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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 Israel Still Refuses Entry of Mobile Homes and Heavy Machinery Into Gaza, in Violation of the Ceasefire Agreement, the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Rises to 48,284 and the Injuries to 111,709

 February 17, 2025

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By February 17, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 62,069+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (48,284), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,794+). 

By February 17, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,709.

By February 17, 2025, 899 Palestinians who were killed, 6,823 who were injured, and 11,215*, 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).  

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A Palestinian child sitting on the rubble of his home, which was destroyed by the Israeli genocidal war, as Israel continues to block the entry of tents and mobile homes to the Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025.	African Union leaders issued a strong condemnation of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip, urging member states to halt cooperation and normalization with the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, February 17, 2025.
Palestinian young man, Mu'hammed Al-Najjar, died of injuries he sustained from earlier Israeli fire targeting a group of citizens, as they were checking on their homes in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younus, February 17, 2025.	In violation of the basic human rights of the Palestinian political prisoners, the Israeli occupation forces broke into the Israeli Ofer prison, assaulting, beating, and spraying them with gas, on February 17, 2025.
Scenes from the Israeli occupation forces raid on the Palestinian city of Nablus, on February 16, 2025.	Grieving the death of three Palestinian policemen, who were killed by an Israeli air strike on their vehicle, in eastern Rafa'h, in southern Gaza Strip, on February 16, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ " (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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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 48,284

GAZA, February 17, 2025 (Anadolu and Wafa) – 

The death toll in Gaza has risen to 48,284, the majority being women and children, since the Israeli genocidal war began in October 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza have received the bodies or remains of nine victims after being pulled out from the rubble, the Ministry confirmed.

In addition, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, 16 injured people were also admitted to hospitals, which increased the number of injuries to 111,709. Meantime, many victims remain trapped under the rubble, with emergency and civil defense teams unable to reach them, for the lack of the needed heavy equipment, as a result of preventing their entry by the Israeli occupation regime forces.

A ceasefire in Gaza took effect on January 19, but casualties have continued to be reported across various parts of the region since its implementation.

K.T.

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Palestinian shot by IOF in Gaza proclaimed dead

Monday 17-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was pronounced dead on Monday after he succumbed to serious bullet injuries he sustained recently when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him in southern Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, Mu'hammed Al-Najjar died of injuries he sustained a few days ago after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a group of citizens as they were checking on their homes in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younus.

Yesterday, an Israeli airstrike killed three policemen and injured others as they were protecting humanitarian aid in Al-Shawka town, east of Rafa'h.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on January 19, the IOFs has killed over 110 civilians and injured hundreds.

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Gaza: Two succumb to wounds from Israeli shelling

GAZA, February 17, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinians died on Monday from their wounds they sustained two days ago in the governorates of Rafa'h and Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that the two slain people were injured by the Israeli bullets and shelling in Rafa'h and Khan Younus.

Yesterday evening, local resident Hani 'Awadh Abu 'Halawa (Al-Sha'ir) died from wounds he sustained last Wednesday as a result of the occupation forces' shelling east of Rafa'h city.

The Israeli occupation forces gunboats fired their machine guns towards the beach of Khan Younus city, south of the Strip, and towards the beach of Rafa'h, while the Israeli occupation forces vehicles fired flares into the sky of Al-'Izba area west of Rafa'h.

The Israeli vehicles stationed east of Bait 'Hanoun town, north of the Gaza Strip, also fired their machine guns towards the citizens' lands in the town.

By February 16, and since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has launched a war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 48,271 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 111,693 others, in an incomplete toll, as a number of victims are still under the rubble, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

K.T.

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'Hamas: Netanyahu violates ceasefire obligations, leaning on US plan over Gaza

Monday 17-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, has accused the Israeli occupation government of insisting on violating the ceasefire agreement by not allowing the entry of vital needs to the Gaza Strip and leaning on the new position of the US administration and its plan to displace Gazans.

In a statement on Sunday, 'Hamas spokesman 'Hazim Qasim said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu violated the ceasefire agreement by his refusal to allow the entry of mobile homes and heavy machinery for the removal of rubble.

Spokesman Qasim said that Netanyahu’s decision to backtrack on his obligations under the ceasefire agreement is based on US president Donald Trump’s stated position over Gaza and his plan to relocate its people.

Qasim criticized the US administration’s current position on Gaza, saying that the three phases of the ceasefire agreement were formulated under the sponsorship of the administration of former president Joe Biden.

“It is unreasonable to talk about changing or modifying it as long as things are proceeding according to the agreement,” Qasim stressed.

“Trump’s keenness on having Israeli captives released from the Gaza Strip must be translated into pressuring the occupation and obligating it to honor the agreement instead of making threats and seeking to change it,” the spokesman said.

