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 271 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 28 Palestinians Killed, 125 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,953 and 87,262 Injuries

July 3, 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 3, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,953+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,953), those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 3, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 87,262.

By July 3, 2024, 559 Palestinians who were killed, 5,229 who were injured, and 9,510, 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 May 6, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 7,797+ children and 4,959 women (52% of the total).

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The Palestinian Government Media Office death toll data (which includes media reports and family member reporting online):

By May 21, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 15,000+ children (43%).

By March 4, 2024, the death toll also included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

By May 25, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 493 health personnel and kidnapped 310 others of them.

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 493 health personnel and kidnapped 310 others of them (May 25, 2024), destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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'Hizbullah commander of the western area of south Lebanon, Abu Ni'ma Nasir, was martyred in an  Israeli warplane fired a number of missiles at his car, on July 3, 2024	Three Palestinian civilians were killed Wednesday morning, when an Israeli drone bombed a civilian vehicle in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, July 3, 2024
Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces demolished three Palestinian homes and an agricultural room in the occupied West Bank cities of Nablus, Aree'ha, and Bait La'hm, July 3, 2024	Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, July 3, 2024
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a truck carrying cooking gas cylinders in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, July 3, 2024.	At Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, Palestinians grieve the death of their family members, who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, July 3, 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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Prominent 'Hizbullah leader killed in Israeli airstrike

Wednesday 3-July-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed Abu Ni'ma Nasir, a prominent leader in the Lebanese 'Hizbullah party.

Al-Jazeera quoted a security source as saying that an Israeli warplane fired a number of missiles at a car in southern Lebanon killing Abu Ni'ma.

Abu Ni'ma was the commander of the western area of southern Lebanon in Hizbullah.

Dozens of 'Hizbullah cadres and leaders were killed by Israel over the past nine months in retaliation to the party’s involvement in skirmishes along the Lebanese borders with Israeli occupation forces. Hezbollah said that it would continue to engage the Israeli forces until a ceasefire in Gaza is reached.

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‎Who is the martyr leader Mu'hammed Ni'ma Nasir, "Hajj Abu Ni'ma"?‎

‎Al-Manar, July 4, 2024  

‎The martyred leader Mu'hammed Ni'ma Nasir, "Hajj Abu Ni'ma," was born on 05-06-1965, in the town of 'Hadatha, in southern Lebanon. He joined the ranks of the Islamic Resistance in 1986.‎

‎The martyred commander participated in many military operations against the positions of the Israeli enemy army during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, where he was wounded more than once. He advanced in assuming responsibilities within the formations of the Islamic Resistance.‎

‎The martyr participated in the heroic response to the Israeli aggression against Lebanon in July 2006. He also participated in confronting operations in Iraq and Syria from 2011 to 2016, where he was wounded in the battles of the Eastern Chain, in 2015.‎

‎After the martyrdom of Commander 'Hasan Mu'hammed Al-Hajj, Al-Hajj Abu Mu'hammed Al-Iqleem, in 2016, Hajj Abu Ni'mah took charge of the Azeez unit. He planned, led, and supervised many military operations against Israeli enemy sites, installations, bases, and points of deployment in northern occupied Palestine, during the Al-Aqsa Flood operations.‎

‎Martyr Abu Ni'ma received mentions from his eminence, the Secretary-General of 'Hizbullah, Al-Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah (may Allah protect him) several times. The Israeli enemy assassinated him and his escort on Wednesday 03-07-2024 in Al-'Hosh area, in southern Lebanon.‎

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Former US officials say US has 'undeniable complicity' in Gaza war killings

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) - 

12 former U.S. government officials who quit over U.S. support for Israel's war in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday accused US President Joe Biden's administration of "undeniable complicity" in the killing of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

In a joint statement, opens new tab, the 12 former government officials said the administration was violating U.S. laws through its support for Israel and finding loopholes to continue shipping weapons to its ally.

