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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Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Shifts to the West Bank, with 20 Buildings Blown Up in Jineen, the Death Toll in Gaza Rises to 47,498 and Injuries to 111,592

February 2, 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 2, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 58,498+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (47,498), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,000+). 

By February 2, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,592.

By February 2, 2025, 888 Palestinians who were killed, 6,784 who were injured, and 11,064*, 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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Mu'hammed A'hmad 'Hudoosh, a first sergeant in the Customs Police of the Palestinian Authority, was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Al-'Arroub refugee camp, in Al-Khaleel, February 2, 2025.	Palestinian 73-year-old elderly man, Waleed La'hlou'h, was killed in cold blood by the Israeli occupation soldiers in the Jineen refugee camp, on February 2, 2025 pic
The Israeli occupation forces targeted a vehicle on Al-Rasheed Street, killing a child and injuring several civilians in a fresh violation of the ceasefire in Gaza, February 2, 2025.	Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli occupation regime prisons have been systematically subjected to torture, medical neglect, starvation, and lack of medication, February 2, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces blew up 20 buildings owned by Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, during their ongoing assault on the city and the camp, February 2, 2025.	Five Palestinian citizens were killed by an Israeli genocidal drone air strikes on various neighborhoods of Jineen, in the West Bank, on February 2, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian families continue to return to northern Gaza Strip, despite the Israeli mass destruction of their homes and neighborhoods, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the coastal territory, February 2, 2025.	Video of the Israeli occupation forces blowing up 20 buildings owned by Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, during their ongoing assault on the city and the camp, February 2, 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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Death toll in Gaza rises to 47,498 amid Israeli genocide of Palestinians

GAZA, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The death toll in Gaza has risen to 47,498, with the majority being women and children, since the start of the Israeli genocide in October 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry further reported that the number of injuries has reached 111,592, and many victims remain still trapped under the rubble. Thousands of victims are still buried, awaiting rescue.

In the past 24 hours, 11 new fatalities were reported, including nine bodies recovered from the debris and two individuals succumbing to their injuries. Additionally, four more injuries were reported in local hospitals due to the ongoing Israeli attacks.

The Ministry also highlighted the ongoing difficulty faced by emergency teams and civil defense personnel in reaching several affected areas, as many victims remain trapped in debris or along the streets.

K.T.

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Palestinian killed by IOFs gunfire in southern Gaza

Monday 3-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was martyred on Sunday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him in Al-Shawka town, east of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, Sala'h as-Soufi was shot dead by the IOFs gunfire in Al-Shawka town.

Meanwhile, a number of civilians, including a child, were injured in Israeli strikes in the west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza and 'Abasan town in Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

In addition, medical sources said that a little girl, called Raneem A'hmed Sha'ath, died of a serious injury she had sustained by an Israeli genocidal air strike on her home in Rafa'h, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Her father and her unborn brother, who was inside her mother’s womb, were already killed in the same Israeli air strike.

Bodies of nine citizens were found and evacuated to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Sunday.

11 martyrs added to the death toll

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Palestinian child killed in new Israeli violation of Gaza ceasefire deal

Sunday 2-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) targeted a vehicle on Al-Rasheed Street, west of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing a child and injuring several civilians in a fresh violation of the ceasefire in Gaza.

Local sources affirmed that a child was proclaimed dead following a drone attack on a civilian vehicle on the coastal Rashid Street. Several other people were injured during the attack.

The Israeli drone fired two missiles targeting a vehicle traveling on the coastal Al-Rasheed Street near the Wadi Gaza Bridge area, northwest of Al-Nusayrat refugee  camp, the sources added.

In another new violation, the IOFs opened fire on Palestinian homes east of Al-Buraij refugee camp and in the eastern neighborhoods of Rafa'h city.

Along the same line, the Palestinian health ministry has announced the recovery of 11 more bodies across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Israeli genocidal war victims to 47,498 since October 7, 2023.

The bodies of 11 martyrs arrived in Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours in addition to 4 injuries, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.

The ministry said that the number of martyrs in Gaza since the Israeli genocide war was launched on the Strip on October 7, 2023, thus reached 47,498 while the number of injured surged to 111,592.

