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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80 Palestinians Killed, 304 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 57,418 and the Injuries to 136,261

by July 6, 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 July 6, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 70,825+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (57,418) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,407+). 

By July 6, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 136,261.

By July 6, 2025, according to news report, 993 Palestinians who were killed, 6,919 who were injured, and 12,589*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023. 

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(The Palestine Information Center reported that there were 925 deaths and 14,500 kidnappings but without mentioning how many were released, by February 27, 2025).  

Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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80 Palestinians were killed, 304 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 57,418 and the injuries to 136,261, by July 6, 2025.	80 Palestinians were killed, 304 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, on July 6, 2025.
With total capitulation of the world government, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, with more death and more destruction, file photo, July 6, 2025 pic	A 62-year-old Palestinian man was injured with live ammunition in the foot by the Israeli occupation soldiers during their raid on the village of Salim, east of Nablus, on July 6, 2025.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris, in a mass march under the banner of Stop the Genocide in Gaza, in response to calls from pro-Palestinian advocacy groups, July 6, 2025.	Protests erupted across several continents, demanding an immediate end to the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed and wounded over 192,000 Palestinians so far, July 6, 2025.
Carrying, to Al-'Awda hospital, the injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on July 6, 2025.	Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, on July 6, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Abu 'Aasi School, in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 6, 2025.	Due to the Israeli imposed starvation, displaced Palestinian women are seen trying to get some food from a local charity in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, on July 6, 202

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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 ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(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. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (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 surges to 57,418 amid ongoing Israeli genocide

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) –

At least 80 Palestinians were killed and 304 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 57,418 fatalities, with an additional 136,261 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the Ministry, the death toll since Israel’s resumption of the genocide on March 18 after a two-month truce has also climbed to 6,860, in addition to 24,220 others injured.

Emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to target ambulance and civil defense crews, according to the health authorities.

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

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Gaza: Three people killed by Israeli gunfire near aid center

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three citizens were killed on Sunday by Israeli occupation forces gunfire near the US aid center north of Rafa'h.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on "starving" citizens who had gathered near the aid center north of Rafa'h to receive food, killing three citizens.

Ra-id Bassam Fayyadh, a child, succumbed to his wounds after he was wounded in an Israeli airstrike a few days ago on a civilian vehicle in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza Strip.

K.T.

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Seven Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing of a school west of Gaza

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven Palestinians citizens were killed and others injured on Sunday when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a school housing displaced persons in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital reported that seven people were killed and dozens of others were wounded wounded, including children, and were taken to the hospital after Israeli warplanes bombed the Abu Asi School, which houses displaced persons in Al-Shati refugee camp.

Sources at Gaza hospitals said that the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today has risen to 48, including 36 in Gaza City.

K.T.

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Seven Palestinians killed, including children, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) —

Seven Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, which targeted multiple areas in Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources at Nasir Medical Complex, five civilians, including three children, were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes struck a tent sheltering displaced families west of Khan Younus.

In a separate incident, one person was killed by Israeli drone fire in the town of Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younus.

Meanwhile, another civilian was killed by an Israeli air strike that targeted a home in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in western Gaza City, medical staff at Al-Shifa Hospital reported.

The ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, since October 2023, has so far resulted in at least 57,418 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 136,261 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

The Israeli genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Civilians killed following Israeli bombing central Gaza

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

A number of citizens were killed and others wounded on Sunday evening after the Israeli occupation forces bombed the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

A medical source in the Gaza Strip reported that three citizens were killed and several others were wounded after the occupation forces targeted a charity center north of Dair El-Bala'h.

Medical sources announced that 61 citizens were killed in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since dawn today, including 39 in Gaza City.

K.T.

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 Israeli genocidal air strikes kill 17, including children, across Gaza Strip

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

 At least 17 Palestinians, including children, were killed and several others injured early Sunday as Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes across the war-torn Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.

The deadliest attack occurred in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, where an Israeli airstrike targeted a home belonging to the Abu Sharkh family. The house was sheltering displaced members of the Abu Shukyan and Su'hweil families. Medical sources confirmed that at least 10 civilians were killed in the attack, with others injured and several people still missing under the rubble.

