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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One Palestinian Woman Killed Every Hour in Gaza

19 Killed, 81 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 52,829 and the Injuries to 119,554

May 11, 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 May 11, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 66,324+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (52,829), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,495+). 

By May 11, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 119,554.

By May 11, 2025, according to news report, 963 Palestinians who were killed, 6,746 who were injured, and 12,034*, 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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19 Palestinians were killed, 81 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which brings the death toll to 52,829 and the injuries to 119,554, by May 11, 2025.	One of the Israeli genocidal attacks on the Gaza Strip was on a tent sheltering a Palestinian family in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, killing the infant girl above and injuring seven of her family members, May 10, 2025.
The UNRWA warned that the Israeli prolonged prevention of aid entry into the Gaza Strip, particularly food, medicine, and fuel, causes irreparable harm to the lives of Palestinian people, May 11, 2025.	Euro-Med said the Israeli occupation army has killed an average of 21 Palestinian women per day, since it began committing genocide in October 2023, May 11, 2025.
Euro-Med condemned recent statements by the Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, in which he declared that Israel will continue destroying homes in Gaza until Palestinians leave, May 11, 2025.	The Gaza Strip is facing a rapidly worsening shortage in medical supplies, with the remaining health facilities on the brink of collapse, including emergency departments and operating rooms, May 11, 2025.
Around 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza Strip have lost their eyesight, as a result of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide, while about 4,000 others are threatened with the same fate, May 11, 2025.	Silent wave of death in Gaza, claiming increasing numbers of elderly and children due to the dire living conditions imposed by Israel, including starvation, severe suffering, and deprivation of healthcare, May 11, 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: 19 martyrs and 81 wounded people in 24 hours

Sunday 11-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 19 martyrs and 81 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks.

Since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025, a total of 2,720 people have been killed and 7,513 others have been injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Sunday.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 52,829 martyrs. The number of the wounded also surged to 119,554 people.

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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 Israel continues its massacres across Gaza

Sunday 11-May-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, the Israeli occupation forces also continued today to detonate 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) reporters in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering a family in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, south of Gaza. One child was killed and seven other people were injured in the attack.

Another Israeli airstrike at dawn on a tent in the same area of Khan Younus claimed the lives of parents and their two children from the family of Agha.

A similar dawn attack on a tent also killed parents and their two kids in Al-Mawasi area.

An Israeli warplane also bombed a mosque in the old Gaza street in Jabalya town, northern Gaza, injuring four civilians.

Meanwhile, several 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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1,500 Palestinians lost their eyesight in the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Sunday 11-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that around 1,500 citizens have lost their eyesight in the besieged enclave as a result of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide on the Strip while about 4,000 others are threatened with the same fate.

Dr. 'Abdul Salam Sabah, the director of the Eye Hospital in Gaza City, said in a press release on Sunday that the health sector in the Strip is suffering from acute shortage in necessary medical equipment and consumables pertaining to the eye surgery, which led to the collapse of the surgical services.

He said that the hospital has only three reusable eye scissors that are being repeatedly used in ophthalmic surgeries, which pose threats to the patients’ lives.

The Eye Hospital in Gaza is about to declare complete stoppage to its services due to the near depletion of necessary medical equipment.

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

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Palestinian injured, others kidnaped in IOF raids in Ramallah

Sunday 11-May-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

One young man was injured and others were kidnaped during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Ramallah province.

According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya town, northwest of Ramallah, and clashed with local youths.

The IOFs also stormed Koabar town in the northwest of Ramallah, raided homes and kidnapped several young men.

Another IOFs raid was reported in the village of Al-Nabi Sali'h, northwest of Ramallah, where the Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at local residents and homes, injuring a young man in his thigh.

Meanwhile, the IOFs kidnapped seven young men from a street in Baitunia town, west of Ramallah, and confiscated a car belonging to one of them.

Total: 7.

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  IOFs kidnap several Palestinians from West Bank homes

Sunday 11-May-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed different West Bank areas and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens from their homes last night and on Sunday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped four young men, including three brothers, during raids in the eastern area of Nablus City.

