Zionist occupation forces kill over 11 Palestinians today

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, JUN.8, (ST)- As the Israeli genocidal aggression on the Gaza Strip entered its 246th day, 11 Palestinians were killed and scores of others were injured in the Strip since the dawn of Saturday, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Palestinian Civil Defence (PCD) crews managed to recover five bodies, including children and women, from the rubble of the Mhanna house in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan.

The inhabited house of the Mhanna family was targeted in an Israeli airstrike, resulting in 14 casualties.

This came as Israeli artillery pounded the Gaza City neighborhoods of Sabra and Zaytoun as well as the vicinity of the new camp, north of Nuseirat in the central war-torn Strip.

Israeli bombardment also targeted a house in the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Strip, killing six Palestinians and injuring others, at a time when artillery and machine guns targeted the area, east of the camp.

Meanwhile, Israeli bombardment struck various areas in Rafah city, particularly the Hashash neighbourhood, north of the city.

11 Palestinians injured in military incursion into Aqabat Jabr refugee camp

Moreover, , 11 Palestinians  were injured during an Israeli occupation’s military incursion into Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, south of Jericho.

WAFA correspondent said that heavily-armed Israeli occupation soldiers carried out a raid and search campaign on a number of homes in Aqabat Jabr, where they assaulted and abused local residents.

During the raid, the occupation soldiers further fired live bullets and stun grenades to intimidate residents. They also wreaked havoc inside homes and vandalized vehicles.

According to security sources, Israeli occupation forces assaulted and beat up members of two Palestinian families in the camp with rifle butts during the storming operation.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces carried out a wide inspection campaign in Ain al-Sultan camp, al-Duyuk al-Tahta, and Aqabat Jabr, where they rounded up a number of local residents before releasing them later.

Tried before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 36,731 Palestinians and injuring over 83,530 others.

Moreover, approximately 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.

Israeli occupation forces a Palestinian to demolish his own residential building

Furthermore, Israeli occupation authorities today forced a Palestinian to demolish his own residential building in the town of Jabal Mukaber, south of occupied Jerusalem, according to a local source.

Atta Shqairat said that he was forced by the occupation authorities to tear down his 6-storey building, with an area of 580-square-meter, purportedly for being built without a license, leaving 50 people homeless.

He added that attempts to obtain a license over the past years did not help him, particularly after the occupation court issued a demolition decision against the building in 2007.

He added that he had carried out the demolition of his house to avoid paying exorbitant fines should the occupation municipality of Jerusalem demolish the structure on its own.

He further said that he had to carry out the demolition himself in order to avoid the destruction that would cause following the demolition of the building.

Source: WAFA

Compiled by : Basma Qaddour