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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105 Palestinians Killed, 530 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 57,680 and the Injuries to 137,409

by July 9, 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 9, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 71,084+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (57,680) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,404+). 

By July 9, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 137,409.

By July 9, 2025, according to news report, 995 Palestinians who were killed, 6,922 who were injured, and 12,636*, 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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An Israeli genocidal air strike on Wednesday targeted the Asdaa intersection, west of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring dozens, July 9, 2025.	US Representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, said that she will move to stop additional aid to Israel, July 9, 2025.
105 Palestinians were killed, 530 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 57,680 and the injuries to 137,409, by July 9, 2025.	Euro-Med warned that the Israeli latest plan to confine hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Rafa'ha into a forced displacement, part of a systematic policy of genocide, July 9, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces demolished at least eight Palestinian homes and two barns in coordinated raids across Ramallah, Al-Quds, and Nablus, in a deliberate campaign to displace Palestinians, July 9, 2025.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip, published on July 9, 2025.
The UN Food Program warned about the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, reporting that the Palestinian people there are dying simply while searching for food, July 9, 2025.	105 Palestinians were killed, 530 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, on July 9, 2025.

Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the tents of displaced families, in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on July 10, 2025.	Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, on July 10, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian journalist, Ahmed Abu 'Aisha, who was among the massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on July 10, 2025.	Site of the Abu Jalad house, which was destroyed by an Israeli genocidal air strike, killing and injuring family members, in Al-Buraij, in central Gaza Strip, on July 10, 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 ۚ 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 hospitals receive 105 martyrs, 530 wounded over the past 24 hours

Wednesday 9-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 105 civilians, as well as 530 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Wednesday morning.

Accordingly, a total of 7,118 people have been killed and 25,386 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 57,680 martyrs, including 773 aid seekers who were killed at or near US-backed distribution points, the health ministry said.

The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 137,409 people, including 5,101 aid seekers.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to recover the bodies of more martyrs who are still missing in different areas of the Gaza Strip. 

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Gaza: 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of areas

GAZA, July 9, 2025 (WAFA) –

Medical sources reported that 17 citizens were killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation forces' shelling of areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn on Wednesday.

WAFA correspondent said that 11 citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed a house belonging to the Joudeh family in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

He added that a citizen and his son were killed when the occupation forces bombed a house in the city of Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza Strip. Two other citizens were also killed and several others were injured when Israeli drones bombed tents housing displaced persons west of Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent indicated that a citizen was killed and others were injured when Israeli aircraft bombed the home of Al-Kharroubi family near the bus station in al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 57,575 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 136,879 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulance and rescue crews.

K.T

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 Israeli genocidal air strike kills 10 civilians, injures dozens near Khan Younus

GAZA, July 9, 2025 (WAFA) –

An Israeli genocidal air strike on Wednesday targeted the Asdaa intersection, west of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring dozens, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that an Israeli combat drone targeted a civilian vehicle near the intersection, claiming the lives of four displaced people and injuring scores.

He added that another Israeli strike targeted a house of the Shubair family in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, claiming the lives of four and injuring others.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire at a displaced person near the al-Shuhada Junction in the central Strip, killing him at a time when Israeli fighter jets targeted a camp of displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, killing a displaced female and injuring others, mostly in serious condition.

A series of airstrikes hit several houses near Al-Ma'hatta Mosque in the At-Tuffa'h neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, killing several civilians and injuring others.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians.

The death toll reached at least 7,118 with 25,368 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 105 slain Palestinians and 530 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 57,680 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 137,409 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Three Palestinian civilians, including infant, in Israeli airstrike targeting residential apartment in Gaza

GAZA, July 9, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Three Palestinians, including an infant, were killed on Wednesday afternoon when an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential apartment near the Shuhada Al-Shati School in western Gaza City, according to medical sources.

Y.S

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On Day 642: Key updates on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza

Wednesday 9-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for the 642nd consecutive day on Wednesday, using airstrikes, artillery shelling, and live fire to kill starving civilians and displaced families, under full American political and military support, international silence, and unprecedented abandonment by the global community.

The PIC correspondents reported that the Israeli occupation army has carried out dozens of airstrikes and committed more massacres as the suffering of more than two million displaced people deepens amid a severe famine.

Latest Developments

Medical sources have confirmed the killing of several civilians and the injury of dozens more in various parts of Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes, artillery shelling, and sniper fire since dawn on Wednesday.

Medical teams at the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital “Shifa Palestine” reported multiple injuries after Israeli warplanes targeted displaced persons’ tents near Al-Sumoud Camp west of Khan Younus early this morning.

