Weekly Report of OIC on Israel’s Crimes against Palestinians

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- The Israeli War Turns Gaza into a Cemetery along with Slow Death

- Settlers Burn Palestinian Lands in the West Bank

Jeddah, 19 June 2024 - The successive humanitarian crises in the Gaza Strip over a period of eight months turned it into an open Israeli military target, making it a cemetery to which its residents cannot find a safe place to move. This situation continues amid international warnings of the return of famine, especially in northern Gaza, which is isolated from the world.

The report of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Media Observatory on Israel’s Crimes against the Palestinians for the period from 10 - 17 June 2024 revealed that the situation in the Gaza Strip has become catastrophic with the Israeli ground invasion of all its areas, while Israeli forces murdered 279 Palestinians, and wounded 923. The number of Palestinians who were murdered through the period from October 7, 2023, until June 12 2024 reached 37,746.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that 193 of its employees were murdered since the start of the war, which is the highest toll in the history of the UN. "The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world for aid workers," UNRWA said.

Other reports indicated a reverse displacement of Palestinians from the city of Rafah to the central areas of the Gaza Strip after the continuous Israeli bombing and open-ground invasion.

The World Health Organization, (WHO) reports that famine is more imminent than ever in northern Gaza. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warned of the widespread destruction of health services in northern Gaza and that the health system is on the verge of collapse there.

A UN report confirmed that the unprecedented toll of Israeli violations against Palestinian children is greater than anywhere in the world. The UN has added Israel's military for the first time to its list of offenders for violating children's rights. 

In the West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces murdered 16 Palestinians, and confiscated and destroyed, along with Israeli settlers, 10 vehicles, including 4 bulldozers, 4 private vehicles, a truck, and an agricultural tractor. Israeli forces destroyed 20 sheep barns in Nablus and Jericho, and bulldozed agricultural land, while Israeli settlers cut down 200 olive trees in Hebron and burned olive and almond trees in Nablus, Bethlehem, and Ramallah. They also destroyed property and infrastructure in Nablus and Jenin, amid attempts by Settlers to confiscate lands in Nablus and Hebron, while their attacks on Palestinian villages throughout the aforementioned period amounted to 36 attacks, and the OIC Observatory counted 1,802 Israeli crimes in both Gaza and the West Bank over the period June 10 - 17, 2024. – OIC News