Palestinians Killed, 216 Injured, with a Death Toll of  38,664 and 89,097 Injuries

July 15, 2024 

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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 15, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 45,664+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (38,664), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 15, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 89,097.

By July 15, 2024, 573 Palestinians who were killed, 5,243 who were injured, and 9,670, 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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15 Palestinian civilians killed, dozens injured, in a new Israeli genocidal attack on Abu 'Oraiban UNRWA school, in Al-Nusayrat, July 14, 2024	Former ICC Prosecutor, Luis Ocampo, says the July 13, 2024 Israeli massacre of displaced Palestinians in Al-Mawasi is a clear war crime, July 15, 2024
A Palestinian mother grieving the death of her little child in Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, July 15, 2024	At least 320 killed or wounded Palestinians have been brought to hospitals across the enclave in a particularly bloody 48 hours, July 15, 2024
The headquarters of the UNRWA, in Gaza City has been flattened and turned into a battlefield, as a result of the Israeli genocidal air strikes, July 15, 2024	The UN estimates that it would take 15 years to remove 40 million tons of the rubble in the Gaza Strip, if a fleet of 100 trucks was used, July 15, 2024
Site of an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian house in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, July 15, 2024.	Bringing Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, July 15, 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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Euro-Med: Israel’s ongoing bloody attacks in Gaza highlight international failure

Monday 15-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Monitor for Human Rights affirmed that the international community has failed to stop the ongoing genocide for the tenth consecutive month in the Gaza Strip.

The human rights Monitor said in a press statement on Sunday that the repeated direct and bloody Israeli attacks and the bombing of United Nations facilities one after the other, killing and injuring hundreds of civilians at once, is a glaring expression of this international failure.

It stressed that the UN Security Council and the General Assembly must act urgently to compel Israel to stop its systematic and widespread military attacks against the forced displacement centers in the Gaza Strip.

The Euro-Med Monitor added, “Israel is systematically and repeatedly violating the principles of distinction, proportionality and necessity, and does not consider the lives of civilians at all.”

It called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the implications of the systematic crimes against civilians in Gaza, including the forcibly displaced, and to support efforts to hold those responsible for committing them accountable.

It concluded, “We urge the International Criminal Court to expedite the issuance of arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant, and to expand the circle of investigation into individual criminal responsibility for the crimes committed in the Gaza Strip to include all those responsible.” It called for the issuance of arrest warrants against those responsible for these crimes and to recognize and deal with them (the crimes committed by Israel) as a blatant crime of genocide.

The Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre against the displaced and civilian citizens in the Al-Nusayrat camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday evening, which is the third in less than 24 hours.

Palestinian medical sources said that 13 martyrs were killed and 71 were injured in an Israeli bombardment of the Abu 'Araiban school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA, which shelters thousands of displaced persons in Al-Nusayrat.

The genocide war on the Gaza Strip continues for the 282nd consecutive day, amid the ongoing massacres targeting citizens and the displaced in various parts of the Gaza Strip, coinciding with a total blockade and a starvation policy that is ravaging the Palestinian citizens, particularly in the northern areas of the Strip. 

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'Hamas: Israel continues to escalate massacres against defenseless civilians

Monday 15-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said in a statement that “the criminal Zionist occupation army continues to escalate its massacres against defenseless civilians displaced in shelter centers.”

“The latest being the barbaric bombing of UNRWA’s Abu 'Oraiban School this afternoon in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp; resulting in a death toll of about 15 martyrs and dozens of wounded,” it said on Sunday evening.

“This is an extension of the ongoing war of extermination against our defenseless civilians and the targeting of women and children, which is a blatant Zionist challenge to the international community, and a disregard for the UN demands that stressed the necessity of stopping the aggression against our people,” it stated.

“The attempts of terrorist Netanyahu and his Nazi-like government to subjugate our people through this level of unprecedented crime will fail,” Hamas concluded.

Earlier on Sunday, at least 15 Palestinians were massacred in a fresh Israeli attack on an UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced families in the Gaza Strip.

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Former ICC Prosecutor, Luis Ocampo says Al-Mawasi massacre is a “clear war crime”

Monday 15-July-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

Luis Ocampo, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has called for launching an urgent investigation into Israel’s Al-Mawasi massacre in the Gaza Strip, activating the mechanisms of international law in this regard and holding those involved accountable for what he called a “clear war crime.”  

