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 268 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 43 Palestinians Killed, 111 Injured, with a Death Toll of  37,877 and 86,969 Injuries

June 30, 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, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry:

By June 30, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 44,877+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (37,877), those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By June 30 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 86,969.

By June 30, 2024, 553 Palestinians who were killed, 5,218 who were injured, and 9,450, 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 6, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 7,797+ children and 4,959 women (52% of the total).

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The Palestinian Government Media Office death toll data (which includes media reports and family member reporting online):

By May 21, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 15,000+ children (43%).

By March 4, 2024, 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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A Palestinian mother grieving the death of her little child, who was murdered in Israeli air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024	Palestinian citizen Sa’eed Al-Jabir was martyred and five others were injured in an Israeli drone air strike targeting a house in the Nour Shams refugee camp, in Toulkarm, June 30, 2024
Palestinian children continue to be the largest categories of victims of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024	Grieving the death of children who were murdered by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024
Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, in Gaza City, on June 30, 2024.	A Palestinian was killed, four were injured in Nour Shams refugee camp, in Toulkarm, where a house was destroyed by Israeli genocidal bombardment, June 30, 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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Commission of Detainees says Palestinian women are abused in Israeli occupations prisons

Sunday 30-June-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has affirmed that the Israeli prison service (IPS) persists in pursuing a policy of abuse and punishment against the Palestinian female detainees in its jails.

In a statement, the Commission said that the IPS had escalated its abusive practices against the Palestinian female detainees since October 7, 2023 through holding them incommunicado, depriving them of their basic rights, strip-searching them, medically neglecting them and starving them, not to mention their exposure to different forms of harassment and maltreatment during and after their detention.

The Commission’s lawyer reported, following a recent visit to Damon jail, that the prison administration had tightened its grip on the Palestinian women in the facility and made every cell that used to accommodate five crammed with 10 detainees.

The Damon jailers also seized the electric fans from the cells and closed the small windows at the doors of the sections to block air from entering to increase humidity and heat levels inside the cells, according to the lawyer.

There are 78 Palestinian female detainees in Israeli jails, including 71 in Damon prison. Three of the women in this jail are from Gaza and two others are pregnant.

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Number of wounded Palestinian detainees in Israeli custody has significantly increased since start of aggression - Prisoners' institutions

RAMALLAH, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), said a significant increase was recorded since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in the number of Palestinian detainees who were injured by Israeli forces during or before their detention.

They highlighted the double suffering of wounded detainees in the occupation prisons and detention camps in light of the numerous testimonies of wounded detainees who were subjected to medical crimes, especially after their transfer to prisons.

These crimes have also doubled in detention camps where Gaza detainees were held, said a statement issued by the Commission and PPS.

According to the statement, some detainees were subjected to limb amputations without anesthesia, and some underwent surgery without anesthesia. “This constitutes a part of the medical crimes committed against detainees.”

T.R. 

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

On June 30, 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 43 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 111 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 37,877 and the injuries to 86,969, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 37,877 martyrs

Sunday 30-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 43 civilians and injuring over 111 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 154 of them, including 43 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 37,877 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 86,969 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 genocidal war on Gaza Strip enters Day 268

Sunday 30-June-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 268 on Sunday, 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, a number of civilians were injured when the Israeli army attacked a house near Al-'Ashi carpenter shop in the Tunnel street in Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation army also attacked Al-Wa'ha area in Bait Lahya, north of Gaza, and Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood in Gaza City, killing four civilians.

Casualties, including martyrs, were also reported following an Israeli attack on an apartment near the 'Omlah market in Gaza City.

A citizen and his litter daughter were injured in an Israeli attack on Al-'Atatira area in Bait Lahya, north of Gaza.

Six martyrs from the family of Zo’rob were evacuated to the Nasir Hospital following an Israeli attack in western Rafa'h.

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

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Several casualties in Israeli shelling of Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City

GAZA, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were killed and injured this evening in an Israeli shelling of the Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces targeted a group of civilians in the Sabra neighborhood, leading to the killing and injury of several people.

The occupation artillery also shelled the Shaboura neighborhood and the vicinity of the Al-'Awda roundabout in central Rafa'h, south of the Strip.

The number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, on October 7, 2023, has reached more than 37,877, mostly women and children. Over 86,969 others have been injured.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them.

