Day 263: 37,658 martyred and 86,237 injured amid ongoing massacres

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
25 Jun 2024 17:18
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The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the Palestinian people residing in the Gaza Strip driving the death toll to reach 37,658 martyrs.

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A woman holds the body of her daughter Zena Naser, killed in an Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Maghazi refugee camp, outside the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

On the 263rd of the Israeli genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces committed 3 massacres killing 32 Palestinians and injuring at least 139 others.

Palestinian victims remain trapped under the rubble at several locations with ambulances and civil defense crews either prevented from or incapable of reaching them to provide them with medical assistance and transport them to the remaining, albeit overcrowded and most nonfunctional, hospitals.

The toll of the Israeli genocide has also risen to 37,658 martyrs and 86,237 injuries since October 7th last year.

UN deplores Israeli ‘lawless behavior' amid ongoing genocide in Gaza

As the Israeli aggression on Gaza continues, the UN human rights office has condemned "Israel's" "lawless behavior" in the Strip and the occupied West Bank.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced the denunciation in a statement on Sunday, criticizing the recent Israeli strikes on the al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 50 Palestinians.

These "attacks appear to be disproportionate in that they would be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, and damage to civilian objects excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated," according to the bureau.

The Israeli occupation persisted in its aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 262nd consecutive day, perpetrating additional massacres against families and civilians, resulting in more casualties and injuries.

Israeli warplanes carried out a fierce airstrike on al-Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City on Sunday night - Monday morning. Additionally, Israeli aircraft fired bullets around al-Nabulsi Square and Sheikh Ajleen area, west of Gaza City.

Concurrently, Israeli warplanes also indiscriminately fired toward civilians in various areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

In Rafah, Israeli forces demolished residential buildings in the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city.

Regarding the Israeli abuse of Palestinians as human shields following the circulation of a video showing Israeli occupation soldiers tying a Palestinian civilian to the front of a military jeep in Jenin, the Organization for Human Rights (OHCHR) denounced "continued and flagrant violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law binding on Israel as the occupying power."

"Such actions constitute serious violations of Israel's obligations under occupation law concerning protected persons and under international human rights law concerning individual rights to life and health, the absolute prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."