On Day 304 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 40 Palestinians Killed, 71 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,623 and 91,469 Injuries

August 5, 2024 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By August 5, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,623+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,623), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 7,000+). 

By August 5, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 91,469.

By August 5, 2024, 595 Palestinians who were killed, 5,401 who were injured, and 9,945, 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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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 5, 2024.	Palestinian captive, Wafaa Jarrar, 50, succumbed to injuries she sustained during her captivity by the Israeli regime, which led to the amputation of her legs, August 5, 2024.
30 displaced Palestinian civilians were brutally massacred, dozens were injured, by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nasr and Hasan Salama schools sheltering them, August 4, 2024	During the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed 172 shelters hosting displaced Palestinians, of which 152 were schools, August 4, 2024
40 Palestinians were martyred, 71 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, in the last 24 hours, August 5, 2024	The Israeli genocidal regime released the decomposed bodies of 84 Palestinian martyrs, with stolen organs, were buried in  the Turkish Cemetery, Khan Younus, August 5, 2024
Funeral procession of the Palestinian martyr Wafaa Jarrar, who succumbed to her wounds sustained earlier, in her captivity, in Israeli prisons, August 5, 2024.	Grieving the death of family member martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, as they were prepared for burial in Dair El-Bala'h, August 5, 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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Al-'Hayya: The martyrdom of Haniyya inspires the Palestinian people and resistance

Monday 5-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Khaleel Al-'Hayya, the deputy head of the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, said that the martyrdom of the head of the Movement’s political bureau, Isma'eel Haniyya, has given the Palestinian people and their resistance a new spirit, new determination, and new strength.

In a speech on Sunday at the mourning house of the martyr Haniyya in the Qatari capital Doha, Al-'Hayya stressed that “the martyrdom of the leader Isma'eel Haniyya revived the nation anew, just as the Al-Aqsa Flood on the seventh of last October revived the nation’s determination and struggle for the imminent liberation of Palestine from the usurpers.”

He noted, “The martyr Haniyya was faithful to the principles of our people and our nation, and was keen and trustworthy on the nation’s sanctities.”

The Hamas official added, “Haniyya was the prime minister of the Palestinian people, and of the resistance of the people who aspire for freedom and return.”

He affirmed that Haniyya has always been an inspiration with his words, sermons, biography, and ethics “that would live with us until we die.”

The Hamas leader considered that the unification of the entire nation in praying for the martyr Ismail Haniyya “is an indication of the nation’s embrace of his choice, which is advancing towards the achievement of our legitimate rights.”

He drew attention to the fact that the Hamas Movement and the Palestinian resistance factions “came and stood as one body to receive the condolences for the martyrdom of their brother, the leader Ismail.”

He thanked Qatar and its people for the “great arrangements” for the condolence tent of the martyr leader, affirming, “The condolence was befitting of Qatar, the nation, and Ismail Haniyya.”

He expressed gratitude to the leaders of the factions and the national forces “who came from everywhere to participate in our collective condolences for the martyrdom of our brother Ismail Haniyya, all appreciation to our brothers in the factions, and we say to them: This is our path and your path, our path towards freedom.”

He stressed that the Islamic and Arab nation have come to offer condolences for the martyrdom of the leader Ismail Haniyya, “all of them came feeling that we have lost something precious in this nation.”

He said, “We will continue on the path of struggle, jihad, and resistance until the liberation of Palestine, by the grace of Almighty Allah,” affirming, “Our will is strong and solid, it cannot be broken by the martyrdom of a leader, nor two, nor three, for we are proceeding, by the will of Allah.”

Addressing the lovers of Hamas and the Palestinian people, Al-'Hayya said, “Do not worry about Hamas, for a leader has departed, but the Movement is managed by institutions, so there is no vacuum with the martyrdom of the leader.”

Al-'Hayya concluded his speech, “We are a united leadership thanks to Allah, we hold our meetings and manage our affairs with full responsibility and love amongst us. It is only a matter of days before we conclude our consultations to choose a new leader for the Hamas Movement.”