The IOFs also stormed Balata refugee camp near Nablus City and kidnapped an elderly man along with his two sons from his home.

Two young men were also taken prisoners during an IOFs raid in Baita town, south of Nablus.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young man from his home in Al-Duhaisha refugee camp.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), two young men were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces from Al-Ram town.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from the city and a teenager from Doura town.

Total: 13.

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IOFs storm school complex in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), tightens military measures in the Jordan Valley

Sunday 11-May-2025

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A number of students suffered from teargas inhalation on Sunday after Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed a school complex in the town of 'Hal'houl, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), while firing teargas canisters.

Bassam Jabir, director of education in northern Al-Khalil, told the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, that IOFs stormed the vicinity of the school complex in the center of 'Hal'houl and fired a large number of tear gas canisters at the schools while students were inside, causing many of them to suffer from suffocation. Some were evacuated by ambulance crews, while others were treated in the field.

He added that crews from the Education Office immediately went to the complex to ensure students’ safe evacuation.

Meanwhile, IOFs stormed the city of Bethlehem and stationed themselves in various neighborhoods and streets, with no raids or kidnappings reported, according to local sources.

The IOFs also tightened their military measures at Al-'Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley on Sunday.

Local sources explained that since the morning, the IOFs have continued to tighten the security measures at Al-'Hamra checkpoint, blocking the movement of those heading to the Jordan Valley, creating a traffic jam.

Al-'Hamra checkpoint is located at a junction connecting the West Bank governorates to the Palestinian Jordan Valley.

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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 attack Palestinians, cars in the West Bank

Sunday 11-May-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Hordes of the illegal Israeli settlers carried out attacks on Palestinian citizens and vehicles in different areas of the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

According to local sources, armed settlers escorted by soldiers hurled stones at Palestinian citizens and shepherds in Susya village, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The settlers also prevented the Susya villagers from leaving their homes and threatened to kill them.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces (IOsF) stormed Al-Khadhir town in southern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and attacked local residents with tear gas canisters and stun grenades.

In a separate incident, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Al-Khalayil area in Al-Mughayyir village in the northeast of Ramallah, while other settlers blocked a road between Salfeet and Qalqilya and threw stones at Palestinian cars.

Earlier, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers also assaulted Palestinian citizens in the Bedouin community of 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat in the northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho).

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Water Authority: 85% of water and sanitation facilities in Gaza severely damaged

Sunday 11-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) has warned of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe threatening more than 2.3 million citizens in the Gaza Strip as a result of the near-total collapse of water and sanitation services due to the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Strip.

The Water Authority said in a statement on Saturday that the infrastructure’s destruction, power cuts, and the ban on the entry of fuel and humanitarian supplies have led to a near-complete halt of water services.

PWA noted that 85% of water and sanitation facilities in the Strip have been severely damaged, and water extraction has decreased by 70-80%.

“Current water consumption has dropped to an alarming 3-5 liters per person per day, which is far below the World Health Organization’s emergency minimum of 15 liters,” it added.

PWA highlighted that “wastewater systems are non-functional, resulting in the discharge of untreated sewage into residential areas and storm water basins now overflowing with contaminated water—posing grave public health threats.”

The discharge of untreated sewage in residential areas and the overflowing storm water basins threaten the spread of diseases, as residents are forced to use salty water that is unfit for drinking, it pointed out.

It stressed that these Israeli policies constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, and the Rome Statute.

PWA called on the international community to take immediate action to stop the aggression, lift the siege, and provide protection for technical personnel, in addition to supporting the Palestinian government’s emergency response and recovery plans. 

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Report: Israel kills cancer patients by waiting, placing them in the crucible of genocide

Sunday 11-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has warned against Israeli insistence on continuing to deprive cancer patients of their rights to treatment inside and outside the Gaza Strip.

In a report on Saturday, the center affirmed that the occupation army, by destroying the “Turkish Friendship Hospital” specializing in the treatment of cancer patients during last March, ended the hopes of more than 12,500 cancer patients to receive specialized medical services inside the Gaza Strip. By restricting their travel, it deprived 91% of them of the right to receive treatment outside the Strip, which poses a great danger to them and has led to the death of hundreds of patients during a year and a half of the ongoing crime of genocide against the population of the Gaza Strip.

