On Day 301 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 74 Palestinians Killed, 145 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,519 and 91,218 Injuries

 

August 2, 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, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By August 2, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,519+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,519), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By August 2, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 91,218.

By August 2, 2024, 593 Palestinians who were killed, 5,284 who were injured, and 9,890, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

By July 12, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 16,054+ children and 10,700 women (69.7% of the total). The death toll also included 500 doctors and medical staff, 158 journalists, and 75 civil defense workers. 

By July 12, 2024, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment destroyed more than 100 health hospitals and medical facilities,  609 mosques, 3 churches, more than 430,000 housing units, and the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

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Khaleel Al-Hayya leading the funeral prayer on Martyrs Isma'eel Haniyya and Waseem Abu Sha'ban, in Doa'ha, Qatar, on August 2, 2024	Despite scorching heat of 104 F-40 C, Muslims came out for Friday and funeral prayer on Martyrs Isma'eel Haniyya and Waseem Abu Sha'ban, in Doha, Qatar, on August 2, 2024
Palestinian Ibraheem Salim arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza Strip, after his release from the Israeli occupation prisons, August 2, 2024	Palestinian detainees from Gaza released today by the Israeli regime provided chilling accounts of severe torture and mistreatment during their imprisonment, August 2, 2024
Palestinian martyrs and injured, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Khan Younus, August 2, 2024.	Carrying some of the martyrs and injured Palestinian civilians to the hospital, after being targeted by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, August 2, 2024.
Two Palestinian martyrs from the Noafal family, who were massacred with others by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Dair El-Bala'h, August 2, 2024.	Palestinian performing the Friday prayer on the lands of their village of Baita, which is threatened to be confiscated by the Israeli occupation regime for building an illegal settlement, August 2, 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.

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30,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Friday 2-August-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

At least 30,000 Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), despite Israeli restrictions.

According to the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, around 30,000 Muslims performed the Friday prayer at the holy shrine.

Since the early morning hours, the Israeli police have blocked several roads leading to the Old City of Jerusalem and hindered the movement of Palestinian citizens.

Local sources affirmed that the Israeli forces prevented a number of young men from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

During the Friday sermon, the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque Shaikh 'Ikrima Sabri mourned the head of Hamas Movement’s political bureau Isma'eel Haniyya who was assassinated in an Israeli attack in Tehran.

Following the Friday prayer, tens of thousands of worshipers performed in Aqsa Mosque the absentee funeral prayer for the soul of the martyr Isma'eel Haniyya.

Mosques across the West Bank also held the absentee funeral prayer for the assassinated leader Isma'eel Haniyya.

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Martyr Isma'eel Haniyya laid to rest following official and public procession in Doha

Friday 2-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Tens of thousands of worshippers flocked to the Imam Mu'hammed bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in the Qatari capital Doha to participate in the funeral procession of Isma'eel Haniyya, the head of the Hamas political bureau, after the Friday prayer.

Member of the Hamas political bureau, Khaleel Al-'Hayya, led thousands of worshippers in the Qatari mosque in praying for the martyred leader and his slain guard Waseem Abu Sha'ban.

The head of Hamas abroad, Khalid Mish'al, spoke about the martyred leader, noting that he “did not leave Gaza except to continue struggle for the Palestinian cause.”

The Emir of the State of Qatar, Shaikh Tameem Bin 'Hamad Al-Thani, his father Emir Shaikh 'Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaikh Mu'hammed Bin 'Abdul Ra'hman Al-Thani, as well as official delegations from Türkiye and other countries, Palestinian factions’ leaders, and heads of institutions and organizations, participated in the funeral prayer.

After the prayer, the coffin of the martyred leader was carried to be buried in the Imam’s Cemetery in Lusail.

Qataris, including the official media, expressed their pride that the soil of Qatar would embrace the body of the martyred leader Isma'eel Haniyya.

The Qatari official television said, “Qatar will embrace from this day a pure piece of Palestine.”

In the Friday sermon, the preacher reviewed the virtue of the martyr and the status of martyrdom in Islam.

The correspondent of the Palestinian Information Center reported that many official delegations representing countries and institutions arrived in Doha to participate in the funeral of leader Haniyya.

