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 288 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Massacres, 37 Palestinians Killed, 54 Injured, with a Death Toll of  38,919 and 89,622 Injuries

July 20, 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 20, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 45,919+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (38,919), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 20, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 89,622.

By July 20, 2024, 576 Palestinians who were killed, 5,244 who were injured, and 9,696, 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 bombardment 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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Palestinian young man, Ibraheem Za'aqeeq, 20,  was fatally shot by Israeli occupation forces live bullets in the head, in Bait Ummar, in Al-Khaleel, July 2024 pic	Palestinian infant, Malik Yaseen, was born by a cesarian surgery after the death of his mother, 'Ula Al-Kurd, who was murdered by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, on July 19, 2024.
The momoent of the Israeli genocidal air strike on Tower 10, of 'Ain Jalout residentail towers of Al-Nusayrat, in which many Palestinian civilians were killed and injured, on July 20, 2024	Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis rally in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, every Friday, July 19, 2024
Palestinian photo journalist, Ma'hmoud  Haqqi was among those who were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a residential tower building in Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2024.	The moment of the Israeli genocidal air strike on one of the 'Ain Jalout residential towers, north of Al-Nusayrat, which resulted in may deaths and injuries of the Palestinian civilians living there, on July 20, 2024.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian young man, Ibraheem Za'aqeeq, 20, who was murdered by the Israeli occupation forces, in Bait Ummar, in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Province, July 20, 2024.	The house of the Yaseen family, in Al-Nusayrat, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, which which the family members were massacred, on July 19, 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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Gaza doctors save baby from womb of mother killed in Israeli airstrike

GAZA, Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip reported today that doctors succeeded in saving a fetus from the womb of his slain mother.

Medical sources added that the hospital's ambulance and emergency department received the slain mother, who was nine months pregnant, in the early hours of dawn today, after the occupation warplanes targeted her home, and she was immediately transferred to the operations department, where doctors began an cesarean birth managed to save the life of the baby.

The baby was placed in an incubator at the said Hospital and is reported in stable condition.

It is noteworthy that Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat is the only hospital that provides obstetrics and gynecology services in the center of the Strip.

Y.S

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Massive rallies in San'aa and Rabat, in support of Gaza

Saturday 20-July-2024

SANAA, (PIC)

Massive rallies were launched on Friday afternoon in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, in solidarity with the war-torn Gaza Strip.

San'aa witnessed the 39th one-million-people rally since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

More than a million Yemenis participated in the Al-Sab'een Square, in solidarity with and support for the Palestinian people in the face of the genocide war that the Israeli occupation army has been carrying out in the Gaza Strip.

The one-million-people march kicked off after hundreds of thousands of people performed the Friday prayer in the Al-Sabin square, the largest square in San'aa.

More than 23 massive rallies roamed the streets and squares of Sanaa’s various directorates, after the Friday prayer, in solidarity and support for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The Yemeni forces, who organized the marches, announced the continuation of mass activities in support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and in rejection of the Israeli aggression and blockade in the Gaza Strip.

Rallies also were launched on Friday in the governorates of Al-'Hudaydah, Dthamar, Ibb, 'Amran, Ta-'iz, 'Hajjah, Saada, Raymah, Ma-rib, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhali', La'hij, Al-Mahawiti and Al-Baydha.

The participants in all marches affirmed the continuation of the Yemeni support for the Palestinian people, raising the slogan: “Our battle continues until Gaza’s victory.”

In a similar context, thousands of Moroccans took to the streets in several cities after the Friday prayer in solidarity with Palestine and the Gaza Strip which has been subjected to an ongoing devastating Israeli war for 10 months, and has lost tens of thousands of martyrs.

The Moroccan protesters launched several sit-ins under the slogan “The Palestinian keffiyeh is the symbol of the Palestinian cause”, after the Dean of the Faculty of Science in Ben Msik in Casablanca refused to honor the Moroccan student, Khadija Ahtour, for wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh at the graduation ceremony.

