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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. *** 10 Palestinians were killed, 18 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 72,278 and the injuries to 172,013 by March 29, 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. *** ***
*** *** ý HRIA slams Israel's closure of Aqsa Mosque as "grave, unprecedented"Sunday 29-March-2026 JAKARTA, (PIC) The Human Rights Institutions Association (HRIA) has strongly denounced the Israeli closure of the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem for the second consecutive month, describing the restrictions on Muslim worshipers in the holy city as "grave and unprecedented measures since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967." "The closure of the Aqsa Mosque, coupled with tighter restrictions on worship and the prevention of prayers, is not a temporary security measure but a calculated policy designed to impose a new fait accompli in Jerusalem and cement full control over the holy site," HRIA said in a statement on Sunday. These Israeli practices, HRIA stressed, "flagrantly violate the right to freedom of worship protected under international human rights law, and are considered a direct, systematic attack on the sanctity of religious sites." HRIA warned that Israel's persistence in such practices risks igniting religious and political tensions and pushing the region towards further escalation, amid the international community's failure to take action in this regard. HRIA called on the international community to take urgent action to curb Israel's grave violations against the Aqsa Mosque and the holy city of Jerusalem, and ensure the immediate reopening of the Mosque to Muslim worshipers without restrictions. HRIA also appealed to the international community, particularly the states party to the Geneva Conventions, to shoulder their legal responsibilities to protect religious sites in the occupied Palestinian territories. HRIA further urged the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to incorporate Israel's ongoing violations against the Aqsa Mosque and the Old City into the legal case currently under review by the Court. *** For the first time in centuries, IOA prevents the holding of Palm Sunday Christian mass in occupied Jerusalem Sunday 29-March-2026 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Jerusalem Governorate said that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime's (IOAR) prevention of the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, accompanied by the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Ielpo, from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and holding the Palm Sunday Christian mass, constitutes a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law. The measure further constitutes a flagrant violation of the existing legal and historical status, and of unrestricted access to places of worship, and represents an illegal and unjustified measure, it added. The Jerusalem Governorate confirmed, in a statement on Sunday, that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied city of Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites, and that, as the occupying power, it is obligated to immediately stop closing religious holy sites, and not to obstruct worshipers’ access to them. The Governorate also stressed that all Israeli measures in this context are null and void in accordance with international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and are considered a blatant assault on the rights of the Palestinian people, and a clear violation of the existing legal and historical status of the holy sites, and a violation of freedom of worship. The Governorate explained that this arbitrary measure reflects a systematic policy by the IOA aimed at undermining freedom of worship in Jerusalem, and imposing control over the administration of holy sites, including targeting Islamic and Christian holy sites simultaneously, in a step that constitutes a dangerous escalation affecting the essence of the city’s religious and historical plurality. The Jerusalem Governorate called on the international community and all its institutions to take a firm international position that compels Israel to stop its violations and its ongoing illegal practices against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, and to guarantee freedom of worship for all believers, stressing that the occupation must end immediately, and that Israel must be held accountable for its practices against the Palestinian people and their holy sites. The Jerusalem Governorate concluded by saying that Jerusalem, with its Islamic and Christian holy sites, will remain for its rightful owners, and that the IOA attempts to impose a new reality by force will not succeed in changing its identity or erasing its history, no matter how much violations and arbitrary measures escalate. *** ****** Gaza: Death toll climbs to 72,278 martyrs Sunday 29-March-2026 GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,278 martyrs, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Sunday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 172,013 people. In its daily report, the Health Ministry said that hospitals received 10 civilian bodies and 18 wounded people over the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, at least 702 Palestinians have been killed, and 1,913 others have been injured by the Israeli occupation forces. *** Nine Palestinian civilians