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 276 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 40 Palestinians Killed, 75 Injured, with a Death Toll of  38,193 and 87,903 Injuries

July 8, 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 July 8, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 45,098+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (38,098), those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By July 8, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 87,605.

By July 8, 2024, 572 Palestinians who were killed, 5,236 who were injured, and 9,580, 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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Palestinian Deputy Labor Minister, Eihab Al-Ghusain, was killed in an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza City along with three others, on July 7, 2024	40 Palestinians were killed, 75 were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2024
Abu Obayda says nine months on, Al-Qassam Brigades fighting capabilities are stronger, July 7, 2024	Four Palestinian civilians were killed, several were injured, in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, on July 8, 2024
Several displaced Palestinians were killed and injured by Israeli air strikes on Al-Rimal neighborhood, east of Gaza City, after they were forced out of their Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, July 8, 2024.	Grieving family members who were massacred in Khan Younus by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, July 7, 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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Abu Obayda: Nine months on, Al-Qassam fighting capabilities stronger

Monday 8-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The spokesman for the 'Hamas military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obayda, said that the Brigades’ fighters are still confronting Israeli forces with “no external help and our people are still steadfast without food or medicine.”

“Our fighters have been fighting for nine months and defeating the enemy’s army, which is being supported by the United States and Britain,” he said in a prerecorded message on Sunday evening.

The Qassam Brigades’ 24 battalions, along with other Palestinian armed groups, are fighting Israeli troops and “striking them painfully at every part they raid in the Gaza Strip,” Abu Obayda added.

Abu Obayda said that the Israeli enemy has received and continues to receive painful blows wherever they penetrate in the Gaza Strip.

He added that the Qassam Brigades are committed to ending the aggression and will accept nothing less than lifting the injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people.

“The battle for Rafah and our fighting in Al-Shuja'iya and elsewhere is evidence of the strength of our resistance and the failure and defeat of the enemy,” he said.

On the other hand, Abu Obayda described the Aqsa Flood battle not as the beginning of the Palestinian resistance but as an explosion in response to the enemy’s crimes, which peaked with systematic cleansing and genocide in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.

He further pointed out that the Israeli occupation army is using civilians as human shields and targeting homes, hospitals, schools, mosques, and churches. 

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

On July 8, 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, in which 40 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 75 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 38,193 and the injuries to 87,903, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 38,193 martyrs

Monday 8-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 40 civilians and injuring over 75 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 115 of them, including 40 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 38,193 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 87,903 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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Palestinian deputy labor minister Eihab Al-Ghusain killed in an Israeli airstrike

Sunday 7-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Palestinian deputy labor minister Eihab Al-Ghusain was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City along with three others on Sunday evening.

The follow-up committee for government work in the Gaza Strip mourned Eihab Al-Ghusain who was killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike, after “a journey of sacrifices and honorable positions.”

Eihab Al-Ghusain joined his wife and daughter, who were killed earlier in an Israeli genocidal airstrike that targeted a building housing displaced people west of Gaza City.

Israeli targeting of the committee officials “will not deter us from performing our national duty towards our Palestinian people, and continuing our moral and professional role to serve them and support their steadfastness,” the follow-up committee said.

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Four killed and others injured in Israeli genocidal airstrike on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood

GAZA, Monday, July 8 2024 (WAFA) – 

Four Palestinian civilians today were killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted a group of civilians in Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, resulting in the killing of four civilians and the wounding of others.

Meanwhile, Israeli warships fired heavy machine-gun fire at the fishermen’s vicinity, west of Gaza City.

The occupation artillery bombed Khirbet Al-'Adas area, north of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, wounding 11 civilians.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 has so far resulted in the documented killing of 38,153 Palestinians and injuries to 87,828 others.

Thousands are also believed trapped under rubble and in the streets, inaccessible to ambulance and civil defense crews.

Y.S.

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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli warplanes south of Gaza

GAZA, Monday, July 8, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Three Palestinians were were Monday killed, and others were injured, in a genocidal bombing by Israeli occupation warplanes south of Gaza City, amid a ground incursion by the occupation army southwest of the city.

Local sources said that occupation warplanes bombed a residential apartment near the industrial junction south of Gaza City, killing two citizens and wounding five others.

They added that the occupation aircraft bombed a house near south of Gaza City, killing a citizen and wounding seven others.

The occupation forces suddenly entered large areas southwest of Gaza City under heavy fire cover, targeting roads, homes and residential buildings, which led to a massive exodus of thousands of citizens from those areas towards the northwestern neighborhoods of the city.

Local sources reported that the occupation military vehicles suddenly broke into Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, the industrial and university area, and the southern outskirts of Rimal neighborhood, in conjunction with heavy fire cover carried out by warplanes and artillery vehicles over these areas and their surroundings.

