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 251 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 32 Palestinians Killed, 105 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,232 and 85,037 Injuries

June 13, 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 13, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,232+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,232 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 13, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 84,037 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 13, 2024, 547 Palestinians who were killed, 4,419 who were injured, and 9,185, 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 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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Performing funeral prayer on some of the 30 Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, on June 13, 2024	During the first week of June, 2024, 800 Palestinians were killed, 2,400 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024
Gaza won't die, written on the rubble of a destroyed residential neighborhood, showing Palestinian resilience, despite the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024	The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces kidnapped 9,170 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, including 310 women and 640 children, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024
Some of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024	Israeli occupation forces raid Jineen again, killing three Palestinians and  destroying the city infrastructure, June 13, 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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World Food Program: Famine has returned to northern Gaza Strip at dangerous levels

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

'Abeer 'Ateefa, the Middle East representative for the World Food Program, issued a warning, stating that the northern Gaza Strip is experiencing another round of famine and that the food security in the Gaza Strip is getting dangerously close to breaking point.

She continued in press statements that the ongoing Israeli military operation in Rafa'h has resulted in a strict and tight closure of the Strip’s crossings, which has caused hunger to return to northern Gaza.

She clarified that the precise numbers show that the populace does not have access to enough food supplies to meet their basic needs and that aid does not reach them far enough to avert famine.

She said that following the first wave of famine that killed many civilians and severely affected children, women, pregnant women, and others, the northern Gaza Strip is now experiencing a new wave of starvation.

A significant humanitarian threat faces the Strip, according to Ateefa, who also emphasized that the conditions for humanitarian aid and relief are exceedingly hazardous and catastrophic in many cases.

In order to guarantee the delivery of aid, she emphasized the necessity of putting an end to the fighting, ending the war, and opening the crossings. She reiterated that there is no feasible substitute for land corridors for the delivery of aid.

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'Hamas: The Israeli use of starvation as a weapon against Gaza is a war crime

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Israel’s “criminal use of starvation as a weapon during this fascist aggression is a war crime and a confirmation of its continuation of the genocide against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” the 'Hamas Movement said in a statement issued Wednesday.

The Gaza Strip is facing famine because of the shortage of humanitarian aid that is allowed into the enclave and Israel’s closure of border crossings, the Movement continued.

“Our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are facing an escalation in the brutal starvation war, worsening humanitarian catastrophe, and signs of famine, especially in the Gaza City and the north governorates.”

'Hamas attributed the famine to “the closure of crossings by the (Israeli) occupation, the limited number of aid trucks allowed to enter, and the oppressive siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, especially after the occupation’s seizure of the Rafa'h crossing and its closure to the movement of individuals and aid.”

The Movement urged Arab and Islamic countries, along with the international community, to make efforts and pressure Israel to stop the onslaught in the besieged enclave and open the crossings to relieve the Palestinian population in Gaza.

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Poll: 61% of Gazans lost at least one relative in the war

Thursday 13-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), showed that about 80% of the Palestinian people in Gaza reported that they had at least one family member killed or injured in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Strip since October 7 last year.

The PCPSR published the results of a survey study that it conducted in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the period between May 26 and June 1, focusing on the “Al-Aqsa Flood” battle, the subsequent war, the Israeli ground invasion, the unprecedented humanitarian crisis, the atrocities of the war, and the aftermath of the war in Gaza.

The survey noted that “The data collection did not include the besieged northern Gaza Strip, which is witnessing increasing famine, according to international reports.”

The poll found out that about 61% of the victims among the residents of the Gaza Strip, said that “one or more relatives were martyred in the current war, while 65% said one or more relatives were injured.”

The survey also found that “only 26% of the residents of the Gaza Strip were able to reach a place where they can get help, while 72% said they managed to get help but with great difficulty and risk, and 2% said they could not receive help at all.”

Around 64% of Gaza residents said they had sufficient food for only one or two days, while 36% said they did not have sufficient food for one or two days, according to the poll.

The PCPSR pointed out that “the sample size of this survey was 1,570 people, including 760 people interviewed face-to-face in the West Bank (in 76 residential locations) and 750 people in the Gaza Strip (in 75 locations).” 

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'Hamas to Blinken: Your policy is complicit in genocide

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement stressed in a statement issued Wednesday evening that it has shown “full positivity” in efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Hamas has clearly expressed its positive position on what was included in the US president’s proposal, which he came up with on May 31, in which he called for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction of the coastal enclave, and an exchange of captives, the Movement said.

