On Day 300 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 35 Palestinians Killed, 55 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,480 and 91,128 Injuries

August 1, 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 August 1, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,480+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,480), those who are still missing under the rubble (a corrected estimate, on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By August 1, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 91,128.

By August 1, 2024, 593 Palestinians who were killed, 5,284 who were injured, and 9,890, 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 July 12, 2024, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza included 16,054+ children and 10,700 women (69.7% of the total). The death toll also included 500 doctors and medical staff, 158 journalists, and 75 civil defense workers. 

By July 12, 2024, the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment destroyed more than 100 health hospitals and medical facilities,  609 mosques, 3 churches, more than 430,000 housing units, and the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

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Hizbullah leader Hasan Nasrullah during the funeral of Fuad Shokr says that his assassination by the Israeli occupation regime will be avenged, August 1, 2024	Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, leading the funeral prayer on Martyr Isma'eel Haniyya, who was assassinated by an Israeli missile strike on his guest residence in Tehran, on August 1, 2024
'Hamas Deputy Chairman, Khaleel Al-'Hayya, said that Isma'eel Haniyya was killed by a missile strike, but the Palestinian people will not stop their resistance march, August 1, 2024	Funeral procession of Martyr Isma'eel Haniyya in Tehran, who was assassinated by an Israeli missile strike on his residence in the Iranian capital, on August 1, 2024
Last reporting by Isma'eel Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Reefi, With their Israeli assassination the death toll of Palestinian journalists rises to 165, August 1, 2024	Four civilians today were killed and others were injured in the Israeli occupation forces bombing of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, August 1, 2024
Part of the funeral procession of Martyr Isma'eel Haniyya in Tehran, who was assassinated by an Israeli missile strike on his residence in the Iranian capital, on August 1, 2024	Palestinians waiting for drinking water in a Khan Younus neighborhood, as the Israeli genocidal war continues killing them by bombs, hunger, thirst, and diseases, August 1, 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.

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'Hamas: Assassination of Haniyya will only increase our strength

Wednesday 31-July-2024

TEHRAN, (PIC)

The Deputy Chairman of the 'Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Khaleel Al-'Hayya, said on Wednesday that the Movement’s political chief Isma'eel Haniyya was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”.

This came at a press conference held by the Movement in Tehran on the Israeli assassination of the Palestinian resistance movement’s political bureau chief, Isma'eel Haniyya earlier today.

“Hamas and the Palestinian people will not stop the resistance march,” he stressed, adding, “The resistance vows to respond to this aggression, and the Zionist entity deserves to pay a heavy price for this crime.”

Al-'Hayya also said the missile that killed Haniyya struck him “directly”. As a result of the missile strike, windows, doors and walls in his room were destroyed.

Speaking at a news conference in Tehran, he said that Lebanon and Iran “will never leave this unanswered.”

He said Israel was seeking to “burn the entire region … because they’ve failed to achieve their goals.”

“The Israelis don’t want a deal, they just want to continue their aggression despite all the failure,” Al-'Hayya added.

He also said that Israel “is continually evading an agreement and wants the occupation to remain in place.”

The senior 'Hamas official pointed out that Hamas “will continue its resistance to put an end to the [Israeli] occupation of Palestinian land and to achieve the national goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state.”

“Whoever carries the ['Hamas] banner after Isma'eel Haniyya will tread the same path,” he said.

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Solemn funeral procession held for 'Hamas leader Isma'eel Haniyya in Tehran

Thursday 1-August-2024

TEHRAN, (PIC)

A grand state funeral procession was held on Wednesday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for martyr  Isma'eel Haniyya, head of the Hamas political bureau, who was assassinated yesterday in an Israeli strike on his residence.

Haniyya was assassinated in a strike in Tehran during a visit for the inauguration of newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian

Earlier in the morning, Iranian news agency IRNA published pictures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praying in front of a gathered congregation, which included officials and citizens, at Tehran University in the city center.

Tens of thousands of mourners carrying posters of Haniyya and Palestinian flags gathered for the funeral ceremony at Tehran University before the procession, IRNA said.

Following the prayers, massive crowds accompanied the body of Haniyya and his bodyguard, who was also killed in the strike on Wednesday, and marched to Azadi (Freedom) Square in the city.

Khamenei has already vowed to avenge Haniyya and issued an order to strike the Israeli occupation state directly.

President Masoud Pezeshkian and Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Hussein Salami were present in the funeral ceremony.

During the funeral ceremony, senior Hamas official Khaleel Al-'Hayya vowed that “Ismail Haniyya’s slogan, ‘We will not recognize Israel,’ will remain an immortal slogan” and that the Palestinian resistance “will continue to resist the Israeli occupation until it is uprooted from the land of Palestine.”

