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 245 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 8 Massacres, 77 Palestinians Killed, 221 Injured, with a Death Toll of  36,731 and 83,530 Injuries

June 7, 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 7, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 43,731+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (36,731 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 7, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 83,530 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 7, 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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Three Palestinian young men, Ibraheem Al-Sa'di, 'Eisa Jallad, and 'Uday Mar'ei, were killed by Israeli occupation forces, in the Jineen refugee camp, on June 7, 2024	Mayor of Al-Nusayrat, Dr Iyad Al-Mughari, was assassinated along with five municipal employees, by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on the municipality, on June 6, 2024
UNRWA warns of cholera outbreak in Gaza, due to the shortage of clean water and the high temperatures, as the case of these children filling in water, June 7, 2024	40 Palestinian civilians were killed, 74 were injured, including 14 children and 9 women, by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a UNRWA school, in Al-Nusayat, on June 6, 2024
Funeral procession of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat municipality, including Mayor Iyad Al-Mughari, on June 6, 2024	Funeral procession of the Palestinian young man Mu'hammed Abu Bakr, who was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers, during their raid on Ya'bad, west of Jineen, on June 6, 2024
Grieving the death of family members who were massacred in the UNRWA school in Al-Nusayrat, on June 6, 2024	Site of the Israeli genocidal air strike on a UNRWA school in Al-Nusayrt, in which 40 displaced Palestinians were killed and 74 were injured, 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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UNRWA warns of cholera outbreak in Gaza, due to the shortage of clean water and the high temperatures

Friday 7-June-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), warned on Thursday of “the possibility of a cholera outbreak in the Gaza Strip in light of clean water shortage and high temperatures.”

UNRWA explained in a post on X that “with minimal access to clean water in the Gaza Strip and extreme summer heat, there is a risk of disease outbreaks and drought.”

The UN agency added, “There is a real concern that cholera may become prevalent, further deteriorating inhumane living conditions”, stressing that “the people of Gaza need an immediate ceasefire.”

The Israeli genocide war on Gaza, which has been ongoing since October 7 last year, left more than 119,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 others missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of dozens.

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Guterres ‘personally devastated’ over inability of UN to safeguard staff in Gaza

Friday 7-June-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep sadness for being unable to protect UNRWA employees in the Gaza Strip.

“I am personally devastated that despite our best efforts, we could not protect our personnel in Gaza,” he said in a somber ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York honoring the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2023.

Among them were 135 women and men who worked for the UNRWA, killed during the Israeli war on Gaza since October 7. Many were killed along with their families and within the communities they served.

“That is by far the highest number of our personnel killed in a single conflict or natural disaster since the creation of the United Nations – a reality we can never accept,” Guterres said.

He reiterated his call for “full accountability” for the deaths.

“We owe this to their family members and friends, to their colleagues, and to the world. Our UNRWA personnel lived and died as representatives of the international community in Gaza, and that community deserves an explanation.” 

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UN Secretary-General places Israel on blacklist for harm to children in conflict zones

RAMALLAH, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) –

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has informed Israel's Defense Attaché in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to finally include Israel in the blacklist of countries and organizations harming children in conflict zones. This list also features groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram.

According to a report published today by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's extensive efforts to persuade Guterres to avoid this step have failed. Israel will appear on the blacklist set to be released next week in a report distributed to UN Security Council members, with a discussion scheduled for June 26.

Israeli Channel 13 confirmed on Thursday night that despite Israel's attempts to dissuade him, the UN Secretary-General has decided to proceed with this inclusion.

Last month, Yedioth Ahronoth and its online platform Ynet revealed genuine concerns within Israel about this move, following multiple critical statements from Guterres against Israel. The sources claimed that the current UN Secretary-General harbors a dislike for Israel and is beyond influence.

Israel has expressed fears that this inclusion could lead to an arms embargo against the country. The annual report, authored by UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba, will cover all of 2023, with a notable increase in incidents due to the war on Gaza that erupted in October.

Previously, the blacklist included countries like Afghanistan, Congo, Mali, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and organizations such as al-Qaeda, ISIS, al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram. The upcoming report will not explicitly name Israel or the Israeli military but will refer to Israeli security forces.

The data in the report is based on information from UN organizations and field sources. The daily noted that the consequences of being blacklisted include significant reputational damage to Israel as the report gains substantial international traction and is cited across UN bodies, including the General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice, and International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Practically, inclusion on the blacklist results in dedicated reports concerning the listed entity. The Special Representative's office will compile specific reports on Israel, which will later be presented to the Security Council.

The draft report received by Israel months ago includes several criticisms, such as the use of large-scale bombs in occupied areas, severe blockades on Gaza, attacks on critical infrastructure, attempts to recruit minors as informants, and using children as human shields.

