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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As the Israeli Genocide by Starvation Continues in Gaza,

104 Palestinians Killed and 247 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 53,762 and the Injuries to 122,197

May 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 May 22, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 67,227+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (53,762) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,465+). 

By May 22, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 122,197.

By May 22, 2025, according to news report, 970 Palestinians who were killed, 6,776 who were injured, and 12,138*, 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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104 Palestinians were killed, 247 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which brings the death toll to 53,762 and the injuries to 122,197, by May 22, 2025.	104 Palestinians were killed, 247 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2025.
Dozens of parliamentarians from across the globe issued an appeal, demanding an immediate end to the starvation imposed by the Israeli regime on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2025.	Euro-Med has accused Israel of executing a systematic starvation campaign, which amounts to a crime of genocide, together with forced displacement to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2025.
A tribal group warned of an Israeli scheme aiming at inciting chaos and orchestrating theft across the Gaza Strip, by directing looting groups and facilitating the plundering of humanitarian aid, May 22, 2025.	Thousands of Palestinian families continue to be forced to relocate from one area of Gaza Strip to another, by the relentless Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, May 22, 2025.
An Israeli genocidal air strikes destroyed a five-story building in Jabalya, killing and injuring the Palestinian families living there, on May 23, 2025.	Grieving the death of the family members who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, on May 23, 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 107 martyrs, death toll climbs to 53,762

Thursday 22-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 104 civilians who were martyred in fresh Israeli attacks, including the bodies of three other people who were reported missing in previous attacks.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Thursday, 247 citizens were also injured following Israeli attacks in the past hours.

Accordingly, a total of 3,613 people have been killed and 10,156 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 53,762 martyrs, the health ministry stated.

The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 122,197 people.

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

In a related context, the Ministry reported today that 343 infants were born during the war but tragically died shortly after birth due to power outages, a shortage of incubators, and delayed medical care.

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Israel continues to launch deadly attacks on civilians across Gaza

Thursday 22-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Thursday to carry out deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporters in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including Israeli strikes on two homes that killed at least 13 civilians in Al-Zarqaa area in Jabalya Al-Balad, north of Gaza.

An Israeli drone attack also killed one civilian and injured seven others in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Several civilians were also martyred and many others were injured in multiple strikes on Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

The Israeli army targeted a group of citizens in Al-Fukhari town, south of Khan Younus, killing one citizen, while another attack killed two citizens and injured others in the east of Gaza City’s Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood.

Another attack on a house in the Ma'an area of Khan Younus claimed the lives of three civilians.

Ten other civilians were martyred in an Israeli strike on a makeshift house in al-Baraka area of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza.

Meanwhile, several Palestinians in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

The Israeli occupation army also launched attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip last night and today, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.

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Two Palestinians killed, eight injured as Israeli forces bomb tent in Khan Younus

GAZA, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian civilians were killed and eight others wounded on Thursday after Israeli occupation forces targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, east of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that the Israeli artillery strike hit the makeshift tent where a family had sought refuge after being displaced by the ongoing onslaught on Gaza.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 53,762 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 122,197 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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 Israeli genocidal air strike kills three civilians, injures others in central Gaza Strip

GAZA, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

An Israeli strike on Thursday evening killed three Palestinian civilians and injured others in the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets targeted the house of the Abu Sabt family in the Al-Birka area in the city, claiming the lives of three 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 3,613 with 10,156 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 107 slain Palestinians and 247 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 53,762 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 122,197 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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Palestinian detainee from Gaza dies behind Israeli bars

RAMALLAH, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) confirmed the death of detainee 'Amr 'Hatim 'Oada, 33, from Gaza, on December 13, 2023, at the Sde Teiman camp.

The two organizations stated in a joint statement today that the Sde Teiman camp was the most prominent site for torture crimes against Gaza detainees after the genocide, in addition to a series of crimes and atrocities documented by institutions and reflected in the testimonies of released detainees, whose bodies, on the other hand, are living testimonies of those crimes.

The Commission and the PPS noted that detainee 'Oada was detained, along with his family, from their home at the beginning of the ground invasion of Gaza, on December 7, 2023.

