On Day 303 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 33 Palestinians Killed, 118 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,583 and 91,398 Injuries

August 4, 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 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,583+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,583), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 7,000+). 

By August 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 91,398.

By August 4, 2024, 595 Palestinians who were killed, 5,401 who were injured, and 9,920, 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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Nine Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Saturday after an Israeli drone bombed two Palestinian vehicles in two separate airstrikes near Toulkarm, August 3, 2024	33 Palestinians were killed, 118 were injured on Day 303 of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on August 4, 2024
15 displaced Palestinians were killed, dozens were injured in an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Rafidayn School, sheltering them, in Al-Shaikh Radhwan suburb, in northern Gaza, August 3, 2024	Testimonies from Gaza detainees in the Israeli Ofer Prison revealed severe abuse and mistreatment which continued until their release, August 3, 2024
UNRWA warned of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the West Bank due to the Israeli occupation forces destruction of the infrastructure, such as in Toulkarm, August 3, 2024	Martyrs and injured Palestinians brought to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, who were victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, on August 4, 2024.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

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Two killed, five Injured in Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported today that two individuals have been killed and five others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Dair Al-Siryan in southern Lebanon last night.

The Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Center clarified that the death toll from the airstrike, which targeted the outskirts of the Ma'hmoudiya area in Al-Nabatiya district, has risen to two.

This follows the killing of an individual in his sixties, who was brought to Al-Nabatiya Hospital in the aftermath of the strike and succumbed to his injuries.

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'Hamas calls for urgent int’l action to hold Israel accountable for its crimes in Gaza

Sunday 4-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has called on the international community to take urgent action to hold Israel accountable for its horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and expose the lies it makes to justify its attacks on civilians.

“The criminal attack that was carried out by the aircraft of the fascist occupation army on 'Hamama School, which shelters thousands of displaced people, in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City and led to the martyrdom of 15 defenseless displaced civilians in an initial toll and the injury of dozens confirms that the terrorist occupation government is insistent on continuing its brutal genocidal war and defying international values and resolutions,” Hamas said in a statement on Saturday.

Hamas also accused the Israeli occupation army of persisting in making lies to justify its attacks on civilian sites, including schools, hospitals and displacement centers and shelters, through claiming they are used for military purposes.

The Movement warned against Israel’s persistence in killing, terrorizing and starving the Palestinian people in Gaza, saying such crimes are aimed at forcing them to leave their land.

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Torture and illness: Gaza detainees describe the Israeli inhumane treatment at the Ofer prison

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has released disturbing testimonies from detainees from Gaza held in the Israeli Ofer Prison. The accounts, collected from detainees Mu'hammed Jamous, 44, Fadi 'Ayyad, 39, and Fadi Howaydi, 38, reveal severe abuse and mistreatment from the moment of their detention.

During a recent visit by the commission's lawyer, the detainees recounted the brutal conditions they faced. "What we experienced was real fascism," they said. "We were stripped of our clothes, beaten, tortured, and bound, with our eyes blindfolded."

The detainees described the Israeli soldiers as "rabid beasts" who took pleasure in their suffering, highlighting their hunger, thirst, and the relentless pain they endured. They expressed disbelief at their own survival under such conditions.

The abuse, according to the detainees, began immediately upon their detention from Gaza, continuing through transportation in military vehicles, where they faced insults, degradation, and severe torture. The conditions in the detention camps were described as so horrific that they wished for the earth to swallow them up rather than face the inhumane treatment.

They reported experiencing systematic abuse, including broken bones, open wounds, and severe beatings. The detainees also faced further torment in hospitals, where they were subjected to additional forms of torture. "Our minds cannot comprehend the extent of what is happening to us," they added.

The detainees also described their constant confinement in painful positions and the use of attack dogs, toxic gas, and pepper spray in their cells. Many detainees from Gaza reportedly lost consciousness multiple times due to the beatings, with some succumbing to death under torture, like the martyr Islam Sarsawi.

"Today, we are all sick," the detainees concluded. "Our bodies are exhausted, and we have become prey to illness and injury. No medical treatment or medication is provided. Despite these dire conditions, we cling to the hope of returning to our families alive."

