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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104 Palestinians Killed, 399 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 60,138 and the Injuries to 146,269

by July 30, 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 30, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 73,512+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (60,138) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,374+). 

By July 30, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 146,269.

By July 30, 2025, according to news report, 1,013 Palestinians who were killed, 6,966 who were injured, and 12,898*, 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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104 Palestinians were killed, 399 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 60,138 and the injuries to 146,269, by July 30, 2025.	The Gaza Strip is on the brink of famine, with two out of three famine indicators already surpassed, according to a new alert by the IPC, as the humanitarian situation has reached catastrophic levels, July 30, 2025.
60 Palestinians were killed and 195 were injured while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll at aid centers to 1,239 and the wounded to over 8,152, by July 30, 2025.	UN experts accused Israel of depriving Palestinians in the Gaza Strip of access to food and clean drinking water, calling it a serious violation of international law and a crime against humanity, July 30, 2025.
60-year-old Palestinian detainee, Sayil Abul Nasr, who was kidnapped from Gaza, died in an Israeli prison, as a result of torture, starvation, medical neglect, and sexual violence, experienced by detainees July 30, 2025.	Seven Palestinians, including a child, have died due to starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, which brings the death toll from hunger to 154, including 89 children, July 30, 2025.

The Gaza Strip is facing a catastrophic famine amid a total Israeli blockade, the deadliest phase of the ongoing genocide, marked by the denial of baby formula, food, and medicine, July 30, 2025.	17,000 children in Gaza are now in a state of severe malnutrition, with hunger-related deaths rising rapidly, due to the ongoing Israeli blockade and starvation policy, reported Dr Abu Salmiya, July 30, 2025.
At least three Palestinians, including photojournalist Ibraheem Ma'hmoud 'Hajjaj, were killed by two Israeli genocidal air strikes on central and eastern Gaza City neighborhoods, on July 30, 2025.	Seven Palestinians, including a child, died of starvation and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths by starvation to 151, including 89 children, July 30, 2025.
60 Palestinians were killed and 195 critically injured by the Israeli gunfire at the Israeli-controlled humanitarian aid centers, in several areas across the Gaza Strip, July 30, 2025.	Palestinian photojournalist, Ibraheem 'Hajjaj, was killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, while documenting the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which brings the death toll of journalists to 232, by July 30, 2025.
Carrying, to Al-'Awda hospital, injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred at an Israeli-controlled US aid distribution center east of Al-Buraij, in central Gaza Strop, on July 31, 2025.	Taking to the cemetery a number of Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, in Gaza City, on July 31, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian journalist, Ibraheem 'Hajjaj, who was killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Daraj neighborhood, in Gaza City, on July 30, 2025.	Grieving, at Nasir hospital, the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in Khan Younus, by bombs and while trying to get food aid from an Israeli-controlled aid center, on July 30, 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 104 martyrs, death toll climbs to 60,138

Wednesday 30-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC, Anadolu)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 104 civilians, as well as 399 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Wednesday morning.

The Ministry also noted that 60 Palestinians were killed and over 195 injured while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking aid to 1,239, with over 8,152 others wounded, since May 27.

A total of 8,970 people have been killed and 34,228 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 60,138 martyrs, including 1,239 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 146,269 people, including 8,153 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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Dozens of civilians killed or injured in ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza

Wednesday 30-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Wednesday, 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.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli airstrike that killed two people and injured others near the Zahra School in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood.

An Israeli airstrike also targeted a gathering of civilians near the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, killing one person and injuring others.

Another citizen was martyred when the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Abu Laban in Gaza City’s Al-'Hara al-Mulawwana area.

Seven civilians suffered injured in an Israeli strike on a group of people in Al-Mawasi area of Rafa'h as they were obtaining water from a water tanker.

The Israeli occupation forces also attacked civilians as they were collecting wood near the University College building in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, injuring 12 of them.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces killed six aid seekers and injured over 40 others near a distribution point in the north of Rafa'h.

