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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As World Governments Are Either Participant, Accomplices, or Continue to Watch the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza, Without Taking Any Actions to Stop it,

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7 Palestinians Killed, 117 Bodies Retrieved, 33 Injured, Mostly Children and Women,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 67,806 and the Injuries to 170,066

by October 12, 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 October 12, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,040.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (67,806) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,234+). 

By October 12, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,066. 

Note: Today, bodies of 116 martyrs have been recovered from the rubble of their homes, in addition to 476 victims, who were added as a correction to the death toll as a result of verification. This has increased the death toll to  67,682.

By October 12, 2025, according to news report, 1,040 Palestinians who were killed, 7,222 who were injured, and 19,157 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.  

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

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

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

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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Demonstrations in support for the Palestinian people continued across various capitals and cities around the world, in awareness of the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, October 12, 2025.	Journalist and activist Sali'h Al-Ja'farawi was killed by collaborators of the Israeli regime while reporting the huge destruction that was left behind by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza City, on October 12, 2025.
80 percent of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip have lost their homes, while estimates indicate that the Israeli war has left behind about 60 million tons of rubble, as confirmed by Amjad El-Shawwa, October 12, 2025.	Gaza municipality servicemen inspecting the service vehicles, which were destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, October 12, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian families continue to return to Gaza City, most of which has been destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, through Salahuddeen Road, from central and southern Gaza Strip, October 12, 2025.	Displaced Palestinian families continue to return to Gaza City, most of which has been destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, through Salahuddeen Road, from central and southern Gaza Strip, October 12, 2025.
Scenes of mass destruction, inflicted by the Israeli air strikes and bombardment on the Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, in Gaza Strip, October 12, 2025.	Ordinance left behind by the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Karama and Shaikh Radhwan neighborhoods in Gaza City, as well as throughout the Gaza Strip, October 12, 2025.

Bodies of 117 retrieved bodies from the rubble of their homes, which were destroyed  by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, thus raising the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip to 67,806 Palestinains, October 12, 2023.	Tony Blair, the Co-Butcher of Bahgdad, meeting with 'Husain El-Shaikh, in Ramallah, occupied Palestine, October 12, 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 rises to 67,806, including 117 retrieved bodies in the past 24 hours

GAZA, October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday that bodies of 124 people (including 117 retrieved bodies) and 33 wounded others were taken to hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

Thus, the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 67,806 and 170,066 wounded, since October 7, 2023.

A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them so far.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza called on families of martyrs and missing persons to complete their data through the official online platform for documenting names, stressing that this contributes to finalizing the national registry of victims of the aggression.

Medical teams warn the toll is likely higher, as many victims remain trapped under collapsed buildings or lie in the streets, where ambulance and civil defense crews are still unable to reach them due to destroyed infrastructure and ongoing insecurity.

These figures come just two days after the first phase of a ceasefire agreement took effect. The deal, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump and approved late Friday by the Israeli government, includes a ceasefire, gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, entry of humanitarian aid, and a prisoner exchange.

Despite the truce, the humanitarian crisis remains extreme, with aid groups calling for immediate and unrestricted access to deliver life-saving food, medicine, and supplies.

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 IOA holds the bodies of 735 martyrs, including 67 children and 86 prisoners

Sunday 12-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian National Campaign for the Retrieval of Martyrs’ Bodies and the Disclosure of the Fate of the Missing reported that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to hold the bodies of 735 Palestinians, including 67 children.

In a statement, the committee explained that among these are 256 bodies buried in the so-called “Cemeteries of Numbers.”

These cemeteries are simple burial grounds surrounded by stones and without headstones. Each grave has a metal plate bearing a number instead of a name, and every number corresponds to a file kept by the IOA.

The committee added that since the beginning of 2025, the IOA has withheld the bodies of 479 Palestinians, including 86 detainees, 67 children, and 10 women.