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UNRWA: Israel is waging a silent war on the West Bank

Saturday 3-August-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

UNRWA has warned that the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank deteriorates day after day due to the silent war that is waged by Israeli forces on the Palestinian citizens there.

“The situation in the West Bank is worsening daily. Nour Shams and Toulkarm refugee camps are suffering from water shortages and electricity outages,” UNRWA said on its X page on Friday.

“Israeli security forces’ operations continue causing destruction and threatening the lives of people in the area. This ‘silent war’ has to end,” UNRWA emphasized.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), since October 7, 2023, in the midst of near-daily deadly Israeli raids and strikes.

At least 592 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 5,400 others injured by Israeli gunfire and attacks in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) since last October.

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Palestinian NGOs: Aid trucks to Gaza decreased by 60%

Saturday 3-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian NGO Network warned of the increasing repercussions of the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip amid the escalating Israeli aggression against civilians in the Strip and the restricted access to humanitarian aid.

The NGO network confirmed in a statement that it monitored a significant decrease in the number of aid convoys to the Gaza Strip during July by nearly 60 percent compared to April, before Rafa'h border crossing was closed.

The network explained that even before the closure of the Rafa'h crossing, the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip were catastrophic, with only 200 trucks allowed into the Strip.

The network pointed to the rapid spread of famine, thirst, epidemics, and diseases, especially among children and women, and the worsening health conditions of patients and the wounded due to the closure of the Raf'ah crossing, which puts their lives at real risk.

The network noted that Israel has been preventing the entry of various kinds of food and personal hygiene products for weeks, despite the severe shortage of water, and the spread of waste and sewage amid high temperatures, which exacerbates the health conditions of the sick and wounded people in Gaza and threatens their lives.

The NGO network held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the repercussions of the ongoing aggression and the siege on the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to hold the Israeli occupation officials accountable for their crimes against humanity.

The network called for taking urgent and serious action to stop the Israeli aggression and open the crossings for the entry of aid into the besieged Gaza Strip.

The network called for the acceleration of the entry of specialized medical teams to help the medical personnel working in Gaza hospitals, in addition to the entry of medicines and medical equipment and supplies, stressing the need to urgently evacuate the patient and the wounded for receiving treatment abroad.

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PFLP: Israel’s assassination policy will not weaken the resistance

Saturday 3-August-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) mourned the Toulkarm refugee camp martyrs, pledging that the assassination crime “will not pass without punishment.”

The PFLP reiterated in a press statement on Saturday that the Israeli assassination policy will not discourage the heroic resistance fighters and will not break the will of the Palestinian people, stressing that it will promote their commitment to national principles and rights, and persistence in pursuing the approach of resistance despite crimes, massacres, and assassinations.

The Front called on the Palestinian masses in Toulkarm to adhere to the general strike announced by the national forces in mourning for the martyrs.

Nine Palestinian resistance fighters were killed this morning in Israeli drone attacks on two vehicles near Toulkarm. 

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

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On August 4, 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 the Gaza Strip resulted in 2 main massacres, in which 33 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 118 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,583 and the injuries to 91,398, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 39,583, over 91,398 injured

GAZA, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 33 Palestinians and the injury of 118 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 39,583 reported fatalities, with an additional 91,398 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services 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 ambulance and civil defense crews.

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Five Palestinians killed, others wounded in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza City

GAZA, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Five Palestinians were killed and several others injured this morning as a result of Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting various areas in Gaza City.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes struck a vehicle on Salah al-Din Street, north of Kuwait Roundabout in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, resulting in the killing of three Palestinians.

In a separate attack, Israeli warplanes targeted a group of people on Al-Bazzaz Street in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. This assault led to the murder of two more Palestinians and injuries to others, who were subsequently transported to the Al-Ahli Hospital in the city for medical treatment.

By August 3, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the enclave since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,550 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 91,280 others injured. Thousands of victims are also estimated to be buried under the rubble.

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Dozens of casualties in continued Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling across Gaza

GAZA, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Dozens of casualties among innocent Palestinian civilians were reported this morning and overnight as Israeli occupation forces continued their airstrikes and artillery shelling across the Gaza Strip, marking the 303rd day of the ongoing genocide.

