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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71 Palestinians Killed, 251 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 62,263 and the Injuries to 157,365

by August 22, 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 August 22, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 75,290.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (62,263) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,027+). 

By August 22, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 157,365.

By August 22, 2025, according to news report, 1,020 Palestinians who were killed, 6,998 who were injured, and 18,657, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

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Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank:

Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during July 2025.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al Dhameer Association for Human Rights stated in a report issued Sunday that the total number of kidnappings of Palestinians in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, has risen to more than 18,500, including over 570 women and about 1,500 children.

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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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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Shaikh 'Ekrima Sabri said that Arab and Muslim leaders, governments, and peoples all share responsibility for protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque against the Israeli escalating crimes and dangerous schemes, August 22, 2025.	Ramiz Alakbarov, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on famine in Gaza, said that Famine in Gaza must be stopped at all costs, it is a race against time, August 22, 2025.
71 Palestinians were killed, 251 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 62,263 and the injuries to 157,365, by August 22, 2025.	Palestinian five-month-old infant girl, Ghadeer Braika, was the latest victim of malnutrition in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, August 22, 2025.
71 Palestinians were killed, 251 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 62,263 and the injuries to 157,365, by August 22, 2025.	71 Palestinians were killed, 251 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 62,263 and the injuries to 157,365, by August 22, 2025.
The UN confirmed that famine has officially broken out across the Gaza Strip, as international organizations warn of an accelerating humanitarian catastrophe, due to the Israeli genocidal war, August 22, 2025.	UN Chief, Guterres, condemned the Israeli-imposed humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, following a formal declaration of famine by a global food security authority, August 22, 2025.
More than 796,000 Palestinians displaced in Gaza since March amid ongoing Israeli attacks, August 22, 2025.	Euro-Med condemned the Israeli deliberate killing of five farmers in Khan Younus, part of eradicating food production in Gaza and enforcing starvation as a weapon in the ongoing genocide, now in its 23rd month, August 22, 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 reaches 62,263 since start of Israeli aggression in October 2023 - Medical sources

GAZA, August 22, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) -

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Friday morning that 71 martyrs and 251 injuries were received at hospitals across the Strip in the past 24 hours.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 62,263, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 157,365 others have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.

The Ministry confirmed that since Israel broke its ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025, at least 10,717 civilians have been killed, and 45,324 others have been injured.

The number of aid seekers who were killed and brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours has reached 24, with more than 133 others injured. This raises the total number of aid seekers killed while trying to secure basic necessities to 2,060, with over 15,197 injured, according to hospital records.

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded two new deaths over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of fatalities from starvation and malnutrition to 273, including 112 children.

T.R.

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On day 686: Israel renews attacks on shelter centers

Friday 22-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

For 686 days, the Israeli occupation has waged a genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, unleashing relentless air and artillery strikes, killing displaced and starving civilians with political and military backing from the United States, and underpinned by an appalling international silence.

PIC reporters confirmed that dozens of air raids were carried out this morning, worsening the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid mass displacement affecting over two million people amidst extreme famine.

Breaking developments

Medical sources in Gaza hospitals reported at least 30 martyrs and dozens of injured due to Israeli attacks across various areas of the Strip since early Friday.

A drone strike in Al-Sheef, in the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood (northeastern Gaza City), killed and wounded several civilians.

Two individuals were also killed by Israeli gunfire in separate incidents near Asda, northwest of Khan Younus.

Israeli forces dropped evacuation leaflets over 'Haleema Al-Sa’diyah School in Jabalya refugee Camp and the outskirts of Abu Iskandar, demanding the displaced sheltering inside to move south.

A drone strike hit a water station in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younus, causing several casualties.

A twelve-year-old boy succumbed to injuries sustained from an Israeli strike in the Morag area, southern Khan Younus.

Civilians were injured in an Israeli air raid north of Asda, west of Khan Younus.

Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat reported nine martyrs (including a woman and child) and 38 injuries (including two women and ten children) in the past 24 hours. Many of these stem from attacks on displaced gatherings at an aid distribution point in southern Wadi Gaza.

