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 243 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 36 Palestinians Killed, 115 Injured, with a Death Toll of  36,586 and 83,073 Injuries

June 5, 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 5, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 43,586+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (36,586) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 5, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 83,074 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 5, 2024, 529 Palestinians who were killed, 4,410 who were injured, and 9,072 (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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A Palestinian woman grieving the death of her family members, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike, on central Gaza Strip, on June 5, 2024	A Palestinian man grieving the death of his family members, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike, on central Gaza Strip, on June 5, 2024
Palestinians scramble to get fresh water, due to the Israeli closure of the Rafa'h crossings, which stopped fuel supplies to Gaza Strip, June 5, 2024	Dozens of bodies of slain Palestinian civilians were recovered following genocidal Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza Strip, June 5, 2024
Palestinian martyred and injured civilians arriving at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, following series of Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, June 5, 2024	Palestinian martyred and injured civilians arriving at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, following series of Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, June 5, 2024
Performing funeral prayer on the Palestinian martyred civilians, who were massacred by a the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, June 5, 2024	Eight Palestinian martyrs from the same family were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their vehicle, in Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, June 4, 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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Palestinian Health Ministry: No room for more wounded persons at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital

Wednesday 5-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which is located in Dair El-Bala'h Governorate, in central Gaza Strip, is the only hospital providing health services to more than one million people.

The Ministry explained in a statement on Tuesday that the hospital’s clinical capacity cannot bear to receive more martyrs and injuries in light of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian civilian population because of severe shortage of supplies and personnel.

It called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and all international organizations to “investigate the dangerous health situation at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.”

The ministry also urged “the international community and all international and UN organizations to immediately and urgently deploy field hospitals and medical teams to save the health situation in the Gaza Strip and to control the situations of dozens of thousands of wounded and injured people who are at risk of death.”

The Israeli occupation army has been waging, since October 7 last year, a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, with the US and European support, leading to the martyrdom of 36,550 people, and the injury of 82,959 others, in addition to the displacement of about 1.7 million residents of the Strip, according to UN data. 

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Israel-Controlled U.S. lawmakers vote to sanction ICC after prosecutor seeks warrant for Israel's Netanyahu

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

The (Israel-controlled) US House of Representatives has voted to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to its chief prosecutor seeking arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. 

The bill was passed along bipartisan lines in a 247-155 vote joined by 42 Democrats despite opposition from the White House.

The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act would require mandatory sanctions and visa restrictions on any foreign person working or providing funds for the ICC in prosecutions against the US, Israel or any other US ally that is not party to the ICC.

The vote came after ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan last month recommended war crimes charges against Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The White House previously said it was "deeply concerned" about the ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders but said the Biden administration "strongly opposes" the legislation.

"There are more effective ways to defend Israel, preserve U.S. positions on the ICC, and promote international justice and accountability, and the Administration stands ready to work with Congress on those options," it said in a statement Monday.

The bill is largely symbolic, since the US does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC.

K.T.

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HRW says Israeli occupation forces dropped white phosphorus bombs on southern Lebanon

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces have used white phosphorus bombs in at least 17 municipalities across southern Lebanon, including populated residential areas, since October last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.

“It verified the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in at least 17 municipalities across south Lebanon since October 2023, including 5 municipalities where airburst munitions were unlawfully used over populated residential areas," HRW stated in a report.

It added that this illegal act has put civilian lives in grave risk.

The report said the use of white phosphorus also contributed to civilian displacement from their homes in southern Lebanon.

"Under international humanitarian law, the use of airburst white phosphorus is unlawfully indiscriminate in populated areas," it warned.

"Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon highlights the need for stronger international law on incendiary weapons," the international rights watchdog said.

K.T. 

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Hamas calls on UN to blacklist Israel for crimes against children

Tuesday 4-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

On the International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression, the 'Hamas Movement has called on the UN to include the Israeli occupation state in its blacklist of entities that target children with murder, torture, and displacement.

“This year’s International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression comes as the Zionist aggression against our Palestinian people continues in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). This has been ongoing for more than seven months,” Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday.

“During this period, this fascist entity has committed the most heinous crimes and horrific massacres against the Palestinian people, especially innocent children who have been and continue to be direct targets for this Nazi entity’s terrorism and crimes,” Hamas added.