He added that from the early morning, thousands of the Palestinian community, Arab and Islamic communities, in addition to Qataris, flocked to the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque to bid farewell to Haniyya and participate in the prayer and funeral procession.

Early preparations were made in Doha to hold the funeral of Haniyya’s body in the presence of the public and officials, before he was buried in the Imam’s Cemetery in Lusail.

Concurrent with the funeral prayer for Haniyya in Doha, the absentee prayer was held for him in various countries. Amidst the Takbeers of the worshippers, and from the pulpit of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ikrimah Sabri eulogized the martyr leader from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The President of Religious Affairs in Türkiye, 'Ali Erbaş, announced the holding of the absentee prayer throughout the country after the Friday prayer, for the martyr leader Isma'eel Haniyya.

Erbaş said in a post on his X account on Thursday evening: “A day of national mourning is declared in our country after the martyrdom of Isma'eel Haniyya, one of the senior leaders of the Palestinian cause.”

He added that the absentee prayer will also be held in all mosques in Türkiye after the Friday prayer. The absentee prayer was performed for Haniyya in many other countries.

The mosques of the West Bank responded to the call of the Hamas Movement to perform the absentee prayer on the soul of the martyr leader Isma'eel Haniyya after the Friday prayer. The worshippers gathered in all the mosques of the West Bank to perform the absentee prayer on the martyr leader Haniyya in appreciation of his struggle and the sacrifices he made for the Palestinian cause.

On Thursday, the body of the head of the 'Hamas Political Bureau, Isma'eel Haniyya, arrived in Doha, coming from Iran. Earlier on Thursday, the Iranian capital witnessed an official and popular funeral procession for the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, following his assassination at his residence in Tehran.

On Wednesday morning, Hamas announced the martyrdom of Haniyya in a Zionist raid that targeted his residence in Tehran, a day after his participation in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

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Haniyya’s body arrives in Qatar’s capital, Doha

Thursday 1-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

The bodies of the head of the 'Hamas Movement’s political bureau Isma'eel Haniyya and his bodyguard, the martyr Waseem Abu Sha'ban, arrived in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Thursday afternoon, ahead of his burial on Friday.

The coffins of the two martyrs were received in Doha by a number of Hamas leaders, in addition to members of Haniyya’s family.

The funeral prayer is scheduled to be held after Friday prayers at the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in the Qatari capital.

The martyrs will be buried in the cemetery of the founding Imam in Al-Waseel.

Earlier Thursday, thousands poured into the streets of Tehran to join the funeral procession of Haniyya.

The bodies of Haniyya and his bodyguard, who was killed alongside him in a strike blamed on Israel, were marched amid chants in the capital.

Flags of Palestine and Hamas were seen as organizers handed out posters of Haniyya.

In a vile Zionist raid, the leader Ismail Haniyya rose as a martyr on the path of the martyred leaders who preceded him on the same path, and his words “We will not recognize Israel” have remained immortal throughout history.

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Funeral prayer held for Ismail Haniyya in Doha, Qatar, ahead of burial ceremony

DOHA, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

The funeral prayer for Isma'eel Haniyya, the former Prime Minister and head of the political bureau of Hamas, was held today in Doha, Qatar.

The funeral prayer was held at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, followed by the burial at the Cemetery of the Founding Imam in Lusail.

The service was attended by Palestinian faction leaders, Qatari officials, and delegations from various Arab and Islamic countries. During the Friday sermon at the mosque, Shaikh Mu'hammed 'Hasan Al-Marrikhi prayed for the deceased and highlighted the unity of the Muslim world around the Palestinian cause, noting the extraordinary sacrifices made by the Palestinian people.

The ceremony was attended by Ma'hmoud Al-'Aloul, Deputy Head of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fat'h), and Jibreel Al-Rujoub, Secretary-General of Fatah's Central Committee, who were dispatched by President Mahmoud Abbas.

Isma'eel Haniyya was assassinated in a targeted Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, last Wednesday.

M.N.

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'Hamas calls for global action to end Israel’s war of genocide

Friday 2-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Islamic Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, asserted on Thursday that the occupation army’s bombardment of a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City is a new massacre added to its long series of crimes.

