Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of a genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

 

On Day 319 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 4 Massacres, 34 Palestinians Killed, 114 Injured, with a Death Toll of  40,173 and 92,857 Injuries

August 20, 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 20, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 50,173+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (40,173), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By August 20, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 92,857.

By August 20, 2024, 632 Palestinians who were killed, 5,473 who were injured, and 10,114, 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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12 Palestinian were martyred, by the Israeli bombing of Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza City, 9 martyred in a market in Dair El-Balah, and 4 martyred in Khan Younus, August 2024	Israeli warplanes bombed a gathering of Palestinian citizens near Haniyya's house west of Gaza, leading to the martyrdom of nine civilians, including six of Haniyya’s aides, August 20, 2024 pic
Palestinian journalist Hamza Murtaja was killed alongside 11 other displaced people, by an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting Mustafa Hafidth School in Gaza City, on August 20, 2024	18-year-old Mahmoud Ibraheem Al-Huroub was shot in Doura by an Israeli occupation forces bullet that penetrated his right eye and settled in his head earlier on August 19, 2024
A Palestinian man was killed and a woman was seriously injured, after their vehicle overturned, after being chased by the Israeli occupation forces near Ramallah, on August 20, 2024	Despite Israeli genocide in Gaza, US President Biden and his foreign minister Blinken falsely claimed that Hamas was backing away from a ceasefire truce deal, August 20, 2024
Grieving the death of family members who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strikes on Palestinian civilians in the market of Dair El-Balah, on August 20, 2024.	Getting out the Palestinian martyrs from their Mustafa Hafidth School shelter in Gaza City, which was the target of an Israeli genocidal air strike, on August 20, 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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'Hamdan: Netanyahu hinders reaching a ceasefire agreement

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The High-ranking 'Hamas official Osama 'Hamdan said on Monday his Movement had previously agreed to the US President Joe Biden’s proposal to end the war in Gaza, but the US administration failed to persuade the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to accept it, stressing that “the Israelis retracted certain issues in Biden’s proposal.”

In an interview with Al-Jazeera on Monday, 'Hamdan noted that “what the US is doing is just buying more time to continue the Israeli genocide in Gaza.”

'Hamdan pointed out that the agreement must achieve five specific goals including halting the aggression, withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, and reconstructing Gaza, stressing that the mediators will inform the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Hamas respects its obligations and what it had agreed upon on July 2.

The Hamas senior official said that Netanyahu responded to Hamas’s approval to ceasefire proposals with ongoing massacres, stressing that he is the one who obstructs the agreement.

Speaking at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Monday evening, Blinken claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the proposal presented by Washington during the last round of negotiations in Doha, considering that Hamas must now accept the proposal regarding a potential ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal.

For his part, Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office following Blinken’s remarks, that Israel is seeking to release the largest possible number of prisoners in the first stage of the deal.

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Palestinian factions hold US administration responsible for genocide crimes in Gaza

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Palestinian factions condemned on Tuesday the brutal massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after bombing the Mustafa Hafez School, which houses hundreds of displaced families west of Gaza City, holding the US administration responsible for the ongoing genocide crimes in Gaza.

“The criminal bombing carried out by the fascist Zionist occupation army is a confirmation of its government’s criminal approach, and its insistence on continuing the genocide war against our people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas Movement said in a statement.

The Movement reiterated that it holds “President [Joe] Biden and his administration fully responsible for the continuation of these massacres against our people.”

“These crimes would not have continued without the full American complicity and the political and military support it provides to the Zionist extremist government.”

Hamas also called on the international community, the United Nations and its institutions to stop these ongoing crimes and violations against defenseless civilians.

For its part, the Islamic Jihad Movement said that the Israeli massacre in Mustafa Hafez School is an evidence of the Biden administration’s green light to Israel to commit more massacres.

“The deception practiced by the Biden administration in the negotiations rounds aims to impose the dictates of the Netanyahu government on the Palestinian people.”

Along the same line, the media office of the Resistance Committees in Palestine confirmed that the massacre was carried out “with the blessing of the criminal Blinken and with a green light from the fascist Biden administration.”

Earlier Tuesday, 12 Palestinians were killed and many others remained under the rubble, while dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Mustafa Hafez School west of Gaza City, which houses 700 displaced people.