It should be noted that the 'Oada was married and had three children.

They added that with 'Oada's death, the number of slain prisoners killed since the genocide rises to at least 70, including 44 detainees from Gaza, whose identities are known only.

Meanwhile, the number of slain prisoners documented by institutions since 1967 has risen to 307, whose identities are also known. This constitutes the bloodiest phase in the history of the prisoners.

The Commission and the PPS explained that the responses received by the institutions from the occupation army remain limited to the army's narrative and the notifications received by the institutions, in light of the continued detention of the slain prisoners' bodies and the failure to disclose the circumstances of their martyrdom.

It is worth noting that the occupation has repeatedly attempted to manipulate these responses by giving the institutions different answers, and some institutions have even gone to court to obtain a response that would resolve the fate of the detainee.

The two organizations emphasized that torture crimes were the main reason for the killing of the vast majority of martyrs after the genocide, in addition to medical crimes, starvation crimes, and rape crimes.

K.T.

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 Israeli bombing kills three civilians, injures others in Khan Younes

GAZA, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli bombing on Wednesday evening killed three Palestinian civilians and injured others in Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the occupation forces opened fire at a group of civilians in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of the city, claiming the lives of three and injuring others.

The occupying forces ordered civilians in the northern Gaza Strip, namely the neighborhoods of Ghabin, Al-Shaymaa, Fad‘ous, Al-Manshiyya, Al-Shaikh Zayid, Al-Salateen, Al-Karama, Mashrou' Bait Lahya, Al-Zuhour, Tel Al-Za'tar, Al-Nour, Abdul-Ra'hman, Al-Nahdha, and Jabalya refugee camp, to forcefully leave the areas.

Meanwhile, later on Wednesday night, a combat drone targeted civilians in Jabalya town in the northern Strip, killing five, all identified as members of the 'Halawa family.

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.

The death toll reached at least 3,509 with 9,909 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 82 slain Palestinians and 262 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 53,655 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 121,950 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.

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Dozens of Palestinians killed and injured by Israeli bombardment of Gaza areas

GAZA, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Dozens of citizens were killed and wounded early Thursday morning in the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that 10 citizens, including 9 members of one family, were killed and others were wounded when the Israeli army bombed a barracks housing displaced persons near a water tank in the Al-Baraka area of ​​the town of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip.

Two citizens were also killed when the Israeli army bombed a tent in the Al-Sadaqa refugee camp south of Dair El-Bala'hh.

He added that five other citizens were killed and others were wounded when the Israeli army bombed the home of Al-Bakheet family in the Al-Saftawi area, northwest of Gaza.

He pointed out that Israeli military vehicles stormed the courtyard of Al-'Awda Hospital in Tel Al-Za'tar, north of Gaza, and opened heavy fire. The Israeli army also set fire to the tents of displaced persons inside the hospital courtyard.

The Israeli army also carried out demolition operations against a number of residential buildings east of the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes also targeted two homes in the Zarqa area in the northern Gaza Strip, one belonging to the Maqat family and the other to Al-Qanou' family, killing all those inside. The Israeli occupation also launched an airstrike on a home in the Tel Al-Za'tar area of ​​the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, causing extensive damage.

Medical sources reported that 15 citizens were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday.

Civil defense crews were able to extinguish a massive fire that broke out in the Raghib Tower in Al-Karama area, northwest of Gaza, after it was directly targeted by Israeli forces.

Local sources indicated that firefighting crews faced significant difficulties in reaching the site of the fire due to the extensive destruction to roads and infrastructure caused by the ongoing bombing. They were forced to reach the site on foot, using primitive hand tools in the absence of heavy equipment.

The death toll from the occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 53,655, while 121,950 others were wounded.

K.T.

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Israeli tanks storm, attack Al-'Awda Hospital in northern Gaza

Thursday 22-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Israeli tanks stormed, amid intensive gunfire, the courtyards of Al-'Awda Hospital in Jabalya, north of Gaza, early Thursday, burning tents used as outpatient clinics and injuring several medical employees and volunteers.

