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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139 Palestinians Killed, 425 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 58,026 and the Injuries to 138,520

by July 13, 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 July 13, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 71,430+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (58,026) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,404+). 

By July 13, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 138,520.

By July 13, 2025, according to news report, 1,000 Palestinians who were killed, 6,944 who were injured, and 12,661*, 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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139 Palestinians were killed, 425 were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 58,026 and the injuries to 138,520, by July 13, 2025.	139 Palestinians were killed, 425 were injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, on July 13, 2025 pic
A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a farm building in Dair Dibwan town, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, at dawn Sunday, July 13, 2025 pic	The UN warned on that due to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, the fuel shortage has reached a critical level, threatening to deepen the suffering of the war-ravaged population, particularly children, July 12, 2025.
London police arrested 41 people for expressing support for the recently banned activist group, Palestine Action, following the UK government’s decision to outlaw the organization, July 12, 2025.	Mass protests erupted in several European cities and capitals, in condemnation to the Israeli ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and demanded an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access, July 12, 2025.
Grieving, at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, the martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, on July 13, 2025.	Grieving, at Al-'Awda hospital, the martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on July 13, 2025.

Carrying, to Al-Ahli hospital, the injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, on July 13, 2025.	Grieving, at Al-Ahli hospital, the injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, on July 13, 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: Hospitals receive 139 martyrs, death toll climbs to 58,026

Sunday 13-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC, WAFA)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 139 civilians, as well as 425 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Sunday morning.

Accordingly, a total of 7,450 people have been killed and 26,479 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 58,026 martyrs, including 833 aid seekers who were killed at or near US-backed distribution points, the health ministry said.

The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 138,520 people, including 5,432 aid seekers.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to recover the bodies of more martyrs who are still missing in different areas of the Gaza Strip. 

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Several Palestinians killed, including a child, in latest Israeli attacks across Gaza

GAZA, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians were killed and others wounded today as Israeli occupation forces continued their airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip, as part of the ongoing genocidal war on the region that has been going on for 646 consecutive days.

Medical sources reported the arrival of one fatality and multiple injuries following an Israeli strike on Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeaster Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, a child was killed and 10 others injured after an Israeli drone targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in Al-Sumoud Camp, located in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younus, according to staff at Nasser Medical Complex.

Elsewhere, a Palestinian identified as Mohammad al-Najjar was shot dead and others were injured by Israeli forces in the Al-Shakoush area northwest of Rafa'h.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,882 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 138,095 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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Dozens of Palestinians massacred amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip

Sunday 13-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate and bomb more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

Since dawn today, at least 55 Palestinian civilians, including several aid seekers, have been reportedly martyred in Israeli attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli attack on tents in al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunus that injured a number of people.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a group of civilians near the Sanafour intersection in Gaza City’s Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, killing two of them.

One civilian was martyred and 20 others injured when an Israeli drone attacked a tent sheltering a displaced family in Al-Qadisiyah area in the west of Khan Yunus.

The Israeli army also bombed a market in the Samir area of Gaza City, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 50 others.

Another Israeli attack on civilians during their presence at a water distribution point in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza claimed the lives of 10 people, mostly children, and injured many others.

Another airstrike on a house near Hameed street in Gaza City’s Al-Shati refugee camp killed five people and injured others.

10 people, including children, were martyred in an Israeli strike on a house belonging to the family of Al-'Arabeed in the south of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Dozens of people were also martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near US-backed distribution points in southern and central Gaza.

The Israeli army also launched attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip last night and today, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.

Meanwhile, several Palestinians in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

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19 Palestinians killed, including child, in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza

GAZA, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 19 Palestinians, including a young girl, were killed and several others injured on Sunday following a series of Israeli genocidal air strikes that struck homes and displacement tents across the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that 10 people were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a home belonging to the Al-'Arbeed family in the Al-Sawari'ha area, west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

In western Gaza City, five more people were killed and others wounded after an airstrike targeted a residential home on Hamid Street.