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'Hamas: Biden remarks on 'Hamas backing away from ceasefire deal are misleading allegations

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said the US President Joe Biden and his foreign minister Antony Blinken’s recent claims that Hamas was backing away from a ceasefire truce deal are misleading allegations.

'Hamas said in a press statement on Tuesday that the misleading claims do not reflect the true position of the Movement which is keen on reaching a ceasefire agreement.

The Movement stressed that Biden’s remarks reflect a clear American bias towards Israel and Washington’s complicity in the war of genocide against defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.

The Movement called Biden’s claims an “American green light for the Zionist extremist government to commit more crimes against defenseless civilians.”

Hamas further explained that what was recently proposed constitutes a coup against the previous framework which was reached on July 2 and outlined by Biden himself on May 31 based on the Security Council Resolution No. 2735 (June 11). 

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Palestinian journalist Hamza Murtaja killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza school

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza announced the martyrdom of journalist Hamza Abdul Ra'hman Murtaja, which brings the number of journalists who have been martyred to 170 journalists since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Murtaja was killed alongside 12 people after an Israeli airstrike targeted the Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza City, where displaced people were seeking shelter.

Murtaja was a photographer and journalist working for several media outlets, and is the brother of the journalist Yasir Murtaja, who was killed by an Israeli sniper on April 6, 2018, while covering the “Return March” east of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a press statement on Tuesday, the PGMO condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists.

The GMO called on the international community and organizations concerned with journalistic work to deter the Israeli aggression, bring Israeli officials to international courts, push for halting the war of genocide and stop the crime of killing and assassinating Palestinian journalists. 

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UNRWA: Number of employees killed in Gaza surges to 207

Tuesday 20-August-2024

207 UNRWA team members have been killed in Gaza since the war began, including in the line of duty, the UN agency said in a tweet on X on Monday.

It added, “They were engineers, teachers, medical staff. They were humanitarian workers. On World Humanitarian Day and every day, we remember and pay tribute to them all.”

UNRWA had said in a post on August 9 that the number of its employees killed in the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year had reached 205.

The Israeli genocidal war on Gaza had so far killed more than 40,000 citizens and wounded more than 92,000 others. 

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Israel envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, says UN building ‘should be wiped off the face of Earth’

NEW YORK, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

The United Nations headquarters in New York should “wiped off the face of the earth,” Israeli Ambassador to UN Gilad Erdan said Tuesday.

“The UN building should be closed and wiped off from the face of the earth," Erdan told Israeli daily Maariv in an interview.

"This building, which may look nice from the outside, is actually twisted and distorted," he said.

The Israeli daily pointed out that this was not the first time for Erdan to attack the United Nations.

Last month, Erdan was quoted saying: "We must take unprecedented steps against the UN, such as closing the UN compound in Jerusalem and expelling the heads of the agencies stationed in Israel, to send a clear and unequivocal message that the continued bias and exploitation of the UN against Israel will come at a price."

Seeing himself leading the Likud Party after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Erdan has previously criticized UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Erdan’s remarks came as 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 Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 40,173 Palestinians and injuring over 92,857 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 aggression 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 Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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

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On August 20, 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 4 main massacres, in which 34 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 114 others were injured, in the past 48 hours (from a specific time of yesterday to a specific time of today). This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 40,173 and the injuries to 92,857, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 40,173

GAZA,  Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) - 

The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now surged to 40,173, medical sources confirmed on Tuesday.

Sources added that at least 92,857others have also been injured in the onslaught.

At least 34 people were killed and 114 others were injured in Israeli attacks that took place in the last 24 hours, they added.

The sources said that many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are still unable to reach them.

K.T

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Dozens of martyrs, wounded on 319th day of Israel’s war of genocide on Gaza

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued committing more genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip on the 319th day of its war on the war-torn enclave on Tuesday, by launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling

The PIC correspondents reported that Israeli airstrikes have left dozens of civilians as martyrs and wounded amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation due to the ongoing siege and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.

Medical sources reported that 13 citizens were martyred in relentless airstrikes on Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, while five others were martyred in the shelling that targeted displaced people in the same province.