“According to UN reports, one child is injured or killed every 10 minutes in Gaza. Additionally, the number of our people’s children who have martyred during the ongoing Zionist aggression against the Gaza Strip — which is estimated at more than 14,000 martyrs — exceeds those recorded over four years of global conflicts,” according to the Movement’s statement.

“In the fascist occupation’s jails, more than 200 Palestinian children, mostly school students, are exposed to the most brutal and hateful punitive and vengeful practices — including more than 20 children from the Gaza Strip. They are facing various forms of beatings, harsh interrogations, physical and psychological torture, daily maltreatment, deliberate medical neglect, and are also denied visits from their families, healthcare crews, and human rights groups,” the statement said.

'Hamas has called on the international community, countries, governments, and institutions concerned with children’s rights to assume their political and humanitarian responsibilities towards the children of Palestine and work on protecting them from Israel’s brutality and sadism and having them released from its jails.

The Movement also called for international action to stop and criminalize Israel’s aggression and crimes against the Palestinian people and their children and support their legitimate rights. 

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UNRWA: People in Gaza struggling to remain alive, suffering a severe shortage of fresh water

Wednesday 5-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

“With almost no fuel available in Gaza, critical desalination plants have shut down. People don’t have near enough water,” UNRWA said in a statement on X on Tuesday.

It added that “survival is a struggle. Families and children walk long distances in the heat for water. People need water to live – Israeli authorities must provide access now.”

The Israeli occupation army on 7 May occupied the Rafa'h border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt, which served as the main artery for humanitarian aid and for the travel of the wounded and sick out of the enclave for treatment.

Few quantities of fuel were supplied by international agencies over the past few months that could operate water desalination plants but now fuel has run out with no new shipments allowed into the besieged enclave. 

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'Hamas: The illegal Israeli settler march of flags in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) is “aggression against our people and holy sites”

Wednesday 5-June-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli flag march that was held today, Wednesday, in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), as “aggression against the Palestinian people and their holy sites,” warning the occupation regime of persisting in “its criminal practices against the Aqsa Mosque.”

In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas said that the organization of the illegal Israeli settler march of flags under police protection in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) reflected Israeli insistence on Judaizing the Palestinian holy places and provoking the feelings of hundreds of Muslims around the world.

'Hamas warned the Israeli occupation regime of persisting in its violations against the Palestinian holy sites, especially Al-Aqsa mosque, affirming that the resistance is still able to curb the Israeli occupation and its settlers in the West Bank.

'Hamas urged the Palestinian masses across the occupied territories to march en masse on Wednesday to Al-Aqsa Mosque to protect it against Israeli violations.

Scores of police officers were deployed in the holy city as flag-bearing settlers slowly began to gather early on Wednesday near Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to participate in the parade, which celebrates the Israeli capture and occupation of east Jerusalem in 1967.

Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers guarded by police forces reportedly participated in the march that saw physical and verbal attacks on Palestinian citizens in the Old City’s streets.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police also allowed many of the illegal Israeli settlers to bring and carry guns with them during the march.

Israeli occupation apartheid regime police officers were seen attacking Palestinian shopkeepers in the Muslim Quarter of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), while a Palestinian journalist in a flak jacket was attacked by a settler and required medical attention.

Other journalists were also met with a heavy-handed response from Israeli police officers.

The illegal Israeli settlers were also heard chanting “No more Al-Aqsa, no more children in Gaza” as their crowds moved through the Muslim Quarter.

Earlier in the morning, hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque and waved the Israeli occupation apartheid regime flags near its gates.

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Euro-Med: Israeli occupation army expands its use of the quadcopters to kill more Palestinian civilians

Wednesday 5-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime has been ramping up its use of small drones, or quadcopters, to drop explosive bombs and “shoot to kill” more Palestinians, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Tuesday.

The Israeli occupation army uses electronically controlled quadcopter drones remotely for a variety of tasks, including espionage and surveillance, issuing displacement orders, frightening civilians with loud noises, and—most dangerously—using them as a weapon to kill and injure Palestinians, the rights group said.

According to Euro-Med, the Israeli army has increased the number of extrajudicial executions and premeditated killings of Palestinian civilians. Drones are being used for sniping and shooting operations in various areas of the Gaza Strip, and they are also being used to infiltrate homes and narrow alleyways. Meanwhile, the Israeli army has continued to kill Palestinians on a massively large scale by targeting residential areas with artillery and aerial strikes.

The Israeli occupation army has released a video documenting its use of these kinds of quadcopter aircraft to drop bombs on groups of people and houses while conducting military operations in the Gaza Strip.

