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

On Day 272 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 58 Palestinians Killed, 179 Injured, with a Death Toll of  38,011 and 87,445 Injuries

July 4, 2024 

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Editor's Notes:  

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

By July 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 45,011+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (38,011), those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 87,445.

By July 4, 2024, 562 Palestinians who were killed, 5,230 who were injured, and 9,520, 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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A Palestinian father grieving the death of his little child by an Israeli genocidal attack on Gaza Strip, July 4, 2024	58 Palestinian civilians were killed, 179 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on July 4, 2024
Displaced Palestinian civilians taking shelter in a UNRWA school in Gaza city, where they have been subjected to Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, July 4, 2024	Palestinian resistance fighter, Nidhal Ziyad Al-'Aamir, was assassinated inside a civilian car by Israeli occupation regime army special forces in Jineen, on July 3, 2024
An Israeli genocidal air strike targeting a house beside a shelter for the displaced Palestinians in the vicinity of Nasir Hospital, in Khan Younus, south of Gaza Strip, July 4, 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.

 

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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Four civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in center of Gaza City

GAZA, Thursday, July 4 2024 (WAFA) –

Four civilians today were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas in the center of the Gaza City.

Local sources said that Israeli warplanes targeted a house near a market in the center of Gaza City, resulting in the killing of four civilians and wounding others. 

The number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, has risen to 38,011, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has reached 87,445

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

Y.S.

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PPS praises United Nations’ condemnation of Israeli's judicial system

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 4 2024 (WAFA) – 

Director-General of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Abdullah al-Zaghari said that the United Nations’ approval and condemnation of the occupation court system is an important step. 

Al-Zaghari added in a statement that the occupation's judicial system, which the occupying state used as a legal cover for its crimes, including the military courts, that has been completely exposed in light of the ongoing genocide waged against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. 

Al-Zaghari pointed to the issue of administrative detainees as an example and how the occupation’s military court system contributed to its escalation in an unprecedented manner since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip.

Al-Zaghari also pointed out to the serious violations committed in trials against children, with the complete absence of the minimum conditions and guarantees for a fair trial stipulated by international standards.

He called for the need to make more efforts at the international human rights level in order to stop the ongoing and comprehensive aggression against the Palestinian people, along with the issue of detainees held inside Israeli jails and camps. 

"The world today must realize that the danger of the continuation of the occupation and its crimes does not only affect the Palestinians, but also affects human society," added Al-Zaghari. 

Y.S.

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Nasir Medical Complex is within hours of losing power as fuel embargo continues, says medical sources in Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, July 4 2024 (WAFA) – 

Medical sources warned that the electricity generators at the Nasir Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younus would stop during the next few hours.

The sources reported that the Complex is the only remaining main hospital that provides service to patients after the Gaza European Hospital went out of service in the Khan Younus and Rafa'h governorates, as a result of the lack of necessary fuel.

The sources said that work has been suspended in some departments within the Nasser Medical Complex.

 They appealed to all concerned, international and humanitarian institutions to intervene and quickly provide the fuel necessary to operate the generators.

It is noteworthy that only 15 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are operating, and all of them are partially functioning, and are facing a severe shortage of workers and medical supplies, including anesthesia and antibiotics.

About 500 health sector staff were killed, hundreds were injured, the Israeli occupation forces detained more than 310 others, and the occupation forces destroyed 130 ambulances during their ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip for 9 months.

The World Health Organization warns that the volume of medical supplies entering Gaza is insufficient to sustain the health response and that all medical evacuations outside Gaza remain halted.

Y.S.

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China calls for not weaponizing hunger in Gaza, calls on the US administration to pressure Israel to remove obstacles preventing the delivery of aid to the Palestinian population

Thursday 4-July-2024

BEIJING, (PIC)

China has called for not using starvation as a weapon and refraining from politicizing humanitarian issues in the war-torn Gaza Strip, calling on the US administration to pressure Israel to remove obstacles preventing the delivery of aid to the population.

Reiterating that “hunger cannot be weaponized and humanitarian issues cannot be politicized,” China’s permanent representative to the UN Fu Cong said in a recent Security Council briefing that the man-made exacerbation of the humanitarian disaster in Gaza is “unacceptable.”

Fu warned that tragic scenes on the ground in Gaza are “just the tip of the iceberg of the humanitarian catastrophe.”

Fu called on Israel to fulfill its obligations under international humanitarian law and heed the international community’s call to ensure the rapid and safe entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

Fu underlined that the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza was exacerbated by extreme shortages of essential supplies and dire health conditions.

Fu noted that “millions of people are struggling with hunger, disease, pain, and despair,” describing the situation as a “man-made humanitarian disaster and a serious breach of international law.”

