On Day 308 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 2 Massacres, 51 Palestinians Killed, 40 Injured, with a Death Toll of  39,750 and 91,762 Injuries

August 9, 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 9, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 46,750+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (39,750), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 7,000+). 

By August 9, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 91,762.

By August 9, 2024, 620 Palestinians who were killed, 5,441 who were injured, and 9,947, 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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UNRWA warned that due to the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, malnutrition among Palestinian children increased by more than 300 percent in July compared to May, August 9, 2024	Despite various Israeli security restrictions, 40,000 Palestinian Muslims perform the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds, occupied Jurusalem, August 9, 2024
A Palestinian child who was murdered by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza Strip, while carrying bread for his family, August 9, 2024 pic	A foreign solidarity activist was also shot with live ammunition by the Israeli occupation soldiers, around Mount Sabiee'h in Baita, south of Nablus, August 9, 2024
Palestine Voice Radio correspondent, Tameem Mu'ammar, was killed along with a large number of his family, by an Israeli airstrike on their house, in Khan Younus, August 9, 2024	Two Lebanese citizens were martyred by an Israeli drone airstrike on Al-Naqoura, Israeli warplanes also targeted Dair Mimas and Kafr Kila, in South Lebanon, August 9, 2024 wafa
Palestinian civilians fleeing eastern Khan Younus under Israeli bombardment, without knowing where to go, as there is safe place in the Gaza Strip anymore, August 8, 2024.	Palestinian children competing to get some soup food from a local charity in central Gaza Strip, as food shortages continue as a result of the continuous Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, August 8, 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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Two martyrs in Israeli air raid on southern Lebanon

Friday 9-August-2024

BEIRUT, (PIC)

Two citizens were martyred on Friday morning in an Israeli aerial strike on south Lebanon.

The Lebanese health ministry’s emergency department announced that the two were martyred in an Israeli drone attack on Al-Naquora, in southernmost area of Lebanon.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime launches daily raids on Lebanon killing and wounding dozens of citizens ever since the Israeli occupation army began its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October last year.

Two martyrs in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) —

Two Lebanese citizens were martyred this morning in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon, according to local and health reports.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health's Emergency Operations Center confirmed the casualties following a drone attack on the town of Al-Naqoura, in southern Lebanon this morning.

In addition to the drone strike, Israeli warplanes targeted the outskirts of the towns of Dair Mimas and Kafr Kila. 

This escalation coincided with increased over flights by the Israeli occupation military and reconnaissance aircraft over the region.

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Israeli airstrike injures four Syrian soldiers near Homs

DAMASCUS, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

Four Syrian soldiers sustained injuries last night following an Israeli airstrike targeting the area around the Shayrat Airbase in the Homs province. 

According to a military source cited by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the airstrike occurred around 8:55 PM local time on Thursday. The strike resulted in injuries to four soldiers and caused some material damage. 

The source pointed out that the Israeli aggression was launched from northern Lebanon and aimed at several military positions in the central region of Syria. 

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Five new prisoners from Gaza die of torture in Israeli jail

Friday 9-August-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Prisoners’ Media Center revealed on Friday the names of five new prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were martyred due to torture in Israeli occupation prisons.

The martyrs were identified as Wafa Abdul Hadi, 'Ata Fayyad, Fat'hi Jadallah, Majid Al-Sawafeeri, and 'Ali Al-Hauli.

Human rights sources reported that the above-mentioned martyrs died in Sde Teiman detention camp due to brutal torture at the hands of Israeli occupation jailers.

The Haaretz Hebrew newspaper had previously announced the martyrdom of 36 prisoners from the Gaza Strip in Sde Teiman prison, amid talks about the martyrdom of 60 detainees who had died of torture in Israeli occupation prisons since October 7 last year.

Meanwhile, the Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission said its lawyer was able to visit a number of administrative prisoners in Ofer Prison. They are A'hmed 'Hajjaj from Bait Reema, Kian Awaysa and Wajdi Khattab from Ramallah, and Mu'hammed Kamil from Qabatya near Jenin.

The lawyer said that the prisoners told him how difficult, dangerous and complex are the detention conditions in Israeli jails.

The prisoners affirmed being continuously subjected to a series of punitive and vengeful policies, including poor treatment, assaults, starvation, insults, and deprivation of clothing, medicines, painkillers and treatment, in addition to daily transfers among the prisoners, whether from one room to another or from one section to another without any justifications, just to create a state of instability.

The prisoners also spoke about the policy of coercion imposed on them in all aspects of their lives, as they recently have been forced to shave their heads to zero degree, and anyone who objects would subject to harsh penalties, which may cost him a heavy price of beatings and torture.

The Commission monitored a significant increase in the number of administrative detainees, who surged to 3,432 detainees, the majority of whom have been arrested since October last year.