However, Hamas has belied US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s claim that Israel has accepted US President Joe Biden’s proposal aimed at bringing about a truce in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

“While Blinken continues to talk about Israel’s approval of the latest proposal, we have not heard any Israeli official speak of this approval,” Hamas said.

Israel has only “emphasized the continuation of the genocidal war and attacked the proposal that came from Biden,” it noted.

The US top diplomat was trying to “exonerate the Zionist occupation, wash his hands stained with the blood of innocent children, women, and the elderly, and hold the Movement responsible for obstructing conclusion of an agreement.”

This, Hamas added, amounted to “a continuation of the American policy of complicity in the brutal genocide war against our Palestinian people, and allowing the occupation to continue its crime with full American political and military cover.”

The Movement finally called on Washington to rather “apply direct pressure on the fascist occupation government, which is determined to complete the mission of killing and genocide, in flagrant violation of all international laws and treaties.”

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PGMO: Northern Gaza suffering from starvation

Friday 14-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in the coastal enclave said in a statement issued on Thursday that Palestinians are suffering from “an escalation of the war of starvation”.

The statement noted that the problem was especially precarious in the northern part of Gaza, as a result of Israel’s closure of crossings and the limited number of humanitarian aid trucks that are allowed to enter the Strip.

“The Zionist occupation’s brutal use of starvation, thirst, and denial of medical care as a weapon during this barbaric aggression is a proven and complex war crime, and confirmation of its continuation of its greatest crime of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.

The statement urged media outlets and activists to bring attention to the “humanitarian catastrophe and highlight the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip”.

“We also call on international and humanitarian organizations to take urgent action and provide the necessary food and humanitarian aid to our people in Gaza, and to intensify their efforts to force the occupation to bring in aid,” the media office asserted.

It also called on the international community, including the United Nations, to “intervene immediately”. 

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UNRWA warns of catastrophic environmental and health risks in Gaza

RAMALLAH, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) -

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Thursday of catastrophic environmental and health risks in the Gaza Strip.

In a post on X, UNRWA said that "as of 9 June, over 330,000 tons of waste have accumulated in or near populated areas across Gaza, posing catastrophic environmental & health risks. Children rummage through trash daily."

"Unimpeded humanitarian access + #CeasefireNow are crucial to restore humane living conditions," it added.

The Israeli occupation forces' aggression on land, sea and air against the Gaza Strip began on October 7, 2023, and has so far resulted in the killing of more than 37,202 people and injuring of 84,932 others, while thousands of victims remain under the rubble.

K.T. 

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

On June 13, 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 30 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 105 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,232 and the injuries to 85,037, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)--

 The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) committed three massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours skilling 30 Palestinians and wounding 105 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 IOF prevents 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 37,232 while the number of wounded has climbed to 85,037. Most of the casualties are women and children.

The IOFs massacres continue amidst warnings by local and international human rights groups of an imminent famine in the besieged enclave following the IOFs control of all crossings in the Strip. 

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Day 251 of Genocide: Dozens of Palestinian civilians killed in ongoing Israeli bombardment in Gaza

(WAFA Images)

GAZA, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) -

Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and wounded on Thursday by Israeli occupation forces as the brutal Israeli genocidal war the Gaza Strip enters its 251st day.

WAFA correspondent reported hearing explosions and heavy gunfire from occupation tanks in the western area of ​​the city of Rafa'h, coinciding with Apache warplanes and occupation boats firing on the same area, which led to the blowing up of entire residential buildings.

He added that medical teams recovered the bodies of three slain people and a number of wounded, most of them children, as a result of targeting a house owned by Al-Lou'h family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation artillery fired shells at citizens' homes northwest of Al-Nusayrat refug camp and Al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip.

Quadcopter military drones fired on citizens' homes in Al-Shuja'iya and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in Gaza City.

Israeli occupation vehicles stationed in Netzarim axis fired rockets on the neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Al-Sabra, Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Shaikh 'Ijleen in Gaza City, coinciding with the shooting.

The occupation army's vehicles continue breaking into the southeastern outskirts of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, coinciding with missile and artillery shelling in the area.

