Israeli Aggression Spree on Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank, Millions of Sudanese Continue to Suffer Hunger in Refugee Camps, as the Civil War Continues to Rage, November 27-28, 2025

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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During the two-year Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip (October 7, 2023-October 13, 2025), world governments were either active participant and accomplices of the genocide, or watched passively, without taking any actions to Stop it.

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29 Palestinians Massacred, 19 Injured by the Israeli Occupation Forces, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 69,785 and Injuries to 170,965, by November 25-26, 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 November 26, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,546.

This includes the accounted for deaths (69,785) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 9,761+).

By November 26, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,965.

By November 26, 2025, according to news report, 1,066 Palestinians who were killed, 7,319 who were injured, and 19,569 who were kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

Note: The total number, mentioned above, of Palestinians who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank does not subtract those who were released after kidnapping them.

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Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank:

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al-Dhameer Association for Human Rights stated in a report issued Sunday that the total number of kidnappings of Palestinians in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, has risen to more than 18,500, including over 570 women and about 1,500 children.

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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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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Amnesty International confirmed that the Gaza genocide has not stopped at all, stressing that the international community must not be misled by the superficial appearance of a ceasefire, November 27, 2025. A displaced and tired Sudanese mother and her child in their way to a refugee camp, where they hope to find some relief, like millions of the Sudanese who were forced out of their cities as a result of the civil war, November 28, 2025.

The Israeli aggression on the Syrian town of Bait Jinn, which resulted in the killing of at least 10 civilians, including children, is another criminal attack on Syrian sovereignty, November 28, 2025. The Israeli warplanes launched a wave of airstrikes on multiple areas in southern Lebanon, marking one year since the ceasefire agreement that was intended to halt hostilities with 'Hizbullah, November 28, 2025.

The Israeli occupation army announced its intention to demolish 24 new
homes in the Jineen refugee camp constitutes a declaration of carrying
out a full-fledged war crime, November 28, 2025. The Israeli occupation apartheid regime issued a new order to seize the inner courtyard of El-Ibraheemi Mosque in El-Khaleel, Hebron, aiming at altering the historical and legal status of the site, November 28, 2025.

Grieving the death of Martyr 'Abdullah 'Hammad, who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, November 28, 2025. Scenes of the Israeli mass destruction of El-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, during the two-year of the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people, in the Gaza Strip, November 28, 2025.

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‎Impacts and Aspects of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip

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Israel intensifies airstrikes across southern Lebanon on first anniversary of ceasefire

Friday 28-November-2025

BEIRUT, (PIC)

The Israeli warplanes launched a wave of airstrikes on multiple areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday, marking one year since the ceasefire agreement that was intended to halt hostilities with 'Hizbullah.

According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the strikes targeted El-Ma'hmoudiya and El-Jarmaq areas in the Jizzeen district. Local sources added that Israeli warplanes also bombed the heights of Iqleem El-Tuffa'h and carried out raids on El-Qatrana and the Jubour highlands.

The agency reported that Israeli forces opened heavy machine-gun fire toward farmers on the outskirts of El-Wazzani area, though no injuries were recorded. Israeli fighter jets also flew at medium altitude over the city of Hirmil, as intense military activity was observed across the southern airspace.

Since the ceasefire went into effect one year ago, Israel has continued to violate the agreement on a daily basis, while Hezbollah has not carried out retaliatory attacks during the same period.

According to UNIFIL, Israeli forces have committed more than 10,000 violations since the deal was signed on 27 November 2024.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says these attacks have killed 331 people and wounded 945 others over the past year alone, underscoring a steep escalation in Israeli violations.

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Several people killed in Israeli airstrike on Rural Damascus

Friday 28-November-2025

DAMASCUS, (PIC)

At least 10 Syrians were killed and others injured after an Israeli raid in Bait Jinn in rural Damascus, according to Syrian state TV (Al-Ikhbariya).

The Syrian news agency reported that Israeli occupation forces bombed Bait Jinn with artillery at 3:40 AM, followed by an Israeli military incursion into the town. During the raid, the Israeli forces arrested three individuals before withdrawing.

The report stated that residents of the town confronted the invading forces, who responded with heavy gunfire, sparking violent clashes between the locals and the Israeli troops.

A Syrian medical official confirmed that five members of a single family were among the victims, including two children.

Syrian media also reported that the Israeli army attempted to arrest a local resident, prompting an armed confrontation with townspeople. The airstrike reportedly took place after an Israeli military patrol was besieged during its ground operation in the area.

After the clashes, the Israeli forces withdrew and took up positions on Bait El-Warda Hill on the outskirts of Bat Jinn. Israeli Channel Kan confirmed that the withdrawal occurred two hours later.

Al-Ikhbariya stated that “Israeli warplanes continue to strike the town, targeting civilians.”

The Israeli site Hadashot Bezman reported that an Israeli helicopter landed at Sheba Hospital carrying wounded soldiers from Bait Jinn.

The Israeli military acknowledged that five of its soldiers were wounded, including three in critical condition, in the Bait Jinn clashes in rural Damascus.

Just a day earlier, Israeli forces had shelled El-Tel El-A'hmar in rural El-Qunaitra with multiple artillery rounds, and renewed their incursion into the province at the Umm Batnah junction in northern El-Qunaitra, where three military vehicles entered.

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'Hamas: Israeli aggression on Syria a continuation of a policy of lawlessness and violent arrogance

Friday 28-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement condemned Friday’s Israeli aggression on the Syrian town of Beit Jinn, which killed at least 10 civilians, including children, calling it a criminal attack on Syrian sovereignty and another extension of Israel’s unchecked military escalation across the region.

