Documentation of the Israeli abuse of power, mistreatment of humanity, and perpetration of the genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the  Gaza Strip.

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On Day 459 of US-Backed Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Strip, 3 Massacres, 31 Palestinians Killed, 57 Injured, in the Past 24 Hours, with a Death Toll of  45,885 and 109,196 Injuries, by January 7, 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 Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza:

By January 7, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 55,885+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (45,885), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,000+). 

By January 7, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 109,196.

By January 7, 2025, 845 Palestinians who were killed, 6,639 who were injured, and 10,775*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).

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

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Two Palestinian citizens, Sulayman Qutaishat and Ja'far Dababsa, were martyred on Tuesday by the Israeli aerial and shooting attacks on Toubas and Nablus, on January 7, 2025.	31 Palestinians were killed, 57 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, in the past 24 hours, January 7, 2025.
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house, in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025.	Palestinians at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, grieving the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on central Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025.
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house, in Al-Buraij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025.	Carrying the injured and martyred Palestinians to the Nasir hospital, following to the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, January 6, 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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Note: The following figures only include the killed and injured Palestinians who have  been accounted for by the Palestinian hospitals. The victims who are not carried to the hospitals are not accounted for.

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Gaza death toll rises to 45,885 with over 109,196 injuries

GAZA, January 5, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation army committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of 31 civilians and the injury of 57 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 45,885, the majority of whom are children and women. Some 109,196 others have been wounded.

Thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks, the massive amount of debris and the shortage of fuel and heavy equipment.

K.T.

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Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters Day 459

Tuesday 7-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 459th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.

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

The Israeli army’s large-scale genocidal campaign in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalya and Bait Lahya, has entered day 95, where its forces continue to intensively bomb homes and shelters and attack civilians while imposing a tight siege on the entire area.

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

Local sources said that the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Al-'Obaid near 'Ain Jalout apartment buildings in central Gaza, killing two civilians and injuring others.

An Israeli warplane also bombed a house belonging to the family of Sa'hweel in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza, killing four people.

Another airstrike on a tent sheltering a displaced family in Al-Maghazi in central Gaza injured a number of people.

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

In a related context, the health ministry said on Tuesday that the Israeli army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 88 civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads. 

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Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike north of Gaza

Three citizens were killed on Tuesday, and others were injured, when the occupation air force targeted a group of civilians in Jabalia Al-Nazla, north of the Gaza Strip.

The three victims were identified as A'hmed Mo'taz Tayseer Abu Warda, Yousuf Mo'taz Tayseer Abu Warda, and Mu'hammed Abu Warda.

Earlier this morning, WAFA correspondent reported that two citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation aircraft bombed the house of Al-'Ubaid family near the 'Ain Jalout towers, south of Al-Nusayrat, in the central Gaza Strip.

He added that four people were killed after the occupation aircraft targeted the house of the Sa'hweel family on Hamid Street in Al-Shati camp, west of the Gaza Strip.

He pointed out that a number of citizens were injured when the occupation aircraft bombed a displaced persons' tent belonging to Ismail family near the entrance to Al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip.

The number of people killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th, 2023, has surged to 45,885, the majority of whom are children and women. Some 109,196 others have been wounded.

Thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are facing difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks, the massive amount of debris and the shortage of fuel and heavy equipment.

K.T.

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Several Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal bombing of Gaza

GAZA, January 7, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the Gaza Strip, leaving more victims, most of whom are children and women.

WAFA correspondent reported that two people were killed and others were injured when the occupation aircraft bombed the house of Al-'Ubaid family near the 'Ain Jalout towers, south of Al-Nusayrat, in the central Gaza Strip.

He added that four citizens were killed after the occupation aircraft targeted the house of the Sa'hweel family on Hamid Street in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza Governorate.

WAFA correspondent indicated that a number of citizens were injured when the occupation aircraft bombed a displaced persons' tent belonging to the Ismail family near the entrance to Al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces have continued their aggression by land, sea and air on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting in the killing of 45,854 citizens, most of whom are women and children, and the injury of 109,139 others, while thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed homes.

K.T.

