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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On Day 446 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 23 Palestinians Killed, 39 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  45,361 and 107,803 Injuries

by December 25, 2024

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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 Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza:

By December 25, 2024, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 55,361+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (45,361), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By December 25, 2024, the documented injuries exceeded 107,803.

By December 24, 2024, 839Palestinians who were killed, 6,607 who were injured, and 10,662*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

* The number of the Palestinians detainees who remain in the Israeli occupation prisons has been updated today (December 5, 2024), by Wafa, to be 10,300.

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The Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered Day 446, with more deaths and injuries inflicted on the Palestinian people, particularly children and women, December 25, 2024.	Nine Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were injured by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Abu Warda, in Jabalya Al-Nazla, December 25, 2024.
Due to the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, a Palestinian baby girl froze to death on  her displaced family tent in Khan Younus, as a result of the extreme cold weather, December 25, 2024.	23 Palestinians were killed, 39 were injured, mostly children and women, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, on December 25, 2024.
Palestinian young man Rayan Bani 'Oada was killed due to his injury by an Israeli occupation forces drone targeting a group of young men in Tammoun, December 25, 2024.	Lifeless body of two-week-old Palestinian infant, who died from freezing conditions, is brought to Nasir Hospital in Khan Younus, on December 25, 2024 trt aa
Grieving Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, December 25, 2024.	Carrying injured and martyred Palestinians who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on central Gaza Strip, to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, December 25, 2024.
Palestinian Christians participating in the Christmas mass at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, December 25, 2024.	Due to 14 months of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, local municipalities have not been able to collect garbage, which led to hazards and diseases affecting the displaced Palestinian population, December 25, 2024.

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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 ۚ " (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" (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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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 45,338, over 107,803 injured

GAZA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 23 Palestinians and the injury of 39 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023 has risen to 45,361 reported fatalities, with an additional 107,803 individuals sustaining injuries, the majority of the victims are women and children, medical sources said.

According to the Ministry, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

The Israeli genocidal onslaught on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip continues unabated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Note: These figures only include the dead and injured Palestinians who have  been accounted for by the Palestinian hospitals. The victims who are not carried to the hospitals are not accounted for.

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 446

Wednesday 25-December-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 446th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.

Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

The Israeli occupation army large-scale genocidal campaign in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalya and Bait Lahya, has entered day 82, where its forces continue to intensively bomb homes and shelters and attack civilians while imposing a tight siege on the entire area.

Deliberate Israeli attacks on ambulance and civil defense workers already deprived northern Gaza of any rescue services.

Local sources said that nine people were killed and over 15 others were injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza at dawn.

An Israeli warplane also bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-Minirawi in Dair El-Bala'h, killing one civilian and injuring three others.

Another airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Al-Ifranji in the south of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza killed a citizen and injured another one.

Two civilians were martyred and two others were injured when an Israeli warplane bombed an apartment in Al-Manara neighborhood in Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.

In a related context, the health ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday that the Israeli army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 62 civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.

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Several casualties in Israeli massacre in northern Gaza

Wednesday 25-December-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed a massacre on Tuesday night when it bombed a house in Jabalya Al-Nazla town, north of the Gaza Strip.

According to local and media sources, nine Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Abu Warda, near the Khilla gas station, in Jabalya Al-Nazla.

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 45,338 Palestinians and wounded 107,764 others since October 7, 2023.

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Several Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes targeting vicinity of school in western Gaza.

GAZA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday when Israeli warplanes bombed the vicinity of a school housing displaced persons in western Gaza.

Medical sources reported that at least three citizens, including a child, were killed and several others were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted the vicinity of the Al-Muhabbeen school, which houses displaced persons in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood west of Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of 45,338 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 107,764 others.

Y.S. 

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Three civilians killed others injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three civilians  were killed and others were injured, most of them in critical condition, on Wednesday evening, as a result of an Israeli bombardment on the city of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that two citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of a bombardment targeting them in the Al-Mashrou' area, while citizen Waseem Suleiman Muammar was killed and another was injured in a bombardment on the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of Rafa'h city.

The occupation carried out extensive bombing operations in the vicinity of Al-'Alami neighborhood, around Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, and burned citizens' homes in the Jabalya Al-Nazla area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources announced today that the death toll in the Strip has risen to 45,361, the majority of whom are children and women, since the beginning of the aggression on October 7, 2023.

They added that the death toll has risen to 107,803 wounded since the beginning of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

Y.S.

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Seven civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

GAZA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday as a result of the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of various areas in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources  reported that two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured when Israeli drones targeted a group of citizens in the Abu Khatir neighborhood, near the Islamic University, southeast of Khan Younus.

