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 241 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 40 Palestinians Killed, 150 Injured, with a Death Toll of  36,479 and 82,777 Injuries

June 3, 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 3, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 43,479+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (36,479) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 3, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 82,777 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 3, 2024, 524 Palestinians who were killed, 4,400 who were injured, and 9,010 (corrected on May 27, 2024), who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (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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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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Three Palestinian little children were among the martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, June 3, 2024	Israeli genocidal airstrikes near 'Halab (Aleppo) massacre 17 and injure 15 people in Syria, on June 3, 2024
Gaza has been reduced to rubble, and Palestinian families have to survive in inhumane conditions with scarce water, food, and supplies, said UNRWA, June 3, 2024	Massive rally in Pakistan demands action against the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, for committing crimes against humanity, June 2, 2024 pic
Palestinian families fleeing Rafa'h due to the continuous Israeli genocidal war which targets residential neighborhood and tents of refugees alike, June 3, 2024	40 Palestinian civilians, mostly children and women, were killed, 150 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, on June 3, 2024
Total mass destruction of Jabalya residential neighborhoods, in northern Gaza Strip, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, June 3, 2024	Getting Palestinian civilian martyrs from under the rubble in Jabalya, after the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces, June 3, 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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Israeli genocidal airstrikes near 'Halab (Aleppo) massacre 17 and injure 15 people in Syria

Monday 3-June-2024

DAMASCUS, (PIC)

Israeli genocidal airstrikes around the Syrian city of 'Halab (Aleppo) killed several people early Monday, Syrian state media reported.

The state-run SANA news agency gave no specific toll. It said the strikes were around the southeastern edge of 'Halab (Aleppo).

“The aggression led to a number of martyrs and some material losses,” SANA said.

However, other Syrian media sites revealed that 17 people were killed, and 15 others were injured in this Israeli attack.

The sources said the airstrikes targeted a copper smelting plant near the town of 'Hayyan in the northwestern countryside of 'Halab (Aleppo).

For its part, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that “after midnight… the Israeli enemy launched an air attack on the southeast of 'Halab (Aleppo), targeting some positions” near the city, adding that “the aggression caused several martyrs and material damage.”

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PGMO: More than 3,500 children in Gaza at risk of death because of Israeli starvation policies

Monday 3-June-2024

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GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) spokesperson, Al-Thawabta, said that more than 3,500 children are at risk of death in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli occupation’s policies of starvation, food shortages, lack of nutritional supplements, and prevention of aid, calling on the world to urgently save the lives of these children.

In a press release on Monday, the PGMO elaborated that more than 3,500 children under the age of five are at risk of gradual death in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli occupation’s policies of starving children, shortage of milk and food, lack of nutritional supplements, deprivation of vaccinations, and prevention of humanitarian aid for the fourth consecutive week amid terrible international silence.

These children suffer from advanced malnutrition, which has affected their body structure, making them vulnerable to infectious diseases that threaten their lives, delay their growth, and jeopardize their survival, the PGMO stated, adding that they lack access to basic services such as food, healthcare, and regular medical follow-up, with their conditions getting worse and more severe due to the deprivation of vaccinations and necessary medicinal doses in their early years of life.

It highlighted that children in the Gaza Strip need immediate and fundamental solutions to all the crises they are systematically subjected to by the Israeli occupation, primarily the provision of food, healthcare, nutritional supplements, and vaccinations, as well as specialized food for children.

The PGMO explained further that children particularly need advanced psychological care in light of the horrors they have witnessed, revealing that during the genocide, 15,438 children were killed, tens of thousands were injured, and more than 17,000 children now live without one or both parents.

The PGMO strongly condemned the continuation of the genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the Israeli occupation, supported by the US administration which include the targeting of children with killing, maiming, starvation, deprivation of treatment and healthcare, and denial of food, calling on all free countries of the world to condemn these compounded crimes, which are part of the genocide against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

It also warned the international community, UN and international organizations, child welfare organizations, and all countries of the world about the deteriorating situation of children in the Gaza Strip and the catastrophic and dangerous situation of more than 3,500 children under five who are at risk of gradual death due to the Israeli occupation’s policies of starvation, food shortages, lack of nutritional supplements, and deprivation of vaccinations.

