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 255 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 10 Palestinians Killed, 73 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,347 and 85,372 Injuries

June 17, 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 17, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,347+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,347 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 17, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 85,372 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 17, 2024, 547 Palestinians who were killed, 5,200 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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Palestinian journalist, Mu'hammed Qasim, became the 151th journalist who was martyred in an Israeli genocidal attack on Gaza Strip, June 17, 2024	On Day 255 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, the Palestinian death toll rose to 37,347, mostly children, women, and elderly, as seen above, June 17, 2024
Ten Palestinian civilians, mostly children, were martyred, 73 were injured, like this injured father and his two injured children, by Israeli genocidal attacks, June 17, 2024	Nine bodies of Palestinian civilians, and several wounded, who were victims of the Israeli genocidal attacks, arrived at the European hospital, in Khan Younus, in the southern Strip, June 17, 2024
Despite the Israeli genocidal destructions of their mosques, Palestinian Muslims perform the prayer of 'Eidul Adh-'ha in the streets of Al-Buraij refugee camp, in northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2024	Muslim pilgrims observing the 'Hajj requirement of staying on Arafah area on the Day before 'Eidul Adh-'ha, on June 15, 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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UN Official: The bombing turned Gaza into hell on Earth

Monday 17-June-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, affirmed on Monday that the Israeli bombing of Gaza since October 7th last year has turned the besieged enclave into a hell on earth.

Griffiths said that delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip, who are on the verge of famine, is almost impossible, noting that civilians and infrastructure have suffered excessive damage, and there is politicization of aid, amidst the spread of hunger and disease. He pointed out that humanitarian workers and the United Nations in Gaza have been killed in unreasonable numbers.

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs explained that weapons have continued to flow to Israel from Washington and other countries, despite the horrific impact of the war on civilians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), told journalists in Oslo on Monday that hostilities are continuing in Rafa'h and southern Gaza Strip, despite the Israeli occupation army’s announcement yesterday of a tactical pause in operations to allow the entry of humanitarian aid.

Lazzarini said in a press conference, “There is information that this decision has been taken, but the political level says that nothing of the sort has been done.” He added, “So at the moment, I can tell you that hostilities are continuing in Rafa'h and southern Gaza. Operationally, nothing has changed so far.”

The UN official later told Reuters that UNRWA, the main organization delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, had received a notification from the Israeli occupation army that there would be a pause in fighting, but it was only in English, and was quickly followed by a denial from the government. He added, “At the moment, I don’t see anything that can be described as a temporary cease-fire.”

The Israeli occupation army had earlier this week announced a daily suspension of fighting from 5:00 to 16:00 GMT in the area extending from the Karm Abu Salim crossing in the south of the Strip to the Sala'huddeen Road and then northward. It later explained that its military operations would continue in Rafa'h. 

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Israeli closure of Gaza crossings enters day 43

Monday 17-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

For the 43rd day running, the Israeli occupation army continues to occupy and close the Gaza border crossings and prevent the travel of sick and wounded civilians and the entry of any aid shipments through them.

The Israeli army has been closing the Gaza crossings, especially the Karam Abu Salim and Rafa'h terminals, since its forces invaded Rafa'h in southern Gaza on May 6.

Many local and international humanitarian organizations have warned recently against the continued closure of Gaza crossings, and called for necessarily opening them to prevent the occurrence of famine and save the lives of thousands of patients and wounded civilians, who need medical treatment abroad. 

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Gaza: 151 journalists killed during Israel’s war on Gaza

Monday 17-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in the Gaza Strip has said that the number of the Palestinian journalists and media workers who were killed during the ongoing Israeli war has climbed to 151 martyrs.

In a brief statement on Monday, PGMO said that journalist Mu'hammed Qasim, who works for Palestine newspaper and its website, was martyred in an Israeli attack, without providing further details.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring over 73 others.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 37,347 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 85,372 people. 

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PGMO: The alleged tactical pause in southern Gaza Strip is an Israeli lie

Monday 17-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) described the alleged tactical ceasefire in southern Gaza in order to allow humanitarian aid deliveries as an “Israeli lie.”

“The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is catastrophic in light of shortages of food and medicines, and we still call for the opening of the Rafa'h border crossing to provide the population with their needs, especially those in the northern Gaza Strip,” PGMO said in a statement on Monday.

