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 293 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 30 Palestinians Killed, 146 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,175 and 90,403 Injuries

July 25, 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 25, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,145+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,145), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 25, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 90,257.

By July 25, 2024, 574 Palestinians who were killed, 5,251 who were injured, and 9,800, 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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Russian State Duma condemned the Israeli occupation apartheid regime parliament, Knesset, for voting against the establishment of a Palestinian state, July 25, 2024	Israeli occupation forces destroyed 190 facilities belonging to UNRWA and killed 197 of its employees, in their attempt to starve the Palestinian population in Gaza, July 25, 2024
30 Palestinians were killed, 146 were injured, mostly children, by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on July 25, 2024	39,175 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, have been massacred, by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, in addition to 10,000 under rubble, by July 25, 2024
US protesters outside the Capitol deploring the US Congress for inviting the Israeli war criminal, Netanyahu, in an attempt to whitewash his genocide in Gaza, July 24, 2024	Mayor of Rafa'h, A'hmed Al-Soufi, said that the Israeli occupation forces destroyed 70% of the city roads, water and sewage networks, tanks, water wells, central market, and municipal facilities, turning the city into a disastrous area July 25, 2024
Injured Palestinian civilians and bodies of martyrs arriving in the Nasir hospital, in Khan Younus, after a night of Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the city, July 25, 2024.	Palestinians inspecting the Al-Najjar's family house, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, on this devastated neighborhood of Khan Younus, July 25, 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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Russian State Duma condemns Israeli parliament’s position against Palestinian statehood

Thursday 25-July-2024

MOSCOW, (PIC)

The Russian State Duma has condemned the Israeli occupation apartheid regime so-called parliament (Knesset) for voting against the establishment of a Palestinian state.

“The delegates of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation resolutely condemn the stance of the State of Israel’s Knesset, expressed in the July 18, 2024 Knesset declaration against the establishment of the State of Palestine,” the Duma said in a statement.

“By groundlessly insisting that the very establishment of a Palestinian state will create a threat for Israel and its citizens, make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unresolvable and destabilize the situation in the region, the Israeli parliament crudely violates the principles and norms of international law at the foundation of the Middle Eastern settlement, as well as multiple legally binding resolutions of the UN Security Council, which had unequivocally proclaimed the creation of two sovereign states, Israel and Palestine, on that ancient land, as a solution to the Palestinian issue,” the Duma’s statement reads.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime so-called parliament (Knesset) has passed a resolution that overwhelmingly rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state. The resolution passed in the Knesset with 68 votes in favor and just nine against it. 

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UNRWA warns of systematic Israeli plan targeting its existence

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Inas 'Hamdan, acting director of UNRWA’s information office in Gaza, has warned of a systematic Israeli plan to dismantle UNRWA, stressing that the agency is committed to providing its services despite the restrictions and difficulties obstructing its work.

“UNRWA remains committed to providing relief services and humanitarian assistance to the displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, including health services, medical consultations, food aid, shelter supplies, mental health services and sanitary services, in addition to managing shelter centers,” Hamdan said in an interview conducted with her by Arabi21 news website on Wednesday.

'Hamdan described the current humanitarian conditions in Gaza as “catastrophic and tragic,” affirming that the lives of Gaza residents were turned upside down as Israel’s brutal war on them entered its 10th month.

'Hamdan accused the Israeli regime of seeking to dismantle UNRWA through systematic practices, including leveling fabricated accusations against its employees, killing them, destroying its facilities, and obstructing the entry of sufficient aid shipments.

The UNRWA official pointed out that the Israeli army had destroyed 190 facilities belonging to UNRWA and killed 197 of its employees in stark violation of all international conventions.

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Euro-Med: 10% of the Gaza Strip’s population killed, injured, or went missing

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

About 10% of the population of the Gaza Strip was killed, injured, or went missing during the 293-day genocide carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revealed in a statement issued on Thursday.

The Euro-Med preliminary statistics indicate that about 50,000 Palestinians were killed, or reported missing under the rubble of the destroyed buildings, or their bodies are still on the roads or in border areas or completely destroyed and cannot be recovered, while more than about 100,000 others were injured. The majority of these civilian victims are children and women, while about 3,000 Palestinians disappeared after they were arrested from the Gaza Strip, and their fate remains unknown.