The head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haneyya, was martyred at dawn on last Wednesday, in an assassination operation that targeted him at his place of residence in the Iranian capital Tehran, after his participation in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president.

Isma'eel Haniyya, who hails from the town of Al-Jura in the 'Asqalan district, was born in 1963 in the Shati refugee camp west of the city of Gaza. He was known for his closeness to the Movement’s founder, the martyr Al-Shaikh A'hmed Yaseen, as he worked as the director of his office for years.

Throughout his life, he was arrested in the Israeli occupation prisons more than once, was deported to Marj Al-Zahour in southern Lebanon, and survived several assassination attempts, the most prominent of which was in 2003 when he was with Sheikh A'hmed Yaseen.

After Hamas’s victory in the legislative elections, Ismail Haneyya headed the tenth Palestinian government, which was subjected to a suffocating Israeli siege. He had a famous statement at the time, saying, “We will eat thyme, salt and olives, and we will not bow our heads, we will not be humiliated, and we will not retreat.”

In 2017, Isma'eel Haniyya assumed the chairmanship of the Hamas political bureau after elections were held within the Shoura Council of the Movement, and he was known as the political face of Hamas and as a calm man, with a solid and sound discourse and opinion.

The Israeli occupation army had killed a number of members of Isma'eel Haniyya’s family during the current war, including 3 of his sons, 7 of his grandchildren, and his two sisters, and also bombed his home in the Shati refugee camp in the city of Gaza.

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Hamas condemns Israeli attacks on two shelter centers

Monday 5-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement condemned the brutal massacre committed by the Israeli occupation on Sunday, by bombing Al-Nasr and Hasan Salama schools west of Gaza City, killing dozens of displaced Palestinians.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Hamas said that “this massacre is an insistence on the extermination war waged by the Zionist enemy against defenseless civilians, violating all international laws and norms.”

'Hamas called on the international community and the Arab and Islamic countries to live up to their responsibilities and work to stop these crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable.

It said that the Israeli occupation aims at terrorizing, intimidating, and displacing the Palestinian people.

The Movement pointed out that such crimes will not break the Palestinian people’s strong will and steadfastness.

Earlier on Sunday, 30 civilians were killed in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli occupation army launched a series of airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City sheltering thousands of displaced persons.

Loca.

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'Hamas mourns martyr Jarrar who succumbed to injuries after release from Israeli jails

Monday 5-August-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement mourned the wounded and the recently released Palestinian captive, Wafaa Jarrar, 50, who succumbed to injuries she sustained during her captivity from her home in May, which led to the amputation of her legs.

In a statement on Monday, 'Hamas hailed the martyr Jarrar for her sacrifices and efforts in support of the families of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners, “and now she falls as a martyr as a result of medical negligence in Israeli jails.”

Hamas called for intensifying efforts and solidarity events to support Palestinian prisoners and to engage in more confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

The Jarrar family mourned, in a statement on Monday, the 50-year-old martyr, Wafaa Jarrar, saying she was “a symbol of steadfastness and sacrifice.”

The statement added that she has succumbed to her injuries and died as a martyr “after more than two months of being injured and her two legs amputated, following her arrest from her house in Al-Mara'h neighborhood in Jenin on 21-05-2024.”

The IOFs detained Jarrar from her home on May 21 during a raid into Jenin city and its refugee camp.

After her arrest, the IOFs announced that she was injured and transferred to the Israeli 'Afoula Hospital. She was issued an administrative arrest warrant for four months.

The serious injuries that she suffered led to the amputation of her legs from above the knee, in addition to other injuries allover her body, leading to complicated health issues.

After the deterioration of her health condition, Israeli occupation authorities released her to evade responsibility for her treatment in Israeli hospitals.

Jarrar is a local activist and coordinator of the Association of Martyrs and Prisoners of Jineen. she is a mother of four children and the wife of prisoner 'Abdul Jabbar Jarrar, 58, who has been detained since February 7, 2024. He had previously been detained for a total of 16 years In Israeli prisons.