Since October, the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza has led to the murder of 36,654 Palestinians, including approximately 15,500 children and 10,300 women, with 83,309 injured, predominantly children and women. These numbers are not final, as thousands remain trapped under rubble or on the streets, with rescue teams unable to reach them due to Israeli military attacks.

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'Hamas welcomes Spain’s announcement to join South Africa genocide case against Israel at the ICJ

Thursday 6-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement welcomed Spain’s announcement to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

'Hamas said, in a press statement on Thursday, “We welcome Spain’s move and appreciate its great role in achieving international justice by prosecuting the Israeli occupation for committing the most heinous crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity.”

'Hamas called on all states around the world to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel which persists in killing Palestinians and committing genocide massacres, turning a blind eye to the ICJ’s precautionary resolutions.”

Earlier on Thursday, Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, announced his country’s accession to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

“It seems that the implementation of the court’s precautionary measures against Israel is still far away,” Albares said in press remarks, elaborating that “Madrid intended to provide support to the work of the court.”

This makes Spain the second European country to join the ICJ’s genocide case after Ireland. It was also supported by Chile and Mexico.

Last December, South Africa filed a lawsuit before the ICJ against Israel for committing acts of genocide against Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli military court extends detention of journalist 'Hirzallah for five days

Friday 7-June-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

An Israeli military court extended on Thursday the detention of the Palestinian journalist Rasha 'Hirzallah, of the Wafa news agency, for five more days in preparation for filing an indictment against her.

Israeli intelligence had served a summons to 'Hirzallah, 39, a few days ago for investigation on incitement charges on social media. She was then held for three days pending investigations.

'Hirzallah, a resident of Nablus in the West Bank, was held in Hasharon jail then later transferred to Damon jail, where most of the Palestinian female detainees are held.

'Hirzallah is one of 80 Palestinian journalists detained by Israel since October 7 last year, the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip. 49 of these journalists are still held in custody including six females.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime escalated the targeting of Palestinian journalists since the start of the aggression on Gaza and held many of them in administrative detention.

Human rights sources said that Israeli occupation forces rounded up 9,100 Palestinians in Gaza Strip and the West Bank since 7 October 2023.

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PGMO lashes out at Israel’s assassination of Al-Nusayrat Mayor Iyad Al-Mughari

Friday 7-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinain Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza said the Israeli assassination of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp’s mayor “is a war crime aimed at creating chaos and doubling the humanitarian crisis.”

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army committed a cowardly assassination of the mayor of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in Central Gaza, Iyad A'hmed Al-Mughari, along with a group of citizens, on Thursday evening, in an airstrike that targeted the municipality building.

The PGMO said in a statement on Thursday night, “This massacre is a war crime that violates international laws which grant immunity and protection to mayors and municipal personnel.”

It pointed out that “this is the third Israeli assassination crime committed against municipality chiefs in the Gaza Strip,” elaborating that “Israeli occupation army had previously assassinated the mayor of Al-Zahraa, Marwan 'Hamad, and the mayor of Al-Maghazi, 'Hatim Al-Ghamri.”

The PGMO stressed that “the cowardly assassination of the Mayor of Al-Nusayrat refugee falls within the framework of the Israeli genocidal war against civilians in Gaza.”

The Office held the Israel occupation apartheid regime and the US administration fully responsible for this heinous crime, calling on all countries to prosecute the Israel leaders at international courts and forums and to push for halting the Israeli genocide that has been going on for eight successive months.

For its part, Al-Nusayrat municipality mourned the martyr mayor Dr. Iyad Al-Mughari, who was martyred on Thursday evening along with five others in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on the municipality.

The municipality stressed that the martyrdom of the mayor Al-Mughari “will not deter us from continuing to fulfill our national, moral and professional duty towards our people. We will proceed to exert efforts to serve them and support their steadfastness in the face of the ongoing Israeli aggression.”

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

On June 7, 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 8 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 77 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 221 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 36,731 and the injuries to 83,530, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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77 Palestinians killed in 8 Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

GAZA, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 77 Palestinians and the injury of 221 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 36,731 reported fatalities, with an additional 83,530 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.

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Day 245 of the genocide: Dozens of casualties in a series of Israeli genocidal air strikes across Gaza Strip

GAZA, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) -

A series of Israeli genocidal airstrikes and artillery attacks targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip during the last few hours resulted in the killing of multiple civilians and injuries to others, marking the 245th day of ongoing aggression.

Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza, reported the killing of two citizens following an Israeli airstrike targeting the Abu Houli area of the city this morning. 

In a separate incident, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured when Israeli occupation forces fired shells and bullets at areas west of Rafa'h in the southern region of the Gaza Strip.

Meantime, at Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, medical personnel confirmed the killing of two individuals and injuries to others after an Israeli strike targeted a civilian vehicle in the camp. 