At the end of his meeting with US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Sunday, Netanyahu parroted recent words made by Trump, who said last week that “the gates of hell would open” if Hamas does not release dozens of remaining captives in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu also did not approve the entry of mobile homes and heavy equipment into the Gaza Strip during Saturday night’s security consultations, in a breach of the ceasefire deal with the Hamas Movement.

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Dr. Abu Salmiya: Gaza’s hospitals lost 40 percent of kidney patients

Monday 17-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Dr. Mohamed Abu Salmiya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, has said that Gaza’s hospitals have lost about 40 percent of their kidney patients due to the shortage of medical supplies.

“There are only three intensive care beds for [kidney] patients in the northern Gaza Strip, in addition to only 20 dialysis machines, despite the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people from the southern governorates to the north of the Strip since the ceasefire started,” Dr. Abu Salmiya added in a statement on Sunday.

“Many patients in intensive care and premature babies are dying due to the shortage of oxygen cylinders,” Dr. Abu Salmiya pointed out.

He warned of the Israeli persistence in disrupting the humanitarian protocol of the ceasefire agreement, stressing the need to provide Gaza’s hospitals with its needs.

Gaza’s hospitals suffer from a severe shortage of oxygen after the Israeli occupation army destroyed 10 central oxygen stations during its genocidal war.

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Rafa'h Municipality: Diesel and equipment shortages threaten delivery of basic services

Monday 17-February-2025

RAFAH, (PIC)

The Rafa'h Municipality in the southern Gaza Strip said on Sunday evening that it is managing a city in distress under extremely difficult conditions, where shortages of diesel and equipment threaten the collapse of basic services.

The Rafa'h Municipality explained in a statement that the fuel scarcity disrupts the operation of vital facilities such as water wells and sewage treatment stations, in addition to halting the necessary equipment for debris removal, further complicating the situation and threatening a real humanitarian disaster.

The municipality noted that it has been able to provide 70,000 liters of diesel, a quantity that is only sufficient for 15 days at a rate of 5,000 liters per day. It highlighted that the crisis has led to the shutdown of many wells that supply the municipality with fuel, threatening to deprive thousands of families of drinking water. The municipality confirmed that its teams are now unable to continue debris removal and road opening due to the fuel shortage, exacerbating the suffering of residents in these dire circumstances.

Under these conditions, the Rafa'h Municipality faces significant challenges in providing basic services to the population, as crews work to operate the bare minimum of services despite limited resources. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continue to prevent the entry of heavy equipment, hindering efforts to remove debris and open streets, delaying the restoration of movement in residential neighborhoods and commercial areas.

A ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance and Israel came into effect on January 19, 2025 after 471 days of genocidal war that resulted in more than 47,000 martyrs, thousands of missing and injured individuals, an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, and widespread destruction of residential buildings, public facilities, and infrastructure.

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 'Hamas: Israeli Ofer prison break-in criminal act

Sunday 16-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, said that “the Israeli break-in into Palestinian prisoners’ cells in Ofer prison and assaulting them is a criminal act that reflects the Israeli terrorist nature.”

“Such attacks came as part of Israel’s brutality against our prisoners and a miserable attempt to restore its shattered prestige,” the Movement said.

'Hamas called for “exposing these Israeli inhuman crimes against Palestinian prisoners.”

Earlier, the Prisoners Media Office reported that special Israeli prison units raided a section of Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and assaulted detainees.

“Prisoners were beaten and sprayed with gas,” the Prisoners Media Office said in a statement.

According to Palestinian human rights organizations, Israel is holding more than 10,000 Palestinians in its prisons.

The Palestinian Commission for Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society also held the Israeli Prison Service accountable “for the lives and fate of thousands of prisoners in Ofer Prison”.

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

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police kidnap two Palestinians in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 17-February-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation police kidnapped two Palestinian citizens, including an ex-detainee, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Sunday.

According to media sources, police officers kidnapped Ya'qoub Abu 'Asab, an ex-detainee, from his workplace in Talpiot neighborhood, southeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The sources added that the police took Abu 'Asab, 52, to the integration center of A-Moskobiya and decided to extend his detention for another day.

Abu 'Asab had already spent a total of 15 years in Israeli jails. The Israeli police also banished him fromAl-Aqsa Mosque for long years, placed him under house arrest, and banned him from entering the holy city for six months.

Israeli police officers also kidnaped another young citizen after assaulting him at the Qalandya checkpoint in northern Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). 

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The Israeli occupation forces kidnap, assault youth in Jerusalem

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem),  February 17, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces Monday kidnapped a young man and assaulted him in the Bab Al-'Amoud area, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces raided the aforementioned area, kidnapped a young man, and severely beat him, causing him to suffer bruises and contusions.