Among the people who signed the joint statement were former members of the State Department, Education Department, Interior Department, White House and the military.

The Israeli occupation forces' aggression against the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, which began on October 7, 2023, has so far killed more than 37,925 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and injured more than 87,141 others, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims remain under the rubble.

K.T.

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PGMO: Forced evacuation of the European Hospital deepens health crisis in Gaza

Wednesday 3-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza said that “the Israeli enemy had committed a historical crime when it forced the evacuation of the European Hospital in Khan Younus.”

It said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the forced evacuation of the European Hospital would threaten the lives of thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians.

PGMO charged Israel with deliberately targeting hospitals and the health system in the Gaza Strip, and intentionally creating a humanitarian and health catastrophe in the besieged enclave.

The Israeli occupation army has rendered 34 hospitals out of service in Gaza, the last of which was the European Hospital, the PGMO statement said, adding that “the whole world is watching and doing nothing to stop this genocide.”

For its part, the World Health Organization said that the Israeli army forced the evacuation of 270 patients from the European Hospital, adding that only three patients are left in the hospital.

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'Hamas: The Palestinian people the only ones to determine Gaza’s future

Wednesday 3-July-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Palestinian people are the only ones to determine the future of Gaza Strip and not the Israelis or the Americans, 'Hamas spokesperson Jihad Taha said in a press statement on Tuesday evening.

He said that the US bias in favor of Israel was clear since day one of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, adding that the US administration should pressure Israel to end its aggression and abide by international resolutions in this regard.

The US state department had issued a statement earlier Tuesday saying that it does not want 'Hamas to rule in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.

Taha, meanwhile, said that mediations were still ongoing to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange deal.

The 'Hamas official said that the ball now is in Israel’s court and it should abide by the international resolutions and stop its aggression. 

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In a collective punishment step, Israeli forces demolish family home of Palestinian detainee in Nablus

NABLUS, Wednesday, July 3, 20234 (WAFA) -

In a collective punishment step, the Israeli occupation forces demolished after midnight on Tuesday the family home of a Palestinian detainee in the village of Duma south of Nablus, whom Israel accuses of allegedly carrying out an attack that resulted in the killing of a colonist.

Chairman of Duma Village Council, Suleiman Dawabsha, told WAFA that large Israeli military forces, reinforced by three military bulldozers, stormed the said village and cordoned off the two-storey family home of detainee, A'hmad Samer Dawabsha, before punitively demolishing it.

Dawabsha was detained by the occupation from his home on April 22, after he allegedly killed a colonist.

Israel resorts to punitively demolishing the family homes of any Palestinians – as a means of deterrence - accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis, a policy that Israel does not use against Israeli settlers who were involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.

Al-Haq human rights group slammed the punitive home demolition of Palestinians suspected of being involved in attacks against Israelis, as a collective punishment and that in accordance with humanitarian law and human rights law, it is assessed as a war crime and a crime against humanity.

B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, says: “The people who bear the brunt of the [punitive] demolitions are relatives – including women, the elderly, and children – whom Israel does not suspect of involvement in any offense.”

It said that, “Since this constitutes deliberate harm to innocents, it is clear that even if house demolition had the desired deterrent effect, it would, nevertheless, remain unlawful.”

Amnesty International, argued that the Israeli authorities’ claim that such demolitions are effective in dissuading potential attackers “is entirely irrelevant in the eyes of International humanitarian law, which places clear limits on the actions which an occupying power may take in the name of security, and the absolute prohibition on collective punishment is one of the most important of these rules.”

“Collective punishment is never permissible under any circumstances.”

T.R. 

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UN experts condemn decades of unfair trials for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) -

Palestinians’ right to due process guarantees have been violated for 57 years, UN experts said today, denouncing the lack of fair trial in the occupied West Bank since June 1967.

