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 263 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 32 Palestinians Killed, 139 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,658 and 86,237 Injuries

June 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:  

By June 25, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,658+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,658 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 25, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 86,237 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 25, 2024, 552 Palestinians who were killed, 5,213 who were injured, and 9,409, 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 May 21, 2023, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 15,000+ children (43%).

By March 4, 2023, the death toll also included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

By May 25, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 493 health personnel and kidnapped 310 others of them.

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 493 health personnel and kidnapped 310 others of them (May 25, 2024), destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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An injured Palestinian man and his son, who were among the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024	Zahar, sister of Isma'eel Haniyya, and 13 members of her family were martyred by Israeli occupation army bombardment on their home in Gaza City, on June 25, 2024
Detained Palestinian women face harsh conditions in Israeli occupation regime prison of Damon, July 23, 2024	Palestinian children continue to be the main victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024 pic
UNRWA Commissioner, Philippe Lazzarini, said this is the largest Palestinian catastrophe since the Nakba, as Israel is seeking to end the UN agencies, June 25, 2024	Khaleel Al-'Hayya reiterated Hamas principles for a deal, including a permanent cease-fire, full Israeli withdrawal, return of the displaced, relief and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and a prisoner exchange, June 25, 2024
Burying Palestinian martyrs in a mass grave, in Al-Shati UN Asmaa school in Gaza City, where they were massacred by Israeli genocidal bombardment, on June 25, 2024.	Grieving the death of family member martyrs, from northern Rafa'h, at the European hospital in Khan Younus, after being massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, on June 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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PGMO: Famine is worsening in Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City and the North

Tuesday 25-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza warned that famine is seriously worsening in the Gaza Strip, especially in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates.

The GMO Director-General, Isma'eel Al-Thawabta, said in a press conference in Gaza on Monday that the humanitarian conditions have seriously deteriorated across the Gaza Strip, especially following the inhumane US and Israel’s decision to “prevent the entry of food and medicine.”

He pointed out that this comes within the framework of the genocidal war against civilians in the Gaza Strip, stressing that famine directly threatens the lives of citizens, which portends a rise in the death toll due to hunger.

About 3,500 children are currently facing the dire threat of death in Gaza due to malnutrition and the lack of essential nutritional supplements, he highlighted.

“The specter of famine looms larger each day, with a grim forecast of increased fatalities resulting from hunger,” Al-Thawabta said.

He pointed out that “for 49 days, the Israeli occupation army has been preventing 25,000 sick and wounded people from traveling to receive treatment abroad, after it took over the Rafa'h border crossing with Egypt,” stressing that Israel’s control over the Rafa'h crossing has significantly impacted the wounded people’s access to essential medical care.

He underlined that 700,000 people endure daily famine conditions due to Israel’s obstruction of aid entry, leaving approximately 15,000 trucks stranded at border crossings, exacerbating the crisis.

Al-Thawabta stressed that this heartbreaking reality underscores the urgent need for action to prevent further suffering and loss of life.

He charged the US administration and the Israeli occupation authorities for this catastrophic situation in Gaza, saying, “The people of the Gaza Strip are facing death as a result of famine and the starvation policy pursued by Israel and the US administration.”

The floating pier built by the United States did not do anything to stop the famine in the northern Gaza Strip, he added.

The PGMO director launched a distress call to the international community, international organizations, all countries of the free world, and the Arab and Muslim countries, to intervene in order to protect the Palestinian people, who are being subjected to genocide.

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UNRWA Commissioner: We are witnessing the largest Palestinian catastrophe since the Nakba

Monday 24-June-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that Israel is seeking to end the operations of the United Nations agency, and is targeting other UN agencies as well.

Lazzarini added in press statements on Monday, “Today we are witnessing the largest Palestinian catastrophe since the Nakba,” noting that UNRWA has been targeted by multiple attacks, and that the humanitarian agencies in Gaza have paid a heavy price.”

He pointed out that 180 UNRWA employees were martyred, and 120 facilities belonging to the UN agency were targeted since October 7 last year, saying, “We are being targeted because we protect the rights of refugees.”

“There are attempts to eliminate the agency’s work in the occupied Palestinian territories. The financial restrictions have affected the quality of our services and deepened the ordeal of the Palestinians,” he added.

The UN Commissioner stressed that “financial challenges are hindering our work, and we need more contributions to meet the challenges of the war in Gaza,” noting that the UN review confirmed that UNRWA imposed the law on all its employees.