According to the Civil Defense Directorate, 10 citizens, including children and women, were martyred, and others were wounded, after the Israeli occupation warplanes bombed a school that houses displaced people in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

The Israeli airstrikes also killed a Palestinian in Dair El -Bala'h in Central Gaza, while six others were martyred in separate attacks in Rafa'h, and four other martyrs were murdered in Al-Buraij camp.

The Ministry of Health has announced that the Israeli occupation army has committed three massacres during the past 24 hours, claiming the lives of 34 people and injuring 114 others.

This brings the toll of the Israeli aggression on Gaza to 40,173 martyrs and 92,857 injuries since October 7 last year. 

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Israeli genocidal bombardment on Dair El-Bala'h kills eight Palestinian civilians, injure others

GAZA, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli genocidal bombardment on the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central war-torn Gaza Strip Tuesday evening killed eight Palestinian civilians and injured others, according to medical sources.

They said that at least eight Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in an Israeli bombing 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 40,173 Palestinians and injuring over 92,857 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 aggression 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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'Hamas mourns a group of companions, assistants of martyr Ismail Haneyya

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Hamas Movement mourned a group of companions and office assistants of the late head of Hamas political bureau, martyr Isma'eel Haniyya, who were martyred in an Israeli airstrike near his home in Gaza’s Al-Shati refugee camp.

'Hamas said in a press statement on Monday evening, “this crime shows the scale of Israeli malevolence for everyone who is affiliated with the Hamas late leader Ismail Haniyya.”

The Movement stressed that the ongoing Israeli crimes and massacres will not weaken the Palestinian resistance, pledging to carry on with resistance until liberation.

On Monday evening, Israeli warplanes bombed a gathering of citizens near Haniyya’s house west of Gaza, leading to the martyrdom of nine martyrs including six of Haniyya’s aides and assistants, one of them was martyred along with his daughter.

The Israeli sudden attack set fire to several displacement tents in the Al-Qarara area, northwest of Khan Younus.

Local sources told the PIC correspondent that the Israeli occupation forces, stationed near 'Hamad City west of Khan Younus, opened machine gunfire amid heavy artillery shelling, towards the Al-Mawasi area, which has been claimed to be a “safe humanitarian zone”, and accordingly was sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in worn tents.

According to the sources, many injuries could not be transferred to hospital, as it was not possible to extinguish the fire that broke out in their tents.

Since early Tuesday morning, the vicinity of 'Hamad City, which houses thousands of displaced people, as well as the Al-Mawasi area, has been witnessing violent bombing and shooting from Israeli quadcopter planes, leading to the martyrdom of a number of citizens, including an 8-month-old infant, in addition to the injury of dozens of others.

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PGMO: 25 Palestinians killed in 3 massacres in Gaza

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza has condemned the three Israeli air raids in the past few hours that have killed at least 25 Palestinians on Tuesday.

12 martyrs were killed in the bombing of Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza City, 9 martyrs in the bombing of a market in Dair El-Bala'h, and 4 martyrs in the bombing of a mobile phone charging point in Khan Younus Governorate, the PGMO added.

“These massacres come as part of the ongoing genocide that the occupation uses various practices to complete, including targeting civilians in shelters and displacement centers and targeting gatherings of civilians,” it said in a statement.

“We hold the Israeli occupation and the American administration fully responsible for the catastrophic and dangerous consequences of these ongoing massacres.”

Earlier Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre after bombing a gathering of citizens in Dair El-Bala'h.

Medical sources said that 9 people were killed and dozens more were wounded; the vast majority of them were children and women.

The crime is the second of its kind in the Gaza Strip in less than 12 hours. 

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Ten martyrs in new Israeli massacre in Gaza

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli warplanes bombed a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians in Al-Rimal suburb in Gaza City on Tuesday morning killing ten civilians, including women and children, and injuring many others.

Gaza’s Civil Defense said in a statement that the raid targeted Mustafa Hafidth School, adding that ten citizens were killed and dozens were injured.

It noted in a press release that 700 citizens had taken refuge in the school after the Israeli bombardment of Gaza City over the past ten months had destroyed their homes.

The Civil Defense underlined that the Israeli occupation forces had recently shelled nine schools sheltering displaced persons in the Gaza Strip. 

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18 Palestinians killed in two separate massacres in Gaza and Khan Younus

Tuesday 20-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed two separate massacres in the Gaza Strip on Monday. At least 18 civilians were killed in the two crimes.