In Al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, a young girl was killed and several others injured when a home belonging to the Al-Dayah family, near the Islamic Complex Mosque, was struck by an Israeli airstrike.

Meanwhile in the south of the Gaza Strip, the Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the killing of three Palestinians in an Israeli airstrike on a displacement tent in Al-Mawasi, west of Al-Nusayrat.

Earlier, two Palestinians were also killed and others injured in a strike on a house near Al-Amal Hospital in western Al-Nusayrat.

In addition to the aerial assaults, Israeli forces detonated several residential buildings in the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood of eastern Gaza City, causing extensive destruction to property and further displacing residents.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,882 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 138,095 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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11 civilians killed in ongoing Israeli airstrikes across Gaza

GAZA, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 11 civilians were killed and several others were injured on Sunday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, five people were killed after an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians in the town of Al-Zawayida in central Gaza. A civilian was also killed in an airstrike on the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City.

In another deadly attack, five members of the same family, including children, were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent sheltering displaced persons in the A-Mawasi area of Al-Qarara town, northwest of Khan Younus. The victims were identified as journalist 'Husam Sali'h Al-'Adlouni, his wife, and their three children.

Medical sources reported more casualties, including fatalities and injuries, in an Israeli strike that targeted the clinic street in the 'Hasan Al-Banna area of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood. The final toll from that attack is not yet known.

Hospitals in Gaza reported that the number of Palestinians killed since dawn Sunday has risen to 85, including 46 in Gaza City alone, as a result of intense Israeli bombardment targeting homes and shelters for displaced civilians.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the total death toll since October 7, 2023, has climbed to 58,026, with 138,520 injured.

The ministry also noted that many victims remain trapped under rubble or scattered on the streets, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews due to the relentless Israeli shelling and the massive amount of debris.

T.R.

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10 killed, dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and Khan Younus cities

GAZA, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 10 civilians were killed and dozens more were injured on Sunday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple areas across Gaza City and Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources cited by WAFA correspondents, five civilians were killed and 20 others were injured after an Israeli drone struck a group of civilians in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus.

In Gaza City, three people were killed and several others were wounded after Israeli warplanes bombed tents sheltering displaced families in the Al-Fayrouz area, northwest of the city, a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital reported.

Two additional fatalities were recorded after Israeli aircraft targeted a group of civilians near Al-Sanafor junction in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.

Five civilians were also injured after Israeli tanks opened fire at civilians in the southern part of Al-Maslakh area, west of Khan Younus. The attack was accompanied by intense shelling, gunfire, and strikes from Israeli helicopters.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery also shelled Al-Amal neighborhood in western Khan Younus.

Hospitals in Gaza have reported that a total of 76 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli genocidal attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, including 38 in Gaza City alone.

T.R.

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10 Palestinians killed, including 6 children, in Israeli strike on water distribution point in central Gaza

GAZA, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 10 Palestinians, including six children, were killed and 16 others injured on Sunday morning when Israeli warplanes bombed a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

According to Al-'Awda Hospital, the victims were brought in following the airstrike that targeted a civilian water access site in the camp. Among the injured were seven children, with several reported in critical condition.

Medical sources confirmed that a total of 27 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since the start of the day, 18 of them in Al-Nusayat alone.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,882 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 138,095 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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12 killed, including surgeon, in Israeli airstrike on crowded market in Gaza City

Gaza, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 12 Palestinians were killed Sunday evening, and dozens more wounded, after Israeli warplanes bombed a crowded market in central Gaza City, according to medical sources.

Among the victims was Dr. A'hmed Qandeel, a consultant general surgeon at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital. The strike targeted a popular marketplace near Al-Samir junction in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, one of the most densely populated areas of the city.

