Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

On Day 295 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 41 Palestinians Killed, 103 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,258 and 90,589 Injuries

July 27, 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 July 27, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,258+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,258), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 27, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 90,589.

By July 27, 2024, 591 Palestinians who were killed, 5,269 who were injured, and 9,786, 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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Palestinian women and children fleeing the vicinity of two schools in Dair El-Bala'h, where Israeli genocidal air strikes massacred scores of civilians, on July 27, 2024	31 Palestinian civilians were killed, 100 were injured, mostly women and children, by Israeli genocidal air strikes on two Dair El-Bala'h schools, on July 27, 2024
A Palestinian mother grieving the death of her daughter, as scores of women and children where killed and injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, on July 27, 2024	A little Palestinian girl, who was seriously injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Balah, struggling for her life, on July 27, 2024
A Palestinian family, together with hundreds of thousands of the civilian population, forced to leave their neighborhoods by Israeli occupation forces, July 27, 2024	Smoke rising following an Israeli occupation forces air strike on Balata refugee camp in Nablus, on July 27, 2024
Martyrs and injured victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Balah, arriving in the hospital, July 27, 2024.	Site of the Khadeeja school in Dair El-Bala'ah which was a shelter for displaced Palestinians, and was devastated by Israeli genocidal air strikes, on July 27, 2024.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.

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'Hamas: The Israeli occupation regime spreads false statements to justify its horrific massacres in Gaza

Saturday 27-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement accused the Israeli occupation apartheid regime of spreading false statements to justify its systematic killings and targeting of defenseless civilians, civil infrastructure, and displacement shelters, the most recent of which was targeting the Al-Sayyida Khadeeja School and A'hmed Al-Kurd School for being allegedly used for military purposes and sheltering resistance fighters.

'Hamas said in a statement on Saturday that Israel spread such allegations and false statements to carry out the most heinous crimes against innocent civilians and to expand its war of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

'Hamas charged the US administration with full responsibility for the continuation of the fascist war of genocide in the Gaza Strip, through “its political and military support provided to the Zionist terrorist government.”

Earlier on Saturday, dozens were killed and wounded in a new Israeli massacre carried out this morning in a school sheltering displaced people and including a field hospital in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said that Israeli warplanes bombed a field hospital set up inside Khadeeja School in Dair El-Bala'h with three missiles.

The PGMO reported in a press statement that the bombing led to the martyrdom of 31 citizens and the injury of 100 others, including children and women.

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IOFs forcibly evacuates Palestinian civilians from new areas in Rafa'h and Khan Younus

Saturday 27-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) expanded on Saturday its military aggression in the cities of Rafa'h and Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, as its military operation enters its sixth consecutive day.

The Israeli occupation army dropped thousands of leaflets calling on citizens in the northern areas of Rafa'h and the southern areas of Khan Younus to forcibly evacuate.

Local sources explained that the Israeli occupation army issued new evacuation notices to the residents and the displaced in the areas of Qizan Abu Rashwan, Qizan al-Najjar, and Jouret Al-Lute, and the Al-Manara neighborhood in southern Khan Yunis, along with other neighborhoods and squares in northern Rafa'h.

The sources further elaborated that the IOFs ordered the residents of the threatened areas and the displaced to head to the Al-Mawasi area, In light of the ongoing massacres in Khan Younus for the sixth consecutive day.

The IOFs has previously committed dozens of massacres in areas where citizens were directed to evacuate to in the central and southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing and injuring of hundreds of civilians. 

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Al-Barsh: The health situation in northern Gaza “extremely dire”

Saturday 27-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Director general of Gaza’s health ministry Mueeir Al-Barsh has described the health situation in northern Gaza as “extremely dire” due to the ongoing genocidal war that entered its 10th month and the destruction of hospitals.

In a statement on Saturday, Al-Barsh, who is also head of the health emergency committee in northern Gaza, cited other reasons for the harsh health situation in northern Gaza, including the lack of medical needs and medicines and the inability of wounded civilians to travel abroad for treatment.