Fu pointed out that Gaza has been under tight blockade for nine months, with over two million people living in an “open-air prison” without adequate access to water, electricity, food, medication, and fuel.

He criticized the Israeli army’s closure of the Rafah border crossing, which has left thousands of trucks loaded with humanitarian supplies waiting in long lines.

“The existing crossing points are far from being able to meet the demand for humanitarian aid,” Fu said, emphasizing that land transport routes are key to expanding humanitarian access.

Fu also addressed the obstruction of humanitarian supplies and the challenges faced by humanitarian workers, who encounter unreasonable difficulties and accusations.

He condemned the repeated Israeli attacks on facilities of humanitarian agencies, and noted that over 200 humanitarian workers had been killed in the war on Gaza, calling this “unprecedented in history and shocking.”

Fu called on Israel to ensure the “rapid and safe entry of humanitarian supplies at a large scale into Gaza,” and to cooperate fully with the UN and other humanitarian organizations.

Fu also urged the concerned parties to work harder to remove obstacles to the large-scale entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Fu emphasized that the fundamental way to alleviate the humanitarian disaster is through a lasting ceasefire and the early restart of negotiations for the two-state solution.

He called on the international community to continue efforts towards the achievement of this end and to support the council in this regard.

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Gaza’s health ministry calls for urgently providing Nasir Hospital with fuel

Thursday 4-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Gaza’s ministry of health warned on Thursday that in a few hours, the power generators at the Nasir Hospital in Khan Younus, southern Gaza, will stop working due to the lack of fuel.

The Nasir Hospital is the only remaining main hospital that provides patients with medical services in Khan Younus and Rafa'h after the Gaza European Hospital stopped working on Monday following Israeli evacuation orders, the ministry said.

The ministry appealed to all international and humanitarian institutions to intervene urgently to provide it with the fuel supplies needed to operate the generators.

In a related context, the Government Media Office (PGMO) warned that the Nasir Hospital would face a humanitarian tragedy after its fuel supplies ran out.

In a statement on Thursday, PGMO held the Israeli occupation regime, the US administration and all relevant parties fully responsible for any disaster that may occur at any moment at the Nasir Hospital, affirming that many patients, especially those receiving intensive care, could die if the hospital’s electric generators stopped working.

PGMO called on the international community and its organizations to urgently supply Gaza’s hospitals, especially the Nasir Hospital, with their fuel needs to save thousands of lives.

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UNRWA: Huge mounds of rotting trash pile up around displacement tents

Thursday 4-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which stopped the municipal services, mounds of trash rotting in the heat are piling up close to where displaced people are sheltering in Gaza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said.

UNRWA spokeswoman Louise Wateridge said that a pile of waste weighing an estimated 100,000 tons was building up near people’s tents in central Gaza.

“It’s among the population, and it’s building up without anywhere to go. It just keeps getting worse. And with the temperatures rising, it’s really adding misery to the living conditions here,” she added.

Israel has refused repeated requests to allow UNRWA to empty the main landfill sites, she said, meaning temporary ones are emerging.

Even if permission is granted, Wateridge said, UNRWA’s humanitarian missions, such as trash collection, have all but halted due to Israeli refusals to allow fuel imports.

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

On July 4, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in 4 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 58 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 179 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,011 and the injuries to 87,445, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 38,011, over 87,445 wounded

GAZA, Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) - Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 58 Palestinians and the injury of 179 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 38,011 reported fatalities, with an additional 87,445 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 genocide in Gaza enters Day 272

Thursday 4-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 272 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours.

According to media sources, journalist Mu'hammed Al-Sakani, who works for Al-Quds satellite channel, was martyred in an Israeli attack on Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood in Gaza City.

Casualties were reported when the Israeli army targeted a school sheltering displaced families in Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army also bombed a house and the gold market near the 'Omari Mosque in 'Omar Al-Mukhtar street in Gaza City, killing and injuring several civilians.

Civil defense and medical crews retrieved bodies of two martyrs from Al-Saudi neighborhood in the west of Rafa'h, south of 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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Several civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike on school east of Gaza City

GAZA, Thursday, July 4 2024 (WAFA) –

Several civilians today were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school east of Gaza City.

Local sources said Israeli warplanes bombed a school housing displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulting in the killing and wounding of several civilians, including children and women. 

The number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, has risen to 37,953, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has reached 87,266.

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

Y.S. 

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Palestinian killed, others injured, in Israeli bombing east of Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) - 

A Palestinian citizen was Thursday killed and others were injured as a result of occupation bombing on eastern Gaza City.

Local sources said that occupation artillery bombed Al-Sha'af Street east of Gaza City, killing a citizen and wounding three others.