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Official Palestinian Media mourns journalist killed in Israeli airstrike on Khan Younus

RAMALLAH, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) –

Official Palestinian Media today mourned Palestine Voice Radio correspondent Tameem Mu'ammar who was killed along with a large number of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their house in Khan Younus.

The Official Palestinian Media stated in a press release that targeting Palestinian journalists together with their families is an integral part of the Israeli genocidal war against the Gaza Strip and pledged that Palestinian journalists and media personnel would continue to convey the suffering of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories.

It called on international media and humanitarian organizations to not only issue generic statements of condemnation, but to take immediate action to hold Israeli perpetrators of war crimes accountable and bring them before the International Criminal Court.

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.

By August 8, 2024, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,699 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and injuring over 91,722 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.

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Despite various Israeli security restrictions, 40,000 Palestinian Muslims perform the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jurusalem)

Friday 9-August-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jurusalem), (PIC)

Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jurusalem), despite Israeli security restrictions.

According to the Islamic Endowments Department in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), around 40,000 Muslims performed the Friday prayer at the holy shrine.

A heavy contingent of Israeli police was deployed at the entrances, surroundings, and alleys of the city, as well as at the external gates of the Mosque.

The Israeli police blocked several roads leading toAl-Quds (occupied Jurusalem) and hindered the movement of Palestinian citizens.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime also imposed more restrictions on West Bankers’ entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Earlier Friday, thousands of Maqdisis (Jerusalemites) performed the Fajr prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli security restrictions at its gates.

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Al-Resheq: Smotrich’s statement on starving Gaza is a scandalous example of the genocidal war

Thursday 8-August-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Member of the 'Hamas political bureau 'Izzat Al-Rishiq slammed on Thursday Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s statements, in which he said the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral.”

Al-Rishiq considered the comment “a scandalous statement that confirms once again the Israeli premeditated intention and its actual adoption of genocide policy in the Gaza Strip.”

“We usually hear that the criminal covers up his crime, but we are dealing with an impudent enemy that openly declares its heinous crime,” the Hamas official said.

Al-Rishiq called on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant against Smotrich, for promoting and supporting genocide.

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UNRWA: Malnutrition among children in northern Gaza surged by 300%

Thursday 8-August-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned that malnutrition among Palestinian children in northern Gaza Strip has increased by more than 300% in July compared to May.

It further added in a statement on X platform on Thursday that 96% of Gaza’s population faces crisis levels of hunger.

UNRWA concluded its post by warning that “Gaza needs more aid and a ceasefire now.”

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Euro-Med: The Israeli targeting of shelter schools is a systematic policy to evacuate Gaza

Friday 9-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli army has increased its targeting of schools that are providing shelter for the displaced people in Gaza City, killing and wounding hundreds of them in the process in a systematic effort to drive residents from their homes and places of displacement and rob them of any stability out of revenge, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Friday.

In just eight days, Israeli aircraft attacked nine schools in Gaza City that served as shelters for thousands of displaced people. They destroyed the schools above the heads of the occupants, killing 79 Palestinians and injuring 143 more—the majority of whom were women and children—in addition to several other victims who were buried beneath the rubble and were never able to be retrieved due to the lack of the necessary tools.

The latest of these attacks occurred on Thursday, August 8, at 3:00 p.m. when Israeli aircraft bombed the “Al-Zahraa” and “Abdul Fatta'h 'Hamouda” schools in the “Al-Tuffah” neighborhood east of Gaza City, where thousands of displaced people are housed. The attack resulted in the deaths of 17 civilians and the injuries of dozens more, many of whom were women and children. 16 more were reportedly missed under the rubble.

Last Sunday, August 4, Israeli aircraft bombed the Al-Nasr and 'Hasan Salama schools in Gaza City, killing 30 Palestinians and wounding 19 others. The day before, Israeli planes attacked four schools in Al-Shaikh Radhwan” neighborhood of eastern Gaza that were being used as shelter centers; 17 Palestinians were killed and 60 others were injured in the attack. Earlier this month, Israeli aircraft bombed the “Dalal Al-Mughribi” school in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza, leaving 15 more deaths and 29 injuries.

The Euro-Med said that the bombing and destruction of these schools above the heads of the displaced people inside them had no real justification and was not necessary for military purposes.

The Euro-Med field team’s initial investigations indicate that the Israeli army deliberately destroyed the remaining shelter centers to deny the Palestinians the few remaining places to seek refuge after the systematic destruction of homes and shelters, including schools and public facilities, over the past ten months.

By continuing to bomb the entire Gaza Strip and concentrating on shelters, such as those housed in UNRWA schools, the Israeli bombing strategy indicates a clear policy intended to deprive Palestinians of security and stability, if only temporarily.

