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 250 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 38 Palestinians Killed, 100 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,202 and 84,932 Injuries

June 12, 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:  

By June 12, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,202+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,202 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 12, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 84,932 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 12, 2024, 544 Palestinians who were killed, 4,419 who were injured, and 9,165, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By May 21, 2023, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 15,000+ children (43%).

By March 4, 2023, 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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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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Four 'Hizbullah fighters were martyred by an Israeli air strike on South Lebonon, there are leader Talib Sami 'Abdullah, and fighters Mu'hammed Husain Sabra, Ali Salim Soufan, Husain Qasim 'Humayyid, June 11, 2024	Leader of Islamic Jihad, Ziyad Al-Nakhala, left, and leader of 'Hamas, Isma'eel Haniyya, right, gave their response to the UN resolution to the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, June 11, 2024
Six Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred in West Bank towns of Kafr Dan and Kafr Ni'ma, while defending their towns against the Israeli occupation forces,  on June 11, 2024	Funeral procession of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the invading Israeli occupation forces in Jineen, June 12, 2024
For months, the Israeli occupation forces routinely killed many displaced Palestinians, who attempted to return to their homes in northern Gaza Strip, despite declaring the Rasheed street a safe passage for civilians, June 12, 2024	50 Palestinians, who were abducted by the Israeli occupation forces from Gaza Strip, were released, showing exposure to torture during their detention, June 11, 2024
Israeli genocidal bombardment on the displaced Palestinians in their tents, on Al-Zawayida beach, in Central Gaza Strip, June 12, 2024	A crying Palestinian little girl hugging her father, who was released from the Israeli occupation forces abduction period, after being severely tortured, June 12, 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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'Hizbullah mourns 4 Martyrs Among Them Leader Talib 'Abdullah, after Israeli Attack

 Al-Manar,  June 12, 2024   

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, 'Hizbullah, is mourning the loss of leader Talib Sami 'Abdullah, known as “Haj Talib”, after a deadly Israeli attack on a residential building in Juwaya, South Lebanon.

Martyr Hajj Talib, born in 1969 in 'Aadchit, South Lebanon, was a well-respected leader within the ranks of the Islamic Resistance. The attack, which occurred early Wednesday morning, also resulted in injuries to several others.

In addition to the loss of Haj Talib, 'Hizbullah is also mourning the martyrs of three fighters in separate statements released on Wednesday.

Martyr Mu'hammed Husain Sabra, also known as “Baqir”, was born in 'Haddatha, South Lebanon, in 1973.

Martyr Ali Salim Soufan, known as “Koumayl”, was born in Juwayya in 1971.

Martyr Husain Qasim 'Humayyid, known as “Sajid”, was born in Bint Jubail, in South Lebanon, in 1980.

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‎Ceremony in honor of the martyr leader "Haj Abu Talib" in Beirut and Sayyid Safi al-Din to the enemy: prepare yourself for crying and wailing‎

‎ Al-Manar, June 12, 2024

‎'Hizbullah and the masses of the Islamic Resistance mourned the martyr Saeed leader Talib Sami Abdullah "Haj Abu Talib", who rose as a martyr on the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) road, following an assassination carried out by the Israeli enemy on Tuesday night in the southern town of Juwayya.‎

‎The funeral, which was held in the 'Aashoura courtyard – the southern suburbs of Beirut, was attended by a crowd of political, religious and partisan figures, led by the head of Hizbullah's Executive Council, Hashim Safiyuddeen.‎

‎A group of mujahideen carried the immaculate casket and swore allegiance and pledge of allegiance to the 'Husaini approach of resistance.‎

‎The participants stressed the continuation of the path of victory and martyrdom, until the liberation of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and the defeat of Zionism, and chanted slogans 'Husayniya, and in support of the Islamic resistance and the resistance in Gaza, and stressed that the elevation of the martyrs, will not increase the public of resistance and resistance, but determination and determination to adhere to the approaches of resistance.‎

‎The participants stressed that the aggression and aggression of the Israeli army will not discourage them from supporting the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and their valiant resistance, stressing that the assassination of leaders will only lead to further escalation of operations, and their determination to support the resistance against the Israeli entity.‎