In a statement, the Movement said the assault reflects the “policy of lawlessness and aggression” pursued by Israel against Arab states.

Hamas praised what it described as the “heroic resistance” of Beit Jinn residents, who confronted the Israeli force that attempted to advance into the town, reportedly inflicting losses on soldiers and military vehicles.

Hamas called on the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations to take urgent and concrete measures to stop Israel’s violations of international law and its growing threats to regional and international stability.

'Hamas spokesman 'Hazim Qasim said earlier that the attack on Syria, coupled with continued Israeli bombardment of Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, proves that the Israeli occupation seeks to widen its aggression across the entire region.

He stressed that the Israeli government’s “extremist and hostile conduct is the main driver of instability” and must be confronted with a unified practical Arab stance to halt its ongoing “rampage.”

According to Syria’s state broadcaster, Israeli aircraft bombed Bait Jinn at around 3:40 a.m., followed by artillery strikes. Israeli troops then briefly advanced into the town, arresting three people before withdrawing.

Local reports said residents confronted the Israeli military force as it moved deeper into the area, leading to heavy exchanges of fire between the advancing troops and the town’s inhabitants.

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'Hamas: Demolition of 24 homes in Jineen refugee camp is a war crime

Friday 28-November-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

'Hamas said that the announcement on Friday by the “criminal Israeli occupation army” of its intention to demolish 24 new homes in the Jineen refugee camp constitutes a declaration of carrying out a full-fledged war crime.

In a statement, 'Hamas considered such announcement as a “dangerous escalation in the policy of ethnic cleansing pursued by the occupation against our people, and part of its attempts to destroy the camp and impose permanent forced displacement on its residents, in implementation of annexation plans and altering the demographic reality in the West Bank.”

The Movement called on the Arab countries, the international community, the United Nations, and all concerned parties to assume their legal and moral responsibilities toward the comprehensive aggression the Palestinian people in the West Bank are facing.

It also stressed the need to take action to impose deterrent sanctions on the “fascist occupation government and to take urgent measures to protect our people in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, who are facing systematic and comprehensive genocide.”

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UNRWA: 32,000 displaced Palestinians still unable to return to northern West Bank camps

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Thursday that 32,000 Palestinians remain forcibly displaced from camps in the northern occupied West Bank due to the ongoing Israeli aggression that began earlier this year.

Roland Friedrich, Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank, stated that residents of Jineen, Toulkarm, and Nour Shams camps are still unable to return to their homes after being completely evacuated since the Israeli offensive started on January 21. He described these areas as having become “ghost towns” after once being “full of life.”

Friedrich revealed that the Israeli army recently issued new demolition orders under the pretext of “military purposes,” including the destruction of 12 buildings and partial demolition of 11 more in Jenin camp, with implementation scheduled to begin Friday.

He added that March and June saw mass demolition orders targeting over 190 buildings in Jenin camp, and 20 buildings were previously destroyed using controlled explosions in February.

The UN official emphasized that this “systematic destruction” violates international law and only serves to entrench long-term Israeli military control over the camps. He called for immediate reconstruction efforts and urged Israeli authorities to allow displaced residents to return home.

Friedrich also noted that the Israeli offensive, which began in Jenin camp, has since spread to Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps as part of an ongoing escalation in the West Bank that has persisted for over two years. This has coincided with Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023.

According to official Palestinian data, the Israeli aggression in the West Bank has resulted in more than 1,083 Palestinians killed, nearly 11,000 wounded, and over 20,500 arrested since the escalation began.

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How Trump's pledge to tackle Sudan atrocities could play out

BBC, Alex de Waal

November 28, 2025

Wracked by war for two-and-a-half years, Sudan lies in ruins. Half a dozen peace initiatives have failed, none of them able to pressure or persuade regional powerbrokers to push for a compromise.

Many Sudanese ask if the world cares whether they live or die.

Could that be about to change with direct intervention from the Oval Office?

By US President Donald Trump's own admission, the conflict was not on his "charts to be involved in that. I thought it was just something that was crazy and out of control."

But that was before a White House meeting 10 days ago with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. He briefed the president on what was happening and asked him to intervene.

Afterwards, Trump said: "We're going to start working on Sudan."

He later posted on social media that "tremendous atrocities are taking place in Sudan. It has become the most violent place on Earth" and pledged to work with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the violence.

In fact, the US had already been involved in negotiations, but perhaps Trump's personal leverage with the leaders of those allies – all accused of backing one side or the other in Sudan – could make a difference.

With nearly 12 million driven from their homes and famine conditions continuing in parts of the country, the Sudanese are desperate for something – anything - that could break the deadlock.

Trump's comments on the situation came just a few days after the civil war reached a new nadir of horror at the end of October.

Following a 500-day starvation siege, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the city of el-Fasher, the army's last stronghold in the westernmost region of Darfur.

Reuters Mohammed bin Salman seems to have persuaded Donald Trump to get involved in efforts to bring peace to Sudan

The RSF fighters rampaged through the city, killing, raping and looting. Estimates for the numbers of people who perished in this ethnically targeted massacre range upwards from 5,000.

Mobile phone footage filmed by the killers themselves of them tormenting, torturing and killing victims - known as "trophy videos" - circulated on social media.

In the wake of the killing, the war leaders' posturing followed a long-standing pattern.

After seizing el-Fasher, RSF head Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti", announced that he would be ready for a ceasefire. He wanted to polish a reputation stained by the mass killing.

But stung by their humiliation on the battlefield, Sudan's generals were not ready to compromise.

Armed forces chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the UN-recognised government, rejected a ceasefire, promising to fight on.