“Israeli tanks targeted, for the second time, the hospital’s specialized surgery department at exactly 2:00 a.m. on Thursday,” Rafat Al-Majdalawi, director general of the Al-'Awda Health and Community Society, said in a statement today.

Al-Majdalawi added that the tanks opened fire at the hospital’s buildings, damaging its infrastructure and its water and fuel tanks.

He appealed to the World Health Organization and the Red Cross to provide immediate protection for the hospital’s staff, volunteers, and the patients currently receiving medical care at its departments.

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Tribal group accuses Israeli army of helping gangs to loot aid in Gaza

Thursday 22-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Higher Commission for Tribal Affairs in southern Gaza has warned of a sinister Israeli scheme aimed at inciting chaos and orchestrating theft across the Gaza Strip by directing looting groups and facilitating the plundering of humanitarian aid.

“This scheme is part of a systematic effort to plunder humanitarian aid, which the occupation deliberately leaves unprotected, aiming to starve the population and hasten their forced displacement,” the Commission stated on Wednesday.

The Commission strongly denounced the Israeli occupation army’s refusal to provide security for aid shipments arriving through the Karm Abu Salim border crossing, accusing it of “abandoning aid trucks to be easily looted by thieves and gangs operating under its protection.”

“What happened at Kamal 'Udwan Hospital, where Israeli forces enabled gangs to loot and steal the hospital’s equipment and supplies, is not an isolated incident. Rather, it is a glaring example of the occupation’s systematic plan to spread organized chaos, directly overseen through its corrupt networks of collaborators and thieves who have sold themselves out and abandoned their national and tribal loyalties,” the Commission said.

“Those thieves have been stripped of their national and tribal identities, becoming mere instruments of the occupation’s criminal agenda,” the Commission added.

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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 injure Palestinian youth, vandalize property during raid on Qabatya

Jineen, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth was injured on Thursday evening after being shot by Israeli occupation forces during a military raid on the town of Qabatya, south of Jineen in the northern West Bank.

WAFA correspondent reported that the young man sustained a gunshot wound to the hand and was transferred to the Qabatya Emergency Medical Center for treatment.

During the incursion, Israeli soldiers smashed the doors of several shops in the center of the town and fired live bullets at civilians near a public parking area, as surveillance drones flew overhead.

The raid comes a day after a large-scale military raid in Qabatya on Wednesday, during which Israeli bulldozers destroyed infrastructure, including water and electricity networks, particularly in the center of the town and the Abu al-Rub neighborhood.

M.N. 

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Seven Palestinians injured during Israeli storming of refugee camp near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven citizens were injured on Thursday after Israeli occupation forces stormed the Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its crews treated two people injured by rubber bullets, one in the chest and the other in the waist of a child. They were both transferred to the hospital.

It added that five other citizens, including an elderly man, suffered from suffocation from tear gas fired by the occupation forces and were treated in the field.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the camp this morning and destroyed several vehicles parked on the side of the road.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces detain 25 Palestinians from the West Bank

RAMALLAH,  May 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) stated that the Israeli occupation forces detained 25 citizens from various areas of the West Bank last night.

The PPS stated in a statement issued today that the detention campaign targeted a number of prisoners released as part of the recent exchange deal. 

The organization added that this escalation comes within the context of a systematic policy, a clear and new violation of the deal, and a new message to all released prisoners: they will remain under attack and persecution.

He continued, "Over the past period, the occupation has detained 13 released prisoners, 7 of whom were retained in detention, and six of whom were transferred to administrative detention.

Today, with the detention of another number of them, the number of detentions among released prisoners has risen to 19.

This figure includes those who were arrested and kept in detention by the occupation, as well as those who were subsequently released.

The PPS issued a statement yesterday reviewing the fate of a number of those detained, specifically those who were transferred to administrative detention, numbering 6, the most prominent of whom is prisoner Wa-il Al-Jaghoub from Nablus, who spent 23 years in occupation prisons.

K.T.

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IOFs re-kidnap Palestinians from West Bank freed in latest exchange deal

Thursday 22-May-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched early Thursday morning, a large-scale raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank, re-kidnapping prisoners who have lately been freed in the latest prisoner exchange deal between 'Hamas and Israel.