The participants in the sit-ins, which were organized for the 41st week in a row by the “Moroccan Authority for the Support of the Nation’s Issues”, expressed their refusal of targeting civilians in Gaza.

Many Moroccan cities witnessed solidarity events and sit-ins in support of Gaza including: Qunaitra, Nador, Bani Jareer, Tanja (Tangier), Meknas, Aghadeer, Taroudant, and A'hfir, according to Anadolu Agency.

The participants in the protest sit-ins raised Palestinian flags, and banners supporting the Palestinian resistance and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people.

The Moroccan sit-inners also condemned the Israeli plans to displace the residents of the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli siege, starvation and killing of Palestinians.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been launching with the US support a war of genocide on Gaza which has left more than 128,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, mostly children and women, and more than 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and man-made famine.

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WHO warns of the spread of epidemics in Gaza

Saturday 20-July-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the destruction of health infrastructure and environmental conditions in the Gaza Strip “creates an ideal environment for the spread of diseases.”

WHO’s spokesman, Christian Lindmeier, stressed that “the destruction of the health system in Gaza, the insecurity, the blocked access and the constant displacement of the population, the lack of medical supplies, poor water quality and poor sanitation, have all led to low routine vaccination rates and an increased risk of diseases that can be prevented with vaccines, Including polio.”

On Friday evening, Lindmeier warned that these conditions pose a danger to children and create the environment for the spread of epidemics such as polio.

He explained that before the war on Gaza, polio vaccination rates were perfect, and that “polio vaccination coverage, which is made primarily through routine vaccination, was estimated at 89% in 2023, according to the latest routine vaccination estimates for WHO and UNICEF.

In 2022, routine vaccination coverage in the occupied Palestinian territory was 95 percent and more, he added.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced a few days ago that the tests conducted in cooperation with the UNICEF “showed the presence of the polio virus” in the Strip which has been under a genocide war since October 7 last year.

Lindmeier said, at a press conference for the United Nations agencies in Geneva, that on July 16, the World Children’s Laboratory Network isolated the polio virus derived from the type 2 in six sewage samples collected on June 23 in environmental monitoring sites in Khan Yunis and Deir Al-Balah in Gaza.

“It is important to note that the virus has been isolated from the environment only at this time, and no related paralysis has been revealed,” He added.

Lindmeier stated that as part of the response efforts, WHO works in the occupied Palestinian territory with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, UNICEF, UNRWA and the partners to conduct a risk assessment to determine the scope of the spread of the polio virus and the appropriate responses needed to stop any other spread, including fast vaccination campaigns.

He pointed to the reality of the health system now in Gaza, where only 16 hospitals out of 36 hospitals work in part, and 45 out of 105 primary health care facilities.

The UN agencies have launched campaigns for four decades to eliminate polio, which is often spread through sewage and contaminated water, but has witnessed a recovery in recent years in Afghanistan and Pakistan and some isolated cases in Nigeria.

The Municipality of Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza, recently announced the closure of wastewater treatment stations due to a lack of fuel.

The municipality warned in a previous statement that the roads will be overwhelmed by sewage and that 700,000 civilians, most of them displaced, will be at risk of developing diseases transmitted through wastewater.

The UN estimates that about 70 percent of the water and sewage stations in Gaza were destroyed or damaged by the Israeli intense bombardment.

The UN evaluation of two camps in Deir Al-Balah in early June concluded that the average daily personal consumption of water including drinking, washing, and cooking water is less than two liters, which is much lower than the recommended amount (15 liters per day).

The WHO announced the spread of hepatitis A in many cities of the Gaza Strip, which until early June, led to 81,700 cases of jaundice, which is one of the main symptoms.

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EU: We will not recognize Israeli changes to 1967 borders

Saturday 20-July-2024

BRUSSELS, (PIC)

The European Union (EU) affirmed that it will not recognize the changes made by the Israeli occupation authorities to the borders of 1967.

In a press statement on Friday, the EU said that “there is a strong consensus in the international community that the only sustainable solution that will achieve peace and security in the Middle East is the two-state solution.”

