10 Things That Happened During Israel's Genocide In Gaza In July 2024
Take a look back at some of the updates on Israel's genocide on Gaza in July 2024.
Take a look back at some of the updates on Israel's genocide on Gaza in July 2024.
1. The UN estimated that Gaza’s population has dropped from 2.3 million to 2.1 million due to the thousands killed by Israel’s genocide
2. More than 20,000 Palestinian children are now estimated to be buried under the rubble or missing in Gaza, according to a new report from Save the Children
A new report from Save the Children has found that more than 20,000 Palestinian children are estimated to be buried under the rubble or missing in Gaza.
The report found that at least 17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated from their parents or a guardians, approximately 4,000 children are likely missing under the rubble, with an unknown number in mass graves.
UN experts say that children are among those recently found in mass graves, with many showing signs of torture and execution, as well as potential instances of people buried alive.
srael’s genocide in Gaza has now killed more than 14,000 children in Gaza since Oct. 7, with about half of them yet to be fully identified, partially due to their bodies being harmed beyond recognition, according to the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza.
In fact, children make up about 40% of the people who have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to the UN.
In addition, about 250 Palestinian children from the West Bank are missing in the Israeli military detention system as of June 9.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has now killed more than 14,000 children in Gaza since Oct. 7, with about half of them yet to be fully identified, partially due to their bodies being harmed beyond recognition, according to the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza.
3. July 9 to July 15 was one of the deadliest weeks in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, with Israel killing at least 470 people.
4. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s genocide in Gaza at the US Congress and got a standing ovation
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu received multiple standing ovations as he addressed the US Congress in a speech defending Israel’s genocide in Gaza and thanking the US for its support.
Entering the chamber to a standing ovation, Netanyahu delivered his fourth address to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, July 24.
In his speech, Netanyahu defended its war on Gaza by framing it as critical not just for Israel but for the broader fight against terrorism and for democratic values worldwide.
“My friends, if you remember one thing, one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight and our victory will be your victory,” he said, to thunderous applause and another standing ovation.
Netanyahu then evoked the words of Winston Churchill during World War II, saying “Give us the tools faster, and we’ll finish the job faster.”
He concluded his speech by stressing that Israel will fight until total victory – destroying Hamas’ capabilities, ending its rule in Gaza and bringing all its hostages home.
5. The International Court of Justice found Israel’s occupation of Palestine to be illegal in a watershed moment
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found that Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal and in violation of international law.
On Friday, July 19, the ICJ issued its opinion on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution in December 2022 asking it to examine the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Israel has occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip since 1967, making it the world's longest military occupation in modern history.
The case, which is separate from South Africa’s case against Israel committing genocide in Gaza since Oct. 7, is one of the most participated-in hearings in the ICJ's history and involved six days of hearings in February, when 52 countries and three organizations presented their arguments on the issue.
In the advisory opinion, the world's top court ruled that Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal.
It pointed out a wide range of Israel's policies that all violated international law.
These include building and expanding Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem, using the area's natural resources, annexing and imposing permanent control over lands and imposing discriminatory policies against Palestinians, according to Al Jazeera.
It said that Israel is under an obligation to end its unlawful occupation as rapidly as possible, as well as stop building new settlements and remove existing ones from the Palestinian territory it occupies.
6. Concerns regional war may break out in the Middle East are growing after Israel directly attacked Yemen
Israel is now bombing Yemen after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv.
Since Israel declared war on Hamas on Oct. 7, the Houthis, an armed group that controls most parts of Yemen, have been launching missile and drone attacks towards Israel and on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea.
The group says it has been primarily targeting ships linked to Israel to support Palestinians in Gaza and to pressure Israel to end its genocide.
On Friday, July 19, a Houthi drone struck an apartment building in Tel Aviv and killed one civilian and injured at least 10 others.
The drone was detected but not intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defense system, which is rare.
In response, Israel ordered fighter jets to attack Hodeidah port, Yemen's main harbor on the Red Sea, on Saturday, July 20.
Six people were killed and 87 others were injured, most of them with severe burns, according to local media.
This is the first time Israel has directly attacked Yemen.
8. A rocket strike killed 12 Syrian children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, leading Israel to blame Hezbollah in Lebanon
All out regional war in the Middle East may break out as Israel is now bombing Lebanon after a rocket strike hit an Israeli-occupied territory in Syria and killed 12 children.
On Saturday, July 27, a rocket strike hit a football field in Majdal Shams, an Arab city in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The Golan Heights is located in southwestern Syria, and has been occupied by Israel since 1967 because of its strategic location bordering Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.
The strike killed 12 Druze children aged between 10 and 16 and injured at least 44 people.
Hezbollah said the rocket attack was an Israeli anti-rocket interceptor projectile, according to Axios, a US-based news website.
Following the attack on the Golan Heights, Israel’s military launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanon, saying Hezbollah “will pay a heavy price”
On Tuesday, July 30, Israel carried out an airstrike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, saying it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander who it said was behind the attack on Golan Heights.
9. A day after, Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated while visiting Iran
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday, July 31, in his residence in Tehran after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of the country’s new president.
Haniyeh, a 62-year-old politician, left Gaza to live in Qatar in 2019, when he became the political leader of Hamas.
He had been leading the ceasefire negotiations with Israel, according to Reuters.
Haniyeh was killed by an explosive device that was planted in the guesthouse he was staying in about two months prior, according to the New York Times, which spoke to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official.
The officials said that the bomb was detonated remotely after Haniyeh was confirmed to be inside his room.
The explosion at the guesthouse, where Haniyeh had stayed several times before, also killed his bodyguard.
Israel has declined to comment on the incident, but Hamas and Iran said Israel was behind the killing, which US officials also believe, according to the New York Times report.
11. Israel then targeted and killed this Al Jazeera journalist and his cameraman in Gaza who had been reporting on Haniyeh’s assassination
Israel targeted and killed Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee in an airstrike on their car on July 31, in Gaza’s Shati refugee camp shortly after they had reported on the assassination of Hamas’ political leader, according to Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera has accused the Israeli military of deliberately targeting its journalists, asserting that al-Ghoul and al-Refee were wearing press vests, their vehicle was clearly marked as belonging to the press and they were in contact with their news desk 15 minutes before the strike.
Al-Ghoul was known for his relentless commitment to documenting the suffering and bloodshed in Gaza, particularly Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital and in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces also arrested him, along with several other journalists, when they raided and besieged Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital for the second time on March 18.
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