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*** During the two-year Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip (October 7, 2023-October 13, 2025), world governments were either active participant and accomplices of the genocide, or watched passively, without taking any actions to Stop it. *** 11 Palestinians were killed, 64 were injured, which increased the death toll of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to 72,972 and the injuries to 173, 156 by June 6, 2026 *** Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank: 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. *** 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. *** ***
*** *** *** Gaza: Death toll climbs to 72,961 martyrs Saturday 6-June-2026 GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,961 martyrs, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 173,092 people. In its daily report, the health ministry said that hospitals received five civilian bodies and 49 wounded people over the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, at least 951 Palestinians have been killed, and 2,984 others have been injured. *** Israeli strike kills six Palestinians, 15 others injured, in Gaza City Saturday 6-June-2026 GAZA, (PIC) At least six Palestinians were killed and 15 others were wounded on Saturday evening, by an Israeli airstrike, on the El-Rimal neighborhood, in central Gaza City. According to media sources, six Palestinians were killed and more than 15 were injured when an Israeli drone strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the Jawazat area of El-Rimal neighborhood. Earlier today, a Palestinian was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younus, southern Gaza, amid ceasefire violations in different parts of the enclave. *** Hours before his wedding, Israeli strike kills a young man in Gaza Saturday 6-June-2026 GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian citizen was martyred and others were injured at dawn Saturday in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younus City, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid ongoing ceasefire violations in different areas. The airstrike targeted the Farwana family home on El-Zaini Street in central Khan Younus, killing 25-year-old Muhannad Farwana on the very day he was set to celebrate his wedding, and injuring several others. In Gaza City, Israeli artillery shelling targeted El-Tuffa'h neighborhood, while the northwestern areas of the city came under intensive gunfire from Israeli tanks. An Israeli quadcopter also opened fire east of Gaza City, while tanks opened fire in the north of El-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza and east of Khan Younus. Meanwhile, Israeli forces carried out artillery shelling and fired flares and smoke grenades east of Khan Younus and in the El-Mawasi area of Rafa'h, while artillery fire targeted the vicinity of the 'Abbas El-Kilani rotary north of Bait Lahya. The Israeli occupation forces also detonated several buildings and structures in the northeast of Khan Yunis city, amid shelling and gunfire in different areas of the Strip. *** 'Hamas: Gaza tent massacre is criminal escalation aimed at destroying the ceasefire path Saturday 6-June-2026 GAZA, (PIC) 'Hamas spokesperson 'Hazim Qasim stated that the “criminal (Israeli) occupation committed a horrific massacre against children and women inside the tents of displaced people in Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, in a continued criminal escalation of the genocidal war that has not ceased against civilians.” Qasim stressed in a press statement on Saturday night that the enemy persists in violating its commitments, noting that these massacres coincide with meetings in Cairo to discuss the implementation of the ceasefire agreement. This, he explained, confirms that Israel is working to undermine and destroy the agreement, disregarding the efforts of mediators and the so called “Peace Council.” The Hamas spokesperson called on the mediating and guarantor states to break their silence regarding these violations, to declare a clear and explicit position, and to exert real pressure on Israel as the party responsible for obstructing the agreement and derailing its tracks. At least six citizens were martyred and others injured on Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike on the El- Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City. A local source reported that six citizens, including two women, were killed and more than 15 injured as a result of an Israeli drone strike on a tent of displaced people in the Jawazat area of El-Rimal, west of Gaza City. *** Over 20,000 Gaza patients face death due to Israeli siege and travel ban Saturday 6-June-2026 GAZA, (PIC) Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are