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PGMO: 172 shelter centers targeted since October 7

Monday 5-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza revealed in a statement issued on Sunday that since Israel’s war on Gaza began, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have targeted 172 shelters hosting internally displaced persons, of which 152 were schools.

The PGMO pointed out that the IOFS committed two massacres on Sunday by bombing two shelter schools in Gaza City, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded.

The Office said, “With these two new massacres, the occupation has bombed 172 shelter centers inhabited by tens of thousands of displaced people since the beginning of the genocidal war.”

At least 1,040 people have been killed inside those shelters, it added

The PGMO called on the international community, the United Nations, various international organizations, and all countries of the world to put pressure on Israel and the US administration to stop the genocidal war against Palestinians.

For its part, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported that 53 civilians were killed since the early morning of Sunday, as a result of the continued Israeli bombing and massacres in various areas in the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of people were also wounded and reportedly missing during the attacks.

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Gaza municipality: Diseases and epidemics are spreading in the city

Sunday 4-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The municipality of Gaza City has warned the health and environmental crises are worsening and diseases and epidemics are spreading in the city due to waste pile-up and sewage overflow.

“The health and environmental catastrophe in Gaza has deepened, with approximately 100,000 tons of waste piling up in Gaza City alone. This issue, combined with insufficient water supply, high summer temperatures and 10 months of aggression, fosters conditions conducive to the spread of infectious diseases and different health issues among the population,” the municipality said in a statement on Sunday.

Since the war on Gaza started last October, the Israeli occupation army has destroyed about 126 municipal vehicles and 60 water wells, not to mention the destruction of various health and service facilities and the uprooting of about 60,000 trees across the city, according to the municipality’s statement.

The municipality called on international, regional and local organizations to swiftly intervene to rescue Gaza City from its humanitarian crises and provide it with its needs of equipment, spare parts and fuel to help it alleviate this dire health situation. 

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

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On August 5, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip resulted in 2 main massacres, in which 40 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 71 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,623 and the injuries to 91,469, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 39,623, over 91,469 injured

GAZA, Monday, August 5, 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 40 Palestinians and the injury of 71 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 39,623 reported fatalities, with an additional 91,469 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.

Y.S.

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40 Palestinians martyred, 71 wounded in the last 24 hours in Gaza

Monday 5-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing at least 40 citizens and injuring 71 others.

The Ministry said in its daily update that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which started on October 7 last year, climbed to 39,623 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 91,469.

“A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads as ambulance and civil defense crews have been prevented by Israeli occupation forces from approaching them,” it added.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) handed over 84 bodies of the martyrs who had been kidnapped from graves in the Gaza Strip.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza announced that it has received the bodies of 84 martyrs through the Karm Abu Salim crossing.

Medical sources said that the bodies were buried in a mass grave in the Turkish Cemetery in the Austrian neighborhood, southwest of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The medical sources indicated that this is the third batch of martyr bodies that has been handed over by the IOF to the ICRC since the start of the genocide war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.

Medical sources stated then that some of the bodies were decomposed, and that inspections indicated the theft of some of the martyrs’ organs.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has launched a war on the Gaza Strip resulting in tens of thousands of martyrs, wounded and missing, in addition to the displacement of two million people and a massive destruction of homes and infrastructures, which affected more than 70% of the buildings in the coastal enclave, amid a tight siege, a suffocating humanitarian crisis, and an unprecedented famine, especially in Gaza City and northern Gaza.

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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Tel Al-Hawa area in Gaza

GAZA, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Four civilians today were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike south of Gaza City.

Local sources, quoting paramedics, said that at least four civilians lost their lives  as a result of the occupation forces shelling a group of civilians in Al-Abraj Street in the Tel Al-Hawa area, south of Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the enclave since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,623 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 91,469 others injured.

Meanwhile, thousands of victims are also estimated to be buried under the rubble.

Y.S.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 304

Monday 5-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 304 on Monday, 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.