Al-Barsh also said that health system in northern Gaza had lost many key members of its professional cadres due to their exposure to forced displacement to the south of the Strip.

The health official pointed out that the health sector in Gaza tries to make up for its staff deficiency through seeking the help of some foreign delegations, especially in crucial fields such as neurosurgery, plastic surgery and urology. 

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Over 75 US NGOs ask Biden and US Congress to embargo weapons to the Israeli occupation regime

Saturday 27-July-2024

WASHINGTON, (PIC)

A few days after Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu gave a racist and warmongering speech at the Congress, over 75 US organizations have released a statement calling on president Joe Biden and the Congress to impose an immediate arms embargo on the Israeli occupation apartheid regime.

“We the undersigned human rights, civil rights, and social justice organizations call on you to implement an immediate arms embargo on the Israeli government in order to save lives,” according to a statement released by the US organizations on Friday.

“This week, US Congress welcomed Israeli prime minister Netanyahu, even as he and his government face international investigations for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. This joint address was a direct affront to the values of human rights, freedom, and democracy.”

“Netanyahu’s government has utilized US support and weapons to kill nearly 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including 15,000 children, wiping out entire generations of Palestinian families in Gaza. To not only destroy hospitals, bakeries, schools, churches, mosques, universities, refugee camps, and homes, but Gaza’s entire health care system and entire residential neighborhoods. The Israeli government’s siege is starving Palestinian children and has brought Gaza to the brink of a full-blown famine. To save lives, we must stop sending bombs and warplanes to the Israeli military.”

“The Israeli government has shown clearly that it does not respond to warnings or stern words. Our government must exert tangible and material pressure on Israel now. The United Nations and legacy human rights groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are all calling for countries to enact an arms embargo to stop these atrocities. An arms embargo is essential to uphold not only international law, but our own US law, and to send a clear message that the United States will not support the Israeli government’s policies of collective punishment against the Palestinian people.”

“Furthermore, as the cost of living rises and inflation squeezes American families, we need to prioritize funding for housing, healthcare, childcare, schools, and jobs — not weapons and bombs for Netanyahu’s war crimes. Pouring billions in weapons funding for a government committing human rights abuses is a betrayal of our own communities’ needs. It’s time to redirect our resources towards building a better future at home, instead of supporting violence abroad.”

“The only way to reach a desperately needed lasting ceasefire – including the release of all Israeli and Palestinian hostages – is for the US to exert pressure on Netanyahu’s regime by ending the flow of weapons to the Israeli government. We cannot claim to be working towards peace while simultaneously sending the weapons that enable atrocities.”

“Therefore, we call on you to immediately halt the sale, transfer, and shipment of all further weapons to the Israeli government. This is the first step towards building a future in which all people living on the land can live in safety, equality, freedom, and justice.”

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WHO calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

GAZA, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

The World Health Organization today called for an immediate ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on the X platform that he felt “deeply worried about the safety of civilians and patients in Deir al-Balah, following the latest reports of airstrikes in areas where many displaced people are sheltering.”

“Such attacks also strain fragile health facilities and put them at risk of closure,” he added.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafa'h, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,258 Palestinians and injuring over 90,589 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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

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On July 27, 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 4 main massacres, in which 41 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 103 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,258 and the injuries to 90,589, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza death toll surges to 39,258, over 90,589 injured

GAZA, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 41 Palestinians and the injury of 103 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 39,258 reported fatalities, with an additional 90,589 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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31 Palestinian martyrs, 100 wounded in Israeli massacre in a field hospital in Dair El-Bala'h

Saturday 27-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and wounded in a new Israeli massacre carried out on Saturday morning in a school sheltering displaced people and including a field hospital in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said that Israeli warplanes bombed a field hospital set up inside Khadija School in Dair El-Bala'h with three missiles.

The PGMO reported in a press statement that the attack led to the martyrdom of 31 citizens and the injury of 100 others, including 15 children and 8 women.

The Israeli occupation army continues to carry out new massacres despite the collapse of the health system, the destruction of hospitals and knocking them out of service due to Israeli relentless airstrikes, the PGMO added.