He explained that the UN agency, before the war, provided more than 72% of health care in 12 health facilities, half of which stopped operating in the Gaza Strip, calling for supporting the agency’s role in responding to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.

Lazzarini warned that “the levels of hunger throughout the Gaza Strip are catastrophic and man-made,” and that “more than 600,000 children in Gaza are suffering from trauma and are deprived of school.”

The UN official stressed that “without decisive intervention to resume education in Gaza, we will condemn an entire generation to poverty,” reiterating that “UNRWA exists due to the absence of a political solution to the Palestinian issue.”

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Al-'Hayya: We are ready for real negotiations based on the four announced principles

Tuesday 25-June-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Khaleel Al-'Hayya, told Al Jazeera TV that 'Hamas is ready for real negotiations to conclude a prisoner exchange deal and to end the war.

“We are ready for real negotiations if Netanyahu abides by the truce outlines put forward late last month by US President Joe Biden,” he said.

“We hope that the mediators will succeed in getting Israel to reach a deal and end the war,” he added.

The senior 'Hamas official said that the recent comments by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu about only accepting a “partial” cease-fire deal have confirmed that the Israeli premier does not want a cease-fire or the release of captives.

Khaleel Al-'Hayya said Netanyahu wants to free the captives then resume Israel’s campaign in the Gaza Strip, but Hamas “is ready and serious” for real negotiations if Netanyahu abides by the truce outlines put forward late last month by US President Joe Biden.

Al-'Hayya reiterated Hamas’s conditions for any deal that would include a permanent cease-fire and full Israeli withdrawal, return of displaced people to their homes, relief and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and a prisoner exchange deal.

“We are a people on its land and a resistance defending its land. If the occupation (Israel) announces it is achieving its goals, let it do so and let it say what it wants, and the field can validate and falsify,” he further added.

He added, “If Israel wants to convince itself that it is done, it should exit the Strip,” in response to a question about the Israeli army’s remarks on dismantling Hamas during the interview.

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Al-Rishiq: Netanyahu seeks to gain more time and continue the war on Gaza

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Member of Hamas’s political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s televised remarks on Sunday about a ceasefire in Gaza reflected his real position and his desire to disrupt a prisoner exchange deal and continue his barbaric war on the Gaza Strip.

“Netanyahu’s real position is not about reaching an agreement but about maneuvering to gain more time and continue the genocidal war,” Al-Rishiq said in press remarks on Monday.

“It has become clear to the world that Netanyahu is the one who rejects and obstructs the implementation of what came in Biden’s speech and the Security Council’s recent resolution,” Al-Rishiq added.

“Netanyahu’s talk about his intent to reach only a partial ceasefire agreement and then resume the aggression confirms that his is lying to the captives’ families and that he does not care about the lives of their children,” the Hamas official said.

“The ball is now in the court of war criminal Netanyahu,” he stressed, calling on the US administration to pressure the Israeli government to stop its genocidal war on Gaza. 

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'Hamas: Biden’s administration bears responsibility for the genocide in Gaza

Tuesday 25-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement charged the administration of US President Joe Biden over responsibility for the continuation of the war of extermination against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, by continuing to give “the Zionist government and its criminal army political and military cover as well as time to accomplish the mission of destruction and annihilation in the Strip.”

'Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday, “The massacres carried out by the fascist Zionist enemy against our people in the Gaza Strip prove its continued defiance of all international laws and human norms and values by deliberately targeting innocent civilians and committing the most horrific massacres against them.”

'Hamas referred to the recent massacres, including the bombing of Al-Shati Camp, in which ten civilians were killed, including the sister of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyya, as well as the bombing of Abdul Fatta'h 'Hammoud School in Al-Daraj neighborhood, which claimed the lives of eight members of Al-Jarow family, and the targeting of the home of Nasr family in Al-Maghazi camp and the UNRWA Asmaa School in Al-Shati camp, which led to the martyrdom of dozens of people, most of them were children and women.

'Hamas called on the masses of the Arab and Muslim nation, and the free people of the world, to mobilize at all levels to push for a ceasefire.

The Movement also called on the international community and the United Nations to assume their responsibilities towards the ongoing horrific crimes and to take urgent action to protect innocent civilians. 

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EU Chief warns of Israel's clear will to annex West Bank

LUXEMBOURG, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) -

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Joseph Borrell, said that Israel seems to have a clear will to annex the occupied West Bank little by little, warning that this certainly will not lead to peace.