The estimates provided by Euro-Med are based on data and statistics gathered by its field teams from Gaza’s neighborhoods and camps, as well as information received from relevant authorities and institutions, including several hospitals and medical teams.

These indicate that at least 51,000 people have died as a result of the Israeli blockade of the entire Gaza Strip, denial of medical care, collapse of the health sector due to targeting and blockade, severe weakness in ambulance services, severe shortage of basic medicines, particularly for patients with chronic illnesses and cancer, prevention of travel abroad for treatment, and the spread of infectious diseases and epidemics.

Accordingly, the natural death rate increased from an estimated 3.5 per 1,000 people prior to the start of the genocide campaign to 22 per 1,000 people during the genocide campaign.

The number of beds available in operating hospitals and field hospitals across the Gaza Strip is currently less than 1,500, which is insufficient to accommodate the needs of over two million people. This is in contrast to the 3,500 beds that were available prior to October 7.

The scarcity of medical supplies and equipment is making the bed shortage worse, as is the Israeli army’s ongoing, systematic, and widespread destruction of hospitals and health facilities. Additionally, there has been a notable rise in the number of wounded and sick, which has resulted in a weak medical response and serious health complications for the wounded and sick, as well as avoidable deaths among the elderly.

The Euro-Med called for putting pressure on Israel to reopen the main water pipelines that enter the Gaza Strip, particularly those that enter from the north of the Strip, as well as to guarantee the safety of technicians and give them the chance to repair and restore the water lines and their various sources while also keeping up sanitation facilities and services.

Pressure should also be applied to Israel to ensure that enough fuel is imported to run the water and sanitation infrastructure, which includes stations, water desalination plants, water wells, and mobile water cycles, and to enter the necessary supplies for repair and rehabilitation work on civilian infrastructure, it added. 

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'Hamas slams Washington for whitewashing Netanyahu’s war crimes in Gaza

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said on Wednesday that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu should have been arrested as a war criminal and handed over to the International Criminal Court instead of giving him an opportunity in Washington to polish his image and cover up his ethnic cleansing and genocidal crimes in the Gaza Strip.

“While the prime minister of the terrorist occupation government is leading a brutal war aimed at exterminating our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip … in a way that has never happened in modern history, the US Congress has received war criminal Netanyahu and listened to his speech, in which he repeated his cheap propaganda and lies that he had spread more than nine months ago before they were proven false and used them as a pretext to commit the most horrific crimes against women, children and elderlies in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Netanyahu tried to play on emotions, twist facts and promote false narratives about October 7, while Israeli and international investigations confirmed the falsehood of these claims and that the Israeli army committed mass killings of Israeli civilians in the envelope of Gaza [at the time],” Hamas said.

'Hamas also described Netanyahu’s talk about concerted efforts to bring back the Israeli captives in Gaza as a complete lie and misleading to the Israeli, US and international public opinion, accusing him of thwarting all the efforts that aimed at ending the war and brokering a prisoner swap deal.

“All the human rights and international reports affirmed that Netanyahu and his army committed mass killings and ethnic cleansing crimes in Gaza that had never been seen during contemporary world wars, used starvation as a weapon, and prevented the entry of aid, burned and destroyed the Rafa'h border crossing, and killed many humanitarian workers,” Hamas pointed out.

'Hamas also accused the US administration of declaring its full partnership in the commission of horrific violations in the Gaza Strip.

“Through its persistence in providing the Israeli occupation with all means of political and military support and the government of Zionist terrorists with the cover they need to escape punishment and using the Congressional podium to whitewash the fascist war criminals’ hands that are stained with the blood of innocent children instead of holding them accountable for their crimes against humanity, Washington confirms its complete complicity in the appalling atrocities in the Gaza Strip — in the war of extermination, starvation and destruction of all aspects of life that is being watched and heard by the entire world,” the Movement said.

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Rafa'h mayor: The Israel occupation has turned the city into a disaster area

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The mayor of Rafa'h, A'hmed Al-Soufi, said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) turned the city into a disaster area after destroying more than 70% of the governorate’s infrastructure, including roads, water and sewage networks, tanks, water wells, the central market, and municipal facilities.