In a separate strike, four people were killed and others injured when Israeli jets bombed the home of the Safadhi family on Yafa Street in the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, in southern Gaza, an Israeli drone strike targeted tents sheltering members of the Sharif and Far'hat families in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus. Three civilians were killed, with additional casualties reported.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,338 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 135,957 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Five Palestinians killed, including four siblings, by an Israeli genocidal drone strike on a displacement tent in Gaza

GAZA, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Five Palestinian civilians, including four children from the same family, were killed and several others wounded last night in an Israeli drone strike targeting a displacement tent in western Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

According to WAFA correspondent, the strike hit a tent sheltering internally displaced persons near the Al-Shafa’i camp area, east of Khan Younus. Victims were rushed to Nasser Medical Complex in the city.

Among those killed were four siblings: Yazan (12), Amjad, 10, Muhannad, 7, and Mohammad Fahd Abu Al-Khair, 6. 

The ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, since October 2023, has so far resulted in at least 57,338 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 135,957 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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

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Palestinian killed, two injured during IOFs raid in eastern Nablus

Sunday 6-July-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

One Palestinian citizen was reportedly martyred and two others were injured after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed Salim town in eastern Nablus and encircled two homes.

Chief of the town council Salim Ishtayya said that Israeli forces encircled two homes in the eastern area of the town amid sounds of gunfire before IOFs reinforcements arrived.

He added that Israeli forces opened fire intensively and randomly at homes and local youths during skirmishes with them in the area.

The Red Crescent said that an ambulance crew evacuated the body of a martyr from one of the houses that had been besieged and raided by Israeli forces in the town.

WAFA news agency, for its part, said that two citizens were injured by IOFs gunfire in the town, including a 62-year-old who was transported by a Red Crescent ambulance, while another citizen was kidnaped by Israeli soldiers after being shot and injured.

Meanwhile, the IOFs broke into and ransacked a commercial store in 'Aseera Al-Shamaliya town, north of Nablus, without kidnappings.

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Palestinian youth killed by the Israeli occupation forces near Nablus

NABLUS, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian was killed and two others were injured, one of whom was detained, on Sunday, during an Israeli occupation forces raid on the town of Salem, east of Nablus, during wich they besieged two homes on the eastern side of the town.

The head of the Salim Village Council, 'Aadli Ishtayya, said that the occupation forces stormed the town and surrounded two homes on the eastern side, amidst the sounds of gunfire as additional military reinforcements kept coming in.

He added that confrontations erupted between citizens and the occupation forces, during which the latter fired heavy live ammunition at the citizens and their homes.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its crews received the body of a slain Palestinian from inside one of the two homes surrounded in the town.

His identity hasn't been revealed yet.

A WAFA correspondent reported that two citizens were injured by live ammunition, one of whom was 62 years old and was transported by Red Crescent ambulance. The other citizen was detained by the occupation forces after being shot.

K.T. 

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11 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces across the West Bank, including a child

RAMALLAH, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained 11 Palestinian citizens from various areas across the West Bank on Sunday, according to Palestinian security and local sources.

In the southern West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Israeli forces detained two Palestinians from the city itself, along with four others from the nearby town of Tarqoumiya, northwest of  Al-Khaleel (Hebron). Among those detained in Tarqoumiya were three brothers.

Additionally, Israeli troops raided several homes in the town of Dura, south of Hebron. Witnesses reported that the soldiers searched and ransacked properties, causing damage to household items.

In the Ramallah district, Israeli forces carried out a dawn raid in the village of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya, northwest of the city. Three Palestinians were detained during the incursion, including 16-year-old Kareem Ladadwa. The forces stormed the detainees' homes, disrupting and tampering with their contents.

Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank, two young men from the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas, were detained while passing through a flying checkpoint near the town of Bazariya, northwest of Nablus.  

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm water wells near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

The illegal Israeli settlers renewed their dangerous attacks on Palestinian water resources in the 'Ain Samya area, east of Kafr Malik town, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday.

