Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

 

On Day 213 of the US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 5 Massacres, 52 Palestinians Killed, 90 Injured, with a Death Toll of  34,735 and 78,108 Injuries

May 6, 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:  

By May 6, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 41,735+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (34,735) and those who are still missing under the rubble (Corrected on April 18, 2024: 7,000+). 

By May 6, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 78,108, and more than 2,520 civilians have been abducted from Gaza Strip.

By April 7, 2024, the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip resulted in more than 116,061 martyrs, wounded and missing Palestinians, 70% of whom were children and women.

By April 7, 2024, 14,350 children were killed, constituting 44% of the total number of martyrs (over 33,175) in Gaza Strip.

By May 6, 2024, 499 Palestinians who were killed, 4,870 who were injured, and 8,590, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023 (Some of the detainees have been released).

By March 28, 2024, about 12,091 Palestinians, from both the West Bank and Gaza, have been detained in 2023. About half of them were detained after October 7. This included 1,085 children and 300 women.

More than 10,000 Palestinian women were killed (by April 17, 2024), 23,000 were injured (by March 8, 2024), but there are 2,100 women who are unaccounted for (by March 8, 2024).

By January 17, 2024, about 661 detainees from Gaza are currently languishing in Israeli prisons as “illegitimate combatants” (the Israeli term for Palestinian fighters) in addition to more than 50 women from Gaza, who are detained in the Damon prison, noting that 8 women of whom have been recently released.

By March 4, 2023, the death toll included 13,420+ children, 8,900+ women (more than 72.8% of the accounted for victims), 364 doctors and medical staff, 132 journalists, and 48 civil defense workers. 

The total number of detainees in the occupation prisons until the end of December was 8,800, and the number of administrative detainees was 3,484.

By March 4, 2024, the Government Media Office (GMO) said that the Israeli occupation forces killed 364 health personnel, destroyed 155 health institutions, 32 hospitals, 53 health centers, 126 ambulances, displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, and destroyed 360,000 housing units, about and 60% of the buildings and infrastructure in Gaza Strip.

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GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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52 Palestinians were killed, 90 were injured on Day 213 of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, here funeral prayers performed on some martyrs in Dair El-Bala'h, May 6, 2024	Palestinian photojournalist, Mustafa 'Ayyad, died of serious injuries he sustained by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Street 8 in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, May 6, 2024 pic
Mai 'Ammar, her husband Fadi Hanika, and their sons Mu'hammed and A'hmed were all martyred (unjustly killed) by an Israeli genocidal air strike, which targeted their home, in Mais Al-Jabal, South Lebanon, May 5, 2024	Palestinian children continue to constitute most of the victims of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024
Graduates raise Palestinian flag, and keffiyehs, during graduation ceremonies at US universities, May 6, 2024	The tent city of more than a million of the displaced Palestinians west of Rafa'h, just before the imminent attack by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, May 6, 2024
Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Al-Salam and other neighborhoods in Rafa'h result in sever martyrs (unjustly killed by the Earth oppressors) and injured Palestinians, May 6, 2024	Grieving the death of family members, who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, May 6, 2024

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/


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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verb "abduct" than the verb "detain," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names.

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Palestinian photojournalist succumbs to wounds, bringing the number of journalist martyrs in Gaza to 142

Monday 6-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

Palestinian photojournalist, Mustafa 'Ayyad, died on Monday of serious injuries he sustained in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Street 8 in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

The martyrdom of the photojournalist 'Ayyad was announced this morning after he succumbed to his wounds. He was injured after being targeted by an Israeli reconnaissance plane before transferring him to the Baptist Hospital where it was confirmed that he had injuries in the brain, heart, and liver.

The martyrdom of photojournalist 'Ayyad has brought the number of journalist martyrs who have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes to 142 martyrs.

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Mais Al-Jabal Bids Farewell to Two Martyrs: Hezbollah Affirms ‘Israel’ Will Pay Price of Targeting Civilians

 Al-Manar, May 6, 2024  

A massive funeral was held on Monday in the southern town of Mais Al-Jabal, which borders occupied Palestine, to mourn two of the four martyrs claimed by a Zionist air raid on a residential area in the village.

Mai 'Ali Yousuf 'Ammar and her son, Mu'hammed Hanika, were killed along with the father Fadi Hanika and his son A'hmed Hanika as a result of an Israeli air raid that on the family home on Sunday in Mais Al-Jabal.