Mu'hammed Abu Ghazala succumbed to wounds he sustained two days ago in an Israeli strike on his home in Dair El-Bala'h, joining his family members who were killed at the start of the war.

Israeli warplanes also targeted a tent for the displaced near Al-Aqsa University, west of Khan Younus.

The PIC correspondent confirmed that a citizen was injured when Israeli aircraft bombed an apartment in the 'Hamad family building in Block 1 of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

A man and a woman were killed, and others were wounded early today after an Israeli helicopter strike on a home near the bus stop in Al-Buraij refugee camp, central Gaza.

Ten people, including three children and three women, were martyred, and over 30 others injured after Israeli warplanes bombed the Joudeh family home west of Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

The Israeli air force also struck targets in eastern Gaza City, while artillery bombarded Al-Zaytoun and Al-Shuja’iya neighborhoods after midnight.

Last night, a man was killed following an Israeli strike in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younus.

Ongoing Genocide

With full US backing, Israel’s genocidal war has so far, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, resulted in 57,575 martyrs, 136,879 wounded, over 11,000 missing, a famine claiming dozens of lives, and more than 2 million Palestinians forcibly displaced amid widespread destruction.

Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, 2025, and resumed attacks, 7,013 people have been martyred and 24,838 injured.

Since May 27, when Israel turned limited aid distribution points into death traps, 766 people have been martyred, over 5,044 wounded, and 39 reported missing amid Israel’s use of the US-Israeli-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” rejected by the UN, as a tool to impose submission and death under the guise of “humanitarian aid.”

The Israeli occupation army has killed 1,581 medical staff, 115 civil defense workers, 220 journalists, and 754 police officers and aid security personnel.

Israel has also committed over 15,000 massacres, targeting more than 14,000 families, with 2,500 families entirely erased from the civil registry.

According to the Government Media Office and UN data, over 88% of Gaza’s buildings have been destroyed while total losses exceed $62 billion.

Israeli forces now control 77% of Gaza’s territory through invasion, firepower, and forced displacement.

The Israeli occupation army has also destroyed 149 schools, universities, and educational institutions completely; 369 partially; 828 mosques completely; 167 mosques partially; and 19 cemeteries out of 60 in total.

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

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Palestinian child killed east of Nablus amid renewed attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers, across West Bank

Wednesday 9-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian child succumbed to critical gunshot wounds, which he sustained during an Israeli military raid in 'Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, as settler attacks were renewed in various parts of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced in a press release the martyrdom of 12-year-old Iyad Abdul-Mu’ti Iyad Shalakhti, who succumbed to critical gunshot wounds inflicted by Israeli forces last Sunday near the hill of the New Askar camp east of the city.

Meanwhile, settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the town of Soureef, north of Al-Khaleel. They assaulted residents and set fire to farmers’ lands.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked residents in the Watwat area, near the illegal Israeli settlement of “Beit Ein” built on Palestinian land, carrying out a series of assaults.

Later, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town, chasing residents who tried to fend off the settler attack, resulting in two injuries due to physical assaults.

The Israeli occupation army also raided the Jabari neighborhood in al-Khalil city, the town of Idthna to the west, and the village of Al-Tabqa south of Doura in Al-Khaleel Governorate.

Raids extended to the city of Toubas, specifically in the town of Aqaba north of the city. During the incursion, Israeli soldiers confiscated a vehicle, while resistance fighters confronted the invading forces with improvised explosive devices.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Al-Ram town in Occupied Jerusalem, Sinjil town north of Ramallah, and the 'Ain Munjid area in Ramallah. Raids and arrests also took place in Aree'ha (Jericho), Qalqilya, and the village of 'Husan west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

In 'Husan, the Israeli occupation army kidnapped seven Palestinian citizens.

Another Palestinian was also arrested from his home in the eastern neighborhood of Toulkarm. The Israeli occupation army also stormed the Iktaba suburb east of the city, deploying military vehicles and infantry units while conducting wide-scale searches around homes and farmlands, particularly in the Al-Qaisi neighborhood.

A special Israeli unit raided a house inside Balata refugee camp east of Nablus and arrested a young man from Al-Ma’moun Street, near Nablus Specialized Hospital.

Military jeeps were deployed across multiple neighborhoods in Nablus, raiding a building in the Al-Makhfiyya area, searching homes, and arresting a local resident. Another Palestinian was also rounded up in Balata refugee camp.