"There seems to be a clear will to annex the West Bank, little by little, bit by bit; there seems to be that will and that's certainly not going to lead to peace," Josep Borrell said at a press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, reports Anadolu Ajansı.

He said that a cease-fire has not been reached in Gaza three weeks after the proposal, which was supported by the international community, was passed.

In response to a question whether the war will continue, Borrell said: "It seems so, unfortunately, it is a war that is going to test the survival of Palestinians in Gaza."

T.R.

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

On June 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 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 32 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 139 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,658 and the injuries to 86,237, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 37,658 martyrs

Tuesday 25-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 32 civilians and injuring over 139 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 171 of them, including 32 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 37,658 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 86,237 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 genocide in Gaza enters Day 262

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 262 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, two citizens were martyred in an Israeli attack on Musabbi'h area in northern Rafa'h, while a number of casualties, including three martyrs, were reported following an aerial attack on a group of citizens at the Bani Suhaila rotary in the east of Khan Younus.

An Israeli drone also opened fire at a group of citizens in the west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, injuring a number of them.

Three people were also massacred in an Israeli attack on a street near an aid distribution center in the west of Gaza City.

Israeli snipers also opened fire at and injured a number of citizens in Tal as-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafa'h.

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

Meanwhile, the Government Media Office in Gaza said that the lack of aid, including food, nutritional supplements and vaccines, has put 3,500 children at risk of dying from malnourishment. 

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28 civilians, including Haniyya’s sister, martyred in Israeli genocidal attacks on Gaza City

Tuesday 25-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Over 28 Palestinian citizens, including the sister of Hamas’s political chief Isma'eel Haniyya, were martyred in Israeli massacres in Gaza City on Tuesday.

According to Palestinian media sources, Zahar Abdul Salam Haniyya, the sister of Ismail Haneyya, and at least 13 members of her family were martyred when the Israeli occupation army bombed their home in Gaza City in the morning.

A number of victims are still being buried under the rubble of Haniyya’s home. Rescue efforts are underway.

Dozens of Haniyya’s relatives, including three of his sons and five grandchildren, have already been martyred since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, an Israeli warplane bombed a group of civilians at the Palmira junction in Al-Wi'hda street in Gaza City, killing three of them and injuring others.

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Five Palestinians, including two children, killed in Israeli bombing west Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) -

Five Palestinians, including two children, were Tuesday morning killed and others were injured in an Israeli occupation bombing, west of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation aircraft targeted a group of citizens on Al-Wa'hda Street near Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City, killing five citizens, including two children, and leaving others with varying injuries.

He added that they were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year rose to 37,626 and has so far left 86,098 casualties, the majority of whom were children and women.

K.T.

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

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Two children injured in Israeli raid into Nablus-area refugee camp

NABLUS, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian children were Tuesday dawn injured by shrapnel during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid into Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, amid confrontations, while 13  people were detained.

Local sources in the camp said that the occupation forces stormed the camp and besieged a number of neighborhoods as confrontations broke out with Palestinian young men.

Red Crescent sources reported that two children were injured by shrapnel of Israeli gunfire, and said their injuries were reported to be light, pointing out that the occupation forces were obstructing the work of the PRCS crews.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces stormed Balata camp amid heavy gunfire as the soldiers deployed in the camp's surroundings, raiding several homes and vandalizing their contents, sparking confrontations during which two children were injured by shrapnel in the head and hand.

He added that a Red Crescent ambulance was seized, and its keys and communication equipment were confiscated.

Meanwhile, eight citizens were detained.

He noted that the occupation forces stormed Al-Ma'ajin area, west of the city, and raided and searched several homes, while they stormed Al-Makhfiya area and Tal Street and detained five people.

K.T.

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Several Palestinians kidnapped and injured in IOFs West Bank raids

Tuesday 25-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Several Palestinians were kidnapped and injured after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed in large numbers different areas in the West Bank at dawn Tuesday.

In Nablus, two children suffered gunshot injuries while eight others were detained as clashes erupted in the Balata camp, east of the city, after being violently raided by IOFs.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society affirmed that the IOFs prevented its crews from transporting the injured children for treatment.

Local sources also reported that the IOF stormed the refugee camp amid heavy firing of live ammunition and violent raids into local homes, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

In Bair La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOFs detained three people after raiding and searching their family houses, while a fourth was rounded up at the Container military checkpoint northeast of the city.

