Demolition of 22 Homes, Commercial Facilities, and Barns, Bulldozing and Burning of Agricultural Lands in the West Bank
August 06, 2024
According to statistics from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Media Observatory for the Israeli Crimes against the Palestinians, the number of murdered Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces during the period July 30 – August 05, 2024, reached 273 people, while 587 Palestinians were injured during the past week.
The number of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces, as part of the ongoing crimes of genocide in the Gaza Strip reached 16. 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 Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, bringing the number of schools that have been targeted to 152 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023. In addition to targeting schools, hospitals have also been targeted, with occupation forces bombarding the vicinity of Shuhada’a Al-Aqsa Hospital. The total number of Palestinians murdered by the fire of the Israeli occupation forces has exceeded 40,000 since that date until August 5, 2024, reaching 40,229 across the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and occupied al-Quds over nearly 300 days.
In the West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces murdered 13 Palestinians and arrested 161 others. The number of raids on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied al-Quds reached 5 raids, involving 2,253 Jewish extremists who roamed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the mentioned period. The occupation forces demolished 10 homes in al-Quds, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jericho, in addition to 8 commercial establishments in al-Quds, Hebron, and Salfit. They 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.
The Israeli occupation forces bulldozed agricultural lands in Beit Safafa in occupied al-Quds for settlement purposes and further bulldozed agricultural lands and trees in Hebron. Settlers also burned agricultural lands and trees in Ramallah, Qalqilya, and Nablus. The occupation forces and settlers also uprooted and burned more than 215 olive and fig trees in Salfit and Hebron, and confiscated and burned 4 cars in Jenin, Ramallah, and Hebron. The total number of attacks committed by settler gangs in the Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank has reached about 29 attacks, which included closing roads, assaulting Palestinians, and shooting and throwing stones at them. 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”.
The number of crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers reached 628 crimes over the past week.