Two Palestinians were killed when the occupation targeted a group of residents near Kuwait roundabout, southeast of Gaza City, while a third was proclaimed dead of injuries he sustained a few days ago in an Israeli airstrike on his family house in the Bani Suhayla area east of Khan Younus.

The Israeli warplanes also launched several raids east of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera east of Khan Younus, early today.

Similar attacks targeted an empty area, east of Dair E-Bala'h, which led to the destruction of a nearby house and started fire. No casualties were reported in the attack.

The warplanes also launched new raids targeting what remained of the Al-Ridhwan Mosque, north of Gaza City.

Earlier Sunday, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported that 53 civilians were killed as a result of the continued Israeli bombing and massacres in various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of people were also wounded and reportedly missing during the attacks.

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Five civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrike south of Dair E-Bala'h

GAZA, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Five civilians today were killed  and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike south of Dair E-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation warplanes targeted an area  south of Dair E-Bala'h, resulting in the killing of at least five Palestinians and causing the injury of others with varying injuries.

Meanwhile, the Union of Fishermen's Committees in Gaza reported that a fisherman was killed by the bullets of the occupation's warships off the shore of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Y.S. 

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Israeli warplanes bomb several sites in Gaza

GAZA, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation  warplanes and artillery Monday bombed various areas of the Gaza Strip, mainly in the central governorate and Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said that the Israeli artillery fired several shells at the neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Al-Sabra and Tel Al-Hawa in Gaza City, amidst heavy gunfire from military vehicles, coinciding with the intensive flight of drones in the western skies of the city.

He added that the occupation's warplanes launched two raids on Abu Ghoula land area in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and fired at the vicinity of the Gaza Valley Bridge, northeast of the refugee camp.

The Israeli troops also fired machine guns east of Al-Maghazi camp and Al-Musaddar village in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the occupation's artillery shelling of citizens' homes southeast of Dair El-Bala'h city.

Israeli warplanes bombed the eastern area of ​​Al-Qastal towers, southeast of Dair El-Bala'h city, and fired at the vicinity of the waste dump area to the east.

In the south, the occupation warplanes launched two raids on Qizan Al-Najjar area in Khan Younus, while the occupation artillery bombed the western areas of Rafa'h city.

The ongoing occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, air and sea, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 39,583 civilians, mostly children and women, and the injury of 91,398 others.

Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble and scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face very challenging conditions due to the ongoing Israeli attacks and massive destruction.

K.T.

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30 Palestinian martyrs in new Israeli massacre targeting two schools in Gaza

Sunday 4-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In a new massacre targeting schools sheltering thousands of displaced persons, 30 civilians were killed in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli occupation army launched a series of airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City.

Local sources reported that Israeli fighter jets simultaneously bombed the Hassan Salameh school and the private An-Nasr school west of Gaza City.

The sources explained that the bombing destroyed the northern wing of the An-Nasr school, which consists of 3 floors, while the bombing destroyed the ground floor of the 'Hasan Salama school.

Photographs and video footage showed fires breaking out inside the school, which shelters thousands of displaced persons whose homes were destroyed by the occupation’s ongoing war on the Strip.

The Civil Defense in Gaza said that it has become unable to deal with the Israeli bombing due to the deterioration of the equipment, and that its elements are working with the bare minimum of available means.

It stressed that the Israeli occupation does not respect any covenants or rules in its war on Gaza, and the continued bombing of schools sheltering thousands of displaced persons is new evidence of this, noting that most of the wounded arriving at hospitals are children and women.

The bombing of the two schools comes in less than 24 hours after the occupation army committed a similar massacre by bombing the Hamama school in the Al-Shati refugee camp, which resulted in the death of 16 displaced civilians in the school.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in more than 39,500 martyrs, the injury of more than 91,000 others, mostly children and women, the displacement of about 1.9 million people, 10,000 missing, and massive destruction of the health and education infrastructure, as well as famine that has claimed the lives of dozens of children.

