Israeli Occupation Forces Kill 273 Palestinians in Past Week: OIC Report

Tue Aug 06 2024
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JEDDAH: According to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Media Observatory for the Israeli Crimes, the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces from July 30 to August 05, has reached to 273 people, while 587 Palestinians were wounded during the past week.

According to statistics from the OIC the number of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces, as part of the ongoing crimes of genocide in the Gaza Strip reached 16.

It said these attacks have repeatedly targeted schools, as their shells hit the Malaysian School in the Nuseirat Camp, Hamama School in Gaza City, and Hassan Salama School in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, bringing the number of schools that have been targeted to 152 since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023.

It said along with schools, hospitals have also been targeted, with occupation forces bombarding the vicinity of Shuhada’a Al-Aqsa Hospital. The report said the total number of Palestinians killed by the fire of the Israeli occupation forces has surpassed 40,000, reaching 40,229 across the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and occupied al-Quds over nearly 300 days.

According to the statistics the Israeli occupation forces murdered 13 Palestinians and arrested 161 others in the West Bank. The number of raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied al-Quds reached 5 raids, involving 2,253 Jewish extremists who roamed in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the mentioned period.

The OIC report said the occupation forces destroyed ten homes in al-Quds, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho, in addition to eight establishments in al-Quds, Hebron, and Salfit. The occupation forces also destroyed a water well in Nablus, and 3 barns and agricultural rooms in Nablus and al-Quds, while settlers burned residential tents in Ramallah.

It added the Israeli occupation forces bulldozed agricultural lands in Beit Safafa in occupied al-Quds for settlement purposes and further destroyed agricultural lands and trees in Hebron. Settlers also destroyed agricultural lands and trees in Ramallah, Qalqilya, and Nablus.

The report added the occupation forces and settlers also uprooted and burned more than 215 fig and olive trees in Salfit and Hebron, and confiscated and burned 4 cars in Jenin, Ramallah, and Hebron. The OIC media observatory in the report said the total number of attacks committed by settler gangs in the Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank has reached 29, which included assaulting Palestinians, closing roads and shooting and throwing stones at them.

The statistics said the occupation forces confiscated about 8,000 square meters of land in the village of Iskaka in Salfit in order to build the settlement of “Tofim Hanya”.  It said the number of crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers reached 628 crimes over the past week.

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