The EU statement came a day after the Israeli Knesset (parliament) passed a decision opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state, even if it were part of a negotiated settlement.

The Knesset considered the establishment of any Palestinian state in the aftermath of the events of October 7, 2023 as “a reward for terrorism” and an existential threat to Israel.

The EU statement reiterated its firm commitment to a just and lasting peace in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, including Resolutions 2735, 2728, 2720, and 2712, on the basis of the two-state solution.

The statement explained that the Union will continue to work actively with international and regional partners to revive the political process to achieve this goal, noting that the lack of hope or horizon for the Palestinian people will deepen the conflict.

The Israeli occupation army has been waging a war of extermination on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which has so far resulted in 38,848 martyrs, 89,459 injured, mostly women and children, the displacement of about 1.9 million people, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction of the health and educational infrastructure and famine that has claimed the lives of dozens of children, according to UN and local data.

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‎The International Court of Justice: The Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal, and Israel must end its presence in the Palestinian territories‎

‎‎The Hague 19-7-2024 WAFA - ‎‎

The ‎‎International Court of Justice confirmed on Friday that the presence of the Israeli occupation is illegal in the Palestinian territories‎‎.‎

‎In its advisory opinion issued today, on the judicial repercussions of Israeli practices and their impact on the occupied territories, the Court affirmed that the Israel must stop the occupation and end its illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territories as soon as possible‎‎.‎

‎The President of the Court, Judge Nawaf Salam, read out the advisory opinion during the‎‎public session held by the Court at its headquarters "Peace Palace" in The Hague, the Netherlands, ‎‎in which he stressed that the Israeli occupation is illegal and that the Israel must end its occupation.‎

‎According to the Court's opinion, the Israel must immediately cease any new settlement activity and remove all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories‎‎.‎

‎The advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice included that the Israel must compensate for the material and moral losses of individuals in the occupied Palestinian territories‎‎.‎

‎The Court stressed the duty of States not to recognize the illegal presence of settlers and the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and not to provide any assistance that would assist the Israel in maintaining the status quo in the OPT‎‎.‎

‎The advisory opinion included the emphasis on the obligation of international organizations, including the United Nations, not to recognize the legitimacy of the status quo and the illegal presence of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories‎‎.‎

‎The International Court of Justice stressed that the United Nations, the General Assembly and the Security Council should consider additional measures to put an end to Israel's illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territories‎‎.‎

‎On November November 11, 2022, the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, the Special Committee on Political and Decolonization Issues, adopted a draft resolution submitted by the State of Palestine requesting a legal opinion and an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, on "the legal consequences arising from the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and from its long-term occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including measures to change the demographic composition of a city." Al-Quds Al-Sharif, its character and status, and how Israel policies and practices affect the legal status of occupation and the legal implications of this status for all states and the United Nations."‎

‎On February 26 February 2000, the Court began its deliberations on the case, after hearing week-long public briefings by the State of Palestine and 49 United Nations Member States: South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt Arabic, U.A.E., United States of America, Russia, France, Gambia, Guyana, Hungary, China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg. Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Qatar, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Zambia, Spain, Maldives, Fiji, Comoros, and three international organizations: the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the African Union, the League of Arabic States.‎

‎The Court's announcement of its advisory opinion comes at a time of increasing international legal pressure on the occupying Power's Israel, as it continues its war of extermination against our people in the Gaza Strip and its ongoing crimes against our people in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.‎

‎M.J.‎

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Background to the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

THE HAGUE, Friday, July 19, 2024 (WAFA) -

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, announced its advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967.

Chief Justice, Nawaf Salam, will deliver the advisory opinion in a public session scheduled at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, at 4 PM Palestine time.

The Palestinian delegation to the session includes special envoy to President Mahmoud Abbas for international relations, Riyad al-Maliki, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyadh Mansour, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador 'Omar 'Awadallah, Ambassador 'Ammar 'Hijazi for multilateral affairs, Palestine's representative to UN specialized organizations in Geneva, Ibraheem Khuraisha, Ambassador to the Netherlands Rawan Sulayman, and Ambassador Majid Bamya from Palestine's mission to New York. The delegation will hold a press conference immediately following the session outside the court.