By June 12, 2024, the Israeli occupation forces' aggression on land, sea and air against the Gaza Strip began on October 7, 2023, and has so far resulted in the killing of more than 37,202 people and injuring of 84,932 others, while thousands of victims remain under the rubble.

K.T.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 251

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 251 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 in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, amid intensive attacks in Rafa'h and central and northern Gaza.

The Israeli forces continued to commit horrific massacres during their ground invasion of large areas in Rafa'h, amid aerial and artillery bombardment.

At least three citizens were killed and others were injured, the majority of them children, in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Lou'h family house in the Al-'Hasayna area in Al-Nusayrat in the central Gaza Strip.

Family sources affirmed that the victims included the citizen Shams Al-Lou'h, his wife, and their two children.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces forced their way into ​​Al-'Alam Roundabout and Mawasi Rafa'h areas at dawn today, amid violent air and artillery bombardment.

The Israeli artillery also renewed attacks on the central and western areas of the city of Rafa'h, and the eastern areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

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Doctors Without Borders: Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces killed more than 800 people in a single week

Thursday 13-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/ Doctors Without Borders said, “Since the beginning of June, more than 800 people have been killed and over 2,400 wounded in intense bombing and ground offensives by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.”

“How can the killing of more than 800 people in a single week … be considered a military operation adhering to international humanitarian law? We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’ – this is just propaganda,” MSF added in a recent press release.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry which investigates crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories said, “Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.”

This came in a report published by the Commission on Wednesday on international law violations and international crimes committed by the parties during the period from October 7 to December 31, 2023.

The International Commission said, “Israel committed war crimes, including genocide, against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” calling on Israel to “immediately stop its devastating war that forced thousands of civilians in the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, to flee to unsafe areas.”

Since the seventh of October 7 last year, the Israeli occupation army has been waging its aggression against the Gaza Strip, with US and European support, leading to the martyrdom of 37,202 people and the injury of 84,932 others, in addition to the displacement of about 1.7 million people from the Strip’s population, according to UN data.

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Six civilians killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Gaza City

GAZA, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) –

Six civilians, including a child, were killed this evening in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the Nafeq Street area of Gaza City with two missiles. The attack resulted in the killing of six people, including a woman and a child from the Sheikh family. 

The victims were transported to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the city.

Israeli occupation forces have been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. This ongoing aggression has resulted in the killing of more than 37,232 people and injuries to 85,037 others, with thousands of victims still trapped under the rubble.

M.N.

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Four civilians killed, dozens injured in Israeli bombardment on Gaza and Rafa'h

GAZA, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) —

At least four citizens were killed and dozens injured this afternoon in a series of Israeli bombardments on the cities of Gaza and Rafa'h in the war-ridden Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that one citizen was killed and others were injured in an Israeli drone strike on a group of people on Kashko Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City.

Furthermore, Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, resulting in the killing of one citizen and injuries to four others.

In another incident, two citizens were killed and several others were injured due to an Israeli airstrike on the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafa'h, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces have been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. This ongoing aggression has resulted in the killing of more than 37,232 people and injuries to 85,037 others, with thousands of victims still trapped under the rubble.

M.N.

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One Palestinian killed, others injured in Israeli drone bombing near Gaza port

GAZA, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) – 

One Palestinian today was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike near the Gaza port, west of the city.

Local sources said that an Israeli drone targeted a gathering of civilians on al-Rashid Street near Gaza port, resulting in the killing of one civilian and the wounding of several others.

Israeli occupation warplanes bombed Al-Sikka Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the occupation fighter jets further bombed the vicinity of the power plant north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

By June 12, 2024, the Israeli occupation ground, sea and air offensive on the besieged enclave since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in killing of more than 37,202 civilians, and wounding of 84,932 others.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads.

Y.S/K.T. 

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Israeli occupation forces launch ground, air attacks on Al-Mawasi tent city of displaced Palestinians in Rafa'h, casualties reported

GAZA, Thursday, June 13, 2024(WAFA) -

The occupation after midnight on Wednesday launched intensive air strikes and artillery bombardment, by air, land and sea, against the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafa'h city in the southern enclave, where thousands of internally displaced persons are seeking shelter.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime Navy boats also fired heavy machine guns into the western areas of Rafa'h.

Thousands of civilians are living under deplorable conditions in Al-Mawasi tent city. The United Nations and relief groups say "Muwasi – [an Israeli-designated safe zone] - is a poorly planned attempt to impose a solution for people who have been displaced, and they are dubious of the safety guarantee since Israeli airstrikes have targeted other areas where the army ordered people to go.”