The statement referred to a report published by Haaretz in mid-July, which revealed that the Israeli army is holding around 1,500 bodies of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip at the Sde Teiman military base.

The IOA established what it calls “Enemy Dead Cemeteries” in the late 1960s inside closed and secret military zones, where it buried the bodies of Palestinians and other Arabs it killed, refusing to return them to their families.

Palestinians refer to these as “Cemeteries of Numbers,” as they have no grave markers, only numbered iron rods, leaving the bodies unidentified.

The IOA also continues to hold the bodies of Palestinians at the Israeli National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir), where the remains of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces are kept in refrigerators. Their families are only allowed to retrieve them under strict conditions related to funeral arrangements.

In many cases, the bodies are returned frozen and disfigured, making identification difficult. Families are thus denied the right to hold proper funerals or traditional burial ceremonies, deepening the inhumane treatment they endure.

Since January 1, 2017, the IOA has openly used the bodies of Palestinian martyrs as bargaining chips, after the Israeli government adopted what it called a “unified policy” for handling Palestinian bodies explicitly allowing their use for political leverage.

This policy was approved by the Israeli Supreme Court, granting the army permission to detain the bodies of Palestinians and use them as “hostages” for negotiation. It also permitted degrading practices such as collecting bodies with bulldozers, dragging them, and desecrating them on a wide scale.

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Palestinian journalist Sali'h Al-Ja'farawi killed in southern Gaza

Sunday 12-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Journalist and activist Sali'h Al-Ja'farawi was killed on Sunday while reporting the huge destruction that was left behind by the Israeli military aggression in Gaza City.

Medical sources confirmed that the body of martyr journalist Sali'h Al-Ja'farawi, who was shot and killed by collaborators while covering the destruction in southern Gaza City, was transferred to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.

Communication with Al-Ja'farawi had been lost on Sunday evening during his coverage of Israeli crimes in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza. Eyewitnesses reported that “outlaws” shot Sali'h and stole his belongings.

Local and family sources added that Sali'h had received “death and assassination threats” from the Israeli occupation throughout the war, “until the mission was carried out today by outlaws in the Al-Sabra area.”

Al-Ja'farawi was a prominent Palestinian activist, influencer, and journalist who worked tirelessly to document and share the Palestinian narrative and the unfolding genocide in Gaza, highlighting the crimes committed against civilians and displaced families.

In a related development, a senior official from the Interior Ministry in Gaza confirmed that several security personnel were killed in an attack carried out by an armed militia in Gaza City.

In a statement to Al Jazeera, the source noted that security forces had surrounded the militia group inside Gaza and were taking action to apprehend its members. The official also revealed that the militia had killed a number of displaced civilians returning from southern Gaza to Gaza City.

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

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Palestinian man injured by the Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man was injured tonight after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Bait Haneena, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to local sources.

Sources said that Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a man near the apartheid wall in Bait Haneena, injuring him in the pelvis and leg.

T.R.

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 Israeli occupation forces raid homes of Palestinian prisoners ahead of the swap deal

Sunday 12-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out raids early Sunday in several cities and towns in the West Bank, targeting the homes of prisoners expected to be released as part of the imminent prisoner exchange deal.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the IOFs stormed homes in the villages of Bait Foureek and Dair El-'Hatab in eastern Nablus and warned families of prisoners not to hold celebrations or gatherings for their relatives following their release.

Israeli forces also raided homes of two prisoners in Yatta City in southern al-Khalil and warned their families against organizing celebrations or displaying national slogans after their relatives are released.

Other families of prisoners also received similar warnings from Israeli forces in different areas of the West Bank.

These IOFs raids took place ahead of the anticipated prisoner exchange deal that will see the release of hundreds of Palestinians from Israeli jails, as part of the ceasefire agreement over the Gaza Strip.

In a separate incident, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers infiltrated into El-Tayba village in eastern Ramallah at dawn and set fire to a car belonging to a local resident.