Two citizens were also killed as a result of targeting a group of citizens in Jabalya Al-Nazla, north of the Gaza Strip, and another citizen was killed and others were injured when the occupation forces' aircraft targeted a group of citizens near the General Security Junction, northwest of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, two citizens were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli aircraft bombing that targeted a group of citizens east of Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of 45,361 citizens, the majority of whom were women and children, and the injury of 107,803 others, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.

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At least 13 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

GAZA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A total of 13 citizens were killed and others were injured on Wednesday as a result of the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of different areas in the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that 10 citizens were killed and several others were injured when the occupation forces' aircraft bombed a house in the Ma'an area east of Khan Younus Governorate.

A citizen and his wife were also killed in a bombing that targeted a residential apartment near the 'Ain Jalout Towers south of Al-Nusayrat camp in the central Gaza Strip, and the young man Ahmed Al-Muneerawi was killed in the bombing of his family's home in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of 45,361 citizens, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 107,803 others.

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As winter hitting Gaza, another baby girl freezes to death

Wednesday 25-December-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A baby girl froze to death on Wednesday inside her displaced family’s tent in Khan Younus, south of Gaza, as a result of the extreme cold weather and the absence of heating means.

Medical sources at the Nasir Hospital said that two-week-old Seela Al-Fasee'h died at dawn as a result of her presence in a fragile tent that have not protection from the extreme cold temperatures in the Gaza Strip.

Last Friday, another infant called 'Aisha Al-Qassas died from the cold in a tent where her displaced family was sheltering.

Scores of Gaza families live in precarious makeshift shelters that might not survive the winter.

With nighttime temperatures dropping significantly, Gaza families fear that their kids will get sick or die without warm clothing or heating means.

According to the UN, at least 945,000 people urgently need winterization supplies, which have become prohibitively expensive in Gaza.

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96 Civil Defense martyrs since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza

Wednesday 25-December-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A Civil Defense member in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Central Gaza City was martyred on Tuesday evening, bringing the number of Civil Defense martyrs to 96 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in October last year.

The Civil Defense in Gaza announced the martyrdom of Nabil Abdul-Ra-ouf, the driver of a fire extinguishing vehicle, of critical wounds he sustained in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.

The Civil Defense added that the firefighter Najeeb Naji Sukkar was also martyred of his wounds during Israeli shelling this morning that bombed a Civil Defense Center.

Since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army has been targeting the Civil Defense infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 96 martyrs among Civil Defense crews, in addition to 300 wounded and destruction of Civil Defense headquarters and vehicles.

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

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Eight Palestinians martyred, others injured in Israel’s deadly raid in Toulkarm

Wednesday 25-December-2024

TOULKARM, (PIC)

Eight Palestinian citizens were martyred and several others were injured, some seriously, during the ongoing Israeli military raid in Toulkarm, which started after midnight on Tuesday.

According to media and medical sources, four young men were killed and others were injured yesterday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) bombed them using a drone in Toulkarm refugee camp, north of the West Bank.

Local sources identified these four martyrs as Muhaimen Al-Akhras, Jum’ah Salim, 'Imran Haroun and Qusay 'Okasha, affirming that they are resistance fighters from Toulkarm.

In the afternoon, a similar drone attack in Toulkarm refugee camp claimed the lives of two women and injured three others, including a child, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The martyred women are Khawla 'Abdo, 53, and Baraa 'Ali, 18.

Earlier on the same day, another drone strike injured three citizens in Nour Sham refugee camp, which is located inside Tulkarem City. Injuries of some victims were described as serious.

Meanwhile, the body of a young man identified as Ma'hmoud Mu'hammed was found lying on a road in Nour Shams camp after he seemingly bled to death. Eyewitnesses said he was shot dead by Israeli sniper fire.

At dawn, an Israeli sniper shot dead a teenager identified as Fat'hi 'Obaid in Al-'Hadayda neighborhood of Toulkarm refugee camp.

At around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the IOFs stormed Toulkarm refugee camp, imposed a tight siege on it, spread in its streets, and deployed several snipers on rooftops of some tall buildings around it, who opened fire at any moving object or person.

Meanwhile, IOFs bulldozers embarked on destroying roads, walls, cars, stores and different structures, and blocked the camp’s main entrance with mounds of dirt and rocks.

The IOFs destruction of roads and infrastructure reportedly caused damage to the camp’s electricity and water grids and its internet and telecommunication services.

Later in the evening, the IOFs expanded its campaign in Toulkarm and raided the city and its Nour Shams refugee camp.