It said that unspecified numbers of casualties are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

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'Hamas calls on the Red Cross to protect Palestinian prisoners’ rights

Sunday 2-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

'Hamas called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to protect Palestinian prisoners’ rights based on the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols, confirming that the torture, medical neglect, starvation, and lack of medication that they endure is a full-fledged war crime.

The horrifying testimonies of the released prisoners, the confirmation that they were abused and beaten both days before and up until the final hour of their release, as well as the various forms of physical and psychological torture, medical neglect, starvation, deprivation of medication, and deprivation they endure in the occupation prisons, “constitute a full-fledged war crime and a brutal violation of international laws related to prisoners by the occupation government,” the Movement said in a letter to the Red Cross.

“The International Committee of the Red Cross must step up its efforts to monitor the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in light of the Hebrew media’s confirmation of the cruel treatment that the released inmates endure at the hands of the Zionist Prison Service and occupation soldiers.”

Hamas demanded that the international organization forward its reports to the appropriate international bodies and endeavor to guarantee that their rights are respected in compliance with international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and their supplementary protocols.

In addition, the Movement emphasized that the occupation’s continued crimes against Palestinians and their prisoners in jails “will only increase our determination to continue on the path of resistance until the occupation is removed from our land and our holy sites and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.” These crimes demonstrate how the occupation deviates from human values and international law.

Earlier, the Red Cross condemned Israel’s treatment of recently released Palestinian prisoners, who reported severe beatings, death threats, and inhumane conditions before their freedom.

Red Cross expressed outrage over “the way the Israel Prison Service led the prisoners out of Ketziot on Saturday morning – handcuffed with their hands above their heads, wearing a bracelet inscribed with the phrase, ‘the eternal people never forget’.”

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Director of Gaza Hospitals: 12,000 injured Palestinian in Gaza in urgent need of treatment abroad

Sunday 2-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Mu'hammed Zaqout, the Director General of Hospitals at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, stated that more than 6,000 cases, including patients and injured victims of Israel’s recent aggression, are ready to travel outside Gaza for medical treatment.

In a special statement to the Qatari News Agency (QNA) on Sunday, he added that over 12,000 patients and injured individuals are in desperate need of treatment abroad due to the limited capabilities of Gaza’s hospitals and the collapse of the healthcare system as a result of ongoing Israeli targeting during the genocide against the Strip, which has lasted for over 15 months.

Zaqout’s remarks to QNA came just hours before 46 patients and injured individuals, along with their companions, left Gaza through the Rafa'h border crossing with Egypt, marking the second day of the crossing’s reopening following the implementation of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Zaqout explained that the small number of cases permitted to exit Gaza daily, starting from Saturday, will not allow for all urgent and emergency cases to be treated, expressing hope for an increase in numbers soon. He spoke of many critical and complicated medical cases that urgently need medical interventions not available in the hospitals of the Strip, noting that a technical committee has been reviewing these cases for months to follow up on their medical transfers.

The Director General of Hospitals indicated that 50 injured children and their companions crossed into Egypt from the Rafah border on Saturday, following the submission of a list of names to the relevant parties.

Zaqout mentioned that there was a phone communication with the patients and companions to arrange travel procedures, pointing out that the Palestinian Ministry of Health’s demands included transferring patients and injured individuals to other countries in addition to Egypt, but there has been no mechanism to organize this so far. Therefore, it was agreed that their treatment would take place in Egyptian hospitals, and he called for accommodating more individuals in other countries so that Palestinian patients and injured individuals can receive their right to medical treatment.

For the first time since the Rafa'h border crossing with Egypt was closed following its occupation by Israeli forces in early May, 2024 amid the war that erupted on October 7, 2023, a number of patients and injured children left for Egypt to receive treatment in its hospitals on Saturday.

According to the terms of the ceasefire in Gaza, which came into effect on January 19, 2025, 50 injured individuals and patients, along with their companions, will be allowed to exit Gaza daily through the Rafa'h crossing in the far south of the besieged Gaza Strip.

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

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Five Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jineen

Sunday 2-February-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Five Palestinian citizens were martyred on Saturday evening in Israeli airstrikes on different areas of Jineen.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, two citizens were killed when an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle they were riding in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin City.