Addressing mourners, Iran’s parliament speaker Mu'hammed Ghalibaf said Iran “will certainly carry out the supreme leader’s order (to avenge Haniyya).”

“It is our duty to respond at the right time and in the right place,” he added.

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Nasrullah ushers in a new phase, asserts retaliation is inevitable

Al-Mayadeen, August 1, 2024

Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah tells Israelis and their backers that they must await Hezbollah's inevitable response to the assassination of Sayyed Fouad Shokor.

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Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah gave a live televised speech during the funeral processions of 'Hizbullah's martyred leader Sayyid Fouad Shokr on Thursday, August 1, 2024

The Secretary-General of 'Hizbullah, Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah confirmed on Thursday that the Israeli attack on 'Harit 'Huraik in the southern suburbs of Beirut was an aggression targeting civilian buildings and killing civilians, not just an assassination operation.

In a speech delivered at the funeral ceremony of Hezbollah's assassinated top military leader Sayyid Fouad Shokr, Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah said that the Israeli regime tried to label its aggression as a "response" to the incident in Majdal Shams.

He reiterated that the Resistance has rejected this accusation and denied responsibility after a thorough investigation, adding that "we have the courage to take responsibility if it was our attack, even if it was a mistake, and we have precedents in this matter."

In this context, Sayyid 'Hasan Nasrullah also emphasized that what the Israeli occupation committed "is not a reaction to what happened in Majdal Shams, but rather a claim, deception, and part of the war and battle," pointing out that the occupation "appointed itself as prosecutor, judge, and executioner."

'Hizbullah's chief pointed out that "Israel cannot accept the hypothesis that the incident in Majdal Shams was due to an Israeli interceptor missile" despite the massive evidence suggesting it, which was even put forward by numerous military experts.

He affirmed that "the aim of accusing the Resistance is to incite sectarian strife between the [Druze] people of the occupied Golan and ['Hizbullah], and behind it the Shiite sect, in order to undermine the most significant achievements of the al-Aqsa Flood" of unity and solidarity among Arabs and people of the region.

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Funeral prayers held for Martyr Isma'eel Haniyya in Tehran

August 1, 2024

Tehran, IRNA -

The Supreme Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution has led a funeral prayer for Political Bureau Chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Isma'eel Haniyya who was assassinated by the Zionist regime in Tehran.

According to IRNA's reporter, the ceremony to bid farewell to Martyr Ismail Haniyeh started this morning (Thursday) at the University of Tehran.

Mourners holding portraits of Haniyya gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Ayatollah Seyyid 'Ali Khamenei prayed over the coffins of the 'Hamas chief and one his bodyguards. 

The office of the Supreme Leader had announced that the funeral prayer would be held at the university premise before the mourners march toward the Azadi Square.

Tens of thousands of mourners were lined up on the road to pay their last respect and bid farewell to Martyr Haniyya while a caravan carrying the coffins was heading to the Azadi Square. 

Haniyya was assassinated in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday. He was in the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has already announced three days of public mourning.

The Supreme Leader in a message following the martyrdom of the head of the political office of Hamas said: "The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime prepared the ground for a harsh punishment for itself with this act, and we consider it our duty to avenge his blood as he was martyred in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran".

Haniyya will be laid to rest in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar following another funeral prayer there on Friday.

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With the Israeli assassination of Isma'eel Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Reefi, the death toll of Palestinian journalists rises to 165

Thursday, 1-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in the Gaza Strip announced that the number of journalist martyrs has risen to 165, after the martyrdom of the journalists Isma'eel Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Reefi.

In a statement on Wednesday, the PGMO condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists, holding the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for committing such a heinous crime.

The PGMO called on the international community, international organizations, and those concerned with journalistic work in the world to deter Israel and prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes and to pressure it to stop the crime of genocide and the crime of assassinating Palestinian journalists.

The International Federation of Journalists said that “these crimes against media professionals and journalists in Gaza must be stopped immediately.”

“The sooner the International Criminal Court investigates the killing of journalists, the better,” it added in a statement on Wednesday evening.

For its part, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned “the crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces against a group of colleagues while they were carrying out their professional duty of covering events in the Al-Shati refugee camp in central Gaza, where the Israeli occupation’s war machine directly assassinated the two martyred colleagues Ismail al-Ghoul, correspondent for Al-Jazeera TV, and the cameraman Rami Al-Reefi”.

The Syndicate said in a statement, “This new crime represents a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms that guarantee the protection of journalists and ensure their freedom of work.”

