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Eight Palestinians were massacred, 24 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 72,549 and the injuries to 172,274, by April 18, 2026.	The Israeli occupation army continued on Saturday to commit ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip for the 191st consecutive day, while maintaining its tight siege on more than two million Palestinians, April 18, 2026.
Eight Palestinians were massacred, 24 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 72,549 and the injuries to 172,274, by April 18, 2026

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Gaza: Death toll climbs to 72,549 martyrs

Saturday 18-April-2026

GAZA, (PIC)

The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,549 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning.

The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 172,274 people.

In its daily report, the health ministry said that hospitals received eight civilian bodies and 24 wounded people over the past 48 hours.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, at least 773 Palestinians have been killed, and 2,171 others have been injured.

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Israeli gunfire and artillery shelling rock east Gaza

Saturday 18-April-2026

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued on Saturday to commit ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip for the 191st consecutive day, while maintaining its tight siege on more than two million Palestinians.

According to media sources, the Israeli artillery shelled areas east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza in the morning.

Israeli tanks and armored vehicles also opened fire east and south of Khan Younus, while artillery bombardment targeted eastern parts of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces carried out an incursion along the yellow line near El-Sikka street, east of Gaza City’s El-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Local sources also reported that the Israeli army detonated more homes and structures in the east of Gaza City.

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MSF: 60% of Gaza cases treated in our clinics are trauma injuries as health system nears collapse

Saturday 18-April-2026

GAZA, (PIC)

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that Gaza’s healthcare system remains in a “suffocating” state, with around 60 percent of cases treated in its facilities over the past six months involving direct trauma injuries.

Shaima 'Ouda, a mental health awareness supervisor with the organization, said conditions in Gaza have shown little improvement despite the implementation of a ceasefire in October 2025.

She described the humanitarian situation as extremely severe, noting that Palestinians continue to face deteriorating living and health conditions across the enclave.

According to 'Ouda, restrictions on the entry of medical supplies have significantly undermined healthcare services, making it increasingly difficult to secure essential medications, particularly for chronic illnesses such as insulin-dependent conditions.

She added that hospitals are also facing acute shortages of surgical tools, sterilization materials, and infection prevention supplies, further limiting the ability of medical teams to respond effectively.

The worsening living conditions have contributed to the spread of disease, including skin infections, diarrhea, and respiratory illnesses, driven by a lack of clean water and inadequate sanitation services.

'Ouda also highlighted a growing spread of diseases such as scabies, particularly among children living in shelters and tents, where overcrowding and poor hygiene conditions persist.

“People’s suffering continues despite talk of a ceasefire,” she said, warning that the health sector is on the brink of collapse due to severe shortages and declining basic services.

MSF called for urgent international action to prevent further deterioration and to support Gaza’s struggling healthcare system.

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Palestinian killed, others kidnapped by the IOFs in the West Bank

Saturday 18-April-2026

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) shot and killed a Palestinian young man in southern El-Khaleel and kidnaped other citizens from different areas of the West Bank on Saturday morning.

According to local sources, a young man was shot dead by Israeli forces near the illegal Israeli settlement of Negohot, in southern El-Khaleel.

The martyr was identified as 25-year-old Mu'hammed El-Suwaiti. He was killed in front of the Negohot settlement near the town of Bait 'Awwa, west of Dura, allegedly while attempting to carry out a stabbing attack.

The sources said that the IOFs seized the martyr’s body and refused to hand him over to a Palestinian ambulance crew.

The IOFs also kidnapped a young man during a raid in the village of Kharsa, south of Doura in El-Khaleel.

A citizen was reportedly injured by IOFs gunfire in the village of Khirbet Salama, west of Doura.

In eastern Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two citizens, including a teenager, from the town of Qusra and two others from the villages of Bait Dajan and Dair El-'Hatab.

The IOFs also stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Bedouin community in the West Bank, storm other areas

Saturday 18-April-2026

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Wadi Abul-'Hayat Bedouin community west of the El-Auja area, north of Jericho, and stormed other parts of the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

Al-Baidar Human Rights Organization reported that a number of settlers broke into and ransacked homes and terrorized children inside the Wadi Abul-'Hayat community, where seven families live, noting that these families had already been displaced three times.