Infant Ghadeer Buraika (5 months) died at the Nasir Medical Complex due to acute malnutrition, her fragile health, already compromised by malnutrition, neurological atrophy, and cerebral palsy, was pushed beyond endurance by a lack of food and medicine. Tragically, her mother also suffers from severe malnutrition.

Two martyrs were pulled from the rubble of the Abu Shurai’ah home in as‑Sabra, and a third later died from injuries.

At least 12 civilians were killed and dozens more were injured when Israeli artillery shelled Amr ibn al-‘As School, sheltering displaced families in Al-Shaikh Radhwan, northern Gaza.

Israeli Apache helicopter fire was reported in eastern Gaza City.

Israeli forces opened fire near the Shakoush aid center in northwest Rafa'h.

A residential block near the Al-Istijaba Mosque in as‑Sabra, southern Gaza, was completely destroyed in the early hours.

A mother and her child were killed, and others injured, after an airstrike hit the Al-'Amareen family home in as‑Sabra.

Eight people were killed and others injured when Israeli shelling struck a housing unit near Abu Aasi School in northern Shati’ refugee camp.

Israeli forces shelled neighborhoods in Al-Zaytoun and as-Sabra, targeting wounded and displaced.

A home around Bilal bin Raba'h Mosque in southern Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun was bombed.

Demolition robots were used to destroy several civilian homes in Al-Zaytoun (southeastern Gaza) and Al-Shuja'iya (eastern Gaza City).

Israeli occupation forces conducted detonations in Jabalya; five martyrs were reported in a strike on a displaced persons’ tent in Jalaa Street; a nearby displacement camp by Sharq Bakery was also attacked.

A child was killed and others injured when Israeli aircraft struck a residential apartment near Al-Ahli Club in Al-Nusayrat Camp.

Three civilians were injured in airstrikes on a home in Khan Younus refugee Camp, and two more homes near 'Ebad Al-Ra'hman Mosque in Khan Younus were hit.

Meanwhile, at least 12 Palestinian civilians were martyred and dozens more were wounded on Friday morning after Israeli occupation forces bombed a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

A source from the emergency medical services told the Palestinian Information Center that 12 bodies and many wounded were pulled from the rubble after Israeli artillery shelled the courtyard of the 'Amr Ibn El-'Aas School with two shells. The school was housing many displaced families in and around Al-Shaikh Radhwan.

The source added that Israeli forces continued to bomb the area surrounding the school, where a large number of tents for the displaced were also located, firing approximately four additional artillery shells, resulting in more casualties.

This brutal attack comes as occupation forces intensify their barbaric bombardment of Gaza City and its neighborhoods, announcing preparations for a criminal assault dubbed “Gideon Chariots 2,” in blatant disregard for international, human rights, and local warnings of the catastrophic consequences of such an operation.

Since August 11, the Israeli army has launched a sweeping offensive across the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeast Gaza City, using robot-mounted explosives, heavy artillery, arbitrary gunfire, and forced evictions to dismantle civilian infrastructure and clear the ground for reasserting dominance over the remainder of the Strip.

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At least 13 civilians killed, others injured in ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City

GAZA, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 13 civilians were killed and others injured today, Friday, in ongoing Israeli bombardment and airstrikes on Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent reported that five Palestinian civilians—a man, his wife, and their three children—were killed, and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a tent sheltering displaced persons on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City.

Three other civilians, including a child, were killed and others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Aswad family home in northern Al-Shati (Beach) refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

Five Palestinian civilians were also killed and others injured in Israeli shelling of the Amr Ibn Al-As School, which shelters displaced families in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israeli artillery shelled Abu Iskandar neighborhood in northern Gaza City, as well as Al-Zaytoun and Sabra neighborhoods in the south, causing additional casualties.

Since August 11, the Israeli occupation army has been carrying out a large-scale onslaught on Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City, involving the blowing up of homes using explosive-laden robots, artillery shelling, random gunfire, and forced displacement, as part of an Israeli plan to reoccupy the remaining parts of the Gaza Strip.

On August 8, the Israeli government approved a plan presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to gradually reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been waging a relentless genocide in Gaza, including killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders by the International Court of Justice to cease these actions.