“The Journalists Syndicate holds the occupation forces and their leaders fully responsible for this crime, which comes in the context of escalating assassinations within a systematic policy to suppress the truth and silence the free Palestinian voice,” it added.

The Syndicate called on the international community, the International Federation of Journalists, and human rights and humanitarian institutions to “take immediate and urgent action to condemn this crime and work to provide the necessary protection for Palestinian journalists.”

It also called for an independent international probe into the attack to hold those responsible for these crimes accountable and ensure that they do not evade punishment for their crimes against the Palestinian people.

Earlier on Wednesday, Al Jazeera TV announced the martyrdom of its correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Ismail al-Ghoul, and cameraman Rami Al-Reefi, in an Israeli army bombing that targeted them in Gaza City.

It explained that “an Israeli army drone directly targeted them while they were covering the news from near the home of the Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau, martyr Ismail Haniyya.” 

'Hamas condemns killing of two Palestinian journalists

Wednesday 31-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement condemned on Wednesday “the assassination of Al Jazeera TV correspondent in Gaza City, journalist Isma'eel Al-Ghoul, and photographer Rami Al-Reefi, in an Israeli heinous crime that is added to the series of crimes committed by the enemy against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip.”

“Committing this cowardly crime near the home of the martyred leader Isma'eel Haniyya in Al-Shati refugee camp, while journalists were covering the assassination crime, is a confirmation of the arrogant criminal approach of the enemy.”

'Hamas also offered its deepest condolences to the families of the two journalists, Al Jazeera TV, their colleagues and their loved ones.

“We call on international media institutions to condemn this heinous crime and take serious measures against this fascist entity,” the Movement added.

Al-Ghoul and Al-Reefi were killed in Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, while reporting from near the house of 'Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyya, who was assassinated earlier in the day.

They were wearing their “press” vests, and their car was clearly marked as a news media vehicle.

Al-Ghoul and al-Rifi were targeted after they finished their coverage. They were on their way to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital after being asked to leave the area by Israeli forces.

Nonetheless, they were attacked in an Israeli air strike on their car in a direct hit that decapitated Al-Ghoul and Al-Reefi. 

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UN: Palestinian detainees subjected to arbitrary detention, torture

Thursday 1-August-2024

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The UN Human Rights Office published a report on Wednesday regarding the arbitrary, prolonged, and incommunicado detention of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli authorities since October 2023, revealing severe testimonies of torture and mistreatment.

The report stated that since Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of Palestinians, including medical staff, patients, residents fleeing conflict, and captured fighters, have been taken from Gaza to Israel, often shackled and blindfolded.

Many more have been detained in the West Bank and Israel without being given reasons for their detention, access to lawyers, or judicial review, the document stressed.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk expressed grave concerns: “The staggering number of men, women, children, doctors, journalists and human rights defenders detained since 7 October, most of them without charge or trial and held in deplorable conditions, along with reports of ill-treatment and torture and violation of due process guarantees, raises serious concerns regarding the arbitrariness and the fundamentally punitive nature of such arrests and detention.”

The report detailed horrifying testimonies of detainees subjected to acts like waterboarding, prolonged blindfolding, deprivation of food and water, electric shocks, and sexual violence.

“The testimonies gathered by my Office and other entities indicate a range of appalling acts, such as waterboarding and the release of dogs on detainees, amongst other acts, in flagrant violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” Turk lamented.

Conditions in military-run detention facilities are reportedly dire, with detainees, including children, “held in cage-like facilities, stripped naked, wearing only diapers,” deprived of basic necessities, and subjected to physical and psychological abuse, including “being subjected to electric shocks and being burnt with cigarettes.”

“International humanitarian law protects all those being held, requiring their humane treatment and protection against all acts of violence or threats thereof,” said Turk.

“International law requires that all those deprived of their liberty be treated with humanity and dignity, and it strictly prohibits torture or other ill-treatment, including rape and other forms of sexual violence,” he stated, adding: “Secret, prolonged incommunicado detention may also amount to a form of torture.”

The official further reiterated calls for the immediate release of all Israeli captives held in Gaza and for the release of all Palestinians arbitrarily detained by Israel.

He underscored the need for independent investigations into all serious violations of international law and accountability for perpetrators.

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Euro-Med: the Israeli occupation regime deprives Palestinians in Gaza of getting their cleaning and hygiene needs

Thursday 1-August-2024

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused the Israeli occupation regime army of persisting in imposing an inhumane blockade on the Gaza Strip and preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and indispensable needs for the population.