Casualty data in Gaza are incomplete due to the intensive Israeli aggression, the repeated and complete interruption of communication and internet services, the lack of fuel and heavy equipment, and the devastated infrastructure, which render it difficult to document figures.

T.R.

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Ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill civilian, injure others

GAZA, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) -

A civilian was killed and others were injured today in an Israeli air raid on Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a house west of Gaza City, killing at least one citizen and injuring several others.

The number of civilians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, on October 7, 2023, has reached more than 37,877, mostly women and children. Over 86,969 others have been injured.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them.

Casualty data in Gaza are incomplete due to the intensive Israeli aggression, the repeated and complete interruption of communication and internet services, the lack of fuel and heavy equipment, and the devastated infrastructure, which render it difficult to document figures.

T.R.

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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing north of Gaza

GAZA, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli occupation artillery shelling on Al-Waha area in Bait Lahya, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Two others were also killed in an occupation targeting Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes bombed an apartment in Al-Sabra neighborhood of the city.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces bulldozed and burned agricultural lands in northern Gaza.

They added that the occupation tanks continued to broke into the project area, east of Rafa'h, in the south of the Gaza Strip, amid artillery shelling, after the occupation bulldozed homes in Shakoush area of ​​the city.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 37,877 reported fatalities, with an additional 86,969 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.

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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Israeli warplanes bomb house in Toulkarm-area refugee camp; one killed, four injured

TULKARM, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces drone bombed on Sunday a house in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, east of Toulkarm.

Sa'eed 'Izzat Jabir, 24, was killed and five others were injured during the bombing.

WAFA correspondent, quoting local sources and eyewitnesses, said that a number of injuries were reported following the drone's bombing of a house in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in the camp.

The Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian youth was killed and five others were injured, including two in serious condition, as a result of the occupation bombing of a house in Nour Shams refugee camp.

Following the bombing of the house, Red Crescent ambulance crews rushed to the camp and said that they were unable to enter the targeted house due to the outbreak of fire, while civil defense crews extinguished the fire and worked with local residents to search under the rubble for injuries or slain people.

During the bombing, a number of citizens' homes surrounding and close to the house, which is located in a narrow area in  Al-Manshiya neighborhood, were damaged.

Its residents, including children and women, who were inside their homes, were injured with shrapnel. They were provided with treatment.

Jabir was subjected to an assassination attempt on June 2th, while he was in his vehicle at one of the gas stations near Nour Shams camp, when an Israeli occupation drone fired a missile in the area. No injuries or damage were reported at the time.

With the killing of Jabir, the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces in Toulkarm since the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip began on October 7, 2023 now rises to 114.

K.T.

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Clashes with an Israeli special force in the Fari’a refugee camp in Toubas

Sunday 30-June-2024

TOUBAS, (PIC)

Fierce clashes erupted between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Fari’a refugee camp in Toubas on Sunday.

The resistance fighters engaged in violent clashes with the IOFs, who rushed to the camp after an IOF special unit was detected by the fighters.

Meanwhile, resistance fighters detonated an explosive device targeting an Israeli vehicle in the Fari’a valley.

The IOFs stormed the Fari’a camp south of Tubas, after Israeli special forces had infiltrated the camp and opened gunfire.

The IOFs deployed snipers on high-rise buildings, simultaneous with intense over flights of reconnaissance aircraft over Tubas. The IOFs withdrew after arresting one Palestinian.

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At least 9,450 Palestinians detained in West Bank since Oct. 7

Monday 1-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

At least 20 more Palestinians were detained by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in violent raids in the West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups on Sunday.

The new arrests brought the number of Palestinians detained by the Israeli occupation army in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, to 9,450, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

The new arrests were carried out in the cities of al-Khalil, Tulkarem, Nablus, and Occupied Jerusalem, the Commission added.

“The detainees were subjected to abuse, severe beatings, and threats against their families, in addition to widespread acts of sabotage and destruction of citizens’ homes,” the statement said.

Separately, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs accused Israel of waging a “war of starvation” against women prisoners in its custody.

Women detainees endure “hunger strikes, food deprivation, and lack of medical treatment, alongside physical and psychological abuse during strip searches, and ongoing threats against their families,” it said.