The Red Crescent said its ambulances evacuated bodies of two persons from Jenin’s eastern neighborhood following an airstrike.

The martyrs were identified as Tammam Al-Sa'di and Nour Al-Sa'di.

Another Israeli drone strike bombed a car in the western neighborhood of Qabatya town, south of Jenin. The attack killed two citizens, injured passersby and damaged nearby cars.

Local sources in the town identified the martyrs as Sali'h Zakarnah and 'Abd(ullah) 'Alawna, resistance fighters from the Qabatya Brigade.

Earlier before sunset, an Israeli airstrike targeted a gathering of citizens near Al-Sa'di Diwan (guesthouse) in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin City, killing a 16-year-old kid called A'hmed Al-Sa'di and injuring two young men.

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Palestinian youth killed, others injured by Israeli gunfire during raid on refugee camp north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth was shot and killed and several others were injured on Sunday by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire during a military raid on the Al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces stormed the camp, deploying snipers on the rooftops of several homes and the windows of a mosque and attacking residents with live fire and tear gas canisters. A youth, 27, was shot and seriously injured in the abdomen.

The twenty-seven-year-old youth, a first Sergeant in the Customs Police Authority who was identified as Mu'hammed A'hmed 'Hudoosh, was rushed to the Bait Fajjar Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Confrontations broke out with Israeli forces in the camp following the killing of 'Hudoosh, resulting in the injury of four young men by live ammunition in their lower limbs. They were taken to hospital for treatment.

Abdul 'Hayy Jawabra, an activist in the Al-'Arroub camp, said that Israeli incursions into the camp have notably intensified in recent weeks.

He further explained that Israeli forces have reinforced their blockade of the main and secondary entrances to the camp, severely hindering residents' access to medical centers and hospitals outside.

T.R.

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Palestinian elderly man cold-bloodedly killed by IOFs gunfire in Jineen

Sunday 2-February-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian elderly man was martyred on Sunday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at him in Jineen refugee camp, north of the West Bank.

The Red Crescent said that an ambulance crew evacuated the body of an elderly man to a hospital in Jineen City after he was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces at the main entrance of Jineen refugee camp.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the martyr as 73-year-old Waleed La'hlou'h.

His family said that La'hlou'h went to check on his house in Jineen refugee camp and bring some of his needs when he was shot dead in cold blood by one of the IOFs snipers who were deployed inside citizens’ homes.

The new martyr has brought to 25 the number of the Palestinian citizens killed by the IOFs since its operation in Jineen province started 13 days ago.

Meanwhile, the IOFs forced more families to evacuate their homes in Jenin camp, while local officials said that about 100 homes had been completely destroyed by Israeli forces during their ongoing operation in Jineen refugee camp.

In a related context, hospitals and 35 percent of the citizens inJineen City have been suffering from severe water shortage after the IOFs destroyed water pipelines in their neighborhoods.

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Israeli occupation forces blow up numerous buildings in Jineen refugee camp

Jineen, February 2, 2025 –

 Israeli occupation forces blew up on Sunday numerous buildings owned by Palestinians in the Jineen refugee camp, according to WAFA correspondent.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces simultaneously blew up nearly 20 buildings on the eastern side of the camp after rigging them with explosives.

The blasts were so powerful that they were heard across the city of Jenin and parts of surrounding towns in the governorate.

The director of Jineen Government Hospital, Wisam Baker, told WAFA that some sections of the hospital were damaged due to the explosions, however, no casualties were reported.

The residential buildings in Jenin refugee camp are built vertically, with each structure containing multiple apartments. As a result, a large number of families have been displaced due to the demolitions.

The Israeli aggression on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp continued today for the 13th consecutive day, resulting in the killing of 25 Palestinians, the injury of dozens of others, and the detention of numerous more, along with widespread destruction of property and infrastructure.

Approximately 15,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from the Jenin refugee camp and the Al-Hadaf neighborhood by the occupation, forcing them to seek refuge in several villages and towns across the governorate.

The city’s hospitals are grappling with a severe water shortage due to the targeting and destruction of water supply lines by Israeli forces. Approximately 35% of the city's population is struggling with a lack of access to water.