Human rights sources reported that the IOFs has re-kidnapped more than 14 freed prisoners in the latest swap deal and sentenced six of them to illegal administrative detention which is based on no charges or trials.

The re-kidnapped included freed prisoners from Qalqilya, Ramallah, and Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

In the city of Qalqilya, an IOF foot patrol stormed the western neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the IOF blew up the family home of a resistance fighter in the town of Baqa Al-Hattab, east of the city, causing extensive damage to the area.

The IOFs also attacked Al-Israa Girls’ School, destroying its doors, and stormed Al-Wad Street in the city.

The attacks extended to the town of Bal’a, east of Toulkarm, where IOF detonated an explosive device during their ongoing offensive on the town and arrested two young men, Mus'ab Barabra and Ma'hmoud Jitawi.

In the city of Nablus, settlers, including the head of the North West Bank Settlement Council, Yossi Dagan, stormed the Tomb of Joseph east of the city.

In the town of 'Aqraba, south of Nablus, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle and wrote racist slogans on the walls of the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque in an attempt to burn it down.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation police forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Silwan, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), blocked traffic and inspected vehicles in a provocative manner.

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Toulkarm: 116 days since Israel's aggression began on the city and refugee camps

Toulkarm, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Toulkarm and its camp for the 116th consecutive day, and on the 103rd day in the Nour Shams refugee camp, amidst escalating violence on the ground, massive military reinforcements, and detentions.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces are continuing their escalation on the ground through repeated raids on the city and the camps around the clock, using their military vehicles to move around neighborhoods and main streets, provocatively honking their horns and driving against traffic.

They also set up surprise checkpoints, particularly in the city center, Nablus Street, and Shuwaika Roundabout in the northern neighborhood.

In the early hours of the morning, the occupation forces detained two young men from the city after raiding their homes, both former detainees.

Meanwhile, occupation forces this morning set up a flying checkpoint around the Jabara Bridge gate at the southern entrance to Toulkarm.

They stopped vehicles, searched several of them, checked the IDs of their passengers, and detained a young man whose identity has not yet been determined.

At the same time, the occupation continues to impose a suffocating siege on the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, accompanied by occasional gunfire and explosions.

Eyewitnesses reported that occupation soldiers carried out an explosion yesterday in the Balawna neighborhood of Toulkarm refugee camp, the details of which are unknown due to the tight siege and the ban on residents entering.

Meanwhile, occupation forces continue to prevent forcibly displaced families from returning to their homes or even checking on their property in the two camps, and are subjected to pursuit and gunfire when attempting to approach.

In recent days, Nour Shams camp has witnessed a demolition campaign targeting more than 20 residential buildings in its main neighborhoods, damaging neighboring buildings. This is part of the occupation's plan to demolish 106 buildings in Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, to open roads and alter their geographical features.

In a related development, the Dthinnaba neighborhood, east of the city, has witnessed the movement of occupation vehicles, patrolling the main streets, conducting extensive searches and combing operations, and obstructing the movement of citizens and vehicles.

The occupation forces also continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, after forcibly evicting their residents and converting them into military barracks. Some of these buildings have been under occupation for more than two months.

The ongoing aggression has so far left 13 civilians dead, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant.

Dozens have also been wounded and detained, and the infrastructure, homes, shops, and vehicles have been destroyed by demolition, arson, and looting.

The aggression has also displaced more than 4,200 families from the two camps, representing over 25,000 citizens. It has also completely destroyed more than 400 homes and partially destroyed 2,573 others. The entrances and alleys of the camps have been sealed off with earth mounds, transforming them into isolated areas almost devoid of any signs of life.

K.T.

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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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Over 200 of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque under police guard

Thursday 22-May-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

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

According to the Islamic Awqaf (Endowment) Administration in the holy city, at least 207 settlers, including 13 religious students, entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed provocative dances and Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site. 

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 Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to vehicle, attempt burning mosque near Nablus

NABLUS, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle and attempted to burn down a mosque between the towns of 'Osreen and Aqraba, south of Nablus, at dawn on Thursday.