The Israeli army also opened fire at aid seekers at Al-Nabulsi junction in the southwest of Gaza City, wounding eight of them, with most suffering from critical injuries.

Five other aid seekers were martyred following an Israeli shooting attack in the Netzarim corridor area in central Gaza.

A child was also critically injured in his head when Israeli forces opened fire at him in the Bir 19 area of Khan Younus.

Seven people were pronounced dead due to starvation and malnutrition, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

For its part, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that 60-year-old Sayil Abu Nasr, who had been kidnaped from Gaza last January, died in an Israeli jail.

The Israeli occupation 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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Seven Palestinians dead of starvation and malnutrition in Gaza in the past 24 hours, toll rises to 151

GAZA, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

Medical sources confirmed on Wednesday that seven people, including a child, died of the Israeli-perpetrated starvation and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 151, including 89 children.

According to a warning issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Tuesday, the Gaza Strip is facing a severe risk of famine, as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the beginning of the current war.

The report indicated that two of the three famine thresholds have been exceeded in parts of the Gaza Strip, with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warning that time is running out to launch a comprehensive humanitarian response.

A joint press release issued by UN agencies stated that "the ongoing conflict, the collapse of basic services, and severe restrictions on the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid imposed on the United Nations have all led to catastrophic food security conditions for hundreds of thousands of people across the Gaza Strip."

K.T. 

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Three Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City

GAZA, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

At least three Palestinians, including photojournalist Ibraheem Ma'hmoud 'Hajjaj, were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli fighter jets targeted a group of Palestinian citizens near Al-Zahraa School, in Al-Daraj neighborhood, in central Gaza City, killing two people and wounding others.

In a separate strike on the city’s eastern area, Ibraheem 'Hajjaj, a 35-year-old journalist and father of three, was killed.

Y.S.

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Palestinian Journalists Syndicate: 232 Media workers killed by Israeli forces since start of Gaza war

GAZA, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate stated that the Israeli occupation army has killed 232 journalists, both male and female, and media workers since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.

The latest victim was photojournalist Ibraheem 'Hajjaj, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City's Al-Daraj neighborhood while documenting the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people, in the Gaza Strip..

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Syndicate mourned 'Hajjaj The statement emphasized that 'Hajjaj’s message will live on, despite attempts to silence and terrorize the press.

The Syndicate strongly condemned the targeting of 'Hajjaj and other journalists as a deliberate and systematic policy of field execution, aimed at silencing the voice of Palestinian truth and intimidating media professionals.

It held the occupation fully responsible for this crime and called on the international community to take immediate action to protect journalists and and hold those responsible accountable.

Y.S.

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60 Palestinians seeking aid killed, 195 others wounded from Israeli gunfire across Gaza

GAZA, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Scores of Palestinian civilians were killed and critically injured from Israeli gunfire at the Israeli-controlled humanitarian aid centers, in several areas across the Gaza Strip., according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that numerous people waiting for aid were killed and others were injured near a center south of Khan Younus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society's Saraya Field Hospital reported receiving 30 wounded individuals who had been waiting for aid in the northwestern area of Bait Lahya, in northern Gaza.

According to medical sources, the death toll from attacks targeting aid seekers over the past 24 hours has reached 60, with more than 195 wounded.

This brings the total number of people who have been killed seeking a livelihood to 1,239, and more than 8,152 wounded.

Y.S.

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Elderly Palestinian detainee from Gaza dies in Israeli custody

Wednesday 30-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) announced the martyrdom of 60-year-old detainee Sayil Rajab Abul Nasr from Gaza inside Israeli prisons.

Abul Nasr was arrested in November 2023 and died on January 21, 2025, under conditions described as inhumane and abusive.

The two institutions said that Abul Nasr’s martyrdom adds to a growing list of systematic crimes against detainees from Gaza, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, and sexual violence.