The initiative stems from a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee on Political Affairs and Decolonization on November 11, 2022, requesting a legal opinion from the ICJ regarding "the legal consequences of Israel's continued violation of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, its long-term occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, including settlement and annexation measures, aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of Jerusalem, and the impact of Israel's policies and practices on the legal status of the occupation and the legal consequences thereof for all states and the United Nations."

The court began deliberations on the matter on February 26 last year, hearing arguments and presentations over a week from Palestine and 49 UN member states, including South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Russia, France, Gambia, Guyana, Hungary, China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Libya.

Arguments were also presented by Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Qatar, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Zambia, Spain, Maldives, Fiji, Comoros, and three international organizations: the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the African Union, and the Arab League.

The ICJ's advisory opinion comes amid increasing international legal pressures on the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the occupying power, over its ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and its continuous atrocities in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem).

M.N.

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

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On July 20, 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 4 main massacres, in which 37 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 38,919 and the injuries to 89,622, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza death toll surges to 38,919 over 89,622 injured

GAZA, Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 37 Palestinians and the injury of 54 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 38,919 reported fatalities, with an additional 89,622 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 288

Saturday 20-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 288 on Saturday, 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, three citizens were martyred after the Israeli army targeted them in the north of Rafa'h, south of Gaza, while another one was martyred and two others were injured in a drone attack on Bani Suhayla in eastern Khan Younus.

An Israeli aerial attack on two apartments in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza claimed the lives of three citizens and injured eight others.

The Israeli army also bombed a house in Jabalya refugee camp at dawn, killing journalist Mu'hammed Abu Jasir along with his wife, kids and mother.

Another civilian was killed when an Israeli drone targeted the bicycle he was riding in northern Khan Younus.

Meanwhile, doctors at Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza were able to save a fetus from the womb of its martyred mother. Her home was attacked by the Israeli army at dawn.

Eight citizens were also killed and others were injured in Israeli attacks on homes belonging to the families Abu Sadra and Al-Batran in the refugee camps of Al-Nusayrat and Al-Buraij.

Eight other citizens were killed in an Israeli attack on a house belonging to the family of 'Ayyad in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in the north of Gaza City.

A man was martyred along with his wife and two of his kids in an Israeli attack on a house in Al-Nusayrat camp.

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

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Gaza doctors save baby from womb of mother killed in Israeli airstrike

GAZA, Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip reported today that doctors succeeded in saving a fetus from the womb of his slain mother.

Medical sources added that the hospital's ambulance and emergency department received the slain mother, who was nine months pregnant, in the early hours of dawn today, after the occupation warplanes targeted her home, and she was immediately transferred to the operations department, where doctors began an cesarean birth managed to save the life of the baby.

The baby was placed in an incubator at the said Hospital and is reported in stable condition.

It is noteworthy that Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat is the only hospital that provides obstetrics and gynecology services in the center of the Strip.

Y.S.

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‎Israeli shelling kills two Palestinian civilians in Rafa'h and Al-Buraij, four children injured

GAZA, Saturday, July 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

This afternoon, two Palestinian civilians were killed and four children injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, and Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central region.

According to our correspondent, an Israeli drone targeted the 'Areeba area north of Rafa'h, leading to the killing of two civilians and injuries to others.

Meantime, eyewitnesses reported that four children sustained various injuries after they were targeted by a drone while on the rooftop of their home in Al-Buraij refugee camp, located in central Gaza Strip.

By July 20, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 38,919 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly women and children, in addition to 89,622 injuries. Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

M.N

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Several civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Al-Nusayrat refugee camp

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

This afternoon, several civilians were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and the Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

Local sources said that the occupation warplanes targeted a group of civilians on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City, resulting in the killing of several people and the wounding of others.  

