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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Palestinians in Gaza Starving Due to the 3-Week Israeli Siege,103 Killed, 263 Injured by the Air Strikes, Bringing the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 49,747 and the Injuries to 113,213, March 22, 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 March 22, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 63,285+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (49,747), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,538+). 

By March 22, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 113,213.

By March 22, 2025, 935 Palestinians who were killed, 6,917 who were injured, and 11,631*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children.  

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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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'Hamas called for urgent action to break the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, by starvation and by the genocidal air strikes on the Palestinian people, March 22, 2025.	Hamas called on the international community to pressure the Israeli occupation apartheid regime to stop its war crimes and violations in Jineen, Tulkarem, and northern West Bank, March 22, 2025.
Two Lebanese citizens were martyred and others were injured by the Israeli air and artillery shelling targeting the town of Touleen, in southern Lebanon, on March 22, 2025.	130 Palestinians were martyred, 263 were injured, in 2 days, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 49,747 and injuries to 113,213, by March 22, 2025.
Due to the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, which has denied food supplies to the population, starvation has intensified to the extent that hungry Palestinian children scramble to get a soup meal from local charities, such as the one in Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip, seen above, on March 22, 2025.	Site of 'Arab Al-Sawari'ha neighborhood, in central Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, on March 22, 2025.
Grieving the death of Palestinian family members who were martyred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on March 22, 2025.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike which targeted displaced Palestinian families in their tents, in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on March 22, 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 Health: 393 Palestinian martyrs, wounded in 48 hours

Saturday 22-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that 130 martyrs and 263 wounded arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours.

The Ministry clarified in a statement on Saturday that the total number of casualties since March 18 has reached 634 martyrs and 1,172 injuries.

It noted that the death toll from the Israeli war of extermination on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 49,747 martyrs and 113,213 wounded.

It pointed out that several victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unreachable by rescue teams.

In a related context, the Palestinian Center for Missing Persons and Enforced Disappearances warned of the risks of registering more cases of enforced disappearance, following the announcement of the Israeli occupation army’s incursion into new areas of the Gaza Strip and the resumption of the war of extermination.

The center expressed its deep concern in a statement on Saturday regarding the increasing number of missing persons in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and the collapse of more residential buildings on top of their inhabitants, with civil defense teams unable to reach potential victims and retrieve them from under the rubble.

The center indicated that the Israeli occupation army threats to expand ground operations “increase the likelihood of Palestinian civilians being detained in unknown locations without disclosure of their fate, which constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

It renewed its call for independent investigations into crimes of enforced disappearance and ongoing violations by the occupation against civilians in the Gaza Strip. It demanded that the Israeli occupation authorities disclose the fate of the missing in its prisons and identify the dead among them or others whose bodies they hold or buried in numbered graves or temporary unmarked graves.

It emphasized the necessity of intensifying international efforts to end this tragedy that burdens thousands of Palestinian families.

The center pointed out that the continued military operations of the occupation army in Gaza severely hinder humanitarian efforts aimed at retrieving the bodies of victims and searching for the missing, as the occupation forces prevent rescue teams from reaching affected sites, exacerbating the suffering of families still waiting to know the fate of their loved ones.

It called on the international community to urgently intervene to pressure Israel to stop targeting civilians, ensure that rescue teams can access bombed areas without obstruction, and disclose the fate of all detainees and those forcibly disappeared.

Since March 18, the Israeli occupation army has continued its renewed aggression against the Gaza Strip after Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s overthrow of the ceasefire agreement and his evasion of the second phase of negotiations.

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Seven Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Rafa'h and Gaza City

GAZA, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Saturday evening in multiple Israeli airstrikes which targeted Gaza City, and the city of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone strike hit a group of people in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafa'h, resulting in the killing of five Palestinians and injuries to others.

At the same time, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike near the "Star" factory in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 49,747 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 113,213 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.

M.N.

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Three Palestinians killed, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Saturday following Israeli airstrikes targeting the village of Umm al-Nasser and the town of Bait Lahya in northern Gaza.

Local sources reported that Israeli drones targeted Bait Lahya and Umm al-Nasser in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of three Palestinian citizens and injuries to others.

Additionally, several injured individuals were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital following an artillery shelling by Israeli forces that hit a group of civilians in the 'Izbat Bait 'Hanoun area in the same district.

Israeli artillery also shelled areas around the Palestine Square opposite the Al-Nada Towers in northern Gaza, as well as Al-Shaboura refugee camp in central Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 49,747 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 113,213 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.

M.N.

