On Day 262 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Massacres, 28 Palestinians Killed, 66 Injured, with a Death Toll of 37,626 and 86,098 Injuries, June 24, 2024

On Day 262 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, Massacres, 28 Palestinians Killed, 66 Injured, with a Death Toll of 37,626 and 86,098 Injuries

June 24, 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 24, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,626+.

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,626 and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+).

By June 24, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 86,098 and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip. 70% of deaths were for children and women.

By June 24, 2024, 552 Palestinians who were killed, 5,211 who were injured, and 9,384, 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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Hani Al-Ja'farawi, Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Services in Gaza, was martyred by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Al-Daraj Clinic in Gaza City, on June 23, 2024	PGMO reported that 17,000 children in Gaza are orphaned, due to the killing of their parents by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, June 24, 2024

Palestinian herder A'hmed Al-Shawaheen was assaulted by illegal Israeli settlers while he was grazing his livestock in Wadi Al-Juwaiya, in Masafir Yatta, on June 24, 2024	Rasha 'Hirzallah, a journalist of the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, was detained, then had extended detention for the third time by Israeli regime, June 24, 2024

Bringing the martyred and injured Palestinians to the European hospital in Khan Younus after massacring them in northern Rafa'h by Israeli genocidal air strikes, June 24, 2024.	Grieving Palestinian martyrs in Dair El-Bala'h hospital, after massacring them by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, June 24, 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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'Hamas: Netanyahu’s comments on ‘partial agreement’ show he rejects Biden proposal

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has issued a statement describing recent remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as showing that he only wants a “partial agreement after which the war would resume” and not the proposal the Biden administration “tried to market”.

Netanyahu’s positions are “a clear confirmation of his rejection of the recent Security Council resolution, and the proposals of US President Joe Biden,” Hamas said in a statement.

The Movement continued to insist that any agreement must include, “a clear affirmation of a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.”

“Our insistence that any agreement include a permanent ceasefire and complete withdrawal was necessary to block Netanyahu’s maneuvering and deception,” the statement reads.

Hamas called on the international community to put pressure on the Israeli government to stop its war against the Palestinian people, and demanded that the US administration take a clear decision to stop its support for the ongoing genocide against the Gaza Strip.

The Movement also called on the Biden administration to “lift the lid” on the Israeli crimes, which make Washington a key partner in committing them.

Netanyahu made the comments in a televised interview with Israeli media outlet Channel 14 on Sunday, where he also said that Israeli troops would be moved to Israel’s border with southern Lebanon as “the war in its intense phase is about to end in Rafa'h”.

But he cautioned that this didn’t mean an end to the war in Gaza, saying it would only end when Hamas no longer controls the enclave.

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21,000 children estimated missing in Gaza, says Save the Children

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Up to 21,000 children are estimated to be missing after nearly 9 months of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, many trapped beneath rubble, detained, buried in unmarked graves, or lost from their families, said Save the Children.

The organization stated in a statement that the number of children separated from their families has increased due to the escalating Israeli attacks on the city of Rafa'h in the south of the Gaza Strip, and that those who protect unprotected children are under pressure.

It is almost impossible to collect and verify information under the current conditions in Gaza, but at least 17,000 children are believed to be unaccompanied and separated and approximately 4,000 children are likely missing under the rubble, with an unknown number also in mass graves.

It added that other children have been forcibly ‘disappeared’, including an unknown number detained and transferred out of the Strip , their whereabouts unknown to their families amidst reports of ill-treatment and torture.

The organization also pointed out that the bodies of those who were buried under the rubble or burned to death in tents during the Israeli attacks have become difficult to identify.

In turn, the organization's regional director in the Middle East, Jeremy Stoner, said, "Many parents do not know the whereabouts of their loved ones, and no parent should dig in rubble or mass graves to find his child, nor should any child remain alone and unprotected in a war zone."

He stressed the need for an urgent ceasefire to find the missing children and reunite them with their families if they are alive.

Y.S.

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PGMO: 17,000 children in Gaza are orphaned

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA. (PIC)

About 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are orphaned since the start of the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people on Oct. 7, the Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza revealed on Sunday.

The PGMO also pointed out that 3% of the total number of these orphaned children lost both of their parents.

UN estimates earlier revealed that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families nearly four months into Israel’s assault on the enclave.

For its part, Save the Children organization revealed that “children in Gaza surviving the violence are enduring unspeakable horrors, including life-changing injuries, burns, disease, inadequate medical care, and losing their parents and other loved ones.”

“They have been forced to flee violence, often repeatedly, with no safe place to go, and face the terror of an uncertain future.”