“The Israeli authorities continue to enforce their ongoing arbitrary blockade of the Gaza Strip, refusing to allow humanitarian aid and necessities that are essential for survival — such as cleaning and personal hygiene supplies — into the Strip. This comes amid the spread of infectious diseases and on top of the precarious living conditions faced by the approximately 2.3 million Palestinians in the enclave, constituting a perpetuation of Israel’s comprehensive crime of genocide, which began on October 7, 2023,” Euro-Med said in a statement on Wednesday.

Euro-Med emphasized that “the consequences of Israel’s intentional worsening of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip by blocking people’s access to cleaning and personal hygiene products, medical equipment, and sterilization supplies are dire.”

“Nothing justifies subjecting the population to conditions that can lead to widespread death, including by causing the spread of serious skin diseases and infections, including hepatitis,” Euro-Med added.

“Israel continues to systematically and arbitrarily deny hygiene supplies and equipment to all the Gaza Strip residents, exacerbating the catastrophic health crisis that Israel has caused there. This crisis has been made worse by the population’s exposure to forced, widespread, and repeatedly occurring displacement,” Euro-Med underlined.

“Approximately 680,000 women and girls in the Gaza Strip are of reproductive age. These individuals lack access to menstrual pads and other essentials, and also face other challenges such as inadequate access to water, toilets, various hygiene products, and privacy,” Euro-Med pointed out.

“We do not have the money to buy enough meals for our children, so we cannot buy cleaning materials and soap in light of their high prices and the lack of availability,” a local resident told the Euro-Med team. “My spouse and kids’ hair has been infected with lice, and we all have skin diseases as a result of not washing and not using enough soap and shampoo.”

Tens of thousands of cases of skin diseases, including eczema, have been reported to medical facilities after they have cropped up and spread in shelters and camps for displaced people who live in tents, according to Euro-Med.

“The Israeli authorities have placed an arbitrary and oppressive siege on the Palestinian people there, squeezing them into a tiny area with exceedingly limited resources; denying them access to food, clean water, and other necessities; and leaving them exposed to extreme heat,” Euro-Med said.

“The right to dignity is an internationally recognized human right that protects people from humiliation, among other forms of unethical treatment. It is meant to ensure fairness by providing the means for people to live in dignity, as well as other fundamental needs and rights, like the right to health and the right to water and sanitation. These rights are essential to maintaining human dignity and preserving the lives of the populace.”

“The only way to guarantee the rights of Gaza Strip residents is to put an end to Israel’s crime of genocide, lift the arbitrary siege on the Strip, and rescue what remains of the currently uninhabitable region. Delays will either cause the region to irreversibly deteriorate, or incur significant costs in terms of civilian lives and health,” Euro-Med affirmed.

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

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On August 1, 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 the Gaza Strip resulted in 3 main massacres, in which 45 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 77 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,3445 and the injuries to 91,073, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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35 Palestinians martyred, 55 wounded in 2 Israeli massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

Thursday 1-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 35 citizens and injuring 55 others.

The Ministry said in a statement that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which started on October 7 last year, climbed to 39,480 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 91,128.

“A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads as ambulance and civil defense crews have been prevented by Israeli occupation forces from approaching them,” it added.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has launched a 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 infrastructures, which affected more than 70% of the buildings in the coastal enclave, amid a tight siege, a suffocating humanitarian crisis, and an unprecedented famine, especially in Gaza City and northern Gaza.

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Day 300: Dozens of civilians killed and others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes on different areas on Gaza

GAZA, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A number of civilians were killed and injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 300th consecutive day.

In Gaza City, one civilian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on a group of civilians in the vicinity of Kuwait roundabout south of the city.

The occupation warplanes opened fire on several locations west of Rafa'h city in the southern Gaza Strip, while the occupation's vehicles opened fire towards the eastern areas of Al-Maghazi and Al-Musaddar camps in the central Gaza Strip.

In a related context, the occupation released 15 detainees through the Kissovim military checkpoint and they were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair Al-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Earlier today, eight civilians were killed and others were injured with various after the Israeli occupation fighter jets targeted a civilian vehicle near the entrance to Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

At least one citizen was also killed and others were injured in three Israeli air strikes that targeted a house in the north of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Wednesday, journalists Isma'eel Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Reefi were killed in a direct attack by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City.

Video clips showed the car of the two journalists were in reduced to rubble, with smoke rising from it and blood splattered on its remains, after it was targeted in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the center of the city.

By July 31, 2024, since the start of the occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air on October 7, 2023, around 39,445 civilians, mostly children and women were killed and 91,073 others were injured.

Thousands of victims are still buried under rubble and scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them.