The rights group warned that recurring settler attacks against Bedouin communities in the area pose a serious threat to residents’ safety and stability.

In another incident, settlers stormed the hamlet of Khirbet El-Rakeez in Masafir Yatta, south of al-Khalil, carrying out provocations against local residents.

In northern Ramallah, settlers set up a new structure in their illegal outpost in the Turmus 'Ayya plain near villagers’ homes.

In northern Nablus, settlers stormed the Wadi El-'Hisan area of 'Aseera El-Shamaliya, grazing livestock in farmers’ fields and obstructing their work.

In southern El-Khaleel, a settler guarded by Israeli soldiers used a bulldozer to destroy swaths of Palestinian-owned farmland in Khirbet Rabboud near Doura City.

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Under IOFs protection, settlers burn vehicle and attack West Bank villages

Saturday 18-April-2026

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Amid escalating violence in the West Bank and growing warnings about increasing settler attacks under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), several areas witnessed coordinated assaults on Friday targeting Palestinian property and homes.

In the town of 'Asira El-Qibliya, south of Nablus, settlers set fire to the front part of a vehicle belonging to A'hmed 'Hamdan Ahmad after attacking the southern area of the town, according to the head of the village council, 'Hafidth Sali'h.

He added that settlers also attempted to burn storage facilities and other equipment.

'Sali'h explained that the attack targeted several homes near a pastoral settlement outpost established on land classified as Area “B.” Settlers also targeted the town’s main water tank, obstructing access to it and preventing necessary maintenance work.

In the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, settlers attacked from the eastern side of the village and detained several young men near a recreational park, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), according to local sources. The sources added that the settlers seized two vehicles before withdrawing from the area.

In southeastern Bethlehem, settlers stormed the Khalayil El-Louz area, where they gathered at a site known as “Beer El-Miyah” (the water well) in a provocative act against residents.

Earlier, armed settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Otniel burned two vehicles belonging to two brothers during an attack on homes in the Majd El-Baa area west of Yatta, amid a continued rise in settler violence across the occupied West Bank.

These attacks come amid a noticeable escalation in assaults by settlers and IOFs in recent weeks, including home raids, uprooting of trees, and the demolition of agricultural structures and facilities, further heightening tensions across the West Bank.

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Israeli municipality forces Jerusalemite to raze his own house

Saturday 18-April-2026

El-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced on Saturday a Palestinian resident to demolish his own home in El-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem) neighborhood of El-Suwannah under the pretext of building without a permit.

According to the Jerusalem Governorate, Sami El-Ayyoubi demolished his own home under an Israeli municipal order to avoid paying more fines and costs for noncompliance.

Built on a 70-square-meter plot of land, the home had stood in the holy city since 2016.

El-Ayyoubi explained that the Israeli municipality imposed heavy fees on him to obtain the construction license, which he could not afford, in addition to a monthly fine of 700 shekels that had continued for three years before the final demolition order was issued.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UNICEF outraged by deadly attack on its drivers in Gaza, calls for probe

Saturday 18-April-2026

GAZA, (PIC)

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly denounced the Israeli killing of two contracted Palestinian workers delivering clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued on Friday, the agency warned that the incident threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza.

The agency said it is “outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.”

The two men were killed by Israeli gunfire early Friday at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza, in an incident that also left two others injured.

UNICEF said the Israeli attack occurred during routine water trucking operations, with no changes in movement or procedures.

The Mansoura site is currently the only operational truck filling point for the Mekorot water supply line serving Gaza City. It is used multiple times daily by UNICEF and humanitarian partners to sustain critical water deliveries to large segments of the population, including children.

Following the incident, UNICEF instructed its contractors to suspend on-site activities until security conditions improve.

The agency called on Israeli authorities to “immediately investigate this incident, and ensure full accountability,” stressing that “humanitarian workers, essential service providers, and civilian infrastructure, including critical water facilities, must never be targeted.”

“The protection of civilians and those delivering life-saving assistance is an obligation under international humanitarian law,” its statement added.

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"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 comes, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and 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). 

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.