Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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Gaza Is Starving, Due to the Israeli Genocidal Blockade, 58 Palestinians Killed, 213 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,810 and the Injuries to 115,688

April 8, 2025

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By April 8, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,342+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,810), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,532+). 

By April 8, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 115,688.

By April 8, 2025, according to news report, 945 Palestinians who were killed, 6,965 who were injured, and 11,748*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.   

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(The Palestine Information Center reported that there were 925 deaths and 14,500 kidnappings but without mentioning how many were released, by February 27, 2025).  

Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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The 30-year-old Palestinian women, Ameena Ya'qoub, was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers, at the 'Haris junction, west of Salfeet, alleging that she threw stones at Israeli cars, April 8, 2025.	By the death of A'hmed Mansour by burning him alive, the number of the Palestinian journalists who were killed during the Israel genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, has risen to 211, April 8, 2025.
58 Palestinians were killed, 213 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2025.	The Israeli occupation army continued to kill and injure dozens of Palestinian civilians, blow up more homes, displace tens of thousands, and exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation, April 8, 2025.
'Hamas appealed to Arab leaders, Islamic countries, and UN, to take immediate steps to put an end to the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip and the resulting starvation, April 8, 2025.	A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian farmers and vehicles near Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, April 6, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 50,810

GAZA, April 8, 2025 (WAFA and PIC) —

At least 58 Palestinians were killed and 213 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 50,810 documented fatalities, with an additional 115,688 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

The Ministry also pointed out that the casualties of the Israeli renewed aggression since March 18 had reached 1,449 martyrs and 3,647 injured.

The Ministry added that emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to target ambulance and civil defense crews.

Israel's genocidal onslaught continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

K.T

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Three children among six killed by Israeli air strike on Al-Mawasi

GAZA, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

An Israeli air strike Tuesday evening killed six Palestinians, including three children, in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younes in the southern Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi area, claiming the lives of six civilians, including three children, and injuring others.

Israeli fighter jets conducted another airstrike targeting the vicinity of a center in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached 1,449 with 3,647 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

Medical sources added that within the last 24 hours, the bodies of 58 slain Palestinians and 213 casualties were admitted into hospitals across the Strip.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,810 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 115,688 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

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 Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Amid stifling siege on Gaza, the Israeli occupation army continues to target Palestinian civilians

Tuesday 8-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Tuesday to carry out dozens of deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

According to local media sources, the Israeli occupation forces also continued to detonate more homes and displace families across Gaza, further exacerbating the dire humanitarian situation under a stifling blockade that risks plunging the population into severe famine.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that Israeli warplanes bombed a group of civilians as they were collecting firewood in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, killing two of them and injuring others.

An Israeli drone also targeted citizens in the north of Rafa'h, south of Gaza, killing one of them and injuring another one seriously.

Six other civilians were martyred and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of 'Aayish near the Shadi Mosque in Bait Lahya, north of Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army also launched artillery and aerial attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.

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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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IOFs kill a Palestinian woman in the West Bank for allegedly throwing stones

Tuesday 8-April-2025

SALFEET, (PIC)

A Palestinian woman was martyred on Tuesday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at her near the illegal settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank.

According to media sources, the Israeli occupation soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian young woman during her presence at the junction of 'Haris in western Salfeet, where the entrance of Ariel settlement is located.

Footage showed a woman lying on the ground, surrounded by a group of the Israeli occupation soldiers. Her body was reportedly seized by the IOFs.

The Israeli occupation army falsely justified the killing of the woman by claiming that she was throwing stones at Israeli cars in the area. The martyr was identified as 30-year-old Ameena Ibraheem Mu'hammed Ya'qoub.

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Palestinian man injured by Israeli special forces’ bullets in Nablus

NABLUS, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian young man Tuesday was shot and wounded by Israeli special forces after raiding the city of Nablus, according to security sources.

They said that the Israeli undercover forces stormed the Khallet Al-'Amoud area and shot Ma'hmoud Al-Banna before abducting him.

Y.S.