In its report, entitled “The Deadly Wait,” the center rang the alarm bell threatening about 2,700 cancer patients in critical condition, as the occupying forces obstruct their access to treatment places outside the Strip.

It also warned against the continued deprivation of all cancer patients of their right to treatment and medication, which is now more than 85% deficient in approved treatment protocols, which is considered to subject them, along with the rest of the defenseless civilians, to living conditions that lead to material destruction and cause them severe physical and psychological harm.

The report indicated that the Israeli forces deliberately leave cancer patients without treatment, making them direct victims of the ongoing crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, where only about 1,100 patients were able to travel for treatment outside the Strip, most of them women and children, which is a consecration of the approach of collective punishment against thousands of patients, especially cases that need immediate travel to save their lives.

The evidence presented in the report indicates that the occupying forces’ undermining of the possibilities of treating patients inside the Strip, in addition to restricting their freedom to travel for treatment abroad, reflects the Israeli insistence on killing them slowly and mercilessly, as cancer patient deaths have increased to equal all deaths during the years of the siege combined, which were recorded as a result of the physical and psychological harm that the occupying forces deliberately inflict on them by obstructing their access to life-saving services and depriving them of conducting qualitative and specialized operations that are not available in the Strip’s hospitals.

The report also touched on the dangerous living conditions to which cancer patients are subjected, as thousands of them were forced to displacement repeatedly and live in a tent environment and shelters that are not suitable for them. They also faced psychological conditions that led many of them to surrender to the disease and not seek examinations or even medical follow-up to complete treatment, especially patients who are supposed to complete treatment and medical follow-up in the post-surgery stages.

The report drew attention to a war crime committed by the occupying forces against the patients of the Strip, including cancer patients, as it imposes sterile travel mechanisms that kill them by waiting. Once patients obtain security approval, they work to evacuate them with their companions without guaranteeing their return to the Gaza Strip after recovery, which is a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law. The report places these practices in the context of the occupying forces’ use of the crime of deportation as a tool to empty part of the population of Gaza after bargaining with them for their right to treatment, which is criminalized by the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court.

The center concluded its report by calling for urgent international intervention to save the lives of thousands of patients, stop using their right to treatment as a tool of political blackmail, and work to hold Israel accountable for its continuous crimes against civilians, including cancer patients.

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Euro-Med Observatory: Starvation is killing the elderly in Gaza

Sunday 11-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory said that Gaza is experiencing a silent wave of death, claiming increasing numbers of elderly and children due to the dire living conditions imposed by Israel. These conditions, including starvation, severe suffering, deprivation of healthcare, and a total blockade, are being deliberately enforced to destroy the population, constituting part of an ongoing genocide that has lasted for over 19 months.

The observatory emphasized in a press release on Saturday evening that the intensified blockade, lasting more than two months, has devastating long-term effects, particularly on the most vulnerable groups in Gaza. It described a systematic Israeli policy aimed at eradicating the means of survival and eliminating any possible alternatives for existence, turning the humanitarian catastrophe into a primary tool for committing genocide.

The observatory documented the deaths of 14 elderly Palestinians in Gaza last week due to complications from hunger, malnutrition, and lack of medical care. Israel directly caused these conditions by completely sealing off crossings and preventing the entry of goods and humanitarian aid since March 2.

Jalal, the son of elderly victim Talib Al-iArja, who died from food shortages, shared that his father had recently suffered severe health complications, with hunger and lack of nutrition weakening his body. They took him to Nasser Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with severe anemia and extreme deficiencies in proteins and minerals.

The observatory noted that these victims perished in different areas of Gaza, where residents face extreme shortages of food, water, and medicine. As famine spreads, the healthcare system has completely collapsed, leaving critically ill individuals, particularly the elderly and sick, isolated and facing death.