The first massacre took place in the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza, while the second targeted Khan Younus in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli warplanes bombed an internet point in the Austrian neighborhood west of Khan Younus; resulting in the killing of 9 people and the injury of several others.

In another Israeli massacre, 9 Palestinians were killed and many others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of people in the Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City.

The health ministry in Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the Israeli occupation committed three massacres in the enclave over the past 24 hours killing 40 citizens and wounding 134 others.

It added that the total number of those martyred since October 7 last year thus surged to 40,139 and the wounded to 92,743. 

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Israeli drone strike kills four Palestinians, injure others in southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

An Israeli drone airstrike Tuesday evening killed four Palestinian civilians and injured others east of the city of Khan Younus in the southern war-torn Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that an Israeli military drone targeted a group of civilians at a telephone and Internet charging station in the Bani Suhayla town, east of Khan Younus, killing four and injuring 10 others.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelled the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Strip, injuring a number of civilians, at a time when the occupation authorities blew up several residential towers in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza.

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 40,173 Palestinians and injuring over 92,857 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 aggression 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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Four civilians killed in Israeli aerial and artillery strikes on central Gaza

GAZA, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) -

Four civilians were killed today in intense Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting the eastern parts of the city of Dair El-Bala'h, in the center of the Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, four civilians were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, following an Israeli bombing of a building east of Dair El-Bala'h. Victims are still missing under the rubble.

The occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 40,173 civilians and the injury of 92,857 others.

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.

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

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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Palestinian killed after being chased by IOFs near Ramallah

Tuesday 20-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian man was killed, and a woman was seriously injured after their vehicle overturned after being chased by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) near Burqa village, east of Ramallah, in the West Bank on Tuesday evening.

According to local sources, the IOFs pursued the Palestinian vehicle and opened fire at it.

Ambulance crews rushed to the scene, retrieved the martyr, and transferred the injured woman for treatment.

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Palestinian young man shot and injured in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)-area town

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian youth was injured tonight by Israeli forces’ rubber-coated metal bullets in the town of Al-Khadir, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), said a local source.

The source told WAFA correspondent that Israeli forces chased after two young men who were riding a motorcycle in the town and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at them, shooting and injuring one of them in the foot.

The occupation forces raided the vicinity of residents’ homes in the area and conducted search operations, under the pretext of looking for the young men.

T.R.

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Palestinian teen killed in IOFs raid in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Tuesday 20-August-2024

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A Palestinian teenager was killed and another was wounded in an Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) raid into Doura town in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron) on Monday night.

The ministry of health announced on Tuesday the martyrdom of 18-year-old Ma'hmoud Ibraheem Al-'Huroub after midnight Monday. He was shot by an IOFs bullet that penetrated his right eye and settled in his head earlier on Monday evening and was taken to hospital in critical condition.

Local sources said that IOFs stormed the town and clashed with youths, who threw stones at the soldiers. They added that the soldiers fired live bullets, stun grenades and teargas at the young men hitting two of them with live bullets, one in the face and the other in the abdomen.

They said that the two youths were taken to hospital while dozens were treated in the field for teargas suffocation.

The martyrdom of Al-'Huroub brings the total number of citizens killed by the IOFs in the West Bank and Jerusalem since October 7 to 636, including 147 children, while the number of injured reached around 5,400.

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Palestinian man injured by shrapnel during Israeli' storming of Old City in Nablus.

NABLUS, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man was injured at dawn by shrapnel from live bullets during the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the Old City in Nablus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that the 30-year-old man, aged was injured by shrapnel from live bullets in the hand during the occupation forces' storming of the Old City.

Local sources explained that the occupation forces, with military reinforcements, stormed the city from the Jabal al-Tur area, and raided several neighborhoods in the Old City, during which they fired sound bombs and tear gas.

Y.S.

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IOFs launches kidnapping campaign throughout the West Bank

Tuesday 20-August-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a raid and kidnapping campaign throughout the West Bank at dawn Tuesday amidst news of confrontations.

In Nablus, IOFs broke into Balata refugee camp to the east of Nablus and Al-'Ain refugee camp to the west of the city while firing live bullets and sound bombs.

An IOFs military bulldozer went on a destruction spree in Qar’an alley in Balata and kidnapped a young man in eastern Nablus.