The mourners held the two coffins from the house of the family and crossed the town’s streets into the main square where the death prayer was performed to bless the souls of the martyrs.

Member of the Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc, MP 'Ali Fayyadh, said that the Israeli enemy committed its crime in Mais Al-Jabal although its drones can identify the civilian nature of the target.

MP Fayyadh held the Israeli enemy responsible for attacking the civilians in South Lebanon, stressing that Hizbullah has the right of responding to any Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians.

Hizbullah lawmaker indicated that the enemy’s goals are exposed, adding that its attempts to escape failures are doomed to failure exacerbated by the pressures exerted by the North settlers, Gaza prisoners families and the US universities protests.

Finally, MP Fayyadh confirmed that the Israeli enemy would be certainly defeated and that Mais Al-Jabal would remain one of the resistance dens.

In response to the crime, Hizbullah bombarded with dozens of missiles Zionist settlements and military sites in northern Palestine and Golan Heights. 

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Israeli occupation army says a fourth soldier killed in Karm Abu Salim attack

Monday 6-May-2024

RAFAH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army has announced the death of a fourth soldier in Sunday’s rocket attack on the Karm Abu Salim military site in the east of Rafa'h, south of Gaza, according to the Hebrew media on Monday.

Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said early Sunday that it showered Israeli soldiers at the Karm Abu Salim site with short-range missiles.

Previous Hebrew media reports claimed the attack killed three soldiers and injured 14 others yesterday.

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Qatar: We will not become a tool to pressure any party in our mediation efforts

Monday 6-May-2024

Al-Doa'ha, (PIC)

Qatar has stressed that it will not accept becoming a tool to pressure any party and that it is committed to maintaining its role as an honest mediator between Hamas and Israel, diplomatic sources told Al Jazeera Arabic website.

The sources said on Sunday that Qatar affirms it cannot impose itself on the warring parties and cannot undertake any mediation unless it is asked to do so, and this includes the current mediation between Hamas and Israel.

The diplomatic sources said Qatar’s mediation disturbed certain parties, which have embarked on criticizing and attacking it, to pressure it to stop its role as an honest mediator and turn into a tool for exerting pressure on a party, something that Qatar had not done in the past successful mediations, both in the international and regional arenas.

For his part, Qatari premier and foreign minister Mohamed Al Thani has said Doha is in the process of evaluating its role in this mediation, stressing that Qatar sees this mediation as being misused for narrow political interests.

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'Hamas delegation leaves Cairo talks for consultations

Sunday 5-May-2024

CAIRO, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement said in a statement on Sunday that the current round of ceasefire talks in the Egyptian capital has ended, and that its negotiating team will leave for Doha this evening after two days of meetings.

“The Movement’s delegation had delivered the Movement’s response to the mediator brothers in Egypt and Qatar, where in-depth and serious discussions took place with them”, Hamas’s statement reads.

The statement mentioned that Hamas’s key demands include “a complete end” to the fighting, Israeli withdrawal “from the entire Gaza Strip, the facilitation of the return of displaced people, the intensification of relief efforts, the start of reconstruction and the conclusion of a prisoner exchange deal.”

A 'Hamas official said in press statements that the group’s negotiators in Cairo were leaving for Doha Sunday after talks ended in the Egyptian capital, part of mediation efforts towards a truce in Gaza.

“The Movement showed flexibility during the negotiations in accordance with what best served the interests of the Palestinian people,” said Ma'hmoud Al-Mardawi, the Hamas official. 

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Abu Marzouq: If IOF invades Rafa'h, it will reap nothing but failure and scandal

Monday 6-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In an interview with Al-Aqsa TV on Sunday evening, the head of Hamas International Relations Office Dr. Musa Abu Marzouq announced that a meeting would be held soon between the Palestinian factions in the Republic of China, expressing hope that it will culminate in ending the division.

Commenting on the latest Gaza developments, Abu Marzouq said, the US supports Israel with everything it has got, stressing that here are other axes in the world with which we seek relations.

He added that the US and Israel “contacted all the countries in the world at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation to condemn Hamas.”

The Hamas official pointed out that “one of the enemy’s declared goals was to defeat Hamas, and what happened was that the Arab and Islamic nation embraced the Movement in an unusual way.”

Abu Marzouq conveyed his greetings and appreciation to the steadfast people in Gaza, noting that more than 85 thousand tons of US bombs fell on Gaza while Palestinians are still clinging to their land.