The settlers stormed wells (2) and (3), vandalized surveillance cameras installed on the station walls, and destroyed and stole the gate of one of the stations.

In a statement, the Jerusalem Water Utility warned of the disastrous repercussions of these repeated attacks, which directly threaten the continued water supply to communities. The Utility stressed that this escalation constitutes a flagrant violation of international laws guaranteeing the human right to water.

The Utility explained that the 'Ain Samya wells are a vital and essential source for dozens of Palestinian communities in the Ramallah and Al-Beereh Governorate, and that any attack on them would deprive thousands of citizens of their human right to water, especially in light of the difficult water situation in these areas.

It also confirmed that its technical crews are facing increasing difficulties in accessing and maintaining the well sites due to ongoing attacks by settlers. This disrupts regular monitoring and maintenance operations and exacerbates the damage to the water infrastructure.

The Authority warned that this attack is not the first of its kind, in light of a long series of systematic violations targeting 'Ain Samya," which calls for urgent intervention from the international community, human rights organizations, and relevant authorities to protect Palestinian water resources and put an end to the systematic targeting of this vital area by colonists.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settlers bulldoze Palestinian land in Umm Safa as expansion plans intensify

RAMALLAH, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers bulldozed large areas of Palestinian land in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, on Sunday, according to local officials.

Marwan Sabba'h, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, told WAFA that colonist-operated bulldozers leveled approximately 40 dunums of land in the Jabal Al-Ras area, located east of the village.

Sabba'h added that Israeli colonists have already seized hundreds of dunums in the southern part of the village, aiming to convert the area into a colonial grazing outpost.

He warned of a broader plan to forcibly displace the village’s residents and establish a large colonial settlement bloc on privately owned Palestinian land and homes, potentially linking it to two adjacent illegal Israeli settlers.

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Illegal Israeli settlers vandalize agricultural room in Kafr Al-Deek

SALFEET, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers vandalized an agricultural room belonging to a Palestinian citizen today on the outskirts of the town of Kafr Al-Deek, in the central West Bank province of Salfeet, local sources reported on Sunday.

According to eyewitnesses, the illegal Israeli settlers infiltrated a farmland north of the town, forcibly removed the door of the structure, shattered its windows, and completely destroyed its contents. The room was used for vital agricultural purposes.

The same sources confirmed that this was not an isolated incident, as the area is regularly subjected to similar attacks by Israeli colonists, who repeatedly target agricultural structures and private Palestinian property in an effort to seize land and force residents to leave.

In a related context, Salfeet Governor Major General Mustafa Taqatqa stated that his office documented 296 violations by Israeli forces and colonists across the governorate during June 2025 alone.

Governor Taqatqa also noted an increase in aggressive measures against farmers, including the confiscation of four agricultural vehicles, five direct attacks on individuals and property, the bulldozing of approximately 30 dunums of land in the towns of Salfeet, Yasuf, and Dair Ballout to expand Israeli colonies, and the issuance of eight stop-work and demolition orders.

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  Illegal Israeli settlers force Palestinian shepherds off pastures in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Sunday forced Palestinian shepherds to leave grazing lands in the northern Jordan Valley, in the northeastern occupied West Bank, in yet another escalation of harassment against local residents.

Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh reported that Israeli colonists forced Palestinian herders out of the pastures and chased their livestock in the area east of Al-Farisiya.

The incident is part of a growing wave of colonist violence targeting Palestinians and their property in the region. Local communities have expressed deep concern that these actions aim to forcefully empty the area of its Palestinian residents in favor of expanding illegal Israeli colonies.

Violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, has increased significantly in recent years. According to human rights organizations and UN agencies, colonists have routinely carried out attacks on Palestinian farmers, set fire to crops, vandalized homes and vehicles, and blocked access to agricultural and grazing lands.

The northern Jordan Valley, a largely rural and agricultural area, has seen some of the most aggressive colonist activity. Armed colonists, often operating with impunity and under the protection or inaction of Israeli forces, have been establishing unauthorized outposts and gradually seizing Palestinian land through intimidation and forced displacement.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, property in the West Bank

Sunday 6-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Different areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed today, Sunday, widespread attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.