Hamas said in a statement, “In a new massacre added to the long series of massacres committed by the criminal Zionist occupation army as part of its ongoing aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip, the fascist occupation army deliberately bombed the Dalal Al-Maghribi school in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people resulting in the martyrdom of about 15 people and about 40 injuries, most of them women and children.”

The Movement called on the Arab and Islamic peoples and the free people of the world to escalate the angry public protests and pressure to stop the Israeli war of extermination.

It called on the United Nations, international courts, and all relevant parties to take serious and powerful action “to stop the war crimes being committed by war criminal Netanyahu and his terrorist army, and to end their silence in the face of this collective killing under the very eyes of the world.”

Earlier on Thursday, the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced the martyrdom of 15 Palestinians and the injury of others when an Israeli aircraft targeted the Dalal Al-Maghribi school, which was sheltering displaced people in Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation army has been waging a bloody aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with American and European support bombing the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers, and homes of Palestinian civilians, destroying them over the heads of their inhabitants, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine, and fuel.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza has led to the martyrdom of 39,480 citizens, the injury of 91,128 others, and the displacement of 90% of the inhabitants of the Strip, according to local data. 

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Pezeshkian vows to make Israel regret “soon” its assassination of Haniyya

Thursday 1-August-2024

TEHRAN, (PIC)

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed to make the Israeli occupation regret its cowardly assassination of Ismail Haniyya, head of the Hamas political bureau.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will not give up on its efforts to protect its territorial integrity, sovereignty, dignity and reputation, and the Zionist regime will soon see the consequences of its cowardly and terrorist act,” Pezeshkian in a statement aired by state satellite channels on Wednesday afternoon.

The Iranian president offered his condolences to the Palestinian people, their resistance and the Muslim Ummah on the martyrdom of Haniyya and his companion in a predawn Israeli attack in northern Tehran on Wednesday.

He said martyr Haniyya was an official guest of the Iranian president and the government of Iran and was in Tehran to attend a presidential inauguration ceremony before he was assassinated.

The president said the Israeli occupation regime’s assassination of Haniyya was a desperate move to come out of its quandary in Gaza, where it has been waging a brutal war against the Palestinians for more than nine months. 

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UNRWA: Gaza’s children are living in trauma after 300 days of war

Thursday 1-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday that the children of Gaza are going through unspeakable atrocities.

They are living in trauma and shock due to 300 days of war, displacement, loss, and pain, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X platforms.

They witnessed what no child should witness, he added.

Through sports, arts, drama, games and creating space to reunite with friends and making new ones, our teachers are providing a ray of light amid the darkness, the post reads.

“It’s a small contribution to help children reconnect with their robbed childhood.”

“Children of Gaza deserve safety. Once again, we call for a ceasefire now for their sake and all children across the region,” he added. 

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Prisoner Omar Junaid from Gaza dies under torture in Israeli jail

Thursday 1-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Gaza’s Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees said on Thursday that Palestinian prisoner 'Omar Junaid, a 26-year-old from Jabalya in northern Gaza, had died last June in an Israeli jail as a result of his exposure to torture.

The prisoner’s father, Abdul-Aziz, told the ministry that he received a phone call today from HaMoked, an Israeli human rights group, saying that his son Omar had died on June 17, 2024 under interrogation.

Prisoner Omar was kidnaped along with his brother Yasser from their home in Jabalya on December 24, 2023, and his family did not know about his fate throughout that period, even after his brother was released in last April.

“We sought help from many human rights organizations inside and outside Gaza to find out his fate, but we had no answer because the occupation authority refused to provide any information about him,” the father said.

“Last May, we contacted the Center for the Defense of the Individual ‘HaMoked’ in Jerusalem, which, in turn, filed a petition with an Israeli court to find out his fate,” he added.

The family said that its son, Omar, had no health problem before Israeli forces kidnaped him from its house, calling for necessarily handing over his body in order to bury him in his hometown in northern Gaza.

