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 211 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 36 Palestinians Killed, 41 Injured, with a Death Toll of  34,654 and 77,908 Injuries

May 4, 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 May 4, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,654+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (34,654) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 4, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 77,908, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By April 7, 2024, the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip resulted in more than 116,061 martyrs, wounded and missing Palestinians, 70% of whom were children and women.

By April 7, 2024, 14,350 children were killed, constituting 44% of the total number of martyrs (over 33,175) in Gaza Strip.

By May 4, 2024, 499 Palestinians who were killed, 4,868 who were injured, and 8,562, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By March 28, 2024, about 12,091 Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, have been detained in 2023. About half of them were detained after October 7. This included 1,085 children and 300 women.

More than 10,000 Palestinian women were killed (by April 17, 2024), 23,000 were injured (by March 8, 2024), but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (by March 8, 2024).

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, 2023, the death toll 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. 

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, 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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32 Palestinian civilians were martyred, 41 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, May 4, 2024	An injured Palestinian little child who was among the victims of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip, May 4, 2024
4 Palestinian female journalists,  Ikhlas Sawal'ha, Rola 'Hasanain, Bushra Al-Taweel, and Asmaa 'Hirish, are detained in Israeli prisons, to prevent them from reporting, May 4, 2024 pic	A massive protest in Yemen against the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, May 3, 2024
Cash liquidity shortage in Gaza portends an economic disaster amid calls for opening banks, May 4, 2024	A view of the Israeli genocidal mass destruction of Gaza, leveling entire neighborhoods and city districts, file, May 4, 2024
Six Palestinians were martyred by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces, during their attack on the town of Dair Al-Ghusoun, in the West Bank, May 4, 2024	Grieving the family members who were martyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, May 4, 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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4 Palestinian female journalists held in Israeli occupation regime prisons

Saturday 4-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

At least four Palestinian female journalists are still held in Israeli jails, a Palestinian prisoners’ group said on Friday.

“Four female journalists are in detention (in the Israeli occupation regime prisons), including a nursing mother,” the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement marking World Press Freedom Day.

The statement identified the female detainees as Ikhlas Sawal'ha, Rola 'Hasanain, Bushra Al-Taweel and Asmaa 'Hirish, noting that three of them – Sawal'ha, Al-Taweel and 'Hirish – are held under administrative detention and without a trial or charge.

The Palestinian rights group also said that a fifth journalist, Somaya Jawabra, is under house arrest after her release from Israeli prison last November.

The PPS also pointed out that four journalists from Gaza are still forcibly disappeared, namely: Nidhal Al-Wuhaidi and Haitham Abdul Wa'hid, who were detained by the Israeli occupation forces, in the first days of the Israeli aggression, in addition to the journalists Ma'hmoud Ziyad Aliwa and Mu'hammed Sabir 'Arab, who were detained from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime is still refusing to disclose their fate or detention conditions.

At least 141 journalists and media professionals were killed and more than 70 others were injured during the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

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UN chief “shocked” by high number of journalists killed in Gaza

Saturday 4-May-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the pivotal role of journalists and media workers on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.

“Around the world, media workers are risking their lives trying to bring us news on everything from war to democracy,” said Guterres in a statement.

“I am shocked and appalled by the high number of journalists killed in Israeli military operations in  Gaza,” he added.

The UN chief said “journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating” the public, adding that media outlets have vital roles in highlighting stories related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice.

“The United Nations recognizes the invaluable work of journalists and media professionals to ensure that the public is informed and engaged,” he said.

“Without facts, we cannot fight mis- and disinformation. Without accountability, we will not have strong policies in place. Without press freedom, we won’t have any freedom,” Guterres added.

Guterres also cited UNESCO reports that say that in the past fifteen years, there have been some 750 attacks on journalists and news outlets reporting on environmental issues.

“And the frequency of such attacks is rising,” he warned.

The UN chief called on “governments, the private sector, and civil society to join us in reaffirming our commitment to safeguarding press freedom and the rights of journalists and media professionals around the world.”

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Senior 'Hamas delegation to visit Cairo on Saturday

Saturday 4-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said that its delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday to resume talks on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip with a “positive spirit.”

“The 'Hamas delegation will head to Cairo tomorrow, Saturday, to continue the talks,” the Movement said in a statement issued Friday.