The latest attack brings up the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave since the early hours of the day to 50, according to medical sources.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,882 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 138,095 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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Gaza: Municipalities suspend vital services due to fuel crisis

Sunday 13-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The municipalities of Gaza’s central governorate have announced that their essential services have stopped entirely due to the total cutoff of fuel supplies needed to operate water wells, sewage treatment plants, waste collection vehicles, and heavy machinery used for debris removal and road clearing.

In a statement on Sunday, the municipalities accused the Israeli occupation of ignoring local and international appeals urging it to allow in fuel needs for municipal activities in Gaza.

The municipalities also pointed out that the water crisis in the central governorate had been getting worse since Israel’s Mekorot water company cut off water supply on January 23, 2025, calling for urgent action to restore the company’s water deliveries.

The municipalities warned that the water crisis heightened health and environmental risks, particularly during the summer when demand for water increases.

The power line supplying electricity to the central seawater desalination plant in the south of Dair El-Bala'h has also come to a halt since March 9, 2025, according to the municipalities.

The municipalities appealed to UN and international organizations to take urgent action to provide Gaza with its fuel needs to operate water wells, sewage pumps, and municipal vehicles.

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

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IOFs injure five Palestinians, settlers destroy agricultural property in the West Bank

Sunday 13-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Five Palestinian citizens suffered injuries on Saturday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed the West Bank cities of Jineen and Toubas, while a group of the illegal Israeli settlers rampaged through farmlands and stole sheep in other areas.

According to local sources, a young man was injured after Israeli occupation soldiers savagely assaulted him during raids on homes in Fa'hma village, south of Jenin.

The Red Crescent said its paramedics transferred a wounded young man to the hospital after IOFs severely beat him in Fa'hma village.

Meanwhile, four citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas during an IOFs raid in Toubas City.

Red Crescent paramedics provided those citizens with first aid and transported one of them to the hospital.

The IOFs also carried out evening raids in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

In a separate incident, a horde of armed settlers brutalized Palestinian shepherds from the same family in Al-Hadab area of Burqa village, east of Ramallah, opened fire at them, and stole about 80 head of sheep belonging to them.

In Nablus, a group of settlers stormed a vast tract of agricultural land, wreaked havoc on its contents, and destroyed and uprooted dozens of olive trees.

A local official said that settlers wreaked havoc on over 100 olive trees, water tanks, gates, fences, and an agricultural reservoir on 40 dunums of Palestinian-owned land, located alongside the road between the villages of 'Aqraba and Majdal Bani Fadhil.

Those dunums and property belong to local residents, the official added.

Recently, the illegal israeli settlers also destroyed water and telecommunication networks that serve seven villages in the south of 'Aqraba. 

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap Palestinians in the West Bank

Sunday 13-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and Sunday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped four citizens, including a child, from their homes in Qabatya town, south of Jineen.

The IOFs also tried to kidnap a young man from the family of Nazzal, during a raid on his house in the same town, but he was not there at the time. His father and brother have been in jail for over a year.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces stormed Zawata town, Al-'Ain refugee camp, and several neighborhoods of the city, where they raided homes and assaulted local residents.

One young man was reportedly kidnapped following an IOFs' raid on his home in Al-Shaikh Munis neighborhood of Nablus City.

In Salfeet, the IOFs kidnapped three citizens after ransacking their homes in the village of Marda.

In Ramallah, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two young men from Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya town.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), a citizen was taken prisoner following an IOFs' raid on a house in Al-Jami’a neighborhood of the city.

The IOFs also detained a number of young men in 'Hal'houl town, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), for several hours before releasing them.

The IOFs raids were reported in the cities of Yatta and Doura in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) province, where the Israeli occupation soldiers reportedly stormed the house of a wanted young man and assaulted his family in Doura.

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Father and son beaten by Israeli soldiers south of Nablus; son detained

NABLUS, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday night detained a young Palestinian man from the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, after brutally assaulting him and his father during a military raid.

Local sources told WAFA that Sami Ibrahim Daraghma was violently beaten by Israeli soldiers, resulting in fractures and bruises, before being detained. His father was also assaulted while attempting to defend him.