In recent televised remarks, Ocampo expressed his strong belief in the international law and its role in protecting victims and called for safeguarding this law by holding war criminals accountable.

He accused the Israeli regime of having a premeditated intent to commit the massacre in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus and ignoring a previous ICC warning calling for not invading Rafa'h because there was no other safe place for the civilians to go to

“Unfortunately, Israeli bombed a place that was supposed to be safe, which confirms that the Israeli army acted with a criminal intent. This makes the case clear to the court and enable it to request the issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders,” Ocampo told Al Jazeera satellite tv channel.

“The international community can develop a mechanism to punish countries that obstruct the peace process and the ceasefire efforts through preventing them from taking part in the international system,” the ICC official stressed.

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Al-Rishiq exposes reports, claiming that 'Hamas halted Gaza ceasefire talks, as untrue

Sunday 14-July-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has affirmed that what was reported by AFP, the French news agency, and other media outlets about his Movement’s decision to stop ceasefire talks following yesterday’s massacre in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus was “untrue.”

“One goal of the barbaric escalation against our people by Netanyahu and his Nazi government is to derail the current efforts to reach an agreement stopping the aggression against our people, and this has become clear to everyone,” Al-Rishiq stated on Sunday.

AFP claimed on Sunday that Hamas was pulling out of the Gaza truce talks following an Israeli genocidal strike that killed and injured hundreds of civilians in a displacement camp in southern Gaza.

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Horrific testimonies of torture and sexual harassments, in Israeli prison of 'Ofer

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 15 2024 (WAFA) – 

Khalid Mahajna, lawyer for the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, reported horrific testimonies about detainees from the Gaza Strip, during his visit to the Israeli prison of  'Ofer.

Mahajneh said in a statement, quoting the detainee (M.A.), that some of the detainees in 'Ofer were subjected to sexual harassment after being stripped of their clothes and beaten in sensitive places, and they are currently suffering from difficult health and psychological conditions.

He added that police dogs attack detainees their bodies while their hands are tied behind their heads.

He pointed out that there are more than 100 sick and wounded detainees without treatment, in light of severe overcrowding in the prison rooms, which are cement rooms that lack ventilation and contain iron beds without mattresses or blankets.

Mahajna stated that the detainees eat while handcuffed and each detainee has one meal throughout the day, which consists of 100 grams of bread, a cucumber or tomato, and a very small amount of milk.

He said that the bathroom is exposed inside the detainee's rooms, in addition to the presence of surveillance cameras inside the rooms focusing on the bathrooms, while the duration of showering is still limited to one minute only.

Mahajna, quoting the detainees, pointed out that 'Ofer detention center includes two torture wards inside the rooms, and the detainees cannot be seen during their torture, but only their screams can be heard. Recently, the occupation soldiers assaulted all the detainees in 'Ofer, causing many of them to have their limbs broken.

Lawyer Mahajna quoted one of the detainees, who was transferred from the "Sde Teman" camp to "'Ofer", as saying that one of the sick detainees was killed after the occupation soldiers refused to provide him with the necessary treatment.

Y.S.

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Lazzarini: UNRWA headquarters in Gaza turned into a battlefield

Monday 15-July-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The Gaza headquarters of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, in Gaza City has been “flattened and turned into a battlefield,” said chief Philippe Lazzarini, as Israel’s latest ground campaign in the city continues to rage.

UNRWA headquarters in Gaza, turned into a battlefield and is now flattened in another episode of the blatant disregard of international humanitarian law, Lazzarini said on X.

He further stressed that United Nations facilities must be protected at all times and must never be used for military or fighting purposes.

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed 3 massacres in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 80 citizens and injuring 216 others.

The Ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which started on October 7 last year, climbed to 38,664 martyrs and the number of wounded surged to 89,097 people. 

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UN report: It would take 15 years to clear the rubble in Gaza

Monday 15-July-2024

LONDON, (PIC)

The UN estimates that it would take 15 years to remove 40 million tons of rubble in the Gaza Strip, if a fleet of 100 trucks was used, costing between $500 and $600 million.

The Guardian newspaper published a report on Monday in which it highlighted these conclusions that indicated the enormous challenge of rebuilding the Gaza Strip, following the Israeli genocidal war, which has so far lasted for months and led to massive destruction of homes and infrastructure.