PGMO pointed out that the Israeli occupation army had killed over 16,000 children during its ongoing war on Gaza, and recently destroyed the passenger waiting halls at the Rafa'h crossing.

The Israeli army claimed Sunday that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a road in southern Gaza to allow UN agencies to deliver humanitarian aid.

However, it added that the pause should not be seen as a cessation of its attacks in southern Gaza. 

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

On June 17, 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 2 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 10 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 73 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,347 and the injuries to 85,372, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 37,347 martyrs

Monday 17-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring over 73 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but at least 83 of them, including 10 martyrs, were transported to hospitals.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 37,347 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 85,372 people.

The Gaza Strip has been under brutal bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 255

Monday 17-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 255 on Monday, 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 southern Gaza.

According to media sources, the Israeli army bombed a house in Al-Zarqa neighborhood in the north of Gaza City, killing two civilians and injuring 13 others.

Earlier at dawn, three civilians, including a woman, were martyred and others were injured seriously when a warplane bombed a house in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

Last night, civil defense and medical crews retrieved bodies of two martyrs in Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h, following intensive Israeli bombardment.

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

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Nine civilians killed and others wounded in Israeli air attacks on Gaza's Rafa'h

GAZA, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) -

Nine civilians were killed tonight in Israeli air strikes targeting civilians east of the city of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

A medical source at the European Hospital reported that nine bodies and several wounded, including some seriously, arrived at the hospital in Khan Younus in the southern Strip.

Earlier tonight, two civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli drone shelling that targeted the city of Rafa'h.

One civilian was killed and another was injured in an Israeli drone attack that targeted a house in the neighborhood of Tell Al-Sultan, west of the city of Rafa'h. Another citizen was killed and several others, including children and women, were injured in an Israeli bombing of the Khirbat Al-'Adas area north of the city.

The number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the occupation’s aggression on October 7, 2023, has risen to 37,347. The number of people injured, mostly children and women, has also increased to 85,372.

T.R.

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Two Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli shelling of western and northern Rafa'h

GAZA, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli shelling against the western and northern parts of the city of Rafa'h, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that one civilian was killed and another was injured in an Israeli drone attack that targeted a house in the neighborhood of Tell es-Sultan, west of the city of Rafa'h. Another citizen was killed and several others, including children and women, were injured in an Israeli bombing of the Khirbat Al-'Adas area north of the city.

Local sources said that the Israeli army's artillery shelled the northern area of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Strip.

The number of people killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 37,347 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023.

At least 85,372 others, mostly children and women, have been injured.

Palestinian health sources said the occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, which led to the killing of 10 citizens and the injury of 73 others.

T.R.

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Gaza: Two Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal drone attack

GAZA, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinians were killed on Monday dawn, as a result of an Israeli raid targeting Zarqa neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondents said that two people were killed and at least 13 others were injured, including women and children, as a result of Israeli raids on a house in Zarqa neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

Local Palestinian sources reported that Quadcopter drones fired towards agricultural lands in Al-Hikir area in Dair El-Bala'h, while sounds of violent explosions were heard in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the flight of Israeli warplanes in the area.

Earlier today, health sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three people, including a woman, were killed and others were seriously injured as a result of the occupation bombing of a house in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

Last night, the Civil Defense in Gaza reported that its crews recovered bodies of two slain civilians from Bir Canada area in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h, following an Israeli bombing of the area.

The occupation warplanes also targeted a house in the vicinity of Emirati field hospital in central Rafa'h.

The Israeli occupation forces continue an aggression against the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, and so far resulting in the killing of more than 37,337 people and injuring 85,299 others, in an infinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

K.T.

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

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Palestinian Prisoner's Society: The Israeli occupation forces detained 640 Palestinian children since the onset of its aggression

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said the Israeli occupation detained 640 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank, including those who were subjected to abuse, since the outbreak of its aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

PPS in a statement said that since the start of the Israeli genocide, at least 640 detentions have been recorded among children. This total includes those who were later released by the occupation authorities and those who remain in Israeli custody.

The statement said that children in the occupation prisons, numbering currently about 250 children, are subjected to all kinds of reprisals, including abuse, torture and medical crimes.

PPS reported the presence of a group of children in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel who were detained from the Gaza Strip. No further information regarding Gaza detainees was provided.