The Mawasi, in the southern Rafa'h so-called “safe area”, was subjected to repeated Israeli military attacks, leaving dozens of casualties and destruction. Humanitarian conditions are extremely dire in the tent city of Al-Mawasi; a home for thousands of displaced people seeking refuge in the Israeli-declared safe zone.

T.R.

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

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Three Palestinians killed in an Israeli offensive in Qabatya

Jineen, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) —

Three Palestinian youths were killed this evening by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Qabatya, north of the occupied West Bank, according to local and medical sources.

Earlier in the day, Israeli forces had stormed the town, besieged a house, and bombarded it with shoulder-fired missiles before a military bulldozer began demolishing it, killing two Palestinian individuals inside. The two are yet to be identified.

This Israeli onslaught also led to violent confrontations in the area, during which the Israeli occupation forces heavily fired live ammunition at the house and at passers-by.

A circulating footage showed an Israeli occupation army bulldozer desecrating the body of one of the fallen, removing the dead body from inside the besieged house with a bulldozer in an extremely humiliating manner.

Kamil Abu Al-Rob, the governor of Jenin, informed WAFA that the Israeli occupation army withheld the bodies of two of the three martyrs.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams in Jineen transported a third Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Qabatya to the hospital. Fawaz 'Hamad, the director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, identified the victim as Qais Mohammed Zakarneh, a 21-year-old youth who had been shot in the head.

Additionally, during the confrontations in Qabatya, a fourth young man sustained injuries from live ammunition shrapnel in his back, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Since the onset of the all-out Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7, 2023, a total of 544 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. Among the martyrs were 133 children.

M.N.

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IOFs kill three Palestinians in Jineen

Friday 14-June-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

Three Palestinian youths were killed on Thursday evening by Israeli gunfire in the town of Qabatya, in the northern West Bank city of Jineen.

Jineen Governor Kamal Abu Al-Rub said that the IOF shot and killed two Palestinians in Qabatya and withheld their bodies, while Red Crescent teams transported a Palestinian youth killed by Israeli troops to the hospital.

Fawaz 'Hamad, the director of Al-Razi Hospital in Jineen, identified the victim as Qays Zakarnah, a 21-year-old youth who had been shot in the head.

Earlier, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town, besieged a house, and bombarded it with shoulder-fired missiles before a military bulldozer began demolishing it, killing two Palestinian individuals inside. The two are yet to be identified.

This Israeli onslaught also led to violent confrontations in the area, during which the Israeli forces heavily fired live ammunition at the house and at passers-by.

A circulating footage showed an Israeli army bulldozer desecrating the body of one of the fallen, removing the martyr’s body from inside the besieged house with a bulldozer in an extremely humiliating manner.

Since the onset of the all-out Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7, 2023, a total of 544 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). Among the martyrs were 133 children.

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IOFs declare Jineen refugee camp a closed military zone

Thursday 13-June-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) declared Jineen refugee camp a closed military zone, after storming it at dawn Thursday and besieging areas in its vicinity.

The IOFs stormed as well other West Bank towns and cities and kidnapped a number of Palestinian civilians.

The IOFs escorted with bulldozers continued to destroy the infrastructure of the streets and markets of Jineen city and its refugee camp, as military vehicles encircled the vicinity of the camp and Khaleel Sulayman Governmental Hospital, amid intense flying of drones.

Local Palestinian sources reported that clashes broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the IOFs during the Israeli raid on Jineen, noting that resistance fighters attacked the IOFs with homemade explosives on Mahyoub Street in the city.

The Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades, the Jineen Brigade, announced that its fighters detonated a number of explosive devices that hit IOFs military vehicles.

Palestinian sources reported that the IOFs raided homes in Al-Jabriyat neighborhood in the city of Jineen and blew up a motorcycle, while Israeli bulldozers carried out sabotage and destruction of the infrastructure and residents’ property on Al-Nasira (Nazareth) Street in Jineen.

The IOFs reportedly arrested a young man who was shot and denied the right to be moved to hospital by ambulance crews who were prevented by the IOF from reaching him in Al-Jabriyat neighborhood.

The mother of the wanted resistance fighter, Mustafa Al-Masry, from Wadi Burqeen in Jineen, was also rounded up by the IOFs.