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Palestinian sustains injury from Israeli occupation army gunfire in Jineen

Jineen, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian Tuesday evening sustained an injury from Israeli occupation army gunfire in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jineen, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

The PRCS said that Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire at a 25-year-old youth in the Al-Hadaf neighborhood, injuring him in the head. PRCS crews evacuated the casualty to a nearby hospital.

The Israeli occupation infantry barged their way into the neighborhood, muscled inside several houses, and opened indiscriminate gunfire.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime has been waging military aggression on the city and refugee camp of Jineen for 78 consecutive days, resulting in the killing of 38 Palestinians and injuring others.

K.F.

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Israeli occupation forces storm Al-Quds University campus, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), fire teargas towards students

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), April 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

An Israeli military force stormed in a predawn raid Al-Quds University campus in the town of Abu Dees, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), firing teargas and sound bombs towards students, according to local sources.

They said that Israeli troops broke into the university campus ahead of a demonstration in support of the Gaza Strip and in protest of the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Strip, which has resulted so far in the killing of over 50,000 Palestinian citizens, with 3,434 others reported wounded.

Following the raid, intense confrontations were erupted between students and Israeli, during which the gun-toting soldiers fired a barrage of teargas at students, causing around 23 students to suffer from suffocation due to inhaling the tear gas.   

Y.S. 

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Israeli occupation forces assault a student in Toulkarm, kidnap another

TOULKARM, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday assaulted a university student near the Khaddoori roundabout in the western neighborhood of Toulkarm and kidnap another.

Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the occupation forces arrested 'Izzuddeen Mukhalafa, a student at the Faculty of Agriculture at Al-Naja'h University in Toulkarm studying veterinary medicine. They severely beat him and smashed his cell phone.

According to witnesses, the soldiers took the young man with them before releasing him near Dalhoum intersection, west of the city, after throwing him on the street.

Residents called an ambulance to the scene, and the injured student was transported to the hospital for treatment.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its crews in Toulkarm received a young man injured after being severely beaten by the occupation forces near Khaddouri University in Toulkarm. He is currently being transported to the hospital.

Meanwhile, occupation forces detain a school student near the Jamal Abdul Nasir Square in the city center. His identity wasn't revealed.

They also kidnapped a group of young men at the Shahid Junction in the eastern neighborhood and subjected them to field interrogation.

These attacks come in the context of escalating violations perpetrated by occupation forces against citizens in the Toulkarm Governorate, amid the ongoing aggression on the city and its two camps for the 72nd consecutive day.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation army raid school, attack students south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

RAMALLAH, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday attacked Palestinian students from the Al-Khadhir school district, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to local sources.

They told WAFA that Israeli occupation soldiers attacked the students near the Tal area in the Old City as they were heading home after school, during which the gun-toting soldiers fired tear gas and sound bombs at them.

However, no injuries or kidnappings were reported during the raid.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces tighten movement restrictions at checkpoint near Nablus

NABLUS, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening tightened the movement restrictions at the Bait Foureek military checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces beefed up restrictions at the Bait Foureek checkpoint, at the eastern entrance of Nablus, forcing passengers out of vehicles with their hands up, assaulting them, holding them for a long time, and causing severe traffic congestion.

The occupation forces have tightened movement restrictions at the checkpoints and set up additional barriers around the Nablus governorate for over 10 days.

The occupation forces have tightened military measures across the occupied West Bank hours after the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire went into effect, dismembering and isolating cities and governorates one from the other using military gates, barriers, and concrete blocks.

The Israeli military measures are in parallel with ongoing attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers across the West Bank to terrorize Palestinians and displace them from their lands to seize them and build illegal Jewish colonies that separate Palestinian communities.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement within the occupied West Bank through a complex combination of approximately 898 fixed and flying checkpoints and gates, including 18 gates that have been installed since the start of 2025 and 146 others installed in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, settler-only roads, over 200 military bases, and various other physical obstructions.

K.F.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Tuesday 8-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped several Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and on Tuesday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped many citizens during raids in Toubas City and the nearby town of 'Aqaba.

The IOFs also kidnapped a number of young men during raids in the villages of 'Harmala and Al-'Urouj in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) province.

In Nablus, Israeli forces kidnaped a young man after encircling his house and setting it on fire near St. Luke’s Hospital in the city.