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Released Gaza detainees reveal chilling accounts of torture in Israeli detention

GAZA, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) –

Palestinian detainees from Gaza released today by Israeli authorities have provided chilling accounts of severe torture and mistreatment during their imprisonment. The testimonies, given at the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, detail brutal conditions faced by those held in Israeli jails after being detained from Gaza.

The detainees reported experiencing a range of inhumane treatments including beatings, starvation, electric shocks, and attacks by dogs. The testimonies come following the release of 64 Palestinian detainees from Gaza, who had been held since the start of the ongoing Israeli assault on the region from October 7, 2023. Additionally, two women from Gaza were released; they had been detained while accompanying patients receiving treatment in Israel.

Ahmed Ahmed, who was detained for 46 days and moved between Ofer, Negev, and another prison in occupied Jerusalem, described his ordeal: “We were blindfolded and subjected to brutal torture, including beatings and starvation. The Israeli forces forced us into a crouching position, blindfolded, preventing any movement or conversation.”

Ibrahim Salem, who was arrested on December 11 from the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, recounted his daily suffering: “I was tortured and starved while my wife and children were in intensive care. I was transferred from one prison to another, deprived of sleep, and subjected to various forms of torture. They even forced me to wear a military uniform and attempted to lower me into a pit.”

Mohammad Jaber from northern Gaza shared his experience of brutal treatment: “I was arrested on November 17 at a checkpoint, blindfolded and shackled, and endured severe beatings for eight days while naked. I sustained injuries, lost a toenail, and did not receive medical treatment. I lost 40 kilograms and suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure without proper care.”

Over the past months, Israel has released several detainees from Gaza in staggered batches, many of whom have experienced significant health deterioration due to their harsh conditions.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s ongoing military onslaught on Gaza has resulted in over 130,000 casualties, including many children and women, with more than 10,000 missing. The offensive has led to widespread devastation and severe food shortages, causing the deaths of numerous children.

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From prison tents to displacement tents: Ibrahim Salem's story

GAZA, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) -

When Ibraheem Salim stepped out of the ambulance that brought him and his fellow detainees to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, he was immediately surrounded by anxious locals. 

Their questions were frantic, filled with desperation for news about missing loved ones who had vanished or been captured by Israeli forces during their recent ground invasion of various Gaza regions.

"Have you seen so-and-so? How is he? Did you come across the name of so-and-so?" These were among the urgent questions being asked as news reports revealed that many Palestinian detainees had been tortured and killed in Israeli prisons and camps. 

The latest victim was Islam Al-Sarsawi, 42, from Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza, who died under torture at the Sdeh Teyman camp following his arrest during the latest raid on Al-Shifa Hospital.

On Thursday, the Israeli authorities released 64 detainees from Gaza, part of the ongoing aggression that began in October of last year. Along with this group, two women from Gaza, who had been detained while accompanying patients in Israel, were also freed. While 22 of the released detainees went directly to the hospital, the rest dispersed to search for their families.

Salem, recounting his ordeal, described the severe torture inflicted on him by Israeli soldiers: "They tortured me with an electric chair, beat me severely, and broke my ribs," he revealed, showing scars on his chest as proof. 

He recounted that torture sessions would last for days and weeks. During his imprisonment, a fellow detainee died from the abuse, leading to a protest within the prison that was brutally suppressed by guards.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the number of martyrs from the prisoner movement since 1967 has reached 257, including 20 who have died since the beginning of the current genocidal war. The identities of many others from Gaza remain concealed by the occupation forces.

Salem detailed his experiences after his arrest, explaining that soldiers took him to an unfamiliar area where he endured severe torture before being transferred to the Negev desert prison. There, the conditions were harsh: many prisoners suffered from scabies due to filthy, old bedding. "Scabies, hunger, thirst, and no medical care; most have lost half or a third of their weight," Salem noted.

He further described the inhumane treatment, including the use of dogs to intimidate prisoners and the inadequate food supply. "Small slices of bread, filthy bedding that can't be washed, no medical care or medicine," he lamented.

Salem's ordeal began when Israeli forces arrested him from Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza while he was accompanying his injured children following an attack on his family's home in December. The bombing had resulted in the killing of his brother Mohamed, 25, his sister A'hlam, 27, her two children Rami, 3, and Mohamed, 5, and left his three children wounded.

