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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3 Palestinian Infants Freeze to Death in Gaza, Due to the Israeli Restrictions on the Entry of Tents and Fuel, the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Rises to 48,346 and the Injuries to 111,759

February 24, 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 24, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 62,078+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (48,346), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,742+). 

By February 24, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,759.

By February 24, 2025, 906 Palestinians who were killed, 6,842 who were injured, and 11,288*, 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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The Palestinian citizen, Mus'ab Haniya, 35, who was kidnapped in Gaza City by the Israeli occupation forces, died in an Israeli occupation prison, February 24, 2025.	Three newborn children died in Gaza City, due to the severe cold and lack of appropriate shelter, as they were living in displacement tents with no heating tools, February 24, 2025.
The Israeli occupation regime continues to commit heinous crimes against the Palestinian prisoners, who are subjected to systematic torture crimes in the Israeli occupation prisons, February 24, 2025.	Several Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip caught fire after the Israeli occupation army launched attacks on some neighborhoods in Rafa'h and Gaza City, February 24, 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 nears 48,350 as more bodies found in rubble

By Muhammed Majid and Rania Abu Shammala  

Anadolu, 24.02.2025     

GAZA CITY, Palestine

Palestinian medics and rescue teams retrieved five more bodies from the rubble in the Gaza Strip, pushing the overall death toll from Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023 to 48,346, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Monday.

A Ministry statement said that the toll also included two Palestinians killed (in addition to three children who froze to death and a Political prisoner)  by Israeli army fire in the last 24 hours.

Some 111,759 others were injured in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 2023, the Health Ministry added.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the ministry said.

A ceasefire agreement has been in place in Gaza since Jan. 19, pausing the Israeli war that has caused widespread destruction and left the Palestinian enclave in ruins.

Despite the ceasefire, the Gaza local authorities reported almost daily ceasefire violations by the Israeli army.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave. 

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Three newborns freeze to death in Gaza, more martyrs recovered from under the rubble

Monday 24-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday the death of three newborn children during the past hours due to severe cold and lack of shelter.

The medical director of the Patient Friends Hospital, Sa'eed Sala'h, said in statements reported by Sanad news agency that the three children did not exceed two months of age, and that they were living in displacement tents inside Gaza City with no heating tools.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the transfer of seven newly recovered bodies of martyrs in addition to six injuries to Gaza hospitals during the past 24 hours.

The ministry explained in a statement on Monday that five of the martyrs were recovered from under the rubble of destroyed houses during the Israeli annihilation war and two others died of their wounds while six were injured in Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

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Rights groups: Palestinian political prisoner dies in Israeli prison

Monday 24-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that a Gaza resident, Mus'ab Haniya, 35, has died in an Israeli occupation regime prison.

The Israeli occupation army in a response confirmed Haniyah’s death in January but made no mention of the cause, the rights groups added.

He did not suffer from any health problems before his arrest, according to his family. The rights groups said Haniya was arrested from 'Hamad City on March 3, 2024.

“The occupation indicates that an investigation is underway in an attempt to evade any international accountability,” the joint statement added.

According to Palestinian figures, at least 59 detainees have died in Israeli prisons since Oct. 7, 2023, including 38 prisoners from Gaza.

Thousands of Palestinians are believed to have been detained by the Israeli army in Gaza during its genocidal war on the enclave.

Human rights organizations have warned that more prisoners might die in Israeli prisons amid systematic torture, starvation, medical neglect, physical assaults, and sexual violence against the detainees.

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Fires break out at homes in Gaza following Israeli attacks

Monday 24-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Several Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip caught fire on Monday after the Israeli occupation army launched attacks on some neighborhoods.

According to eyewitnesses, Israeli drones and tanks opened fire at homes in central Rafa'h, setting several of them ablaze.

Israeli gunfire was also reported in the eastern parts of Gaza City. No one was reportedly hurt in the Israeli attacks.

The new attacks came despite the ceasefire agreement that took effect in Gaza last month, pausing Israel’s genocidal war that killed more than 48,300 people and left the enclave in ruins.

The Palestinian authorities in Gaza have already reported over 350 Israeli ceasefire breaches since January 19, including the killing of 92 people and the injury of 822 others in Israeli attacks.

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Rafa'h Municipality: Israel continues to violate ceasefire truce

Monday 24-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The mayor of Rafa'h, Ahmed Al-Sufi, said that the Israeli occupation army continues to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, by opening fire on the municipality crews working south of the city.

Earlier Sunday, the Rafa'h municipality crews were directly targeted and came under heavy Israeli gunfire while carrying out their humanitarian work in removing rubble and opening roads in the Al-Salam neighborhood south of the city.

Al-Sufi stressed that the municipality crews are only doing their purely humanitarian work while racing against time to remove rubble and open streets to facilitate the movement of citizens.

He explained that the municipality crews are doing their best despite the lack of capabilities and the growing risks.