Meanwhile, three civilians were killed and others were injured when occupation warplanes bombed a house belonging to the Siam family, west of the Yaseen station, in Al-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes also bombed a house in the Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of three civilians and the injury of others.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has so far resulted in the killing of over 38,848 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children.

The Israeli onslaught has also left more than 89,459 injured, according to preliminary figures, with thousands still trapped under rubble.

Y.S.

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Six civilians, including journalist, killed and others injured in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Jabalya refugee camp

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

Six civilians, including a journalist and his family, were killed  today in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and north of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted a house in the Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of journalist Mu'hammed Jasir, his wife and two children.

Meanwhile, the occupation warplanes also bombed a house for the Al-Sabbagh family in the Zarqa area, north of Gaza City, killing two civilians and wounding others.

Intense air and artillery bombardment targeted the Al-Dawa area, north of the Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that Israeli warplanes have been carrying out a series of airstrikes on Gaza City and the northern and central Gaza Strip since early hours resulting in the killing of 25 people, the majority of whom were children and women.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has so far resulted in the killing of over 38,848 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children.

The Israeli onslaught has also left more than 89,622 injured, according to preliminary figures, with thousands still trapped under rubble.

Y.S.

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Dozens of Palestinian civilians killed and others injured in Israeli genocidal bombardment on various areas in Gaza

GAZA, Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of civilians today were killed and others injured as the occupation warplanes bombed various areas of the Gaza Strip on the 288th day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the occupation artillery bombed the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, medics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society retrieved six slain individuals following an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of citizens in the vicinity of the community college in the neighborhood.

Paramedics also retrieved the bodies of six others and 10 wounded individuals in an Israeli raid on a residential apartment belonging to the 'Ayyad family in Mara'ie Abu Al-Ameen in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

Local sources said that rescue teams and paramedics retrieved the bodies of four people, the citizen Yaseen Al-Shurai'hi, his wife and children, and a number of those wounded as a result of the occupation targeting a house belonging to the Al-Shurai'hi family in the new camp in Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes bombed an inhabited house belonging to the Abu Sidra family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in the vicinity of Murad Al-Talaa Mosque in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the injury of several people.

In the meantime, the occupation fighter jets also targeted a house belonging to the Abu Jasir family near ​​Jabalya refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of four people and the injury of others.

Three people were killed  and others were injured when the occupation warplanes bombed the home of the Al-Batran family in Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The occupation warplanes also targeted an inhabited house in the vicinity of the Martyrs’ Roundabout in the camp.

Moving to the south, the occupation tanks bombed residential neighborhoods west of the city of Rafa'h, coinciding with occupation artillery shelling of the eastern areas of the city of Khan Younus.

Ambulance crews transferred the body of a civilian to Nasser hospital after being targeted by an occupation drone while he was riding a bicycle on Street 5, north of the city of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

By July 18, 2024, the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has so far resulted in the killing of over 38,848 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children.

The Israeli onslaught has also left more than 89,459 injured, according to preliminary figures, with thousands still trapped under rubble.

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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Palestinian young man, 20, fatally shot by Israeli occupation soldiers during military incursion into town of Bait Ummar, in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Saturday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces last night in the town of Bait Ummar, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in the south of the West Bank.

Medical sources at the National Hospital in the city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) said that the 20-year-old Ibraheem 'Hamza Ibraheem Za'aqeeq was fatally shot by live bullets in the head in Bait Ummar.

Media activist in the town of Bait Ummar, Mu'hammed 'Awwad, said that confrontations broke out in the town, during which the occupation forces fired live bullets, stun grenades, and poisonous teargas towards residents, resulting in the killing of Za'aqeeq and causing dozens of suffocation cases among residents due to gas inhalation.

Za'aqeeq is an ex-detainee who was released from the occupation prisons two weeks ago. He was injured two years ago by occupation bullets.

The national and Islamic factions in Hebron declared general mourning and a comprehensive strike tomorrow.

Y.S.