The ongoing genocide has so far resulted in the killing of 62,192 civilians and the wounding of 157,114 others, mostly women and children.

More than 9,000 people remain missing, hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and famine has claimed the lives of 271 individuals, including 112 children.

T.R.

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Eight Palestinians killed, including children, in Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip

GAZA, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Eight Palestinians, including children and displaced civilians waiting for aid, were killed and others injured on Friday afternoon in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to medical and field reports.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced families near the University College west of Khan Younus, killing a woman and four children, including three singlings. The mother was identified as Maryam Ma'hmoud Kullab, and the children as Zaina 'Hatim Al-Qidra, Layan 'Hatim Al-Qidra, A'hmed 'Hatim Al-Qidra, and Malak Mo'hsin Al-Qidra.

Additionally, three civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza were shot and killed by Israeli forces. The victims were identified as 'Alaa Abu Mousa, Ibrahim Sha'ban, and Mo'taz Abu 'Hatab.

Medical sources confirmed that since early Friday, a total of 48 Palestinians have been killed amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and attacks across the Gaza Strip.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 62,192 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 157,114 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN 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.

M.N.

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47 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza Strip since dawn

GAZA, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 47 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured on Friday as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling continued across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

In northern Gaza, the Israeli military targeted a group of people waiting for humanitarian aid, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.

In one of the deadliest incidents of the day, 12 people — including women and children — were killed in an Israeli strike on the Amr Ibn Al-As School in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood of Gaza City. The school was sheltering hundreds of displaced civilians.

In the same neighborhood, five members of the Shaheen family, including three children, were killed when an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people on Al-Jalaa Street.

To the west of Gaza City, four members of the Al-Aswad family — a couple and their two daughters — were killed in an airstrike that targeted an apartment behind Abu 'Aasi School in Al-Shati refugee camp.

In the Al-Sabra neighborhood, southeast of the city, an Israeli drone strike killed a mother and her son, while another strike on the Al-'Amareen family home resulted in further casualties. A nearby four-story building belonging to the Al-Ja'al family was also destroyed.

The neighborhood came under intense artillery fire throughout the day.

In northern Gaza’s Jabalya town, witnesses reported the use of explosive-laden robots by Israeli forces to demolish residential buildings, in conjunction with airstrikes and heavy shelling.

In central Gaza, two women were killed and five others injured when an Israeli drone targeted an apartment in the Al-Ittihad Tower in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

Further south, several people were wounded when an Israeli drone bombed a water desalination station west of Khan Younus, where displaced residents had gathered to collect water. Heavy shelling also hit the residential 'Hamad City north of Khan Younus.

Airstrikes also targeted the home of the Budair family in Khan Younus refugee camp, resulting in multiple injuries.

Since August 11, the Israeli military has launched a wide-scale offensive in Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, involving home demolitions using explosive robots, artillery shelling, random gunfire, and mass forced displacement. The operation is reportedly part of a broader plan to reoccupy the remaining areas of Gaza.

On August 8, the Israeli government approved a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to gradually reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 62,192 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 157,114 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN 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.

M.N.

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Another victim of starvation: Infant dies from malnutrition in Gaza's Khan Younuss

RAMALLAH, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

A five-month-old infant, Ghadeer Buraika, died today at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, as a result of malnutrition caused by Israel’s systematic starvation policy, lack of treatment, and the ongoing blockade.

A medical source confirmed that Ghadeer died after suffering complications caused by starvation, as hospitals remain unable to provide adequate care amid a severe shortage of food and medicine.

The source explained that the infant was born with brain atrophy, a brain disorder, and cerebral palsy. Her condition rapidly deteriorated due to malnutrition and the absence of essential medication.

Ghadeer’s mother also suffers from malnutrition, making it extremely difficult for her to care for the infant under the dire conditions that families in the besieged Gaza Strip endure.

Ghadeer’s father, Ashraf Buraika, said his daughter died due to the lack of milk, explaining that he searched for infant formula but could not find any. He added with sorrow that even if he had found it, the prices were unaffordable, stressing that with no open crossings, families are left to their fate.