“The occupation does not want to see life return to our city, and insists that Rafa'h remain hostage to rubble and suffering.”

“These attacks will not deter us from continuing our duty towards our city and our people. We will continue to work, and we will restore life to Rafa'h, no matter the cost.”

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

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IOFs escalate attacks in West Bank

Monday 24-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued their extensive aggression in the West Bank, mainly in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and Ramallah, at dawn Monday.

Local sources said that the IOFs violently stormed al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.

Similar raids were carried out in Silwad and Koabar towns in Ramallah, and Burqeen town west of Jineen.

Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted in Silat Al-Harithiya town, west of Jenin, after being stormed by IOFs.

Israeli forces were also deployed in large numbers in the Nour Shams refugee camp in Toulkarm, and Qabatya town south of Jineen.

The IOFs also arrested two brothers after raiding their home in Al-Mamoun Street in Nablus.

The Israeli occupation army has been conducting military operations in the northern West Bank since last month, killing at least 60 people and displacing thousands.

The raids were the latest in Israel’s ongoing military escalation in the West Bank where at least 923 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 7,000 injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers since the start of the onslaught against the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The International Court of Justice declared in July that Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, demanding the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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Israeli occupation forces detain five Palestinians from West Bank

NABLUS, February 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday evening detained at least five Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, according to security sources.

They said that special Israeli forces sneaked their way to Tunisia Street, west of the Nablus, and rounded up a youth from his store.

Also in the Nablus governorate, Israeli occupation soldiers manning a checkpoint near Sarra town rounded up a girl after inspecting the vehicle she was riding.

Meanwhile, the occupying forces rounded up three Palestinians, including two brothers, after ransacking their houses in the Jenin refugee camp, which has been the target of Israeli aggression for 35 consecutive days.

Earlier today, the occupying forces detained another Palestinian, beat up his son, and seized his vehicle in the town of Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron.

In the predawn hours of Monday, the occupation forces detained three young men in separate raids in the Ramallah governorate.

One of the three detainees was identified as a resident of Silwad town, another as a resident of Koabar town, and the third as a resident of Bait Rima village.

In the city of Nablus, the occupation forces showed up at several houses, muscled inside, conducted thorough searches, and rounded up two brothers.

The heavily armed soldiers broke into the Al-Quds Open University campus and confiscated the video recorder of the CCTV camera system.

In the Jenin governorate, and in the course of the Israeli aggression in Qabatya town, the occupation forces imposed a curfew on the town for 48 hours, as military bulldozers ravaged through infrastructure and streets, cutting off electricity and water lines.

The soldiers broke into a number of houses, turned them into military outposts and detained a number of Palestinians.

Estimates indicate that since the onset of the Israeli aggression on the Jenin governorate, the occupation forces rounded up approximately 160 Palestinians.

The occupying forces showed up at a store in Silwad town, east of Ramallah, and rounded up four residents; two fathers along with their sons.

The occupation forces barged their way into Surda town, north of Ramallah, and rearrested a former prisoner.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

According to the latest figures from Al-Dhameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 365 child prisoners and 15 female prisoners.

This number includes approximately 3,369 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.

The mass arrest of Palestinians is nothing new. According to a 2017 report by Al-Dhameer, over the past 50 years, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned or detained by Israel, this figure is now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that about 40% of Palestinian men and boys living under military occupation have been deprived of their freedom. Almost every Palestinian family has suffered the imprisonment of a loved one.

K.F.

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Several Palestinians suffocate in Israeli army raid in southern West Bank town

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), February 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians Monday evening suffocated in an Israeli army raid in Al-Khadir town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli occupation forces barged their way into the town and fired heavy barrages of gunfire and tear gas canisters toward local stores and houses, causing several residents to suffocate from excessive tear gas inhalation.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F. 

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Red Cross warns of humanitarian crisis in occupied West Bank

Monday 24-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed on Monday its concern over the impact of a weeks-long Israeli offensive in the occupied West Bank that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians.

“The ICRC is deeply concerned with the impact of ongoing security operations on the civilian population in Jineen and Toulkarm, Toubas and other locations in northern West Bank,” it said in a statement.

“With many homes damaged or destroyed, people are struggling to access basic needs such as clean water, food, medical care, and shelter,” it said.

“The ICRC is working with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to coordinate aid distribution and medical evacuations. Displaced civilians in the northern West Bank require urgent assistance.”

The ICRC reiterated that the population shall be treated humanely and protected from violence.

This came as Israeli army minister Israel Katz boasts that the Israeli occupation army will prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes and has ordered an extended military presence in the area.

Israeli occupation forces have already forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the northern West Bank.

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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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 Israeli occupation forces vandalize Palestinians’ vehicles near Nablus

NABLUS, February 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Monday vandalized Palestinians’ vehicles in Baita town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces barged their way into the town, and smashed the windows of a number of vehicles.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack sheep in southern West Bank

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), February 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday evening attacked a Palestinian-owned herd of sheep in the Kisan wilderness, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a local official.