In a related context, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that at least 35 Palestinian citizens had been taken prisoners during IOF raids in different West Bank areas, most of them from Toubas.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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Israeli occupation army blows up Palestinian house in Jineen refugee camp

Jineen, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening blew up a Palestinian house in Jineen refugee camp, according to local sources.

They said that the Israeli occupation forces simultaneously blew up a house inside the camp after rigging them with explosives. Occupation forces fired tear gas canisters in the Wadi Burqeen area west of the refugee camp.

The occupation's aggression against the city of Jenin and its camp continues for the 78th day, resulting in the killing of 36 Palestinians and dozens of wounded and detainees.

During the ongoing aggression, the occupation forces are demolishing and setting several homes on fire, and turning them into military points.

The humanitarian situation is deteriorating for approximately 21,000 displaced persons forcibly displaced from their homes in Jineen refugee  camp by the occupation forces, especially as they have lost their source of income and property and are prevented from returning.

It is estimated that 600 homes have been destroyed in the camp, while approximately 3,000 housing units have become uninhabitable.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces order entire family out of their house near Nablus

NABLUS, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Tuesday evening ordered an entire Palestinian family out of their house in Khallet Al-'Amoud area, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces barged their way into the area, broke into a house, and ordered the entire family to leave it at gunpoint.

This was the fourth time for the occupying forces to raid the city of Nablus on Monday. In the course of the previous raids, the gun-toting soldiers rounded up four civilians, including one after shooting him with live gunfire, and showered two houses on Shuwaitra Street with tear gas canisters, setting them on fire.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without the need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm Bedouin community near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), April 8, 2025 (WAFA) -

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Tuesday evening stormed the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Aree'ha (Jericho), according to a local activist.

'Hasan Al-Mulai'hatt, supervisor of the al-Baidar Organization in Defense of Bedouin Rights, said that masked colonists riding horses barged their way into the community and ransacked several livestock barns.

He added that earlier today, a colonist attempted to deliberately ram his vehicle into a female teacher, who teaches at the primary school in the community, on the al-Mu‘arrajat (the Snake) Road.

Colonists have frequently attacked 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat along with other communities, polluting their drinking water, and chasing and preventing shepherds from using the nearby Al-Mu‘arrajat Street to commute to the cities of Ramallah and Jericho.

He added that colonist raids into the community were part of the Israeli occupation's ongoing policy of detecting Bedouins’ sheep as a prelude for stealing and displacing the community to make room for colonial expansion.

According to the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ), the Arab Al-Mulai'hat come originally from Negev; people of this area were forcefully expelled to live in different places of the West Bank due to their nomadic nature.  In mid mid-eighties, people of Al-Mulai'hat were sent out from the al-Irqa area to Maghair al-Dair, which is only 7km away from it, claiming the area a military closed zone by Israel.

Approximately 1 million of the illegal Israeli settlers are living in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in violation of international law.

K.F.

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'Hamas calls for confronting the illegal Israeli settler attacks, escalating resistance in the West Bank

Tuesday 8-April-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

'Hamas leader Ma'hmoud Mirdawi has called for confronting the escalating settler attacks in various West Bank governorates and escalating all forms of resistance to disrupt Israel’s schemes.

Mirdawi said in a statement on Monday that the escalation of the illegal Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank calls for igniting confrontations and clashes to deter the Israeli occupation forces and settlers from their repeated crimes and thwart their annexation and displacement schemes.

He explained that the settlers’ attacks against citizens’ property in the West Bank come with the absolute support of the extremist right-wing Israeli government, which adopts “the option of genocide, terrorism, and all types of brutality.”

The 'Hamas leader pointed out that attacks against occupation are the only way to stop the settler attacks and their unprecedented violations in the West Bank.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and cars in northern Ramallah

Sunday 6-April-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on Saturday evening Palestinian farmers and vehicles near Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah.

Chief of the village council Ameen Abu 'Alya said that a group of settlers launched a stone-throwing attack on farmers and cars near the western entrance of Al-Mughayyir, particularly on the road leading to the nearby village of Khirbet Abu Fala'h.