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Two Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes in central Gaza

GAZA, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Renewed Israeli bombardment on Saturday killed two Palestinian civilians in the Al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike on the Al-Mughraqa area, killing two Palestinians.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes on five Gaza municipalities and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 48,572 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 112,032 others injured.

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

Y.S.

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Five Palestinians killed in Israeli overnight strikes, including children

Saturday 22-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued their renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip for the fifth consecutive day, resuming a wave of bombing that came after 57 days of a fragile ceasefire that went into effect on January 19, 2025.

Five civilians, including children, were killed while several others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Mashharawi family home near the Al-Julani Mosque in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.

A Palestinian was also wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a residential house west of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli aircraft also targeted agricultural land near the Abu Al-Sa'eed junction, west of Rafa'h.

The Israeli air and artillery bombardment continued overnight, targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli airstrikes were reported in the southeastern area of ​​Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, and al-Qarara town, east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, while Israeli artillery shelled the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces artillery shelled Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and the western areas of Bait Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Since Israel resumed its aggression on Gaza Strip at dawn Tuesday, March 18, nearly 600 citizens, including more than 220 children and 115 women, have been martyred and 1,042 others injured, most of them children and women.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, which has left more than 160,000 Palestinians martyred and wounded, most of them children and women, thousands missing; two million displaced; and more than 70% of the buildings in the Gaza Strip destroyed.

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Medical and emergency teams retrieve nine bodies east of Gaza City

GAZA, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Medical and emergency teams  today recovered the bodies of nine slain Palestinians, including five children and a woman, after Israeli bombing targeted a house east of Gaza City, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the bodies of nine Palestinian civilians were successfully recovered from under the rubble of the house targeted by the occupation forces at dawn in the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood in the east. The house belonged to the Al-Mashharawi family. They were transported to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

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, including over 100 children.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing over 49,617 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring over 112,950 others.

Y.S.

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

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Israeli occupation forces continue large-scale military onslaught on Jineen and its refugee camp

Jineen, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Jineen and its camp for the 61st consecutive day, amidst bulldozing and burning homes, and converting others into military points.

This morning, the occupation forces kidnapped three Palestinian citizens from the town of Ya'bad, south of Jenin, after storming the town and raiding homes. Since the beginning of the aggression on the city and camp, they have intensified their raids on towns and villages in the Jenin Governorate, launching widespread detention campaigns, conducting field investigations, and raiding and searching homes.

Last Wednesday, the occupation forces issued demolition notices for approximately 66 homes in the neighborhoods of Al-Hawasheen, Al-'Aloub, 'Azzam Mosque, Jourat Al-Dthahab, and 'Harat Al-Sumran. The occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements accompanied by bulldozers to Jineen refugee camp, while bulldozing and destroying streets and paving new roads.

The Israeli occupation forces also continue to fire live ammunition around Jineen refugee camp and infantry units continue to move inside the camp and in its alleys and neighborhoods.

During the 61 days, the occupation forces rounded up approximately 227 citizens from the Jenin Governorate and conducted dozens of field investigations with citizens.

According to the Jineen Municipality, the occupation forces have bulldozed 100% of the streets in Jenin camp and nearly 80% of the city streets, while the residents of 3,200 homes have been displaced from the camp.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the city and camp of Jenin has resulted in 34 fatalities , with nearly dozens were reported injured or detained.

Y.S

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 IOFs carry out large-scale raid and kidnapping campaigns across the West Bank

Saturday 22-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out fresh raids and kidnappings across the West Bank on Saturday, coinciding with the weeks-long aggression in the northern West Bank governorates.

In Jineen, 12 Israeli military vehicles stormed Ya’bad town and deployed in Al-'Amarna neighborhood, raiding several homes.

Three Palestinians were rounded up during the raids, including a father and son.

The Israeli occupation earlier announced its intention to demolish more than 60 homes in Jineen refugee camp, while Haaretz Hebrew newspaper revealed that 95 other homes are scheduled to be demolished in the camp to pave new roads.

The Jineen Municipality also announced that the IOFs had bulldozed most of the refugee camp streets and approximately 80% of the city’s streets during the ongoing two-month-long offensive.

In Toulkarm, the Israeli occupation forces raided a number of homes in the vicinity of the Muqata neighborhood, with no kidnappings reported.

The IOFs also forced their way into Nablus city and Balata refugee camp and deployed throughout Hitteen Street and Al-'Habla neighborhood.

During the raid, the Israeli occupation forces distributed posters in Balata refugee camp threatening local residents of participating in any anti-occupation activities or providing protection to resistance fighters.