He said, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have failed to achieve any of its goals and have not succeeded in releasing a single prisoner.

Abu Marzouq stressed that “the Israeli occupation fears entering Rafa'h because it will be a scandal and they will only reap failure.”

He also pointed out that the US administration’s positions are linked to electoral interests, and therefore it comes out with conflicting statements.

He reiterated that Hamas insists that any prisoner swap deal with Israel must include a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Abu Marzouq concluded his speech saying that the resistance seeks to include Russia, Turkey, and China as guarantors in any upcoming deal.

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Israeli government shuts down Al Jazeera TV offices, seizes its equipment

Sunday 5-May-2024

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The hard-line Israeli occupation government has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday following months of closure threats against the channel by premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right ministers.

The Israeli order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, was issued in the midst of ongoing Qatari mediation efforts to end the war on the Gaza Strip.

According to the Associated Press (AP), Al Jazeera went off Israel’s main cable provider in the hours after the order. However, its website and streaming links across multiple online platforms still operated Sunday.

For its part, Al Jazeera has strongly denounced the Israeli government’s decision to close its news operations in Israel as a “criminal act” and warned that the country’s suppression of the free press “stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law.”

“Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and denounces this criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access of information. Al Jazeera affirms its right to continue to provide news and information to its global audiences,” the network said in a statement on Sunday.

“The Network vehemently rejects the allegations presented by Israeli authorities suggesting professional media standards have been violated. It reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the values embodied by its code of ethics,” it said.

The statement comes after Netanyahu’s cabinet voted unanimously to close Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, weeks after Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security during the months-long genocidal war on Gaza.

Netanyahu announced the decision on X, formerly Twitter. “The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel,” he posted in Hebrew.

Following the decision, the Israeli police sent plain-clothes officers to raid Al Jazeera’s office in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

In another X post, Israeli communications minister Shlomo Karhi said he had signed the orders against Al Jazeera, which would be effective immediately.

The network has reported the Israeli war on Gaza nonstop since the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas launched its cross-border operation on October 7, 2023 and has maintained 24-hour coverage of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that has killed and wounded members of its own staff.

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Sada Social: 5,450 violations against Palestinian digital content

Monday 6-May-2024

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Sada Social has documented 5,450 violations against Palestinian digital and social media content in the first third of 2024.

In a recent report marking the World Press Freedom Day, Sada Social said that these violations included, among other things, loss of date, hacking incidents, violating privacy and spying on digital accounts.

32 percent of these violations were on Instagram, 26 percent on Facebook, 16 percent on WhatsApp, 14 percent on TikTok and 12 percent on X, according to Sada Social.

73 of these violations targeted visual materials (photos and videos) related to the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Sada Social pointed out.

These social media platforms also contained over 13,000 postings inciting against the Palestinians, and calling for starving and killing them and attacking their West Bank villages and towns. 

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Belgium is working on further sanctions against Israel, says Deputy Prime Minister

BRUSSELS, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter said on Monday that Belgium is working on further sanction against Israel after the latter began military operations in Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

In a post she made on X,  De Sutter said that the Israeli invasion of Rafa'h will 'lead to a massacre.'

"The Israeli call for the evacuation of the citizens and refugees of #Rafa'h, and the announced invasion, will lead to massacre," she said.

"Belgium is working on further sanctions against ISR. I will meet with Palestinian MFA Dr. Malki this noon."

K.T.

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Graduates raise Palestinian flag, keffiyeh during graduation ceremonies at US universities.

WASHINGTON, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

Hundreds of graduates of American universities raised the Palestinian flag and keffiyeh (the two main symbols of Palestinian struggle for freedom) during graduation ceremonies at several universities including Michigan, Boston, and Chicago, as an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The students raised the Palestinian flag as part of the protest activities against the refusal of university administrations to stop investments and cooperation with Israel, and to submit to the demands of the students, and in rejection of the arrest of more than 2,500 student protesters at universities by US police.

Additionally, schools in the state of Illinois joined student protests across the US, demanding an end to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, reflecting another shift in the course of the protests in America that may prompt other educational and academic institutions to join the activities.

K.T.

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Columbia University cancels its graduation ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests

NEW YORK, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Columbia University in New York, which is witnessing demonstrations denouncing the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, and in solidarity with Palestine, announced on Monday that it has decided to cancel its graduation ceremony next week.