Burhan - and especially the Islamists within his camp - are in fighting mood now, describing the RSF as a terrorist rabble that must be defeated completely.

Hemedti publicly offers compromise. But the atrocities of his troops tell a different story and few people of the cities they have ransacked will contemplate living under their rule.

When they have just suffered a defeat, the army commanders consistently vow to avenge their losses and regain their pride. And when they are winning, they insist that they can finish the job.

Reuters The war began in April 2023 after Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (L) fell out with Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (R) over the future direction of the country

During 40 years of wars in southern Sudan, Darfur and elsewhere, this mindset has meant that Sudan's leaders spurn formulas for peace offered by mediators.

With the country now facing de facto partition, this is the pattern that Trump needs to break.

Regional states back different sides in the war.

Egypt and Turkey have stepped up their arms supplies to the Sudanese army. Saudi Arabia also leans towards the army.

Multiple reports from investigative journalists and intelligence agencies show that the UAE has been arming the RSF, and it is reportedly increasing its supplies. The UAE has always denied this.

The first step towards peace is for the key regional states to cease fuelling the flames and instead use their influence for peace.

For six months, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and senior advisor for Africa Massad Boulos have been hammering out a plan.

They established the "Quad" - the US plus Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - and drafted a plan with three key elements:

a ceasefire access for humanitarian aid negotiations to set up a government headed by civilians.

The Quad affirmed its plan in September and met again Washington last month. But it could not quite close the gap between the Sudanese warring parties, and then the RSF attacked el-Fasher.

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On face value, Bin Salman's appeal to Trump gives much more weight to the Quad plan.

The US president is the one figure who could intervene with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and persuade him to change course.

The problem is that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are engaged in a fierce rivalry for influence across the Arab world, including countries such as Yemen and Syria, as well as Sudan.

It is a contest for who will be the leading power in the Arabian peninsula.

The two also have policy differences, especially on how to handle the Muslim Brotherhood - Saudi Arabia can tolerate the Islamists provided they do not have a leading role, whereas the UAE considers it a terrorist organisation.

Because Burhan's coalition includes Islamists, who were powerful and wealthy during the 30-year rule of former President Omar al-Bashir from 1989 to 2019, the UAE has taken sides against them.

Trump would also need to get Saudi Arabia and the UAE to push Sudan higher up their list of priorities.

For both countries, Sudan comes below issues such as Gaza and Syria, as well as finance and commerce.

Despite his personal appeal to the US president, it is not clear whether Bin Salman offered to set aside his differences with the Emirati leader in order to make peace in Sudan.

And Burhan appears to interpret the prince's intervention in Washington as overriding the Quad plan, not bolstering it, as it could imply excluding the UAE.

He wants to see a bigger role for Saudi Arabia in the mediation, and the UAE shut out of it – which is a green light to intensify the war, not end it.

Reuters Some of those who managed to flee el-Fasher in October headed west to the border with Chad

In order to really be effective, Trump would need to exert enormous pressure on the UAE to end its reported backing of the RSF.

But with bigger issues at stake - the UAE is the champion of the Abraham Accords and a major investment partner - the Trump White House is not likely to take sides against Abu Dhabi over the war in Sudan.

It has not made a single public reprimand of the UAE and the prospect of actions – used in other conflicts - such as economic sanctions is zero.

For now, the US is relying on quiet diplomacy to persuade the Emiratis to use their leverage over their Sudanese proteges. That demands diplomatic finesse.

Sudan's long-suffering people are hoping that the Trump White House has the skill and patience for peace.

Even if the Quad wins a ceasefire, it is only the beginning.

With aid budgets cut to the bone, the $3bn (£2.3bn) urgently needed for humanitarian aid will be hard to find. Without a massively stepped-up aid effort, any truce will be fragile.

And that is just the start of a long and fraught road to peace in Sudan.

The Sudanese are polarised and bitter, and most of them do not trust any of the generals.

The civilians who took to the streets to bring down Bashir seven years ago are still demanding democracy and justice.

And many worry that if the Arab countries steer the peace process, Sudan's destination will be to become an Arab dependency.

Alex de Waal is the executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the US

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'I can't afford to save both twins': Sudan's war left one mother with an impossible choice

BBC, 15 October 2025 --

Nawal Al-Maghafi,Senior international investigations correspondent, Khartoum and Scarlett Barter,BBC World Service, Khartoum Touma's life and family have been devastated by Sudan's civil war

Warning: This piece contains details that some readers may find distressing

Touma hasn't eaten in days. She sits silently, her eyes glassy as she stares aimlessly across the hospital ward.

In her arms, motionless and severely malnourished, lies her three-year-old daughter, Masajed.

Touma seems numb to the cries of the other young children around her. "I wish she would cry," the 25-year-old mother tells us , looking at her daughter. "She hasn't cried in days."

Bashaer Hospital is one of the last functioning hospitals in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, devastated by the civil war which has been raging since April 2023. Many have travelled hours to get here for specialist care.

The malnutrition ward is filled with children who are too weak to fight disease, their mothers by their bedside, helpless.

Cries here can't be soothed and each one cuts deep.

Touma and her family were forced to flee after fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reached their home about 200km (125 miles) south-west of Khartoum.

"[The RSF] took everything we owned - our money and our livestock - straight out of our hands," she says. "We escaped with only our lives."

With no money or food, Touma's children began to suffer.

She looks stunned as she recounts their old life. "In the past, our house was full of goodness. We had livestock, milk and dates. But now we have nothing."

Sudan is currently experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.

According to the UN, three million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished. The hospitals that are left are overwhelmed.

Bashaer Hospital offers care and basic treatment free of charge.