Local and security sources reported that a group of settlers attacked the outskirts of the two towns at dawn today, setting fire to a vehicle, completely burning it.

They also attempted to set fire to the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque, writing racist slogans on its walls.

K.T.

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Illegal Israeli settler terrorism leads to forced displacement of Bedouin community near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Illegal Settlements & Wall Resistance Commission states that colonizer militias’ terrorism, sponsored by the official institution in the occupying state, led to the forced displacement of the Maghayir Al Dir Bedouin community, east of Ramallah, this morning.

The head of the commission, Minister Mu’awiya Sha’ban, added that the ongoing escalation of colonizer terrorism, which includes the establishment of structures within the community and the intimidation, terrorization and deprivation of basic necessities, ultimately forced the residents to leave the area. This is another crime to be added to a long series of horrific crimes committed by the occupation state, all committed under the guise and cover of the genocide the Israeli occupation state is committing against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Sha’ban added that the forced displacement of Bedouin communities' motive remains a serious concern, in light of the approach adopted by the occupying state to enforcing a coercive and hostile environment on these communities. This approach includes practices such as assault, intimidation, and the denial of access to grazing lands, water sources, and basic services.

He added that the ongoing settler assaults have, to date, led to the forced displacement of more than 30 Bedouin communities, comprising 323 families, from the place of their residence to other locations. The latest is the displacement of the Maghayir Al-Dair Bedouin community, located between Dair Dibwan and Mikhmas, which illegal settlers of 25 Palestinian families, totaling 124 individuals.

Sha’ban explained that since the beginning of 2025, colonizers have carried out approximately 1200 assaults. He added that 38% of these assaults targeted the Bedouin communities in the eastern slopes and the Jordan Valley, with a deliberate intent of forcing these communities to leave. These practices constitute a magnificent and dangerous violation of the most basic rules of international law.

He called on Palestinian people, in all their places of residence, not to remain passive against the audacity and terrorism of colonizer militias, stressing the importance of confronting these assaults both at the popular and legal levels in order to pursue legal accountability, whether through national judicial bodies or international organizations.

He also renewed his call on all institutions, factions, unions, and forces of the Palestinian national movement to uphold their highest national responsibility by taking immediate and practical steps to stand by our people in these communities, particularly in the Jordan Valley and Masafir Yatta. 

This includes joining and activating night protection committees and maintaining a continuous grassroots presence. He concluded that any delay in this responsible national mobilization would only accelerate the plans of displacement and expulsion, giving colonizers more opportunity to impose new facts on the ground.

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Illegal Israeli settlers  set fire to house near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

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

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a house last night near the entrance to the village of Bireen, southeast of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Fareed Burqan, head of the village council in the village, told WAFA that colonists set fire to the home of Mu'hammed 'Azzam Abu 'Hammad, causing a fire that exploded a gas cylinder, causing extensive damage.

Burqan added that the house houses ten people, and the family has been forced to leave their home at night in recent months due to colonists attacks and threats against families living on the outskirts of the village.

He pointed out that the illegal Israeli settlers ' repeated attacks on citizens' homes, breaking doors and windows and attempting to set them on fire, are intended to displace residents from their homes for the benefit of colonial expansion.

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Illegal Israeli settler attacks shrine near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

An illegal Israeli settler attacked the shrine of Shaikh A'hmed 'Ali Ala-uddeen Al-Dajani, located in the Maman Allah Cemetery in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The Jerusalem governorate stated in a statement on Thursday that the colonist broke the original lock of the shrine and replaced it, installed an electric and water clock, and brought his own furniture into the shrine, which dates back nearly five centuries.

He also removed the tomb inside, as well as the identification sign indicating the shrine's identity and history.

The governorate noted that a member of the Al-Dajani family, who maintains the shrine, discovered the attack during a regular visit to the site.

This prompted the family to file an official complaint with the Jerusalem Municipality, which evacuated the settler from the shrine on Wednesday and has so far refused to hand over the key to the new lock installed after the evacuation.