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

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Injured Palestinian woman succumbs to serious injured by Israeli forces

Jineen, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Wafaa Nayif Zuhdi Jarar has succumbed to her critical injuries during her detention by the Israeli occupation forces from her home about two months ago, Ibn Seena Hospital in Jineen announced this morning.

The Israeli occupation forces detained Wafaa Jarar, 50, from her home on May 21 during the assault on Jineen and its refugee camp.

She was injured and transferred her to Al-'Afoula Hospital, as the Israeli occupation regime issued an administrative detention order against her for four months.

WAFA correspondent indicated that the Israeli occupation forces released Jarar due to the seriousness of her health condition, days after her detention, as her injury led to the amputation of her legs above the knee.

It is noteworthy that Wafaa Jarar is the wife of the detainee Abdul Jabbar Jarar, 58, who has been administratively detained since February 2024.

K.T.

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Fresh raids, arrests across West Bank

Monday 5-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed several areas in the West Bank early on Monday, and arrested several Palestinians from their homes.

Local sources reported that the IOF stormed Nablus and arrested three Palestinians after breaking into several local homes.

Last night, violent confrontations erupted in the city after a group of settlers stormed Joseph Tomb under heavy military protection.

Heavy firing of tear gas by Israeli occupation forces started fire in the “Al-'Hisba” fruit and vegetable market east of Nablus.

In Ramallah, the Israeli forces arrested 5 young men, including the representative of the Islamic Student Bloc at Birzeit University and a minor, in addition to a father and his son.

In al-Khalil, the IOF troops stormed Bait Ummar town, without any arrests reported.

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Israeli forces detain 25 Palestinians, including two children, across the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces detained at least 25  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 Commission.

The statement detailed that the detentions took place in the governorates of Hebron and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The other detentions distributed among the governorates of Nablus, Bethlehem, and Jenin.

It added that the total number of Palestinians detained by the occupation authorities in the territory since October 7, 2023, has risen to approximately 9,955. 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.

Y.S.

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Nablus: Israeli forces raid city, detain, injured several Palestinians

NABLUS, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday detained three Palestinians and set fire to parts of the central vegetable market during a raid into of the eastern area of ​​the city of Nablus.

Local and security sources reported to WAFA that large forces of the occupation army accompanied by a military bulldozer stormed the eastern area of ​​the city, and deployed in the vicinity of Joseph's Tomb, under the pretext of securing the settlers' storming of the tomb, which led to the outbreak of confrontations in the area.

The same sources indicated that the occupation forces fired tear gas bombs intensively in the area, while the occupation bulldozer deliberately dragged burning tires in the street into the central vegetable market, which led to the outbreak of fire in parts of it and caused significant damage.

They indicated that the occupation forces obstructed the work of the firefighting crews and fired tear gas bombs at them, which led to four of them suffering from suffocation, despite that, they were able to control the fire that affected two warehouses inside the market.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that it dealt with four journalists suffered from suffocation during the occupation forces' storming of the city of Nablus, and were treated.

In the same context, the occupation forces detained 'Izzuddeen Al-Shakhsheer from the Balata Al-Balad area, after raiding his house, searching it and tampering with its contents.

Shortly after withdrawing, the occupation forces stormed Nablus again from Jabal Al-Tour area, raided several houses in the old city of the city, and detained two people.

K.T.

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IOFs raid Salfeet, storm the house of martyr 'Oada who carried out Holon stabbing attack

Sunday 4-August-2024

SALFIT, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed on Sunday afternoon the city of Salfit, closed many of its internal roads, and imposed a curfew.

The IOFs broke into the family house of the martyr 'Ammar Riziq 'Oada who carried out this morning a stabbing attack in Holon area in Tel Aviv in 1948 Occupied Palestine which resulted in the killing of two Israeli settlers and the injury of three others.

Israeli troops arrested a number of the martyr’s family members and subjected them to field investigation inside their house and banned journalists from reaching it.

According to local sources, 'Ammar 'Oada was a former prisoner in Israel.