Activists circulated photos of Ghadeer on social media showing her frail body, visible bones, and severe emaciation, reflecting the tragic reality of her case and thousands of other children in Gaza whose fragile bodies cannot withstand the consequences of starvation and the blockade.

Starvation in Gaza has intensified, raising the death toll from malnutrition since October 2023 to 272, including 113 children, with Ghadeer counted among the victims.

UN agencies have warned that the continuation of the blockade and obstruction of aid risks mass child deaths amid the collapse of the health sector and worsening living conditions.

Despite hundreds of aid trucks piling up at Gaza’s borders, Israel, the occupying power, continues to prevent their entry or tightly control their distribution outside UN supervision in extremely limited quantities, described in international reports as a drop in the ocean.

Since March 2, Israel has tightened its blockade on Gaza, shutting crossings to aid convoys waiting at the borders.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been waging a genocidal war in Gaza, including killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, disregarding all international appeals and International Court of Justice orders to halt its crimes.

The genocide has so far left 62,192 killed, 157,114 injured, more than 9,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced, mostly children and women.  

T.R.

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Euro-Med: Israel’s killing of Gaza farmers reflects a systematic pattern to enforce starvation

Friday 22-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) condemned Israel’s deliberate killing of five farmers in Khan Younus, saying the act is part of a “repeated and systematic approach” aimed at eradicating Gaza’s local food production and enforcing starvation as a weapon in the ongoing genocide, now in its 23rd month.

In a statement released Friday, Euro-Med’s field team documented how at approximately 9:00 AM on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at least one Israeli drone-launched missile targeted five farmers from the same family, Suleiman and Mu'hammed Jamal Darweesh El-Astal, Mousa 'Abdullah El-Astal, Ma'hmoud Nayif Mustafa El-Astal, and Mu'hammed Marwan A'hmed El-Astal, while they were working their land east of Asdaa Prison, west of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Euro-Med highlighted that the killings coincide with an official declaration by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that famine conditions have been formally recognized in Gaza for the first time. The IPC warned that after 22 months of conflict, over half a million Gazans face “catastrophic circumstances marked by hunger, severe poverty, and death,” and that famine could spread to Dair El-Bala'h and El-Astal by the end of September.

These deaths are not isolated incidents, according to Euro-Med: Israeli occupation forces have killed or wounded hundreds of farmers and continued to destroy hundreds of thousands of dunums of agricultural land, over 93% of Gaza’s approximately 178,000 dunums.

Euro-Med underscored that these actions are carried out under the cover of an ongoing blockade, with major obstructions to aid convoys and deliberate security restrictions that prevent full and equitable aid access to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

The Monitor emphasized that using starvation as a method of warfare is explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Targeting the food supply, destroying agricultural infrastructure, and depriving civilians of essential means of survival constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, as defined by international law. The deliberate deprivation of food, considered a primary means of civilian survival, also amounts to genocide.

Euro-Med urged the international community to take immediate and decisive action: open humanitarian corridors, lift the siege, and enable delivery of essential food and non-food supplies to Gaza. The group also called for accountability mechanisms to prosecute those responsible, including issuing and enforcing arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court against Israeli leaders and imposing economic, diplomatic, and military sanctions on Israel to halt its crimes.

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UN: More than 796,000 Palestinians displaced in Gaza since March amid ongoing Israeli attacks

NEW YORK, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations has announced that the number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza due to Israeli attacks since mid-March has surpassed 796,000.

Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Daniela Gross, told reporters that nearly 17,000 new displacements were recorded between August 12 and 20, noting that forced displacement has sharply increased as a result of the ongoing Israeli assaults.

With these figures, the total number of registered displaced people since the collapse of the ceasefire in mid-March has exceeded 796,000. According to the UN, 95% of the forced displacement is occurring in Gaza City, where residents are fleeing from the east to the south and west in search of safety from Israeli attacks.

Since August 11, Israeli forces have launched a large-scale assault on the Zaytoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City, involving the demolition of homes with booby-trapped robots, artillery shelling, random gunfire, and mass forced displacement, as part of an Israeli plan to reoccupy the remainder of the Gaza Strip.