This constitutes a further violation of the family's rights to supervise and access the shrine, the governorate of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) said.

It held the occupation authorities fully responsible for this blatant attack on historic Islamic property, describing it as a fully fledged crime aimed at obliterating the historical and Islamic landmarks of the Holy City, as part of an ongoing colonial project aimed at altering the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity of Jerusalem.

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Residents of Maghayir Al-Dair community forcibly displaced due to colonist attacks

RAMALLAH, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Palestinian families in the Maghayir Al-Dair community, located between the towns of Dair Dibwan and Mikhmas, east of Ramallah, were forced to dismantle their homes and forcibly leave the community, under the pressure of colonist attacks in the area, which are being carried out under the protection and cover of Israeli occupation forces.

The Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights reported in a statement on Thursday that residents of the Maghayir al-Deir area, east of Ramallah, began dismantling their homes this morning and leaving the community.

This followed an escalation in colonist attacks on the area, including the closure of pastures, the storming of homes and the violation of their sanctity, the assault on women and children, the seizure of agricultural vehicles and tractors, the theft of livestock, and the establishment of a pastoral colonial outpost among the homes within the community.

She added that all Palestinian families in the community have begun evacuating the community and will leave their homes and move to a safer location due to the escalating settler violations against them. She explained that the forced migration of families from the community began months ago.

Several days ago, colonists seized a sheep barn belonging to a family from the 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat tribe in the Maghayir Al-Dair area. They began erecting a tent and a metal fence around it, and brought a group of livestock to the pen.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission monitored settlers' attempts to establish 10 new colonial outposts during the month of April, predominantly agricultural and pastoral.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish house near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces blew up a house east of Qalqilya city at dawn on Thursday.

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces blew up a 120-square-meter home belonging to the Abdul Ghani family in the village of Baqa al-Hatab.

The sources indicated that the occupation army forced dozens of families to evacuate their homes prior to the bombing, as a massive explosion was heard in the central and northern West Bank as a result of the bombing.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Qalqilya city from its southern entrance and kidnapped 12 citizens from the city.

The sources indicated that the occupation forces detained a number of citizens, including former detainees.

The detentions also included a woman and several young men.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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WFP warns limited aid insufficient to prevent famine in Gaza

NEW YORK, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that the limited humanitarian aid recently allowed into Gaza is far from sufficient to avert the looming threat of famine in the war-torn enclave.

In a post on its official X account, the WFP emphasized the urgent need for greater volumes of essential food supplies to be delivered to the population in Gaza, stating: “Bread alone is not enough for people to survive.”

The statement came as several bakeries supported by the WFP resumed operations in southern Gaza following the arrival of small quantities of flour. While welcoming the partial revival of bread production, the UN agency cautioned that the scale of assistance remains drastically inadequate.

“A handful of bakeries in Gaza are baking bread again after receiving limited supplies overnight,” the WFP noted. “This is a critical first step — but assistance must be scaled up. More essential food is needed to push back the risk of famine.”

The organization reiterated its call for the immediate and sustained entry of large-scale food aid and basic necessities to prevent mass starvation, as Gaza continues to endure a catastrophic humanitarian crisis resulting from a full-fledged Israeli blockade since March 2.

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Microsoft bans the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “genocide” in internal emails

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Microsoft has banned the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “genocide” from being sent to recipients inside and outside the US computer giant, according to the Verge website.

The website reported that Microsoft employees have discovered that any emails they send with the terms “Palestine” or “Gaza” are getting temporarily blocked from being sent to recipients inside and outside the company.

It added that the No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) protest group reports that “dozens of Microsoft workers” have been unable to send emails with the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Genocide” in email subject lines or in the body of a message.

It reported NOAA organizer 'Hosam Nasr saying: “NOAA believes this is an attempt by Microsoft to silence worker free speech and is a censorship enacted by Microsoft leadership to discriminate against Palestinian workers and their allies.”

Microsoft claimed that it has implemented some form of email changes to reduce “politically focused emails” inside the company.