Y.S.

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Four civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrike on Al-Nusayrat camp

GAZA, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Four civilians today were killed and others were injured in the Israeli occupation forces bombing of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that at least four civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the 20th Street in the camp.

Since the start of the occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air on October 7, 2023, around 39,445 civilians, mostly children and women were killed and 91,073 others were injured.

Thousands of victims are still buried under rubble and scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them.

Y.S. 

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Eight civilians killed, others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrikes near Al-Maghazi refugee camp

GAZA, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Dozens of civilians today were killed and others were injured after the occupation forces bombed near the entrance to the Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that eight civilians were killed and others were injured after the Israeli occupation forces bombed a civilian vehicle near the entrance to the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

At least one citizen was killed and others were injured in three Israeli airstrikes that targeted a house, causing it to catch fire north of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces' artillery bombed citizens' homes east of Al-Maghazi.

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 injured, others kidnapped by the IOFs in the West Bank

Thursday 1-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Six Palestinian citizens were injured and several others were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Thursday.

According to local sources, two young men were injured by bullets after Israeli occupation forces stormed 'Husan village in western Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and opened fire at local youths.

The IOFs kidnapped one young man from his home during its raid in 'Husan village.

A house reportedly caught fire as a result of the intensity of tear gas canisters and stun grenades fired by the IOFs during its raid in the village.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from Koabar town and a young woman from Bait Reema town.

The IOFs also ransacked homes, assaulted their residents and detained a number of young men for a while before releasing them in Koabar town.

In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces ransacked several homes and assaulted a woman and a young man during a raid on a house in the city.

Five citizens were kidnapped during the IOFs raid in Nablus City.

In Jineen, the Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews evacuated four wounded citizens from a site near the Salem checkpoint after Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at them, describing their injuries as “moderate.”

In Al-Khaleel, five citizens were taken prisoners during an IOFs raid in Bait Ka'hil town and two others were kidnaped from Doura town.

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Three Palestinians injured by live fire northeast of Jineen

Jineen, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three Palestinians today were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets and a fourth sustained bruises near the village of Faqqu'a, northeast of Jineen.

The director of Jineen Hospital, Wisam Bakr, said that three people were injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets, one of them was shot in the foot, and two others were hit by shrapnel in the chest and leg.

Meanwhile, the fourth young man sustained fractures after being hit by occupation forces.

The health condition of the four causalities were described as moderate.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces detain 35 Palestinians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces late last night and early Thursday  morning detained at least 35 Palestinians, including a woman a child, and former detainees from multiple areas in the occupied West Bank.

In a joint statement, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said the detentions were concentrated in the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Nablus, and Ramallah, while the rest were distributed among the governorates of Jineen, Toubas, Aree'ha (Jericho), and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The statement said the number of detentions in the West Bank has risen since October 7, 2023, to about 9,890. This figure includes those who were detained from their homes and at military checkpoints and those who were forced to turn themselves in under pressure. This number does not include Palestinians detained in the Gaza Strip.

Possibly thousands of Palestinians were detained by the Israeli occupation in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Y.S.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime to seize large tract of Palestinian land east of Salfeet

SALFEET, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation authorities today notified the seizure of 8-dunums of land in the village of Iskaka, east of Salfeet.

The head of the village council in Iskaka, Osama Daher, said that the occupation authorities notified the seizure of 7,902 dunums of residents' land in the Al-Qaniya area, northeast of the village for the benefit of the illegal Israeli settlement of Nofim Haniya, which was established on resident's' land in 2002.

According to statistics from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in the first half of this year, the occupation authorities seized more than 26,000 dunums of Palestinian lands.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack house, set vehicle on fire east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today attacked a house and set a Palestinian vehicle on fire in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah.

Security sources said that a group of Israeli colonists attacked the house of a local resident on the outskirts of the village and attempted to set the house on fire.

The  illegal Israeli settlers further set to fire a vehicle belonging to another local resident from the same village.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish two-story house, shops northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Thursday, August 1, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a two-story house and shops in the town of Bait 'Anan, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources said that the occupation forces, accompanied by three bulldozers, stormed the town and demolished a two-story house with an area of ​​300-square meters, and four shops with an area of ​​200-square meters.

Since the beginning of the occupation's comprehensive aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, and in parallel with the unprecedented destruction of homes, buildings and facilities in the Strip, the demolition of citizens' homes has escalated, especially in the so-called Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the West Bank.

Data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission shows that the occupation authorities demolished 318 facilities in the West Bank during the first half of 2024, compared to the demolition of 313 facilities during the entire year of 2023.

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