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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The Israeli Genocidist Regime Continues its Crimes Against Humanity,

144 Palestinians Are Killed and 560 Are Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 55,637 and the Injuries to 129,880

by June 18, 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 June 18, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 69,062+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (55,637) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,425+). 

By June 18, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 129,880.

By June 18, 2025, according to news report, 981 Palestinians who were killed, 6,850 who were injured, and 12,358*, 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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144 Palestinians were killed, 560 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, which brought the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 55,637 and the injuries to 128,880, by June 18, 2025.	A Palestinian young man who was murdered by the Israeli occupation genocidist soldiers at an aid distribution center, has become a daily scene in the Gaza Strip, June 18, 2025.
The UNRWA warned that the health care system in the Gaza Strip is on the brink of collapse, as basic medical supplies and blood products run critically low, due to the Israeli ongoing genocidal war, June 19, 2025.	Many of the starving Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, were trying to get some of the food aid from the Israeli-controlled aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip, June 18, 2025.
Some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza Strip, laid down in Al-Shifa hospital morgue, June 19, 2025.	Bodies of 15 Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in a northern Gaza aid distribution center, June 18, 2025.
Carrying, to Al-'Awda hospital, injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Buraij, June 18, 2025.	Due to the continuous Israeli blockade, starvation has intensified among the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, pushing them to try to get any food provided by local charities, like the one shown above in Gaza City, June 18, 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 rise to 55,637 as Israel continue the genocide

GAZA, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) - 

Medical sources said on Wednesday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 55,637, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation's aggression on October 7, 2023.

The same sources added that the death toll has risen to 129,880 since the start of the aggression, while a number of victims remain under the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defense crews.

They indicated that 144 slain people and 560 injuries were taken to hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. The death toll and injuries since March 18, when the occupation violated the ceasefire agreement, has reached 5,334 and 17,839 injuries.

They noted that a number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

Medical sources confirmed that the occupation has once again prevented international and UN organizations from accessing fuel storage sites designated for hospitals, claiming they are located in red zones.

They stressed that obstructing the flow of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to shut them down, as they rely on generators to power vital departments. They noted that the available fuel supplies in hospitals are sufficient for only three days.

K.T.

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Scores of Palestinians in Gaza massacred amid ongoing Israeli genocide

Wednesday 18-June-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.

Since dawn today, at least 47 Palestinian civilians, including 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 aid seekers that killed three of them and injured 20 others near a US-backed distribution point in Rafah, southern Gaza.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a house near the Ali Mosque in Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, massacring eight people and injuring others.

Another strike on a house belonging to the family of Al-Ghamri in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza killed six people and injured several others.

The Israeli army also attacked hungry civilians waiting for aid on Salahuddeen road in central Gaza, killing 11 of them and injuring over 100 others.

Five civilians were martyred and others were injured when the Israeli army targeted tents sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

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

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.

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Seven civilians, including child, killed in Israeli shelling in central Gaza

GAZA, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven civilians, including a child, were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday in an Israeli shelling targeting Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza.

According to WAFA correspondent, an Israeli drone struck a group of civilians in the camp, killing seven people, including a child, and injuring at least 20 others.

T.R.

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Three civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City

GAZA, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday afternoon by an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood east of Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation forces also carried out demolitions of residential buildings east of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, 47 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces across the Gaza Strip since early this morning, including 14 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have been conducting a military offensive on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 55,637 civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring 129,880 others.

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

T.R.

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

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Palestinian martyred by IOF gunfire in western Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Wednesday 18-June-2025

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred on Wednesday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him in Al-Wallaja town, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) in the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, 21-year-old Mo'taz Al-'Hajajila was shot dead, with no known reason, by IOFs gunfire in the town.

The IOFs reportedly seized the body of Al-'Hajajila and refused to hand it over to a Palestinian ambulance crew.

Earlier, local sources said that Israeli soldiers assaulted Al-'Hajajila and shot him at close range shortly after kidnaping him from his home in Al-Wallaja town.

The IOFs justified its killing of the young man by falsely claiming he tried to stab one of the soldiers and snatch his gun.

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Palestinian worker injured by Israeli forces’ gunfire east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem),, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian worker was injured on Wednesday by Israeli forces' gunfire east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

According to WAFA correspondent, Israeli forces opened fire on a group of workers in the Wadi Hummus area, located between the village of Al-Khas, east of Bethlehem, and the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sour Bahir.