The Geneva-based group revealed that Israeli occupation army forces deliberately targeted and executed Sala'h Mu'hammed A'hmad 'Oadah, 52, while she was trying to escape from the Jabalya refugee camp by raising a white flag. 'Oadah was killed due to direct fire from Israeli quadcopter aircraft on May 21 in front of her family.

These drones have killed dozens of civilians, as confirmed by Euro-Med Monitor in earlier reports, by firing automatic machine guns mounted beneath an aircraft at random gatherings, or shooting directly at people.

Since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian civilians have been killed or wounded by Israeli snipers and quadcopter drones, in addition to those killed during the Israeli army’s ground incursions, which began at the end of October 2023 and have intensified in recent weeks.

Israel has used quadcopter drones in a systematic and widespread manner lately to carry out extrajudicial executions and premeditated killings of Palestinian civilians, according to testimonies gathered by Euro-Med Monitor. These drones are used, in particular, against civilians who attempt to return and inspect their homes after the Israeli military retreats from areas it has attacked by land or air.

Given their constant presence in the air, these aircraft are also used to terrorize, intimidate, and negatively impact the psychological well-being of Palestinian civilians by making horrifying noises and broadcasting orders from Israeli soldiers. 

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Qatar: No clear position yet from Israel on its ceasefire proposal

Wednesday 5-June-2024

DOA'HA, (PIC)

Spokesman for Qatari foreign ministry, Majid Al-Ansari, said that Qatar received an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire deal “that reflects the principles laid out in US president Joe Biden’s speech” and delivered it to the 'Hamas Movement.

In a news conference on Tuesday, Spokesman Al-Ansari said that the proposal includes now positions from both sides that are closer than before, affirming that there are efforts underway to reach language that is agreed on by both parties.

“We are waiting for a clear Israeli position that represents the entire government in response to the US proposal over Gaza,” Ansari underlined.

“We have read and heard the contradictory remarks that were made by Israeli ministers in this regard, so we are confident that there is still no unified position in Israel regarding the current proposal on the table,” he added. 

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Osama 'Hamdan: Our prisoners are one of the most important headlines of Al-Aqsa Flood

Wednesday 5-June-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas Political Bureau, Osama 'Hamdan, said the Palestinian prisoners issue is one of the central national issues of the 'Hamas Movement and the Palestinian people.

It is a just humanitarian cause. We cannot accept their continued suffering and the Israeli escalation against them, he said in a press conference held in Beirut.

'Hamdan emphasized that “one of the main causes of all the uprisings and revolutions against the Zionist enemy was and still is the occupation’s horrifying crimes and systematic violations against both male and female prisoners in its prisons.”

He went on to say, “This criminal escalation is directed at Palestinian hostages and abductees from the Gaza Strip as well as prisoners and detainees from the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem, all under the control of a Zionist government that is the most extreme and Nazi.

In addition, 'Hamdan brought up “the crime of Zionist-perpetrated enforced disappearance, the ongoing systematic suppression of information regarding the true state of Palestinian detainees, prisoners, and abductees from the Gaza Strip in its camps, detention facilities, and prisons since the start of Zionist aggression and genocidal warfare on the Gaza Strip on October 7.”

“What is being overlooked is the tragedy and suffering of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, which has been ongoing for 76 years and has intensified since October 7, 2023,” 'Hamdan stated. “This is in exchange for the US administration and some Western countries’ intense interest in the Israeli captives held by the resistance.”

He made notice of the fact that the Israeli occupation is still abusing its power and abducting people from the Gaza Strip, executing them in the open, torturing them both physically and psychologically, slow-killing them, denying them access to food and medicine, violating their most basic human rights, and abducting people from the Gaza Strip and holding them in detention centers.

He emphasized how terrible and heartbreaking the testimonies of those who have been released from the Gaza Strip are, detailing the atrocities and horrible crimes committed against them while they were being held in detention.

The Hamas official also pointed out that the number of Palestinian prisoners who lost their lives behind Israeli bars has risen unprecedentedly.

“Since October 7, 18 prisoners, from the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem, have died in Israeli prisons, while 37 prisoners from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli detention camps.”

“Since October 7, there have been an unprecedented number of Zionist violations, resulting in approximately 9,500 Palestinian detainees. These individuals endure abhorrent conditions such as starvation, abuse, and the breaking of bones and limbs. Several of them have died as a result of torture, deliberate medical negligence, or deprivation of food and medicine.”

