On Day 313 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 36 Palestinians Killed, 54 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,965 and 92,294 Injuries

August 14, 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 14, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,965+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,965), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 7,000+). 

By August 14, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 92,294.

By August 14, 2024, 623 Palestinians who were killed, 5,442 who were injured, and 10,039, 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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Grieving the death of family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Maghazi refugee camp, August 13, 2024.	For the lack of any shelter anywhere in Gaza Strip, a Palestinian family lives on the rubble of its home, which was destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Maghazi refugee camp, August 13, 2024.
Site of the 'Eid family house in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, August 14, 2024.	Some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred in central Gaza Strip by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, being prepared for burial in Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, August 14, 2024.
Palestinians looking for body parts of relatives and neighbors, who were massacred by Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, August 14, 2024.	Palestinian homes and commercial structures which were destroyed by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime bulldozers, in Al-Tour, east of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), August 14, 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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Shaikh 'Ikrima Sabri: Israeli government is working to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially

Tuesday 13-August-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Shaikh 'Ikrima Sabri, said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime is seeking with all its efforts to divide the Mosque temporally and spatially, by intensifying Jewish settlers’ incursions into its courtyards and preventing Palestinian worshipers’ access.

Shaikh Sabri, who was banned from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque a few days ago, considered the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by more than 2,000 settlers, led by far-right ministers Ben Gvir and Goldknopf, under police protection to commemorate the so-called “destruction of the temple” as an attack on the holy sites and “crossing all red lines.”

The illegal Israeli settlers are exploiting the “Jewish holidays” to impose a new fait accompli in the holy site, he added.

He further explain Mosque, while facilitating the settlers’ incursions.

He also pointed out that the Israeli occupation is exploiting the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to take full control over the holy site.

Shaikh Sabri stressed that the settlers’ storming and violations will not impose a fait accompli in Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the people of Jerusalem will continue to defend their Mosque and holy places.

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Member of 'Hamas Political Bureau, Mu'hammed Nazzal:

We want clear practical formulas so that ceasefire talks do not return to square one

Wednesday 14-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

The Member of 'Hamas Political Bureau, Mu'hammed Nazzal, has accused the Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of showing evasion, procrastination, and manipulation in the ceasefire negotiation process, stressing that Netanyahu does not want to reach an agreement to evade ending up in jail on the charge of his failure to deter Hamas attack on October 7.

Nazzal said, in press remarks on Tuesday, that “'Hamas statement on Thursday does not reject engaging in the negotiations planned for next Thursday. Rather, it demands a clarification of the practical formulas so that negotiations do not return to square one and continue from where the last rounds ended.”

The Hamas official said, “the media leaks about a deal and Israel’s request to hand over the names of 33 Israeli prisoners held by Palestinian factions in Gaza, are mere attempts to disrupt the negotiation process,” stressing that “if the agreement on the basic principles is not announced, we will not proceed to discuss further details.”

“The day after the war is Palestinian par excellence,” he said, noting that, “the Israeli occupation or any external forces will not be allowed to interfere in its management and it will not be included in the terms of the negotiations. We will not give up on that.”

Nazzal concluded by saying “any attempts by the Israeli occupation or the Americans to impose a new ‘Karzai’ model to rule Gaza will definitely fail,” revealing that “the management of the Rafa'h crossing has not been discussed yet, and in general, the management of the crossing and everything related to the Gaza Strip is a Palestinian affair.”

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Al-Rishiq calls on ICJ to include the Haaretz report in its file of the Israeli war crimes

Wednesday 14-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Member of Hamas’s political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq has said that the Haaretz report about the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields during Israeli military operations and incursions has vindicated further that the occupation army is persistent in committing war crimes, calling on the international community to condemn such practices.

In a statement on Tuesday, Al-Rishiq called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to include Israeli soldiers’ confessions mentioned in the Haaretz report in its file of Israeli war crimes.