However, the lifesaving medicines needed by the children in the malnutrition ward must be paid for by their families.

Masajed is a twin, she and her sister Manahil were brought to the hospital together. But the family could only afford antibiotics for one child.

Touma had to make the impossible choice – she chose Manahil.

"I wish they could both recover and grow," her grief-stricken voice cracks, "and that I could watch them walking and playing together as they did before.

"I just want them both to get better," Touma says, cradling her dying daughter.

"I am alone. I have nothing. I have only God."

Survival rates here are low. For the families on this ward the war has taken everything. They have been left with nothing and no means to buy the medicines that would save their children.

As we leave, the doctor says none of the children in this ward will survive.

Across the whole of Khartoum, children's lives have been rewritten by the civil war.

Liam Weir / BBC Reminders of the conflict lie strewn across Khartoum

What began as an eruption of fighting between forces loyal to two generals – army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti – soon engulfed the city.

For two years – until last March when the army retook control - the city was gripped by war as rival fighters clashed.

Khartoum, once a hub of culture and commerce on the banks of the River Nile, became a battlefield. Tanks rolled into neighbourhoods. Fighter jets roared overhead. Civilians were trapped between crossfire, artillery bombardments and drone strikes.

It is in this devastated landscape, amid the silence of destruction, that the fragile voice of a child rises from the rubble.

Twelve-year-old Zaher wheels himself through the wreckage, past burnt-out cars, tanks, broken houses and forgotten bullets.

"I'm coming home," he sings softly to himself as his wheelchair rolls over broken glass and shrapnel. "I can no longer see my home. Where's my home?"

Zaher still loves to play football

His voice, fragile but determined, contains both a lament for what has been lost and a quiet hope that one day, he may finally go home.

In a building now being used as a shelter, Zaher's mother Habibah tells me about what life was like under RSF control.

"The situation was very difficult," she says. "We couldn't switch on our lights at night - it was as if we were thieves. We didn't light fires. We didn't move at all at night."

She sits next to her son in a room lined with single beds.

"At any moment, whether you were sleeping or taking a shower, standing or sitting, you find them [the RSF] breathing down your neck."

Many fled the capital, but Zaher and his mother had no means to get out. To survive, they sold lentils on the streets.

Then one morning, as they worked side by side, a drone struck.

"I looked at him and he was bleeding. There was blood everywhere," Habibah says. "I was losing consciousness. I forced myself to stay awake because I knew if I passed out, I would lose him forever."

Zaher's legs were badly damaged. After hours of agony, they made it to hospital .

"I kept praying: 'Please God, take my life instead of his legs,'" she cries.

But doctors could not save his legs. Both had to be amputated just below the knee.

"He would wake up and ask: 'Why did you let them cut my legs?'" She looks down, her face filled with remorse, "I couldn't answer."

Both Habiba and her son weep, tormented by the memory of what happened to them. It is made worse by knowing that prosthetic limbs could give Zaher a chance at his old childhood, but Habiba cannot afford them.

For Zaher, the memory of what happened is too difficult to talk about.

He only shares one simple dream. "I wish I could have prosthetic legs so I can play football with my friends like I used to. That's all."

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Children in Khartoum have been robbed not only of their childhoods but of safe places to play and be young.

Schools, football pitches and playgrounds are now shattered, with broken reminders of a life stolen by conflict.

"It was very nice here," says 16-year-old Ahmed looking around a destroyed funfair and playground.

Ahmed has found human remains at a playground where he is paid to tidy up

Printed on his grey, tattered T-shirt is a huge smiley face - the word "smile" emblazoned beneath it. But his reality could not be further from that sentiment.

"My brothers and I used to come here. We played all day and laughed so much. But when I came back after the war, I couldn't believe it was the same place."

Ahmed now lives and works here clearing the debris left by war, earning $50 (£37) for 30 days of continuous labour.

The money helps support him, his mother, grandmother and one of his brothers.

There were six other brothers but, like so many in Sudan who have missing family members, he has lost contact with them. He looks at his feet as he tells us he doesn't know where they are or if any are still alive.

The war has ripped families like his apart.

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Ahmed's work reminds him of that nearly daily. "I have found the remains of 15 bodies so far," he says.

Many of the remains found here have since been buried, but there are still some bones lying around.

Ahmed walks across the park and picks up a human jaw. "It's terrifying. It makes me shake."

He shows us another bone and holding it innocently beside his leg, he says: "This is a leg bone, like mine."

Ahmed says he no longer dares to dream of a future.

"Ever since the war began, I have been certain that I was destined to die. So I stopped thinking about what I would do in the future."

BBC I wish they would just fix me, so I could walk home and go to school" Zaher

The destruction of schools has put the future of children in even more jeopardy.

Millions are no longer being educated.

But Zaher is one of the lucky few. He and his friends attend school in a makeshift classroom set up by volunteers in an abandoned home.

They call out answers loudly, write on the board, sing songs and there are even a few naughty kids messing around at the back of the class.

Hearing the sound of children learning and laughing, in a country where places to be a kid are so limited, is like nectar.

When we ask what childhood should be like, Zaher's classmates answer with innocence still intact: "We should be playing, studying, reading."

But the memory of war is never far away. "We shouldn't be afraid of the bombs and the bullets," interrupts Zaher. "We should be brave."

Their teacher, Miss Amal, has taught for 45 years. She has never seen children so traumatised.

"They've been really affected by the war," she says.

"Their mental health, their vocabulary. They are speaking the language of the militias. Violent curse words, even physical violence. They carry sticks and whips, wanting to hit someone. They have become so anxious."

The damage extends beyond behaviour.

With most families stripped of income, food shortages are biting.

