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 256 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 25 Palestinians Killed, 80 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,372 and 85,452 Injuries

June 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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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Israeli attacks on Al-Nusayrat and Al-Buraij in central Gaza Strip claimed the lives of 17 Palestinian civilians from the families of Al-Ra’iee, Al-Madhoun and 'Harb, June 18, 2024	The Palestinian Government Media Office in Gaza accused Israel and the US administration of purposefully worsening famine-like conditions and aggravating the humanitarian situation in Gaza by withholding humanitarian aid, June 18, 2024
During their raid on Mughayyir town in Ramallah, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped this seven-year-old child, Bahaa Kadthim, together with three other little children, and terrorized them for several hours, on June 16, 2024	25 innocent Palestinians were killed, 80 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, June 18, 2024
The Israeli occupation army burned down the passenger waiting hall and other premises of the Palestinian Rafa'h border crossing, which is a criminal act, a barbaric behavior, and part of the ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, June 18, 2024	Israeli Hermes 900 armed drones use French components to bomb civilians in Gaza, contributing to the death toll of 37,347 innocent Palestinian people, June 18, 2024
13 Palestinian civilians were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, on June 18, 2024	Grieving the death of family members who were massacred in central Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, June 18, 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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PGMO accuses Israel and US of deliberately starving the Palestinian population in Gaza Strip

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza accused Israel and the US administration of purposefully worsening famine-like conditions and aggravating the humanitarian situation in the war-battered territory by withholding humanitarian aid for politically-motivated goals.

“Gaza is rapidly heading towards famine, and the occupation state and the US administration are leading a conspiracy to prevent aid and goods from reaching our people,” PGMO said in a statement on Tuesday.

“The Israeli occupation and the US administration are deliberately pushing 2.4 million civilians in the Gaza Strip into the tunnel of famine, enforcing a policy of starvation against children and patients by preventing the entry of food and medications,” PGMO affirmed.

“The crime of preventing the entry of aid and food as a tool for political pressure used by the occupation and the US administration has noticeably doubled the humanitarian suffering in all the provinces of the Gaza Strip. Even markets and stores suffer from a dearth of goods and commodities due to the complete closure of all crossings for 40 days,” PGMO added.

“3,500 children are at risk of death due to malnutrition and the lack of nutritional supplements and vaccinations, which have become among the prohibited items entering Gaza,” the statement warned.

PGMO called for urgent and immediate international action to stop Israel’s policy of starvation in Gaza and open the border crossing with Gaza to allow the flow of humanitarian aid.

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'Hamas calls for an end to the Israeli crimes of starvation and genocide in Gaza

Wednesday 19-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement warned of “the continuation of the criminal war of starvation waged by the terrorist occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and the elderly,” stressing “the escalating manifestations of famine and humanitarian catastrophe, especially in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates.”

“The Nazi occupation government is practicing the ugliest forms of collective punishment against defenseless civilians, by imposing a tight siege on the Gaza Strip, closing the border crossings, and preventing aid convoys from entering the Strip.”

The occupation continues “to systematically starve more than two million people, who lack the most necessities of life, and are subjected to continuous brutal massacres.”

“The United Nations and the international community must take immediate action to provide relief to our people in the Gaza Strip.”

The Movement called for an end to the Israeli crimes of starvation and genocide against the Palestinian people.

In addition, Hamas made a call to the governments, people, and Arab and Islamic nations to exert pressure on Israel to open the borders, allow convoys to enter the Gaza Strip, and resist Zionist efforts to liquidate the Palestinian cause. 

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French report: Israeli drones use French components to bomb civilians in Gaza

Wednesday 19-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

An investigative report by the French non-profit media outlet Disclose revealed that France approved the sale of weapons equipment used by Israel to bomb civilian targets.

Dozens of classified documents obtained by the outlet revealed that the Thales Group, a French IT company, recently delivered electronic components used to construct Israel’s Hermes 900 armed drones. France owns a 26 percent stake in the company.

According to the documents, the equipment in question is the TSC 4000 IFF transponder.