"I took my children to the hospital and stayed with them the first day, but the next day, Israeli soldiers raided the hospital and kidnapped me along with other citizens. I still don’t know the fate of my children," Salem said.

Upon his release, Salem arrived at the hospital exhausted and emaciated. He sat outside on a bench, surrounded by neighbors and relatives displaced from northern Gaza, who continued to ask him questions. His spirits lifted momentarily when a neighbor contacted his father, Atef, who had refused to evacuate from northern Gaza. 

However, his brief joy was shattered when he received a call from his brother Waseem in Turkey, only to learn that his brother Layth had been killed as he attempted to rescue neighbors from an Israeli airstrike.

Layth was killed on December 12, when an Israeli missile struck while he was trying to help those affected by another bombing. Salem had already lost his other brother, Khalil, 31, in an Israeli attack on the Jabalya refugee camp on November 2.

As Salim and his companions made their way to an unknown destination, he asked, "Where are we? Where do we go? I want to return to my children and family in northern Gaza." 

His guides explained that returning to the north was impossible and that they were now in the central part of the strip. They took him to a tent in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younus, a region deemed "safe" by the occupation but which had been subjected to multiple airstrikes, resulting in numerous casualties.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza has left over 130,000 killed and wounded, the majority being children and women. The war has also led to over 10,000 missing persons, amidst widespread destruction and famine that has claimed the lives of many children.

M.N.

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

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On August 2, 2024, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 3 main massacres, in which 74 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 145 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,519 and the injuries to 91,218, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

Editor's Note:

Due to the lack of the death toll online, the above August 2, 2024 statistics were calculated by subtracting August 1 from August 2 statistics.

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15 Palestinians killed in an Israeli genocidal attack on a shelter center

Thursday 1-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces committed a new horrific massacre on Thursday evening, killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding dozens.

The attack targeted a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said that 10 Palestinians were killed, and many others were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted Dalal Al-Maghribi School, housing dozens of displaced people in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

“The Israeli occupation forces targeted the Dalal Al-Maghribi School, which was housing displaced people, with three missiles, completely destroying it,” he added.

In another statement, the Civil Defense announced that the number of martyrs had risen to 15, in addition to dozens wounded.

Almost 10 months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 301

Friday 2-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 301 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 and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza, especially in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, during the past 24 hours.

The Israeli forces have continued their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafa'h, since May 7, while storming Gaza City amid air and artillery bombardment.

The Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike at dawn Friday on the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Civil defense crews recovered a number of martyrs and evacuated the wounded from a residential apartment of the Abu Hashim family, located on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City.

The Israeli warplanes also bombed the house of Abu Mu'hammed Abu Jazar family, near the Islamic University in the Ma'an area, east of Khan Younus city, south of the Gaza Strip.

7 civilians were injured during the attack, most of whom were children and women.

Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces committed a new horrific massacre on Thursday evening, killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding dozens.

The attack targeted a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said that 15 Palestinians were killed, and many others were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted Dalal Al-Maghribi School, housing dozens of displaced people in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

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Several Palestinians killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younus, Maghazi

GAZA, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) -

Four Palestinians were killed and several others, including children and women, were injured this morning in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Khan Younus, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the airstrike targeted an apartment belonging to the Barbakh family in central Khan Younus, killing four and injuring others. The injured individuals were transported to Nasser Medical Complex in the city for medical treatment.

In another attack, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured when Israeli aircraft targeted a group of civilians east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

Additionally, Israeli artillery shelled the Al-Sikka Street in the southeastern part of Gaza City. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,480 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 91,128 others injured. Thousands of victims are also estimated to be buried under the rubble.

M.N.

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Casualties in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as Israel's genocide enters day 301

GAZA, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

Early this morning, a series of airstrikes and artillery shelling by Israeli occupation forces resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries across various regions of the Gaza Strip, marking the 301st day of the ongoing genocide.

WAFA correspondent reported that a young girl was killed and four others injured when Israeli forces targeted a home in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. The injured were transported to the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the city.