"Some students come from homes with no bread, no flour, no milk, no oil, nothing at all," the teacher says.

And yet, amid despair, Sudan's children cling to fleeting moments of joy.

On a scarred football pitch, Zaher drags himself across the dirt on his knees, determined to play the game he loves most. His friends cheer him on as he kicks the ball.

"My favourite thing to do is football," he says, smiling for the first time.

When asked which team he supports, the answer is immediate: "Real Madrid." His favourite player? "Vinícius."

Playing on his knees is extremely painful and could lead to more infections. But he doesn't care.

Football and his friendships have saved him. They have brought him joy and an escape from his reality. Yet, he dreams of prosthetic legs.

"I wish they would just fix me, so I could walk home and go to school," Zaher says.

Additional reporting by Abdelrahman Abutaleb, Abdalrahman Altayeb and Liam Weir

Sudan war: The mother who could only afford the drugs to save one of her twins

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More BBC stories on the conflict in Sudan:

My son's whole body is full of shrapnel' A pregnant woman's diary of escape from war zone: 'I prayed the baby wouldn't come' Oil-rich Sudanese region becomes new focus of war between army and rival forces Medics under siege: 'We took this photo, fearing it would be our last' 'Our children are dying': Rare footage shows plight of civilians in besieged Sudan city

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Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

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'Hamas: Israeli targeting of fighters in Rafa'h threatens Gaza ceasefire

Thursday 27-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement has warned that the Israeli targeting and arresting of resistance fighters trapped inside Rafa'h’s tunnels risk undermining the ceasefire agreement.

In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas explained that over the past month, it had made intensive efforts with political leaders and mediators to find solutions to end the suffering of the fighters and secure their return to their homes.

'Hamas said it submitted proposals and mechanisms to the mediators and the US administration in order to address the issue of these fighters, but the Israeli occupation regime torpedoed all the efforts made in this regard.

The Movement held the Israeli regime fully responsible for the lives of its fighters in Rafa'h, urging mediators to take urgent action to pressure Israel to allow them to return home.

The Movement praised the fighters as “symbols of sacrifice, patience, and heroism, embodying the dignity of the Palestinian people and their quest for freedom.”

In a related context, the resistance’s security apparatus in the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli occupation army of circulating selective images of fighters in Rafa'h as part of a psychological campaign designed to fabricate false achievements and mask its mounting field and intelligence failures.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the security apparatus said that Israel’s use of such media tactics reveals deep confusion within its security establishment and underscores stark contradictions between its narrative and the reality on the ground in Rafa'h.

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Palestinian man killed in Israeli airstrike east of Khan Younus

Friday 28-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian man was killed Friday morning in an Israeli airstrike, as Israeli occupation forces continued, for the 49th consecutive day, to violate the ceasefire in Gaza with air raids and artillery shelling in the eastern parts of the Strip.

Local sources reported that Abdullah Wajdi Rizq 'Hammad was killed by an Israeli drone strike in the town of Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Elsewhere, a young girl was injured by Israeli tank fire in El-Mawasi area of Rafa'h, also in the south.

Another civilian was critically injured after being targeted by a quadcopter drone in central Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younus.

Israeli artillery also shelled the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younus, accompanied by heavy machine-gun fire from Israeli helicopters in the area.

Israeli naval forces opened fire off the coast of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Israeli warplanes also launched a series of airstrikes on the northeastern areas of Rafa'h City.

The Gaza Center for Human Rights announced that 350 Palestinians, including 130 children and 54 women, have been killed in Israeli attacks over the 47 days since the ceasefire began.

The center documented more than 535 ceasefire violations, averaging over 11 breaches per day, and confirmed that the violations have persisted since the very beginning of the ceasefire agreement.

It also noted that Israel has restricted the entry of humanitarian aid, allowing only 211 trucks per day to pass through, far below the 600 trucks it claimed to be permitting. Furthermore, Israel has not adhered to the agreed-upon withdrawal map and continues to impose fire control and carry out incursions into civilian areas of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Civil Defense Force announced that nearly 50% of its services have been suspended due to the lack of fuel to operate essential equipment and vehicles. Meanwhile, a rights center reported the death of 350 Palestinians in 47 days of Israeli violations following the ceasefire agreement.

Rescue teams are increasingly unable to reach thousands of damaged and hazardous buildings, and search-and-rescue operations are on the brink of complete shutdown amid the ongoing fuel crisis.

The Civil Defense confirmed that a large portion of its ability to respond to fires, explosions, and building collapses has been severely impaired, placing civilians in direct danger.

There are also serious difficulties operating power generators at civil defense and ambulance stations across the Gaza Strip, with warnings of a total collapse of emergency response capabilities.

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Israel releases 5 Palestinian detainees, including nurse Tasneem El-Homs

Thursday 27-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces released five Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after months of imprisonment and systematic torture that fell far below minimum humanitarian standards.

According to the Asra Media Office, the five released prisoners were transferred to El-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, by Red Cross teams to receive necessary medical care following their release.

Local sources confirmed that among those released was nurse Tasneem El-Homs, the daughter of Dr. Marwan Al-Homs, Director General of Field Hospitals.

Nurse Al-Homs had been abducted over two months ago by militias recruited and armed by the Israeli military to incite chaos in Gaza, loot aid, and target resistance members.

Dr. Marwan El-Homs himself was previously kidnapped by local militias on July 21, 2025, during a visit to the Red Cross Hospital in western Khan Younus.

Earlier, the Asra Media Office published a list of 1,468 names of detainees from Gaza who were abducted by the Israeli occupation forces, after October 7, 2023, based on information exchange between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation forces.