Since the start of their war of genocide on the Gaza Strip (on October 7, 2023), the Israeli occupation army and illegal settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), resulting in the killing of more than 937 Palestinians, the injury of nearly 7,000, and the arrest of 15,700 others.

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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 cut off scores of olive trees east of Nablus

NABLUS, March 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Saturday cut off scores of centuries-old olive trees for Palestinian farmers in the village of Rujeib, east of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that a group of Israeli colonists from the illegal colony of Itamar, built on private Palestinian land, sneaked their way into the village and cut down several olive trees on land owned by Shi'hada Jameel Rawajba.

Israeli colonist violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli occupation authorities.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers chase Palestinian shepherds in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), March 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli colonists Saturday chased Palestinian shepherds in the Masafir Yatta area, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to an official.

Media activist Osama Makhamreh said that colonists stormed the Tel Ma'in area and chased shepherds while they were tending their lands. At a time when the illegal  Israeli settlers releasing their livestock into agricultural crops in the Sha'b Al-Batm area, Wadi Ma'een, and several villages and ruins in Masafir Yatta.

He pointed out that the illegal Israeli settlers have significantly  intensified their attacks  on pastures, livestock, and agricultural crops, attacking local citizens' homes in Masafir Yatta, with the aim of seizing citizens' lands for colonial expansion.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Situation in Gaza gravely concerning as aid massively reduced, UNRWA Says

GENEVA, March 21, 2025 (WAFA) –

The situation in Gaza is gravely concerning due to massive reductions in aid distribution, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said, as reported by Reuters.

Senior Deputy Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, Sam Rose, explained that the progress made during the six-week ceasefire has been reversed. He warned that without a ceasefire, there would be a massive loss of life, destruction of infrastructure and property, an increased risk of infectious diseases and immense psychological trauma for two million civilians in Gaza, including one million children.

The UN official stated that bombardments across the Gaza Strip over the past four days have caused large-scale loss of life. According to medical sources, around 600 people have been killed, including 200 children and women.

He stressed that desperate tragedies are unfolding across Gaza, exacerbated by the fact that no aid has entered the Strip since the beginning of March. He added that this marks the longest period without aid since the war began in October 2023, noting that UNRWA currently has only enough flour to last six more days.

He added that evacuation orders issued by the Israeli occupation army are ongoing, forcing large-scale displacement as many civilians flee their homes.

In the early hours of last Tuesday, the Israeli occupation resumed its genocide in the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 600 civilians and injuring over 1,000 by Thursday evening, 70% of whom were children, women, and the elderly.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupation has been carrying out relentless genocide in Gaza, resulting in more than 162,000 civilians killed and wounded, the majority of whom are children and women, in addition to over 14,000 missing persons.

T.R.

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After providing Israel with the weapons to commit its genocide in Gaza, Germany, France, and Britain call for negotiations to end Gaza war

Saturday 22-March-2025

BERLIN, (PIC)

(After providing Israel with the weapons to commit its genocide in Gaza), the foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Britain called for a return to ceasefire negotiations in Gaza to end the war completely.

“The resumption of Israeli strikes in Gaza represents a tragic step backwards for the people of Gaza,” the ministers said in a joint statement on Friday evening. “We are appalled by the civilian casualties and urgently call for an immediate return to a ceasefire,” they added.

The joint appeal came after Israeli Army Minister Yisrael Katz on Friday threatened to annex parts of the Gaza Strip if Hamas did not release the remaining Israeli captives.

“I instructed the IDF to seize more land in Gaza, evacuate residents, and expand the security zones around Gaza, in order to protect Israeli towns and IDF soldiers,” Katz said.

He added that “the more Hamas continues to refuse to release the abductees (Israeli captives), the more land it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel,” and that Israel will continue its aggression “with escalating force” until the prisoners are released.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called on “all parties to re-engage in negotiations to ensure that the ceasefire is fully implemented and made permanent.”

The ministers added that Hamas must release the dozens of Israeli captives remaining in the Palestinian enclave and that it “must no longer rule Gaza and no longer pose a threat to Israel,” according to the statement.

They also said the Israeli occupation authorities must fully respect international law and allow aid to flow into the Gaza Strip.

Earlier Friday, the French foreign minister Barrot said in a press conference on the sidelines of a trip to Dijon, “France opposes any form of annexation, whether it concerns the West Bank or Gaza.”

“We have a clear vision of what the future of the region should be. It is a solution based on two states living side by side in peace, with mutual recognition and security guarantees. This is the only way to establish lasting peace and stability in the region,” he added.

Despite the global condemnation of the resumption of the war, Washington reaffirmed its support for Israel. “Of course we support our ally Israel,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at a press conference.

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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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