The PGMO condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli horrific massacre against citizens while receiving treatment in the field hospital which provides medical services to dozens of wounded and patient civilians.

It held the Israeli occupation authorities and the US administration fully responsible for the continuation of these atrocities against displaced civilians, calling on the international community, the UN, international organizations, and free world countries to push for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 295

Saturday 27-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 295 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, especially in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, during the past 24 hours.

According to media sources, 31 civilians, mostly children and women, were massacred and dozens were injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school used as a field hospital in the west of Dair El-Bala'h City in central Gaza.

The new Israeli massacre happened in Khadeeja School in Dair El-Bala'h. 15 children and eight women are among the martyrs.

The Palestinian Government Media Office in Gaza said that Israeli warplanes bombed the field hospital with three missiles, killing 31 and injuring at least 100 others.

Meanwhile, a number of citizens were injured in an Israeli attack on ash-Shakoush area in the northwest of Rafa'h, south of Gaza.

A warplane also bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Masri in northern Rafa'h, killing five civilians and injuring others.

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation army committed multiple massacres in Gaza, including one in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today. 

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Israeli occupation regime artillery shelling on Khan Younus kills two Palestinians

GAZA, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation artillery shelling on the Ma'an area, southeast of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday evening killed two Palestinians, according to local sources.

They said that Israeli artillery pounded the vicinity of the Indonesian Mosque in the area, killing two people.

The bodies of the fatalities were evacuated to the Nasir Medical Complex in the city.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafa'h, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,258 Palestinians and injuring over 90,589 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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Three Palestinians killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Al-Maghazi and Al-Nusayrat refugee camps

GAZA, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting the Al-Maghazi and Al-Nusayrat refugee camps in central Gaza today resulted in the killing of three Palestinians and left several others injured.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes struck the Al-Mufti area, located north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp. This attack led to the killing of one individual and left several others injured.

In a separate incident, Israeli aircraft targeted a residential home in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, resulting in the killing of two Palestinians and injuring additional individuals.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,258 documented Palestinian fatalities, the majority of whom are women and children. Additionally, 90,589 people have been injured, according to preliminary figures.

Thousands remain trapped under debris and in the streets, with rescue and medical teams unable to reach many of the victims.

M.N.

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

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West Bank teen killed, many others injured in Israeli attack on Balata camp

Saturday 27-July-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian teenager was martyred and 13 others, mostly children, were injured in Israeli aerial and gunfire attacks on citizens in Balata refugee camp in Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank, on Saturday afternoon.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that an Israeli drone bombed a gathering of citizens, mostly children, in Balata camp, injuring several of them, adding that one of them was pronounced dead later.

The slain teenager was identified as 17-year-old Lu-ay Misha. Two of the wounded citizens are reportedly in serious condition, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

One of the citizens suffered bullet injuries in the camp and was evacuated by the Red Crescent to a local hospital.

The Red Crescent also said that one of its volunteer paramedics was injured in an Israeli attack as he was working on evacuating wounded citizens in the camp.

A large number of Israeli troops and vehicles had stormed Balata camp, amid intensive gunfire.

Local residents reported hearing sounds of explosions during the Israeli raid, adding that armed clashes took place between resistance fighters and Israeli soldiers in the camp. 

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Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian, injure others in renewed raid into Balata refugee camp

NABLUS, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces Saturday evening killed a Palestinian and injured over 20 others in a renewed raid into the Balata refugee camp, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Health Ministry.

The Ministry confirmed in a press release that the occupation soldiers gunned down 24-year-old Bassam 'Hashash and injured 22 others in the refugee camp.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces raided the camp for the third time today. During the raid, they stationed snipers on the rooftops of buildings as surveillance drones hovered over, triggering confrontations.

The heavily armed Israeli soldiers opened volleys of live ammunition towards local youths, killing Hashash with a live round in the chest.