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Israeli occupation army carries out renewed aerial attacks, demolitions in Gaza

Thursday 27-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army carried out several aerial attacks on the southern and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip after midnight and at dawn on Thursday, a day after five civilians were martyred, one of them succumbing to earlier wounds.

A local source reported that Israeli helicopters opened heavy machinegun fire toward Rafa'h in southern Gaza at dawn.

Dawn airstrikes also targeted Rafa'h and eastern Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army detonated several residential buildings east of Khan Younus.

After midnight, Israeli warplanes launched at least five airstrikes on the eastern areas of Gaza City.

Yesterday, four Palestinians were martyred and others sustained injuries in Israeli attacks on different areas of Gaza, just hours after another citizen died from injuries sustained in an earlier Israeli strike.

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

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Palestinian young man killed by Israeli gunfire in Jineen

Thursday 27-November-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead on Wednesday night, succumbing to wounds from Israeli forces’ gunfire in the town of Qabatya, south of Jineen in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian health ministry said that 20-year-old Osama Kamil was taken to the hospital after being shot in the abdomen by an Israeli soldier in Qabatya, but he was pronounced dead despite medical efforts to save his life

Earlier in the evening, Israeli foot patrols and snipers spread in the town before opening live fire and raiding a house.

The new fatality has raised the toll in Jenin city and its refugee camp to 57 martyrs since the Israeli military aggression in the northern West Bank started on January 21.

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Two Palestinians injured in settler attack in northern W. Bank

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Two Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, following an attack carried out by armed Jewish settlers against Palestinian farmers near the town of Beit Lid in the southeast of Tulkarem, north of the occupied West Bank, on Thursday morning.

According to media sources, a horde of armed settlers carrying guns, clubs and stones attacked the farmers while they were working their agricultural lands near Beit Lid.

Ambulance crews rushed the wounded farmers to the hospital for medical assistance.

Other groups of settlers also carried out a series of violent attacks across the occupied West Bank today, underscoring a continuing pattern of assaults against Palestinian citizens and property.

In Nablus, a horde of settlers stormed the town of Jamma’een and started setting up a settlement outpost.

Local sources reported that settlers pitched some tents on a swath of land near their town.

In Ramallah, settlers brutalized Palestinian farmers in El-Khalayel area near El-Mughayir town, while other settlers bulldozed swaths of land and trees near the house of the Abu 'Awwad family in Turmus 'Ayya town.

In al-Khalil, two settlers stole a donkey after sneaking into the home of Khalil al‑Huraini in the Wadi al‑Rakhim area near Khirbet Susiya in Masafer Yatta.

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'Hamas condemns Israel’s execution of two young men in Jineen

Friday 28-November-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement issued a strong statement on Thursday condemning the Israeli occupation forces for the cold-blooded execution of two unarmed Palestinian youths in the city of Jineen. The young men were reportedly shot after leaving a besieged home, posing no threat at the time.

'Hamas described the act as a clear reflection of the “criminal mindset” guiding the behavior of Israeli forces, accusing them of continuing to shed Palestinian blood with impunity and in defiance of international norms and laws.

The Movement mourned the two martyrs and stated that their killing was “not an isolated incident, but a continuation of a systematic campaign of extermination” targeting Palestinians in the West Bank, saying that it was part of a broader effort to impose annexation and forced displacement.

'Hamas further asserted that the intensifying military campaign, especially in northern West Bank governorates, proves that “resistance remains the only natural and legitimate response” to the Israeli occupation’s “crimes and ongoing aggression.”

According to local sources, the Israeli army stormed Jenin on Thursday, where an undercover unit surrounded a house in the Jabal Abu Dthuhair neighborhood. The soldiers detained and beat one youth inside.

As the two young men, identified as Yousuf Darweesh and Montasir Abu Warda, exited the house in an attempt to surrender, Israeli forces reportedly forced them back inside and then opened fire at close range, killing them instantly.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the General Authority of Civil Affairs reported the killing of El-Montasir Billah Ma'hmoud Qasim 'Abdullah, 26, and Yousuf 'Ali Yousuf Asasa, 37, whose bodies were seized by Israeli forces in the Abu Dthahr mountain area.

Local sources said an Israeli special unit infiltrated the Jabal Abu Dthahr neighborhood, surrounded a home, and physically assaulted one of the young men inside.

During the siege, the two young men attempted to surrender, but Israeli soldiers forced them back inside the house and then shot them directly, killing them instantly.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the shooting took place at very close range, in a manner that indicated a deliberate extrajudicial execution with no exchange of fire or threat posed by the victims.

Later, the Israeli army admitted to the killings and claimed it had launched an investigation into the conduct of the soldiers, noting that the two victims had been in the process of surrendering, a statement seen as an attempt to mitigate backlash.

Earlier in the day, another Palestinian was reported killed during the military siege of a home in the same area of Jenin.

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5 Palestinians injured in Israeli military raid into Toubas

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Five Palestinian citizens were injured on Thursday evening after Israeli occupation forces broke into Tammoun town, south of Toubas in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed that its teams transported the five citizens from Tammoun after their brief arrest. The youths were brutally assaulted during their arrest by the Israeli forces.

The organization added that its teams received the injured individuals after their release and transferred them to the society’s field clinic in Tammoun.

Israel has intensified its attacks on Palestinians across the West Bank, including Occupied Jerusalem, since the onset of its genocidal war on Gaza. According to Palestinian sources, around 1,070 Palestinians were killed, over 10,000 injured, and more than 20,000 individuals arrested, including 1,600 children.