These attacks included repeated assaults on Palestinian shepherds, bulldozing of agricultural lands, and vandalism of property.

According to local sources in Salfeet, a horde of settlers vandalized an agricultural shed belonging to farmer Nimer Ezzat in the “Dthahr Subu'h” area of Kafr Al-Deek town. They reportedly smashed its door open, broke its windows, and wreaked havoc on its contents.

The sources said that this incident and other recent settler attacks in Salfeet province are aimed at displacing the local residents from their areas and seizing their lands.

In northwestern Ramallah, a group of settlers bulldozed 40 dunums of Palestinian-owned land in Jabel Al-Ras area in the east of Umm Safa village.

Chief of the village council Marwan Sabah warned of a major Israeli plan to displace Umm Safa villagers and transforming their area into a big herding outpost as a prelude to annexing it to two nearby settlements.

In the northern Jordan Valley, a group of settlers bullied Palestinian shepherds and forced them to leave a grazing area and chased their livestock in the east of Al-Farisiya hamlet.

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 Israeli occupation forces issue demolition and stop-work orders in Idthna, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition and stop-work orders for several homes and structures in the town of Idthna, west of Hebron, on Sunday, according to local officials.

Abdul Ra'hman Tmeizi, head of public relations and media at the Idthna Municipality, told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces raided multiple areas in the western part of the town and delivered demolition and stop-work notices for a number of residential and non-residential structures.

Tmeizi noted that the municipality has not yet been able to determine the total number of affected properties, as many of the orders were posted on uninhabited or vacant buildings, which will require additional time to survey and document.

This move is part of ongoing Israeli measures restricting Palestinian construction in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where permits are seldom granted and demolition orders are widely used to control land and displace residents.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime summons 15 Palestinian lawyers in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), over participation in Palestinian Bar Association elections

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), July 6, 2025 (WAFA) —

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime summoned 15 Palestinian lawyers from occupied Jerusalem for interrogation on Sunday over their participation in the recent Palestinian Bar Association elections.

Lawyers Med'hat Deeba and 'Hamza Quttaina, who are representing the summoned individuals, confirmed that 12 out of the 15 lawyers have already been interrogated.

They described the proceedings as “unnecessary and baseless,” adding that the investigation process is expected to conclude within the coming hours.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Thousands march in Paris demanding end to Israeli genocide in Gaza

PARIS, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Saturday in a mass march under the banner "Stop the Genocide in Gaza," responding to calls from pro-Palestinian advocacy groups.

Gathering first at the iconic Place de la République, protesters carried Palestinian flags draped over their shoulders and in their hands. The march proceeded to Place de la Bastille, with demonstrators chanting slogans condemning the genocide committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Participants voiced strong opposition to the ongoing Israeli onslaught and expressed solidarity with Palestinians through symbolic gestures. Some wore watermelon-themed accessories and bags, referencing the fruit that has become an emblem of Palestinian resistance and identity.

The crowd also denounced the targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military and called for an international boycott of brands that support Israel. Demonstrators urged for the immediate lifting of the blockade on Gaza to allow the entry of humanitarian aid.

One protester wore a sign reading, “I dream of seeing Palestine free one day,” while another carried a small doll wrapped in a red cloth and shroud, symbolizing the children killed in the war.

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World Food Programme urges safe access and permanent ceasefire in Gaza

RAMALLAH, July 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for the immediate opening of more safe routes to deliver aid to residents in northern, central, and southern Gaza.

In a post on the platform X, the WFP emphasized that humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach those in need without obstruction or risk. The agency also renewed its plea for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, warning of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe.

Reiterating its alarm over the situation, the WFP stated that one in every three people in Gaza is going without food for several days, highlighting the severe levels of hunger and deprivation among the population.

Despite the deteriorating security conditions, limited access, and the increasing desperation of communities in Gaza, the WFP confirmed it is continuing to deliver life-saving food assistance across the Strip.

M.N. 

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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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