According to PPS, Israeli authorities yesterday; on the first day of the 'Eidul Adh-'ha Muslim holiday, detained a seven-year-old child, who was identified as Baha Kadthim Haj Mu'hammed, from the town of Al-Mughayyir east of Ramallah, and released him hours later.

According to the child's family, Baha was detained while he was present at the town center, along with other children and youths who were also rounded up. PPS added that Baha was beaten on his hands after his detention. The occupation forces deliberately left the seven-year-old boy far from his home following his release hours later.

T.R.

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap Palestinians in the  West Bank

Monday 17-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed different West Bank areas, raided homes and kidnapped four Palestinian citizens last night and on Monday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Aree'ha (Jericho) and assaulted local residents during a raid on their home.

In Qalqilya, resistance fighters from Al-Aqsa Brigades clashed with Israeli forces in the city.

The IOFs reportedly kidnaped the mother of a wanted citizen from Qalqilya City to pressure him to turn himself in.

In Ramallah, three citizens were taken prisoners during IOFs raids in Silwad town and Kafr Malik village.

The IOFs also stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

On Sunday evening, armed clashes took place between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces near the checkpoint of Dotan in the southwest of Jenin.

Eyewitnesses said that resistance fighters opened fire at Israeli soldiers near the checkpoint before clashing with them.

In a separate incident, a horde of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers set fire to an olive grove in Burqa town, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on the same day.

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Confrontations break out between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces, north of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) –

Confrontations broke out this evening between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in the town of 'Ajjoul north of Ramallah, according to local sources.

Sources said Israeli occupation forces stormed the town amid the heavy firing of stun grenades and tear gas bombs at citizens and their homes, leading to confrontations.

No injuries or detentions were reported.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces raid Jineen-area village, detain youth

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

Israeli occupation forces detained a Palestinian young man from Jenin camp at a military checkpoint.

Security and local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces detained Fadi Al-Sayis from the Jenin camp while he was passing through Deir Sharaf checkpoint northwest of Nablus.

The same sources added that the occupation forces stormed the village of Jalboun, east of Jineen, and intensified military measures in the vicinity of the towns of Ya'bad and Araba and set up mobile checkpoints.

No detentions were reported, however.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Three Palestinians injured by an illegal Israeli settler attack on vehicles east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) -

Three Palestinian citizens were injured tonight after being attacked by a group of the illegal Israeli settlers in the town of Dayr Dibwan, east of Ramallah.

According to local sources, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the outskirts of the said town and gathered in the area, before attacking residents and their vehicles with stones, injuring three people.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles near Nablus with stones

NABLUS, Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) -

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers tonight pelted stones at Palestinian residents’ vehicles in the town of 'Huwwara, south of Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources reported that several colonists threw stones at citizens' vehicles at Salman al-Farsi roundabout and 'Huwwara’s main street.

'Huwwara’s main street is subjected to frequent assaults and attacks by Israeli colonists.

Settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians, including the destruction of homes and properties, has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli extremist settlers set up structures on Palestinian land east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), a prelude for takeover

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli extremist settlers tonight set up caravans and other structures on the territory of the town of Bani Na’eem, east of Hebron.

WAFA correspondent said that armed groups of colonists set up wooden and tin sheds and residential caravans on a plot of land belonging to Bani Na’eem town, in an apparent prelude to taking over the land for the benefit of colonial expansion.

More than 700,000 illegal Israeli settlers currently reside in illegal West Bank settlements.

The establishment of the settlements contravenes international humanitarian law (IHL), which states that an occupying power may not relocate its own citizens to the occupied territory or make permanent changes to that territory unless these are needed for imperative military needs, in the narrow sense of the term, or undertaken for the benefit of the local population, said B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli extremist settlers storm Bedouin community near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Monday, June 17, 2024 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday stormed the Arab Mulai'hat Bedouin community, northwest of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho).

The general supervisor of "Al-Baidar" organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, 'Hasan Mulai'hat, told WAFA that a group of colonists, along with their flocks of sheep, stormed Mulai'hat 'Arab gathering, broke into a prayer hall, and wreaked havoc and destruction on it.

He pointed out that the Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley are under major attack by the settler gangs, adding that the occupation police and army have tightened military measures against those communities.

K.T.

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