Another group of settlers went on the rampage through an olive grove in El-Mughayyir village in eastern Ramallah, destroying about 150 trees.

Earlier at dawn, settlers also grazed their livestock on swaths of cultivated land in the same village. 

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 Israeli occupation forces continue assaulting El-Khaleel (Hebron)'s farmers as olive harvest season approaches

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) detained a number of farmers on Sunday and prevented them from harvesting olives on their lands in the town of Tarqoumiya, west of El-Khaleel (Hebron).

This coincided with the launch of the national olive harvest campaign in the governorate, in support of farmers' steadfastness in the face of attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers.

Local sources said that the IOFs kidnapped the farmers and prevented them from reaching their lands near the bypass road and the illegal Israeli settlements of Adora and Telem. They seized their vehicles and threatened them with not returning to their lands, paving the way for their seizure for colonial expansion in the area.

Meanwhile, the 2025 olive harvest campaign was launched this morning from the Soba area, west of the town of Idthna in the Hebron governorate. The campaign was attended by El-Khaleel (Hebron) Governor, Khalid Dudeen, Minister Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Civil Defense volunteers, the Red Crescent, foreign solidarity activists, residents, and official and national institutions.

Sha'ban emphasized that the campaign comes within the framework of supporting farmers and protecting them from attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers during the olive harvest season, emphasizing that the Authority will continue its field presence in various targeted areas.

Dudeen condemned the ongoing attacks by the occupation forces and illegal settlers against farmers, which aim to seize citizens' lands and forcibly displace them. He pointed out that these volunteer activities reflect the spirit of steadfastness and solidarity among the people of the governorate and its official and civil institutions to support Palestinian farmers and strengthen their continued presence on their land.

The Tarqoumiya and Souba areas are subjected to a series of repeated violations by the occupation forces and settlers, including the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities, and preventing farmers from accessing their lands, in an attempt to seize control of lands adjacent to the racist Annexation Wall and annex them to the benefit of the illegal settlements built illegally on Palestinian lands.

K.T. 

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime to seize thousands of dunums of Palestinian land in Jericho and JV

Sunday 12-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime intends to seize more than 7,000 dunums of land in the Nabi Mousa area of Aree'ha (Jericho) and the Jordan Valley.

In a report released on Saturday, ARIJ added that the Israel land authority had published on September 10 six new notices declaring its intent to appropriate vast tracts of Palestinian land in the areas of Dair 'Hajla, El-Zoar, and El-Jaheer.

ARIJ highlighted that these Israeli measures constitute a clear violation of the international humanitarian law. “The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and the Hague Regulations prohibit an occupying power from seizing private property belonging to people under occupation or making any changes to the laws and regulations in occupied territories except in ways that serve the interest of the local population.”

ARIJ added that UN resolutions, notably Security Council Resolution 242 of 1967 and Resolution 2334 of 2016, affirm the illegality of settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories and declare all Israeli actions altering the status of these lands null and void.

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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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5,256 settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during Jewish holiday week

Sunday 12-October-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The illegal Israeli settlers, called “Temple Mount” groups stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday in unprecedented numbers, marking the seventh day of the Jewish holiday “Sukkot,” under heavy security protection.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-based sources confirmed that 2,205 of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque over the day, bringing the total number of the illegal Israeli settlers who entered the site since the beginning of Sukkot to 6,256, a dangerous escalation observers say is the largest in the history of such incursions during this religious season.

Researcher Ziyad Ibhais, an expert on Jerusalem affairs, said that Sunday’s incursion was the largest ever recorded during Sukkot, surpassing the previous record of 1,783 settlers on October 20, 2024.

Ibhais added that the rate of incursions is continuously rising, enabling “Temple Mount” groups to exploit the momentum, especially amid Arab and Islamic silence, to impose new Judaizing realities inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Meanwhile, Dr. 'Abdullah Ma'rouf, Professor of “Jerusalem Studies,” warned of the dangers in the remaining days of Sukkot, particularly Sunday and Monday, which mark the peak of incursions. The holiday concludes with “Simchat Torah”, a day that typically involves large-scale attempts to introduce ritual offerings into the Mosque.