On 7 June 1967, the Israeli military commander issued three proclamations concerning the military’s executive, security, public order, and judicial authority in the occupied West Bank. These provisions were later amended into Military Order No. 378, which established military courts.

“In the occupied West Bank, the functions of police, investigator, prosecutor, and judge are vested in the same hierarchical institution – the Israeli military,” the experts said.

The Order establishes vague procedural instructions and broad powers to military forces for the conduct of proceedings.

“This military system has served to control many aspects of Palestinians’ daily lives, including public health, education, and land and property law. It also criminalizes many forms of political and cultural expression, association, movement, nonviolent protest, traffic offenses, and other acts that might be considered methods for opposing the occupation and its policies,” the experts said.

“This translates into a situation where military judges in military courts consistently provide legal and judicial cover for acts of torture, cruel and degrading treatment against Palestinian detainees carried out by their colleagues in the armed forces and intelligence agencies. It also makes legal defense impossible,” they said.

Under international standards, guarantees of fair and public trial include the independence and impartiality of the courts and require that the judicial system is not dependent on the discretion of any branch of government, particularly the executive and armed forces.

“The dual court system set up in the occupied West Bank, in violation of international law, has furthered legitimization of the occupation and illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, through a militarily enforced, draconian penal system that is only applied to Palestinians without due process guarantees,” the experts said. “We are especially disturbed that Palestinian children are subject to this abusive system.”

“This system also turns a blind eye to settler violence and criminality, allowing it to grow and remain in impunity “Since the beginning of the occupation, the Israeli military has either taken part in or failed to protect Palestinians from violent settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, including, extrajudicial killings, forced displacement, property damage, destruction and unlawful appropriation, discrimination, harassment, and threats.”

Public scrutiny of these proceedings and access to information about the harsh treatment of Palestinians in military courts and leniency towards illegal settlers is extremely limited given the media censorship exercised by the Israeli military, the experts said.

Israeli military courts allow the military prosecutor to request a prohibition order against Palestinian detainees, preventing them from meeting with their lawyers for a total period of 60 days.

This practice denies detainees the right to confer with legal counsel, especially during the interrogation process, the experts added.

When part of a widespread or systematic attack is directed against a civilian population, severe deprivation of physical liberty can amount to a crime against humanity.

The experts were concerned that an order posted by the Israeli military on its website on 29 May transferred responsibility for dozens of bylaws at the Civil Administration – the Israeli body governing the West Bank – from the military to pro-settler officials led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The experts recall that annexation is absolutely prohibited under international law.

“We call on Israel as the de facto occupying power, to repeal Military Order No. 378 and related laws and regulations, dissolve the military court, and ensure the right to a fair trial in the occupied West Bank,” the experts said.

The experts have been in contact with Israel about these concerns, reported Reliefweb.

The experts are Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

T.R.

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

On July 3, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in 3 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 28 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 125 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,953 and the injuries to 87,262, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 37,953, over 87, 262 wounded

GAZA, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 28 Palestinians and the injury of 125 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 37,953 reported fatalities, with an additional 87, 262 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

Y.S.

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 271

Wednesday 3-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 271 on Wednesday, 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.

The Israeli forces have continued their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafa'h, since May 7, while storming the Shuja’iya neighborhood for the sixth day amid air and artillery bombardment.

Several Palestinians were injured and taken to the Baptist Hospital following a series of Israeli attacks in Al-Sha'af and Al-Nakheel Streets and the vicinity of Al-Sanafour Junction, east of Gaza City.

Three martyrs were also reported in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Two citizens were also killed in an Israeli attack on a group of citizens in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, while Israeli artillery targeted the northeastern areas of Jabalya refugee camp in the vicinity of 'Hamouda roundabout and Qulaibo hill since the early morning hours.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces opened heavy gunfire in eastern Gaza, coinciding with continued artillery shelling on multiple areas in the Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood and the vicinity of the Old City, east of Gaza City.

