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 244 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 6 Massacres, 68 Palestinians Killed, 235 Injured, with a Death Toll of  36,654 and 83,309 Injuries

June 6, 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 6, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 43,654+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (36,654 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 6, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 83,309 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 6, 2024, 530 Palestinians who were killed, 4,410 who were injured, and 9,112 (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 looming famine is threatening northern Gaza strip, while food security crisis is worsening everywhere, due to Israeli attacks and the closure of Rafa'h crossings, June 6, 2024	At least 40 of the displaced Palestinian civilians were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, June 6, 2024
Palestinian young man Mu'hammed Abu Bakr was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, just for being near the UNRWA school in Ya’bad after midnight, June 6, 2024	40 Palestinian civilians martyred, many injured in Gaza, in a new Israeli massacre targeting a UNRWA school, in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza, June 6, 2024
UNICEF warned against severe child food poverty in the Gaza Strip, amidst the ongoing brutal Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people, file, June 6, 2024	FAO warns that over one million Palestinian civilians are expected to face death and starvation by mid-July, due to ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, file, June 6, 2024
Grieving the death of more than 40 Palestinian civilian martyrs, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a UNRWA school sheltering them in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, on June 6, 2024	More than 40 Palestinian civilians were killed, dozens more were injured, by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a UNRWA school sheltering them in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, on June 6, 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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25,000 patients, wounded civilians need to travel for treatment outside Gaza: Medical sources

GAZA, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

25,000 patients and wounded civilians need to travel for treatment outside the Gaza Strip, amid the continued closure of the Rafa'h crossing by the Israeli occupation forces, putting thousands of lives at risk of complications and death, medical sources in Gaza said on Thursday.

They noted that many of them could be treated and saved if they were allowed to go to specialized centers outside the Gaza Strip, while the situation worsens for these patients and the wounded after the deliberate destruction by the occupation forces of most of Gaza's hospitals, rendering them out of service.

The same sources explained that only 4,895 patients and wounded individuals were able to travel when the Rafa'h crossing was open. Since Israeli occupation forces occupied the Rafa'h crossing on May 12th, none of them has been able to leave Strip.

K.T.

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FAO: Over 1M people in Gaza ‘expected to face death, starvation’ by mid-July

Wednesday 5-June-2024

AMMAN, (PIC)

Over one million people, almost half of the Palestinain population in Gaza Strip, are “expected to face death and starvation by mid-July,” the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday.

In a report called Hunger Hotspots Report, it said, “famine looms in  Gaza while the risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan, the FAO pointed out the dangers that the Israeli-Palestinian crisis has brought.”

“The ongoing conflict in Palestine is expected to further aggravate already catastrophic levels of acute hunger, with starvation and death already taking place, alongside the unprecedented death toll, widespread destruction and displacement of nearly the total population of the  Gaza Strip,” the agency warned.

“In mid-March 2024, famine was projected to occur by the end of May in the two northern governorates of the Gaza Strip, unless hostilities ended, full access was granted to humanitarian agencies, and essential services were restored,” it noted.

The agency further warned, “Over one million people – half the population of  Gaza – are expected to face death and starvation (IPC Phase 5) by mid-July.”

The report also cautions about the wider regional consequences of the crisis, which could worsen the existing food security challenges in Lebanon and Syria.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime has continued its brutal offensive on  Gaza since Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 36,500 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children, and nearly 83,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.

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PGMO warns of new looming famine in northern Gaza

Thursday 6-June-2024'

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza warned of a looming famine threatening again Gaza and North Gaza governorates, while food security crisis is worsening in central and southern governorates, especially with the displacement of tens of thousands of residents from the city of Rafa'h following the Israeli ground invasion of the city.

The PGMO confirmed in a statement, received by Sanad News Agency on Wednesday evening, that Israeli occupation army has been tightening the siege on the entire Gaza Strip for more than a month by taking over and closing the Rafa'h crossing, preventing the entry of aid convoys through both of Rafa'h and Karm Abu Salim  crossings.

It explained that only a total of 257 aid trucks entered the Gaza and North Gaza governorates last week from the west of Bait Lahya, including 148 trucks loaded with flour for bakeries and citizens, and 26 trucks of medicines and medical consumables.

The PGMO statement affirmed that the relief efforts remain below the minimum limit of the needs of the people amid the humanitarian catastrophe that is ravaging the Gaza Strip.