According to the assessment by the UN Environment Program, 137,297 buildings in Gaza have been damaged so far. More than a quarter of these are classified as completely destroyed, about 10 percent were severely damaged, and a third were moderately damaged.

The UN assessment found that massive landfill sites will need to be established, ranging in size from 618 acres to 1,235 acres.

The assessment, published as part of a campaign to raise funds for early rehabilitation planning for Gaza, also found that the conflict could reduce levels of health, education, and wealth in the Strip to 1980 levels, erasing 44 years of development.

Last May, the UN estimated that Gaza rehabilitation could reach up to $40 billion, stressing that recovery from the massive and unprecedented destruction inflicted on the Strip due to the prolonged Israeli aggression may take 80 years.

Per Lodhamar, the UN official for mine action, explained that the war left an estimated 37 million tons of rubble, “that is, approximately 300 kilograms of debris per square meter.”

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

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On July 15, 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 3 massacres, in which 80 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 216 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,664 and the injuries to 89,097, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.    

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Gaza death toll surges to 38,664 over 89,097 injured

GAZA, Monday, July 15 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 80 Palestinians and the injury of 216 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 38,664 reported fatalities, with an additional 89,097 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

Y.S. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 283

Monday 15-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 283 on Monday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

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.

According to media sources, one citizen was martyred and six others were injured when the Israeli army bombed the UNRWA-run Salahuddin School in al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City.

An ambulance crew evacuated bodies of two martyrs from Al-Badawiya village in northern Gaza following an Israeli bombardment.

An Israeli airstrike on a house at dawn claimed the lives of five citizens, including three children, in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.

In a related context, the health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 80 civilians and injuring over 216 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads. 

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Gaza hospitals received 320 killed or wounded people in 48 hours

Monday 15-July-2024

PIC, (GAZA)

The Government Media Office (GMO) said in a statement that at least 320 killed or wounded Palestinians have been brought to hospitals across the enclave in a particularly bloody 48 hours.

It quoted healthcare officials as saying that many of the killed and injured arrived with third-degree burns caused by internationally banned weapons like thermal bombs.

“These weapons cause chemical substances to interact with the skin and directly cause chemical corrosion of the tissues in the bodies of the martyrs and the injured. They also cause severe pain.”

The office said many victims were martyred in a little more than a day after being wounded by such weapons, adding that it holds Washington fully responsible for arming Israel and causing the many “massacres” committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed 3 massacres in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 80 citizens and injuring 216 others.

The Ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which started on October 7 last year, climbed to 38,664 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 89,097 people.

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15 Palestinian civilians killed, dozens injured, in a new Israeli genocidal attack on Abu 'Oraiban UNRWA school, in Al-Nusayrat

Sunday 14-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

At least 15 Palestinians were massacred in a fresh Israeli attack on a UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced families in the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon.

In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said more than 80 people, mostly children and women, were also injured in the attack on Abu 'Oraiban School in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip.

“We condemn the Israeli occupation for committing such ongoing crimes and massacres against civilians, children and women,” PGMO said.

“These massacres happen while the occupation (Israel) already destroyed the health system, bombed and burned [multiple] hospitals and put them out of service … and in light of the disastrous humanitarian and health conditions,” PGMO stressed.

PGMO held the Israeli occupation regime and the US administration fully responsible for the ongoing war crimes against the civilians in Gaza.

PGMO appealed to the international community, the UN, their institutions and the world’s free countries to pressure Israel and the US administration to stop the genocidal war on Gaza.

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Three civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrike on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood

GAZA, Monday, July 15 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three civilians today were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that occupation warplanes targeted a group of civilians on Al-Mansoura Street in Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, resulting in the killing of three civilians and the injury of others.

By July 14, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October last year has so far resulted in 38,584 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 88,881 others injured. 

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

Y.S.

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Several Palestinians killed and others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on various of Gaza

GAZA, Monday, July 15 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of Palestinian civilians today were killed and others injured in Israeli bombing on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation artillery fired several shells at the neighborhoods of Tel Al-Hawa, Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen, and al-Sabra in Gaza City,

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets fired at civilians in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of the city.