Seven other citizens were killed in an Israeli attack on a residential square in the Zarqa area in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

Medical sources also reported that at least two people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the “Kurd” family house in Bait Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the Israeli aircraft launched a fresh air strike on the Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Early today, five people were killed, including 3 children, in an Israeli airstrike on the Maqat family house in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

Similar attacks were also reported overnight in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip

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Day 271 of Genocide: Palestinian civilians killed, injured, in Israeli bombardment of Gaza

GAZA,  Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A number of Palestinian were killed and injured at dawn on Wednesday in missile and artillery shelling and gunfire by Israeli occupation vehicles on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that a number of people were killed and others were injured as Israeli occupation aircraft bombed citizens’ homes in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, where ambulances were unable to arrive to transport them to the hospital due to gunfire from Israeli marches.

The city's Shuja'iya neighborhood saw violent explosions, artillery shelling, and gunfire from military vehicles, Quadcopter drones, and an Apache helicopter.

Paramedics retrieved seven slain people and seven injuries from under the rubble as a result of the Israeli aircraft targeting a house owned by Maqat family in the vicinity of Shaikh Radhwan Pool, north of Gaza City.

They were taken to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, saw artillery shelling and shooting by Israeli occupation army vehicles on citizens’ homes.

The occupation artillery fired shells at citizens' homes in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, coinciding with the firing of "Quad Capter" marches on various areas in the neighborhood and in the Old City.

An Israeli warplane also targeted with a single missile Al-Ghafri printing press on Jaffa Street in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said that search operations continued for missing persons inside buildings destroyed as a result of an Israeli missile strike that targeted a residential complex in Zarqa area of ​​Gaza City.

Medical sources in the Palestinian Red Crescent said their crews transferred two casualties as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a house owned by Kurd family in Bait Lahya project in the northern Gaza Strip, to Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in the Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip to receive treatment.

Israeli artillery shelling targeted several areas in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, the city of Al-Zahra, and Al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with heavy gunfire.

The occupation army also bombed homes in the center and west of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces' aggression against the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, which began on October 7, 2023, has so far killed more than 37,925 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and injured more than 87,141 others, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims remain under the rubble.

K.T.

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Five Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Gaza City

GAZA, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) -

Five Palestinian civilians were killed this evening in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting several locations in Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said the bodies of three people who were killed after a drone strike targeted a gathering of citizens in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood south of Gaza City, were transported to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

Ambulance crews also managed to uncover the bodies of two civilians who were killed in an Israeli air raid targeting a residential apartment belonging to Al-Zarad family near the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

The number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 37953, mostly children and women. Over 87266 others have been wounded.

Thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulties in reaching them due to the relentless Israeli shelling.

T.R. 

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Two Palestinian females killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp

GAZA, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian female civilians today were killed in the occupation bombing of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that the occupation warplanes bombed a residential apartment in the camp, which resulted in the killing of two female civilians.

In a related context, medical teams retrieved the bodies of seven people in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafa'h, including five charred bodies.

The number of civilians killed in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has so far risen to 37,925, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has reached around 87,141.

Thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble and scattered on the streets, as rescue and ambulance teams face severe difficulties in reaching them.

Y.S.

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Seven Palestinians killed by Israeli drone strike in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) -

Seven Palestinians were Wednesday morning killed and 17 others were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a civilian gathering as they were trying to go back to Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.

Three Palestinians were killed Wednesday morning, when an Israeli drone bombed a civilian vehicle in Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The three slain people were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the neighboring city of Dair El-Bala'h.

The northeastern areas of Jabalya camp saw intermittent artillery shelling, which resulted in the injury of a number of citizens.

Medical sources in Gaza said that 11 people were killed at dawn today as a result of missile and artillery shelling in several areas in the Strip, with the continued invasion of Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood.

The Israeli occupation forces' aggression against the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, which began on October 7, 2023, has so far killed more than 37,925 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and injured more than 87,141 others, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims remain under the rubble.