The IOFs adopted a scorched earth policy, after destroying 80% of the Al-Shoaka area, Al-Salam neighborhood, and the western Yibna and Rafa'h refugee camps, along with large squares of Tel Al-Sultan and Al-Saudi neighborhoods, and the Western Camp, in addition to more than 60% of Al-Shaboura refugee camp.

Al-Sufi explained that these are preliminary estimates that will be re-examined after the IOFs withdrawal from the city.

He pointed out that the Rafa'h municipal administration is working to communicate with Arab and international donors to quickly begin the reconstruction of the demolished facilities.

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'Hamas: The destruction of residential neighborhoods is part of genocide war

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement called on the international community and the United Nations “to leave the box of condemnation and denunciation by taking practical measures to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and hold the Israeli war criminals accountable.”

“The criminal Zionist occupation army’s continuation of the systematic destruction of residential neighborhoods east of Khan Younus, the deliberate and direct shooting of civilians, and the indiscriminate intense bombing of various residential areas in the Gaza Strip, is a continuation of the crime of genocide and ethnic cleansing,” the Movement said in a statement issued Wednesday evening.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza has released updated casualty numbers from the past 48 hours in the southern city after Israel ordered residents to evacuate and began a new offensive.

The PGMO said that 129 people have been killed and 416 have been injured over the past 48 hours, more than 100 of whom have not yet reached hospitals.

“The [Israeli] army targets everything that moves on Salah al-Din Street in Khan Younus,” the Office said in a statement, adding that the Israeli army is obstructing efforts to rescue wounded people who have appealed for help.

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Rishiq: Netanyahu’s speech was a party of lies

Thursday 25-July-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Senior 'Hamas official 'Izzat Al-Rishiq said that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in the US Congress on Wednesday was full of lies.

“Netanyahu’s speech was a party of lies and disdain for the minds of the world,” Al-Rishiq said.

For her part, US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib held aloft a sign reading “war criminal” as Netanyahu spoke.

In his speech addressing the US Congress, Netanyahu praised Biden for his “heartfelt support” for Israel.

“After the savage attack on October 7, he rightly called Hamas ‘sheer evil’. He dispatched two aircraft carriers to the Middle East to deter a wider war, and he came to Israel to stand with us in our darkest hour, a visit that will never be forgotten,” Netanyahu said.

Meanwhile, protesters have continued to flood into the US capital ahead of Netanyahu’s address to Congress, with dozens bussed in all the way from New Jersey.

Thousands of Israeli settlers also participated in a march that began in Tel Aviv and reached the American embassy to demand that Netanyahu announce his agreement to conclude a ceasefire deal in his speech before US Congress.

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Over 18 Palestinian detainees killed inside Israeli jails since October 7, says prisoners institutions

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), and the Al-Dhameer Foundation for Prisoner Care and Human Rights said that at least 18 detainees were killed in the occupation jails after October 7.

They said that there are dozens of detainees from the Gaza Strip were also killed inside jails and detention centers, and until this movement, the occupation did not disclose their identities and the circumstances of their deaths.

The prisoner institutions affirmed in a joint statement that Israeli occupation forces withheld the bodies of at least 16 detainees since the beginning of the aggression on the Strip.

They pointed out that these data do not include the number of detentions from Gaza, noting that the occupation admitted that it detained about 4,000 citizens from Gaza, hundreds of whom were released, noting that the occupation detained hundreds of Gaza workers in the West Bank. .

The institutions clarified that the number of detainees in the occupation prisons reached about 9,700, until the beginning of July 2024, while the number of administrative detainees is 3,380.

 The prisoner institutions indicated that the number of female detainees in the occupation prisons reached 86 detainees in the Israeli prison of  Damoun, including a pregnant woman,

They also added that there are at least 23 female detainees who placed under administrative detention, stressing that among the detainees are at least 250 children.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Strip, administrative detention orders have amounted to more than 7,500 orders, including new orders and renewal orders, including orders against children and women.

Y.S.

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

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On July 25, 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 main massacres, in which 30 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 146 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,175 and the injuries to 90,403, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 39,175 martyrs

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 30 civilians and injuring over 146 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but at least 176 of them, including 30 martyrs, were transported to hospitals.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 39,175 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 90,403 people.

The Gaza Strip has been under brutal bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities. 