The number of slain Palestinians in the Gaza Strip rose to 37,953, the majority of whom were children and women, and injuries to 87,266, since the beginning of the Israeli occupation’s aggression on October 7, 2023, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance crews are unable to rescue reach them.

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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Palestinian political prisoner dies of torture in an Israeli occupation apartheid regime prison

Thursday 4-July-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

The Palestinian political prisoner, Jamal A'hmed Shawa'hna, from Al-Seela Al-Harithiya town in Jineen, died in an Israeli occupation apartheid regime prison, after being subjected to severe torture and beatings.

Family sources reported on Thursday that the martyr Shawa'hna died on Wednesday of a heart attack. He was transferred to the Rambam Hospital in 'Haifa, where his martyrdom was announced.

The martyr, who is the father of the wounded resistance fighter Dhiyaa Shawa'hna, was arrested four days ago from his workplace in 1948 Occupied Palestine to pressure his son to turn himself in.

Hundreds of members of Palestinian families were kidnapped as hostages to pressure their children to submit to Israeli occupation forces and police, which falls within the framework of the crime of collective punishment.

The tally of martyrs among Palestinian prisoners who died of torture inside jails has risen since the start of the Israeli genocide war on October 7 last year to 54, hitting the highest records ever.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime army special forces assassinate resistance fighter in Jineen

Wednesday 3-July-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

Special forces of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime army assassinated on Wednesday the resistance fighter Nidhal Ziyad Al-'Aamir, from the Jineen refugee camp, in the industrial zone of the city of Jineen, in the northern West Bank.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a young man inside a vehicle in the industrial area of the city of Jineen.

Israeli occupation army troops got out of a civilian car and a military vehicle, encircled the Palestinian car and opened fire at its driver and dragged him out of it before they withdrew.

Local sources confirmed the martyrdom of Al-'Aamir, and the sirens were heard in the city and its camp, after Israeli special forces carried out the assassination.

Witnesses said that the special force withdrew and Palestinian young men rushed to save the resistance fighter and transferred him to Al-Razi Hospital in the city of Jenin, where he was proclaimed dead.

The martyr Nidhal Al-'Aamir is the son of the martyr Nidhal Ziyad Al-'Aamir, one of the resistance leaders in Jenin camp, and one of the heroes of the 2002 Jenin camp battle. He is also the cousin of the two martyrs, Ayham and Aysar Al-'Aamir, who were martyred earlier in the camp.

This brings the number of the martyrs in the West Bank who have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces since October 7 last year to 561 martyrs including 136 children, in addition to about 5,300 wounded.

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Palestinian young man shot, injured byan illegal Israeli setter, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Thursday 4-July-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A young Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday evening after being shot by an illegal Israeli Jewish settler, near Al-Samou' town, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources reported that the young man, Mu'hammed Muslim Ramadhan Abu Al-Kabbash, 27, was shot by a settler while he was herding sheep, in the Wadi Al-'Alali area of Al-Samou' town.

The injured young man was transferred to Yatta Hospital, suffering from moderate injuries.

Meanwhile, Israeli media sources claimed that a settler was injured in a car-ramming attack near an illegal settlement established on the Al-Samou' lands.

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Number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli occupation apartheid regime prisons reaches 9,520 - Prisoners' institutions

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 4 2024 (WAFA) – 

The detainees and Ex-detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the number of detentions of Palestinians from the West Bank, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7th has risen to 9,520 detainees.

They said in a joint statement that this toll includes those who were detained from homes, through military checkpoints, those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held as hostages.

The statement pointed out that the occupation detained at least 10 people from the West Bank, including a woman from Toulkarm, and former detainees.

The detentions were distributed among the governorates of Ramallah, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Toulkarm, and Qalqilya, and were accompanied by attacks against detainees and their families, in addition to widespread sabotage and destruction of residents’ homes.

Y.S.

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IOFs kidnap several citizens during West Bank raids

Thursday 4-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Thursday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOF stormed Toulkarm City and kidnaped a woman called Rasha 'Hijazi from her home. She works as an accountant at the Zakat Hospital in the city.

The IOFs also kidnapped a young man from his home in 'Izbat Al-Jarad village in eastern Toulkarm.

Israeli forces reportedly broke into and ransacked a printing facility in Toulkarm City, amid skirmishes with resistance fighters in different locations.

In Qalqilya, local sources said that the IOFs raided homes in the city and kidnaped Ibrahim Mutwalli to pressure his son, Ma'hmoud, to turn himself in, and another citizen called Hamza Noafal.

The IOFs kidnapped three of Noafal’s brothers during a raid on Wednesday in Qalqilya City.

Meanwhile, resistance fighters showered Israeli soldiers and vehicles with bullets during the IOFs raid in Qalqilya.