His case brings the number of prisoners and detainees martyred in Israel’s custody since the start of the genocide to at least 75, including 46 from Gaza.

They warned that conditions in Israeli prisons have reached their most brutal phase in history, with over 10,800 Palestinians currently held, including women, children, and more than 3,600 administrative detainees. At least 2,454 of them from Gaza are classified by the occupation as “illegal fighters.”

The Commission and the PPS held the occupation fully responsible for Abu Nasr’s death and called for an independent international investigation into prisoner deaths, as well as sanctions against the occupation to end its culture of impunity.

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

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IOFs storm West Bank areas, kidnap several Palestinians from homes

Wednesday 30-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 on Wednesday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped one citizen from Nablus City and two others from al-Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus.

The IOFs also stormed Bait Foueeik town in eastern Nablus and kidnapped two citizens from their homes.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli occupation forces kidnaped eight citizens from Khirbet Umm Al-Khair hamlet. They are relatives of martyr 'Oada Al-'Hathaleen, who was killed near his home by an armed Jewish settler on Monday.

Two other citizens were taken prisoner during IOFs raids in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City and Khirbet Touba hamlet in Masafir Yatta.

The IOFs also kidnaped two young men from Jericho City and another one from Jenin City.

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  Israeli occupation forces detain families returning to homes in Jineen refugee camp

Jineen, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces detained several residents of Jineen refugee camp on Wednesday evening as they attempted to return to their homes, according to local sources.

They reported that the Israeli occupation soldiers held families trying to reach their homes in Al-Ghabz area of the Jenin refugee camp and the surrounding buildings.

Earlier today, gun-toting soldiers had evacuated residents from several buildings, including the Sama complex, and homes in Tal'at Al-Ghabz, turning them into military outposts.

It then redeployed its soldiers there after residents attempted to return and inspect the homes.

Photos and videos documented by residents of several homes that the occupation army briefly evacuated before returning to them showed extensive damage to the homes and to the residents' property.

The occupation has continued its aggression on the city of Jineen and its refugee camp since January 21, which has so far resulted in the killing of nearly 44 Palestinians, with numerous injuries and detentions.

According to Jineen Municipality statistics, as of June, the army had completely destroyed nearly 600 homes in the camp. A new demolition operations are currently underway, targeting an additional 95 homes.

Y.S.

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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 Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 30-July-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

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

According to Al-Qastal News, 239 settlers entered the Mosque in the morning 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 and songs 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 related context, Palestinian activists continued to urge their compatriots in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and 1948 occupied Palestine to intensify their presence inside Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards and premises to protect it against Israeli violations.

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Illegal Israeli settlers torch swaths of land in a West Bank village

Wednesday 30-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to swaths of agricultural land in Burqa village in the northwest of Nablus on Tuesday evening.

Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said that settlers escorted by soldiers came from the illegal settlement of Homesh and set swaths of land aflame near Palestinian homes in Burqa village.

Israeli soldiers reportedly fired tear gas canisters at homes in the village following the arson attack.

The frequency of settler attacks has increased in recent years, particularly since they have become more blatantly sponsored by the Israeli occupation government than ever before.

Those attacks have diversified during this period and have increased as part of an organized policy targeting the Palestinian presence in the West Bank, by attacking and oppressing residents and pushing them to leave in favor of settlement expansion.

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Illegal Israeli settlers bulldoze vast tracts of Palestinian land in Jericho

Wednesday 30-July-2025

JERICHO, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers  bulldozed vast tracts of agricultural land belonging to Palestinian citizens in Shallal Al-'Auja village, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday.

Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said that large swaths of fertile land had been bulldozed today as part of systematic Israeli efforts to impose new "fait accomplis" in the West Bank through the illegal land annexation and settlement expansion.

Al-Baydar Organization emphasized that this Israeli land grab represents a gross violation of the international humanitarian law, calling for urgent international action to curb such ongoing Israeli violations in the West Bank.