T.R.

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Israeli forces continue their military onslaught south of Tubas, destroying infrastructure and detaining residents

Toubas, 2 February 2025 –

 Israeli occupation forces continued on Sunday evening their military onslaught on the town of Tammoun and the Fari'a refugee camp south of Tubas for more than 15 consecutive hours, escalating their military operations throughout the areas.

Since the early moments of the incursion, Israeli bulldozers have been demolishing roads and infrastructure in Tammoun and Fari'a refugee camp, while also obstructing several secondary routes by placing dirt barriers.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces conducted widespread raids on homes in these areas, forcing several residents to leave their homes, which were then converted into military outposts.

In addition to these measures, Israeli bulldozers destroyed a critical water pipeline between 'Attoof and Tammoun areas, further exacerbating the already dire conditions.

Medical sources confirmed that Israeli occupation forces obstructed Palestinian Red Crescent teams from reaching a patient within Fair'a refugee Camp, effectively preventing the transfer of the individual to a hospital in Tubas.

Meanwhile, Kamel Bani Ouda, Director of the Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in Tubas, reported that Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians from Tammoun, Toubas and Fari'a Camp during the ongoing operation.

Israeli forces continued today to send military reinforcements to the area, with reconnaissance aircraft maintaining a presence in the sky at medium altitude.

In a related development, special Israeli units infiltrated Toubas city, raiding a house before being followed by reinforcements. The forces eventually withdrew from the area.

T.R. 

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Israeli forces assault two journalists on duty in Jineen

Jineen, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The occupation forces attacked two journalists on Sunday evening while they were covering the bombing of houses and residential areas in Jineen refugee camp.

Eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces destroyed the camera and filming equipment of journalists 'Amr Manasra and Obada Tahayina while they were filming the moments after the bombing of about 20 houses in Jenin camp.

It is worth noting that the occupation's aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp continues for the 13th consecutive day, leaving 25 martyrs and dozens of injuries.

K.T.

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Red Crescent rescues elderly man after seven days of siege on Toulkarm refugee camp

Toulkarm, February 2, 2025 –

Palestinian Red Crescent teams successfully saved on Sunday night an elderly man from the Toulkarm refugee camp after he endured seven days of isolation without food, water, or medical care, as Israeli forces continued their siege on the area.

The rescue operation, led by the director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Toulkarm, Manal Al-'Hafi, brought relief to 70-year-old Abdul Kareem Al-'Oafi, who was trapped in his home during the Israeli military’s ongoing onslaught.

The elderly man was unable to receive assistance due to the blockade and the Israeli forces' restrictions on humanitarian access. By the time PRCS teams reached Al-'Oafi, his condition had significantly worsened, which necessitated his immediate transfer to the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, before being moved to one of his relative’s homes.

The continued siege on the Tulkarem refugee camp has led to a dire humanitarian crisis, with complete disruption of essential services such as water, electricity, communications and internet. In addition, hundreds of families have been displaced after being forcibly evicted from their homes by the Israeli forces.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces inform family their house will be bombed

Jineen, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces notified a Palestinian family that their house in the eastern neighborhood of the city of Jineen would be bombed.

The occupation army told the family of the young man Qusay Al-Sa'di that their house would be blown up.

Local sources said that the occupation forces informed Qusay Al-Sa'di's father of their intention to bomb their three-story house in the eastern neighborhood of the city, if his son Qusay did not surrender after they said he was wanted by the occupation authorities.

The occupation forces had blown up a large number of houses in the Jenin camp today after booby-trapping them as part of the ongoing aggression on the Jenin camp and city for the 13th consecutive day.

K.T.

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Israeli police detain hundreds of Palestinians workers inside the Palestinian 48-occupied territory

RAMALLAH, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police detained on Sunday 432 Palestinian workers inside the Palestinian 1948 territory today.

Local sources said that the Israeli police launched a wide-scale campaign of raids throughout the 1948 territories, during which they detained 432 workers from the West Bank on the pretext of "residence without permits."

The Israeli police continue to pursue Palestinian workers on the pretext of "residence without permits."

As part of its war on the West Bank, Israel has been preventing about 200,000 Palestinian workers from entering and working in the 1948 territories since October 7, 2023.