The raids targeted residential buildings, roads, and apartments, leading to the killing and injury of dozens of citizens in various areas of Gaza City, while rescue and ambulance crews were unable to move into the city to rescue the injured and recover the slain people due to the intensity of the bombing.

The occupation forces also targeted various areas of Gaza City with heavy smoke and gas bombs.

Eyewitnesses said that thousands of citizens were displaced from areas southwest of the city towards the northwest and spent the night on the streets without shelter.

The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air, which began on October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 38,153 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 87,828 others, while thousands of victims remain under rubble and on the roads, where ambulance crews cannot Civil Defense will reach them.

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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Palestinian young man succumbs to critical wounds in Jineen

Monday 8-July-2024

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man succumbed on Sunday evening to critical wounds that he sustained during an Israeli military offensive in Jineen last Friday.

The youth, who was identified as Ahmad Rashad Abu El-Hayja, was seriously injured during an Israeli military raid into Jenin last Friday.

This brings the total number of Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli raid on Jineen, on Friday to 8.

Last Friday, an Israeli drone targeted a group of young men in Jenin camp, resulting in the killing of seven people and the critical injury of Abu El-Hayja.

The 'Hamas Movement mourned the “righteous martyrs” who were killed in the Israeli raid.

“The ongoing crimes of the occupation in Gaza, Jineen and Toulkarm will not succeed in breaking the will of our Palestinian people,” Hamas said.

'Hamas also called on the international community and the United Nations “to stand up to their responsibilities and take clear decisions to stop the ongoing crimes.”

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Israeli occupation forces attack a Palestinian, detain three others during military raid into village near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 8, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces this evening detained three Palestinians, including two teenagers aged 16, during a military raid into the town of Koabar, west of Ramallah, leading to confrontations, said security sources.

Sources said that confrontations broke out in the town of Koabar following a military incursion.

The Israeli occupation forces detained three Palestinians, including the two teenagers, and beat up and injured a resident in his 40s during the raid.

The Israeli occupation forces also detained a Palestinian, whose identity remains unidentified, at a military checkpoint placed at the entrance of the town of Turmus 'Ayya.

T.R.

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Palestinian resident injured by live bullets during Nablus-area confrontations

NABLUS, Monday, July 8, 2024 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian resident was wounded this evening by Israeli forces’ live fire during confrontations in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, according to local sources

Sources said that Israeli forces stormed the village, amid the firing of live ammunition, tear gas canisters and stun grenades, leading to confrontations.

A Palestinian resident was struck in the thigh with a live bullet during the confrontations.

T.R.

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Several Palestinians kidnapped by IOFs in the West Bank

Monday 8-July-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, amid clashes with resistance fighters in Nablus.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped six young men from their homes in Faqqu’ah village in the northeast of Jenin.

In Bethlehem, the IOFs kidnapped two citizens from Nahaleen town after ransacking their homes.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted and kidnaped three citizens during raids on homes in Jabel Al-Ra'hma neighborhood in the city.

The Israeli occupation soldiers also attacked a young man in the same neighborhood with their rifle butts and injured him in his head. He was reportedly rushed to the Al-Khaleel Hospital for medical assistance.

The IOFs stormed other areas of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) province and kidnaped two citizens from Deir Samet town and another one from Yatta town.

Another young citizen was taken prisoner following an IOFs raid on his home in Qalqilya City.

Last night, scores of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers stormed the eastern area of Nablus City in the West Bank under military protection and performed rituals at Joseph’s Tomb.

Several Palestinian citizens reportedly suffered injuries during skirmishes with Israeli forces in the eastern area of Nablus, where the tomb is located.

Meanwhile, resistance fighters clashed with the Israeli occupation soldiers in the eastern area of Nablus and detonated one explosive device at an IOFs vehicle.

In Ramallah, one young man suffered a bullet injury and five others were kidnaped by the IOFs in Al-Beerih City last night.

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

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Israeli occupation forces detain 30 Palestinians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 8 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces have conducted a series of detentions since yesterday evening until this morning, detaining at least 30 Palestinians from the West Bank, including children and former prisoners.

The Palestine Prisoner's Society (PPS) and the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission Prisoners said that the detentions took place in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron, while the rest of the detentions were distributed among the governorates of Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jericho, and Tubas.

The statement explained that ongoing Israeli incursions involve widespread raids, severe beatings, threats against detainees and their families, as well as instances of property destruction and sabotage in civilian homes.

According to the statement, since October 7th, the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli troops has exceeded 9,580, including those taken from their homes, at military checkpoints, individuals who surrendered under pressure, and those held as hostages.

Y.S.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli army razes homes, agricultural property in Masafir Yatta

Monday 8-July-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army demolished on Monday morning a number of Palestinian homes and structures and bulldozed swaths of private land and trees in Masafir Yatta area, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the West Bank.

According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli forces demolished three Palestinian homes, thee livestock shacks, swaths of land, sanitary facilities, and water tanks in Masafir Yatta.