He explained that the escalation coincides with the second Hebrew anniversary of the October 7 events, a date exploited by extremist Temple groups and the religious Zionist movement as a show of force in their attempt to solidify their presence in the Aqsa Mosque.

Dr. Ma'rouf also noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has symbolically tied the release of Israeli captives to this same Hebrew anniversary, aiming to craft a narrative of victory for his far-right supporters.

The Jewish holiday season has long been considered one of the most dangerous periods of aggression against the Aqsa Mosque as it witnesses surges in settler incursions and violations.

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Palestinian injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers on the West Bank town of Soureef

Sunday 12-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man sustained bullet injuries after an armed Jewish settler opened fire at him on Sunday evening in Soureef town near al-Khalil City, south of the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources, a horde of armed settlers attacked Palestinian homes in El-Quraynat area, on the outskirts of Soureef .

Meanwhile, the Red Crescent said that a 42-year-old citizen suffered bullet injuries in his abdomen and arm when a settler opened fire at him in the town.

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Illegal Israeli settlers steal olive harvest of Palestinian farmers south of Nablus

NABLUS, October 12, 2025, (WAFA) -

Groups of the illegal Israeli settlers stole on Sunday the olive harvest of Palestinian farmers in the village of El-Lubban El-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources reported that the illegal Israeli settlers stole the olive harvest in the mentioned village, after having chased out the farmers two days earlier.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers begin building synagogue near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers began building a synagogue on land in the town of Tekoa, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), on Sunday.

Tekoa Municipality Director, Tayseer Abu Mufri'h told WAFA correspondent that settlers began building a synagogue in a pastoral colonial outpost established after October 7, 2023, in the "Riya'h Ria'h" area in the Tekoa Wilderness.

He pointed out that the colonists established several colonial outposts on high hills in the Tekoa Wilderness, seized water wells, and paved colonial roads.

This portends the seizure of more land, its expansion, and its conversion into illegal settlements.

K.T

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Illegal Israeli settlers shoot, injure a Palestinian man in Soureef and attack citizens in Yatta and Bait Ummar

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man was injured this evening after being shot with live ammunition during a colonists’ attack on farmers in the town of Soureef, northwest of El-Khaleel (Hebron)n, according to local sources.

The illegal Israeli settlers also assaulted several homes in the towns of Yatta and Bait Ummar in El-Khaleel (Hebron).

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that a 42-year-old man sustained live-bullet injuries to his hand and abdomen after being shot by an Israeli colonist and was transferred to a hospital for medical treatment.

Local sources reported that a group of armed colonists attacked farmers in the Al-Qrinat area, opened live fire toward them, assaulted them, and prevented them from working on their lands, which are threatened with seizure for the benefit of a nearby illegal colonial outpost recently established on Palestinian citizens’ lands.

The illegal Israeli settlers also attacked several homes belonging to the Sabarna family in the Khirbet El-Qutt area adjacent to the Karmei Tzur colony, which was built illegally on the lands of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.

In a related development, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of occupation forces, attacked the homes of the Rabee family in the village of El-Tuwani, in Masafer Yatta, and attempted to steal livestock; however, residents confronted them and prevented the theft.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces seized a drilling machine belonging to a local resident while he was tending to his land in the Bani Na’eem wilderness, east of El-Khaleel (Hebron).

The settler violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers open fire at Palestinian civilians near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers opened fire at citizens in Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday evening.

The head of El-Mughayyir village council told WAFA that the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the eastern plain of the village and opened fire at citizens present in the area.

No injuries were reported. They also stole olive wood from the remaining olive trees uprooted and bulldozed by the occupation forces in the area about a month ago.