It stressed the urgent need for the withdrawal of Israeli army from Rafa'h, intensifying relief efforts, allowing the entry of basic food commodities and supplies to reduce the food security crisis and prevent famine threatening the northern Gaza Strip.

Over the past months, Israeli restrictions led to famine in light of the suffocating blockade imposed on the access to food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies, resulting in the martyrdom of a number of children and the elderly.

In the same context, relief officials and health experts warned on Friday in a press statement to The New York Times of “famine in the Gaza Strip, unless Israel lifts restrictions on aid, the fighting stops, and vital services return.”

The officials added, “We expect famine in Gaza unless the fighting stops and vital services, such as health care and clean water, which must be in place to stave off malnutrition, are restored.”

They explained that “hunger is worsening in Gaza as the Israeli attack continues on Rafa'h,” the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip.

“We have never seen anything like this (the situation in the Gaza Strip) anywhere in the world,” Janti Soeripto, president and CEO of Save the Children USA said, according to the New York Times.

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'Hamas chief slams settler flag march in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 5-June-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

'Hamas chief Isma'eel Haniyya slammed the rampage of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Wednesday.

“The rampage of (illegal Israeli) settlers in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) confirms that Jerusalem is the focus of the conflict, and our people will not rest until the occupation ends and an independent Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital,” he said in a statement.

Haniyya also said that Palestinian resistance factions will respond “seriously and positively” with any ceasefire proposal that is based on the total halt of war, complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and an Israeli captive-Palestinian prisoner swap deal.

'Hamas political leader further said in a statement that the group is engaging in negotiations “guided by this stance which reflects the will of our people and its valiant resistance”.

Since the early morning hours, hundreds of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

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

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Nasirud-deen calls on the Arab and Islamic nations to defend Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa

Wednesday 5-June-2024, (PIC)

The head of the 'Hamas Jerusalem Affairs Office, Haroun Nasirud-deen, said in press remarks on Wednesday, “The Judaization flag march is a blatant attack on Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and the Arab and Muslim nations.”

“The march this year comes on the anniversary of the ill-famed Palestinian Naksa (setback or second Nakba) that took place in light of negligence, weakness and conspiracy against Palestine and Al-Aqsa,” Nasirud-deen underlined.

He called on the Arab and Muslim nations to increase the momentum of its participation in Al-Aqsa Flood battle in support of the resistance fighters and in defense of the holy Mosque.

The 'Hamas official pointed out that the march comes at a time when Palestinians have been fighting against the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for almost ninth months in a row, whereas illegal Israeli settlers are taking advantage of these conditions to organize the so-called flag march under the protection of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police, army, and security forces led by the extremist criminal minister of internal security, Ben Gvir. 

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime extends detention of WAFA journalist

NABLUS, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

An Israeli occupation apartheid regime military court extended on Thursday the detention of Rasha 'Hirzallah, a journalist working for the Palestinian News and Information Agency WAFA, for five days.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) explained that the Israeli court in Salem extended the detention of 'Hirzallah, from the city of Nablus, in order for it to submit a "charge sheet," under the pretext of what the occupation calls "incitement."

Last Sunday, Israeli intelligence summoned 'Hirzallah for investigation at a detention center in the illegal Ariel colony.

She went there with a lawyer, and upon their arrival, she was informed that she would be detained for 72 hours.

K.T.

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Spain to join South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

MADRID, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Spain has said it will join the case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses the Israeli occupation apartheid regime of violating its obligations in its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said, “We made this decision in light of the continuation of the military operation in Gaza.”

“We also observe with enormous concern the regional extension of the conflict,” he said in a news conference on Thursday.

Spain took the decision to not only “let peace return to Gaza and the Middle East” but also due to its commitment to international law, Albares said.

“Our sole goal is to put an end to the war and to advance on the road of applying the two-state solution,” Albares said, a week after Spain, Ireland and Norway, recognized the statehood of Palestine.

Spain will now join several countries including Colombia, Egypt and Turkey in formally requesting to join the case against Israel.

K.T.

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UNICEF says 9 out of 10 children in Gaza experiencing 'severe food poverty'

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned against severe child food poverty amid world crises, including in the Gaza Strip amidst the ongoing brutal Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip

RAMALLAH, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

"Five rounds of data collected between December 2023 and April 2024 have consistently found that 9 out of 10 children in the Gaza Strip are experiencing severe food poverty, surviving on two or fewer food groups per day," UNICEF said in a report.