K.T.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians, assault students in the West Bank

Sunday 2-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and on Sunday morning a number of Palestinian citizens and assaulted girl students in the West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men after raiding their homes in Dair Qaddees town, west of Ramallah.

Four other citizens were kidnapped during IOFs raids in the towns of Kafr Ni’ma, Kafr Malik, and Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya in Ramallah province.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces kidnapped two citizens from Atteel town and al-Jarushiya village and two others from Tulkarem refugee camp.

Another citizen was taken prisoner at a makeshift IOFs checkpoint near Jineen.

In a separate incident, Israeli occupation soldiers severely beat Palestinian female students at the Container checkpoint as they were going to their school in the south of the West Bank.

A citizen was also injured by IOF gunfire in Jineen City’s al-Jaberiyat neighborhood during the ongoing Israeli army operation in the area.

In Toubas, the IOF kidnapped a young man from his home in Tammoun town.

The IOF also prevented an ambulance from reaching a heart patient in Fari’ah refugee camp in Toubas and confiscated its keys.

At dawn, the IOF launched a large-scale campaign in Fari’ah refugee camp and Tammoun town in Tubas, north of the West Bank.

Local sources said that a large number of IOF vehicles, including D9 bulldozers, stormed Fari’ah camp and Tammoun town, adding that Israeli soldiers stormed many homes and businesses.

The sources also said that Israeli occupation forces used several homes as military posts and watchtowers after forcing their residents to leave them in Fari’ah and Tammoun.

The IOFs also set up a checkpoint on Al-'Ashareen road between Fari’ah and Toubas and deployed forces in Al-Jabal area and Dar Abu Khayoun neighborhood, where they expelled the family of Abu Matar from its home before turning it into a military post.

Israeli occupation forces also forced other families to leave their homes in Al-Jabal area of Tammoun town.

The Israeli military operation in Toubas took place a few hours after forces from the Palestinian Authority (PA) security services dismantled explosive devices placed in the area by the Palestinian resistance to detonate them at IOFs vehicles.

PA security personnel in civilian cars reportedly spread in Fari’ah camp and encircled a house near Al-Taw'heed Mosque in Toubas City before the IOFs stormed the area.

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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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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque

Sunday 2-February-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Scores of the illegal Israeli extremist settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Sunday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to local sources, at least 117 settlers, including 32 religious students, entered the Mosque through Al-Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.

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Illegal Israeli settlers discharge sewage water onto Palestinian-owned agricultural lands east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), February 2, 2025 –

A group of the illegal Israel settlers pumped on Sunday night sewage water onto Palestinian-owned agricultural lands in Kisan village southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a local official.

Ahmad Ghazal, the Secretary of the Fatah movement in Kisan, told WAFA that extremist colonists from a nearby illegal colonial outpost intentionally pumped sewage onto farmlands in the al-Tina area southeast of the said village.

Ghazal emphasized that this harmful act has become a frequent tactic by colonists, causing significant health hazards. It also prevents the landowners from cultivating crops such as wheat and barley and negatively affects livestock farming, he added.

 Furthermore, the sewage discharge has resulted in the killing of three sheep.

Since the outbreak of Israeli aggression on October 7th, 2023, violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased. This indiscriminate violence has sparked widespread international condemnation. In response, several nations have imposed sanctions on Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of aggression in the West Bank.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian near the Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israel settlers attacked a Palestinian citizen in Al-'Ain Al-'Hilwa in the northern Jordan Valley on Sunday evening.

Local sources said that a number of colonists raided the homes of local resident Mu'hammed Adil Daraghma and assaulted him.

The area frequently witnesses attacks by colonists under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.

K.T.

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West Bank mosque, tractor, burned by the illegal Israeli settlers

Sunday 2-February-2025

Aree'ha (Jericho), (PIC)

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to a mosque and a tractor in 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat village, north of Aree'ha (Jericho) in the occupied West Bank, destroying them completely at dawn Sunday.

Eyewitnesses said that settlers infiltrated into the village in a car and set ablaze the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat Mosque and a tractor before fleeing from the area.

It is believed that the settlers poured an inflammable substance inside the mosque before setting it alight.