“Before this war, UNICEF was considering that more than 500,000 children were already in need of Mental Health and Psychosocial support in the Gaza Strip. Today, it estimates that almost all children are in need of mental health and psychosocial support, that is more than 1 million children.

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UNICEF warns of escalating deaths among children in Gaza

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

“Who did not die by bombardment, died of epidemics”, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, describing the situation in the Gaza Strip and warning of the escalating death and injury toll among children due to the spread of various diseases and epidemics resulting from sewage flooding the streets and displacement tents, along with a severe shortage of drinking water, especially in the summer hot days.

Since October 7 last year, Israel has been waging a bloody aggression on Gaza, which has resulted in tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded, in addition to thousands of missing persons.

UNICEF revealed that more than a million children have been suffering from skin and respiratory diseases since October 7, with more than 860,000 children complaining of respiratory diseases, 400,000 others of intestinal infections and more than 10,000 of skin diseases.

The UN organization warned of dire consequences of Israeli continued obstruction of aid delivery, especially fuel which is needed to extract drinking water from ground wells.

The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said that the forced displacement has already caused more than 1.66 million infectious diseases, including more than 71,000 cases with viral hepatitis infections.

For its part, humanitarian and human rights organizations unanimously agreed on the need to immediately stop the genocide war on Gaza to ensure the implementation of relief plans to save people, especially children, in the Strip from certain death, and to prevent the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis in light of the lack of essential basic needs.

On June 7, UNICEF announced that 9 out of 10 children in Gaza were suffering from acute shortage of food, stressing that malnutrition aggravates death risk among children.

The UN organization said in a report that “the situation in Gaza shows that families are unable to meet the nutritional needs of their children, which may lead to severe consequences.”

On June 12, Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, expected that half of the Gaza Strip will face death and famine by mid-July.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime army kills director of ambulance services in aerial attack in Gaza

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said that Hani Al-Ja'farawi, director of its ambulance and emergency services in Gaza, was martyred last night following an Israeli airstrike on Al-Daraj Clinic in Gaza City.

In a statement on Monday, the health ministry mourned Al-Ja'farawi, saying he and his fellow ambulance workers were an exemplary model of steadfastness, determination and sacrifice and performed their humanitarian role to the fullest in evacuating casualties around the clock despite Israeli attacks.

The health ministry in Gaza said it would continue to assume its medical and humanitarian duty despite the systematic Israeli targeting and direct killing of its cadres, pointing out that the Israeli occupation army had killed 500 health personnel so far and kidnaped more than 310 others.

The health ministry appealed to the international community and UN and human rights institutions to work on ending the Israeli aggression against Gaza and protecting its health system and workers.

Civil defense and medical crews recovered last night the bodies of two martyrs, including Al-Ja'farawi, and a number of wounded civilians after an Israeli warplane bombed Al-Daraj Clinic in Gaza City.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime extends detention of WAFA journalist for the third time

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime military court in Salem extended on Monday, and for the third time, the detention of Rasha 'Hirzallah, a journalist working for the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) until August 11th.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that a new session was held Monday for 'Hirzallah in the Israeli court in Salem, during which her detention was extended until August 11, 2024.

Ra-id Ma'hameed, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission's lawyer, said that the court decided to extend the extension until August 11 under the pretext of completing “judicial procedures.”

It is noteworthy that a court session was held for 'Hirzallah on June 10, which in turn decided to extend her detention for two weeks.

Earlier in June, Israeli occupation apartheid regime intelligence agents summoned 'Hirzallah for investigation at a detention center in the illegal Ariel colony.

She went there with a lawyer, and upon their arrival, she was informed that she would be detained for 72 hours.

K.T.

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Euro-Med: Israel destroyed 75 percent of Gaza’s cropland

Sunday 23-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime army took more than 75 percent of the agricultural land area out of service in the Gaza Strip, either through isolating it as a prelude to illegally annexing it by force or destroying and bulldozing it.

In a report on Sunday, Euro-Med accused the Israeli occupation army of seeking to destroy Gaza’s food basket of vegetables, fruits and meat, in addition to destroying other components of its local food production.

Euro-Med also accused the Israeli occupation army of preventing the entry of food supplies and humanitarian aid as part of its effort to perpetuate famine in the Gaza Strip and use starvation as a weapon of war.

Euro-Med said that Israeli occupation forces systematically carried out widespread destruction of agricultural land, and bird and livestock farms with the aim of making the Gaza population’s survival dependent on Israel’s decision to allow in or block humanitarian aid.

Euro-Med added that its field teams documented that the occupation army deliberately killed many farmers while they were working or trying to reach their lands and farms, in addition to destroying thousands of farms, greenhouses, water wells and tanks, and agricultural equipment.