One worker was shot in the knee and was transported to a hospital for medical treatment.

T.R.

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Three Palestinians injured, others kidnapped in Israeli attacks in the West Bank

Wednesday 18-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were injured and others were kidnapped in Israeli occupation forces' and settler attacks in different areas of the occupied West Bank last night and on Wednesday morning.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, a citizen identified as 43-year-old 'Isam Rabayi’a suffered serious bullet injuries after Israeli occupation forces opened fire at him near Faqqu’ah town in Jenin.

Rabayi’a was reportedly trying to reach his workplace in 1948 occupied Palestine through the separation wall near Faqqu’a town.

The Red Crescent also said its paramedics transported a wounded young man in his 40s to the hospital after Israeli soldiers severely beat him in an area of the northern West Bank.

In Nablus, the IOFs stormed the new 'Askar refugee camp, for the second consecutive day, and took over the headquarters of the camp’s Popular Services Committee and other community centers.

Eyewitnesses said the IOFs hoisted Israeli flags over the buildings they seized in the camp.

In Jenin City, the IOFs kidnaped a citizen and continued to carry out its large-scale demolition campaign.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Burqeen town in western Jenin, spread in its streets, raided homes, and interrogated local young men, amid sounds of gunfire.

In Salfit, the IOF set up a road barrier on the main road between Kifl 'Haris town and Hares village, obstructing the movement of local residents.

In the central West Bank, the Israeli occupation army took over a house in the north of Ramallah City and turned it into a military post. Its forces also stormed Rantees village, northwest of the city.

In Bethlehem, the IOFs kidnapped a 49-year-old woman from her home in 'Husan village a few hours after releasing her.

The IOF also kidnapped nine citizens from al-Khalil City and Al-Dthahiriya town, amid intensive presence of Israeli forces in their streets.

In other incidents, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked a citizen called 'Omran Al-Nawaj'a, a resident of Susya village in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and injured him in his head. He was transferred to the Yatta Hospital for medical assistance.

In Ramallah, another group of the illegal Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli occupation soldiers reportedly opened fire at Palestinian citizens, but luckily no one was hurt.

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 IOFs kidnap dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raids

Wednesday 18-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at least 40 Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank at dawn Wednesday.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped 14 citizens after raiding homes in Salfeet Province.

Ten other citizens were taken prisoners during an IOFs raid in Qalqilya City.

The IOFs also kidnapped 16 citizens, including seven children and an elderly man, following raids in Al-'Arroub refugee camp, Kharsa village, and towns of Bait Ka'hil, Yatta, and Bait Ummar, in Al-Khaleel Province. Among the detainees are high school students.

The IOFs reportedly deployed road barriers at the entrances of Al-Khaleel City and several towns around it, which obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles.

For nearly six days, the Israeli occupation army has been imposing a full-scale closure on the West Bank, blocking most of its roads and restricting the movement of local residents.

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 Israeli forces kidnap two Palestinians from a northern West Bank town

Jineen, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday evening kidnapped two Palestinians from Maythaloun town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jineen, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces showed up at two houses in the town, broke inside, wreaked havoc inside, and rounded up two residents.

In the dawn hours of today, Israeli infantry forces ransacked several houses, interrogated their occupants, took over another house, and turned it into a military outpost.

Meanwhile, a large convoy of army vehicles barged their way into Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City, where the soldiers sealed off several roads, obstructing the free movement of Palestinians, at a time when the soldiers physically assaulted several Palestinians.

The soldiers stormed several neighborhoods, including 'Haram Al-Rama, the vicinity of the Traffic Department, Al-Jami‘a, and Abu Al-Da‘jan, and ransacked houses there, tampering with their contents.

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

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

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

K.F.

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 Israel transfers Palestinian child to administrative detention for four months

RAMALLAH, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) -

The occupation intelligence service issued an administrative detention order against Hanaa Haitham Isma'eel 'Hammad, 17, from Hebron, four a period of four months. This brings the number of female prisoners held under administrative detention to 10, out of 41 in Israeli prisons.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) added that 'Hammad was detained on June 9, after occupation forces raided her home in Al-'Arroub refugee camp.

During her detention, 'Hanaa and her mother, who was detained with her during her detention and later released, were subjected to field interrogations and abuse.

The Commission and the PPS said in a joint statement that "we have witnessed an unprecedented escalation since the beginning of the genocide in the number of administrative detainees, including women and children, as the number of administrative detainees until the beginning of June 2025 reached 3562 administrative detainees, including at least 95 children under the age of 18."