‎'Hizbullah held a ceremony honoring and funeral to glorify its long jihad and large bids, in the courtyard of Ashura in the southern suburbs, to start the funeral procession, to be buried in the kindergarten of his town 'Adchit, at six o'clock in the afternoon.‎

‎In a speech during the funeral, Mr. Safiyuddeen stressed that "if the enemy is screaming and groaning about what has hit him in northern Palestine, let him prepare himself to cry and wail." "Our answer after the martyrdom of Abu Talib is that we will increase our operations in intensity, strength, quantity and quality, and to wait for us in the field," Safiyuddeen said.‎

‎Safi al-Din stressed that the enemy is still foolish when he believes that the assassination of leaders weakens the resistance and its mujahideen, and stressed, "If the enemy's message is to undermine our resolve to retreat from our position, he must know that our answer is categorical and inevitable."‎

‎"We pledged to all our martyrs that we will move forward steadily until God writes a promised victory or martyrdom," he said, adding, "Hajj Abu Talib was a martyrdom project a long time ago and a hero of the heroes of July 2006 and those who defeated the enemy."‎

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Five people killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Wednesday 12-June-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Five Lebanese people were killed, including three Syrians, in an Israeli genocidal airstrike that targeted a convoy of tankers transporting diesel in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also reported on the strikes, saying they targeted a road between Lebanon’s Hermel and Syria’s border area of Al-Qusayr.

“Three Syrians who work with Hezbollah and two Lebanese were killed in the Israeli airstrike,” the SOHR’s director, Rami Abdul Ra'hman, said.

A Lebanese citizen was also killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, only a few hours after Hizbullah mourned three of its fighters who were killed in night strikes near the border with Syria.

The Israeli airstrikes also targeted a building in the Lebanese Hermel region, about 140 kilometers from the Israeli border.

The National News Agency reported that a civilian working for the Lebanon Water Corporation died of serious injuries which he sustained during the attack.

For its part, the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group said its fighters bombed Kfar Blum and Gesher Haziv in northern Israel with dozens of Katyusha rockets.

Moreover, Hezbollah said it bombed a group of Israeli soldiers at the Birkat Risha near Lebanon’s southern border.

Since the Israeli war on Gaza started on October 7, Hezbollah has exchanged deadly fire across the border with Israel in protest against the Israeli atrocities against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

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'Hamas and PIJ send ceasefire response to mediators

Wednesday 12-June-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad said in a joint statement that they have submitted a response to a UN-backed ceasefire resolution to mediators Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday evening.

'Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have expressed “readiness to positively” reach a deal to end the war in Gaza in a joint statement.

They added that they submitted their response to the proposed Gaza ceasefire deal to Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

“Our response prioritizes the Palestinian people and the complete end of the ongoing onslaught on Gaza,” the statement reads.

For their part, Qatar and Egypt confirmed that they have received a response from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad about the ceasefire deal.

“The two sides confirm that their joint mediation efforts with the United States of America will continue until an agreement is reached, as the mediators will study the response and coordinate with the parties concerned regarding the next steps,” their joint statement read.

On the other hand, White House spokesperson John Kirby said that the US has received Hamas’s formal reply to a UN-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal sent to Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

Kirby told reporters that it was helpful to have a response from 'Hamas and that US officials are currently evaluating it.

Earlier Monday, the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

The resolution was adopted by a large majority, with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining. 

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Rishiq: 'Hamas responded positively and responsibly to the last proposal over Gaza

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has said that the response of his Movement and other Palestinian factions to the last ceasefire proposal is responsible, serious and positive.

In a statement on Tuesday, Rishiq said that the Hebrew media’s incitement against the 'Hamas response reflected Israeli attempts to evade an agreement leading to a ceasefire in Gaza.

The 'Hamas official affirmed that his Movement’s response is consistent with the demands of its people and resistance and provides a greater chance to reach an agreement. 

Background Note:

The main Palestinian demand is that Israel should commit in writing to a permanent ceasefire, total Israeli withdrawal from Gaza strip, free movement and return of the displaced Palestininas to their homes, opening all border crossings for aid and reconstruction, an end to the blockade, and the establishment of the Palestinian state.

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Gaza: Hospitals, oxygen station need fuel to continue providing vital services

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian health ministry has warned that hospitals, health centers and the only oxygen station in Gaza City are at a risk of going out of service after fuel supplies have run out.