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

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Two Palestinians killed by IOFs gunfire in the West Bank

Tuesday 7-January-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Two Palestinian citizens were martyred on Tuesday morning by the Israeli aerial and shooting attacks on Toubas and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

The Red Crescent said that its ambulance crews evacuated a citizen suffering from critical injuries following an Israeli airstrike in Tammoun town, southeast of Toubas.

However, local sources said that a young man called Sulayman Qutaishat was killed in the airstrike.

A large number of Israeli troops stormed after midnight Tammoun town and raided several homes, amid intensive drone overflights.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) also stormed Fari’ah refugee camp in southern Tammoun and embarked on bulldozing public and private property, including roads and cars.

In another incident, special Israeli forces infiltrated into Badthan town, northeast of Nablus, at dawn and opened fire at 40-year-old Ja'far Dababsa during his presence outside his house, critically injuring him. Later, he was pronounced dead.  

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians during West Bank raids

Tuesday 7-January-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at dawn Tuesday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men during raids on homes in Nablus City.

In Qalqilya, the IOFs kidnapped the father and brothers of martyr Qusay Jamal, the mother and brothers of martyr Sameer Radhwan and the brothers of martyr Iyad Shabita, and the father and brothers of martyr Mu'hammed Radhwan.

The IOFs also raided several homes in different areas of Qalqilya province, with no reported kidnappings.

In Ramallah, the IOFs stormed different areas of Ramallah and Al-Beerih as well as Beitunia town, and the refugee camps of Al-Jalazoan and Al-Am’ari. Three citizens, including a young woman, were reportedly kidnaped from the villages of Dair Qaddees and Burqa.

In Salfeet, the Israeli occupation forces stormed Marda village and kidnapped a number of citizens.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), two citizens were taken prisoners during IOFs raids in Bait 'Ula town.

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The Israeli occupation regime police kidnap a Palestinian female student in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 6-January-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped student Shadin Sulayman Qaws, 27, from her family home in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), after confiscating her private property.

The family sources affirmed that the Israeli forces violently stormed Shadin’s home, searched and vandalized its contents, and confiscated a laptop and mobile phones before arresting her.

Shadin was taken from her home to the Qishla police center in the Old City of Jerusalem, before being moved to Ofer Prison, on charges of incitement on social media.

Shadin is a student at Beer Zait University in the city of Ramallah. She was detained several days ago, and placed under house arrest for five days.

Another young man was arrested from Al-Wad Street in the Old City after being brutally assaulted and beaten.

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The Israeli occupation forces raid Ramallah, detain three people

RAMALLAH, January 7, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the cities of Ramallah and Al-Beerih and several villages, towns and camps in the governorate at dawn on Tuesday,

They carried out extensive raids and searches, and detained three people, including a female university student.

The raids, according to what security and local sources said, included areas of Jabal Al-Taweel, Satah Mar'haba, Al-Beerih industrial zone, Al-Masyoun neighborhood, Ramallah Al-Ta'hta, and Al-Teera.

The Israeli raids and incursions also included the town of Baitounya, west of Ramallah, Al-Jalazoan and Al-Am'ari refugee camps, and the villages of Dair Qadees and Barqa.

K.T.

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Five Palestinians severely beaten by the Israeli occupation soldiers near Toubas

TUBAS, January 7, 2025 (WAFA) -

Five Palestinians were injured on Tuesday in after they were beaten by occupation soldiers in the town of Tammoun, south of Toubas.

Medical sources said that Red Crescent crews dealt with five people who were severely beaten by the occupation army in Tammoun, adding they were transferred to the hospital for treatment.

The town has been seeing a large-scale raid for hours, which included shelling by drones, killing people, the destruction of infrastructure, and the raiding and vandalism of homes and assaulting their residents.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces storm Toubas-area town and refugee camp

TUBAS, January 7, 2025 (WAFA) -

The occupation forces continue storming of the town of Tammoun and the Far'a camp since midnight.

The ongoing occupation aggression in the town of Tamoun has so far resulted in the killing of two Palestinian young men was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli occupation forces' shelling of the town of Tamoun, southeast of Tubas.

Red Crescent sources reported that their crews transferred a critically injured person from the site of the shelling to the hospital, while local sources from the town confirmed the killing of Sulayman Mustafa Qutaishat as a result of the shelling.