The illegal Israeli settlers also raided the Marj Sa'i plain area, west of El-Mughayyir village and adjacent to the lands of the neighboring Abu Falah village, this morning. They cut down 150 olive trees at the start of the harvest season, before withdrawing from the area.

Earlier this morning, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers grazed their sheep on citizens' lands in the village.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, colonists carried out 232 acts of vandalism and theft of citizens' property during the month of July, affecting vast areas of land. They also resulted in the uprooting, destruction, and poisoning of 2,844 trees, including 2,647 olive trees.

K.T.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Mass rallies in 27 Australian cities call for sanctions on Israel and an end to occupation

CANBERRA, October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Tens of thousands of people took part in mass rallies across 27 cities in Australia on Sunday, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for sanctions against Israel and an end to the occupation of Palestinian land.

Major demonstrations were held in key cities including Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, and Cairns, as part of a nationwide wave of support for Palestine.

Protesters carried banners condemning the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, demanding accountability for Israel’s actions and an immediate halt to the funding of genocide.

The demonstrations are a reflection of the mounting popular demand in Australia for a change in foreign policy and a more forceful response to Israel's violations of international law.

M.N.

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World cities rise in solidarity with Gaza: Marches and calls to hold Israel accountable

Sunday 12-October-2025

CAPITALS, (PIC)

Demonstrations and solidarity rallies with the Palestinian people continued across various capitals and cities around the world, in a scene that reflects the growing global awareness of the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, along with mounting calls to hold Israel accountable and end the ongoing genocide that has lasted for two years.

In Australia, the group Palestine Action said that demonstrations took place on Sunday in 27 cities and towns in support of the Palestinians, most notably in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Protesters demanded that the government impose sanctions on Israel and halt all arms exports to it, stressing that continued cooperation with a state committing war crimes constitutes political and moral complicity.

In Indonesia, thousands gathered at Independence Square in central Jakarta to celebrate the ceasefire in Gaza, chanting slogans rejecting all forms of normalization with Israel, political, commercial, and sporting alike. They also expressed solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank, who continue to face escalating assaults and raids by Israeli forces.

In Seoul, the South Korean capital, a solidarity protest was held calling for the rapid entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the lifting of the siege imposed for more than two years. Participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted for an end to the suffering of civilians.

Massive marches were held in London, where organizers said around half a million people took part in a demonstration that filled the streets of the British capital and headed toward the government headquarters on Downing Street. Protesters demanded an end to arms sales to Israel and accountability for those responsible for war crimes.

Participants stressed the need to achieve justice based on international law and to end occupation and apartheid.

In Berlin, thousands of demonstrators marched from the Brandenburg Gate to the city center, calling for a halt to Israeli arms shipments and an end to official support for the war on Gaza. Protesters denounced restrictions on pro-Palestine activism in Germany and chanted slogans such as “Freedom for Palestine” and “No peace on stolen land.” Limited clashes later broke out with police, who used force and arrested several demonstrators.

In Paris, a large protest took place that included activists and healthcare workers, some of whom had served in Gaza’s hospitals during the war. They called for the release of imprisoned doctors, foremost among them Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, and for guarantees to uphold the ceasefire and deliver urgent medical aid.

In Milan, hundreds of Italians joined a solidarity march where demonstrators demanded the reconstruction of Gaza and an end to the blockade imposed on it.

In Oslo, protests were held outside the parliament building, where participants called for the closure of the Israeli embassy and the severing of diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv.

In the Netherlands, the Plant an Olive Tree foundation organized a memorial event in Maastricht to honor the victims of the aggression, dedicated especially to Palestinian children and journalists killed in Israeli bombardments. Participants lined up in front of the historic St. Servatius Church, where photos and names of the martyrs were displayed, and thousands of children’s shoes were placed in the square in tribute to the young victims.