“We emphasize the positive spirit with which the Hamas leadership dealt with the ceasefire proposal it recently received, and we are going to Cairo in the same spirit to reach an agreement.”

“We in Hamas and the Palestinian resistance forces are determined to achieve an agreement that fulfills our people’s demands for a complete cessation of the aggression, the withdrawal of the occupation forces, the return of the displaced, relief and reconstruction, and a serious exchange deal,” the statement said.

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Cash liquidity shortage in Gaza portends an economic disaster amid calls for opening banks

Saturday 4-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip has warned that cash liquidity shortage following the cessation of cash sources in the Strip portends a major economic and financial catastrophe as the Israeli occupation aggression enters its eighth month in a row, calling on the Palestinian Monetary Authority to re-operate banks.

The GMO said in a statement on Friday that the cash shortage crisis is deepening in the Gaza and northern Gaza governorates, as all cash sources in northern Gaza have been completely blocked since the first day of the aggression.

It explained that with closed banks and no cash flow in the Strip, the employees have become unable to receive their salaries in a normal way. It also paralyzed the purchasing activity in the market and deprived citizens of receiving remittances from family and relatives abroad.

The people with low income are the most affected group due to the cash crisis, especially among those who have not been able to receive their allocations since the beginning of the Israeli aggression, such as social welfare beneficiaries, and families of martyrs, wounded, and prisoners, which requires urgent emergency intervention, the GMO elaborated.

The GMO called on the Palestinian Monetary Authority to reactivate and re-operate banks in various regions of the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, especially in northern Gaza, to facilitate the process of receiving employees’ salaries of government and private sectors, as well as money transfer operations, and the disbursements of checks and wages.

The GMO appealed to the whole world to put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to end the financial blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, and to ensure normal cash flow in the Strip.

The Palestine Monetary Authority had previously announced the destruction of a number of bank branches and headquarters as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression throughout the Gaza Strip, and that it had been impossible to operate them since then because of the ongoing bombardment and electricity cutoff. 

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Over 100 rallies in solidarity with Gaza staged in Morocco

Saturday 4-May-2024

RABAT, (PIC)

The Moroccan Commission for Advocating the Ummah’s Causes said on Friday that it had organized 106 protests in 52 cities in support of the  Gaza Strip — which has been seeing a genocidal war since October 7, 2023.

“About 106 sit-ins and marches, called for by the Commission, were staged in about 52 cities in solidarity with Palestine, especially with  Gaza, on the 30th Friday of al-Aqsa Flood,” the Commission said in a statement.

“Today’s activities have taken place to pay tribute to the Western rallies against the war on Gaza, especially the US and Western student gatherings that are staged in solidarity with Palestine and in protest at the unprecedented genocidal crimes against civilians across Palestine,” the Commission said. 

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Northern Gaza is facing widespread famine that might spread to south, says UN official

ROME, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The director of the UN World Food Program (WFP) Cindy McCain, today confirmed that there is a comprehensive famine in the northern Gaza Strip that might spread to south. 

McCain confirmed, according to a report published on the organization’s official website, that the population in the Gaza Strip suffers from severe food shortages and food insecurity after seven months of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

She indicated that her statements come based on what the program saw on the ground, adding, “There is real horror, and it is very difficult to look at or hear it, hoping that a ceasefire will be reached."

Humanitarian organizations have warned for months that the Israeli aggression against Gaza has pushed the Strip towards the brink of famine.

Y.S. 

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On Holy Saturday, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime denies Palestinian Christians their rights

Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem), Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police deprived Christians access to Al-Quds (occupation Jerusalem) to celebrate religious rituals on Holy Saturday, which precedes Easter.

Local sources reported that the occupation police tightened their measures and beefed-up their military deployments at the gates of the Old City, and obstructed the entry of Christians to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to revive religious rituals.

Since the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, restrictions on Christian and Islamic sanctities have been on the rise, while tens of thousands of Israeli settlers have been easily ‘visiting’ the Al-Buraq Wall during the Jewish holidays. In fact, the year 2019 witnessed the largest numbers of Israeli settlers praying there, and an estimated number of more than 100,000 settlers broke into the plaza.

The restrictions are not limited to putting curbs on the number of participants, but rather include depriving Christians in Gaza access to the holy sites in Jerusalem by cancelling the permits that in recent years were granted to only a few. This is not the first time that the occupation has prevented and impeded the exit of Gaza Christians to the West Bank, especially after the 2014 Israeli aggression on Gaza.