It's worth noting that the policy of administrative detention has undergone numerous transformations over the past few years.

Despite the escalating level of resistance to this crime through hunger strikes and boycotts of courts, the occupation has devised new tools that have contributed to its entrenchment.

It's worth noting that eight administrative detainees have died in Israeli prisons since the beginning of the war of genocide. They are among the 72 who have been killed since the genocide in Israeli prisons.

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation forces storm Palestinian community in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)'s Masafir Yatta , kidnap three residents

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces raided the Wadi Al-Jawaya community in Hebron’s Masafir Yatta and deployed among residents’ homes following an assault by the illegal Israeli settlers on Palestinian shepherds in the area.

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two residents during the raid.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped an activist while he was on his way to the village of Al-Tuwani in Masafer Yatta and seized his vehicle.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces raid town west of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Dair Qaddees west of Ramallah on Wednesday evening and stormed several homes, according to local sources.

Sources in the town reported that Israeli forces targeted several houses, including those of former detainees, assaulted their residents, and threatened to re-detain the former detainees.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces continue to raid on Nablus-area refugee camp

NABLUS, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) -

Since dawn on Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces have continued their raids on Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.

'Imad Zaki, head of the Popular Services Committee in the camp, told WAFA that the occupation forces forced approximately 14 families to evacuate their homes for 48 hours, turning them into military barracks and interrogation centers.

He explained that occupation forces are deployed throughout the camp's neighborhoods and alleys, raiding homes, detaining and interrogating young men, and preventing entry and exit from the camp.

Zaki pointed out that the occupation forces are still preventing humanitarian cases from leaving the camp, stressing that coordination is underway with the Palestinian Liaison Office to allow 25 kidney and cancer patients to leave the camp in ambulances for treatment.

K.T.

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 Israel tightens control over Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), sealing off city and tightening grip on Al-Aqsa Mosques

Wednesday 18-June-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate has warned that Israeli occupation authorities are accelerating measures to isolate the occupied city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) from its Palestinian surroundings, intensifying military checkpoints, settlement activity, and restricting access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In a statement on Wednesday, the governorate said new iron gates were installed at key entrances to towns such as 'Anata, Jaba', and 'Hizma, as part of a broader plan to dismember the city and control Palestinian movement. These developments coincide with the ongoing war on Gaza and rising regional tensions, which the Israeli government is exploiting to push forward annexation plans and expand settler presence.

The governorate reported unprecedented restrictions at main military checkpoints—including Qalandya, Shu'fat, Jaba', and Al-Kontainer—where Palestinians face daily closures, delays of up to six hours, and routine mistreatment. One striking example was the deputy governor being forced to walk to his office in Al-Ram due to the complete closure of the Jaba' checkpoint.

Israeli forces have also increased mobile checkpoints and launched aggressive raids and arrest campaigns in neighborhoods such as Silwan, Al-'Eisawiya, and Jabal al-Mukabbir. The city is now encircled by 85 checkpoints, fixed barriers, and the apartheid wall, turning it into what the governorate described as “a closed prison.”

The report stressed that these measures are part of a long-term policy to seize full control over the city, including its Islamic and Christian holy sites, while the international community remains distracted. It called on media outlets and activists to intensify coverage and expose the occupation’s efforts to silence Jerusalem’s voice. 

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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 block a road, south of Nablus, with earth mounds

NABLUS, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli setlers on Wednesday blocked a road north of the village of Duma south of Nablus with earth mounds, according to a local official.

Sulayman Dawabsha, head of the Duma Village Council, told WAFA that a bulldozer belonging to the colonists, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, sealed off the road connecting Duma to the nearby village of Majdal Bani Fadhil.

The road had been closed for years before local residents recently reopened it, following the installation of a new gate at the village entrance. However, colonists have now re-blocked the road, pushing the closure closer to residential areas. This poses a danger to residents and restricts farmers’ access to their land.

The village of Duma is subjected to frequent, near-daily attacks by colonists targeting residents and their property.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm al-Auja community north of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli setlers stormed the Al-'Auja Spring area north of Jericho on Wednesday evening, in yet another attack targeting Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, an official with Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that colonists raided the area and grazed their sheep on Bedouin fodder supplies, as part of ongoing violations targeting Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley.

He noted that these actions take place under the protection of Israeli forces and are intended to pressure residents and push them toward forced displacement.