According to the commission, there are currently 78 female prisoners in Israeli custody, with 71 held in the Damon Prison, including three from the  Gaza Strip.

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap Palestinians in the West Bank

Sunday 30-June-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out raids on homes and kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during campaigns in the West Bank last night and at dawn Sunday.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped professor Osayd Fatayir and Sheikh Fadi Ghazal from their homes in Ras Al-'Ain neighborhood in Nablus City.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed Surra village in western Nablus and clashed with local youths. No arrests have been reported.

IOFs raids on homes were reported in Talfeet town, south of Nablus.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs kidnapped four citizens after ransacking their homes in Yatta City.

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

Last night, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Al-Khadir town, south of Bethlehem.

In a separate incident, an Israeli Jewish settler was injured after Palestinian youths hurled stones at his car and later torched it in Qalandya refugee camp, east of Jerusalem.

The incident happened after the settler mistakenly drove his car into the Palestinian refugee camp.

Palestinian Authority security officers reportedly rescued the settler and handed him over to Israeli soldiers at a nearby checkpoint.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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New illegal Israeli settler attack in Nablus

Monday 1-July-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural lands in 'Aseera Al-Qibliya town, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on Sunday afternoon.

The head of the village of 'Aseera Al-Qibliya council, Hafidth Sali'h, affirmed that a group of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers from the “Yitzhar” illegal settlement attacked the eastern area of ​​the town and set fire to agricultural lands before trying to attack local homes.

Fortunately, local residents succeeded in confronting the settlers and forcing them to leave the town.

However, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town and attacked the residents with teargas bombs.

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Ben Gvir calls for executing Palestinian prisoners

Sunday 30-June-2024

NAZARETH, (PIC)

The far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who lives illegally in illegal Israeli settlement in the Palestinian West Bank, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

In a video statement, Ben-Gvir said that Israel should kill Palestinian prisoners with a “shot to the head.”

He urged the passing of the bill at the Israeli Knesset calling for executing prisoners, saying they should be given just enough food to keep them alive until the law is enacted.

The Israeli Knesset approved in early March 2023 the preliminary reading of a bill calling for imposing the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners.

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Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-based organization warns of forced home demolitions of Maqdisis (Jerusalemites)

Sunday 30-June-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

An Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-based organization has warned of an escalating Israeli policy of forced home demolitions of Maqdisis (Jerusalemites) and the coercion of citizens to demolish their own homes.

The Islamic-Christian Commission for the Support of Jerusalem and its Sanctities (ICCSJS) explained that the demolition of homes of Jerusalemites has witnessed an unprecedented acceleration since the beginning of the year.

It pointed out that the Israeli occupation authorities have demolished dozens of homes and structures or forced their owners to demolish them at the pretext of not obtaining permits.

It confirmed that the occupation exploits the pretext of Jerusalemites not obtaining building permits to achieve several goals mainly displacing them, emptying their city, and disrupting the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish presence in the holy city.

It clarified that the acceleration of the demolition of Jerusalemites’ homes coincides with the escalation of new settlement projects and the construction of thousands of colonial units in various neighborhoods of the city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Commission called on the international community to end its silence and intervene effectively and seriously to stop the genocide, forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing that the Palestinian people are subjected to, and to take effective measures to deter the occupation from continuing to commit these crimes.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian lands near Nablus

NABLUS, Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers burned on Sunday agricultural lands in the town of 'Aseera Al-Qibliya, south of Nablus.

The head of the village council in 'Aseera Al-Qibliya, Hafidth Sali'h, said that Yitzhar settlers attacked the eastern area of ​​the town and set fire to agricultural lands in the area.

K.T

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Illegal Israeli settlers prepare to establish outpost near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Sunday, June 30, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Sunday set up a tent on Palestinian lands of the village of Artas, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), in a step that paves the way for the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost.

'Hasan Buraijiya, an activist, reported that a colonist set up a tent and raised the Israeli flag on the lands of Jabal Abu Zaid area, south of the village of Artas, in a move aimed at seizing citizens’ lands and paving the way for the establishment of a colonial outpost.

It is noteworthy that the illegal Israeli settlers have recently escalated their repeated attacks on the said area, demolishing stone chains, restoring caves, and preventing citizens from reaching their lands.

K.T.

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