Euro-Med called on the international community to ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including essential food and non-food items, in order to address the health and environmental disaster in an immediate, safe and effective manner.

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

On June 24, 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 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 28 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 66 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,626 and the injuries to 86,098, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 37,626 as Israel's genocide carries on unabated

GAZA, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023, has risen to 37,626 reported fatalities, with an additional 86,098 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

Y.S.

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Several casualties reported in Israeli strikes targeting civilians west of Gaza City

GAZA, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

Three civilians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli air raid targeting a group of civilians in the Al-Shati (Beach) refugee camp west of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a group of civilians standing near a supermarket in the said camp, leaving several casualties.

The Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 37,626 people and the injury of 86,098 others, most of whom are children and women.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks, the massive amount of debris and the shortage of fuel and heavy equipment.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime army kills director of ambulance services in aerial attack in Gaza

Monday 24-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry appealed to the international community and UN and human rights institutions to work on ending the Israeli aggression against Gaza and protecting its health system and workers.

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Several casualties in Israeli strikes west of Gaza's Khan Younus city

GAZA, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

Seven civilians were killed and others were injured in Israeli shelling targeting a group of civilians east of the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said the occupation warplanes targeted a group of citizens at the Bani Suhaila Roundabout, resulting in the killing and wounding of several people.

The number of civilians killed since the onset of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, has reached 37,626. Around 86,098 others, mostly children and women, have been wounded.

T.R.

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One Palestinian civilian killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on civilian neighborhood in Gaza

GAZA, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

One Palestinian civilian today was killed in an Israeli occupation genocidal bombing east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that civil defense and rescue crews recovered the body of a civilian from the vicinity of Al-Sikka Street, east of the said neighborhood.

Israeli occupation tanks and military vehicles fired at civilians on Street 10, south of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, and in Sheikh Ajlin area, southwest of Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes also targeted Al-Mughraqa area, north of al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, and north of Al-Nusayrat.

In the south of Gaza Strip, occupation artillery intensively bombed the Brazil neighborhood, Shaboura refugee camp, and Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in the city of Rafa'h.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out a relentless aggression against the Gaza Strip, killing more than 37,598 citizens, and injuring 86,032 others, with thousands of victims remaining under the rubble.

Y.S/K.T.

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Two Palestinian medical personnel killed in Israeli genocidal shelling of clinic in central Gaza City

GAZA, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

Two Palestinian medical personnel were killed, and others were wounded in an Israeli occupation shelling of the Al-Daraj Clinic, in central Gaza City.

Israeli fighter jets also launched a violent airstrike on the Zeitoun area east of Gaza City. Israeli warplanes randomly targeted citizens in scattered areas in Khan Younus, south of the Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces’ ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of more than 37,598 citizens, mostly women and children, and the injury of 86,032 others.

Thousands of victims are still buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads due to the high insecurity and lack of equipment.

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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Several Palestinians injured in IOFs Nablus raid

Monday 24-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian child was shot and injured by Israeli gunfire, while another sustained bruises and wounds after Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Nablus, northern of the West Bank, on Sunday evening.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society affirmed that a 15-year-old boy suffered from gunshot wounds as clashes erupted during the Nablus raid.

Another young man suffered from injuries and bruises all over his body as he was chased by the IOFs.

The IOFs stormed the Ras Al-'Ayn area in Nablus amid heavy firing of stun grenades and gas bombs.

For its part, the “Nablus Brigade” declared that its fighters have confronted the Israeli occupation forces in the Ras Al-'Ayn axis (in Nablus).

Activists on social media posted video clips showing the Israeli forces deploying in Nablus before withdrawing from the area.

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IOFs kidnap dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raids

Monday 24-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Monday scores of Palestinian citizens during a large-scale kidnapping campaign in the West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped at least 59 citizens during overnight raids on homes in the towns of Silwad and Kafr Ni’ma in Ramallah province.

The IOFs also kidnapped other citizens during its raids in Silwad and Kafr Ni’ma, but it released them later after interrogating them on-site.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped at dawn a wounded child identified as Mu'hammed Al-Zaaqiq from his home in Bait Ummar town and two brothers from the family al-Farroukh from their home in Sa’ir town.

The IOFs also kidnaped MP 'Azzam Salhab from Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City a few days after his release from an Israeli occupation regime jail.

Last night, dozens of citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas during clashes between local youths and Israeli occupation forces in Al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Israeli forces kidnapped two young men from their homes in the towns of Bait Fajjar and 'Husan.

In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young man from his home near the Satoun Mosque in the Old City.

Local sources reported that a young man was injured in his thigh when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at citizens in ash-Shuhada plaza in central Nablus.