In the central Gaza Strip, five civilians were killed and over 16 others injured when Israeli drones targeted tents housing displaced persons near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair E-Bala'h. The attack also caused a large fire to erupt in the tents.

Three more individuals were killed and several others injured in an airstrike on a home belonging to the Al-'Hasanat family in Dair El-Bala'h refugee camp, west of the city.

In the northern Gaza Strip, eight people, including children, were killed and others wounded when Israeli airstrikes hit a house belonging to the Al-'Aamoudi family in the Al-Fakhoura area, northwest of Jabalia refugee camp. The injured were transported to the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in Bait Lahya.

Additional airstrikes targeted the Al-'Hasayna area west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, while intense artillery fire struck the area around the Gaza Power Plant and the Malaysian School north of the camp. Israeli military vehicles also heavily fired on areas east of Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Further shelling by Israeli artillery hit the eastern part of the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of Khan Younus, with concurrent heavy fire from Israeli military vehicles in the region.

Airstrikes also targeted the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City, while artillery fire hit the same neighborhood as well as the Al-Tuffa'h and Al-Sabra neighborhoods in the city. Additionally, Israeli naval vessels shelled and fired on residential areas along the Gaza City coast.

In Rafa'h, southern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes hit the Al-Saudi neighborhood while Israeli military vehicles fired around the Rafa'h crossing.

By August 3, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the enclave since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,550 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 91,280 others injured. Thousands of victims are also estimated to be buried under the rubble.

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15 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli massacre in Gaza

Saturday 3-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

15 Palestinians were killed while dozens were injured in a new Israeli massacre in Gaza City on Saturday evening.

The PIC correspondent said that Israeli genocidal aerial strikes targeted displaced Palestinians in a number of schools in Gaza City inflicting dozens of casualties.

He reported that the first air raid targeted Al-Rafidayn School in Al-Shaikh Radhwan suburb in northern Gaza City.

Local sources said that the Israeli air strikes targeted a number of schools in Al-Shaikh Radhwan, adding that the first raid was launched without prior warning.

They said that while people were trying to retrieve the bodies of martyrs and evacuate the wounded, the Israeli occupation army informed them of another strike, adding that another strike was launched within minutes that saw three missiles slamming into the same area. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 302

Saturday 3-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 302 on Saturday, 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 during the past 24 hours.

According to media sources, civil defense and medical crews evacuated two martyrs from a street in Al-Qarara town in the east of Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

Two other citizens were martyred and another one was injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at them in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Five citizens, including three women and a girl child, were killed when the Israeli army bombed a house in Miraj area in the north of Rafa'h.

An Israeli warplane also bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Jadili in Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing two civilians.

More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli 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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Palestinian martyred following resistance operation in Tel Aviv

Sunday 4-August-2024

NAZARETH, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was shot dead after he carried out a stabbing and shooting operation that killed one Israeli and injured at least three others on Sunday morning in Holon area in Tel Aviv.

According to the Hebrew media, the Israeli police initially said four people were wounded, but later medical sources confirmed that a woman succumbed to her wounds, while two men were in critical condition and another one was in moderate condition.

The Palestinian, who carried out the attack, could be a resistance fighter from the West Bank, according to police speculations. They said he was “neutralized” (killed) and that a search was underway for other suspects in Holon, where the incident occurred.

Media reports said that the operation was only a stabbing attack while others said it involved stabbing and shooting.

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Young man injured by Israeli gunfire north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian young man was injured by Israeli gunfire early this morning near the village of 'Aroura, north of Ramallah in the West Bank.

Local sources reported to WAFA that a 23-year-old man sustained a live bullet wound to his back after his vehicle was shot at by Israeli occupation soldiers. He was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

In addition, Israeli occupation forces conducted a raid into the village of Dair Nidtham, west of Ramallah. No kidnappings have been reported in the aftermath of the incursion.

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Eight Palestinians detained by occupation authorities in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained at least eight Palestinians from the West Bank during the last 24 hours, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority.

The statement detailed that the detentions took place in the governorates of Hebron, Qalqilya, Tubas, and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

It added that the total number of Palestinians detained by the occupation authorities in the territory since October 7, 2023, has risen to approximately 9,930. This figure includes those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who were compelled to turn themselves in under pressure, and those who were held as hostages.