 Y.S. 

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Princeton University students begin hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian people in Gaza

RAMALLAH, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of students at Princeton University began a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli aggression against the Strip entered its 211th day.

"Princeton University students launched a hunger strike on Friday announcing they wanted to call attention to the suffering of people in Gaza and to demand the university divest from companies tied to Israel's military campaigns."

The statement made by members of the “Palestine Solidarity Camp” at Princeton University said, “We have begun a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are suffering under the ongoing Israeli siege.”

"Millions of Gazans continue to suffer due to ongoing siege by Israel. Two million residents now face a man-made famine. Join us as we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people," organizers said in an online statement.

They added, "The decision to strike comes in response to the American administration's refusal to meet our demands by withdrawing its support for Israel."

They stated, "United Nations data shows that Gaza contains the largest number of people facing catastrophic famine," noting that "dozens were forced to use fine animal feed to make bread and breakfast during the month of Ramadan."

Since last April 18, American universities have witnessed a student movement in support of the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israeli war, which later expanded and moved to universities in countries such as, France, Britain, Germany, Canada, and India.

By May 3, 2024, local health authorities reported that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,622 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,867 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.

Y.S. 

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

On May 4, 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 32 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 41 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 34,654 and the injuries to 77,908, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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32 Palestinian martyrs in 3 Israeli massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Saturday 4-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that the Israeli occupation forces committed 3 massacres against families in the  Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, adding that 32 martyrs and 41 wounded persons were brought to hospitals.

The Ministry confirmed in its daily report that the toll of the Israeli aggression had risen to 34,654 martyrs and 77,908 injured since the seventh of October last year.

A number of victims are still under the debris and on the roads as ambulance and civil defense crews have been prevented by the Israeli occupation forces from reaching them, the Ministry highlighted.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a devastating war on the  Gaza Strip, resulting in tens of thousands of martyrs, wounded and missing, in addition to the displacement of two million people and a massive destruction of homes and infrastructure that affected more than 70% of the buildings amid a suffocating siege, a stifling humanitarian crisis, and an unprecedented famine, especially in  Gaza City and the northern governorates. 

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 211

Saturday 4-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the  Gaza Strip entered day 211 on Saturday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas, and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to launch attacks across  Gaza, killing and injuring multiple citizens.

According to media sources, civil defense and medical crews recovered bodies of three martyrs and evacuated three wounded civilians from the rubble of a bombed house in A'hmed Yaseen street in northern Gaza.

Israeli warplanes also bombed apartments in Al-Junaina neighborhood in the east of Rafa'h City, south of Gaza, killing two civilians, including a child, and injuring others.

Last night, two civilians were martyred and five others were injured when the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to Al-Bilbaisi family on Salahuddeen road.

Dozens of casualties were also reported following Israeli attacks on other areas of  Gaza last night and today. 

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Israel commits three massacres against civilians during the last 24 hours in Gaza

GAZA, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the documented killing of at least 32 Palestinians and the injury of 41 others, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities reported that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,654 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,908 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.

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 teams.

Y.S.

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Scores of civilians killed and inured in violent Israeli strikes on different parts of Gaza

GAZA, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were killed and injured in the ongoing occupation bombing on various parts of the Gaza Strip.

The bodies of three people and wounded were recovered from under the rubble of a house targeted by the occupation warplanes  in the Al-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City, belonging to the Al-'Hourani family.

In the meantime, intense explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the Shuhada Junction area, south of Gaza City.

The occupation also fired dozens of shells at the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, causing casualties among citizens.

Simultaneously, Israeli occupation warplanes bombed at least two houses in the Shaikh 'Ijleen and Tel Al-Hawa neighborhoods, southwest of Gaza City. It also targeted a house in the Ardh Al-Shanti area in the Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

In central Gaza, the occupation aircraft launched a raid on the northwestern area of the Nusayrat refugee camp, coinciding with renewed artillery shelling in the vicinity of the place.

In the city of Dair El-Bala'h, in the central Gaza Strip, two martyrs and five injured arrived as a result of the occupation aircraft targeting a house for the Al-Bilbaisi family on Sala'h Al-Deen Road.