No one was reportedly hurt in the settler attack.

In the morning, the Israeli occupation forces raided a Bedouin community in the southern area of Al-Mughayyir village, detained and maltreated its local residents and ordered them not to come any closer to the nearby settler outpost.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Egyptian President, French counterpart visit wounded Gazans at El Arish Hospital

RAMALLAH, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Egyptian President Abdul Fatta'h El-Seesi and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, visited wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip at El-Areesh Hospital in North Sinai on Tuesday afternoon.

The Egyptian and French presidents arrived in El-Areesh this morning, during which they visited aid warehouses allocated for the Gaza Strip and El-Areesh Hospital, where the wounded are being treated as a result of the aggression since October 7, 2023.

Thousands of Egyptians from various governorates gathered in El-Areesh to welcome the two presidents. They expressed their firm position rejecting the displacement of the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip and their support for the decisions of the Egyptian political leadership regarding the Palestinian issue.

It is worth noting that this visit comes within the framework of efforts to support the Palestinian people in light of the current situation and reflects Egypt's commitment to the Palestinian cause and the rights of our people.

Y.S.

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Dutch Foreign Minister summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza

AMSTERDAM, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Dutch government Tuesday announced summoning the Israeli ambassador in the Netherlands over the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza.

The government said in a statement that the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister, Caspar Veldkamp, summoned the Israeli ambassador in the Netherlands over the situation in Gaza.

It added that a meeting will be held on Wednesday.

K.F.

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UNRWA voices rejection of Israeli army raid into UNRWA-affiliated schools in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Agency of Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Tuesday voiced its rejection of an Israeli army raid into six UNRWA-affiliated schools in the occupied city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) neighborhoods of Shu'fat, Silwan, Soor Bahir, and Wadi Al-Joaz.

'Abeer Isma'eel, director of UNRWA’s Information Office, denounced the raid besides the handing over of a closure order, giving the institution 30 days to shut down as a completely rejected procedure that violates international law.

“This procedure represents a violation of the right of Palestine refugee children to receive education, and threatens to deprive hundreds of children of their basic right to education within their country,” Ismail said in a statement.

“If we are forced to close, the consequences will be dire, as the children will be deprived of their basic right to education, which will exacerbate their suffering and negatively affect their future.”

She added that the procedure also constitutes a violation of the immunity of the United Nations facilities, noting that the UN was closely following up on it and examining its legal and practical dimensions.

She affirmed that UNRWA would remain committed to the provision of educational services to Palestinian refugees in the occupied city, including in the current academic year.

Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces forcibly entered six UNRWA-affiliated schools and announced plans to close the facilities.

On 28 October 2024, Israel's Knesset, with over 90 percent support, approved two bills banning UNRWA from operating in the occupied territories - Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. These measures went into effect at the end of last January.

East Jerusalem is a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian territories that have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.

K.F.

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UN Chief says Gaza transformed by the Israeli occupation forces into a ‘killing field’

NEW YORK, April 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Gaza had become "a killing field" due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war, that resulted in the killing of 50,810 Palestinians and injuring 115,688 others.

He added that the Gaza Strip has been abandoned without “a drop of aid” for more than a month, and the situation is proving dire for Palestinian residents in the enclave.

“More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies,” he told reporters in New York.

He added: "As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened. Gaza is a killing field - and civilians are in an endless death loop".

The UN chief has reiterated that, under international law, Israel is obliged to allow aid into the Strip for Palestinians in the occupied territory.

"No humanitarian supplies can enter Gaza. Meanwhile, at the crossing points, food, medicine and shelter supplies are piling up, and vital equipment is stuck," Guterres said.

Although the UN is "ready and determined to deliver" aid, Guterres said Israel’s newly proposed "authorisation mechanisms" for aid deliveries "risk further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour".

"Let me be clear, we will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect humanitarian principles: humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality. Unimpeded humanitarian access must be guaranteed," he said.

In response to Trump's proposal to taking "the Palestinians and moving them around to different countries",  he added: “Palestinians have the right to live in Palestine, in a Palestinian state, side-by-side with the Israeli state. To be forced to be moved away is against international law.”

K.F.

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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names. 

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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