facing life-threatening danger due to the ongoing Israeli blockade that denies them medical travel to seek life-saving treatment outside the enclave. The Israeli war and blockade have already led to the near-total collapse of the health system and the inability of the few remaining hospitals in the Strip to provide even the minimum level of medical services for patients. In a press release on Saturday, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said that "denying thousands of patients access to life-saving medical care cannot be viewed in isolation from the broader context of the systematic destruction of the means of survival in the Gaza Strip." "When patients are deprived of specialized treatment, hospitals are destroyed, medical supplies are blocked, and patients are left to face a slow death despite prior knowledge of the consequences, these practices confirm Israel's intent to subject the Palestinian population to living conditions that threaten their physical survival," PCHR said. "These actions are prohibited under Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which states that 'deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part' constitutes a core element of the crime of genocide," PCHR underlined. PCHR cited an official report as saying that 20,863 patients suffering from serious conditions are in desperate need of traveling abroad for medical treatment, including 5,342 children under the age of 18. Among these patients, 2,194 are in highly critical condition and require immediate medical evacuation, while 189 are actively fighting for their lives in extremely critical condition. Since the Rafa'h crossing reopened on February 1, 2026, the number of patients permitted to leave the Gaza Strip for urgent medical care remains critically low, according to health official Zahir El-Wu'haidi. Only 1,242 patients were allowed to depart through the Rafa'h crossing, while an additional 241 were permitted through the Karm Abu Salim crossing, El-Wu'haidi told PCHR. These 1,483 evacuated individuals represent a mere 7.1 percent of the total pool of severe cases currently waiting and desperate for life-saving medical evacuation, the health official added. *** ý*** Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces ***ý *** 'Hamas condemns killing of 7-month-old infant by Israeli forces in al-Khalil Saturday 6-June-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) The 'Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the killing of seven-month-old infant Sami Fahd Abu Haykal and the injury of his parents after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire directly at them, south of El-Khaleel City, in the southern West Bank. In a statement on Saturday, 'Hamas asserted that the gunfire attack that targeted the Abu Haykal family reflects that "the Israeli occupation regime persists in the policy of indiscriminately shedding Palestinian blood and deliberately targeting children, women, and the elderly." 'Hamas mourned the infant, considering his martyrdom a "testimony to the Israeli violations and crimes Palestinians are subjected to." It wished his parents a speedy recovery and commended their refusal to leave their home despite Israeli financial inducements offered to them, stressing that the martyrs' blood would not go in vain. The Israeli occupation troops killed the seven-month-old baby in the West Bank city of al-Khalil and injured his parents after opening fire directly at the family's car, despite it having complied with an order to stop. According to media sources, the shooting attack on the car happened in the Tel Rumaida area of El-Khaleel on Friday evening. The infant was injured, evacuated in critical condition to the hospital, where he later died. His parents were also injured. *** IOFs carry out raids in the West Bank and El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Saturday 6-June-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out raids in the West Bank and El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Saturday, amid clashes in some areas. In Ramallah and El-Beereh Governorate, Israeli forces fired tear gas during a raid in the village of Ras Karkar, while clashes with local youths erupted in the town of Abu Shukhaidim north of Ramallah after soldiers fired live ammunition during their raid. Israeli forces also stormed the town of El-Mazra'a El-Gharbiya northwest of Ramallah, while extremist settlers set fire to farmland in the village of Dair Jareer northeast of the city. In Jineen, the Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the village of Aneen west of the city, while others raided several homes in the village of Dair Abu Daif to the east. In Saleet, the Israeli occupation forces carried out raids on several homes in the village of Rafat