In a related development, Israeli forces demolished a two-story house belonging to Khalid Al-Sakask in the town of Rujeeb, east of Nablus, after forcing the family to evacuate. 

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 IOFs kidnap over 30 Palestinians, including children, in sweeping West Bank raids

Wednesday 9-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

In a broad overnight crackdown, Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out mass arrest raids across the West Bank early Wednesday, detaining more than 30 Palestinians—including children as young as nine years old, former detainees, and others who were reportedly subjected to physical abuse during arrest.

In the city of Nablus, IOFs stormed several neighborhoods, detaining 'Izzuddeen Al-Qadhi, while in the Balata refugee camp, three more Palestinians were kidnapped, including two brothers—Fat'hi and Radhwan Hani Abu Rizq—as well as Jabir Bassam Abu Jabir.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), seven men were arrested during raids in the town of 'Husan. The IOFs reportedly searched and ransacked their homes during the operation.

A disturbing incident took place in Salfeet, where two 9-year-old children—Ayham Souf and Aws Sulayman—were kidnapped in the town of 'Haris, along with two adults. Another young man, Ghufran Mousa Rayan, was detained in Qarawat Bani 'Hasan.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the IOFs stormed the town of Al-Ram, kidnapping Abdul Wahab Rib'hi Ghazawneh and his son 'Hammad. During the raid, the IOFs also broke into the local Directorate of Education, vandalized its doors, and seized security footage—an alarming escalation targeting the education sector.

In Qalqilya, Mahdi Qara’an, Sabir Shatara, and Mahdi Abul-Raml were among those detained. Meanwhile in Al-Khaleel, Anas Ya’qoob Ma'hfoudth was kidnapped.

The nearby village of Al-Tabqa, south of Doura, witnessed a mass arrest campaign that targeted more than 20 young men. Most of them were released hours later following aggressive field interrogations.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs kidnapped Al-Shaikh Kassab Zaqout after raiding his home in the city’s eastern district. Several other homes in the area were also stormed and searched.

Human rights organizations have condemned these raids as part of a wider policy of collective punishment and systemic repression, aimed at stifling Palestinian life in the West Bank amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and rising resistance across the occupied Palestinian territories.

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 IOF demolishes homes across West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 9-July-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished at least eight Palestinian homes and two barns in coordinated raids across Ramallah, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), and Nablus on Wednesday, in what rights advocates and political leaders are calling a deliberate campaign to displace Palestinians and advance Judaization plans.

In the town of Shuqba, northwest of Ramallah, IOF bulldozers razed four houses and two agricultural barns.

According to 'Adnan Shalash, head of the Shuqba village council, the demolished structures included a home belonging to Salama Al-Masri, which housed three people, as well as a two-story home shared by his sons. The home of Ziyad Zayid 'Hasan and a three-apartment building inhabited by six people were also destroyed, after being emptied of their contents.

Elsewhere in Ramallah, in the village of Um Safa, the IOFsdemolished the house of Khaled Abu Allan, who had been previously barred from accessing his home due to its proximity to a settler outpost. In recent months, IOF had also uprooted dozens of fruit trees and destroyed his water well.

In Jerusalem, two more homes were demolished in the town of Silwan—one in Al-Thawri neighborhood belonging to Tariq Shuwaiki, and another in Wadi Yasoul, owned by the Barqan family. Both properties were razed along with their surrounding walls.

A separate operation in Rujib, east of Nablus, saw IOF forces demolish a two-story home owned by Khalid Al-Saksak after forcing his family to evacuate.

These demolitions are part of a much broader and intensifying campaign. In the first half of 2025 alone, Israeli occupation authorities demolished 588 structures affecting at least 843 Palestinians, including over 400 children. Hundreds more have received demolition notices.

'Hamas leader Majid Abu Qtaish condemned the escalating demolitions in Jerusalem, calling them a “systematic crime” aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians and erasing the city’s indigenous Arab identity.

In a press statement on Wednesday, Abu Qutaish said these actions are part of the Israeli larger plan to impose temporal and spatial control over Al-Aqsa Mosque and surrounding neighborhoods through Judaization and ethnic cleansing.

He described the daily settler incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque under IOF protection, coupled with the increasing destruction of Palestinian homes, as part of a religious war that offends millions of Muslims globally.

Abu Qtaish urged Palestinians across Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the 1948 occupied territories to maintain a strong and permanent presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque in defense of its Islamic identity. He also called on Arab and Islamic nations to intervene immediately to halt the Israeli occupation’s aggressive policies and protect the holy sites.