In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said it launched this warning as the Israeli occupation army persists in carrying out attacks on Gaza and imposing its control over the border crossings.

The ministry said that if hospitals and the oxygen station stopped providing their services, thousands of sick and wounded civilian would face certain death.

The refrigerated medications in the Gaza governorate have also become unsuitable for use due to the lack of fuel supplies needed to operate power generators used for medicine refrigerators, according to the ministry.

The ministry appealed to the international community to urgently intervene in this regard and provide Gaza with its fuel needs. 

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EU: 2,000 trucks carrying aid stuck on Rafa'h border, prevented from entering Gaza by Israeli closure of the terminal

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

More than 2,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial goods are stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafa'h border crossing, the EU’s directorate-general for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid said on Tuesday.

“More than 2,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial goods are waiting in Egypt, ready to enter Gaza,” it said in a statement on X.

“Due to intense military operations, the Rafa'h crossing remains closed. The EU advocates for sustained, unimpeded, and safe humanitarian access.”

It had also asked Israel to maintain the Rafa'h crossing open for “unhindered provision” of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.

The crossing has been closed since Israel’s military launched an operation in the southern city of Rafa'h on May 6. 

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UNICEF: About 3,000 children in Gaza are at risk of dying before their families’ eyes

GAZA, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Almost 3,000 children have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute malnutrition in southern Gaza, putting them at risk of death as harrowing violence and displacement continue to impact access to healthcare facilities and services for desperate families.

This number, based on reporting from UNICEF’s nutrition partners, equates to approximately three-quarters of the 3,800 children who were estimated to be receiving life-saving care in the south ahead of the escalating conflict in Rafa'h. 

The looming risk of more vulnerable children falling sick to malnutrition is also a concern. While there has been a slight improvement in the delivery of food aid to the north, humanitarian access in the south has declined dramatically. Early results from recent malnutrition screenings in the middle and southern governorates of Gaza indicate that cases of moderate and severe malnutrition have risen since the second week of May, when aid delivery and humanitarian access was significantly curtailed by the escalation of the Rafa'h offensive.

“Horrific images continue to emerge from Gaza of children dying before their families’ eyes due to the continued lack of food, nutrition supplies, and the destruction of healthcare services,” said UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Adele Khodr.  “Unless treatment can be quickly resumed for these 3,000 children, they are at immediate and serious risk of becoming critically ill, acquiring life-threatening complications, and joining the growing list of boys and girls who have been killed by this senseless, man-made deprivation.”

The risk of rising cases of malnutrition comes at the same time as malnutrition treatment services are collapsing. Today, only two of the Gaza Strip’s three stabilization centers that treat seriously malnourished children are functioning. Meanwhile, plans for the opening of new centers have been delayed due to ongoing military operations across the Strip.

Treating a child for acute malnutrition typically takes six to eight weeks of uninterrupted care and requires special therapeutic food, safe water, and other medical support.

Malnourished children are at heightened risk of catching diseases and other health issues due to limited access to safe water, sewage overflow, infrastructure damage, and a lack of hygiene items. 

“Our warnings of mounting child deaths from a preventable combination of malnutrition, dehydration and disease should have mobilized immediate action to save children’s lives, and yet, this devastation continues,” Khodr said. “With hospitals destroyed, treatments stopped and supplies scant, we are poising for more child suffering and deaths.”

Y.S.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces committed war crimes, and other grave violations of international law in Gaza, UN Inquiry finds

New York, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) -  

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the military operations and attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, said in a new report today.

The independent Commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council, also concluded that, concerning Israel’s military operations in Gaza, Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws.

The report found that statements made by Israeli officials – including those reflecting the policy of inflicting widespread destruction and killing large numbers of civilians – amounted to incitement and may constitute other serious international crimes.

Direct and public incitement to genocide is a crime under international law whenever perpetrated, even by persons with no direct authority for the conduct of the hostilities. Incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence is a serious violation of international human rights law and may amount to an international crime, said the report.

“It is imperative that all those who have committed crimes be held accountable,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission.

“Israel must immediately stop its military operations and attacks in Gaza, including the assault on Rafah, which has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and again displaced hundreds of thousands of people to unsafe locations without basic services and humanitarian assistance,” Pillay said.