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Young man succumbs to wounds from Israeli army shooting months ago

Jineen, Friday, July 19, 2024 (WAFA) —

Ibn Seena Hospital in Jineen, north of the West Bank, announced this evening the passing of a young man who succumbed to injuries sustained from Israeli army gunfire several months ago.

The hospital confirmed the death of 22-year-old Yaman A'hmed 'Aasfour from the town of 'Arraba, south of Jineen, this evening due to wounds he sustained from Israeli army gunfire on January 17th.

'Aasfour had been receiving treatment at Ibn Seena Hospital since the incident occurred, where medical staff worked tirelessly to save his life. Despite their efforts, his condition remained critical until his passing earlier today.

M.N.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime special force kidnaps Palestinian youth in Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) – 

An Israeli occupation apartheid regime special force kidnapped a Palestinian youth in the Old City of Nablus.

Security sources said that an undercover special force stormed the Old City, raided the Shubaro bakery, and kidnapped, Mu'hammed Shabaro, an ex-detainee.

Y.S.

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‎Israeli occupation forces kidnap two young men at a military checkpoint east of Ramallah

‎Ramallah Allah 20-7-2024 Wafa -

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two young men at a military checkpoint near the village of Yabroud, east of Ramallah‎‎.‎

‎According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two young men from Dair Jareer town, whose identities are not yet known, while they were passing their vehicle at a military checkpoint at the entrance to Yabroud village, or what is known as "Yabroud Bridge".‎

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Palestinian family forced to demolish its own house in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Saturday, Thursday, July 20 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation authorities forced a Palestinian family to demolish its own home in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, southeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

 A'hmed Mousa Al-Qanbar, the owner of the house, said that he was forced to demolish his house, which houses his family and four children, in order to avoid paying exorbitant costs to the Israeli municipality if it carries out the demolition.

It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities demolished 318 facilities and notified the demolition of 359 others in the occupied West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during the first half of 2024, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

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 to restrict Palestinian expansion and growth in occupied Jerusalem.

Palestinians in Al-Quds (occupied 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.

Y.S. 

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Two West Bankers injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, others tear gassed by IOFs

Saturday 20-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian elderly woman and a young man were injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers in Masafir Yatta in al-Khalil, while other citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas during clashes yesterday with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, a horde of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by soldiers stormed the Bedouin community of Shi’b Al-Batim in Masafir Yatta in southern al-Khalil on Saturday afternoon and attacked local residents with sticks and batons, injuring a 55-year-old woman called Wadh-'ha Al-Najjar and a young man.

Israeli occupation soldiers reportedly kidnaped a local resident called Nizar Al-Jabbareen as he was trying to ward off the attackers.

Another group of the illegal Israeli settlers released their flocks of sheep onto Palestinian farms in Susya village in Masafir Yatta, damaging crops, small olive trees and grapevines.

In Toulkarm, Israeli occupation forces stormed last night Izbat Al-Tayyih area in the city and patrolled its streets before heading for Dhanabah suburb, which provoked clashes with local youths.

The IOFs also raided other neighborhoods of Toulkarm City and fired tear gas canisters at young men during clashes with them. A number of citizens reportedly suffered from inhaling tear gas during the events.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Israeli occupation troops stormed Al-Duhaisha refugee camp and fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes on the outskirts of the camp.

In Nablus, Israeli occupation soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian citizens who performed the Friday prayer on Mount Sobeih in protest at the presence of a settler outpost on the mountain, which overlooks Beita town.

Several citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas during the clashes with Israeli soldiers on Mount Subai'h and Baita town.

A Palestinian journalist suffered bruises when an IOF tear gas canister struck his helmet as he was covering the events in the town.

In a separate incident, local sources reported that a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to an olive grove and attacked Palestinian property in 'Huwara town, south of Nablus, on Saturday, without providing further details.

Clashes also broke out with Palestinian citizens in the towns of Bait Dajan in eastern Nablus and Kafr Qaddoum in eastern Qalqilya after Israeli forces quelled peaceful marches they staged in protest at settlement expansion activities on their lands.

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