On August 8, the Israeli government approved a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to gradually reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip, beginning with Gaza City.

Earlier, on July 20, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 88% of Gaza’s territory—approximately 360 square kilometers inhabited by about 2.3 million Palestinians—was under Israeli evacuation orders, amounting to large-scale forced displacement.

Since October 2023, Israel has been carrying out acts of genocide in Gaza, including mass killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in defiance of international appeals and binding orders from the International Court of Justice to halt such actions.

M.N. 

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

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New Israeli raid, bulldozing campaign across West Bank

Friday 22-August-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces launched on Friday morning a series of violent raids and assaults across multiple cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, accompanied by heavy use of tear gas, sound bombs, and clashes with local residents.

In Idthna, west of al-Khalil, Israeli forces fired dense volleys of tear gas and sound bombs at the town’s entrance.

Military vehicles stormed the town of 'Aqqaba and the city of Tubas, triggering intense clashes near the Tayaseer village junction to the east.

In Ramallah, the Israeli military continued its incursion into Al-Mughayyir, northeast of the city, launching a wide-scale house raid campaign under the pretext of “pursuing the perpetrator of yesterday’s settler attack”. Simultaneously, bulldozers uprooted hundreds of olive trees in the village’s plains.

The Israeli soldiers also stormed Shuwaika suburb north of Tulkarem, set up a military checkpoint on the eastern road, and raided Al-Samou' town and Bab Al-Zawiya in central Al-Khaleel.

The raids extended to 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp south of Jericho, Tarqoumiya west of al-Khalil, and the cities of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and Nablus, where troops advanced through the Dair Sharaf checkpoint into the northern mountain area.

These attacks are part of an ongoing escalation campaign targeting Palestinian towns and villages, coupled with a systematic policy of tree uprooting and land leveling, an attempt to impose new facts on the ground that serve the occupation’s settlement agenda.

In light of the rising aggression by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians and their property, widespread calls have been launched within the West Bank for escalating resistance in all forms, urging communities to target occupation forces and settlers using all available means of resistance.

Also on Friday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested five Palestinian citizens from the West Bank governorate of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The arrests followed violent home raids, searches, and ransacking of property.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the village of Madama, south of the city, after storming and searching his home at dawn.

Additionally, Israeli forces raided Al-Fari’a refugee camp south of Tubas with several military vehicles, stormed a house, and later withdrew from the camp. No kidnappings were reported during this raid.

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Israeli assault on Toulkarm enters 208th day with mass kidnappings and destruction

Friday 22-August-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued their assault on the city of Toulkarm and its refugee camp for the 208th consecutive day, and on Nur Shams camp for the 194th day, carrying out arrests, home raids, and intensifying field operations.

According to the Toulkarm Media Committee’s daily update, IOFs at dawn Friday carried out a new wave of kidnappings. Those kidnapped included freed prisoner Bakr Mu'hammed Khuraish, who was released in the most recent prisoner exchange deal and had been displaced from Toulkarm refugee camp.

The IOFs also kidnapped Ayman Mu'hammed El-Derek after raiding his home in Dair El-Ghusoun, north of Toulkarm, along with Mo'een Osama Sabha, Yahya Majid Barhoush, Mohammed Sabha, and Abdel Rahim Abdullah Barhoush after storming their homes in the town of Kafr al-Labad, east of the district.

In recent days, a young man was shot and injured by the IOFs near the separation wall in the town of Qaffeen, north of Toulkarm, while another was wounded in the city’s eastern neighborhood. The raids also included the kidnapping of university student Tariq Ismat Heshmeh and three women during an incursion into the Dthinnaba neighborhood, east of the city.

Toulkarm continues to witness daily raids and escalating attacks, with a tight siege imposed on Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps. The IOFs deployed armored vehicles and infantry units in the surrounding areas, barring residents from entering to check on their homes.

According to the committee, the ongoing assault has forcibly displaced more than 5,000 families, over 25,000 people, from the two refugee camps. More than 600 homes have been completely destroyed, while 2,573 others were partially damaged. Both camps remain sealed off by earth mounds and military barriers, leaving them nearly devoid of life.