The 'Hamas official also urged international human rights groups to expose and denounce these Israeli violations and work on taking legal action against Israeli leaders.

In its report on Tuesday, Haaretz news website said it had obtained recent confessions from Israeli soldiers confirming the Israeli army’s use of Gazan civilians as human shields during operations to search sites and tunnels, where there could be resistance fighters or booby traps.

The Haaretz investigation could add weight to the genocide case against Israel, which was filed by South Africa at the ICJ in December 2023.

Several countries including Türkiye, Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine and Spain have joined the case, seeking accountability for the horrific war crimes and grave human rights violations committed by Israel against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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625,000 children lost one year of school, says UNRWA's Commissioner-General

NEW YORK, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that 625,000 children including 300,000 UNRWA students have lost one year of school.

"Four in five school buildings in Gaza have been directly hit or damaged. They need to be rebuilt or fixed to be used as schools," he said on a X.

9,936 students have been killed and 15,897 others injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, according to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

K.T.

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

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On August 14, 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 2 main massacres, in which 36 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 54 others were injured, in the past 24 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,965 and the injuries to 92,294, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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‎The toll of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip rises to 39,965 martyrs and 92,294 injured‎

‎Gaza 14-8-2024 Wafa -

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today, Wednesday, that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 39,965, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the seventh of last October‎‎ ‎‎October.‎

‎The sources added that the toll of injuries has risen to 92,294 since the start of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble‎‎.‎

‎She pointed out that the occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 36 martyrs and 54 injured reached hospitals during the past 24 hours‎‎.‎

‎Thousands of victims remain under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them‎‎, she said.‎

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The Israeli occupation forces committed two massacres in Gaza in the past 24 hours

GAZA, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) -

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today, Wednesday, that the Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 36 civilians and the wounding of 54 others.

The number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 39,965, the majority of whom were children and women. Some 92,294 others have been wounded.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza also confirmed that thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulties in reaching them due to the relentless Israeli shelling.

T.R.

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‎Two civil defense crew members shot dead by IOFs in Rafa'h

Wednesday 14-August-2024

RAFAH, (PIC)

Two civil defense crews have been martyred on Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) while doing their job in Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip.

The General Directorate of Civil Defense confirmed the martyrdom of Sergeant Firefighter Suhaib Abu Taqiya and Sergeant Hussein Abu Jamous, after being shot by the IOF, while fulfilling their duties in Rafah.

The martyrdom of the two civil defense crews has brought the total number of civil defense members killed since the outbreak of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, to 82, the Directorate added.

Since the beginning of the Israeli war of genocide, the IOF has targeted dozens of civil defense and ambulance crews while providing services to the displaced in addition to the destruction of civil defense facilities and vehicles to prevent rescuing and evacuating the victims.

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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters Day 313

Wednesday 14-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 313 on Wednesday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes and shelter centers and attack citizens in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours.

According to media sources, three civilians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of 'Owaidha in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Five citizens, including three children, were killed and others were injured when an Israeli drone attacked them in Al-Batn Al-Sameen area in the south of Khan Younus.

Two civil defense workers were shot dead in Rafa'h in southern Gaza as they were among a crew working in the area.

Bodies of three civilians were reportedly recovered from the rubble of a house belonging to the Sufi family in Rafa'h.

The Israeli army also shot dead two civilians and injured others in Bani Suhayla area, east of Khan Younus.

Last night, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the 'Hamad City in Khan Younus claimed the lives of four citizens.

Another attack on an apartment in Bait Lahya in northern Gaza killed two citizens and injured five others.

Meanwhile, four-year-old Lina Khaleel was pronounced dead after she suffered malnutrition and hunger as a result of the Israeli starvation campaign against the population of the Strip.

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

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Day 313 of Genocide: Israeli airstrikes kill and injure Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) – 

At least 20 Palestinians were dawn on Wednesday killed and others were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation bombing of several areas in the Gaza Strip.

In Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, seven citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of the occupation's bombing of a house owned by Abu Nada family.

In the city of Khan Younus, four Palestinians were killed as a result of the occupation's bombing of a residential apartment belonging to Al-Tawil family in one of the 'Hamad towers, while two citizens were killed and others were injured by the bullets of the occupation army snipers in the town of Bani Suhayla, east of the city.

Three citizens were also killed and others were injured in an occupation raid that targeted a house in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, while two citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of targeting a residential apartment in Bait Lahya project in the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery shelled the western and northern areas of the city of Rafa'h, and Al-Sabra and Al-Zaytoun neighborhoods in Gaza City.

K.T.

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Israeli genocidal airstrike on Gaza kills three Palestinians, injures others

GAZA, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) –

An Israeli genocidal airstrike on a house, located to the southeast of the city of Gaza, Wednesday evening killed three Palestinian civilians and injured others, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

PRCS said that its crews retrieved the bodies of three civilians who were killed and several others injured in an Israeli occupation airstrike that targeted the house of the Yaseen family, close to Al-Zaytoun Center, southeast of the city.

It added that the fatalities and casualties were taken to the Arab Ahli Hospital in the city.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafa'h, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,965 Palestinians and injuring over 92,294 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Nine civilians killed in Israeli shelling of the cities of Rafa'h and Khan Younus in Gaza

GAZA, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) -

Nine civilians, including three children, were killed today in Israeli genocidal bombings targeting the towns of Khan Younus and Rafa'h, in the southern war-torn Gaza Strip.

In Khan Younus, five civilians, including three children, were killed after the occupation shelled a gathering of civilians in Al-Batn Al-Sameen area. The occupation fighter helicopters also attacked the southeastern parts of the city.

In the city of Rafa'h, two civil defense crews were killed by the occupation, bringing the total number of civil defense members killed since the outbreak of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, to 82.

Two civilians were also killed by the occupation bombings north of Rafa'h and the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood west of the city.

The occupation also launched an air airstrike on the town of Bait 'Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 39,965 civilians and the injury of 92,294 others.

 Thousands of victims are still buried under rubble and scattered on the roads and cannot be reached by civil defense and rescue crews.

T.R.

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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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IOFs kill five Palestinians in the West Bank, one in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 14-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Five Palestinian young men were martyred on Wednesday morning in Israeli occupation army attacks in Toubas and Tammoun town in the occupied West Bank, while an Israeli occupation soldier killed another one yesterday in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) killed four young men during a drone strike on a car in Tammoun town, south of Tubas province.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces seized the martyrs’ bodies following the aerial attack on the car.

Earlier, the Israeli occupation forces killed an ex-detainee called Fayiz Abu 'Aamir after encircling his house and attacking it with a projectile in Tubas City in the northeast of the West Bank. The IOFs also seized the body of Abu 'Aamir.

Eyewitnesses said that the IOF kidnapped other young men from Abu 'Aamir’s house after bombing it.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the IOFs raided over 10 homes in Tammoun town and kidnaped a young man to pressure his brother to turn himself in.

PPS added that two other young men were kidnapped by the IOFs following raids on homes in Tubas City.

Resistance fighters reportedly opened fire at the Israeli occupation forces in Toubas and detonated some explosive devices at their vehicles.

Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and the al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad affirmed that Israeli soldiers were injured during clashes with a group of their fighters in the city.

Local sources reported seeing an Israeli helicopter transporting wounded soldiers at the Tayaseer checkpoint near Toubas.

In east Jerusalem, an Israeli sniper cold-bloodedly killed a young man in 'Anata town on Tuesday evening.

According to local sources, the young man, Shadi Wisam, was shot at from the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev during his presence in the car wash he owned in the area near the separation wall.

The Israeli army claimed Wisam was throwing stones at the settlement when he was shot down.

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Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Toubas

TUBAS, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) – A young man was killed on Wednesday morning after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the city of Tubas.