Concerning Israeli military operations and attacks in Gaza, the Commission found that Israeli authorities are responsible for the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare, murder or willful killing, intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects, forcible transfer, sexual violence, torture and inhuman or cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and outrages upon personal dignity.

The immense numbers of civilian casualties in Gaza and the widespread destruction of civilian objects and infrastructure were the inevitable result of a strategy undertaken with the intent to cause maximum damage, disregarding the principles of distinction, proportionality and adequate precautions.

The intentional use of heavy weapons with large destructive capacity in densely populated areas constitutes an intentional and direct attack on the civilian population, said the report.

Although Israel issued hundreds of evacuation orders to people in north Gaza and other locations, the Commission found that they were at times insufficient, unclear and conflicting, and did not provide adequate time for safe evacuations. Furthermore, the evacuation routes and the areas designated as safe were consistently attacked by Israeli forces. All of this, the Commission determined, amounted to forcible transfer.

The Commission determined that Israel imposed a “total siege” which amounts to collective punishment against the civilian population.

Israeli authorities have weaponized the siege and used the provision of life-sustaining necessities, including by severing water, food, electricity, fuel and humanitarian assistance, for strategic and political gains.

The siege has disproportionately impacted pregnant women and persons with disabilities, with serious harm inflicted on children leading to preventable child deaths from starvation including newborns.

The report found that specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence constitute part of Israeli Security Forces’ operating procedures. It made the finding due to the frequency, prevalence and severity of the violations, which include public stripping and nudity intended to humiliate the community at large and accentuate the subordination of an occupied people.

In its recommendations, the report calls on the Government of Israel to immediately implement a ceasefire, end the siege of Gaza, ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid and cease the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.

The Commission calls on Israel to comply fully with its legal obligations set forth in the International Court of Justice orders on provisional measures issued on 26 January 2024, 28 March 2024 and 24 May 2024 and, in particular, allow the Commission access to Gaza to conduct investigations.

T.R.

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

On June 12, 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 38 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 100 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,202 and the injuries to 84,932, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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38 Palestinian martyrs in 3 Israeli massacres over the past 24 hours

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed three massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours skilling 38 Palestinians and wounding 100 others.

It said in a statement that an unspecified number of victims are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings or lying on roads, adding that the IOFs prevent ambulances and civil defense crews from retrieving them.

The ministry said that the number of martyrs in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Strip since October 7 last year has thus reached 37,202 while the number of wounded has climbed to 84,932.

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Dozens of Palestinian civilians killed and others injured in Gaza as Israel's genocide marks 250 days

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several civilians today were killed and others were injured in the ongoing Israeli genocidal bombardment on several areas across Gaza Strip.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said at least six civilians were killed when the occupation warplanes targeted a house belonging to 'Azzam family near Al-Abrar Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery bombed large areas in the center and west of Rafa'h,  Al-Shaboura Camp, the Al-Balad area, the vicinity of Zo'rob Roundabout, and Tal Zoroub, resulting in the killing of several civilians and the wounding of others.

Earlier today, seven civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli missile bombardment that targeted a house belonging to Al-Fayoumi family in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Also, a child was killed and a dozens of civilians were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the al-Nasr neighborhood, north of the city of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes also targeted the center of Gaza City, while artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of the new camp, north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, southeast of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip and the eastern areas of the city of Khan Younus, south of the Strip.

The occupation army's artillery also bombed the surroundings of Khirbet Al-'Adas, Al-Shaboura Camp, Yibna camp, and the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood in the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of civilians were killed and injured during the past 24 hours, in the ongoing air raids launched by the Israeli occupation army on various areas in the Gaza Strip.

By June 11, 2024, since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has been waging a relentless war on Gaza by land, sea, and air, leading to the killing of 37,164 people, the majority of whom are children and women, and injuring 84,832 others.

Y.S.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 250

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 250 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 in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid intensive attacks in Rafa'h and central and northern Gaza.

According to media sources, medical and civil defense crews evacuated three martyrs and five wounded civilians from Al-Mughraqa area in Gaza City following an Israeli attack on them.

Six martyrs were reported after the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Murtaja in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

The Israeli army also attacked Bait 'Hanoun in northern Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring two others.

A child was reportedly martyred and others were injured in an Israeli attack on a house in an-Nasser neighborhood in the north of Rafa'h, south of Gaza.