Disclose states that the French armed forces ministry classifies the transponders as “surveillance, target tracking, and reconnaissance systems,” which allow drones to avoid the risk of collision and firing at friendly aircraft.

“At least eight of these transponders were supposed to be flown to Israel between December 2023 and the end of May 2024,” Disclose reports. “That’s several months after the first aerial bombings. Two transponders were delivered in 2024 […] The other six are reported to have been stopped by French customs.”

Israel then used these French-supplied components to strike civilian targets.

The outlet quotes the head of Israel’s Squadron 166, which flies Hermes 900 assault drones, as admitting to targeting a hospital in Khan Yunis in February following France’s delivery of the surveillance and targeting equipment.

Disclose writes that the sale of these components shows the French state’s lack of transparency regarding arms sales, despite Paris’ claims to the contrary.

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'Hamas: Israeli army’s burning of facilities at Rafa'h crossing “criminal and barbaric”

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has described the Israeli occupation army’s burning of the passenger waiting hall and other premises on the Palestinian side of the Rafa'h border crossing as a “criminal act, a barbaric behavior, and part of the ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.”

“This Nazi behavior, which is a clear-cut war crime, requires widespread international condemnation and necessary measures to hold the occupation leaders accountable for their destruction of a civilian facility with no reason other than quenching their thirst for destruction and making the Palestinians suffer more,” Hamas said in a statement on Monday.

'Hamas held the occupation regime responsible for the consequences of this crime that would deprive thousands of sick and wounded civilians from traveling for medical treatment abroad.

The Movement stressed the need for effective international action to open the Rafa'h crossing and facilitate the travel of patients and the entry of aid shipments.

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"The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating significantly," says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the situation in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), is deteriorating significantly.

Türk added, according to Reuters, that there is “death and suffering that cannot be accepted by conscience” in the Gaza Strip.

He noted that about 528 Palestinians, including 133 children, had been killed by Israeli army or illegal settlers since October 7, 2023, stressing that some cases raise “serious concerns about unlawful killings.”

Y.S.

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UNRWA: 193 of our staff killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the enclave

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The UNRWA said in a statement on X that 193 of its employees were killed in Gaza Strip since the Israeli war on the enclave in October last year.

“Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world for aid workers. Since the war began, 193 UNRWA colleagues have been killed – the highest death toll in UN history,” it added on Monday.

The UN agency underlined that its facilities are being targeted and civilians taking refuge in them are bombed, adding, “We operate in the most challenging circumstances to provide shelters for hundreds of thousands of people who have been forced to leave their homes.”

It called for investigation into the violations against its facilities and staffers, pointing out that “UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza.”

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Rishiq: The resistance in Gaza dismantled the Israeli war cabinet

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq: said on Monday that the Palestinian resistance, spearheaded by Al-Qassam Brigades of 'Hamas, took apart the Israeli war cabinet that had been formed to dismantle the resistance eight months ago.

The Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, dissolved on Monday his six-member war cabinet in an expected move after ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot resigned from the government over frustration with Netanyahu’s handling of the war.

 Hebrew media said that Netanyahu informed his ministers that he disbanded the war cabinet after the far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir asked to join it.

Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Israeli war on Gaza with a small group of ministers, including war minister Yoav Gallant and strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer, who had been in the war cabinet.

The war Cabinet was formed in the early days of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, when Gantz, then an opposition party leader, joined the coalition in a show of unity following the October 7 attack on southern Israel by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

At the time, Netanyahu decided to form a small decision-making body responsible for steering the war in a bid to sideline the far-right members of his government.

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PPS: 640 Palestinian children kidnapped since the Israeli occupation apartheid regime started its genocidal war on Gaza Strip

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have kidnapped at least 640 Palestinian children since the war on the Gaza Strip started last October.

In a statement on Monday, PPS said that the IOFs kidnapped a seven-year-old child identified as Bahaa Kadthim from Al-Mughayyir town in Ramallah on the first day of the 'Eidul Adh-'ha holiday before releasing him later.

The Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped Bahaa and three other children during their presence inside the town, according to his family.