killed in Gaza, others injured in Israeli attacks Sunday 29-March-2026 GAZA, (PIC) Nine Palestinian civilians were martyred on Sunday following Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip, including one who succumbed to injuries sustained last night. At dawn Sunday, seven people were killed, including a young girl, and four others were wounded in Israeli airstrikes that targeted two civilian gatherings in Khan Younus, south of Gaza. On Sunday morning, a 15‑year‑old child was killed by Israeli army gunfire at the Bani Suhayla rotary, east of Khan Yunis. Another Palestinian was pronounced dead today after succumbing to severe wounds sustained in an Israeli strike the previous night in Khan Younus. On Sunday morning, Israeli artillery shelling and tank fire targeted the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, spreading panic among displaced families. Israeli gunfire also struck open areas and the outskirts of residential neighborhoods and shelters, prompting civil defense teams to remain on high alert. Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire targeting areas near the shores of Khan Younus, sparking panic among fishermen and displaced people. Additionally, Israeli helicopters opened fire towards the eastern areas of El-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza, hitting swaths of open land and the outskirts of nearby neighborhoods. *** ý*** Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces ***ý Palestinian political prisoner Marwan 'Hirzallah dies in an Israeli prison Sunday 29-March-2026 RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) have reported the martyrdom of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Hirzallah, a 54-year-old from Nablus, inside Megiddo prison. His death was announced on Saturday evening in a joint statement released by the Commission and PPS. 'Hirzallah had been in jail since January 8, 2026, on alleged incitement charges. One of his legs was amputated in 1995 after being shot by Israeli occupation forces. 'Hirzallah is among more than 100 prisoners who have died in Israeli prisons and detention camps since the start of the war on Gaza, with the identities of only 89 confirmed so far. "Deaths among prisoners occur amid widespread torture, systematic starvation, medical neglect, and repeated assaults, compounded by harsh detention conditions that have turned prisons into one of the most notorious places of extermination," the Commission and PPS said. *** IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank and El-Quds, (Jerusalem) raids Sunday 29-March-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a campaign of raids and arrests at dawn and on Sunday morning in different areas of the West Bank and El-Quds (Jerusalem), targeting a number of Palestinians, including a woman. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said the IOFs campaign involved breaking into and ransacking homes, brutalizing residents, and detaining and interrogating many others for hours. Since the early hours of dawn, several West Bank governorates have seen heavy military deployments, amid clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces in some areas. In Jerusalem, police forces carried out raids in different neighborhoods, deployed armored vehicles on streets, and set up checkpoints to search citizens and obstruct their movement. In Nablus, the IOF kidnaped a woman, her son, and another young citizen after raiding their homes in the village of Tallouza. Israeli forces also stormed the village of Bait Imreen, northwest of Nablus, where they ransacked homes and interrogated residents. In Jericho, the IOF kidnaped three citizens from their homes in 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp. Three other citizens were taken prisoner following IOF raids in the town of Jayyous near Qalqilya City, the village of Abu Fala'h in Ramallah, and the town of El-Zawiya in Salfeet. The IOFs stormed the town of 'Ain Misbah in El-Beereh and kidnaped a young man after raiding his home. In Toulkarm, Israeli forces raided several homes, and kidnaped one citizen and a number of Gazan workmen following a raid near the Martyr Thabit Thabit rotary and the Ottoman Saraya building. The IOF also stormed other areas of the West Bank and El-Quds, (Jerusalem), with no reported kidnappings. *** *** 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. *** Palestinian child among Palestinians injured in settler attacks in Masafir Yatta Saturday 28-March-2026 AL-KHALIL, (PIC) A Palestinian child sustained injuries and other citizens suffered from exposure to pepper spray when a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attacked them in the Masafir Yatta region, south of al-Khalil, on Saturday evening. Local activist Osama Makhamra reported that the child Suhaib Badawi sustained injuries after settlers beat him while he was picking wild plants in the Wadi Ma’in area of Masafir Yatta. A video circulating online shows Israeli forces detaining the child and taking him away in a black van. Makhamra added that settlers also assaulted the family of Mu'hamed Jabbareen, who lives on the eastern side of Shi'b El‑Batm village, and attacked them with pepper spray. Several members of the Jabbareen family, including a woman, reportedly suffered from suffocation as well as eye and skin irritations. A foreign activist was also injured in the same settler attack. In a separate incident, Israeli forces kidnaped four Palestinians after settlers assaulted shepherds in the Abu