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 IOF continues destruction of Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps amid mass displacement

Wednesday 9-July-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) are intensifying a sweeping campaign of destruction in the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, leaving behind scenes of devastation and triggering mass displacement of thousands of Palestinian residents.

Bulldozers continue to raze entire neighborhoods, with rubble and debris lining the roads. Residents, many of whom lost everything, were seen salvaging blankets, kitchenware, and pieces of furniture—piling them onto trucks to escape what remains of their shattered homes.

Toulkarm Governor 'Abdullah Kameel described the destruction as systematic and politically motivated. Speaking to Reuters, he revealed that 106 homes and 104 other structures have been demolished so far in both camps.

“What is happening is an ongoing crime, based on a deliberate Israeli political decision that has nothing to do with security,” Kameel said.

He added that the infrastructure in the camps has been decimated, turning them into ghost towns. “The operation is still underway. The infrastructure is completely destroyed, the camps have been emptied of their people, and only snipers remain stationed throughout the area,” he said.

The military campaign, which began in January, is now considered one of the most extensive offensives in the West Bank since the second intifada more than two decades ago. It includes coordinated assaults by various military units, backed by drones, helicopters, and—for the first time in years—heavy combat tanks.

According to the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem, the IOF’s actions have forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians. This year alone, approximately 40,000 residents from the Toulkarm, Nour Shams, and Jenin camps have been uprooted.

The Israeli military claims the campaign targets so-called “armed activities” in the region. An IOFs spokesperson said the destruction of buildings is “necessary to ensure troop mobility.” However, rights groups and international observers have condemned the operations as disproportionate and part of a broader strategy to assert permanent control over the West Bank.

Shai Barnis, communications director at B’Tselem, said, “Israel is now using the same tactics in the northern West Bank that it has employed in Gaza—wide-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure, mass displacement, and transforming entire neighborhoods into battlefields.”

With families torn from their homes, Governor Kameel warned that the humanitarian situation is worsening by the day. Thousands of displaced Palestinians have taken shelter in mosques, schools, and overcrowded relatives’ homes—further straining communities already burdened by deep economic hardship.

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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

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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Palestinian sustains injury due to an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers near Nablus

NABLUS, July 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian on Wednesday evening sustained an injury in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, in 'Aqraba, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that the illegal Israeli settlers opened live fire at a Palestinian in the town, injuring him in the foot.

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.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), in violation of international law.

K.F.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers expand illegal outposts in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and Nablus, erect mobile homes and tents on Palestinian land

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), July 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of occupation forces, installed three new mobile homes on Wednesday in the Jabal Al-Ra'hma area of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), in an effort to expand illegal colonies on Palestinian land.

According to local sources, the mobile homes were placed near the illegal colony of  Tel Rumaida. Jabal Al-Ra'hma, which has already seen large portions confiscated by the Israeli military. The move is part of ongoing attempts to take control over Palestinian-owned land and forcibly displace local residents.

Earlier, similar mobile homes were installed in the Khazaf Al-Far area and the Old Market (Al-Souq Al-Ateeq) of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)’s historic center. 

Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, colonists set up several tents on lands belonging to the village of Bait 'Imrieen, northwest of Nablus. 

Murad Ishtaiwi, head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that colonists placed approximately four tents in the area between the villages of Burqa and Bait 'Imreen. He cautioned that the move likely marks the beginning of a new illegal Israeli settlement outpost.

Ishtaiwi also affirmed  that such outposts are part of a broader strategy to expand  colonies and link major colony blocs across key strategic areas. He noted that since the start of 2025, colonists have established 23 new outposts, most of them classified as herding outposts.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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OCHA warns of rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Gaza

New York, July 9, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of a rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, noting that field reports indicate that tents, schools, homes, and medical facilities are being bombed, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries on a daily basis.

In its latest update on its official website, last night, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that hospitals are running low on supplies, ambulances are out of service, and water networks are on the verge of collapse.

It warned that the fuel crisis has reached a critical point, and that the small amount of fuel remaining is already being used to run the most important operations, but it is rapidly running out, with almost no additional stocks available.

OCHA warned of a likely sharp increase in deaths soon unless the Israeli occupation authorities allow the entry of new fuel, which has not arrived in the past few months.

OCHA indicated that the Israeli occupation authorities issued a new displacement order on Tuesday evening, including parts of Khan Yunis, particularly those living in tents, further complicating the humanitarian situation in the area. He explained that even the smaller areas where people are forced to congregate, which have now shrunk to about 15% of the Strip and are constantly shrinking, have become "fragmented" and remain completely unsafe.

K.T.

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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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