It added that months of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian aid have collapsed food and health systems, resulting in "catastrophic consequences" for children and their families in Gaza.

"This is evidence of the horrific impact the conflict and restrictions are having on families’ ability to meet children’s food needs – and the speed at which it places children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition," it continued.

The report also revealed that around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50% more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition.

"Children living in severe food poverty are children living on the brink. Right now, that is the reality for millions of young children, and this can have an irreversible negative impact on their survival, growth and brain development," said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

Children who consume just two food groups per day, for example rice and some milk, are up to 50% more likely to experience severe forms of malnutrition, Russell added.

UNICEF also called on all governments and development and humanitarian partners to act to prioritize actions to end child food poverty.

K.T. 

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

On June 6, 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 6 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 68 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 235 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 36,654 and the injuries to 83,309, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces commit six massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

GAZA, Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army committed six massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 68 civilians and the injury of 235 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 36,654, most of whom were children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 83,309.

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.

Y.S.

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40 Palestinian civilians martyred, many injured in Gaza, in a new Israeli massacre targeting a UNRWA school, in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip

Thursday 6-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

At least 40 Palestinian citizens were massacred and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school sheltering displaced families in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza after midnight on Thursday.

The Gaza-based Government Media Office said the Israeli army committed a massacre in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp after launching aerial attacks on an UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced families.

Local sources said that the Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeted an entire floor of the school, killing and injuring dozens of civilians, mostly children and women, as they were sleeping.

Last night, spokesman Isma'eel Al-Thawabta said that the Al-Aqsa Hospital was at three times its clinical capacity as dead and wounded citizens continued to arrive from the bombed school.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army, for its part, admitted attacking the UNRWA school in the refugee camp, justifying its attack by claiming that 'Hamas fighters were hiding inside. 

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Day 244 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip: UNRWA school bombed by Israeli warplanes, dozens of Palestinian civilians killed

(WAFA Images)

GAZA, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

As the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip enters its 244th day, the occupation army committed on Thursday a massacre in a school affiliated with the Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in which hundreds of displaced people in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, seek refuge at, killing and wounding dozens of them.

WAFA correspondent said that the medical teams and civil defense recovered 32 bodies of killed Palestinians and dozens of injuries from the Male Al-Nusayrat Preparatory School, which houses displaced people in Camp 2 in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

He pointed out that an Israeli war plane targeted the upper floors of the school at night as people were sleeping, which led to killing and injuring a large number of them.

Six people were killed and others were wounded as a result of the bombing of the occupation aircraft of a house owned by Al-Madani family in the refugee camp.

The occupation artillery launched a violent shelling that affected the eastern region of Al -Buraij refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, as the warplanes launched fire in the vicinity of a hall in the camp.

The occupation artillery shelled areas on the east of Al-Buraij and Al-Maghazi camps in the central Gaza Strip, while the artillery stationed in Netsarim axis targeted several shells of the homes of citizens in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City and Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.

Additionally, the Israeli warplanes bombed areas in the neighborhoods of the eastern and central city of Rafa'h, coinciding with artillery shelling, as the occupation forces opened fire extensively towards the homes of citizens east of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli artillery fired her shells towards the homes of citizens east of the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younus, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 36,586 reported Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 83,074 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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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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IOFs kill a Palestinian young man in western Jineen

Thursday 6-June-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred at dawn Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Ya’bad town in western Jenin and opened fire at him.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that 26-year-old Mu'hammed Abu Bakr died of a bullet injury in his back when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at him during his presence near the UNRWA school in Ya’bad town after midnight.

Local sources said that the family of the young man had reported him missing at dawn, but his body was found lying on the ground in the morning.

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Palestinian youth injured by Israeli forces near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian citizen was Thursday wounded by Israeli occupation forces gunfire in the town of Al-Ram, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that its teams received a young man, 32, injured by live ammunition in the leg.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers from the camp established on the lands of Al-Ram opened fire at the young man, whose identity has not yet been revealed.

K.T.

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IOFs kidnap dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raids

Thursday 6-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Thursday dozens of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the IOFs kidnapped at least 60 Palestinians from different West Bank areas.

Local sources said that the IOFs raided several homes in Qalqilya City and kidnapped 10 citizens, including a father to pressure his son to turn himself in.