The campaign so far has left 14 Palestinian martyrs, including a child and two women, one of them eight months pregnant, along with dozens of injuries and arrests. Widespread destruction has also targeted infrastructure, homes, businesses, and vehicles.

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Occupation forces continue their onslaught on Al-Mughayyir Village in Ramallah for second consecutive day 

RAMALLAH, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces continued for the second consecutive day their large-scale incursion into the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, which included attacks on residents, their properties, and agricultural lands.

Amin Abu 'Aliya, head of the Al-Mughayer Village Council, said the incursion has continued since Thursday morning and has involved house raids, physical assaults on citizens, provocations, property vandalism, theft of money and gold jewelry, and the destruction of residents’ vehicles.

Abu 'Aliya added that more than seven young men were detained since dawn today, including the brothers of slain Palestinian Hamdan Abu Aliya, 18, who was killed by Israeli forces in the village a few days ago. The brothers were subjected to severe beatings in front of their mother, causing the family significant psychological distress.

He noted that hundreds of residents were forced to spend the night in neighboring villages due to the brutal attacks on citizens and their properties in al-Mughayyir.

Since dawn, Israeli bulldozers have been constructing a colonial road in order to redraw new boundaries for the village. This has resulted in the destruction and the complete leveling of thousands of dunums. Yesterday, Israeli bulldozers began bulldozing the eastern plain of the village, adjacent to the "Alon" settler road, mostly planted with olive trees.

Yesterday, Israeli forces closed the two entrances to the village, preventing residents from entering or leaving, including ambulances. Soldiers forced shop owners to close their stores and restricted the movement of villagers.

Several days ago, colonists issued threats of death and destruction to residents by contacting them directly on their mobile phones.

Last year, extremist Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir set up his tent at the eastern entrance to Al-Mughayyir, inciting against the village, demanding the displacement of its residents, and the demolition and bulldozing of all houses and lands.

T.R.

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 Israeli occupation forces detain Red Crescent ambulance crew near Ramallah's Al-Mughayyir village

RAMALLAH, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said today that Israeli forces detained one of its ambulance crews along with their vehicle at the entrance to the village of Al -Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.

In a brief statement, the PRCS said that the occupation forces seized the key to the ambulance, which was on its way to transfer a woman in labor inside the village.

For the second consecutive day, Israeli forces have been carrying out a wide-scale military operation in Al-Mughayyir, involving home raids, assaults on residents, the detention of several youths, seizure and destruction of vehicles, as well as the uprooting of hundreds of olive trees and the bulldozing of large tracts of land.

T.R.

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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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Illegal Israeli settlers storm village north of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Friday evening stormed the village of Shallalat al-Auja north of Aree'ha (Jericho), according to a local official.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, head of the Al-Baydar Association for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that a group of colonists stormed the village, and one of them removed his upper clothing in a provocative display in front of the Bedouin residents, as part of a policy aimed at pressuring them to leave the area.

The residents of the said village face repeated incursions by colonists and Israeli forces throughout the day, in an effort to force them out of the village.

T.R.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost on Palestinian land near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set up a new outpost today in the village of 'Attara, northwest of Ramallah, further escalating their ongoing land grabs in the area.

Local sources reported that dozens of colonists stormed the Jabal Al-Khirba area at the entrance to the village and pitched tents there.

This follows a similar outpost established by colonists on August 11 in the same location, where they also created dirt roads.

Jabal Al-Khirba, which covers an area of 2,000 dunams, is an archaeological site frequently targeted by colonists as part of a broader campaign aimed at displacing Palestinian residents.

Since early July, colonists have attempted to establish 15 new outposts, mostly agricultural and grazing in nature, distributed across various West Bank governorates, including five in Hebron, two each in Salfeet, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Jericho, and one each in Toubas and Jineen.

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 Israeli occupation apartheid regime issues military order to uproot hundreds of trees in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime on Friday issued a military order to uproot hundreds of trees from the lands of Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, under what they claimed were security reasons.

The order stipulates that the removal of trees from three areas of the village, covering an estimated 297 dunums, was taken “for purely urgent military purposes and for the defense of human life.”