In Tubas, clashes erupted after IOFs raided the town of Tammoun and broke into a number of houses amid firing of live bullets, sound bombs, and teargas canisters.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its teams treated four citizens who were shot during the IOF raid into Tammoun including one who was severely beaten by the soldiers. The IOFs rounded up two brothers in Tammoun after storming their family house.

The IOFs had rounded up more than 10,100 citizens from the West Bank and Jerusalem since the Israeli war on Gaza Strip started on October 7 last year, according to local human rights organizations.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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IOAR demolishes Palestinian home, commercial facilities in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Tuesday 20-August-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) razed a Palestinian home and commercial facilities in Wadi Al-Joaz neighborhood in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Tuesday morning.

Eyewitnesses reported the Israeli police forces closed the main street leading to the industrial area in the neighborhood before starting the demolition of a house belonging to Ja’bari family and a store for the Dandash family.

The police forces also razed a sports club and an automobile repair shop owned by the 'Aashour family.

Citizens said that they had obtained court orders blocking demolition of their facilities but were shocked by the IOAR bulldozers razing them this morning.

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Palestinian youth injured in settlers' attack on village south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) -

A young man was wounded in an attack carried out by colonists against the village of Susiya in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to a local activist.

Osama Makhamra, an anti-settlement activist, said a group of colonists, protected by the occupation forces, attacked the family home of the young man, who was identified as Mu'hammed Nasir A-Nawaj’a and beat him up with batons, causing him bruises throughout his body.  He was taken to a medical center for treatment.

The illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R.

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Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of Palestinian-owned trees west of Salfeet

Salfeet, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli bulldozers today uprooted hundreds of olive and almond trees in the town of Dair Istya, west of Salfeet, according to a local activist.

Anti-settlement activist, Nazmi Salman, told WAFA that three bulldozers, backed by the occupation soldiers, bulldozed dozens of dunums of land and uprooted hundreds of trees in northern Dair Istya.

The bulldozers also destroyed several rainwater harvesting wells used by farmers for irrigation.

The land is located near a pastoral colonial outpost established by colonists last October. Since then, the land owners have been banned access.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house, detain WAFA photojournalist near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem),  Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday began demolishing a house in the town of Tuqu', southeast of Bethlehem, and detained a photographer working for the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA).

The director of the Tuqu' village council Tayseer Abu Mufri'h told WAFA correspondent that the occupation bulldozers began demolishing a house located in Khirbet Al-Dair area, which belongs to local resident Sahir Saleem 'Ayyash, who lives in it with eight members of his family, and consists of two floors, each floor is 140 square meters, under the pretext that it was built without having a permit.

According to WAFA correspondent, the occupation forces detained Ahmed Mazhar, a photojournalist working for WAFA News Agency, for a period of time before releasing him, and threatened to detained him if he is present in this area.

The occupation forces, with military reinforcements, stormed the Khirbet al-Deir area, and were stationed next to the boys' schools on the main street, in preparation for demolishing 'Ayyash's house, where they fired tear gas and sound bombs at the citizens, preventing them from reaching the place.

K.T.

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Israeli bulldozers continue to raze Palestinian land in Salfeet

Salfeet, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces bulldozers continued to raze and expand the road connecting the illegal Israeli settlement of Beduel and the Banat Bar area located west of the town of Kafr Al-Deek, west of Salfeet.

The mayor of Kafr Al-Deek, 'Alaa Al-Deek, said that the occupation bulldozers have been razing in the area for several days and attacking civilians, farmers, shepherds and their lands.

He pointed out that the Israeli occupation army and illegal settlers have intensified their violations against the western and northern areas of the town, especially the Banat Ba area west of the town, where the colonists set up tents and several shacks.

It is noteworthy that the occupation soldiers and colonists attacked the citizen Jamal Mu'hammed Nayif Al-Deek last Friday and detained him along with his brothers 'Aasif, Nasir, and Faris, and his son 'Abdul-Mu'ti,in the Khalat Al-'Haramiya area west of the town, which necessitated their transfer to the Yasser Arafat Hospital in the city of Salfeet.

Y.S.

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Note:

The Israeli occupation forces have no jurisdiction to arrest or detain Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, that's why the correct term for what they do illegally is kidnapping, not arrest or detention.

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parantheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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