Simultaneously, one individual was killed and others were injured in an Israeli air raid on the town of Al-Zawayida in central Gaza, with the casualties being transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Overnight, six members of the Al-Mughari family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home in the Maghazi refugee camp, also located in central Gaza.

Artillery shelling also hit areas west of Al-Za'fran Mosque and near the Youth Stadium in Maghazi, and homes east of Bureij refugee camp and the city of Deir al-Balah, as well as north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp. The attacks ignited a fire near Abu Al-Roos roundabout in Al-Buraij.

More casualties were reported at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital due to the bombing of a house belonging to the 'Eisa family near Bisan Medical Center in Al-Buraij. Heavy artillery fire from Israeli forces also struck east of the camp, coinciding with intense airstrikes on nearby Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

Additionally, two civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Ashram family's home near Al-Salam Mosque in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, according to medical sources at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital.

Israeli artillery also targeted homes in various neighborhoods of Gaza City, including Tel Al-Hawa, Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen, Al-Zaytoun, and Sabra, accompanied by gunfire from military vehicles stationed south of the city. 

Meanwhile, Israeli naval forces fired several shells at homes near the fishermen's port and the coast of Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen, west of Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, artillery shelling hit the eastern areas of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younus, while airstrikes pummeled the Ariba area north of Rafa'h and Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood west of the city.

By June 6, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has resulted in 36,654 confirmed Palestinian fatalities, with the majority of the victims being children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 83,309, according to the local health authorities.

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13 Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) —

Thirteen Palestinians were killed and several others injured early this morning in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting areas in central and northern Gaza, according to local sources.

The sources confirmed that six civilians were massacred when an Israeli strike targeted a house belonging to the Rafati family in the northern part of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

In another attack early today, five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, also located in central Gaza.

Local sources reported that the Israeli warplanes targeted a building belonging to Al-Nusayrat Municipality, resulting in the murder of five people, including Al-Nusayrat Mayor Iyad Al-Mughari.

Simultaneously, two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has resulted in 36,654 confirmed Palestinian fatalities, with the majority of the victims being children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 83,309, according to the local health authorities.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 245

Friday 7-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 245 on Friday, 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 and central Gaza.

The Israeli drones targeted a group of citizens in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younus, resulting in at least 5 injuries.

Two other people were killed, and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a civilian car in Al-Nusayat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Two more Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, while six others were killed in a similar attack north of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli artillery also bombed Al-Saffron Mosque and the vicinity of Al-Maghazi camp stadium in the central Gaza Strip.

Early today, the Israeli forces opened fire east of Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip amid intensive artillery shelling.

Meanwhile, several people were injured when Israeli forces targeted the 'Eisa family house in the vicinity of the Bisan Medical Center in Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Two people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Ashram family house near Al-Salam Mosque in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

A fire broke out in the vicinity of Abu Al-Rous roundabout in Al-Buraij camp in the central Gaza Strip due to the heavy artillery shelling.

Meanwhile, the Israeli warplanes launched several air raids on Al-Nusayat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, and east of Dair El-Bala'h.

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Casualties in Israeli airstrikes on UNRWA school and homes across Gaza

GAZA, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least 15 Palestinians were killed and many more injured today in a series of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, one of which targeted an UNRWA school in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, according to local and medical sources.

The attack on Al-Shati refugee camp saw at least three Palestinians killed and 15 others injured when an Israeli airstrike struck an UNRWA school sheltering displaced people. The attack follows a massacre the previous day at another UNRWA school in Al-Nusayat refugee camp in central Gaza.

WAFA correspondent reported that three citizens—Sa'dallah Abu Al-Amreen, Akram 'Iqilan, and Khalid Shahada—were killed and 15 others wounded, including critically, when Israeli warplanes bombed a room inside Asma School in Al-Shati refugee camp. The injured were transported to the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the city for medical treatment.

Simultaneously, ten Palestinians were killed and others injured in an airstrike on the Tabash family's home in the town of 'Abasan, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Furthermore, two citizens were murdered in an airstrike on the Al-Ja'farawi area east of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza, with their bodies taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city.

On Wednesday, Thursday night, Israeli forces committed a massacre by bombing the UNRWA Boys' Preparatory School in Al-Nusayat refugee camp, which was sheltering displaced persons. This attack resulted in the killing of 40 citizens and injuries to many others.

By June 6, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has resulted in 36,654 confirmed Palestinian fatalities, with the majority of the victims being children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 83,309, according to the local health authorities.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 244

Thursday 6-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the  Gaza Strip entered day 244 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes in different areas of  Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid intensive attacks in Rafa'h and northern and central Gaza.