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

On June 5, 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 36 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 115 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 36,586 and the injuries to 83,074, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Occupation commits four massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

GAZA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation army committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 36 civilians and the injury of 115 others, according to medical sources.

The number of people killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 36,586, most of whom were children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 83,074.

Thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulties in reaching them due to the relentless Israeli shelling.

Casualty data in Gaza are incomplete due to the intensive Israeli aggression, the repeated and complete interruption of communication and internet services, lack of fuel and devastated infrastructure, which render it difficult to document figures.

T.R.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 243

Wednesday 5-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 243 on Wednesday, 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 northern and central Gaza.

According to media sources, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a number of civilians, including women, after besieging a house belonging to the family of Abu Loaz in the east of Abul 'Ajeen area, southeast of Dair Ell-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Medical sources said in the morning that 38 citizens had been martyred since last night following Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza.

Media sources, for their part, said that eight civilians were massacred and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Darweesh in Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Another airstrike on a house in the same refugee camp claimed the lives of two citizens and injured others.

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

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Four civilians killed in an Israeli genocidal air raid on the central Gaza Strip

GAZA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least four civilians today were killed in an Israeli genocidal air raid on the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that four civilians were killed in an air raid that targeted a gathering of citizens in the Al-Rimal neighborhood.

By June 4, 2024, the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023, has risen to 36,550 reported fatalities, with an additional 82,959 reported injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Y.S.

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Day 243 of Genocide: Civilians killed, injured, in Israeli bombardment of Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured last night and early Wednesday, by the Israeli occupation forces genocidal missile and artillery shelling on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

In the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, at least 11 people were killed and dozens were injured as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing several homes in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical teams also recovered two slain Palestinians and several injuries from a house in Abu Al-'Ajeen area southeast of Dair El-Bala'h after it was targeted by artillery shelling. .

In Al-Buraij refugee camp, two citizens were killed and several other citizens were injured as a result of the targeting of a house owned by Al-Dawli family in the vicinity of the entrance to the camp.

In Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, seven people were injured as a result of the occupation bombing of a house owned by Dalloul family.

The occupation artillery targeted the neighborhoods of Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen in Gaza City, coinciding with heavy gunfire, while quadcopter military marches opened fire in the vicinity of 20th Street, east of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

In the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, the occupation artillery fired several shells towards residential neighborhoods, and also fired its shells at the eastern areas of the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

By June 4, 2024, Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 36,550 reported Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 82,959 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.

K.T.

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Gaza: Dozens of bodies of slain Palestinians recovered following genocidal Israeli airstrikes

GAZA, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Palestinian medical teams and civil defense were able to recover dozens of bodies of slain Palestinian civilians and wounded people from the eastern region of the central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that last night, the occupation army launched violent ground and air bombardment on Al-Buraij and Al-Maghazi camps, the village of Al-Musaddar and the city of Dair El-Bala'h.

He pointed out that ambulances and civilian vehicles are still transferring the martyrs and wounded to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h.

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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Three Palestinian civilians, including child, injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire during Jineen raid

Jineen, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three Palestinians were Wednesday injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets during the storming of the city of Jineen, its camp, and the town of Kafr Dan.

WAFA correspondent said that the young man was injured by live bullets in the shoulder in the city of Jenin, while the child was injured by shrapnel, adding they were taken to the hospital.

He pointed out that violent confrontations broke out in Jineen, its camp, and Kafr Dan, during which the occupation fired heavy live bullets.

A fire broke out in a vehicle and a house in the Jineen refugee camp, after they were targeted by the occupation army, according to WAFA correspondent.

The occupation forces raided several homes in the town of Kafr Dan, detained their members, including local resident Rashad Abu Al-Hayja to pressure his son to surrender himself, and two more people, while they began to bulldoze agricultural lands in the Kafr Dan plain, and cause damage to the infrastructure in the town.

K.T. 

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A Palestinian teen injured during IOFs Nablus raid

Wednesday 5-June-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian teen was injured on Tuesday evening after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) broke into Salim town, east of Nablus.

Local sources affirmed that the IOFs stormed the town and deployed in large numbers throughout its streets, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

The Palestinian Red Crescent affirmed that a 17-year-old teen suffered from gunshot injuries in the thigh during the clashes, and was subsequently transferred to the hospital for treatment.