Security sources reported that a second young man, whose identity remains unknown, was killed in the shelling, adding that the occupation forces kidnapped his body.

The occupation forces raided several citizens' homes inside the town and caused damage to their contents. The occupation forces also caused damage to the streets, infrastructure and shops in the town.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the town at midnight, where special Israeli units infiltrated it, followed by military reinforcements from Atouf Gate checkpoint east of the town.

In Al-Fari'a refugee camp, the occupation vehicles carried out major acts of destruction to the infrastructure, property and streets inside the camp and on the main street leading to it, and the destruction is still ongoing.

The occupation forces are still deployed throughout the camp with snipers deployed in several places in it.

Additionally, the occupation forces closed the main street between Al-Far'a camp and the city of Tubas with earth mounds.

The occupation forces stormed Al-Fari'a refugee camp just before midnight, where the storming began after infantry soldiers landed from a helicopter on the northern outskirts of the camp.

At the same time, the occupation forces pushed military reinforcements from Al-'Hamra checkpoint, accompanied by a D9 bulldozer towards the camp, where they were stationed for a period of time on the main street leading to the camp from the southern side, and caused damage to it before entering and storming the camp.

The storming of the town of Tammoun and Al-Fari'a refugee camp coincided with intensive and low flights of reconnaissance drones in the general airspace of Tubas Governorate.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Biden administration total support for the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, 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 demolish a Palestinian house near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), January 7, 2025 (WAFA) - 

The Israeli occupation regime bulldozers demolished a Palestinian house in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabbir, southeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed Al-Farouq neighborhood and demolished a house belonging to the citizen Widad Halsa, and bulldozed the road leading to it.

K.T.

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The Israeli occupation forces demolish a Palestinian livestock facility near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), January 7, 2025 (WAFA) - 

Israeli occupation forces demolished a livestock facility, including two rooms and a barn, in the town of Tuquo', southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The director of the Tuquo' municipality, Tayseer Abu Mufri'h, told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces demolished two rooms and a barn in Qanan Qahat area east of the town, without prior warning or notification.

He said that the barn is owned by local resident Sali'h Rasheed Abu Mufri'h.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish structures near Salfeet

Salfeet, January 5, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished on Tuesday a nursery and a car wash near the northern entrance to the city of Salfeet, owned by local resident Mu'hammed Mansour from the village of Marda.

Mansour told WAFA that the occupation forces demolished the nursery and car wash, located on an area of ​​two dunams, under the pretext of that they are close to the Ariel colony, which was built on citizens' lands in Salfeet.

Mansour pointed out that this is the second time that the occupation has demolished the nursery and car wash, as they demolished them the first time about a year ago.

K.T.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Israel bars Dr. 'Husam Abu Safiya from meeting lawyer

Tuesday 7-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Israel is preventing Dr. 'Husam Abu Safiya, the abducted director of the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, from meeting with a lawyer, according to a statement by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) on Monday.

The Israeli-based rights group stated that it requested a lawyer to meet with Dr. 'Husam Abu Safiya, who has not been seen publicly since he was kidnaped during an Israeli army raid late last month.

PHR-I said that the request was made to allow lawyer Nasir 'Oada to assess Abu Safiya’s condition and the circumstances of his detention.

According to the organization, the Israeli army stated that Odeh, who regularly visits Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, would not be allowed to meet Abu Safiya until January 10.

Abu Safiya was kidnaped on December 27, 2024 along with medical staffers working in the Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, in addition to wounded patients and other civilians who were at the time inside the building in northern Gaza, with Amnesty International accusing Israel of “genocidal intent.”

Israeli forces deliberately set fire to the medical facility after besieging and bombing it for weeks, with reports that some medical personnel were burned alive.

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Palestinian Health Ministry warns of real catastrophe sweeping hospitals, oxygen stations in Gaza

Tuesday 7-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned once again of a real disaster that is sweeping hospitals, oxygen stations, medicine refrigerators and nurseries in all health facilities remaining in operation in the Gaza Strip.