The data on detentions pertains to those arrested from the West Bank, excluding Gaza, where the number of detainees is also estimated to be in the thousands.

The statement pointed out that the detentions are accompanied by widespread abuse, beatings, and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes.

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Number of Palestinian prisoners in Israel prisons is now 9900, says PPS

RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said in a statement that the number of prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons reached about 9900 up until the beginning of August 2024, noting that this data does not include all detainees from Gaza, specifically those in the camps affiliated with the occupation army.

The statement, which was issued today, said that the number of administrative detainees in the occupation prisons reached 3432, while the number of female prisoners in the occupation prisons is 86 female prisoners only in Damon prison, among them a pregnant woman, Jihad Al-Nakhla, and among the female prisoners, there are 23 female prisoners are administrative detainees, adding that there may be female prisoners from Gaza in the camps affiliated with the occupation forces, but there is no clear data on their numbers.

It pointed out that the number of detained children is not less than 250 children.

PPS explained that the number of Gaza detainees recognized by the occupation prison administration is 1584, noting that this data does not include all detainees, specifically those in the camps affiliated with the occupation army.

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Nine resistance fighters martyred in Israeli bombing of two vehicles in Toulkarm

Saturday 3-August-2024

Toulkarm, (PIC)

Nine Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Saturday after an Israeli drone bombed two Palestinian vehicles in two separate airstrikes near Toulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bombed a vehicle carrying five young men on the road between the towns of Attil and Zeita, north of Toulkarm, which set the car on fire and completely charred the car along with the bodies of the martyrs.

A few hours later, a second airstrike on a vehicle in Bal’a town, east of Toulkarm, killed four other resistance fighters.

The Israeli occupation army announced in a statement that its warplanes targeted a group of armed resistance fighters in Toulkarm.

The Director of Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in Toulkarm, Dr. Amin Khadir, confirmed on Saturday that one of the people killed in the first attack was Haitham Baleidi, 25, from Toulkarm refugee camp, leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, along with four martyrs whose remains are charred.

Local sources reported that when Palestinians and civil defense forces arrived at the site of the targeted car to extinguish the fire, the IOF raided the site and prevented ambulance crews from approaching. The soldiers inspected the vehicle and the martyrs’ bodies, before more military reinforcements were summoned, accompanied by four bulldozers, the sources added.

The Israeli bulldozers began extensive destruction operations in the western part of the city, destroying infrastructure, Palestinian vehicles, and public property.

The Palestinian factions in Toulkarm condemned the assassination crime, mourned the martyrs, and declared Saturday a day of general strike and mourning.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, mourned its field commander 'Abdul Jabbar Al-Sabbagh (Al-Dahrouki), and one of the founders of the Toulkarm Brigade, Ahmed Muhajna, in addition to the rest of the martyrs. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces seal off main entrance to Salfeet

Salfeet, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces closed the main northern entrance to the town of Salfeet in the occupied West Bank using an iron gate this morning, according to local sources.

The sources told WAFA that Israeli military personnel shut down the main entrance to the town with an iron gate, granting colonial Israeli colonists easier access to a nearby colonial outpost, while further restricting the movement of local Palestinian residents.

Over the last months, Israeli occupation forces have been imposing similar measures across the occupied West Bank, including the use of iron gates and earth barriers at the entrances to various towns and villages.

The closure of the main entrance in Salfeet has a direct impact on the daily lives of Palestinians and their ability to move freely within their own territories.

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Occupation authorities force Palestinian to demolish wall near Jineen

Jineen, Sunday, August 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation authorities have compelled a resident of Jalboun village, northeast of Jenin, to demolish a wall surrounding his home and prevented his brother from completing construction on another wall.

Ibrahim Abu al-Rob, head of the Jalboun Village Council, told WAFA that resident Arafat Tawfeeq Abul-Rob was forced to demolish a 25-meter-long, 1-meter-high wall around his property.

Additionally, 'Arafat’s brother, Ma'hmoud, was barred from finishing construction on another wall at his own home, despite both homes being built several years ago.

The owner of the property reported that the Israeli authorities threatened to impose demolition costs on him if he refused to carry out the demolition himself.

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