Security sources confirmed the killing of Fayiz Fawaz Daraghma, as the occupation soldiers had detained him after besieging his house and injuring him.

Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn on Wednesday the city of Tubas and the town of Tammoun in the northern West Bank.

Local sources said that the occupation troops stormed Tubas from its eastern entrance, while confrontations erupted in the city.

The sources added that the Israeli occupation forces surrounded a house in the city and demanded that those inside leave it, and raided several other houses.

Successive explosions were heard in Toubas, near the besieged house, while the occupation forces reportedly shelled the house with Energa shells.

K.T.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Wednesday 14-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and on Wednesday morning a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid clashes in some areas.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men from their homes in the 'Habla town and 'Izbat Jal’oud village, south of Qalqilya.

The IOFs also set up a makeshift checkpoint at the entrance of Al-Nabi Ilyas village in eastern Qalqilya and intercepted Palestinian cars for security checks.

Two other young men were taken prisoners during IOFs raids on homes in Nablus City.

In Ramallah, Israeli forces kidnapped two young men during a raid in Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi village and another one from Al-Jalazoan refugee camp.

The IOFs also detained a young man for a while and raided several homes during its raid in Al-Jalazoan camp.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs raided multiple homes in the towns of 'Hal'houl and Sa’ir, closed roads and imposed movement restrictions in different areas of the province.

Meanwhile, the Israeli police reportedly kidnaped three West Bank workers, residents of al-Khalil, from their workplaces in 1948 occupied Palestine.

A number of citizens were also kidnapped by the IOFs from Toubas City and Tammoun town.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOFs demolish Palestinian homes and structures south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Wednesday 14-August-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished on Wednesday four Palestinian homes, a tent and two other facilities in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in southern West Bank.

Local sources reported that the IOFs stormed the Um al-Khair Bedouin community in Masafer Yatta, and bulldozed four homes, a tent and two caravans, owned by Yasir Al-Hadthaleen and his sons 'Uday, Anees and 'Ali, displacing 30 members of their families.

The IOFs also destroyed water networks, tanks, and solar energy units.

About two months ago, the IOFs demolished a home, a tent and a barracks owned by the Al-Hadthaleen family, as part of a large-scale demolition operation that targeted 11 homes and residences and a number of tents and facilities in the Um al-Khair community.

The IOFs has recently escalated demolition operations in Masafir Yatta significantly, as part of a colonial plan that the extreme Israeli right seeks to implement, which aims to displace residents from those areas in favor of colonial expansion operations.

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Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers steal 200 sheep from Palestinian Bedouins

Wednesday 14-August-2024

Aree'ha (Jericho), (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli Jewish settlers stole around 200 sheep from Palestinian Bedouins in northern Aree'ha (Jericho) on Wednesday morning, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

It quoted head of ‘Bayder’ organization that defends Bedouin rights 'Hasan Mulai'hat as saying that settlers from nearby settlements stole the sheep owned by 'Oda Ka'abna in Ras Al-'Oaja Bedouin community to the north of Aree'ha (Jericho).

The illegal Israeli Jewish settlers launch daily raids on Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, stealing sheep, cutting water supplies and damaging property in addition to physical attacks.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house, several structures in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime bulldozers today demolished a house, a gas station and a car wash in the town of At-Tour, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the occupation bulldozers demolished a house belonging to the citizen Maher Nasser, and a facility consisting of a car wash and a gas station belonging to the Al-Kaswani family under the pretext of building without a permit.

The Israeli occupation forces cut off electricity to the houses and shops slated for the demolition in the neighborhood, noting that the aim of the demolitions is to complete the construction of a colonial street in the area.

During the month of July, the number of demolitions in the Jerusalem governorate reached 76 demolitions, including 10 forced self-demolitions, 62 demolitions carried out by the Israeli occupation forces.

The Israeli occupation forces delivered more than 13 demolition notices in various villages and towns of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) governorate.

Y.S. 

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