Sha'ban area of Masafir Yatta. *** 443 Israeli settler attacks and displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank Saturday 28-March-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission recorded 443 attacks carried out by Israeli settlers during one month since the outbreak of the Zio-American aggression on Iran and the accompanying regional tension, indicating an organized escalation that exploited the state of international distraction to intensify attacks and impose new facts on the ground in the West Bank. Human losses and bloody attacks The head of the Commission, Minister Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, said in a press statement on Saturday that the past four weeks witnessed "terrorist" attacks, which led to the martyrdom of nine Palestinians by settler gunfire and assaults, including the two brothers Mu'hammed and Faheem Mu'ammar in Qaryout, Amir Shunairan in Masafir Yatta, and three martyrs in Khirbet Abu Fala'h in Ramallah and El-Beereh governorate, in addition to Aed Arar in Qarawat Bani Zeid, and Mohammad al-Malhi in Bethlehem, along with deaths linked to suffocation and pressure resulting from the attacks. Wide geographic distribution of attacks The attacks were concentrated in Nablus with 108 attacks, followed by al-Khalil with 99, then Ramallah with 76, Bethlehem with 32, Jerusalem with 24, and Salfit with 23, in addition to Jericho and Qalqilya, and included direct gunfire, burning of homes and property, and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure. Forced displacement affecting Bedouin communities The attacks led to the displacement of six Bedouin communities, affecting 58 families comprising 256 individuals, including 79 women and 166 children, as families were forced to leave their areas in the northern Jordan Valley and Nablus due to direct threats and repeated attacks, within a context that falls under a systematic policy of restricting Palestinian presence. Widespread destruction and attempts at settlement expansion The Commission documented 123 acts of destruction, and 18 attacks that caused fires in citizens' property, in addition to 3 attacks on religious places, including attempts to burn mosques and repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and preventing Palestinians from accessing it. It also monitored attempts to establish 14 new settlement outposts, while the Israeli occupation authorities approved the implementation of infrastructure projects on lands of Beit Ummar north of al-Khalil, in preparation for establishing a new settlement outpost named "Ir HaKeren", which enhances geographic contiguity between existing settlements at the expense of Palestinian land. Land seizure and military orders The occupation authorities issued 12 seizure orders for military and security purposes, through which they seized 225 dunums of citizens' land in several governorates, aiming to open roads and establish buffer zones and military sites, in addition to 27 orders under the name "security procedures" to remove trees from an area of 1,391 dunums, mainly concentrated in Ramallah governorate. Warning of a systematic policy Sha'ban stressed that this escalation reflects an organized policy that benefits from international distraction with the war, aiming to accelerate settlement expansion and reshape the geographic and demographic reality in the West Bank, warning that the continuation of these measures undermines chances of stability. He called on the international community and human rights institutions to assume their legal responsibilities, and to take effective steps to stop the violations and provide protection for Palestinians, amid an unprecedented escalation combining settler violence and official decisions that reinforce control over Palestinian land. *** *** News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People *** El-Barghouthi: Israel exploits regional war to escalate violations in Palestinian territories Saturday 28-March-2026 RAMALLAH, (PIC) Mustafa El-Barghouthi, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said Israel is taking advantage of global distraction over the war on Iran to intensify its violations across the Palestinian territories, including killings, abuse, and efforts to push forward legislation allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners. In a statement on Saturday, El-Barghouthi said that the Israeli occupation forces are using the international focus on the regional conflict to escalate abuses on the ground. He pointed to a rise in settler attacks, increased military raids on cities and villages in the West Bank, and the continuation of airstrikes on Gaza. He added that Palestinian homes and vehicles are being burned and vandalized, while civilians are being shot without any means of self-defense or protection. El-Barghouthi warned that one of the most serious developments is the attempt to pass an execution law for Palestinian prisoners amid reduced media attention, alongside intensified repression inside prisons affecting thousands of detainees. He called for renewed Arab and international efforts to strengthen solidarity with Palestinians and expose ongoing violations, stressing that the resilience of the Palestinian people remains the key factor in confronting these policies. 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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
& names of
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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