In Salfeet, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnaped a young man from his commercial store near the separation wall in the west of Dair Ballout town.

The IOFs reportedly closed the northern entrance of Salfeet and prevented Palestinian citizens and vehicles from using the road in both directions.

In Ramallah, the IOFs assaulted Shareef Al-Na'san and his son, Adham, during a raid on their home in Al-Mughayir village before kidnapping his other son Adham.

Two other citizens were also taken prisoners during the same IOFs raid in Al-Mughayir village.

Another citizen was kidnaped by the IOFs from his home in Al-Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

In Al-Khaleel, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a citizen from his home in Idhna town and stormed other towns of the province, with no reported arrests.

Israeli soldiers also assaulted and injured a young man called Wisam Al-Karaki during his presence outside the old building of the municipality in al-Khalil City. He was transported to the Al-Khaleel Hospital for medical assistance.

In Nablus, the IOFs raided several homes in Sebastia town and clashed with local youths in 'Aqraba town.

Armed clashes also broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in the old city of Nablus.

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Israeli occupation forces detain three Palestinians, assault father and son near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces Thursday detained three Palestinians and assaulted a father and his son, during a raid of the village of Al-Mughayir and Jalazoan camp, north of Ramallah.

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Mughayir and detained two youth, and beat a father and his son after raiding their house.

In Jalazoan camp, the occupation forces detained a youth after they broke into his house, searched it, and tampered with its contents.

K.T.

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Gaza: Palestinians killed in ongoing Israeli bombardment

GAZA, Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

A number of Palestinians were killed and injured in the ongoing Israeli occupation regime genocidal bombing of several areas in the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that four citizens were killed and eight others were injured as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a residential apartment owned by a family in Al-Mashhara area near Timraz station on Al-Nafaq Street in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood.

He added that ambulance crews were able to retrieve three slain people and 13 wounded from a house owned by Zaino family, near the Jaffa School in Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, after it was targeted by Israeli occupation aircraft.

At least one person was killed and 3 others were injured as a result of the occupation artillery shelling a group of citizens on Al-Sha'af Street in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, he added.

The occupation forces also blew up residential buildings in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, as smoke rose thickly.

Israeli artillery fired several shells towards the northwestern area of ​​Al-Nusayrat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, the eastern areas of the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Strip, the Yibna camp and the vicinity of Al-'Awda roundabout in the center of the city of Rafa'h.

The city of Dair El-Bala'h also saw intense flights of the Israeli occupation’s Quadcopter aircraft.

The number of slain Palestinians in the Gaza Strip rose to 37,953, the majority of whom were children and women, and injuries to 87,266, since the beginning of the Israeli occupation’s aggression on October 7, 2023, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance crews are unable to rescue reach them.

K.T. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Occupation forces demolish two homes near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation bulldozers Thursday demolished two Palestinian-owned homes in the village of Bireen, east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Coordinator of the Popular and National Committees to Resist the Wall and Settlements, Ratib Al-Jubour, said that the occupation forces stormed Bireen and began demolishing two brick and tin homes, each of which had an area of ​​60 square meters, and which belonged to the local residents Ya'qoub Burgan and Sa'eed Burqan.

Al-Jabour pointed out that there are six homes owned by Burqan family threatened with demolition in the same area under the pretext of building without a permit.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, in the first half of 2024, the occupation authorities demolished about 318 homes and facilities in the West Bank, including the city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and that 632 citizens were affected by the demolitions, including 292 children and 199 women.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime army razes homes, agricultural structures in eastern al-Khalil

Thursday 4-July-2024

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime army demolished on Thursday morning several homes and agricultural structures in Birin village, east of al-Khalil, at the pretext of unlicensed construction.

According to local sources, five bulldozers escorted by Israeli sources knocked down nine homes and agricultural structures in Birin.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army delivered stop-work notices against two homes in Al-Wallaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, claiming they were built with no permits.

One of the two homes is inhabited while the other one is under construction.

The Israeli army also ordered local residents from the family of Shahada to remove a road and fences used for agricultural purposes in the same village.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house of slain Palestinian near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Thursday, July 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces began Wednesday night demolishing the house of a slain Palestinian in the village of Beit Tamar, east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

A security source said that an occupation army force, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the said village, surrounded the house of local resident 'Eisa 'Ali Zawahra, closed off the area and surroundings of the house, and began demolishing the house of his slain son, Mu'hammed.

The source added that the occupation soldiers severely beat the slain youth's father.

Israeli occupation forces shot the two siblings Mu'hammed and Kathim Zawahra at Al-Za'eem checkpoint east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on February 22, killing Mu'hammed and seriously injuring his brother Kathim before detaining him.

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