Footage showed the flames engulfing the entire mosque, which sustained considerable damage.

Villagers said that it was hard for civil defense crews and fire trucks to reach their village to extinguish the flames.

The 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat villagers face frequent attacks by Jewish settlers, who attack them and their property and steal and kill their livestock.

The villagers live in a daily existential struggle against government-backed settlers, who work on forcing Palestinian residents to leave their villages and towns in the West Bank, especially in the Jordan Valley, Masafir Yatta and Nablus.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces Palestinian to demolish his own store near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

 The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forced a Palestinians citizen to demolish his commercial store in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, southeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate said, in a brief statement, that the occupation municipality forced local resident Mu'hammed Khalayleh to demolish his commercial store, with an area of ​​24 square meters, in the schools neighborhood of the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, under the pretext of building without a permit.

K.T

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Israeli occupation forces tighten measures at Al-Khaleel (Hebron) entrances

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), February 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces attacked a number of Palestinian citizens at the entrance to the town of Idhna, and closed the northern entrance to the city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), and several towns in the governorate.

Local sources said that the occupation forces stopped a number of young men at the entrance to the town of Idhna, and assaulted them after detaining them, while continuing to close the gate that has been set up at the entrance to the town for more than a year, and firing bullets and toxic gas at citizens and their vehicles on a daily basis.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces tightened the military measures at the checkpoint set up near the northern entrance to the city of Hebron, and stopped and searched citizens' vehicles and obstructed traffic, which caused a stifling traffic crisis.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces raid, close headquarters of Palestine Red Crescent Society in Toulkarm

Toulkarm, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces raided and closed on Sunday evening the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) near Thabit Thabit Government Hospital in central Toulkarm, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to PRCS sources.

Sources within PRCS reported that Israeli soldiers detained staff members inside the premises, barred field teams from accessing the site and locked the doors, effectively halting their ability to perform their essential humanitarian duties.

Earlier, Israeli forces attacked the Red Crescent's Disaster Risk Management team while they were attempting to evacuate two elderly women, one of whom has limited mobility, from Tulkarem refugee camp. Despite the evacuation being pre-coordinated as part of a humanitarian mission, the forces obstructed their efforts.

Additionally, two staff members were detained while carrying out their duties in Al-Muqata'a neighborhood of the refugee camp.

The Israeli occupation forces continued today to impose a siege on Thabit Thabit Government Hospital and Al-Israa Specialist Hospital, obstructing the movement of ambulances and medical personnel and subjecting them to extensive field inspections and interrogations, thereby disrupting vital medical services.

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Arab League Secretary-General: Forced displacement of Palestinians poses an existential threat to Palestinian cause

CAIRO, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A'hmed Abul Ghait, Secretary-General of the Arab League, asserted that the forced displacement of Palestinians poses an existential threat to the Palestinian cause.

He pointed out that Israel’s objective is to render the Gaza Strip uninhabitable, thereby setting the stage for a scenario that is not only unacceptable but also in direct violation of international law.

This came during a meeting held on Sunday with Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, at the Arab League headquarters.

During the meeting, Abul Ghait emphasized that the rational and humanitarian alternative lies in amplifying and expediting relief efforts, while simultaneously preparing for the reconstruction of Gaza.

Abul Ghait reiterated that the two-state solution remains the sole path to achieving long-term peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis.

He stressed that without concrete efforts to establish a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, the region would remain perpetually at risk of spiraling into further cycles of violence.

The discussions also centered on the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, underscoring the necessity of solidifying the ceasefire agreement, while urgently accelerating the relief efforts to address the unprecedented scale of destruction in the Strip.

T.R.

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UN Expert: Over 90% of schools in Gaza destroyed, education system in ruins

NEW YORK, February 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Farida Shaheed, has reported that more than 90% of schools in Gaza have been completely or partially destroyed, rendering them inoperable. She stated that schools were repeatedly attacked even after being turned into shelters for civilians.

In a statement on Monday, Shaheed emphasized that the recovery of Gaza’s education system primarily depends on ending the war and the Israeli occupation.

She used the term "scholasticide" to describe the deliberate and total destruction of the education system in Gaza during the Israeli war. This term, she explained, refers to the systematic obliteration of education infrastructure and institutions.