He emphasized that these ongoing assaults exacerbate the suffering of residents and undermine any prospects for stability in the area, calling for efforts to strengthen the steadfastness of Bedouin communities and uphold their right to remain on their land in the face of expulsion and repression policies.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm a Bedouin community near Aree'ha (Jericho), photograph residents’ homes

Aree'ha (Jericho), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of Israeli colonists stormed the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat Bedouin community northwest of Jericho, roaming through the community while photographing residents’ homes, sheep pens and grazing areas.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, an official with Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that colonists monitored and documented the locations of residents’ homes and animal pens in the area.

He slammed this intrusion as part of a systematic policy aimed at intimidating Bedouin residents and forcibly displacing them from their lands.

The 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat area, similar to other Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, regularly experiences incursions and other violations by colonists and Israeli forces, as part of broader efforts aimed at displacing the indigenous population.

T.R. 

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Israeli occupation forces continue demolition of homes in Jineen Refugee Camp

Jineen, June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces continued their demolition campaign in Jineen refugee camp on Wednesday, targeting more Palestinian homes.

According to WAFA correspondent, Israeli bulldozers demolished houses in the Al-Damaj neighborhood and the eastern part of the camp. Video footage showed bulldozers razing multiple homes in Al-Damaj, with some buildings collapsing entirely.

Yesterday, Israeli forces demolished homes in the central part of the camp, specifically in the Al-Sumran neighborhood. These actions are part of a demolition plan announced by Israeli authorities last week, which includes the destruction of 95 homes in the camp. This plan follows a previous wave of demolitions in March, during which 66 buildings were destroyed.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces reclose entrance to village southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday evening reclosed the entrance to the village of Al Manshiya, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to an official source.

Head of the Al Manshiya village council, Khadr Abu Diyeh, told WAFA that Israeli forces shut the village’s entrance with an iron gate just one day after briefly reopening it.

He pointed out that this gate is the sole access road between the southern rural area and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

T.R.

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 Israeli occupation forces close two entrances near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces closed two entrances to the town of Tuqu'a, southeast of Bethlehem, on Wednesday.

Tuqu'a Municipality Director Tayseer Abu Mufri'h told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces installed an iron gate at the entrance to Khirbet Al-Dair, which leads to the town of Jannata. They also placed earth mounds at the entrance to the Sha'b Al-Sane' area inside the town, almost completely disrupting the movement of residents.

Abu Mufri'h noted that a colonist blocked the entrance to Tuqu'a-Jannata yesterday with cement blocks, while the occupation forces reinforced the closure by placing large boulders in the area.

He added that since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, the occupation has installed approximately 10 iron gates at the entrances to the town and its neighborhoods, in a move aimed at tightening the siege imposed on residents and restricting their daily movement, whether towards Bethlehem or the neighboring villages.

The number of barriers and iron gates installed by the occupation army in the West Bank reached 898 military barriers and iron gates, including 18 iron gates installed by the occupation since the beginning of the current year 2025, and 146 iron gates installed by the occupation after October 7, 2023, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces install new gate at entrance to town northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), June 18, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces installed a new iron gate on Wednesday at the main entrance to the town of Anata, northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to the WAFA correspondent, the gate was installed at the town’s main entrance, effectively closing the checkpoint in both directions, as part of a policy aimed at restricting the movement and freedom of Palestinian residents.

This new gate adds to another that was erected years ago at the southern entrance to the town.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate expressed in a statement deep concern over the escalating Israeli measures on the ground, which it says are designed to suffocate the city of Jerusalem and isolate it completely from its Palestinian surroundings. These actions include the installation of new iron gates, the intensification of military checkpoints, and the acceleration of colonial expansion and annexation plans.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) governorate explained that these developments come in tandem with Israel’s exploitation of the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip and the escalation with Iran. During this period, the Israeli government is seeking to push forward its annexation plans, expand the boundaries of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) municipality, increase the number of colonists, and construct new colonial settlements in the area, all while the world remains distracted from what is happening in the occupied city.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) is now surrounded by 85 barriers, including earth mounds, fixed and mobile iron gates, and the expansive separation wall, effectively turning the city into a closed prison where apartheid is forcibly enforced.

The statement affirmed that these measures are part of a comprehensive plan for full control over the city, including its Islamic and Christian holy sites, as part of an undeclared annexation project being implemented while the international community remains preoccupied with other matters, diverting attention away from the Palestinian capital.