PPS added that Bahaa was beaten by the Israeli soldiers during his detention, pointing out that the IOFs raided a house belonging to the children's family a few days ago and kidnapped his brother Ali.  

PPS said that the Palestinian children in Israeli jails are exposed to maltreatment, abuse and medical neglect, adding that there is a group of Gazan children in the Israeli occupation apartheid regime Megiddo jail.

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Chief of Palestinian Olympic Committee stresses Palestine’s keenness to participate in 2024 Olympic Games

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) -

Jibril Al-Rujoub, President of the Palestinian Football Association and Chair of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, received a phone call late Monday night from the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, during which they discussed preparations of Palestinian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games planned for in Paris next month.

During the call, Al-Rujoub stressed the insistence of Palestinian players to participate in the Olympics despite all the difficult conditions facing the Palestinian people.

Due to the difficult circumstances in the Palestinian Territory as a result of Israel’s ongoing aggression, players expected to participate in the Olympics were forced to undergo training camps outside Palestine.

Al-Rujoub briefed Bach on the violations being committed against the rights of the Palestinian sports movement by the Israeli war machine, in addition to violations committed by some Israeli athletes and official Israeli sports institutions.

He said the Palestinian Olympics will provide the International Olympics with a complete file documenting all violations.

For his part, Bach stressed his keenness for Palestinian athletes, including those from Gaza, to participate in the Olympic Games, together with the rest of the players worldwide.

He expressed his support for Palestinian athletes in light of the difficult situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

T.R. 

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

On June 18, 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 25 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 80 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,372 and the injuries to 85,452, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces commit three massacres in Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours

GAZA, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The Israeli occupation army committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 25 civilians and the injury of 80 others, according to medical sources.

The number of people killed since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 37,372, most of whom were children and women. The number of injured has so far reached 85,452.

Thousands of victims are still 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.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 256

Tuesday 18-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 256 on Tuesday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

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

According to media sources, an Israeli drone attacked citizens in Al-Sahaba street in Gaza City, killing one of them and injuring others.

Casualties, including four martyrs, were reported following Israeli attacks in Al-Qarara town in the east of Khan Younus and near Wadi Gaza area in the west of Al-Nusayrat.

At dawn, Israeli attacks on homes in the refugee camps of Al-Nusayrat and Al-Buraij in central Gaza claimed the lives of 17 civilians from the families of Al-Ra’iee, Al-Madhoun and 'Harb.

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

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At least 17 Palestinian civilians killed and others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on different areas across Gaza Strip

GAZA, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

At least 17 Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured today in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that ambulance crews recovered the bodies of eight people   as a result of targeting a home belonging to Al-Ra-'i family.

Ambulance and civil crews also recovered the bodies of five others following an Israeli airstrike targeting commercial shops belonging to  Al-Madhoun family in  Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation regime warplanes targeted a house belonging to 'Harb family in Al-Buraij camp, resulting in the killing of several civilians and causing multiple causalities.

The occupation forces continued their incursion into several areas in the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, amid heavy gunfire and artillery shelling.

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of raids on the Al-Mughraqa area and the vicinity of the Gaza Valley area, north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, and the eastern area of ​​the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation warplanes also launched intense airstrikes targeting agricultural land in the vicinity of the Al-Mufti area, north of Al-Nusayrat, and another on the Tel Al-Hawa and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in Gaza City.

By June 17, 2024, 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.

Y.S.

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Seven Palestinian civilians killed and dozens wounded in Israeli genocidal air attacks on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp

GAZA, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

Seven Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured at midnight in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, resulting in the killing of seven civilians and the wounding of several others.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime warplanes intensively bombed several areas in the central governorate of the Gaza Strip, especially the city of Dair El-Bala'h and Al-Buraij camp.

The Israeli occupation forces artillery also targeted the western neighborhoods of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

By June 17, 2024, 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.

Y.S.

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

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Palestinian man killed by Israeli occupation forces south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man was killed this evening by Israeli occupation forces’ in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Local sources said that the occupation forces opened gunfire at a young man while he was present at the western entrance to the town of Bait Fajjar, south of the city, wounding him.