On July 15, he was also arrested by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) intelligence apparatus after he shared a post on social media platforms in which he criticized the PA for its negative role vis-à-vis the Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.

'Ammar was subjected to torture and insults in the PA’s prisons, until his release last Tuesday.

The Hamas Movement lauded the Holon resistance attack and mourned the martyr 'Ammar 'Oada, stressing that the attack is a natural response to the ongoing Israeli occupation’s crimes. It urged all Palestinians to revolt and engage in more confrontations with the IOF.

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IOF arrests injured Palestinian young man near Ramallah

Monday 5-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested an injured Palestinian young man at a military checkpoint that was erected near Ramallah on Sunday evening.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) affirmed that Abdul Ra'hman Nouruddeen Mansour, from Jenin camp, was detained while passing through the 'Ain Siniya” military checkpoint, north of Ramallah city.

Mansour was heading to install a prosthetic limb after he was injured in an Israeli drone attack in July 2023. 

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IOFs demolish 3 Palestinian-owned homes in Jineen and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Monday 5-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished three Palestinian homes in the Jineen and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) governorates in the West Bank on Monday.

Local sources reported that the IOFs demolished a one-story home in Bait Jala town, west of Bethlehem, belonging to the La'ham family.

The La'ham family was prevented from removing some belongings from inside the house prior to its demolition.

Along the same line, the Israeli forces demolished two houses in Al-Jalama town, northeast of Jineen.

Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities issued new demolition orders against 17 homes in the Wadi Al-Joaz neighborhood in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The notified residential facilities house nearly 70 people.

Since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation regime has escalated its demolition policy in the so-called area C, which constitutes about 60% of ​​the West Bank.

In July, the Israeli authorities carried out 98 demolition operations against 135 Palestinian-owned facilities, including 62 inhabited homes, 14 uninhabited homes, and 12 agricultural facilities. 16 other facilities were also notified of demolition in the West Bank governorates.

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Jenin: Israeli forces demolish two homes

JENIN, Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished two houses in the village of Al-Jalam, northeast of Jineen.

The head of the village council Radhwan Sha'ban told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the village accompanied by three bulldozers and demolished two houses, the first belonging to Jamal Abu Far'ha and measuring 170 square meters, and the second belonging to Hashim Ma'hmoud Abu Far'ha and measuring 220 square meters.

The head of the council indicated that Hashim Abu Far'ha had finished preparing his home to house his son, who is due to get married soon, and was scheduled to move in.

Since the beginning of the Israeli comprehensive aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, and in parallel with the unprecedented destruction of homes, buildings and facilities in the Strip, the demolition of citizens' homes has escalated, especially in the so-called Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the area of ​​the West Bank.

During July, the occupation authorities carried out 98 demolition operations, affecting 135 facilities, including 62 inhabited homes, 14 uninhabited ones, and 12 agricultural facilities.

They also issued notifications including orders of the demolition against 16 other homes and facilities in the West Bank governorates, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house near Bethlehem

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished a house in the city of Bait Jala, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Abdullah Al-Lahham told WAFA correspondent that large forces of the occupation army stormed Beer 'Oanah area northeast of Bait Jala, and demolished his family's one-story house with an area of ​​150 square meters, for the second time.

He pointed out that the occupation forces prevented them from removing some of the belongings from inside the house, before proceeding to demolish it.

Since the beginning of the Israeli comprehensive aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, and in parallel with the unprecedented destruction of homes, buildings and facilities in the Strip, the demolition of citizens' homes has escalated, especially in the so-called Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the area of ​​the West Bank.

During July, the occupation authorities carried out 98 demolition operations, affecting 135 facilities, including 62 inhabited homes, 14 uninhabited ones, and 12 agricultural facilities.

They also issued notifications including orders of the demolition against 16 other homes and facilities in the West Bank governorates, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish water well in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, August 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces today Monday demolish a water well in the village of Al-Jawaya in the town of Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamra said that that the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Jawaya, where they demolished a water well belonging to a local resident, which holds 200 cups of water.

Y.S. 

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