K.T.

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

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Israeli occupation forces shoot, detain Palestinian worker from Toubas

TOUBAS, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday wounded a young man from the town of 'Aqaba, north of Toubas, before detaining him from his workplace in the 48-occupied territories.

The director of the Prisoner Club in Toubas, Kamal Bani 'Odah, said, citing family sources, that the occupation forces shot Mahab A'hmad Abu 'Arra, 26, with a bullet in the shoulder, and then detained him from his workplace in the 1948 territories.

K.T

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Israeli occupation forces detain 20 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces detained at least 20 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including former prisoners, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

In a joint statement, the two organizations said that the detentions were concentrated in Hebron governorate, while the rest were distributed among the governorates of Jineen, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Jericho, and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

They clarified that this figure includes those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken as hostages.

Israeli occupation forces detained more than 9,510 Palestinians from the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since the start of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

Israeli occupation forces continue their campaign of arrests through raids, extensive harassment, brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, alongside widespread acts of sabotage and destruction of civilian homes, the statement added.

Y.S.

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New Israeli raids, kidnappings across West Bank

Wednesday 3-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a large-scale raid and kidnapping campaign across the West Bank on Wednesday morning.

In Nablus, the IOFs stormed several areas east and west of the city and kidnapped a young man before raiding the Tel and Talfeet villages.

In Jenin, the IOFs arrested a young man after breaking into his family house in Al-'Aujja town.

Another young man was rounded up overnight at a military checkpoint in Aree'ha (Jericho).

In Qalqilya, the IOFs detained three brothers after storming their family house, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped a young man in Ramallah and six more in Yatta town in Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Four other Palestinians, including two brothers, were kidnapped in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces demolish two houses, two shacks south of Nablus

GAZA, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today demolished two houses in Khirbet Al-Taweel, east of the town of 'Aqraba, south of Nablus.

The mayor of 'Aqraba, Sala'h Jabir, said that Israeli forces stormed Khirbet Al-Taweel, closed the area and prevented access to it, and began demolishing two houses made of tin and bricks and two shacks for raising livestock.

Jabir pointed out that the occupation had previously notified the demolition of six tin houses and six barracks in the area.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) –

Groups of the illegal Israeli Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), under the protection of Israeli police, Wednesday morning broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Eyewitnesses said that dozens of colonists entered the holy site in groups, conducted provocative tours throughout the compound, and performed Talmudic rituals.

During the incursion, Israeli police imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshippers to the mosque.

Additionally, Israeli occupation apartheid regime police intensified the restrictions at the gates of the Old City, effectively turning the area into a military zone.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to pastoral lands near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (WAFA) -

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Wednesday set fire to pastoral lands in the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community, northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho).

The general supervisor of the “Al-Baidar” organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, 'Hasan Mulai'hat, told WAFA that colonists from outposts adjacent to the Mulai'hat Arabs set fire to pastoral crops of wheat and barley, owned by citizens of the Mleihat Arab Bedouin community.

It is noteworthy that colonists set fires yesterday in lands adjacent to Al-Marajat Road, northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho).

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish three houses, basement floor, agricultural room in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 3 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces demolished three homes and an agricultural room in the occupied West Bank cities of Nablus, Aree'ha (Jericho), and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

In Nablus, the occupation demolished two houses under construction in the northwestern side of the town of Yatma in the south, under the pretext that they were built without a permit.

Moving to the city of Jericho, the occupation army demolished a three-story house with an estimated area of ​​130 square meters and a wooden roof, housing ten people.

The occupation forces also demolished a basement floor after seizing its construction equipment month ago.

In Bethlehem, the occupation demolished an agricultural room and razed large swaths of olive fields in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of the city.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities issued 359 demolition notices against several Palestinian facilities under the pretext of not having a license. Most of these notices were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron, Jericho and Ramallah.

Y.S. 

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