According to media sources, the Israeli army attacked a group of civilians, killing five of them and injuring others in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

At dawn, the Israeli occupation army launched airstrikes on an UNRWA school in Al-Nusayat refugee camp, killing over 40 civilians, including 14 children and nine women, and injuring 74 others while they were sleeping.

The Israeli occupation army also bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Madani in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, killing six of the family members.

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

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IOFs kill three Palestinians in Jineen raid

Thursday 6-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed three Palestinians during a raid in the Jineen refugee camp in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Thursday evening.

The three have been identified as Ibraheem Tahir Mu'hammed Al-Sa'di, 21, 'Eisa Nafidth Jallad, 17, and 'Uday Ayman Mar'ei, 24, the director of Jineen’s government hospital said.

Along the same line, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews dealt with eight wounded people during the raid, including five who were shot with live bullets and two who suffered shrapnel wounds.

An Israeli occupation apartheid regime special force infiltrated into the Jineen reefugee camp, before a large number of Israeli occupation forces stormed the area, accompanied by bulldozers.

Eyewitnesses reported that the IOFs troops surrounded a local house during the raid before bombing it with Energa shells.

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IOFs launch large-scale raid, arrest campaign

Friday 7-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces (IOFs) launched a large-scale raid campaign in the occupied West Bank at dawn Friday.

In Nablus, 12 Israeli occupation apartheid regime military vehicles stormed the Al-Ain refugee camp and broke into a local home, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

Several other buildings were also stormed during the raid.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the Israeli apartheid regime forces stormed the Abu Sunayna neighborhood, south of the city, and raided local homes before stationing in the courtyard of Al-Nahda School in the city.

In Jineen, the Israeli apartheid regime forces stormed Silat Al-Dthahr and Al-Fandaqoumiya villages, south of the city.

Two local homes were violently stormed during the raid, causing a state of panic.

In Ramallah, the Israeli apartheid regime forces stormed the town of Silwad and arrested a local young man, after raiding his family house.

Three more young men were detained in Bethlehem after the IOFs broke into 'Housan town, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

Similar IOFs raids were carried out in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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An Israeli occupation terrorist soldier posts a social media video of him and other soldiers assaulting and detaining a Palestinian minor in Qalqilya

QALQILYA, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) –

An Israeli occupation soldier today posted a video on social media of him and other soldiers assaulting and detaining a Palestinian child in the city of Qalqilya.

A video posted by the soldier shows him and other soldiers raiding the Mulhim family home in the Dawood neighborhood, in the city of Qalqilya, while breaking down the front door of a building with Sledgehammers, before detaining a minor boy who was identified as Majid Mulhim.

The video also included a picture of the boy, Mulhim, after he was blindfolded and handcuffed by the soldiers.

In the early hours of the morning, Israeli forces detained ten Palestinians, including Mulhim, during a military raid into several neighborhoods in the city of Qalqilya.

Since the onset of the Israeli occupation’s all-out aggression on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, several videos posted by Israeli soldiers on their social media accounts showed Palestinians being assaulted, abused and detained.

The videos showed soldiers tampering with the contents of the homes they have broken into or destroyed in the Gaza Strip, taking advantage of the lack of accountability and impunity they enjoy and of the international silence that gives them the green light to continue their crimes against Palestinians.

The videos also included incitement to kill Palestinians, as well as profanities and curses towards Palestinians.

Since the beginning of the aggression, the occupation forces detained over 3,009 Palestinians, including 635 minors, from the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, thousands of Palestinians who were detained by the Israeli occupation in Gaza were subjected to the crime of forced disappearance.

T.R.

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Several Palestinians injured in settler attack in Nablus

Thursday 6-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Several Palestinians were injured while confronting a settler attack on Qusra town, southeast of Nablus, on Thursday evening.

Activist Fo-ad 'Hasan reported that a group of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian-owned homes in the southern region of Qusra, and set fire to one of them under the protection of the Israeli army.

Violent confrontations erupted during the settler attack, resulting in several gunshot injuries among the local residents.

Heavy material losses were also reported following the attack after commercial shops, vehicles, hay bales, and poultry and cow farms were set on fire.

For its part, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews dealt with two wounded people during the attack, including one who was shot with live bullets and another who was hit with a stone in the head. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers hold provocative march north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Friday, June 7, 2024 (WAFA) –

This morning, dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers participated in a provocative march near the Rawabi roundabout north of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

The sources reported that the colonists, who descended from the Atarot settlement which is illegally built on Palestinian lands, marched from the Rawabi roundabout towards the illegal Israeli settlement of Halamish while waving Israeli flags, raising concerns about potential attacks on Palestinian citizens and their vehicles.

Simultaneously, Israeli occupation forces set up a military checkpoint near the Rawabi roundabout, preventing the entry and exit of Palestinian vehicles to secure the colonists' march.

M.N.

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