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 293

Thursday 25-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 293 on Thursday, 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, especially in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, during the past 24 hours.

According to media sources, two civilians were shot dead by Israeli forces in Khan Younus in southern Gaza, including a child in 'Abasan town.

Four civilians from the family of Amran were also martyred in an Israeli drone attack in Sheikh Nasser neighborhood in eastern Khan Younus.

The Israeli occupation army also attacked Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City, killing four citizens and injuring others, including women and children.

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

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Casualties in several areas of Gaza Strip as Israel continues its deadly onslaught

GAZA, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians were killed this evening, including children and women, in a series of continued Israeli air and artillery strikes across the war-ridden Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.

In Khan Younus, south of the enclave, a Palestinian woman was killed and several others injured as Israeli airstrikes persistently targeted the town of Bani Suhayla. Meantime, locals managed to recover the bodies of several victims from the rubble of homes destroyed in the same area.

Earlier in the day, two Palestinians were killed and one more injured in an Israeli drone strike on Sheikh Nasser neighborhood in Khan Younus.

Simultaneously, two young men were killed by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire east of the city, while another individual was fatally shot by Israeli troops in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafa'h.

In the meantime, medical sources at Nasir Medical Complex confirmed the arrival of 32 bodies as a result of the continued Israeli attacks in Khan Younus and Rafa'h alone since the morning.

In a related development, Israeli forces demolished residential buildings in the town of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younus. Simultaneously, Israeli artillery shelled Sheikh Nasser neighborhood and surrounding areas in Khan Younus, as well as targeted regions north of Rafah.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that an Israeli strike targeted an ambulance vehicle during the evacuation of a casualty in Khan Younus.

In Gaza City, medical sources reported several fatalities and injuries were transported to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital following an Israeli airstrike on civilians near Kuwait Roundabout in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.

Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft carried out strikes on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, while artillery targeted areas east and south of the nearby Bureij refugee camp.

Israel has been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting so far in the killing of 39,175 individuals, the majority of whom are women and children. Additionally, 90,403 people have been injured, according to preliminary figures.

Thousands remain trapped under debris and in the streets, with rescue and medical teams unable to reach many of the victims.

M.N.

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Seven civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younus

GAZA, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least seven civilians today were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Khan Younus.

Medical sources reported that four civilians were killed  and others were injured following an occupation airstrike on a house in the Qaizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis.

Meanwhile, three civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation’s bombing of the town of Bani Suhayla, east of the city.

Since the onset of the occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, an estimated 39,145 civilians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 90,257 others have been wounded.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks and the massive amount of debris.

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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Occupation forces injure two Palestinians during raid in Qalqiliya

QALQILIA, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian youths were injured by Israeli gunfire this evening following a raid by Israeli occupation forces on the city of Qalqiliya.

Local sources reported that Israeli troops stormed Qalqiliya through its eastern entrance and pursued a vehicle, opening fire on it. The gunfire resulted in injuries to two young men on board the vehicle, with wounds to the abdomen and back. They were subsequently transported to the hospital.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the two injured individuals, one with serious wounds and the other with minor injuries, were admitted to Qalqiliya Government Hospital.

In addition to the gunfire incident, Israeli forces closed the main eastern entrance to the city with a metal gate, obstructing the movement of residents and causing a severe traffic jam.

M.N.

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Israeli occupation forces shoot, injure Palestinian man east of Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man today was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in the village of Dair Al-'Hatab, east of Nablus.

Security and local sources said that the occupation soldiers fired live bullets at two Palestinians while they were collecting metal east of Dair Al-Hatab Secondary School, near the illegal colony of Elon Moreh, injuring one by live bullets in the foot.

The occupation forces are still holding the injured young man and his health condition is still unknown.

Y.S.

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IOFs raid West Bank areas, kidnap several Palestinians

Thursday 25-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

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

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped four young men from 'Abwain town in northern Ramallah and another one from Silwad town in eastern Ramallah.

Eyewitnesses said that the IOFs wreaked havoc on a parked car belonging to a local resident in 'Abwain town.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces stormed Bait Ummar town and kidnapped five citizens from their homes.