The GMO demanded them all to fulfill their responsibilities and save the children in the Gaza Strip, whose number is 335,000 and are living under extremely difficult conditions due to the genocide, displacement, and other circumstances of the Israeli aggression.

It appealed to the International Criminal Court, all other international courts, and all free judges worldwide to prosecute the Israeli and US war criminals who systematically and deliberately target children, throwing them into an unprecedented historical inferno, demanding bringing them to justice as war criminals.

The PGMO called on all free nations of the world and all international and UN organizations to pressure the Israeli occupation and the US administration to stop the genocide and open the Rafa'h border crossing, the Karm Abu Salim crossing, and all land crossings, as well as to allow the entry of various types of children’s food.

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OCHA: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles

Monday 3-June-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

Far too little aid is reaching people in Gaza to the extent that children are now starving, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday, in a renewed appeal to Israel to respect international law regarding the safe passage of lifesaving relief in the war-shattered enclave.

“I would say they are certainly not getting the amount that they desperately need to prevent a famine, to prevent all kind of horrors that we see. It’s very, very little that is going around at the moment,” said OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke.

Responding to questions about aid access obstacles, he reiterated that the Israeli authorities’ obligations under international humanitarian law to facilitate the delivery of aid “does not stop at the border. It does not stop when you drop off just a few meters across the border and then drive away and then leave it to humanitarians to drive through active combat zones – which they cannot do – to pick it up. So, to answer your question, no, the aid that is getting in, is not getting to the people.”

Amid ongoing reports of deadly Israeli bombardment across Gaza, humanitarians continued to stress that land crossings for aid convoys remain “the only way to get (aid) in at scale and at speed…We need more of these land crossings and we need them open and we need them safe for use to pick up the aid when it’s dropped off,” the OCHA spokesperson said.

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UNRWA: Gaza has been reduced to rubble

Monday 3-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, said that Gaza has been reduced to rubble, and that Palestinian families have to survive in inhumane conditions.

Gaza has been reduced to rubble, and Palestinian families have to survive in inhumane conditions with scarce water, food, and supplies, the UN agency said in a post on X.

UNRWA also pointed out that its teams continue to provide flour to people even in the most dire and unimaginable circumstances.

It further stressed that “the siege on Gaza needs to end immediately.”

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 240 on Sunday, 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 in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid intensive attacks in Rafa'h and northern Gaza.

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Massive rally in Pakistan demands action against the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, for committing crimes against humanity

Monday 3-June-2024

KARACHI, (PIC)

Thousands of people, including a large number of women and children, rallied in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Sunday night to urge the world to force the Israeli occupation apartheid regime to stop attacks on Gaza and hold it accountable for its crimes against humanity.

Sunday’s rally in Karachi was organized by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party and attended by thousands of men, women, and children, with participants carrying placards and banners, and chanting slogans in support of the Palestinians.

“Israel should be tried for its crimes against humanity and it should be forced to immediately stop the genocide of the Palestinians,” JI chief Naeem-ur-Rehman said, urging Muslim rulers to get united in support of Palestine.

He hailed the youth worldwide, including in the Western world, for criticizing their own governments’ pro-Israel policies.

“The youth in Pakistan and worldwide are at the forefront to raise voice against the Israeli terrorism against people of Palestine,” Rehman said.

“The US and the West’s state-sponsored terrorism against the innocent people of Palestine by Israel has exposed all of them and their double standards.”

The war on Gaza broke out after Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 in response to the deteriorating conditions of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation.

Israel launched a retaliatory offensive, widely viewed as disproportionate, in which more than 35,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have lost their lives, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

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

On June 3, 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 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 40 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 150 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 36,479 and the injuries to 82,777, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Israel commits four massacres in Gaza, resulting in the killing of 40 Palestinians in 24 hours

GAZA, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the tragic killing of 40 Palestinians and leaving 150 others injured, according to medical reports.

Medical sources confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 36,479 reported Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 82,777 individuals sustaining injuries.

The number of victims is expected to increase further as rescue and emergency teams face challenges in accessing the affected areas, with hundreds more feared buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

Y.S.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 241

Monday 3-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 241 on Monday, aerial and artillery genocidal 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 in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid intensive attacks in Rafa'h and northern Gaza.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces continued their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafa'h amid aerial and artillery bombardments, committing horrific massacres.