The university said it would "abandon the university-wide ceremony scheduled for May 15" and will organize a series of small events instead.

The student movement was sparked in the United States of America, on April 18, when students rejecting the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip began a sit-in on the campus of Columbia University in New York, demanding that its administration stop its academic cooperation with Israeli universities and withdraw its investments in companies that support the occupation.

Students in American universities are seeking to put pressure on the American administration to withdraw investments from the occupying state and the companies that support it, and to boycott Israeli universities that are complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Later, the unprecedented student movement in support of Palestine in the United States expanded to universities in countries such as France, Britain, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, India and Australia, all of which witnessed demonstrations in support of their counterparts in American universities and demands to stop the aggression and boycott the companies that supply weapons to Israel.

Y.S.

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Euro-Med Monitor warns of the devastating consequences of an Israeli attack on Rafa'h

Monday 6-May-2024

RAFAH, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Monitor for Human Rights has warned of the repercussions of the Israeli occupation army’s issuance of evacuation orders for the displaced in Rafa'h, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. This move appears to be a prelude to the start of a military operation that the Monitor believes represents an announcement of the execution of over 1.2 million Palestinians in the city and an escalation of the crime of genocide.

In a statement released on Monday, the Euro-Med Monitor stated that the Israeli army has warned civilians to evacuate the eastern neighborhoods of Rafa'h towards the Mawasi area west of the neighboring city of Khan Yunis, without any clarification on how civilians will be safely transported to the mentioned area or how they will be organized upon arrival.

The areas affected by the evacuation orders include the Abu Yousuf Al-Najjar Hospital, the central hospital in Rafa'h, as well as the Rafa'h border crossings and the commercial crossing at Karm Abu Salim. It should be noted that the entry of aid trucks through these crossings has been suspended since Sunday afternoon, according to the statement.

The Euro-Med Monitor pointed out that the new Israeli evacuation orders contain a number of serious errors, including contradictory information and the incorrect naming of areas, which do not provide any safe haven for civilians.

It warned that any Israeli ground military operation in Rafa'h poses a grave danger of committing horrific massacres and the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians, especially children and women, and halting life-saving humanitarian relief operations throughout the Gaza Strip.

It also warned that the imminent invasion of Rafa'h foreshadows a large-scale displacement and raises serious concerns about the scenario of forced displacement and expulsion from the Strip.

The Euro-Med Monitor noted that Rafa'h is a center for humanitarian relief operations and the entry point for life-saving supplies, where dozens of relief organizations store supplies provided to civilians. This indicates an escalation of the policy of starvation against the people of the Strip and exacerbates the spread of diseases resulting from the military operation.

It stated that the imminent Israeli ground attack on Rafa'h may represent the bloodiest escalation against Palestinian civilians, leading to a larger wave of displacement, further overcrowding, blocking access to basic food needs and water, and the potential complete collapse of the already semi-destroyed health system.

The international community is called upon to fulfill its international legal obligations to stop the genocide being committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and to activate real pressure tools to compel it to stop its military attack, the Monitor concluded.

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

On May 6, 2024, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra, the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza Strip resulted in 5 massacres, which resulted in the killing of 52 Palestinian civilians, and the injury of 90 others, in the past 24 hours. This increased the accounted for death toll in Gaza Strip to 34,735 and the injuries to 78,108, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on October 7, 2023.   

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Gaza: Death toll surges to 34,735 martyrs

Monday 6-May-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army committed five massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 52 civilians and injuring over 90 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but only 142 of them, including 52 martyrs, were transported to hospitals.

The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 34,735 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 78,108 people.

The Gaza Strip has been under brutal bombardment since a cross-border operation was launched by Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7.

Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces intensify airstrikes on various areas of Gaza and Rafa'h cities

GAZA, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime warplanes and artillery intensified today their bombardment on various areas of the cities of Gaza and Rafa'h.

The occupation warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on the eastern areas of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets further targeted the vicinity of Gaza (Yasser Arafat) International Airport and the Al-Shoka neighborhood, east of the city of Rafa'h.

Moving to the city of Gaza, a Palestinian journalist who was identified as Mustafa 'Ayyad was killed after being targeted by a missile from a drone in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.

Additionally, occupation artillery also targeted multiple homes in the vicinity of Street 8 in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.  

Israeli military tanks and vehicles intensively opened gunfire towards civilian's homes in the Shaikh 'Ijleen area, southwest of the city.