In Toubas, the IOFs stormed Fari’ah refugee camp and wreaked havoc on public and private property before withdrawing.

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Israeli occupation forces detain 59 Palestinians near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces Monday launched a massive detention campaign during their storming of the towns of Silwad, east of Ramallah, and Kafr Ni'mah, west, and detained at least 59 Palestinians.

Eyewitnesses reported that the occupation forces stormed the town of Silwad in the east, and detained 29 citizens, after abusing them, during a raid and search of their families’ homes.

They said the Israeli troops detained dozens of young men and interrogated them on the ground before releasing them.

The sources pointed out that the occupation forces stormed Kafr Ni'ma in the west, and detained more than 30 civilians, in an unprecedented detention campaign. They also detained dozens of young men and interrogated them on the ground before releasing them.

K.T.

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

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained at least 12 Palestinians during military raids across 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 Israeli occupation forces launched a massive detention campaign during their storming of the towns of Silwad, east of Ramallah, and Kafr Ni'mah, west, and detained at least 59 Palestinians.

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

The total number of Palestinians who were detained in the occupied West Bank since October 7th has risen to over 9,360. This figure includes those arrested from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken hostage.

Y.S.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime extends detention of WAFA journalist for the third time

RAMALLAH, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said that a new session was held Monday for 'Hirzallah in the Israeli court in Salem, during which her detention was extended until August 11, 2024.

It is noteworthy that a court session was held for 'Hirzallah on June 10, which in turn decided to extend her detention for two weeks.

Earlier in June, Israeli occupation apartheid regime intelligence agents summoned 'Hirzallah for investigation at a detention center in the illegal Ariel colony.

She went there with a lawyer, and upon their arrival, she was informed that she would be detained for 72 hours.

K.T.

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Israeli forces shoot and injure youth near Toulkarm

TToulkarm, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) -

A young man was Monday morning injured by Israeli occupation forces west of the town of Zaita, north of Toulkarm.

Local sources said that the occupation forces fired heavy bullets in the vicinity of the Separation and Apartheid Wall, west of Zeta, which resulted in a young man being shot.

The Israeli occupation military vehicles also stormed the town and were stationed in the western neighborhood.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers assault elderly Palestinian man, chase Palestinian herders in Masafir Yatta

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, protected by occupation soldiers, today brutally assaulted an elderly man in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Local sources said a group of the illegal Israeli settlers from the illegal settlements of Maon and Tzhar Man attacked and assaulted an elderly man, identified as A'hmed Al-Shawaheen, while he was grazing his livestock in Wadi Al-Juwaiya in Masafir Yatta, causing him wounds and bruises.

Al-Shawaheen was subsequently rushed to Yatta Hospital, where his condition was described as moderate.

In a related context, another group of the illegal Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Bani Hefer assaulted a Palestinian young man in the village of Al-Buwaib, east of Yatta.

Meanwhile, a third group of the illegal Israeli settlers chased Palestinian herders in Khallet Al-'Adthra and prevented them from grazing their livestock on their lands.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers raid archeological site near Nablus

NABLUS, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today stormed the archaeological site of Sebastia, north of Nablus city, according to a local source.

The Sebastia mayor, Mu'hammed 'Azzam, said that dozens of colonists stormed the archaeological site in the town, under heavy protection from the Israeli army.

Located 11 kilometers to the northwest of Nablus, Sebastia is a small historical town located on a hill with panoramic views across the West Bank and has a population of some 3,000 Palestinians.

He added that the town and its archaeological site have been targeting by occupation army and colonists in an apparent prelude to taking over them for the benefit of colonial expansion.

Y.S.

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Out of sudden, Israeli occupation forces close roads to Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-area Palestinian towns

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem),, Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Monday suddenly closed all roads leading to the villages and towns of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), specifically the areas of 'Hizma, 'Anata, Jaba', and Al-Ram.

The sudden closure of the roads caused stifling traffic jams in various parts of these towns and the entrances and checkpoints leading to the city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), specifically Jaba' and 'Hizma checkpoints and Shu'fat refugee camp north and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

K.T.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime issues notices of demolition against Palestinian homes near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, June 24, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Monday issues notices of demolition against eight homes in Masafir Yatta, south of Hebron.

Coordinator of the Popular Committees to Resist the Wall and Settlements in South Hebron, Ratib Al-Jubour, told WAFA that the occupation forces raided an area in Musafir Yatta and handed over several residents notices to demolish the homes in which they live with their families.

He pointed out that the residents of the said area are facing extremely difficult circumstances, due to the Israeli occupation forces and colonists’ continued attacks on them and on their property, crops and livestock, through which they are trying to provide a decent life for their families and children.

K.T.

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