On Monday morning, Israeli artillery shelling targeted an area next to a school sheltering hundreds of displaced persons in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City.

On the other hand, Israeli quadcopter drones opened indiscriminate fire on the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

At least ten people were killed, including 3 children, by the Israeli airstrikes on two homes belonging to the Al-Buraim and Abu Khati families, east of Khan Younus.

Two other citizens were injured in another Israeli attack near the Musabah Junction, north of Rafa'h.

The Israeli artillery also bombed the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City

The Israeli warplanes also targeted the surrounding areas of the Gaza European Hospital, east of Khan Younus Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip

Meanwhile, several people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Abu 'Obaid family house in the Saudi neighborhood, west of Rafa'h.

Shortly before midnight, 6 children and women were killed in a similar airstrike targeting Al-'Aql family house in Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Along the same line, a man, a woman, and their two children were killed after the Israeli warplanes targeted “Abu Nar” family house in the vicinity of Al-Faraj Mosque in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

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Israeli occupation forces break into Khan Younus city, amidst gunfire

GAZA, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation apartheid regime military vehicles Monday broke into the east of the city of Khan Younus, in the south of the Gaza Strip, and on the eastern outskirts of Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, amid violent and intermittent gunfire and artillery shelling in the two areas.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces advanced towards the towns of 'Abasan Al-Jadeedah and Al-Zanna, east of Khan Younus, amid heavy gunfire and artillery shelling targeting the two towns.

They added that hundreds of citizens were displaced from areas near the incursion sites due to artillery shelling and heavy gunfire.

In Gaza City, the occupation forces made a limited incursion into the eastern Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of the city, amid artillery shelling and drone fire at everything moving in the area.

K.T.

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At least 21 civilians killed in separate Israeli raids on the central and southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least 21 civilians were killed 21 since dawn today in separate raids by occupation warplanes and artillery on the central and southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that  the occupation artillery launched violent artillery shelling on the Al-Zaytoun and Tel Al-Hawa neighborhoods, and the “8” Street area in Gaza City, which led to the killing of two civilians and the injury of five others.

Ambulance and civil defense crews recovered the bodies of four people from the Al-Sammouni and Muhanna families following artillery shelling that targeted two homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, four civilians were killed in an occupation bombing of a residential apartment in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes also bombed with several shells the vicinity of a school housing displaced persons affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the neighborhood.

The Israeli occupation warboats fired several shells at civilians' homes off the sea in the Shaikh 'Ijleen area, the port, and towards Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

Six civilians, including an infant, were killed when occupation aircraft bombed a house belonging to the Aql family in the Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery shelled several shells at citizens' homes northwest of the Nusayrat camp, and a civilian was killed  by bullets from the occupation gunboats on the beach of the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation warplanes targeted the vicinity of the Gaza European Hospital in the city of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, 10 civilians including three children, were killed  and others were injured when the occupation warplanes bombed two homes belonging to the Al-Buraim and Abu Khatir families in the east of the city of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that two civilians were injured in the bombing of the occupation warplanes that targeted a house for the Abu 'Ubaid family in the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city of Rafa'h.

The occupation warboats opened heavy fire on the seashore of the city of Rafah, in conjunction with artillery shelling and the firing of lighting bombs on the Brazil neighborhood in the south, and raids on the 'Oraiba area in the north.

Y.S.

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Gaza: 12 Palestinians killed in series of Israeli genocidal airstrikes

GAZA, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least 12 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were killed on Monday dawn in a series of Israeli raids that targeted areas in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Health sources said that 10 people, including 3 children, were killed and others were injured in an Israeli genocidal bombing that targeted two homes in Al-Rumaydah area, east of the city of  Khan Younus, as the Israeli aggression enters its 241st day.

Two citizens were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house owned by Abu Khatir family in  Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondents said that an Israeli raid targeted the vicinity of the Gaza European Hospital near  Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that a number of people were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house belonging to Abu 'Ubaid family in the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, while a similar raid targeted 'Oraiba area, north of the city, south of the Gaza Strip.

Earlier today, 10 civilians were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted two homes in Al-Buraij and Al-Nusayrat refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip.