The detention occurred during an Israeli raid into the center of the village, where forces set up a military checkpoint, disrupting the movement of residents and vehicles and sparking fear and tension among locals.

Israeli forces continue to escalate violations against Palestinians in villages and towns south of Nablus through daily raids, physical assaults, home invasions, and arbitrary detentions.

Meanwhile, in Jenin, Israeli forces stormed the town of Marka, south of the governorate, and detained a man and his son after raiding their home.

According to local sources, the troops detained 'Ali Nafi’ Mousa, 70, head of the Marka village council, along with his son Zuhair, 40, after thoroughly searching their home and ransacking its contents.

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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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Aqsa, Israeli police kidnap mosque guard

Sunday 13-July-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Scores of the illegal Israeli settlers  desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Monday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration in the holy city, 304 of the illegal Israeli settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.

In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation police kidnaped in the morning one of the Aqsa Mosque’s guards after breaking into and ransacking his home in the east Jerusalem district of Silwan.

A Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) source said that Al-Aqsa Mosque guard, 'Arafat Najeeb, was detained just days after he received an Israeli police order banning him from entering the Mosque for six months.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack homes near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), threaten to burn them

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), July 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes late last night in the Wadi Sa’ir area near the village of Al-Maniya, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) in the southern West Bank.

Zayid Kawazba, head of the Al-Maniya Village Council, told WAFA that a group of colonists pelted homes with stones, causing property damage and spreading fear among residents. He added that the colonists threatened to burn the houses, intensifying the state of panic among families in the area.

The incident is part of an ongoing campaign of the illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, frequently carried out with the protection and backing of Israeli forces.

M.N.

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Illegal Israeli settlers burn farm structure in W. Bank town

Sunday 13-July-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a farm building in Dair Dibwan town, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, at dawn Sunday.

According to local sources, settlers stormed the areas of Al-Marj and Wad Al-Qatn of the town and threw incendiary stuff at an agricultural structure belonging to local farmers, destroying it completely.

This attack comes just a few days after a similar raid by settlers in the town, during which they stole a number of sheep belonging to a local resident.

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Illegal Israeli settlers set up new outpost southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), July 13, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Sunday set up a new colonial outpost on the lands of citizens in Al-Minya region, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The head of Al-Minya Village Council, Zayid Kawazba, told our correspondent that a group of colonists installed a number of tents in the southern region of the village. 

He added that the establishment of this focus came less than 24 hours after the barbaric attack launched by colonists in the nearby Wadi Sa'ir area, which resulted in the burning of the vehicle of local resident Ihab Shallala, and the destruction of solar energy cells used by the people in lighting and watering livestock.

"What is happening is a dangerous escalation in the series of forced displacement. For weeks, our region has been subjected to repeated attacks by the colonists to protect the army, with the aim of pushing the people to leave their lands, and today they are either legislated to create a settlement focus that confirms the hidden intentions to seize the ground," he said.

Kawazba called on the human rights and humanitarian authorities and international institutions to intervene urgently, to stop this illegal colonial expansion, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions, and threatens the Palestinian presence in the entire region.

He emphasized that Al-Minya is a highly targeted rural gatherings by colonists, as several illegal outposts are set up in its vicinity, which is part of a plan to separate the south of the West Bank from its middle through a series of colonial expansions.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority said that in the first half of 2025, colonists established 23 colonies on the lands of citizens, most of which are pastoral foci, in the governorates of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Qalqilya, Tubas and Jerusalem, in a continuation of the policy of imposing facts pursued by the colonists on the ground under the full auspices of the occupation army.

K.T.

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The Israel occupation apartheid regime plans to build about 2,340 settler homes in southern and central West Bank

Sunday 13-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s National Bureau for Defending Land has said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) intends to build about 2,340 housing units for the illegal Israeli settlers in the southern and central West Bank as part of master plans targeting hundreds of dunums of private Palestinian land.