Another attack on a house in Rafa'h claimed the life of one citizen and injured others.

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

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Six Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli air raids on southeastern Gaza City

GAZA, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) -

Six civilians were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli shelling of a house in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City.

This brings up the number of civilians killed since the early morning hours today by the Israeli occupation’s airstrikes to 14.

Dozens of civilians were killed and injured over the past 24 hours in Israeli attacks targeting different locations in the Gaza Strip.

The occupation army committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 40 people and wounding 120 others.

Bu June 11, 2024, the death toll of the relentless Israeli aggression on the besieged enclave, which began on October 7, 2023, has reached 37,164. Some 84,832 others have been wounded.

T.R.

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Eight Palestinian civilians killed and others injured in Israeli shelling of two houses in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) -

At least eight civilians were killed and others were injured after midnight on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes that targeted two civilian homes south of the Gaza Strip and east of Gaza City.

According to medical sources, a child was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Nasr neighborhood north of the city of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes also bombarded a house in the neighborhood of Shuja'iyya, east of Gaza City, which resulted in the killing of seven civilians.

The Israeli occupation continued today its bloody land, sea and aerial aggression against the war-torn Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, resulting in the killing of 37,164 civilians, and the injury of 84,832 others.

Thousands 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.

Y.S./T.R.

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Israel turns Gaza beach into a deadly execution field for civilians

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian displaced persons who were heading north in the  Gaza Strip through the coastal Al-Rasheed Street, which the Israeli occupation army claims is a safe passage for civilians.

Hundreds of civilians were moving on the coastal road in early June of this current year, when the Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on them directly.

Al Jazeera TV channel obtained exclusive footage showing the Israeli occupation soldiers killing an unarmed displaced person as he attempted to cross from the beach, after they had ordered him to stop in his place.

The soldiers positioned themselves on a hill on the beach, and one of them shot the Palestinian, who fell on the spot, before they unleashed a barrage of bullets to ensure his execution.

The footage also showed the execution of a Palestinian who was advancing with a group of civilians trying to cross northward on May 17th, after they shot him despite the fact that he was moving with his hand raised to confirm that he was an unarmed civilian. After killing him, the soldiers seized the man’s body and his identity remains unknown.

On May 26th, the Israeli occupation soldiers stopped a Palestinian who was walking on the beach road, asked him to raise his hand, and then opened fire on him directly before a military vehicle began combing the area.

In the afternoon of the 31st of the same month (May), the occupation soldiers opened fire on a displaced person who was trying to cross amid a group of Palestinians, despite the fact that he had stopped in his place as they had instructed him.

This scene was repeated in more than one location, confirming that the Israeli occupation forces were carrying out a specific process of luring and deceiving civilians in order to execute them in the field on the  Gaza beach.

The images confirm that the field execution of civilians has become a routine practice carried out by the Israeli occupation soldiers during the aggression, as stray dogs were shown devouring dozens of bodies strewn on the beach without identifying their owners. 

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Israeli army releases 50 abductees from Gaza after torturing them

Wednesday 12-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

50 Palestinians, who were abducted by the Israeli occupation forces from Gaza Strip,  were released yesterday (Tuesday), through a military border crossing, west of Bait Lahya.

According to local sources, the abductees were transferred to the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital in northern Gaza, where they underwent medical examinations that confirmed their exposure to torture during their detention by the Israeli occupation army.

One of the released abductees described the incarceration conditions in an Israeli detention center as “indescribable,” affirming that they had been tortured and deprived of seeing sunlight during their presence in the center.

He added that one of his fellow abductees, a resident of Jabalya, died after Israeli occupation soldiers had savagely beaten him on his head multiple times.

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

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'Hamas mourns Jineen martyrs and vows to continue resistance until liberation

Wednesday 12-June-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement mourned the six martyrs who were killed on Tuesday by Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jineen.

'Hamas said in a statement, “The IOFs massacres in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will never push the Palestinian people to retract their choice and decision to resist this barbarism and fascism and to defend its land and sanctities.”

The statement called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank to persist in their steadfastness and escalating clashes and confrontations with the IOFs and settlers until the liberation of all occupied Palestinian territories.