The Ministry of Health said that it was informed that Bilal 'Aadil 'Abdul Fatta'h Balu, 39, was killed by occupation bullets south of Bethlehem.

Following the shooting, the  occupation forces shut down the area and prevented ambulance crews and local residents from reaching the slain youth.

The occupation forces broke into the town, deployed around a gas station and prevented locals from moving.

Y.S/K.T.

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Two Palestinian youths injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in Nablus

NABLUS, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian youths were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets in the village of Salem, east of Nablus.

Local sources said that the occupation forces broke into the village of Salem, east of the city, sparking confrontations, during which the soldiers fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas bombs towards residents, injuring two children with live ammunition in the foot.

The spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Ahmed Jibril, said that the two youths aged 15-yaers-old

Y.S.

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Three Palestinians injured during Israeli military incursion of Al-Khaleel Hebron

NABLUS, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three Palestinians youths were shot this evening during confrontations that broke out with Israeli occupation forces in the town of Bait Ummar, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Media activist Mu'hammed 'Awad said that confrontations broke out in Al-Dthahr area, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets towards the three young men, wounding a boy with live bullets in the foot, and others with metal bullets and shrapnel.

Y.S. 

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Israeli occupation forces attack, bruise Palestinian man near military checkpoint in Toubas

TOUBAS, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man today sustained bruises after being assaulted by Israeli occupation forces at Al-Tayaseer checkpoint, east of Tubas.

Medical sources reported that Red Crescent crews transferred the 46-year-old after he was brutally beaten up by Israeli soldiers near Al-Tayaseer checkpoint, east of the city, causing him bruises throughout his body.

Y.S.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Tuesday 18-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Tuesday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped five citizens from the villages of Dair Ibziq, Safa, and Sinjil near Ramallah.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped dozens of citizens from their homes and released them after interrogating them inside a school in Qusra village.

Local sources said that the IOFp soldiers took with them two citizens after withdrawing from Qusra village.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed different neighborhoods of Nablus City, where they came under attack from resistance fighters.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), IOFs kidnaped two brothers from the city after raiding their home.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces set up checkpoint at entrance of Jineen-district village

Jineen, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces today set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Jalboun, east of Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.

The head of the Jalboun Village Council, Ibrahim Abu Al-Rub, said that the occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, inspecting vehicles and checking the identity cards of passengers.

Meanwhile, the soldiers continue to besiege a house and turn it into a military point.

Abu Al-Rob pointed out that the village has been subjecting almost daily to incursions by the occupation forces, involving shooting of bullets at homes from, a large-scale of home raids and detentions, and the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities and the destruction of streets.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, and various other physical obstructions.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian lands, damage water well in Salfeet

SALFIT, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today attacked lands belonging to Palestinian residents in the village of Yasouf, east of Salfeet.

Local sources said that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked agricultural lands in the Haraiq Abdul Razzaq area, east of Yasouf, and damaged a water well and agricultural chains.

During the raid, the the illegal Israeli settlers further shut down an agricultural road in the said village.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set agricultural lands on fire east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set Palestinian agricultural lands on fire in the village of Barqa, east of Ramallah.

Local sources said that a group of Israeli colonists set to fire agricultural lands surrounding the village of Barqa, east of the city.

The occupation soldiers did nothing to stop the attack but rather provided protection for the colonists.

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Several Palestinians injured in an attack by illegal Israeli settlers on Al-Ma’rajat Road in Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinian today were injured in an Israeli attack on Al-Ma’rajat Road, northwest of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho).

Local sources said that a group ofthe illegal Israeli settlers hurled stones towards a vehicle while it was traveling along the Al-Marajat road linking the Ramallah, Al-Beerih and Jericho governorates, causing injury to some of its occupants.

In a related context, the general supervisor of the Al-Baidar organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, 'Hasan Mulai'hat, said that the illegal Israeli settlers usually surprise local residents while they were passing through Al-Ma’rajat road and embark on hurling their vehicles with stones, making the area unsafe for locals and Bedouin communities.

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