Meantime, rescue and civil defense crews recovered seven decomposed bodies from various areas in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

In the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, two people were killed, one of them a child, and others were injured as a result of the occupation warplanes targeting a house for the Abu Al-'Ainain family in the Al-Junaina neighborhood.

Y.S. 

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Rescue teams recover bodies of seven people in Khan Younun

GAZA, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Rescue teams today recovered the bodies of 7 people from various areas in the city of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local health authorities reported that the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has resulted in 34,622 documented Palestinian fatalities so far, with the majority being children and women. In addition, 77,867 injuries have been documented since the start of the onslaught.

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 teams.

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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Six Palestinians killed in an Israeli massacre in the town of Dair Al-Ghusoun

TOULKARM, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces during the military offensive today on the town of Dair Al-Ghusoun, located north of Toulkarm city in the occupied West Bank, has risen to six, according to Palestinian security sources.

The sources told WAFA that the Israeli occupation forces have taken away the bodies of five out of the six martyrs, after besieging and later gradually bombing and destroying the house upon them in an onslaught that lasted for nearly 13 hours. 

The Israeli attack involved dozens of infantry units, heavy bulldozers, reconnaissance drones, shoulder-fired missiles, gunfire, and stun grenades.

The six martyrs, including the five taken away by the forces, have not yet been identified. Later today, the Palestinian Red Crescent teams retrieved a sixth martyr from the rubble after the Israeli forces withdrew from the town. His identify remains unknown, too.

As soon as the occupation forces withdrew from the town, locals, ambulances, and civil defense teams rushed to the destroyed house. They began removing the rubble and searching for any injured or martyrs who might still be trapped beneath the debris.

A video footage circulating on social media showed Israeli occupation forces shooting at two young men while they were trying to get out from under the rubble of the demolished house, which led to their murder. 

Earlier in the day, WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli bulldozers had embarked on demolishing the house after several hours of tight siege, while imposing a curfew in the surrounding area.

During the onslaught, Israeli forces fired stun grenades and teargas towards a group of journalists while they were covering the events from a building opposite the targeted house. Meanwhile, an Israeli sniper fired at a camera belonging to Al-Arabi TV without reporting any injuries.

The Israeli forces also arrested the homeowner, Salma Basheer Badran, a former prisoner in Israeli jails, after he emerged safe from the rubble. He was subsequently handcuffed, blindfolded, interrogated, and detained.

M.N.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Illegal Israeli settlers raid, search homes in Bedouin community north of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today inspected Palestinian homes in the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community, northwest of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho).

'Hasan Mulai'hat, the supervisor of the Al-Baidar organization for defending the rights of the Bedouins, said that a group of Israeli colonists broke into the community, where they searched four homes belonging to the Mulai'hat family.

Bedouin communities residing in the region east of the occupied West Bank heavily rely on livestock breeding and herding. These activities are essential for their livelihoods in regions where Israeli restrictions hinder the development of infrastructure.

Colonist violence has long since become part of Palestinians’ daily life under occupation. Israeli security forces enable these actions, which result in Palestinians casualties – injuries and fatalities – as well as damage to land and property. In some cases, they even serve as an armed escort, or even join in the attacks," said the Israeli information center for human rights in occupied territories, B’Tselem.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers destroy water pumps in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) -

Illegal Israeli settlers today destroyed water supply pumps in Khirbet Al-Dair in the northern Jordan Valley.

Human rights activist 'Aarif Daraghma said that a group of Israeli sneaked their way into Khirbet Al-Dair and destroyed water supply pumps belonging to a Palestinian farmer.

Earlier yesterday, the occupation prevented some farmers from using water pumps to irrigate their crops.

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Israeli occupation forces detain three Palestinian shepherds in Masafir Yatta

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Saturday, May 4, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today detained three Palestinian shepherds after they were attacked and assaulted by colonists in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Coordinator of the National and Popular Committees to Resist the Wall and Settlements, Ratib Al-Jubour, said that the occupation forces arrested three shepherds in the Shoumra area in Masafir Yatta after being assaulted and chased out by the illegal Israeli settlers.

Late last night, a group of colonists attacked Palestinian vehicles in the Qalqas area, destroying a vehicle belonging to a resident from the Shuwaheen family in the town of Yatta.

The Israeli occupation forces also seized an agricultural tractor and motorcycle in the said area.

 Y.S.

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