Rescue and ambulance crews retrieved the bodies of two people after they were targeted by occupation artillery shells in the Buraij camp.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues to close the commercial Karm Abu Salim crossing in the south for the second day in a row, denying the access of relief aid into the Strip.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime warplanes escalate bombing of civilian homes across Gaza Strip

GAZA, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation apartheid regime warplanes and artillery targeted today different areas in the Gaza Strip.

In the northern Gaza Strip, occupation artillery bombed the eastern areas of the city of Jabalya, causing significant destruction and causalities among civilians.  

In the meantime, Israeli warplanes also struck civilians’ homes in Bait Lahya and Bait 'Hanoun.

Moving to Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, central Gaza, Israeli fighter jets targeted multiple civilians’ homes. 

Simultaneously, Israeli occupation apartheid regime warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on several areas east of the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

In Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip, the death toll rose to 26 persons, including 11 children and eight women as a result of the raids that targeted 11 homes in the neighborhoods of Al-Salam, Al-Junaina, George Street in the east, and Khirbet Al-'Adas in the northeast of the city.

In a preliminary toll (today), the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip has resulted so far in 34,735 documented Palestinian fatalities, the majority of whom are children and women. In addition, 78,108 injuries have been registered, with thousands of victims still under the rubble.

Y.S.

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Day 213 of Genocide: Civilians killed in Israeli bombing of Rafah

GAZA, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

A number of Palestinian citizens Monday dawn were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli bombing of the city of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its aggression against Palestinians for the 213th day.

22 Palestinians, including 8 children, were killed as a result of occupation raids that targeted 11 homes in Rafa'h since yesterday evening.

WAFA correspondents said that 22 civilians, including eight children, were killed as a result of Israeli occupation raids that targeted 11 homes in Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

They said that 4 civilians, including two children, were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house owned by Abu Libda family in Al-Junana neighborhood, east of the city of Rafa'h, while 9 people, including four children, were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house owned by Qishta family in Al-Salam neighborhood in the city of Rafa'h.

Four citizens, including an infant, were killed as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing a house on George Street, east of the city of Rafa'h.

An air strike also targeted Khirbet Al-'Adas, northeast of the city.

Earlier yesterday, civil defense crews in Gaza had recovered five decomposed bodies of slain civilians from Al-Ja'bari family, whose house was targeted near the Palestine Stadium in the city.

By May 5, 2024, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 34,683 reported fatalities, with an additional 78,018 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of and ambulance and civil defense teams.

K.T.

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

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Israeli occupation forces detain 15 Palestinians in the West Bank

RAMALLAH, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) –

 At least 15 Palestinians were rounded up by the Israeli occupation forces across the occupied West Bank over the last few hours, including former prisoners, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Authority.

The statement reported that the detention campaigns were carried out in the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, and Jericho.

According to the statement, Israeli occupation forces continue to conduct widespread detention campaigns involving raids, torture, brutal beatings, threats against detainees and their families, deliberate killings, and the destruction of civilian homes.

Since October 7th of last year, the total number of detentions has exceeded 8,590, including those detained from their homes, at military checkpoints, those who surrendered under pressure, and those taken by Israeli authorities as hostages.

Y.S.

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IOFs besieges Red Crescent paramedics in Tulkarem camp

Monday 6-May-2024

Toulkarm, (PIC)

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have been besieging a number of its volunteer paramedics inside a house in Tulkarem refugee camp, north of the West Bank, since the early morning hours while embarking on bulldozing parts of that building.

In a statement on Monday, the Red Crescent said that the IOFs started, with no reason, to demolish the walls of a building while its paramedics were still inside it.

The Red Crescent added that it contacted the Red Cross to intervene to have those paramedics evacuated from the house.

Since the early morning hours, Toulkarm camp and its residents have been placed under tight Israeli military siege and curfew, while the IOF has embarked on bulldozing public and private property, including roads, cars, homes and stores.

The IOFs also destroyed infrastructure in Toulkarm City and the nearby refugee camp of Nour Shams.

Meanwhile, resistance fighters exchanged fire with Israeli forces in the camp, amid sounds of sporadic explosions.

Local residents reported that Israeli soldiers ordered several Palestinian families to leave Al-Sawalma neighborhood in the camp, encircled the Thabit Thabit Hospital in Toulkarm City and searched ambulances.