Earlier today, the occupation forces killed 17-year-old Lu-ay Mu'hammed Masha and injured nine others, two of them seriously, following an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of people in the camp.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, to 591, including 143 children, according to the statistics of the Health Ministry.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

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Palestinians injured, one seriously, in Israeli police assaults in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Saturday 27-July-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

A number of Palestinian citizens were injured, one seriously, in Israeli police attacks on Saturday in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, Israeli police officers detained a young man at dawn after opening fire at him while he was driving a car in the east Jerusalem district of Al-'Eisawiya.

The young man reportedly suffered serious bullet injuries.

Six other citizens were also injured when policemen savagely assaulted them in Al-'Eisawiya. The victims included a 12-year-old child and an elderly woman aged 76. All of them received medical assistance at local hospitals.

Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out last night between Palestinian youths and Israeli police forces in Shu'fat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem.

Local sources said that the Israeli police intensively fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters during the events in Shu'fat, without stating if anyone was injured.

The Israeli police also extended the detention of three Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) young men after kidnaping them from Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in the morning.

In the West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out raids on homes in Ya’bad town in western Jenin, without making arrests.

The IOF also intensified its security measures and set up checkpoints around the villages of Zibda and Fa'hma, and the towns of Kafr Al-Ra’ee and 'Arraba in Jineen, where they intercepted cars and citizens for security checks.

In Ramallah, the IOF kidnaped four young men from the family of Shabana and assaulted others during a campaign in Sinjil town.

The IOF also confiscated 10 cars belonging to local residents in Sinjil.

In a separate incident, a horde of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes and children in Khirbet Tana village in eastern Nablus before local young men intervened and fended them off.

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One Palestinian killed, nine injured in Israeli drone strike on Balata refugee camp

NABLUS, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

At lrast one Palestinian was killed and nine others sustained injuries, two of them seriously, following an Israeli drone strike this afternoon targeting a group of individuals in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry of Health reported that 17-year-old Lo-ay Mu'hammed Masha was killed in the attack, while the rest of the injured were transported to the Rafeedya Governmental Hospital in Nablus for medical treatment. Two of the injured are in a critical condition. 

According to reports from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, one of its field volunteers was injured in the Israeli strike.

Earlier, a large contingent of Israelioccupation forces, supported by numerous armored vehicles, raided the camp. The raid was marked by heavy gunfire and loud explosions.

M.N.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack village east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) -

This evening, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers launched an attack on the village of Burqa, located east of Ramallah.   According to Sayil Kan'an, the head of the Burqa Village Council, the colonists attacked the village from the western side. Local residents confronted the attackers, and no injuries were reported.

This incident is part of a troubling increase in settler violence since the outbreak of the Israeli aggression on Gaza in October 2023. 

Since the beginning of this year, there have been 1,334 reported attacks by colonists in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), resulting in the killing of seven Palestinian civilians.

M.N.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack the town of Hizma, damage property and trees

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers launched an attack this afternoon targeting the town of 'Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, vandalizing property and causing damage.

According to our correspondent, colonists stormed the Kharaba area on the eastern outskirts of the town. They assaulted residents' homes and properties, uprooted several trees, and fired live ammunition during the attack.

Local residents confronted the attackers, though no injuries have been reported.

Recently, 'Hizma has faced increasing assaults from both Israeli occupation forces and colonists, including raids, arrests, demolition of structures, and attacks on property.

M.N.

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Illegal Israeli settlers steal Palestinian shepherd’s sheep east of Toubas

TOUBAS, Saturday, July 27, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today stole a Palestinian shepherd’s herd of sheep in Khirbet Yirza locality to the east of the northern West Bank city of Toubas, according to a local activist.

Ayman Ghareeb said that a shepherd from the locality of Khirbet Yirza was grazing his herd of cows near the locality when a group of colonists stole his cows.

Khirbet Yirza has a population of around 150, the majority of whom are sheepherders and farmers. The village is isolated, having been cut off by the many Israeli barriers and army training camps that surround it.

The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the occupied West Bank.

Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the colonies in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.

The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967. It has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.

Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.

In violation of international law, the Israeli occupation military not only temporarily displaces the communities regularly, but also confiscates their farmlands, and demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.

Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad of restrictions on access to resources and services. Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of colonists.

Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.

K.F.

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