Palestinian media platforms published footage documenting IOF storming the city of Jineen and its refugee camp, bulldozing streets and destroying infrastructure.

In the West Bank, the IOFs soldiers stormed the city of Doura in central Al-Khaleel (Hebron) governorate and kidnapped an elderly Palestinian after assaulting him. They roamed the town, firing live bullets, tear gas and stun grenades and set up barriers in the city, obstructing traffic, and attacking a number of shop owners.

In Nablus, the IOFs stormed the towns of Madama, 'Ureef and Tal south of the city and the town of Rujeeb in the east, storming a number of houses and causing dozens of injuries among Palestinians in Baita town in the northern West Bank.

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Rights group: IOFs kidnapped 9,170 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023

Thursday 13-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped 9,170 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank since the outbreak of Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported.

The PPS also pointed out that 310 women and at least 640 children were among the reported IOFs kidnappings.

“Israeli occupation authorities, after 250 days of the genocidal war, continue to escalate systematic arrest campaigns that have targeted more than 9,170 detainees from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in addition to thousands from Gaza,” it said in a statement.

It also noted that “the number of administrative detention orders has reached about 6,627.”

The rights group further said that “about 85 journalists were detained during the reported period, with 52 remaining in detention, including 14 journalists from Gaza.”

“Among those detained, six female journalists are held either under administrative detention or on charges claimed by the occupation as incitement.”

The detainees also include 310 medical personnel, 30 lawyers, and 35 male and female engineers.

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Israeli occupation forces detain at least 12 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least 12 Palestinians, including a child and a woman, were detained by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

They said in a joint statement that the detentions took place mainly in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) Governorate, with other cases reported in Qalqilya, Nablus and Salfeet.

PPS and the Commission said that the occupation forces continue an oppressive offensive against the city of Jenin and its camp, where a young Palestinian was shot and injured from gunfire during the ongoing incursion.

Israeli forces continue to carry out widespread raids, detentions, and brutal assaults during detention operations, along with threats against detainees and their families, in addition to extensive destruction and vandalism of civilian homes, according to the joint statement.

With these latest detentions, the total number of Palestinians arrested in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 9,185. This figure includes those arrested from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

The statement emphasized that the Israeli occupation continues systematic arrest campaigns as one of its consistent policies, which escalated significantly after October 7th.

Y.S/K.T.

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IOFs launch a new kidnapping campaign in the West Bank

Thursday 13-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched at dawn Thursday a large-scale raid and kidnapping campaign across the West Bank, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

The IOFs kidnapped two young men after breaking into their family houses in Nablus.

The IOFs also detained a woman and injured a young man in Jineen.

Local sources reported that the IOFs stormed the Al-Jabriyat neighborhood in Jenin, opened fire at a motorcyclist, and prevented ambulance crews from reaching him, before arresting him and then blowing up his bike.

Violent clashes erupted during the military raid into the city.

The Israeli occupation forces held and searched a Red Crescent ambulance before attacking its crew.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped a woman, after raiding her home in Wadi Burqeen in Jenin, in an attempt to press her son to surrender himself.

In Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces stormed the Shu'fat refugee camp and 'Anata town. A Palestinian-owned house was stormed during the 'Anata raid.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police released the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers who shot the young Maqdisi (Jerusalemite), Sinan Barakat, and Palestinian merchants in the Old City earlier yesterday.

Last night, the Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian women near Damascus Gate in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm archaeological area near Nablus

NABLUS, Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, on Thursday stormed the archaeological area of ​​Al-Mas'oudiyah, which belongs to the lands of the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.

Local sources said that dozens of colonists stormed the archaeological area, accompanied by the occupation army, and conducted provocative tours inside the site.

It is noteworthy that 15 families live in Mas'oudiyah area and are constantly suffering as a result of the attacks of the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, aimed at forcing them to leave that area in favor of the illegal settlements.

The said area is archaeological that includes traces of the Hijaz railway.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Thursday, June 13, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces Thursday demolished a Palestinian-owned house in a Bedouin area in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces stormed Umm Qissa area in the Bedouin desert, and demolished with bulldozers a house belonging to resident Nayif 'Ali Al-'Atimin, with an area of ​​160 square meters, and housing a large number of individuals.

They also seized a number of citizens' vehicles.

K.T.

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