west of the city, before storming the town of El-Zawiya and expelling farmers and visitors from the fields of Dair Ballout town in the western part of the governorate. In Toubas, the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers detained a number of Palestinians east of the village of 'Attouf south of the city after assaulting them. In El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces stormed Qalandia camp north of the holy city, provoking clashes with local youths. The forces fired tear gas canisters and live ammunition during the events. In another incident, a young man was injured after being directly hit by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces during a raid in the town of El-Qubaiba northwest of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), last night. *** IOAR displaces a Palestinian Jerusalemite family after forcing it to raze home Saturday 6-June-2026 El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC) The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) forced a Palestinian Jerusalemite citizen to demolish his own home, in Silwan district, south of El-Aqsa Mosque, on Saturday. The Wadi El-'Hilweh Information Center reported that Ashraf Burqan started demolishing his house, located in the Beer Ayyoub neighborhood of Silwan, after receiving an order from the Israeli municipality. Burqan lived with his wife and child in the 60-square-meter house. The rate at which Palestinian homes and structures are demolished in east Jerusalem has almost doubled since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, human rights groups and monitoring organizations say. The demolitions are ordered by the Israeli municipal authority, which claims that many Palestinian homes and structures are illegally built without permission. All attempts by Palestinian families in east Jerusalem to apply for planning permission are rejected by the IOA. That means growing families say they have no choice but to build without permits and face the consequences, huge fines and demolition orders. *** *** Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers *** 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. *** Commission: 1659 Israeli army, settler attacks in the West Bank during May Saturday 6-June-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed the registration of 1,659 attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and the illegal settlers against Palestinians, their lands, and their properties during the past month of May. The head of the Commission, Minister Mo-ayad Sha'ban, explained in a report issued Saturday that the occupation forces committed 1,108 attacks, while settlers carried out 551 attacks, which were concentrated in the governorates of al-Khalil and Ramallah and al-Bireh with 319 attacks each. Nablus Governorate came next, registering 301 attacks, followed by Bethlehem Governorate with 212 attacks, reflecting the escalating pace of targeting in a number of Palestinian governorates. The report indicated that the attacks included a wide spectrum of violations, including physical assault on citizens, uprooting trees, burning fields, preventing farmers from accessing their lands, and seizing property, in addition to demolishing homes and agricultural structures. These practices were accompanied by the closure of large areas of Palestinian lands under the pretext of security reasons, at a time when the occupation forces continue to provide protection for settlers and enable them to expand within those areas. In a related context, Sha'ban pointed out that settler attacks continued to target Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities, and resulted during the past month in the martyrdom of two Palestinians by settlers' bullets. According to the report, settler attacks were distributed as 146 attacks in al-Khalil Governorate, 132 attacks in Ramallah and El-Beereh Governorate, and 126 attacks in Nablus Governorate, bringing the total of their attacks since the beginning of the year 2026 to 2,567 attacks. *** Palestinians injured, property damaged in settler rampage in Nablus Saturday 6-June-2026 NABLUS, (PIC) A horde of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers went on the rampage through the town of 'Huwwara south of Nablus, attacking the municipality building, Palestinian citizens, and homes, while others vandalized swaths of agricultural lands in the El-Mass'oudiya area northwest of the city on Saturday. Municipal official Rana Abu Haniyya said that settlers attacked the municipality building and a number of homes in 'Huwwara under the protection of Israeli forces. The attack resulted in the injury of several Palestinians, including a member of 'Huwwara municipality who was wounded in the leg by live-fire shrapnel. Four other citizens were injured