“The Israeli civil administration’s higher planning council is currently discussing several major settlement expansion projects,” the National Bureau said in its weekly report.

The National Bureau pointed out that there are clear coordination and complementary roles in this regard between Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who leads the settlement expansion plans, and Israeli war minister Israel Katz, who provides the security cover to protect settlers and their activities.

According to the report, the plan includes the construction of 117 housing units in Ma’ale Amos settlement, located southeast of Bethlehem, and 150 units in Ganei Modi’in settlement west of Ramallah. The project near Ganei Modi’in marks the first instance of settlement expansion beyond the separation wall, encroaching on lands belonging to the town of Ni’lin.

The IOA is also considering a plan to expand the Kedumim settlement east of Qalqilya by establishing a new neighborhood over an area of 280 dunums, which would include 1,352 settler units. This neighborhood would be connected to the main settlement by a bridge, creating an additional barrier that would isolate the surrounding Palestinian villages and make them closed enclaves encircled by Jewish settlements.

In Bethlehem province, the report talked about an Israeli plan to expand the Nokdim settlement — established on lands annexed from the villages of 'Arab al-Ta’amira — by creating a new neighborhood comprising 290 settler units over an area of 239 dunums.

The Israeli government also approved the construction of an additional 430 settler units in the settlements of “Eli” and “Givat Zeev,” including 348 units to be built in the Palgei Mayim outpost, which is near and part of Eli. This outpost had received official Israeli legalization in June 2023.

The National Bureau also said that the Israeli ministry of heritage started bulldozing activities to establish the so-called “Samaria National Park” at the archaeological site in the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, with a budget of up to 32 million shekels, pointing out that this project aims to Judaize the site.

An amount of 3.5 million shekels was also allocated for the construction of fences, gates, and concrete shelters around the historic Mas'oudiya train station north of Nablus, in an area that has no Jewish settlements and is adjacent to Area “B” of the West Bank, which is under the Palestinian Authority’s civil and administrative control. The area is known to be a popular park visited by Palestinian citizens, according to the National Bureau.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Dozens arrested in London for supporting banned group Palestine Action

Sunday 13-July-2025

LONDON, (PIC)

London police arrested 41 people on Saturday for expressing support for the recently banned activist group Palestine Action, marking the second consecutive weekend of mass arrests following the UK government’s decision to outlaw the organization.

The Metropolitan Police announced on social media platform X that officers had arrested activists in Parliament Square “for showing support for a banned organization.” One additional person was arrested on suspicion of assault. Police later stated that they had cleared the protest area near the Mahatma Gandhi statue, where a small group of demonstrators had gathered with banners backing Palestine Action.

The arrests come just one week after 29 individuals—including a priest and several healthcare workers—were detained under anti-terrorism laws. Authorities have warned that any expression of support for Palestine Action, whether verbal or symbolic, constitutes a criminal offense under the new legislation.

Police reiterated this message ahead of Saturday’s protest, posting: “Calling for or expressing support for a banned organization is a criminal offense. As we saw last week, those who break the law will face action.”

The crackdown has drawn condemnation from human rights groups and civil society organizations. “Defend Our Juries,” which helped organize the protest, denounced the arrests and the broader criminalization of political dissent. The group had called for demonstrations in multiple British cities in “defiance” of what it described as an attack on free speech and the right to protest.

The British Parliament approved the ban on Palestine Action in early July, and a legal appeal against the decision was swiftly rejected by the judiciary.

The move to outlaw the group followed a high-profile protest in late June, during which activists stormed a military airbase in southern England and sprayed red paint on two aircraft, causing an estimated £7 million ($9.55 million) in damage. Four activists were remanded in custody over the incident, which drew widespread attention.

Palestine Action is known for its direct action campaigns against companies supplying arms to Israel, including Elbit Systems, and has been a vocal critic of UK complicity in what it describes as Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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Thousands protest across Europe against Israel’s war on Gaza and ongoing genocide

Sunday 13-July-2025

CAPITALS, (PIC)

Mass protests erupted in several European cities and capitals on Saturday, as demonstrators condemned Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip and demanded an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access to the besieged territory.