The observatory documented the death of 84-year-old Misba'h 'Abdul Ra-ouf 'Abdul Ghaffour in Khan Younus on Saturday. His family reported that his health deteriorated rapidly after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Due to the total Israeli blockade, he could not receive treatment outside Gaza, where medical care is practically non-existent. His condition worsened due to malnutrition and the absence of suitable food.

Additionally, 80-year-old Talib Saba'h Sulayman Al-'Arja passed away on May 7. His son, Jalal, explained that after the war in Gaza and the severe blockade, his father endured multiple health crises triggered by food shortages. The family lived in tragic conditions in Rafa'h, and their suffering worsened when they were displaced to Khan Younus, where they lacked even the most basic necessities. Jalal recounted how his father struggled with the daytime heat inside their tent and the biting insects at night. As an elderly man, he could not tolerate hunger and thirst, often requesting cold drinking water and specific foods like chicken, fish, eggs, and fruit—none of which were available.

Jalal added that his father fell gravely ill recently, with starvation and lack of food severely weakening him. They rushed him to Nasser Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with extreme anemia and severe protein and mineral deficiencies. Within less than 30 hours, he failed to respond to medications and nutritional supplements, eventually passing away.

The observatory reported that dozens of elderly patients have arrived at hospitals, most suffering from acute malnutrition and anemia, with no treatment available for their chronic illnesses. Forced to rely on canned food for survival, their health has deteriorated critically, leading to fatal outcomes in several cases.

It also pointed out that an increasing number of elderly individuals, children, and patients are dying due to hunger and the total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system under Israel’s blockade.

The observatory stressed that the absence of an effective health-monitoring mechanism in Gaza means that many of these deaths are recorded as natural, even though they are direct consequences of starvation policies and the destruction of the healthcare system. It described this as a form of deliberate killing prohibited under international humanitarian and criminal law.

Additionally, the observatory stated that such actions constitute grave crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It emphasized that acts such as starvation and denial of healthcare, which lead to death, qualify as full-fledged war crimes and crimes against humanity when committed systematically against civilian populations, reflecting the ongoing assault by Israel against Gaza’s residents.

It further asserted that these acts amount to genocide, whether through direct killing, inflicting severe physical or psychological harm, or imposing living conditions designed to destroy a protected group wholly or partially. It accused Israel of carrying out this crime against Gaza’s civilians continuously for more than 19 months.

According to the observatory, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. Starvation is no longer confined to vulnerable populations but has spread across all segments of society, as essential services collapse, food and healthcare vanish, and shelter becomes scarce.

The observatory emphasized that Israel’s illegal blockade, imposed since the start of the genocide in October 2023, along with systematic restrictions on humanitarian aid and the deliberate destruction of healthcare infrastructure—especially over the past 70 days—has resulted in irreversible devastation, affecting the health of over two million people in Gaza.

It further warned that the current Israeli-American plan concerning humanitarian aid is merely a maneuver to prolong the unlawful blockade. The plan essentially repackages starvation as a misleadingly humanitarian initiative, legitimizing its ongoing use as a weapon in the continuing genocide.

The observatory called on all nations to fulfill their legal responsibilities and take immediate action to end the genocide, lift the illegal blockade, and implement real measures to protect Palestinian civilians, particularly the elderly and children.

Additionally, it urged the international community to immediately work towards lifting Israel’s unlawful blockade, which is the only way to halt the worsening humanitarian crisis and allow aid into Gaza. Any delay in lifting the blockade, it warned, will exacerbate the catastrophic situation and continue trapping over two million people in hunger, disease, and thirst, depriving them of the basics of a dignified life.

The observatory also called for economic, diplomatic, and military sanctions against Israel for its grave, systematic violations of international law. It advocated banning arms exports to and purchases from Israel, halting all political, financial, and military aid, freezing the assets of officials implicated in crimes against Palestinians, imposing travel bans on them, and suspending trade agreements granting Israel economic benefits that enable ongoing violations.

Furthermore, the observatory urged all states to hold accountable and prosecute countries complicit in these crimes, particularly the United States and other nations providing Israel with support in military, intelligence, political, legal, financial, media, and economic fields—assistance that facilitates the continued commission of these crimes.

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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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