The statement emphasized that the international community’s silence effectively grants the occupation the green light to advance its colonial and Judaization schemes. It stressed that media and popular solidarity with Jerusalem is urgently needed to confront these existential dangers.

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UNRWA: Gaza’s health system is collapsing as Israel blocks medicine and blood supplies

Wednesday 18-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued an urgent warning that Gaza’s health system is on the brink of collapse as basic medical supplies and blood products run critically low amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on the besieged enclave.

In a statement posted Wednesday on its official X account, UNRWA reported that 45% of essential medical supplies have already been depleted. Of what remains, a quarter is expected to run out within six weeks. The agency warned that stocks of vital medications and blood units “are running out at a time when health needs are increasing urgently day by day.”

This warning comes as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continue their systematic targeting of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure, including direct strikes on hospitals that have forced most out of service.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, only 16 hospitals remain even partially operational—five of them public, 11 private—out of a total of 38 in the Strip. Additionally, eight emergency field hospitals are currently active, barely keeping up with the surge in critical cases.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel—with unwavering US support—has waged a campaign of genocide in Gaza, killing and wounding more than 185,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children. The Israeli genocide has included the deliberate targeting of healthcare facilities, patients, and medical staff, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis.

World Health Organization spokesperson Margaret Harris previously described Gaza’s medical situation as “catastrophic.” In a statement last May, she warned, “We are very close to the brink,” noting that the blockade is compounding the public health emergency.

The humanitarian catastrophe deepened on March 2, when the Israeli occupation army enforced a total siege on Gaza, sealing all border crossings and blocking the entry of food, medicine, fuel, and humanitarian aid. Although Israeli authorities announced a limited resumption of aid on May 19, it came under strict Israeli conditions and excluded both UNRWA and the broader UN system.

UNRWA has repeatedly called for the restoration of the safe and effective UN-led humanitarian distribution system. The UN agency, which has long been the backbone of aid delivery in Gaza, has faced ongoing Israeli pressure and defunding campaigns, including its exclusion from recent aid coordination mechanisms.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres echoed the urgency of the situation on Wednesday, condemning the continued killing of Palestinians seeking food and calling for an independent investigation into the attacks on aid seekers and humanitarian infrastructure.

With Gaza’s health sector under siege and vital resources running out, international humanitarian organizations continue to sound the alarm, warning that without immediate intervention, the Strip faces a full-scale medical collapse.

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Maghrib solidarity convoy returns to Tunisia after release of detainees

Wednesday 18-June-2025

TUNIS, (PIC)

The “Sumoud” Convoy, which means “steadfastness” in Arabic, a Maghrib solidarity convoy aiming to break the Israeli-imposed siege on Gaza, announced on Wednesday that it has returned to Tunisia after the release of its last detained member by the eastern Libyan authorities.

Nabeel Al-Shunoufi, the convoy’s spokesperson, told Anadolu Agency via phone that the group had departed from the Libyan city of Zulaitin and was now en route back to Tunisia. “The last of those arrested was released this morning by authorities in eastern Libya,” he said.

Earlier this week, the convoy had declared it would not leave Libya until all detained participants were released. Three Libyan activists had been held by the government affiliated with the eastern-based House of Representatives. Their release early Wednesday was confirmed by Al-Shunoufi, who noted that the convoy’s exit from Libya was “conditional on the return of all those detained,” a message conveyed to all mediators involved.

The convoy had previously been halted by Libyan security forces at the entrance to Sirt on Thursday evening, awaiting a decision from officials in Benghazi. In response, the group returned to Misrata—deemed a safe point—to demand the release of the detained members.

Libya’s eastern Interior Ministry claimed it detained several convoy members due to a lack of valid travel documents or identification papers.

The convoy, which consisted of more than 1,500 activists from across North Africa, had entered Libya from Tunisia with the goal of reaching Egypt via Al-Salloum border crossing, then proceeding to the Rafa'h crossing into Gaza. Their aim was to demonstrate against the ongoing blockade and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

However, the eastern Libyan government refused the convoy’s passage through the Masad border crossing, effectively cutting off the group’s planned route.

Libya remains divided between two rival governments: the UN-recognized Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli, and a parallel administration backed by the House of Representatives in Benghazi.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel—with unwavering US support—has continued a genocidal campaign in Gaza, killing or wounding more than 185,000 Palestinians, leaving over 11,000 missing, and displacing hundreds of thousands. The genocidal war has also triggered a severe famine, claiming countless lives, including those of children.

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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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