Resistance fighters from Toulkarm reportedly detonated explosive devices at Israeli occupation forces and vehicles and showered them with bullets during the IOFs campaign in Toulkarm and its refugee camps.

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Palestinian man dies from wounds sustained by Israeli fire in Toubas

TUBAS, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian youth from the town of Tammoun, south of Toubas, was killed on Wednesday due to his critical injuries sustained when a drone targeted a group of young men during the occupation forces' storming of the town last night.

The head of the Tammoun Municipal Council, Naji'h Bani 'Oada, reported that the young man, Rayan 'Husam Bani 'Oada, 17, was killed due to his critical injuries when an Israeli occupation forces drone targeted a group of young men last night in Tammoun, south of Toubas.

Last night, medical teams dealt with two injuries as a result of an occupation drone bombing a group of young men during its storming of the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas.

The Tubas Education Directorate mourned the young man, Bani 'Oada, as he was a high school student at Muscat Boys Secondary School.

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Two Palestinians injured by Israeli live ammunition during confrontations in Al-'Ain refugee camp, in Nablus

NABLUS, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian young men were injured by the occupation forces' bullets during the storming of Al-'Ain camp in the city of Nablus.

Security sources said that intense clashes erupted inside the camp, during which the occupation forces fired live bullets, gas bombs and sound bombs, injuring a young man.

Meanwhile, another young man was injured with live bullets in the thigh, according the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and he was transferred to the hospital for medical treatment.

The occupation forces targeted journalists with live bullets while they were in Al-Sikka Street near the camp, while covering the storming of the camp.

The Israeli occupation forces had stormed Al-Ain camp in the city of Nablus.

Local sources reported that Israeli special forces stormed the camp, followed by a number of Israeli military vehicles storming the city from the direction of Dair Sharaf to the west.

Y.S.

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Two Palestinians injured by live ammunition during Israeli military incursion of Balata camp in Nablus

NABLUS, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinians were injured at dawn and four others were detained during the occupation forces' storming of the city of Nablus and Balata camp to the east.

Security sources reported that occupation military vehicles stormed the neighborhoods of Nablus from several axes and raided a residential building in the Rafeedya neighborhood, and a number of homes in the northern mountain, and searched them and tampered with their contents, and arrested three young men.

The sources added that intense conformations erupted after the occupation forces stormed the vicinity of the Academy area, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets, which led to the injury of two citizens with bullets in the thigh area, and they were transferred to the hospital for treatment.

They reported that a number of occupation military vehicles accompanied by a military bulldozer stormed Balata camp east of Nablus, and the bulldozer began vandalizing the streets and infrastructure inside the camp.

The sources indicated that the occupation soldiers raided a house, searched it, and wreaked havoc, and detained a 19-year- old young man.

Y.S. 

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Three Palestinians injured during large-scale military raid on Al-Am'ari camp

RAMALLAH, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three Palestinians were injured on Wednesday after the Israeli occupation forces raided the Al-Am'ari camp, south of Ramallah.

The Red Crescent Society reported that its crews dealt with a young man being shot in the foot with live ammunition, and two other injuries, one of which was run over by a military jeep, and the other was assaulted.

Local sources said that the occupation forces assaulted a number of journalists present in the camp, and fired sound bombs and toxic gas at them in an attempt to prevent them from covering the attack.

The occupation forces launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the camp, most of whom were from the Gaza Strip and detained Palestine TV driver Shadi Kifaya.

Eyewitnesses reported that the occupation forces brought the detainee Firas Jabir to the camp while he was handcuffed and used him as a human shield.

The sources added that the occupation forces closed the entrance to the camp, carried out a campaign of raids and searches of  several homes and seized a vehicle.

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Several Palestinians kidnapped, others injured in IOFs raids in the West Bank

Wednesday 25-December-2024

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens and injured others during raids in the West Bank last night, while Palestinian resistance fighters reportedly attacked and clashed with Israeli forces in different areas of the West Bank, injuring some soldiers, including a high-ranking officer.

According to local sources, two citizens suffered critical injuries when the IOF carried out a drone attack in Tammoun town, south of Tubas.

The IOFs came under fire from resistance fighters in Tammoun town and one of its vehicle sustained damage after an explosive device was detonated at it.

Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad said that fighters from its Tubas Brigade were able to ambush Israeli forces near the Tariq Club in Tammoun town.

“Our fighters were able to detonate a highly explosive device at a military jeep, damaging it and inflicting injuries on enemy soldiers. Our heroes were also able to clash with soldiers who came to the rescue at close range, inflicting injuries among them,” al-Quds Brigades explained.