In the course of their ten-month military attack on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to bomb civilian targets, kill large numbers of civilians, target refugee centers—the majority of which are housed in UN facilities—and carry out mass murders there, all of which are considered crimes against humanity and full-fledged war crimes.

The last four days have seen new forced evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents in Khan Yunis, the central governorate, and northern Gaza. These events coincide with the policy of bombing shelter centers in Gaza City, suggesting that Israel is purposefully stepping up the evacuation orders to force Palestinians to leave their destroyed homes and not resettle even in nearby tents.

Accordingly, the Euro-Med called on all countries to fulfil their international obligations by enacting effective sanctions against Israel and ceasing all forms of military, political, and financial assistance. This includes immediately cutting off arms exports to Israel, otherwise, these nations will be found to be complicit in crimes that have been committed in the Gaza Strip, including genocide.

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

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On August 9, 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 51 Palestinian civilians were killed, and the 40 others were injured, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 39,750 and the injuries to 91,762, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.

Editor's Note:

Due to the lack of the death toll in Gaza Strip online, the above August 9, 2024 statistics were calculated by subtracting August 8 from August 10 statistics.

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US-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 308

Friday 9-August-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 308 on Friday, 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 attack citizens in different areas of Gaza, especially in Khan Younus and Rafa'h, during the past 24 hours.

The Israeli forces have continued their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafa'h, since May 7, while storming Gaza City amid air and artillery bombardment.

The Prisoners’ Media Office revealed the names of five Gaza prisoners who were killed in Israeli prisons, including:

Wafa Ameen Mu'hammed Abdul Hadi, 'Ata Yousuf 'Hasan Fayyadh, Fat'hi Mu'hammed Ma'hmoud Jadallah, Majid 'Hamdi Ibraheem Al-Sawafeeri, and 'Ali 'Abdullah Sulayman Al-'Hauli

Meanwhile, the Israeli 98th Division launched an offensive operation in Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip and carried out 30 airstrikes throughout the area.

The Israeli helicopters also opened fire this morning east of Al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younus.

Along the same line, Israeli artillery shelled several neighborhoods in Rafa'h while several buildings were blown up west of the city.

Three Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded, including a five-month-old infant, in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Hauli family house in Block 4 in Jabalya camp, north of the Strip.

Four more Palestinians were killed and others were wounded when the Israeli warplanes bombed the Matar family house, west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Two other Palestinians were killed and others were injured in Israeli shelling of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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Over a dozen of civilians, including two journalists, killed in series of Israeli genocidal airstrikes on Khan Younus

GAZA, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

At least 14 civilians, including two journalists, were killed and others were wounded today in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younus.

Medical sources reported that the bodies of 14 people were brought to the Nasir Medical Complex in Khan Younus, after Israeli bombings of various parts of the city.

Five civilians, including a Palestine TV journalist who was identified as Tameem Mu’ammar, were killed and others were injured in the Israeli shelling of the home of Al-Mu’ammar family in central Khan Younus.

Five civilians, including children, were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younus.

Two civilians were killed and others were injured in the occupation’s bombardment of al-Amour neighborhood in Al-Fukhari town, east of Khan Younus.

A citizen was also killed by Israeli sniper fire near a school in the town of Al-Qarara east of Khan Younus.

Local sources said journalist 'Abdullah Al-Susi was also killed in an Israeli air raid that targeted his home in Khan Younus.

Several civilians were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the 'Abasan Al-Jadeeda, east of Khan Younus.

By August 8, 2024, the ongoing relentless Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, air and sea, since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the killing of 39,699 civilians, mostly children and women, and the injury of 91,722 others.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks and the massive amount of debris.

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Nine Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling across the Gaza Strip

GAZA, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) —

 At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured this morning as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip, marking the 308th day of the ongoing Israeli genocide.

In one of the deadly attacks, four people were murdered and others were injured when Israeli forces bombed a house belonging to the Matar family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza. 

Local sources reported that the bodies of the deceased were recovered, and the wounded were transported to Al-'Awda and Al-Aqsa Hospitals.

In another strike, two individuals were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli attack on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, local sources reported.

Additionally, emergency teams recovered the bodies of two victims, including a child, from the town of 'Abasan, east of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip. A young man was also killed by Israeli snipers in the same area.

Another airstrike hit a house east of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, injuring 18 people, including children. 

Yesterday, Israeli warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes on Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with new evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military for several neighborhoods in the city.

By August 8, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,699 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly women and children, in addition to 91,722 injuries. Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

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Eight Palestinians killed by Israeli genocidal airstrikes across the Gaza Strip

GAZA, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

 At least eight Palestinian civilians were killed and several others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes after midnight last night in various locations across the Gaza Strip. 