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Violent clashes erupt in Jenin following Israeli military raid

Friday 28-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Palestinian resistance fighters targeted Israeli military vehicles with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during an Israeli military raid on the town of El-Silah El-Harithiya, west of Jenin, sparking violent clashes in the area.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the town from multiple directions, firing live ammunition at youths, which led to widespread confrontations throughout the town and its outskirts.

The Jenin Battalion of the Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, stating in a brief announcement that its fighters successfully detonated a ground-based explosive device, known as a “Tufan," targeting an Israeli military vehicle in El-Ziyoud area.

The group added that its fighters “continue to confront the invading Israeli forces on multiple fronts, responding according to the evolving battlefield conditions.”

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IOF kidnaps dozens of Palestinians in W. Bank raids

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and at dawn Thursday different areas of the West Bank, where they raided homes and kidnaped dozens of Palestinian citizens.

Local sources report that the Israeli army deployed major reinforcements to Toubas City and the nearby towns of 'Aqaba and Tammoun at dawn, intensifying a large-scale operation launched early Wednesday.

Dozens of young men were reportedly kidnapped after their homes were stormed overnight, while foot patrols spread across multiple areas in Tubas province.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces stormed the city’s Dthinnaba suburb and 'Anabta town, kidnaping several young men.

IOF raids also took place in the city of Qalqilya and the towns of 'Azzoun and Kafr Thuluth, where two young men were kidnaped.

In Ramallah, Israeli forces stormed El-Beereh City and Jabel El-Taweel neighborhood, where they reportedly showered residents with tear gas canisters.

Israeli forces also raided the towns of Dura al-Qari, Birzeit and Abu Qash in the Ramallah and Beereh province, where they obstructed the movement of Palestinian vehicles and conducted searches.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs kidnapped a number of young men from the towns of Sa’ir and Nuba, and demolished commercial facilities and stores in the Muthalat al‑Ramadin area south of the city.

In Bethlehem, a young man was kidnaped by the IOFs from the village of 'Husan, while forces stormed the town of Za’atara east of the city.

In Nablus, a number of young men were taken prisoner following IOF raids on homes in Balata refugee camp.

In Jineen, two Red Crescent paramedics sustained injuries after Israeli soldiers savagely assaulted them in Qabatiya town.

The IOF also carried out raids in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported arrests.

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Israeli kidnapping of Palestinians on rise in the West Bank, rights group warns

Friday 28-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Palestine Center for Prisoner Studies has reported a sharp increase in Israeli mass kidnapping campaigns carried against Palestinian civilians in recent months. The arrests are often followed by harsh field interrogations before the majority of detainees are released.

Center director Riyadh El-Ashqar stated that these actions are part of a retaliatory policy aimed at instilling fear and deterrence through unlawful methods. He stressed that the mass arrests show a blatant disregard for Palestinian suffering and violate international law, which prohibits arbitrary detention and requires clear legal charges.

El-Ashqar pointed out that the period following the genocide in Gaza has seen a notable escalation in Israeli raids on villages and refugee camps in the West Bank. During these night raids, Israeli forces storm homes violently, deliberately destroy property, and seize money and gold. They also detain dozens of young men, dragging them out blindfolded and handcuffed in humiliating conditions, some even in their sleepwear.

He noted that during such operations, the Israeli military often seizes homes and converts them into military posts and field interrogation centers, where detainees are separated and questioned for hours under duress and threats.

Most towns and villages in the West Bank have not been spared from these practices, El-Ashqar added, citing the recent large-scale raid in the city of Tammun, south of Tubas, where more than 300 people, including the mayor, were arrested.

He emphasized that nearly all detainees were subjected to at least one form of torture following their arrest, calling the situation collective punishment and a war crime against unarmed civilians.

The Palestine Center urged international human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene immediately to stop these violations and pressure Israel to end the policy of arbitrary arrests carried out without charges or legal justification.

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IOFs extend third day of raids in Toubas as sweeping kidnapping campaign hits West Bank

Friday 28-November-2025

TUBAS, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued a large-scale assault on the Toubas governorate in the northern West Bank for the third consecutive day on Friday, expanding raids into El-Fari’a refugee camp while simultaneously launching a broad kidnapping campaign across several West Bank districts.

Local sources said the IOFs stormed Al-Far’a camp before dawn after maintaining a heavy presence around it for the past two days. Israeli troops carried out extensive home raids, deployed infantry units throughout the camp and enforced a strict curfew across the wider Tubas area.

In the nearby town of Tammoun, IOFs withdrew early Friday after causing significant destruction to infrastructure, particularly in the eastern neighborhoods. The raids left major damage to civilian property, according to residents.

The assault has also extended to the towns of 'Aqaba and Tayaseer, where several homes were seized and converted into military outposts. Roadblocks and earth mounds continue to seal off main and side roads, cutting access to and from the governorate.

Medical teams have treated more than 70 injuries since the beginning of the military operation, most of them resulting from beatings and abuse by IOFs. Meanwhile, 162 Palestinians were detained for field interrogation, though most were later released.

The raids in Toubas coincided with a wave of arrests across the West Bank early Friday. Among those detained was former prisoner Salama El-Qattawi, seized from Beer Zait just hours before his scheduled wedding. El-Qattawi has been repeatedly detained since his release in the “El-Aqsa Flood” prisoner-exchange deal.

In Nablus, IOFs arrested several young men from the New 'Askar refugee camp, including Shadi El-Rifa'i, reportedly to pressure his son, 'Izz, to surrender. Others detained included Baha El-Ka'bi and both Mujahid and Sameer El-Rifa'i.

Raids also reached the town of Burin, where two children, Khalid 'Hamid Zain and Siham 'Hamid Zain, were taken into custody. In the village of El-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah, IOFs arrested two brothers, Qusay and Osama Na’san.