K.T

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 IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Monday 17-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and on Monday morning a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank, amid fierce resistance in northern Toulkarm.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped at least eight citizens during raids in Al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The sources added the IOFs broke into and ransacked several homes in Al-'Arroub camp and attacked cars in its streets.

Local youths reportedly clashed with Israeli forces in the eastern neighborhood of the camp and threw homemade explosive devices at them.

Israeli soldiers also savagely assaulted ex-detainee Iyad Al-Bou and members of his family before kidnaping his sons, Islam and Mu'hammed. He was released recently as part of the prisoner exchange deal between 'Hamas and the Israeli occupation reime.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped seven young men from their homes in Dair Abu Misha’al village and two others from Abu Shukhaydam village. A teenager was reportedly transferred to the hospital after Israeli soldiers severely beat him in Abu Shukhaydam.

Two other citizens were taken prisoners during IOFs raids in the towns of Al-Mazra’ah Al-Sharqiya and Koabar.

In Nablus, the IOFs confiscated a car during a raid in the Old City and kidnaped a teenager from his home in 'Osareen village.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance in Toulkarm showered Israeli occupation forces with bullets after detonating an explosive device at one of their vehicles in Qaffeen town.

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

In a related context, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that the IOFs kidnapped at least 25 citizens, including children and ex-detainees, during an arrest campaign in the West Bank, which started on Sunday evening and continued into Monday morning.

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The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 25 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH, February 17, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped, since yesterday evening until Monday evening, at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank, including children and former prisoners.

The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) reported that the detentions took place in the governorates of Hebron and Ramallah, while the occupation continues to implement its aggression in the governorates of Jineen and Toulkarm for weeks, which is accompanied by ongoing detentions and field investigations, as the number of detentions in Jenin and its camp since the beginning of the invasion has reached 160, while in Toulkarm and its refugee camps, the number of detentions has reached at least 130.

They pointed out that the arrests are accompanied by field executions, field investigations, in addition to attacks and threats against citizens, in addition to carrying out widespread abuse and destruction of infrastructure, and vandalizing and destroying citizens' homes.

K.T.

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 Israeli aggression on Jineen continues for the 28th day in a row

Jineen, February 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

 The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Jineen and its refugee camp for the twenty-eighth consecutive day, which has so far killed 25 Palestinians, and left dozens of injuries, and widespread destruction of infrastructure and property.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation bulldozers began paving new streets in Jineen refugee camp, extending from Mahyoub Street to Jouret Al-Dthahab neighborhood, and from the west of the new camp to 'Abdullah 'Azzam neighborhood, and from Al-Wahdan neighborhood towards Jouret Al-Dthahab, in addition to paving a road from the mountain area to the middle of the camp, and other streets were expanded inside the refugee camp.

She added that the occupation closed part of Mahyoub Street with dirt mounds, and the occupation closed the entrance to the new refugee camp.

Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped more than 150 people in the Jineen refugee camp, and subjected dozens to field investigation, while a large infantry force raided a house belonging to Al-'Aamir family in the vicinity of Al-'Asr Mosque.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed and searched the house of the slain youths Hammam and 'Harith Hashash in the Sa'ada Forest in the city of Jineen, which had previously been notified of demolition last Friday, while the occupation forces continue to deploy in Kharouba neighborhood and the vicinity of the Battikha and Interior roundabouts, and in the vicinity of the Ya'hya 'Ayyash roundabout, where the occupation soldiers detained citizens, checked their identities, and searched their vehicles and bicycles.

With the continuation of the aggression on the Jineen refugee camp, the massive destruction is revealed day after day in the homes, properties, and shops of citizens in the neighborhoods and streets of the camp, while the occupation continues to send military reinforcements accompanied by bulldozers and fuel tankers to the entrances and surroundings of the camp, and the occupation bulldozers continue the work of destruction and demolition and opening streets in several neighborhoods of Jenin camp, and drones continue to fly at low altitudes in the skies of the camp.

K.T.

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Toulkarm: Israeli aggression continues for the 22nd day in a row

RAMALLAH, February 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Toulkarm and its refugee camp for the 22nd consecutive day, and the ninth day on Nour Shams refugee camp, amidst a military escalation accompanied by widespread destruction of infrastructure and demolition of homes.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces sent additional military reinforcements of vehicles and infantry soldiers to the city and its camps, amidst a heavy deployment on Nablus Street that connects the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, coinciding with its seizure of two houses on the aforementioned street, and turning them into military barracks.

She added, quoting eyewitnesses, that the occupation army carried out a large-scale raid campaign on homes in Toulkarm refugee camp last night, and searched them and destroyed their contents, and subjected the residents who remained in their homes to field investigation.