In Toulkarm, the Israeli army admitted that a senior commander was moderately wounded in an attack with an explosive device during while traveling in an armored vehicle with another senior officer.

Resistance fighters from the Toulkarm Brigade, an affiliate of al-Quds Brigades, were also able to detonate at 3:27 a.m. today a number of homemade explosive devices at IOFs bulldozers in Al-Manshiya area in Nour Shams refugee camp.

Meanwhile, the IOFs kidnapped two citizens from their homes in Tulkarem, particularly in Iktaba suburb of the city and Dair Al-Ghusoun town.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped four young men from Al-Jabel Al-Shamali area in the city. Three of the detainees are from the same family.

Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOF raid in Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus.

The IOFs reportedly bulldozed and blocked roads during its raid in Balata camp.

Israeli forces also stormed apartment buildings during a raid in the western area of Nablus City.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from his home in Bait Ka'hil town and another one in Dura town.

In Ramallah, Israeli forces kidnaped one citizen from his home in Beer Zait town and an unidentified number of citizens in Al-Am’ari refugee camp, north of Al-Beerih City.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Israeli occupation forces demolish park west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces today demolished a park in the town of Na'haleen, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

A local source said  that Israeli occupation army broke into the town, specifically the Khallet Al-Daliya area to the south, and began demolishing a park containing a swimming pool, a restaurant, a café, and various facilities, under the pretext that they were built without a license.

It is noteworthy that the occupation forces demolished three houses and three agricultural facilities in Na'haleen three weeks ago in the Qarnat Al-Damas area.

The source added that the occupation forces closed the area and prevented the owner of the park from approaching and removing its contents, while firing tear gas and sound bombs at any citizen who tried to approach the demolition site.

Y.S.

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Israeli forces demolish commercial structure east of Qalqilya

QALQILYA, December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces today demolished a commercial structure east of Qalqilya.

Local sources reported that a large force of the occupation army, accompanied by bulldozers, broke into the village of Nabi Elias east of Qalqilya and demolished a commercial structure belonging to a local resident.

Y.S. 

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Illegal Israeli settlers graze their sheep on Palestinian residents' lands north of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), December, 25, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers grazed their sheep on Bedouin lands in the 'Ain Al-'Auja community, north of Aree'ha (Jericho).

'Hasan Al-Malai'hat, the general supervisor of the "Al-Baidar" organization for the defense of Bedouin rights, said that a group of colonists grazed their sheep on citizens' lands in the 'Ain Al-'Auja Bedouin community, causing massive destruction of citizens'  lands and the vandalism of their properties, for the second time in a week.

Earlier today, colonists had burned two sheep pens in the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community northwest of Jericho.

The Bedouin communities in the Jericho and Jordan Valley Governorate, which number 26, suffer from harassment by the Israeli occupation and colonists in the first place, which imposes harsh living conditions on them to force them to leave.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Qatar: Consultations on Gaza ceasefire ongoing

Wednesday 25-December-2024

CAIRO, (PIC)

Qatar’s ministry of foreign affairs said on Tuesday that the ceasefire consultations over the Gaza Strip are still underway in Cairo and Doha, affirming it would not be possible to tell when an agreement in this regard could be reached.

This came in a news conference held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, by Majid Al-Ansari, advisor to Qatar’s prime minister and spokesman for the foreign ministry.

Ansari said that the talks to reach a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement are now being held in Doha at a technical level in coordination with Egypt.

“As you know, we are constantly coordinating with our brothers in Egypt. I cannot now comment on the progress of these talks, but I can say that they are ongoing. No one can say for sure the timeframe within which the agreement will be reached,” the spokesman said.

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International Court of Justice to organize advisory proceedings on Israel’s obligations about UN presence, activities

Wednesday 25-December-2024

THE HAGUE, (PIC)

The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) made an order to organize the proceedings related to the request of the United Nations General Assembly to obtain an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations, and third states, in and in relation to the occupied Palestinian territory.

In his Order dated December 23, 2024, the President decided that “the United Nations and its Member States, as well as the observer State of Palestine, are considered likely to be able to furnish information on the question submitted to the Court for an advisory opinion and may do so within the time-limits fixed in this Order.”

The President fixed February 28, 2025, as the time-limit within which written statements on the question may be presented to the Court.

This comes after the UN General Assembly adopted, on December 19, a decision that confirms requesting the ICJ to render an advisory opinion, following the Israeli Knesset’s decision to prevent UNRWA from providing basic services to the Palestinians.

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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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