Local activist Osama Makhamra said that Israeli forces with bulldozers stormed Khirbet Aqwiwis in Masafir Yatta and knocked down the one-story house of Jibril al-Naamin, adding that a family of 12 was living in the house.

Makhamra also said that the Israeli army demolished a livestock shed and bulldozed swaths of land planted with crops and fruitful trees as well as concrete walls and barbed wire belonging to Naamin.

According the activist, the Israeli army also demolished two homes belonging to two local residents in Shi’b Al-Batim hamlet in Masafir Yatta. 14 individuals were living in those two houses.

The Israeli forces bulldozed in the same area two sheep structures, sanitary units, water tanks, swaths of land, trees and stone fences.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority embarked on carrying out bulldozing activities in Al-'Ain Al-Bayda area in Masafir Yatta with the aim of expanding the illegal settlement of Itzkhar Man.

In a separate incident, a horde of extremist Jewish settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon uprooted 120 fruitful trees belonging to a Palestinian citizen in al-Tuwani village in Masafir Yatta as a prelude to expanding their outpost. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers erect tents on Palestinian land in the West Bank town of Beitillu

Monday 8-July-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers set up some tents on a swath of Palestinian-owned land in Beitillu town, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Monday morning.

According to local sources, dozens of settlers escorted by soldiers swarmed Mount Mustafa al-Ali in the village and pitched some tents with Israeli flags on top of them.

Local residents described the settler tents in the area as a new illegal outpost.

Last Saturday, a horde of settlers set fire to swaths of Palestinian agricultural land in Turmus 'Ayya village in Ramallah, causing a large-scale damage to trees.

Extremist settlers living illegally in the area have been preventing Turmus 'Ayya villagers from accessing their lands for months, resulting in the overgrowth of weeds in olive groves.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish school south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

TULKARM, Monday, July 8 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces today demolished a school, east of Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamra, said that the school was built at the expense of the people and European institutions, and has an area of ​​330 square meters, and 70 male and female students study there, from the first to the fifth grade.

A group of Israeli colonists from the illegal Israeli settlements of Karmiel and Tzcharman attacked the school more than once and destroyed its contents, with the aim of pressuring the residents to leave that area for the benefit of the two colonies.

According to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 57 schools in the West Bank have been raided and vandalized by the Israeli occupation forces and  illegal settlers since October 7, 2023.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish three houses, barns south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Monday, July 8 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday demolished three houses and sheep barns, bulldozed lands, health units and water tanks, and uprooted trees, in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Osama Makhamra, anti-settlement activist, told WAFA that the occupation forces raided Khirbet Aqwiwis in Masafir Yatta and demolished the house of local resident Jibril Musa Al-Na'min, which consisted of a floor, an area of ​​100 square meeters, and was inhabited by 12 people.

He added that the occupation forces demolished a 140-square-meter sheep barn and razed crops, fruit trees, cement fences, and barbed wire owned by Al-Na’min.

Israeli colonists from Khavat Ma’on colony uprooted 120 fruit trees belonging owned by citizen Hafedth Al-'Harini in the village of Al-Tuwanah in Masafir Yatta, and began expansion work in favor of the colony at the expense of Palestinian citizens’ lands.

The Israeli occupation forces demolished two homes owned by local residents 'Hatim Mousa 'Hasan Jabbareen and Fadl Isma'eel Al-Najjar in the village of Sha'b Al-Butm in Masafir Yatta. Each of them has an area of ​​60 square meters and is inhabited by 14 people.

In the same area, the occupation forces also demolished two sheep pens, each of which was more than 200 square meters in area, destroyed sanitary units and water tanks, and bulldozed lands, trees, and stone chains, belonging to citizens 'Hatim Jabbareen and Youssef Mahmoud Youssef Jibreen.

Makhamra explained that the occupation forces began new excavations in Al-'Ayn Al-Bayda area in Masafir Yatta with the aim of expanding the Ezkhar Man colony.

The coordinator of the Popular Committees to Resist the Wall and Settlements in South Hebron, Ratib Al-Jabour, told WAFA that the attacks by the occupation forces in Kharb and the villages of Masafir Yatta aim to displace citizens and expand the colonies established on their lands south of Hebron.

The colonialists have escalated their terrorist attacks since October 7th, and since the beginning of this year, they have carried out 1,334 attacks in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, killing seven Palestinian citizens.

Since the beginning of 2024 through the end of June, the occupation authorities studied 83 structural plans to expand colonies or establish new ones, including 39 plans in West Bank colonies and 44 in Jerusalem.

During the same period, colonists established 17 colonial outposts on citizens’ lands, most of them pastoral, and took place mainly in the governorates of Ramallah, Al-Beerih, Nablus, Salfeet, Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and Qalqilya.

At the same time, the occupation authorities legalized 11 colonial outposts in the West Bank, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

K.T.

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