The IOFs also stormed Yatma village, south of Nablus, amid heavy live fire which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations.

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Two West Bankers injured, many others kidnapped in IOFs raids

Wednesday 5-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Two Palestinian citizens were injured and several others were kidnapped at dawn Wednesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed different West Bank areas, amid clashes with resistance fighters.

According to local sources, a young man and a child were injured by IOFs gunfire in Jineen during clashes with local youths.

Local sources said that a private car and a house caught fire after Israeli occupation forces intensively fired tear gas canisters and bullets at young men and homes in Jineen refugee camp.

The IOFs also raided homes in Kafr Dan town, northwest of Jineen, maltreated families and kidnapped four citizens, including lawyer Nidaa Sala'h, the wife of prisoner Mu'hammed Tahir.

Moreover, IOFs bulldozers destroyed vast tracts of agricultural land and infrastructure during its campaign in Kafr Dan.

Meanwhile, armed clashes broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Burqeen town, west of Jineen.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped at least 30 citizens during raids on homes in Kafr Malik town.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation soldiers detained 50 citizens from Kafr Malik at dawn and released a number of them after interrogating them.

Four other citizens were taken prisoners during an IOF raid in Al-Mughayir village, north of Ramallah.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnapped two young men from their homes in Kafr Qaddoum town.

3 injured.

40 kidnapped.

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Israeli occupation forces detain 15 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today detained at least 15 Palestinians, including former detainees,  in large-scale detention campaigns across the occupied West Bank over the last few hours, 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 detentions took place across the occupied West Bank governorates of Ramallah, Jineen, Qalqilya, and Aree'ha (Jericho).

According to the statement, Israeli occupation forces continue to conduct widespread arrest campaigns involving raids, torture, brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, deliberate killings, and the destruction of civilian homes.

The total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank has risen to over 9,040 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 Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has as risen to 36,550 reported fatalities, with an additional 82,959 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Y.S. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque under police guard

Wednesday 5-June-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Hundreds of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers escorted by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police officers desecrated Al-qsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to local sources, over 700 of settlers entered the Mosque in different groups through its Al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.

A number of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers also gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Al-Qattaneen Gate while carrying Israeli apartheid regime flags.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.

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Illegal Israeli settlers continue to capture Palestinian water springs in the northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Illegal Israeli settlers continued to capture and use a number of Palestinian water springs in the northern Jordan Valley.

The Palestinian official responsible for watching the illegal Israeli settlements file in Toubas Governorate, Mo'taz Bisharat, said that the “Our Land” illegal Israeli settlement movement has been continuing for hours to rehabilitate a number of water springs in Khirbet Al-Dair in the northern Jordan Valley in order to turn them into a resort and park for the colonists.

Bisharat added that the colonists seized a number of water springs and destroyed the water pumps that local residents used to irrigate their crops in the area.

Khirbet Al-Dair area has been witnessing attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties, under the protection of the occupation police.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces and colonists bulldoze land, set fire to hundreds of dunums northwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (EAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers today bulldozed Palestinian residents’ lands and set fire to a large number of fully-grown trees in the towns of Bait 'Ula and Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, according to a local activist.

Sulayman Ja'afra, an activist with the Wall and Colonies Resistance Committees told WAFA that groups of the illegal Israeli settlers from the illegal Israeli settlements of Adora and Telem set ablaze around 300 hundred dunums of land planted with fully grown olive and almond trees in the Al-Taybeh area, which is located adjacent to the said colonies. The lands belong to several Palestinian families in the area.

The illegal Israeli settlers also leveled privately-owned Palestinian land threatened with seizure by Israel in the Hardash area in Tarqoumia town. After the 7th of October, 2023, colonists placed several caravans on the threatened land as a prelude to establishing a colonial outpost there.

The activist indicated that such measures are aimed at seizing more Palestinian land for the benefit of expanding the said outpost.

Also in the town of 'Ula, bulldozers of the occupation forces leveled nearly 2.5 dunums of land owned by a local resident.

Forces cut down all the trees planted there and destroyed agricultural facilities, under the pretext of being located in area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military control.

The land owner, Wa-il Farasha told WAFA correspondent that Israeli forces destroyed and vandalized his land, which he has been reclaiming and cultivating for years, despite obtaining a decision from the occupation court ordering the cessation of work on his land.

Nevertheless, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime did not comply with the court ruling and razed the land.

T.R.

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