A'hmed Nazzal said that Israeli colonists barged their way into Kisan wilderness (Barriyat Kisan) and used a tractor motorcycle to attack a herd of sheep belonging to A'hmed Nassar Rashayda, a shepherd, injuring a number of sheep.

He added that the assailants threatened Rashayda that they would attack him should he graze his cattle in the area once again.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Over 700,000 Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque under police guard

Monday 24-February-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

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

According to local sources, at least 157 of the illegal Israeli settlers entered the Mosque through its Al-Maghariba Gate in the morning 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 the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.

In a related development, the Hebrew media reported that Israeli security officials would submit to the political echelon a proposal recommending limited access for Muslim worshipers to the Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.

The Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the Israeli police recommended granting only 10,000 permits for Palestinian citizens from the occupied West Bank to enter the Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan.

These permits will be given to men over 55 and women over 50, KAN added.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Palestinian Foreign Ministry calls for an international investigation into crimes against detainees

RAMALLAH, February 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry Monday called for an international investigation into Israeli crimes against Palestinians in Israeli custody.

The Ministry stated in a press release that it views with grave concern the increase in the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, particularly from the Gaza Strip, who have died in Israeli custody, especially that 59 detainees have died so far due to systematic torture in Israeli imprisonment since the onset of the Israeli aggression, including at least 38 detainees from the Gaza Strip, noting that this number only reflects the detainees who were identified.

It said that such deaths occurred due to the torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, including thousands of detainees whose places of detention and fates have not been disclosed by the occupation authorities.

It called on international humanitarian and human rights organizations to swiftly intervene to protect Palestinian detainees and oblige the occupation authorities to fulfill their responsibilities toward detainees while stressing the need to enable the United Nations Commission of Inquiry to assume its tasks and investigate these extrajudicial killings, committed against Palestinian detainees in a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.

K.F.

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'Hamas: Vaturi’s call for killing Gazan men “incitement to ethnic cleansing”

Monday 24-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, has described deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset Nissim Vaturi’s recent call for executing all the Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip as “outright incitement to ethnic cleansing.”

“His remarks represent the path of genocide that was taken by Israeli war criminals against our Palestinian people over the past 15 months,” 'Hamas said in a statement on Monday.

“Such criminal remarks made by Israeli leaders without the slightest regard for international law and under unlimited protection from the US administration entail urgent condemnation and action from the international community, the UN, and international judicial bodies — most notably the International Criminal Court,” Hamas added.

In remarks to the ultra-Orthodox radio station Kol BaRama on Sunday, Vaturi called for executing all Palestinian men in Gaza, as well as the destruction of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

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‎Pan-African Parliament renews support for two-state solution and condemns attempts to displace Palestinian people from their homeland‎

‎Expressed grave concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli aggression.‎

‎Pretoria 24-2-2025 WAFA -

The Pan-African Parliament reiterated its support for the two-state solution as the only viable solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, stressing in this regard the need to end the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and achieve the establishment of an independent, sovereign, viable and geographically contiguous Palestinian state, in accordance with international law and on the basis of the borders of the fourth of June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital‎‎.‎

‎During the opening of its 2025 session at its headquarters in Midrand, the Pan-African Parliament affirmed its firm rejection of all violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and accordingly categorically condemned any attempts to forcibly displace or transfer the Palestinian people from their homeland under any circumstances, whether from Gaza or the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. ‎

‎He stressed the urgent need to intensify international efforts to end the historical suffering of the Palestinian people and to guarantee their inalienable rights in accordance with international law.‎

‎He expressed grave concern at the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli aggression and called on the international community to intensify its efforts to push for the full and immediate implementation of the ceasefire agreement and to begin a new phase of early recovery and reconstruction, while ensuring the survival of Palestinians on their land‎‎.‎

‎The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to South Africa, 'Hanan Jarrar, delivered Palestine's speech at the opening of the session, at the invitation of the Presidency of the Parliament, in dedication to Palestine's membership, which enjoys the status of observer member, and in support of the cause of the Palestinian people.‎

‎Ambassador Jarrar addressed the latest dangerous developments on the ground, whether the violation of the ceasefire and the obstruction of the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli escalation in the West Bank, including the systematic killing and destruction in Jineen, Toulkarm and the surrounding refugee camps, in continuation of the genocidal war against our people.‎

‎She briefed the audience on the Palestinian position rejecting calls for displacement, and the Palestinian vision to face the challenges facing the Palestinian cause, which President Mahmoud Abbas will present at the emergency Arab summit in Cairo on March 4.‎

‎Ambassador Jarrar praised the positions of the countries of the world that rejected the displacement of the Palestinian people, especially Egypt and Jordan for rejecting‎‎ ‎‎the displacement and resettlement plans.‎

‎W.A‎.

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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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