“There is no fuel stock in hospitals due to the policy of dripping in fuel that the occupation has been pursuing since the beginning of the war on Gaza,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

It explained that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) oblige aid convoys, including fuel vehicles, to take roads full of thieves and bandits who rob them at gunpoint under IOF protection.

The Health Ministry pointed out that the last shipment of fuel was stolen yesterday Monday; as it was on its way to hospitals.

The Ministry reiterated its appeal to all concerned, international, and humanitarian organizations to urgently intervene to provide fuel and secure it to operate generators in hospitals and health centers in the Gaza Strip.

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Dujarric: Israel occupation army barred three UN attempts to deliver aid to northern Gaza

Tuesday 7-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army refused three attempts by the UN to reach northern Gaza for aid delivery during the past three days.

“Three attempts by the United Nations to reach these areas over the past three days — that’s one on Saturday, one on Sunday and another one today — were all denied,” Dujarric said in a news briefing.

Dujarric added that Israel continues to restrict the delivery of aid to northern Gaza.

He called on Israel to allow the civilian police to operate in Gaza and restore public order.

Meanwhile, the UN World Food Program (WFP) has strongly condemned an incident that took place on Sunday when a clearly marked WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, putting staff lives at tremendous risk and leaving the vehicles immobilized.

“The convoy, consisting of three vehicles carrying eight staff members, came under hostile fire despite having received all of the necessary clearances from Israeli authorities,” WFP said in a press release on Monday.

“At least 16 bullets struck the vehicles. Thankfully, no staff members were injured in what must have been a horrifying encounter for our colleagues,” WFP added.

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The World Food Program denounces Israeli attack on its convoy in Gaza

Monday 6-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Program (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday.

“At least 16 bullets” struck the convoy of three vehicles carrying eight staff members which came under fire near Wadi Gaza checkpoint. “Thankfully, no staff members were injured in this terrifying encounter,” the agency added.

All necessary clearances had been obtained from the Israeli authorities and WFP said that it was “just the latest example of the complex and dangerous working environment” confronting its teams.

The development comes amid reports that a missile struck a flour distribution warehouse in central Gaza run by a UN aid partner at the weekend, leaving three humanitarian workers seriously injured.

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PPS: Administrative detention becomes akin to life-sentence in Israeli occupation regime jails

Tuesday 7-January-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that the Israeli occupation regime has transformed the administrative detention order into more like a life sentence, in a form of a crime that steals the lives of thousands of detainees under the pretext of the so called “the secret file”, keeping detainees indefinitely subjected to this injustice.

According to a statement by PPS on Monday, the issue of administrative detainees has become one of the most significant developments accompanying the ongoing war. As of early January 2025, the number of administrative detainees has risen to 3,376, including approximately 95 children and 22 women. This group represents 32% of the total Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, which exceeds 10,400 individuals.

Administrative detention escalated The PPS pointed out that this is the highest proportion of administrative detainees in history, based on monitoring and documentation by human rights organizations. The surge in administrative detention began even before the current aggression and has since escalated dramatically. Prior to the war, there were 1,320 administrative detainees, a number that has now nearly tripled.

It also explained that administrative detainees are exposed, as well as all the prisoners, to systematic crimes including torture, starvation, and medical neglect, which led to the martyrdom of a number of them. Since the Israeli war on Gaza began in October 2023, 54 prisoners have died in Israeli custody, four of whom were under administrative detention: 'Omar Daraghma, Samee'h 'Alawi, Mu'hammed Al-Sabbagh, and Mustafa Abu 'Aara.

It further elaborated that administrative detention cases typically increase during wars and uprisings in the occupied territories, noting that Israeli occupation authorities frequently use this measure as a tool of oppression and intimidation, with detention orders being renewed for detainees who have completed their initial detention terms, essentially extending their sentences without charge or trial.

According to Israeli military orders, the administrative detention order can be renewed to unlimited times, and it is issued for a maximum renewable period of six months, affecting all Palestinians including university students, journalists, women, and former deputies in the Legislative Council, human rights activists, workers, lawyers, mothers and former detainees.

The PPS highlighted the case of the administrative detainee and journalist Nidal Abu Aker, stressing that he has been detained for two years and four months, and when he had completed his last renewed four months, his administrative detention order was renewed once again on the last day of his previous detention order.

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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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