after being beaten by settlers, one of them sustaining a head injury, in addition to four more who suffered from exposure to tear gas. Furthermore, those settlers detained a Palestinian citizen inside a livestock shelter during their attack that involved gunfire. The settlers also carried out different acts of vandalism in the town, smashing the windows of several vehicles and stealing a car and a bicycle, as well as around 35 sheep belonging to Palestinian farmers. In northwest Nablus, settler attacks targeted swaths of cultivated land in the El-Mass'oudiya area of Burqa town by releasing their livestock into fields planted with crops. Dhiyaa 'Hajji, head of the Committee for the Defense of El-Mass'oudiya Lands, reported that settlers deliberately grazed their livestock on cultivated fields, destroying crops and inflicting heavy losses on local farmers. *** Illegal Israeli settlers assault, detain Palestinian farmers in the West Bank Saturday 6-June-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) A horde of the illegal Israeli extremist Jewish settlers attacked several Palestinian farmers in the village of 'Attouf, southeast of Toubas in the occupied West Bank, and detained seven of them on Friday evening. Local official Mo'taz Bisharat explained that settlers wearing Israeli army uniforms stormed the El-Miyar area east of Attouf and savagely beat farmers before detaining seven of them. He pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces intervened in favor of the settlers during their assault, stressing that the farmers remained under detention following the incident. This incident happened a day after settler attacks were reported in the areas of 'Attouf and El-Ras El-A'hmar. In 'Attouf, they destroyed a water pipeline and attacked the control room of an artesian well. In El-Ras El-A'hmar, settlers raided the homes of five families, vandalizing their electricity network before demanding the residents leave the area within days. *** *** News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People *** AMO warns of worsening health conditions at the Israeli occupation regime's prison of Ganot Saturday 6-June-2026 RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Asra Media Office (AMO) warned on Saturday of worsening health conditions among Palestinian detainees at the Israeli occupation apartheid regime's prison of Ganot, citing continued medical neglect and delays in providing necessary treatment. In a statement, the AMO said several prisoners are suffering from severe tooth and gum pain, amid ongoing complaints about inadequate medical care. It added that some detainees face difficulty accessing treatment or receiving regular medical follow-up, causing their health conditions to deteriorate. The AMO explained that the medical crisis comes alongside harsh detention conditions, including poor food and shortages of basic necessities, further harming prisoners' health. It said ignoring detainees' medical needs, particularly dental treatment, violates their basic rights and exposes them to preventable complications. It called on international and human rights organizations to pressure Israel to end medical neglect and ensure immediate treatment for sick Palestinian prisoners. *** *** =============================================================================================================================== ÈöÓúãö Çááåö ÇáÑøóÍúãóÜٰäö ÇáÑøóÍöíãö "ãöäú ÃóÌúáö Ðóٰáößó ßóÊóÈúäóÇ Úóáóìٰ Èóäöí ÅöÓúÑóÇÆöíáó Ãóäøóåõ ãóäú ÞóÊóáó äóÝúÓðÇ ÈöÛóíúÑö äóÝúÓò Ãóæú ÝóÓóÇÏò Ýöí ÇáúÃóÑúÖö ÝóßóÃóäøóãóÇ ÞóÊóáó ÇáäøóÇÓó ÌóãöíÚðÇ" (ÇáúãóÇÆöÏóÉõ ¡ 5: 32). "æóãóäú íóÞúÊõáú ãõÄúãöäðÇ ãøõÊóÚóãøöÏðÇ ÝóÌóÒóÇÄõåõ Ìóåóäøóãõ ÎóÇáöÏðÇ ÝöíåóÇ æóÛóÖöÈó Çááøóåõ Úóáóíúåö æóáóÚóäóåõ æóÃóÚóÏøó áóåõ ÚóÐóÇÈðÇ ÚóÙöíãðÇ" (ÇáäøöÓóÇÁõ ¡ 4: 93). "Åöäú ÃóÍúÓóäÊõãú ÃóÍúÓóäÊõãú áöÃóäÝõÓößõãú ۖ æóÅöäú ÃóÓóÃúÊõãú ÝóáóåóÇ ۚ ÝóÅöÐóÇ ÌóÇÁó æóÚúÏõ ÇáúÂÎöÑóÉö áöíóÓõæÁõæÇ æõÌõæåóßõãú æóáöíóÏúÎõáõæÇ ÇáúãóÓúÌöÏó ßóãóÇ ÏóÎóáõæåõ Ãóæøóáó ãóÑøóÉò æóáöíõÊóÈøöÑõæÇ ãóÇ ÚóáóæúÇ ÊóÊúÈöíÑÇð ý(ÇáÅÓúÑóÇÁõ ¡ 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 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.
More detailed news stories can be found at
the following sources:
http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/ *** *** Editorial
Notes about terms
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people and places: *** 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) *** Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic: A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf, 'Hasan Mulai'hat, *** Conflict terminology The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government) Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists) A group of the illegal Israeli settlers *** Fair Use Notice
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