In a related context, al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas said that a group of its fighters along with others from different resistance factions clashed with the Israeli forces in Toulkarm camp and detonated homemade explosive devices at IOF vehicles traveling on a road in 'Anabta town, east of Toulkarm.

Resistance fighters also attacked the IOFs and their vehicles in the camp with hails of bullets and some explosive devices.

The IOFs have reportedly laid siege to Nur Shams camp and imposed a curfew on its residents, amid armed clashes with resistance fighters.

One citizen was injured in his head when an Israeli sniper opened fire at his car in Dthinnaba neighborhood of Toulkarm City.

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Israeli forces blow up RCS's medical point in Toulkarm refugee camp

Toulkarm, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces today blew up the RCS's medical point in Toulkarm refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Red Crescent Society reported, in a statement, that the occupation forces blew up its medical point in the camp, causing destruction to all its medical equipment.

The association said that the occupation forces are still obstructing the movement of ambulance crews to transport the injured individuals during their military incursion into Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps in Toulkarm city.

Earlier today, large forces of the occupation army, consisting of 50 military vehicles, accompanied by four heavy bulldozers, stormed the city at dawn from its western and southern axes, and roamed its streets and neighborhoods, specifically the eastern, western, northern and central Jamal Abdul Nasir Square, before heading to Toulkarm's refugee camp.

Y.S.

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Palestinian woman injured by shrapnel during ongoing Israeli assault on Toulkarm

Toulkarm, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian woman was Monday injured by shrapnel from live bullets fired by Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces during the ongoing military assault in Toulkarm refugee camp.

The Red Crescent Society said that its crews dealt with a 28-year-old woman who was injured with shrapnel from live bullets in the hand. She was received by the occupation forces at Netsani Oz military checkpoint west of the city, and she is being transferred to Thabit Thabit Hospital.

The director of ambulance and emergency services in Toulkarm, Ra-id Yaseen, told WAFA correspondent that a woman was injured by shrapnel inside one of the houses that the occupation army seized in the camp.

He added that the occupation prevented ambulance crews from entering the camp and transporting the girl before handing her over to RCS crews at the said checkpoint.

A Palestinian youth was Monday injured by Israeli occupation bullets in Dthinnaba suburb adjacent to the Toulkarm refugee camp.

The Ministry of Health said that he was seriously injured by live occupation bullets in the head and arrived at Al-Isra Hospital in Toulkarm.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation sniper fired live bullets directly into the head of a young man in the suburb of Dthinnaba.

This comes as the Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression against the city of Toulkarm and its camp, amid acts of destruction of citizens’ property and infrastructure.

K.T.

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Palestinian youth critically injured by Israeli forces in Toulkarm

Toulkarm, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth was Monday injured by Israeli occupation bullets in Dthinnaba suburb adjacent to the Toulkarm refugee camp.

The Ministry of Health said that he was seriously injured by live occupation bullets in the head and arrived at Al-Isra Hospital in Toulkarm.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation sniper fired live bullets directly into the head of a young man in the suburb of Dthinnaba.

This comes as the Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression against the city of Toulkarm and its camp, amid acts of destruction of citizens’ property and infrastructure.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

 

Israeli colonists establish new outpost north of Aree'ha (Jericho) City

Aree'ha (Jericho), Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli colonists established today a new colonial outpost near al-Auja Spring, north of the city of Aree'ha (Jericho), according to a local activist.

Ayman Ghareeb, an activist with the Popular Resistance Committees in the Jordan Valley, said that a group of Israeli colonists set up a new colonial outpost near al-Auja spring and 700 meters away from the Ras 'Ain Al-'Auja Bedouin community in an attempt to taking over the land and forcing its residents out.

Ghareeb pointed out that there is a significant surge in colonists and Israeli army attacks against Palestinians and their properties in Jericho and Jordan Valley since the beginning of this year.

Y.S. 

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces demolish house near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Monday demolished one floor of a Palestinian-owned house in the village of Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces earlier today stormed 'Ain Ayoub area in the village, reinforced with a military bulldozer, and began demolishing the second floor of a house belonging to the family of local resident Nawwaf Sam'han.

She added that the house consists of two floors, noting the occupation forces had been notified of the demolition of the second floor, under the pretext that it was built without a permit.

She also pointed out that the occupation forces also demolished a commercial facility, a car wash and a garage, owned by local resident Amjad Sam'han.

About two weeks ago, the occupation forces delivered demolition and construction halt notices to 11 houses in the area.

K.T.

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