In Stockholm, hundreds joined a demonstration condemning the Israeli army’s attack on the Global Solidarity Flotilla, calling for a comprehensive embargo on Israel due to its repeated crimes against civilians. Protesters carried banners reading “Total blockade on Israel for a free Palestine,” before marching toward the Swedish parliament.

This global wave of protests, spanning more than thirty cities in just two days, reaffirmed that the Palestinian cause is no longer a local or regional issue, but rather a matter of global conscience calling for justice and an end to decades of occupation and collective punishment against civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Gaza flotilla activist to be deported after being forced to sign confession

Sunday 12-October-2025

NAZARETH, (PIC)

Reyes Rigo Cervilla, a 56-year-old Spanish citizen who partook in the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla earlier this month, will be deported through Jordan today, Sunday, after being coerced into signing a confession under pressure, admitting to assaulting an Israeli prison guard.

The activist affirmed that her actions were in self-defense after she and her friend were subjected to abuse during their detention.

She will also pay a fine of 10,000 shekels (around $3,055) before her deportation.

According to the Hebrew media, Israeli prosecutors initially claimed that Cervilla bit a guard while being returned to her cell at Ketziot prison, but she has denied the accusation.

Israeli prosecutors later backtracked on this allegation and they said, in an amended indictment filed with the Beersheba magistrate’s court, that only she scratched the officer while refusing to enter her cell.

The Spanish activist had to plead guilty to the charges in order to return home, her lawyer told The Times of Israel, adding that she acted in self-defense and accused the prison guard of behaving violently towards her and her friend.

The lawyer said the Israeli police have footage of the incident that would have exposed the guard’s violent behavior towards the Spanish activist and her friend.

During a court hearing, Cervilla insisted that she was subject to beatings and violence from prison guards during her detention.

“They gave me beatings, they pushed us a lot,” she told the court. “Unlike what was described, they attacked my friend, I tried to defend her. When I got ahold of my friend they grabbed me by the head and my glasses fell. After receiving all sorts of shoves from every which way, I got up from the floor,” Cervilla explained.

She further described being forbidden from exiting an overcrowded cell for an entire day. “We were 14 women in a five-person cell. They didn’t give us water, the food was smelly, I was shoved, they hit us, I didn’t receive everything I should have,” she said.

Cervilla’s claims echoed those of prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other participants in the Sumud flotilla, who said that Israeli guards had repeatedly mistreated them over the course of their detention.

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PM, EU envoy discuss intensifying joint efforts engaging in post-ceasefire arrangements

RAMALLAH, October 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Christophe Bigot, discussed intensifying joint action and greater engagement in the preparations for the next phase following the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

During the meeting, held today, at the Prime Minister's Office in Ramallah, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of international support for the State of Palestine's efforts to unify institutions between the West Bank and Gaza Strip to complete the process of establishing a Palestinian state on the ground.]

He also stressed the importance of pressuring Israel to release withheld Palestinian funds and halt attacks in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

Bigot affirmed the European Union's support for relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip, the resumption of the Rafah Crossing Mission's work, and the government's efforts in reform and institutional development.

K.T.

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Vice President Al-Sheikh and Tony Blair discuss ways to ensure success of President Trump’s initiative to stop Gaza war

RAMALLAH, October 12, 2025 (WAFA) -

Palestinian Authority Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 'Husain El-Shaikh, met with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to discuss the day after the war and efforts aimed at making President Trump's efforts which aim at stopping the war and establishing lasting peace in the region a success.

In a post on X, the vice president said, “We have confirmed our readiness to work with President Trump, Mr. Blair, and the partners to consolidate the ceasefire, the entry of aid, the release of hostages and prisoners, and then start with the recovery and reconstruction.”

He continued: “We stressed the importance of stopping the undermining of the Palestinian Authority, and especially the return of the withheld Palestinian revenues and preventing the undermining of the two-state solution in preparation for a comprehensive and lasting peace in accordance with international legitimacy.”

T.R.

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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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