The targeted areas included the Al-Nusayrat and Al-Maghazi refugee camps, in the central area of the enclave, as well as the towns of Khan Younus and Rafa'h in southern Gaza Strip.

According to health sources, three people were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Matar family in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp. Another two individuals lost their lives in a similar attack on homes in Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Meantime, local sources reported that an Israeli airstrike hit a house in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, resulting in three fatalities and several injuries. 

Additionally, a tent sheltering displaced people in the Shawaheen area of the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of Khan Younus, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike, causing further casualties.

The Israeli occupation military also continued its bombardment and destruction of Rafa'h, in the farthest south of the enclave, demolishing several homes in the western part of the city. 

By August 8, 2024, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,699 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly women and children, in addition to 91,722 injuries. Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

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

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Injuries in confrontations with the IOFs in Nablus and Qalqilya

Friday 9-August-2024

NABLUS, (PIC)

A number of citizens, including a foreign solidarity activist, were injured during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Nablus and Qalqilya.

In Nablus, a number of citizens suffered from tear gas inhalation during confrontations that erupted after the IOFs stormed the town of Sebastya, northwest of Nablus, where two citizens were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation soldiers, and live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas were fired.

A foreign solidarity activist was also shot with live ammunition during the IOFs quelling of the weekly march organized around Mount Sabiee'h in the town of Baita, south of Nablus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a 40-year-old foreign solidarity activist was shot with live ammunition in the thigh in the town of Baita and was transferred to the hospital.

On the other hand, IOFs stormed the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qalqilya, leading to the outbreak of confrontations with the citizens. Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village and fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters near the 'Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque after the Friday prayer, which led to the outbreak of confrontations with the citizens, without any reports of injuries.

Several areas of the West Bank witness weekly events rejecting the illegal Israeli settlement activity on the Palestinian lands, which trigger clashes with the IOFs.

Data from the Israeli human rights movement “Peace Now” indicate the existence of about 666,000 illegal Israeli settlers and 145 illegal settlements and 140 random settlement outposts in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). 

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap two young siblings in central West Bank

RAMALLAH, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two young brothers this morning from the village of Bayt Seera, located west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

The two children detained were identified as Basheer and Mu'hammed Yousuf 'Anqawi. The arrests followed a raid on their family home, during which the Israeli occupation soldiers conducted a search and tampered with the household contents.

The two were subsequently transported to an unknown destination by the Israeli occupation army.

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Israeli Fresh raid and kidnapping campaigns across the West Bank

Friday 9-August-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a new raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank late yesterday and at dawn Friday.

In Jineen, armed clashes broke out late yesterday at Al-Jalama checkpoint

The Israeli occupation forces, meanwhile, stormed the towns of Silat Al-'Harithiya, 'Arraba, Rummana, Zabuba, Ta’nak, Tayba, and 'Aineen in Jineen Governorate.

A large-scale search and combing campaign was carried out during the raids.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs stormed Far'oun town to the south at dawn today, and kidnapped two citizens.

IOFs also surrounded the family house of the wanted Mazin Rashid 'Awadh before kidnapping his father and brother in order to pressure him to surrender himself.

The IOFs also raided Al-Fati'h building in 'Izbet Al-Jarad suburb east of Toulkarm and conducted a search operation in one of the apartments, without reporting any kidnappings.

Meanwhile, the IOFs kidnapped a young man after raiding his family home in Far'oun town.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack shepherds in northern Jordan Valley

WAFA Archive

TUBAS, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers launched an attack this morning on shepherds in the Juba area of the northern Jordan Valley region, located northeast of the occupied West Bank, assaulting a local resident and a foreign activist.

Mu'taz Bisharat, an official in charge of the Jordan Valley file in the Tubas Governorate, told WAFA that the colonists physically assaulted A'hmed 'Husain Abu Mu'hsen, a local shepherd, and abducted him. Abu Mu'hsen was later found near the illegal Israeli settlement of Mehola with severe injuries.

The same group of colonists also assaulted a foreign solidarity activist, who was present in the area at the time, Bisharat added.

This incident is part of a broader pattern of daily harassment and attacks faced by residents in the northern Jordan Valley. The illegal Israeli settlers frequently target locals and obstruct shepherds from accessing grazing lands.

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Palestinian citizen injured in attack by illegal Israeli settlers, south of Nablus

NABLUS, Friday, August 9, 2024 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian citizen was injured early this morning following an assault by a group of the illegal Israeli settlers near the 'Awarta checkpoint, located south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Abdul Wahab Shtayya, a resident of the village of Salem, reported to WAFA that colonists obstructed his vehicle on the road close to the checkpoint. He said the assailants shattered both the front and side windows of his car and attacked him with sticks and stones. 

The assault resulted in a retinal tear and shoulder bruises. Shtayya was transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

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