In a separate incident, rescue teams recovered the bodies of four individuals and treated 12 others from an apartment in the Abu Hashim building on Jalaa Street, also in Gaza City, which had been struck by Israeli airstrikes.

Israeli aircraft also carried out intense bombardments around Street 8 and the Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City. Additionally, a fire erupted in agricultural land following an attack near the Abu Aida roundabout.

The airstrikes also targeted a home belonging to the Sa'd family north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, as well as the Abu Jazar family home in the Ma'an area, east of Khan Younis, resulting in seven injuries.

In Khan Younus, southern Gaza, a woman was killed and others injured when Israeli occupation forces struck a residence belonging to the al-Agha family in the Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area. The injured were taken to the Nasser Medical Complex.

Further shelling was reported in the western part of Rafa'h, southern Gaza, and in the eastern areas of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of Khan Younus. 

Last night, three individuals were killed, and others wounded, when Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of civilians at Al-Shuja'iyya intersection in eastern Gaza City. 

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Israeli airstrike kills three Palestinians in southern Gaza

GAZA, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

Three Palestinians were killed today in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza City.

Witnesses reported that the airstrike resulted in the killing of three individuals and left several others injured.

The ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,480 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 91,128 others injured. Thousands of victims are also estimated to be buried under the rubble.

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

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Several Palestinians kidnapped, injured in IOF West Bank raids

Friday 2-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were injured, and several others were kidnapped, after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) broke into different areas in the West Bank at dawn Friday.

In Ramallah, three citizens were injured after the IOFs troops broke into Al-Beerih city amid heavy live fire.

One of the injured suffered from a gunshot injury to the foot.

The IOFs also stormed Suwad town, in Ramallah.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs detained an ex-prisoner after breaking into his home in the eastern neighborhood of the city.

Similar raids were reported in Nablus, where three local residents were rounded up. One of the detainees’ vehicle was also seized.

Several neighborhoods and homes were stormed during the raid.

The Israeli forces also stormed 'Aqraba to the south of the city, while no arrests were reported.

In Bethlehem, the IOF arrested three Palestinians, including an ex-prisoner.

 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Occupation forces fire teargas, causing fire eruption north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces and colonists stormed this morning the village of Umm Safa, north of Ramallah, leading to property damage, including setting two homes on fire.

Marwan Sabba'h, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, told WAFA that colonists raided the Jabal Al-Ras area east of the village. An Israeli army force subsequently broke into the village, firing stun grenades and tear gas at residents and their homes. The use of tear gas and stun grenades resulted in two homes being set on fire in the village.

There were also reports of multiple villagers suffering suffocation from teargas inhalation.

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Israeli forces bulldoze large tracts of agricultural land east of Toulkarm

TULKAREM, Friday, August 2, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation bulldozers proceeded today to bulldoze large tracts of Palestinian-owned agricultural land at the entrance to the village of Rameen east of Toulkarm, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that large military forces cordoned off the village following a military incursion, deployed their military vehicles at its main entrance, and carried out bombings in the area.

The occupation bulldozers began to level the agricultural land, starting from the entrance of the town, all the way to the Rameen plain. The lands belong to dozens of families in the village.

Meanwhile, a group of colonists, accompanied by the occupation forces, broke into the area and set fire to the agricultural land, which spread and consumed the surrounding lands.

The occupation forces further set up flying military checkpoints along the main road towards the military checkpoint of 'Annab. east of Toulkarm. and prevented vehicles from crossing. The road connects the said area to the city of Nablus.

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Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers demolish home and well south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by armed colonists, demolished a house under construction and a water well today in the village of Al-Rai'hiya, located south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources reported that the demolition, which occurred in the area adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit Hagai, involved the use of bulldozers to destroy a 150-square-meter house and a well belonging to resident Musa Muhammad al-Harsh.

The area targeted by the demolition is situated on land belonging to local residents and close to the settlement, which is built on stolen Palestinian land.

According to the state-run Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, at least 318 Palestinian structures have been demolished by Israel and 359 demolition notices issued in the first half of 2024.

Israel widely uses the pretext of the lack of construction permits to demolish Palestinian homes, especially in Area C of the West Bank.

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