In Milan, Italy, hundreds took to the streets waving Palestinian flags and calling for an end to political and economic ties with Israel. Protesters demanded the cancellation of cooperation agreements between the Italian government and Israel, accusing Rome of complicity in war crimes through its continued partnership. They also criticized Italy’s recent vote against suspending the EU-Israel partnership agreement, urging a reversal of that position.

In Stockholm, Sweden, demonstrators rallied in support of Gaza, accusing Israel of committing genocide and using starvation as a weapon against civilians. They called on their government and the international community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and to end its policy of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of Palestinians.

Berlin, Germany also witnessed protests, with participants demanding an end to Germany’s arms exports to Israel and holding their government responsible for enabling the war. While one protest proceeded, police prevented another demonstration from taking place, surrounding activists with a heavy security presence. Several protesters were arrested, sparking widespread criticism from human rights advocates who viewed the crackdown as an attempt to silence opposition to German complicity in the Gaza genocide.

In London, police arrested about 40 protesters during a demonstration outside the British Parliament. The protest, organized by the “Palestine Action” movement, demanded a halt to Israel’s war on Gaza and called for justice for the victims of the ongoing atrocities. Similar demonstrations were held in other British cities, where protesters voiced outrage over the genocide in Gaza and urged immediate action from the UK government.

Meanwhile, in Tunis, dozens of demonstrators gathered in front of the municipal theater to express support for the Palestinian resistance and condemn Israel’s continued attacks.

Organized by the “Ansar Palestine in Tunisia” association, the protest was the group’s 91st since October 7, 2023. Activists raised pro-Palestine slogans.

Riyadh Al-Za'hafi, a member of the association, said the protest aimed to be “the voice of the resistance,” honoring the steadfastness of Palestinians in Gaza, particularly in Khan Younus and Bait 'Hanoun. He described the targeting of civilians seeking aid as “brutal and cowardly.”

Since October 7, 2023, Israel—backed unconditionally by the US—has waged a campaign of genocide in Gaza, killing or injuring more than 196,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Over 10,000 remain missing, and hundreds of thousands have been forcibly displaced.

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Massive rallies take place in Argentina in support of Palestine

BUENOS AIRES, July 13, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A massive demonstration took place in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, with thousands of citizens marching through some of the city’s main streets and landmarks. The rally was organized by the Argentine Solidarity Committee with the Palestinian People, as part of a nationwide campaign that included several Argentine provinces and cities, under the slogan: “Argentina Rejects Genocide in Gaza.”

The march saw a large turnout of Argentine citizens waving Palestinian flags and holding signs condemning Israel’s ongoing aggression. The participants expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people and vehemently rejected the atrocities being committed in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.

Most of the demonstrators wore red, symbolizing the bloodshed of the Palestinian people and rejecting the genocidal actions being carried out against civilians. The sight of the marchers, united in their stance, presented a powerful image of Argentine solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

In parallel with the Buenos Aires march, similar protests were held in various provinces and cities across Argentina, reflecting widespread public consensus against Israeli occupation and its crimes.

In a statement read out across all participating cities and provinces, the Argentine Solidarity Committee with the Palestinian People confirmed that more than 57,000 Palestinians have been martyred since October 2023 due to Israel's relentless and systematic bombardment, which has targeted refugee camps, shelters, schools, hospitals, and even humanitarian aid distribution centers. The statement also highlighted that more than 700 Palestinians had been killed while attempting to obtain food.

The statement further expressed firm opposition to Argentina's potential move to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem, labeling such a step as a blatant violation of international law and resolutions. The committee called on the Argentine government to annul all security and economic agreements signed with the Israeli state, in line with Argentina’s historical commitment to human rights and its rejection of any form of complicity in policies of oppression and ethnic cleansing.

K.T

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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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