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the decision targets all trees listed in the military order, on the grounds that their presence poses a security threat to the illegal settler Alon road, which cuts through the lands of Al-Mughayyir.

'Aamir Dawood, Director of Documentation and Publication at the Commission, explained that most of the targeted lands lie to the west of the road, with the remainder to its east.

He stressed that the order falls within Israel's efforts to empty all lands and areas located east of the settlement road, noting that the decision, in its current form, does not entail confiscation of land from the village.

Since Thursday, Israeli forces have been carrying out a wide-scale raid in Al-Mughayyir, uprooting hundreds of trees and bulldozing vast agricultural areas surrounding the illegal settler Alon road.

M.N.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Shaikh 'Ekrima Sabri holds Arab and Muslim nations responsible for defending Al-Aqsa Mosque

Friday 22-August-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Shaikh 'Ekrima Sabri, preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, said that Arab and Muslim leaders, governments, and peoples all share responsibility for protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque vis-à-vis the Israeli occupation regime's escalating crimes and dangerous schemes.

Speaking via video message at an event in Istanbul on Thursday marking the 56th anniversary of the arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque, Shaikh Sabri stressed that the Mosque is “a trust around the necks of all” and no one should abandon this duty.

He condemned the ongoing violations at Al-Aqsa, including repeated settler incursions and excavations, describing them as “major corruption and persistent crimes.” Recalling the 1969 arson, he noted that the occupation used highly flammable materials and deliberately obstructed firefighters to allow the blaze to spread.

On this anniversary, 'Hamas issued a statement warning that the arson of Al-Aqsa and other Israeli crimes targeting the identity and history of Jerusalem would never create a new reality allowing Israel to seize any part of the Mosque.

“Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa will remain the core of the struggle with the Zionist enemy, the compass of unity for our people and our nation, and a rallying point for solidarity until their liberation,” the statement read.

'Hamas stressed that Israel has “no sovereignty and no legitimacy” over Al-Aqsa and that systematic incursions, desecrations, and attempts to impose temporal and spatial division would not erase its exclusively Islamic identity.

The Movement further warned that Israeli ambitions extend beyond historic Palestine into neighboring Arab states, citing remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a so-called “Greater Israel.” This, 'Hamas said, makes the occupation “a real threat to regional and global security and stability,” demanding urgent steps to curb its aggression, isolate it internationally, and prosecute its leaders as war criminals.

'Hamas called on the Arab and Muslim nations, leaders, peoples, and organizations alike, to fulfill their historic duty in supporting the Palestinian people’s steadfastness and resistance, intensifying efforts to protect Al-Aqsa from escalating dangers.

'Hamas called on the Muslim nation and global supporters of justice to escalate popular mobilization, making Friday, August 22, and the following days a time of intensified solidarity with the Palestinian cause. It emphasized the need to support the people of Gaza against the ongoing genocide, blockade, and starvation, until the aggression ends, crossings are opened, and humanitarian aid flows in.

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Austria condemns E1 colonial settlement plan

VIENNA, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Austria has condemned Israel’s decision to approve thousands of new housing units in the E1 area of the West Bank.

In a post on X, Austria’s Foreign Ministry said, “This plan violates international law and risks permanently endangering prospects for a two-state solution.”

It further urged the Israeli government to reconsider this decision.

T.R.

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Poland rejects Israeli settlement plan in E1 area near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

WARSAW, August 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Poland has voiced strong opposition to Israel’s plan to build settlement units in the E1 area east of occupied Jerusalem, stressing that the Israeli government’s decision constitutes a blatant violation of international law.

In a statement issued Thursday evening, the Polish Foreign Ministry affirmed Poland’s support for a two-state solution based on peaceful coexistence between Israel and Palestine within the 1967 borders, as outlined in United Nations Security Council resolutions.

“We call on the Israeli authorities to cease supporting illegal settlement activity in the West Bank. We also condemn all acts of aggression against Palestinians in this context,” the statement read.

The ministry added that Poland is in contact with European diplomacy and its European partners to formulate a joint response to these measures.

M.N.

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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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