July 2024: Israel's Aggression against Occupied Palestine

The end of July marked the 299th day of Israel's genocidal aggression against the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli Occupation Forces, IOF, continued their massacres by targeting defenseless Palestinian civilians and their property. During July, the occupation forces concentrated their operations in the city of Khan Younis and its surroundings in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israel, the occupying power, continued its crimes and violations throughout occupied Palestine In complete disregard of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, on 19 July 2024. The Court stated that Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is unlawful. It stressed that Israel’s discriminatory laws and policies against Palestinians violate the prohibition on racial segregation and apartheid.

As Israel’s ongoing massacres continued almost daily, what happened on 22 July 2024 was exceptionally tough and outrageous. Israel warplanes bombed six homes on the heads of their occupants in Khan Younis, killing 70 Palestinians and injuring over 200, many of whom were women and children. According to recent estimates, about 10% of the Gaza Strip’s population has been killed, injured, or missing due to Israel’s genocidal war since 7 October 2023.

In addition to expanding its military operations on the ground, the Israeli occupation forces deliberately aggravated the displacement crisis. According to the UN, up to 1.9 million people across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, including people who have been repeatedly banished. Between 22 and 27 July, over 200,000 people were displaced due to the recent Israeli evacuation orders and intensified military operations around Khan Younis. Of those, 9,000 people arrived in the Al-Mawasi neighborhood on 27 July. Only 14 percent of the Gaza Strip population is not under the Israeli military ongoing “evacuation orders.”