The occupation warplanes bombed the vicinity of Street 8 in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The Palestine Red Crescent crews retrieved the bodies of five people,  including three children, killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Manaama family in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery also lunched several shells at the Al-Mughraqa area and the outskirts of the northern Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, and the eastern areas of Al-Buraij camp.

Israeli warplanes also fired a missile at a residential apartment in the vicinity of Madrasat Al-'Awda in the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of the city of Khan Younus, in the south of the Gaza Strip, without any casualties being reported.

In the city of Rafa'h, the occupation artillery fired several shells at the western areas of the city.

Y.S.

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

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Minor seriously injured by Israeli occupation forces near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, July 15, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian boy was Monday injured by live bullets during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Al-Shuyoukh Al-'Arroub, north of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces stormed Al-Sheikh and fired live bullets, stun grenades, and poisonous gas towards the citizens, which led to a boy being injured by live bullets in the chest, which medical sources described as serious. Dozens were injured by suffocation by poisonous gas.

K.T.

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Israeli forces detain 15 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 15, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces yesterday evening through Monday detained at least 15 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a woman from Hebron, and former prisoners.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society and the Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs Commission said in a joint statement that the detention operations took place across the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Nablus, Ramallah, Jineen, and Toulkarm, as the occupation forces continue to carry out attacks and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread sabotage and destruction operations in citizens' homes.

The statement indicated that the total number of detentions after October 7 amounted to more than 9,670, including those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage.

K.T.

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IOFs storm West Bank areas, kidnap Palestinian civilians

Monday 15-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped a young man from Ya’bad town, west of Jenin, and closed the military checkpoint of Tora near multiple West Bank villages.

Israeli forces also stormed Qabatya town in Jenin, raided the house of prisoner 'Izz Jawabra and bulldozed containers and roadside vegetable stands, amid clashes with local youths.

Resistance fighters reportedly detonated an explosive device at an IOFs vehicle in Qabatya town.

The IOFs also stormed other areas of Jenin province and destroyed a car in Muthalath Al-Shuhada village.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped a young man after ransacking his home in Jamma’een town.

In Toulkarm, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped a young man at a makeshift checkpoint near the Jabara Bridge in the south of the city.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces raze lands near Salfeet

SALFEET, Monday, July 15, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday continued to bulldoze large areas of citizens’ lands in the Dthahr Subi'h area, which belongs to the towns of Sarta and Bidya, west of Salfit.

Anti-settlement activist Nazmi Al-Salman told WAFA that the occupation forces have been carrying out extensive leveling operations in Salfeet Governorate for several months, with the aim of extending water lines for the benefit of the colonies at the expense of Palestinian citizens’ lands.

He added that the land leveling operation reached the main road in the Dthahr Sobh area, coinciding with extensive leveling operations for the same purpose in the lands of Kifl 'Haris, northwest of Salfeet, and Wadi Qana, affiliated with the town of Dair Istya.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to lands, attack homes near Nablus

NABLUS, Monday, July 15, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday set fire to large areas of Palestinian citizens’ lands and attacked Bedouin homes in Wadi Yasouf, north of the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.

Tariq Abu Dayya, a resident of the area, told WAFA that more than 20 colonists from Rahalim colony, established on the lands of villages south of Nablus, attacked Bedouin homes and tried to steal sheep from shepherds, and threw stones at them, before the residents were able to repel the attack. .

He pointed out that the colonists set fire to six sites in the northwestern area of ​​the village, which led to burning dozens of olive trees and large areas of agricultural crops.

The illegal Israeli settlers have escalated their terrorist attacks since October 7th, and since the beginning of this year they have carried out 1,334 attacks in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), killing seven Palestinian civilians.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Monday, July 15, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished a house in the village of Al-Wallaja, northwest of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The head of the Al-Wallaja Village Council, Khadr Al-'Araj, told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the cemetery neighborhood in 'Ain Juwaiza area, and demolished a house belonging to local resident Fadi Abu Rizq, with an area of ​​85 square meters.

Since the start of the Israeli comprehensive aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, and in parallel with the unprecedented destruction of homes, buildings and facilities in the Strip, demolitions of citizens’ homes have escalated, especially in Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the West Bank area.

Data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission show that the occupation authorities demolished 318 facilities in the West Bank during the first half of 2024, compared to the demolition of 313 facilities during the entire year of 2023, an indication of an unprecedented escalation of demolitions.

K.T.

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