Local sources said that the IOFs raided several homes in Bait Ummar and clashed with local youths in its streets.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs broke into and ransacked many homes in the city, especially in the suburbs of Shuwaika, Aktaba, and Al-Na'alwa neighborhood, assaulted members of families and kidnaped journalist 'Hazim Nasir.

In Nablus, a heavy build-up of traffic happened in both directions of a main road in the morning after the IOFs closed the Bait Foureek checkpoint.

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‎Israeli occupation forces arrest 10 civilians, including children and women, in Qalqilya and 'Azzoun town‎

‎Qalqilya 26-7-2024 Wafa -

At dawn on Friday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Qalqilya and the town of 'Azzoun in the east, and arrested at least 10 citizens, most of them relatives and relatives of those they claim are "pursued" and wanted by them‎‎.‎

‎According to local sources, large forces of the occupation army, reinforced by jeeps and military vehicles, stormed the city of Qalqilya, carried out large-scale raids in many neighborhoods, stormed houses and residential buildings, searched them, assaulted their residents, detained some of them and conducted field investigations with them‎‎.‎

‎The sources pointed out that the occupation forces focused their raids on houses claiming that one of their members was "wanted", where 5 citizens were arrested, and they are, according to local sources:‎

‎Ziyad Dawood, the father of the stalker Tariq Dawood, to pressure his son to surrender himself, which is the twentieth time he is arrested for this purpose, Ayman Abu Al-'Asal, and the father of the stalker Jibril Jibril to pressure his son to surrender himself, and Ma'hmoud Khaleel Abu Bakr, the father of the stalker 'Ali Abu Bakr, and Ibraheem Abu Haniya, the father of the stalker Jamal Abu Haniya.‎

‎In the town of 'Azzoun, east of Qalqilya, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 5 civilians, including children, brothers and sisters of the stalker Mu'awiya Riyashi to pressure him and turn himself in, according to local sources:‎

‎'Omar, Nada, Taghreed Abdul Lateef Riyashi, Sa'eed 'Husain, and Mustafa 'Hasan Salama.‎

‎F.A.‎

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‎Over 9,800 Palestinians detained in occupied West Bank since October 7, says prisoners institutions

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces detained at least 22 people, including a journalist, a child, and former detainees, in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours.

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoners Society said in a joint statement that the detention operations took place across the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, while the other detentions took place in the governorates of Toulkarm and Jerusalem Nablus, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, accompanied by widespread raids and abuse, assaults and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to vandalism and destruction of citizens' homes.

PPS and the Commission affirmed that, the total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 9,800. This figure includes those arrested from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

Y.S

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces demolish Palestinian facilities in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Thursday 25-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces and police demolished on Thursday several houses and facilities in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and Jordan Valley in the West Bank.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Israeli bulldozers knocked down two residential facilities in the village of Al-Walajah, southwest of the city.

According to “Al-Quds Al-Bawsala”, the Israeli occupation police demolished a Palestinian home in addition to an under-construction house, bringing the number of facilities that were destroyed in Al-Walajah during July to 10, and over the current year to 19.

In Al-Khalil, Local sources said that the occupation forces stormed the Haska area, northwest of Al-Khalil, and demolished a house under construction, consisting of three floors and a roof. Israeli forces also broke into the Farsh Al-Hawa area, demolished an agricultural room, destroyed its contents and a number of fruit trees and retaining walls.

In the Jordan Valley, Israeli bulldozers demolished three Palestinian residential facilities.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces demolished two tin houses, one of which is 120 square meters, and the other is 160 square meters in addition to another residential facility in Khirbet Allan in the village of Al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley.

Data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission show that the Israeli 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.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to olive-planted lands west of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) -

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire this afternoon to extensive agricultural lands in the vicinity of Rantis village, west of Ramallah, causing significant damage to olive tree plantations.

Majid Khalaf, the head of Rantees village council, reported that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers from the Hilltop Youth gang ignited the fire in olive orchards north of the village. 

Several trees were engulfed in flames before local residents managed to extinguish the blaze with the assistance of a fire brigade from the nearby town of Ni'leen, dispatched by the Palestinian Civil Defense.

Khalaf further disclosed that a similar attack occurred yesterday, targeting another olive grove west of the village. He pointed out that the colonists launch their assaults from a newly established settlement outpost in the hills surrounding the village.

M.N

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