The block was revealed by NOAA, a group of pro-Palestinian Microsoft workers, who say the company quietly activated the filter on its Exchange servers shortly after a protest at Microsoft Build 2025. Microsoft is facing internal backlash over its provision of cloud services and AI tools to the Israeli occupation forces.

On Tuesday, activists, including a former Google employee and members of the "No Tech for Apartheid" movement, interrupted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the opening of this year's Microsoft Build Conference. They were protesting Microsoft’s involvement in supplying technology, including AI systems, for supporting Israel’s ongoing genocidal aggression on Gaza, which resulted in the killing of 53,762 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 122,197 others.

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 ICC prosecutor urges judges to reject Israel's bid to halt Netanyahu arrest warrant

THE HAGUE, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opposed Israel's request to withdraw arrest warrants issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, arguing there is "no legal basis" for doing so and urging judges to proceed with the investigation into alleged crimes committed in Gaza.

In a ten-page legal submission posted on its website on Wednesday, prosecutor Karim Khan responded to Israel's filing earlier this month. Israel has asked the court, or the Pre-Trial Chamber I, to withdraw the warrants and suspend the ICC's investigation until a ruling is made on Israel's challenge to the court's jurisdiction.

The prosecutor emphasized that "there is no basis to withdraw or vacate the warrants," asserting that the court had already determined that Netanyahu and Gallant's alleged actions fall within the court's jurisdiction. The ICC previously found "reasonable grounds to believe" the two officials bear responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza between Oct. 8, 2023, and May 20, 2024.

Israel's jurisdictional challenge had been dismissed in November 2024, but the Appeals Chamber reversed that decision in April 2025, citing insufficient reasoning. However, the prosecutor clarified that this reversal "has no bearing on the warrants."

In conclusion, the prosecutor asked the judges to deny Israel's request to withdraw or vacate the arrest warrants, and "reject Israel's request for a suspension of the investigation into the situation in Palestine."

In November 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for "crimes against humanity and war crimes." In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the international body, including financial penalties and visa restrictions, blaming the court of being "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel."

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UNESCO calls on Israel to refrain from actions that hard Nablus-area archaeological site

PARIS, May 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

UNESCO called on Israel to refrain from any actions that could harm the archaeological site of Sebastya, emphasizing the collective responsibility to protect the site's exceptional historical and cultural values ​​for present and future generations.

After being informed of the ongoing construction and development projects, as well as the archaeological activities carried out by the Israeli Ministry of Heritage at the site, UNESCO emphasized that all such work must comply with international law and be carried out with the consent and cooperation of all parties concerned, in accordance with the 1956 Recommendation on International Principles Relating to Archaeological Excavations and the principles of relevant UNESCO conventions.

In turn, Ali Abu Zuhri, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee and Chairman of the National Committee for Tangible and Intangible Heritage, welcomed UNESCO's position, stressing that it is an important step in the right direction toward protecting Palestinian cultural heritage, especially in light of the increasing threats facing the site of Sebastya. He also expressed his appreciation for UNESCO's willingness to continue coordination and take the necessary measures within the scope of its mandate.

He noted that UNESCO's position is constructive, encouraging practical steps, including sending an urgent monitoring mission to the site to assess the imminent threats and strengthening cooperation with relevant Palestinian authorities, in line with the organization's mandate and international obligations.

Abu Zuhri stressed the need for the committee to continue working closely with UNESCO to ensure the protection of the site of Sebastya and all threatened cultural sites, reaffirming the State of Palestine's continued commitment to preserving heritage as an integral part of the national identity and collective memory of the Palestinian people.

He condemned the Israeli Antiquities Authority's unilateral excavation and development activities in occupied territory, without the consent of the occupying power and in complete disregard of international law and relevant UNESCO resolutions. He emphasized that these activities constitute a flagrant violation of the occupying power's obligations and pose a direct threat to the site's identity and historical nature.

Sebastya, which has been on the State of Palestine's tentative list since 2012, is a site of deep-rooted cultural significance, reflecting the succession of civilizations in Palestine. It is a cultural site protected by several international legal instruments, most notably the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, its 1999 Second Protocol, and the 1972 World Heritage Convention.

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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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