Infantry soldiers were also deployed heavily in the camp's neighborhoods, which they turned into military outposts, while a number of them were stationed in Al-Hadaida neighborhood, while they were randomly firing live bullets and flash bombs, while the occupation bulldozers destroyed the infrastructure in Al-Murabba'a neighborhood in the camp, which is now surrounded by rubble in all its roads and neighborhoods.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces continue the tight siege on Nour Shams refugee camp, which is witnessing a dangerous military escalation, as the occupation bulldozers continue to demolish homes, causing significant damage to the infrastructure and property, accompanied by the firing of live bullets and hearing the sound of explosions.

Yesterday, the occupation forces demolished at least three homes in Al-Manshiya neighborhood on the main street of the camp, including the homes of the slain Palestinian Muhammad Jaber and Imad Al-Din Shahada, accompanied by searches and vandalism operations in the homes while their residents were present, which increases their suffering and the seriousness of the humanitarian situation.

The bulldozing also extended to large parts of the roads in the Dthannaba suburb east of the city, including the vicinity of the Martyrs' Cemetery, near the old mosque, in addition to destroying the Martyrs' Monument, and causing severe damage to the infrastructure.

At the same time, the occupation forces continue to close the gate of the Jabara checkpoint at the southern entrance to the city of Toulkarm for the tenth consecutive day, isolating the city from the villages and towns of Al-Kafriyat, and the rest of the West Bank governorates.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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Illegal Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), February 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), this Monday morning, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.

Local sources reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, under the protection of the occupation forces, which tightened their military measures at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians’ property, steal their sheep near Nablus

Monday 17-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on Monday morning citizens’ homes in the town of Jaloud, south of Nablus, in the northern the West Bank.

Footage showed the effects of destruction due to settlers’ attacks on citizens’ homes and vehicles in the town.

The attacking extremist settlers assaulted the farmer Zahi Bani Mina and his sons, in the Al-Afjam area east of Aqraba town in Nablus and stole more than 50 heads of sheep.

Palestinian towns in the West Bank have been recently exposed to escalated attacks by Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, including attacking the homes of citizens, shooting at people, attacking their property, and bulldozing their lands for settlement expansion.

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Illegal Israeli settlers graze sheep on Palestinian land near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), February 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday grazed their sheep on agricultural lands in Ras Al-'Auja area, north of Aree'ha (Jericho) and the Jordan Valley Governorate.

'Aarif Daraghma, a human rights activist in the Jordan Valley, explained to WAFA that colonists from the colonial outposts near the Al-'Auja spring grazed their sheep on the crops of the residents of the Ain Al-Auja agricultural community, north of the city of Jericho.

He pointed out that the colonists have intensified their restrictions on citizens in Bedouin communities in Al-'Auja during the current year, in order to exploit the water and displace the residents.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack homes, properties of Palestinians near Nablus

NABLUS, February 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked, at dawn on Monday, homes and properties of Palestinian citizens in the villages of Douma', Aqraba and Jurish, in Nablus Governorate.

Security and local sources told WAFA that a group of colonists attacked the village of Duma and vandalized a poultry farm belonging to citizen Tha-ir Fat'hi Ibraheem Dawabsha.

The same sources added that the colonists broke the windows of the house of citizen Ibrahim Fat'hi Dawabsha, and threw stones at a vehicle in the area, which led to the shattering of its glass.

Meanwhile, colonists attacked citizens' homes in the village of Jurish, and threw stones at them, which led to the shattering of some of the glass.

No injuries were reported, however.

The illegal Israeli settlers also attacked the village of 'Aqraba, south of Nablus, and assaulted local resident Zahi Fahmi Bani Munya and his sons, in the Afjam area, and stole dozens of sheep.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented 2,161 attacks carried out by the occupation forces and terrorist colonists  during the month of January 2025.

In its monthly report on "occupation violations and colonial expansion measures," it explained that the occupation forces carried out 1,786 attacks, while the colonists carried out 375 attacks, ranging from armed attacks on Palestinian towns and villages to imposing facts on the ground, field executions, vandalism, bulldozing lands, uprooting trees, seizing property, closures, and military checkpoints that sever the ties of Palestinian geography.

K.T.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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AU leaders call for an end to normalization with Israel

Sunday 16-February-2025

ADDIS ABABA, (PIC)

African Union (AU) leaders have issued a strong condemnation of Israeli aggression in Gaza, urging member states to halt cooperation and normalization with Israel.

This came during the 38th African Union Summit which was held for two days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally, the summit’s final statement read.

“We call for an end to cooperation and normalization with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine.”

The final statement of the Arab League leaders also emphasized the need to prosecute the Israeli war criminals for committing crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

The African Union’s position aligns with increasing global scrutiny of Israel’s actions, as international bodies, including the International Court of Justice (ICJ), consider cases related to genocide and war crimes.

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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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