10 other citizens were taken prisoners during IOFp raids in Kafr Laqif town, east of Qalqilya.

Local residents of Kafr Laqif said that the IOFs destroyed a number of cars belonging to them during its raid in the town.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed other towns of Qalqilya province and kidnapped eight citizens from their homes.

In Nablus, the IOFd kidnapped three citizens from the city and 'Askar refugee camp.

Local sources in 'Askar refugee camp said that Israeli occupation soldiers ransacked the house of a young man called Badr 'Hasheesh and assaulted him and members of his family before kidnapping him.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed Madama town, south of Nablus, amid drone over flights, before embarking on raiding homes and detaining a number of local residents.

Local sources in Madama said that Israeli occupation soldiers detained and assaulted some local residents and interrogated them before releasing them.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped a female university student identified as Amal Shuja’iya from her home in Dair Jareer town.

Israeli occupation forces also broke into and ransacked a house in 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in southern Jericho, with no reported kidnappings.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian lands near Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Thursday set fire to Palestinian citizens' lands in the village of Bait Dajan, east of Nablus.

Local sources said that the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the eastern outskirts of the village and set fire to large areas of land planted with olive trees, wheat, and other agricultural crops.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack vegetable stalls in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today attacked several vegetable stalls belonging to Palestinian street vendors near the entrance to the villages of Bardala and 'Ain Al-Baydha in the northern Jordan Valley.

Mo'taz Bisharat, the official responsible for the Jordan Valley file in Tubas Governorate, said that a group of colonists attacked the vegetable stalls near the villages of Bardala and 'Ain Al-Baydha, forced their owners to leave and seized all their contents.

It is noteworthy that the illegal Israeli settlers repeatedly harass the owners of stalls in the northern Jordan Valley.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces demolish seven homes south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished seven Palestinian residents' homes in the town of Al-Dthahiriya, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Sources said that Israeli forces, accompanied by a bulldozer, tore down seven houses made of bricks and cement in Wadi Al-Khalil area in the town of Al-Dthahiriya, five of which belonged to the two siblings Suhail and Jamal Makharza and inhabited by 37 people.

Meanwhile, the two other houses belonged to the two brothers Ratib and Murad Al-'Amoul and inhabited by 20 people.

During the demolition operation, the Israeli forces demolished all the energy cells along with solar energy that people rely on to generate electricity.

Suhail Makharza said that the demolition operation caused the displacement of more than 50 people.

Israeli occupation forces and illegal Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks against the Palestinian people and their proprieties in the said area, which is surrounded by a number of colonies, in an attempt to force Palestinians to leave their lands.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces issue demolition notices against eight homes in Hebron

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces issued demolition notices against eight residents' homes in the town of Idhna, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Director of public relations in Idhna municipality, Abdul Ra'hman Tamizi, said that Israeli occupation forces broke into Idhna town and delivered demolition notices against eight houses, under the pretext they were built without a license.

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Illegal Israeli settlers uproot 220 olive trees, demolish an agricultural room south of Nablus

Nablus, Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today uprooted about 220 olive trees and demolished an agricultural room in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Qusay Abu Ridha, a local civilian, said that he was surprised this morning when a group of Israeli colonists uprooted around 220 olive trees and demolished an agricultural room on his plot of land, with an area of 42-dunums.

Abu Ridha pointed out that the illegal Israeli settlers began bulldozing operations in the area about a week ago, preventing farmers from reaching their lands. He also said he suffered heavy losses as a result of the attack as his land produced about 70 tons of oil annually.

He said that this is not the first attack on his land as the colonists had previously destroyed stone chains and a fence around his land.

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Illegal Israeli settlers organize two separate provocative marches in the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday June 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers, protected by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces, participated today in two provocative marches that took them through Jabir neighborhood and Wadi Al-Husayn, all the way to the Ibraheemi Mosque in the Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), south of the occupied West Bank.

Sources said that hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers participated in two provocative marches, during which they raised the flags of the occupying state and chanted racist and anti-Arab slogans.

The first march kicked off from the eastern entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, east of Hebron, and the second one from the northwestern entrance to the colony.

The illegal Israeli extremist settlers took provocative tours inside Jabir Neighborhood and Wadi Al-'Husayn.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces tightened military measures in several neighborhoods of the Old City, on the roads, and around civilian homes.

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