By June 2, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 36,439 reported fatalities, with an additional 82,627 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, 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 and ambulance and civil defense teams.

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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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces detain 20 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces overnight and Monday detained 20 Palestinians in large-scale arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS).

They said in a joint statement that the total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank has risen to over 9,000 since October 7, 2023. This figure includes individuals apprehended from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under duress, and those taken hostage.

The detention operations were accompanied by widespread sabotage, destruction of Palestinian civilians’ homes, field executions, direct shooting in addition to severe beatings, field investigation and the use of civilians as human shields. 

These statistics cover both those who remain in detention and those who have been subsequently released.

Y.S.

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Overnight IOFs' raids and kidnapping campaigns in the West Bank

Monday 3-June-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Wadi Al-Fari’a area, south of Tubas, amid heavy gunfire on Sunday evening.

Local sources affirmed that the IOFs were stationed at the southern entrance to Wadi Al-Fari’a.

The IOFs kidnapped a Palestinian young man in Umm Safa town, north of Ramallah, and a second Palestinian in Marda town in Salfeet. Several local homes were also stormed during Marda raid.

The Marda town is subjected to frequent attacks by the Israeli forces, closing its entrances from time to time.

On the other hand, a group of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned lands in Douma town, south of Nablus.

The head of the Douma Village Council, Sulayman Dawabsha, affirmed that the settlers set fire to olive fields and crops in the southern part of the village.

The illegal Israeli settler attack was carried out under IOFs protection, he added.

Meanwhile, the Civil Defense was prevented from reaching the area, which may deepen the damage.

In a similar incident, another group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles at the 'Awarta military checkpoint, south of Nablus.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOFs storm cemetery in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), illegal Israeli settlers' attack reported in Nablus

Monday 3-June-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed on Monday the Bab Al-Ra'hma Cemetery adjacent to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, while settlers attacked an ambulance car and citizens’ vehicles in the West Bank Nablus Governorate.

Mjaqdisi (Jerusalemite) sources reported that the IOFs attacked the cemetery and searched young men and graves, without respecting any sanctities, as part of their ongoing violations against the Palestinian people and their sanctities.

This comes after dozens of settlers had stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups, under the protection of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police and forces and carried out provocative tours and Talmudic rituals in its courtyards.

Meanwhile, settlers reportedly attacked an ambulance car in Nablus with stones as it was passing by on the main road adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, built on citizens’ lands south of the city.

The illegal Israeli settlers’ attack resulted in damage to the body of the ambulance car, without any of the medical staff being injured, while the settlers threw stones at citizens’ vehicles on the same road, under the protection of the IOFs and police that were present at the site.

The illegal Israeli settler attacks have escalated since the seventh of last October. Over the past month, settlers carried out 1,127 attacks in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). 

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Illegal Israeli settlers stone Palestinian ambulance near Nablus

NABLUS, Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on Monday an ambulance with stones as it passed on the main street adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, which was built on Palestinian lands south of Nablus.

Al-Razi Ambulance told WAFA that the colonists attacked the vehicle while it was passing through the road linking the towns of 'Huwwara and Jit, causing damages to the vehicle’s body. None of the crew was injured, according to the source.

The illegal Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian citizens' vehicles on the same street as the occupation soldiers stood and watched, doing nothing.

'Aqraba ambulance driver Yousuf Der'iyah told WAFA that the occupation army detained him and the crew for more than half an hour at Al-Murabba military checkpoint south of Nablus.

It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers carried out 1,127 attacks in the West Bank during May, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces carry out demolition operations near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Monday, June 3, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Monday began carrying out demolition operations in the town of 'Anata, northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Deputy Mayor of 'Anata, Mu'hammed 'Husain, told WAFA that the occupation forces demolished a house with an area of ​​140 square meters, owned by Mohammad A'hmed Hilwah, a local resident.

He added that the occupation forces demolished agricultural facilities, including shacks used for raising livestock and beehives, and bulldozed a park owned by al-Fuhaidat family.

It is noteworthy that the Jerusalem Governorate monitored 30 demolition and bulldozing operations during May, including nine forced self-demolition operations, and 20 demolition operations carried out by the Israeli authorities, as well as a razing operation.

K.T. 

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