In Tubas, the Israeli forces arrested three young men after breaking into Tammoun town.

Similar raids were also reported in Salfeet.

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Israeli occupation forces forces detain at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained at least 25 Palestinians during military raids across the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

They said in a joint statement that the detentions were concentrated in the Nablus governorate, while the rest of the detentions took place among the governorates of Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Qalqilya.

Israeli forces continue to carry out widespread raids, detentions, and brutal assaults during arrest operations, along with threats against detainees and their families, in addition to extensive destruction and vandalism of civilian homes.

By June 24, 2024, the total number of Palestinians who were detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 9,385. This figure includes those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

 Y.S.

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Detainees Commission: Detained women face harsh conditions in Israeli Damon jail

Monday 24-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs has said that the Palestinian women languishing in the Israeli Damon prison, northern 1948 occupied Palestine, have been held under harsh detention conditions, especially since October 7, 2023.

In a statement on Sunday, the Commission quoted one of the women who are held captive in Damon jail as saying that they were suffering from difficult conditions, with some of them forced to sleep on the floor because of insufficient number of beds, as every 10 women are held in one room with only four beds, adding that they get poor food in quantity and quality.

Another detained woman told the lawyer of the Detainees Affairs Commission that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested her from her home at 3 a.m. and handcuffed her before being transferred to Ofer prison where she was held until 6 a.m. before taking her to Beit El district where she remained until 9 a.m., without allowing her to use the toilet except for one time.

She explained that the IOF returned her back to Ofer prison for investigation that lasted fifty minutes, before she was transferred once again to Al-Maskoubiya detention center in Jerusalem. There she was held for 16 consecutive days before she was transferred again to Hasharon prison, where both her hands and legs remained shackled for seven hours with no food.

The imprisoned woman revealed that the prison administration told her that she would be allowed to pursue her higher education abroad on one condition that she does not return back to the West Bank, which was totally rejected by her. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOFs razes three homes, dozens of olive trees in the West Bank

Tuesday 25-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished on Tuesday three Palestinian homes in the West Bank at the pretext they were built with no permits.

According to local sources, the IOFs bulldozed two unfinished houses in the villages of Mara'h Mu'ala and Joarat Al-Sham’ah, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The IOFs also knocked down another Palestinian house in Farsh Al-Hawa area in western al-Khalil, displacing a family of 10 individuals. The owners say the house was licensed by the municipality of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) province.

In Jineen, the IOFs bulldozed 60 olive trees in a Palestinian-owned grove behind the separation wall near Ya’bad town.

According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, the Israeli occupation authority demolished in last May 66 homes and facilities in the West Bank and Jerusalem, including 35 inhabited homes and 15 agricultural structures.

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Occupation forces demolish house under construction near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday demolished a house under construction in the village of Mara'h Mu'alla, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The head of the Mara'h Mu'alla village council, Khalid Abu Shaqra, told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces demolished a house under construction under the pretext that it was built without a license.

He said that it consisted of a single floor and an area of 400 square meters, and that it belonged to local resident Samir Muhammed Abu Shaqra.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities carried out 47 demolition operations, affecting 66 facilities, including 35 inhabited homes, five uninhabited, and 15 agricultural and other facilities, in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, during May.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish a house near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

HEBRON, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday demolished a 200-square-meter house in Farsh Al-Hawa area, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Youssef Abdul-Jawwad Abu 'Aisha, a local resident, told WAFA that the occupation forces raided the area, accompanied by heavy vehicles, and demolished the house of his brother, Tamir, in which he lives with his family of 10 members, noting that the building consists of three floors, a water well, and external walls.

He stated that the occupation forces raided the house and began demolishing it, and that the aforementioned building was licensed by the Hebron Municipality and that they had all the identification papers for ownership of the land.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities carried out 47 demolition operations, affecting 66 facilities, including 35 inhabited homes, five uninhabited, and 15 agricultural and other facilities, in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, during the month of last May.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian herders, force them out of their lands east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)., Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian herders while grazing livestock  and forced them to leave their lands in the town of Bani Na'eem, east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources said that dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers from a new from the illegal outpost brutally assaulted herders and forced them to leave their lands.

He said Israeli occupation soldiers in the area did not intervene to stop the colonists, rather they provided them with cover and protection.

Y.S.

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