While the second semester of the school year began in Palestinian territories on Sunday, education in Gaza remains completely halted since Israel launched its war on October 7, 2023.

Israel's genocide has destroyed the majority of schools in Gaza, including both government-run institutions and those operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The remaining schools have been turned into shelters for thousands of displaced families, making the resumption of education nearly impossible.

Shaheed also pointed out to the destruction of all universities in Gaza, the bombing of 13 libraries, and the complete annihilation of the central archive containing 150 years of Gaza’s historical records.

"Education is not just about acquiring skills; it is also about developing self-understanding, collective identity, social unity, and moving forward together," she said. "This is what is being deliberately destroyed in Gaza. Teachers and students have endured immense trauma during Israel’s assault."

To address the crisis, Shaheed called for large-scale scholarship programs for Palestinian students and emphasized the need to harness the knowledge and expertise of highly educated Palestinians in the diaspora.

"The Palestinian people have shown remarkable resilience," she added. "Even if it takes a generation or two, they will recover—but only if they are allowed to live in peace and rebuild their lives on their own terms."

She further revealed that 10 children in Gaza lost limbs every day during the war, with amputations often performed without anesthesia. "More than a million children and all educators will require urgent psychological and social counseling," she concluded.

M.N.

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UN Rapporteur: The situation in Gaza has reached unprecedented proportions not seen in modern history

New York, 2 February 2025 –

Reem Al-Salim, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, remarked that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached unprecedented proportions not seen in modern history.

In a press statement on Sunday, Al-Salim stressed that Israel’s attacks on Palestinian women form part of a systematic strategy of genocide, asserting that the killing of Palestinian women simply because of their gender constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity.

The UN expert further underscored that the deliberate targeting of women and the destruction of reproductive health services are being weaponized as tools of Israeli genocide in Gaza.

She stressed that a comprehensive review of Israel's actions reveals that the deliberate targeting of Palestinians' reproductive capacity is a key aspect of this strategy.

Al-Salim referred to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which also prohibits acts of genocide aimed at preventing reproduction within a particular group.

She elaborated that when considered together, the destruction of the healthcare system, the abandonment of newborns to their fate and the creation of intolerable conditions for pregnant and breastfeeding women all serve as instruments of Israeli genocidal violence, aimed at the total or partial destruction of the Palestinian population.

Al-Salim also addressed the catastrophic effects of the ongoing attacks on women and children, citing data from the United Nations Population Fund.

She noted that approximately 800,000 women have been forcibly displaced from their homes, and nearly one million women and girls are suffering from severe food insecurity.

The UN official further highlighted that the rate of abortion has surged by 300% due to the lack of adequate medical care, the psychological trauma and the ongoing bombings.

This goes beyond genocide, she said, adding that it involves premeditated killing and the complete erosion of legal norms of armed conflict.

T.R.

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UN Special Rapporteur: Israel's actions in the West Bank are criminal

NEW YORK, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories slammed Israel's actions in the West Bank as “criminal.”

“The genocidal intent is evident in the way Israel targets the totality of the Palestinians,” she said in a post on X.

She pointed out that she had warned the UNGA about this in her last report in October 2024.

She added that the genocidal intent is evident in the way Israel targets the totality of the Palestinian people and the entirety of the occupied Palestinian territory, which Israel claims is exclusively designated for Jewish self-determination.

The UN official called on the international community to intervene and halt the ongoing destruction, which she stated has expanded to encompass all occupied territories, not just Gaza.

“It's past the time to intervene to stop it.”

T.R.

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Slovenian foreign minister affirms absolute rejection of forced displacement of Palestinians

AMMAN, February 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, affirmed that the forced displacement of Palestinians and the illegal annexation of the West Bank are “absolutely unacceptable.”

This statement was made by the Slovenian Foreign Minister following a meeting with her Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Al-Safadhi, in the capital, Amman, as part of an undisclosed-duration official visit to the Kingdom.

Fajon stressed the absolute rejection of any forcible displacement of Palestinians to Jordan or Egypt.

She further deemed the forced displacement of Palestinians a violation of international humanitarian law.

T.R.

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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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