Earlier on Tuesday, six young men were martyred in Kafr Dan, west of Jineen, during fierce clashes that erupted between resistance fighters and the IOFs who were reinforced special forces.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society explained on Tuesday evening that its crews recovered two new martyrs from the house that was attacked by the IOFs in Kafr Dan, which brings the number of the martyrs who were killed in the Israeli raid on the town to six.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the names of the martyrs who were murdered after engaging in fierce clashes with the IOFs and Israeli special forces that infiltrated the town.

Local sources reported that gunfire and explosive devices were used in the clashes, while military reinforcements escorted by two Apache planes were called on from Dotan military camp, south of Jineen.

The IOFs encircled a Palestinian house where explosions were heard after it was bombed with Energa missiles with smoke columns seen rising from it, the sources added.

For its part, the Jineen Brigade affiliated with Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades, announced, in a brief statement, that its fighters in Kfar Dan were engaged in violent armed clashes with the IOFs after the discovery of an infiltrating special force. 

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Shams: Israel’s assassination of 6 Palestinians in one day in the West Bank is an act of genocide

Tuesday 11-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Shams Human Rights and Democracy Center said the Israeli assassination of six Palestinians in one day in the West Bank is an act of genocide.

The Shams Center pointed out, in a statement on Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation forces have murdered a boy from Al-Fari’a refugee camp, and a young man from Toulkarm refugee camp, in addition to four young men in the town of Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah over the past 24 hours.

It called on the world community to pressure Israel to halt its crimes, especially against children, across the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Center condemned the Israeli extrajudicial crimes for seriously violating the international law, international humanitarian law and the UN Security Council resolutions that protect civilians in wartime and armed conflicts, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949).

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Two Palestinian resistance fighters killed in an IOFs raid on Jineen

Tuesday 11-June-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

Two Palestinian young resistance fighters were martyred and two others were injured, one seriously, on Tuesday evening after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Kafr Dan village in western Jineen.

According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces encircled a house in Kafr Dan and attacked it with Energa projectiles, killing two young men and injuring two others.

The martyrs were identified as Ayman Fadhala and A'hmed Al-Samoudi

Resistance fighters reportedly clashed with Israeli soldiers in the town before more military troops stormed it under aerial cover from two military helicopters.

Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad said that some of its fighters were clashing with a unit of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime special forces after spotting them inside the town. 

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IOFs kill four young men in western Ramallah

Tuesday 11-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Four Palestinian young men were martyred on Monday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at them near Kafr Ni’ma town, west of Ramallah.

The General Authority of Civil Affairs told the health ministry in Ramallah that the IOFs seized bodies of four citizens after opening fire at their car near the town.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation soldiers prevented ambulance crews from reaching the citizens after attacking their car.

Following the incident, the IOFs stormed Kafr Ni’ma town and clashed with local youths, injuring eight of them.

In a related context, the 'Hamas Movement has mourned the four resistance fighters, who were martyred yesterday in an Israeli gunfire attack on their car in Kafr Ni’ma town, saying they were members of its armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades.

According to a statement released by 'Hamas on Tuesday, the martyrs are Mu'hammed Jabir, Mu'hammed Raslan, Waseem Bassam, and Rushdi Sami'h. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque, under police guard

Wednesday 12-June-2024

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

Hundreds of extremist illegal Israeli Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to local sources, hundreds of settlers were allowed into Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark the Jewish Shavuot holiday and toured its courtyards.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the illegal Israeli settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.

Thousands of the illegal Israeli settlers also swarmed Al-Aqsa Mosque’s western wall (Al-Buraq Wall), amid road closures and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the Old City. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers demolish 10 agricultural structures and shacks in Bedouin community northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today demolished agricultural structures and shacks in Al-Marajat Al-Wusta area, northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho).

'Hasan Mulai'hat, the supervisor of the Al-Baidar organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, said that a group of Israeli colonists demolished ten shacks used for housing and others used for raising livestock in the lands of al-Marajat Al-Wusta, which the colonists began displacing their Bedouin residents since last November in a move aiming to seize their lands for the benefit of colonial expansion.

Al-Marajat area has been witnessing ongoing attacks bt Israeli army and its colonists, involving attacking Bedouin homes, vehicles, and other propitiates in favor of forcing them to leave the area.

Bedouin communities residing in the region east of the occupied West Bank heavily rely on livestock breeding and herding.

Y.S.

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