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  IOAR threatens to raze all homes of Nu'man village in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 30-July-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) notified, on Wednesday, the Palestinian residents of Nu'man village in the northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) of its intent to demolish all their homes under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

Chief of the village council Jamal Al-Dairawi said that employees from the Israeli municipality escorted by police officers stormed the village and delivered demolition notices against its homes, for the third time since the beginning of the current year.

According to these notices, all 35 inhabited homes in the village, comprising 45 apartments, are slated for demolition on the grounds of unauthorized construction.

The IOAR has been banning construction in the village for 32 years, which forced about 100 residents to leave their homes.

Since the IOAR built the separation wall in the area in 2002, the village has become isolated from Jerusalem, although it lies within the city’s municipal boundaries. The Israeli police also maintain a checkpoint at its entrance to control the residents’ movement.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Belgian Prosecutors refer Israeli soldiers to ICC over alleged war crimes in Gaza

RAMALLAH, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Belgian Public Prosecutor's Office has decided the referral of two Israeli soldiers to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over allegations of war crimes committed in Gaza.

 In a statement relapsed on Wednesday, the Public Prosecutor's Office said that the Brussels-based Hind Rajab Foundation had filed two complaints against two Israeli soldiers who traveled to the Belgian city of Boom to attend the "Tomorrow Land" music festival on July 18 and 19.

The Public Prosecutor's Office added that after examining the complaint, it decided to refer the cases of the two soldiers to the ICC, in line with Belgium's international obligations and to ensure the proper administration of justice.

Y.S.

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Malaysia urges global arms embargo on Israel

NEW YORK, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Malaysian representative called for an immediate halt  to the supply of weapons, ammunition, and equipment to Israel that enable it to expand and deepen its occupation."

He affirmed that Malaysia had banned Israeli-flagged ships, and vessels headed to Israel from docking in Malaysian ports, stressing this is a concrete step that all nations can take.

The Malaysian representative also emphasized that the international community must "unequivocally reject Israel's attempts to undermine the United Nations," including by confronting its actions aimed at discrediting, intimidating, and undermining the credibility of UN officials.

He called for defending and safeguarding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

"Israel must be forced to allow unimpeded humanitarian access," He added.  Emphasizing, "We condemn the deadly trap known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has so far claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid.

Y.S.

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Kenya calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, multinational oversight

NEW YORK, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Kenyan representative expressed concern that "the absence of decisive and coordinated action," coupled with "hardened positions that perpetuate the status quo as unchangeable," will lead to "prolonged humanitarian suffering and strategic disintegration."

He emphasized, "This conference represents one of the few remaining opportunities to translate consensus into concrete and irreversible steps."

He called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and for ensuring unrestricted humanitarian access.

The Kenyan representative also urged the establishment of robust, jointly monitored security arrangements to protect civilians on both sides, "linked to benchmarks that reinforce the two-state solution.

He proposed the establishment of a multinational oversight body to monitor compliance, deter, and report transparently to the international community.

"This world is watching," he concluded. By adhering to three fundamental pillars—politics, economics, and security—we can lay the foundation for a just and lasting peace.

Y.S.

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Malta to officially recognize state of Palestine at upcoming UN General Assembly

RAMALLAH, July 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Malta has announced its intention to formally recognize the State of Palestine during the next session of the United Nations General Assembly in September.

"This is why the Government of Malta has taken a principled decision to officially recognize the State of Palestine during the upcoming UN General Assembly session," the representative said.

A representative of Malta reaffirmed his government  longstanding support for the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination.

He emphasized that this decision reflects Malta's commitment to international law and a step toward achieving a just and lasting peace in the region. "We believe that recognition is not merely a symbolic act—it is a concrete step towards achieving a just and lasting peace."

“Concrete measures such as this,” he added, “are essential if we are to remain true to the spirit of what we advocate.”

Y.S.

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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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