During the ongoing offensive on Toubas, five young men from Al-Far’a camp were also detained: Fadi Sablan, 'Hasan Sablan, Mu'hammed Abu El-Samin, Adham Zeedan and Mustafa El-'Awda.

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Israeli occupation expands control over El-Ibraheemi Mosque

Friday 28-November-2025

El-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued a new order to seize the inner courtyard of El-Ibraheemi Mosque in El-Khaleel (Hebron), a move described as a dangerous escalation aimed at altering the historical and legal status of the site, according to Mosque Director Mu'taz Abu Sunayna.

Abu Sunayna stated in press remarks that occupation forces have also taken control of the mosque’s electricity and water systems, an explicit violation of international agreements that protect religious and heritage sites.

Meanwhile, acting Mayor of al-Khalil Asmaa El-Sharbaty emphasized that the Israeli decision poses a direct threat to El-Ibraheemi Mosque, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in danger.

Abu Sunayna had previously warned that the occupation was shifting from a policy of time-and-space division of the mosque to full control, through gradual steps and comprehensive Judaization plans.

He noted a sharp increase in violations at the site over the past two years, calling it part of a broader political project aimed at excluding Muslims from the mosque, altering its architectural and demographic identity, and ultimately imposing a new reality that includes the creation of an interior plaza and undermining the authority of the municipality and religious endowments.

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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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Dozens of settlers defile El-Aqsa Mosque

Thursday 27-November-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem, (PIC)

Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated El-Aqsa Mosque in El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Thursday, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque today through its El-Maghariba Gate and 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 Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque.

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

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Illegal Israeli settlers demolish home south of El-Khaleel (Hebron)

Friday 28-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers demolished a house under construction in Khirbet Wadi El-Rakheem, in the town of Yatta, south of El-Khaleel, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamra stated that heavily armed settlers from the so-called “Susiya” settlement, established on Palestinian lands and properties south of al-Khalil, demolished a brick house under construction using hand tools.

The house belonged to Palestinian citizen A'hmed Mu'hammed 'Husain Shareit and is located in Khirbet Wadi El-Rakheem, adjacent to the village of Susiya.

The illegal Israeli settlers carry out widespread daily attacks against Palestinian residents and their properties across the West Bank under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

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Illegal Israeli settler attacks reported near El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Ramallah, mosque torched west of Salfit

Friday 28-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers carried out an attack this Friday morning against Palestinian shepherds in areas north of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), while other settlers assaulted Palestinian property east of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that settlers attacked shepherds in the village of Mikhmas, northeast of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), forcing them to leave at gunpoint and threatening them not to return.

Settlers also attacked a commercial kiosk between the towns of Dair Jareer and Silwad, east of Ramallah, smashing its contents.

According to local sources, a group of settlers infiltrated the area between the two towns, attacked a beverage kiosk, and destroyed its contents. Young men confronted them and forced them to flee.

Earlier on Thursday evening, settlers set fire inside El-Fala'h Mosque in the Abu Zain area north of the town of Bidya, west of Salfeet. Parts of the mosque burned before residents managed to extinguish the flames.

Local sources said the settlers had infiltrated the mosque’s surroundings and set fire to its interior facilities, in an attack that continues a pattern of repeated assaults on places of worship and Palestinian property in the area.

On November 13, the illegal Israeli settlers also set fire inside 'Hajja 'Hameeda Mosque in the town of Dair Istya in the Salfeet governorate in the northern occupied West Bank, burning parts of the building, charring its walls, smashing its windows, and destroying copies of the Qur’an and prayer rugs.

In another incident on Thursday, settlers cut down olive and citrus trees belonging to farmer Abdul-Razzaq Khalid Mansour in the Wadi Qana area, northwest of Salfeet.

Eyewitnesses said the settlers stormed the agricultural area and attacked the trees as part of ongoing assaults targeting farmers’ lands in Wadi Qana, aiming to pressure them and prevent them from accessing their property.

Towns west of Salfeet have witnessed an escalation in settler attacks, including burning property, assaulting farmers, and attempts to seize Palestinian land, all under the protection of Israeli forces.

Over the past 24 hours, settlers have carried out numerous attacks across different areas of the West Bank, including the establishment of a new settlement outpost on the lands of Jama’een south of Nablus, along with bulldozing and uprooting trees in Ramallah.

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'Hamas: New law allowing settlers to buy West Bank land an attempt to impose facts on the ground

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement condemned the approval of a new bill by the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that would allow Israeli settlers to directly purchase land in the occupied West Bank, calling it a “criminal violation” of the territory’s legal status as occupied Palestinian land.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Movement said the measure is part of the occupation government’s ongoing effort to impose a new reality through accelerated settlement expansion, Judaization policies and de facto annexation of the West Bank.

'Hamas stressed that all Israeli actions aimed at altering the identity of the West Bank and Jerusalem, or displacing Palestinians from their land, are illegal and void under international law. “These measures will never change the fact that this land is Palestinian, nor will they undermine our people’s inherent rights,” the statement said.

The Movement urged the Arab League, the United Nations and its relevant institutions to take swift and effective action to confront what it described as blatant violations of UN resolutions pertaining to the occupied West Bank.

'Hamas also called for compelling the “terrorist occupation government” to halt its settlement projects and its ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people, their land and their holy sites.

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IOF storms Jenin City, uproots olive trees in Ramallah

Thursday 27-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed the Jabal Abu Dthuhair neighborhood in Jineen City, and uprooted olive trees in Ramallah.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces raided the neighborhood, searched a house, and assaulted a young man after detaining him.

The sources added that the IOFs deployed snipers on the rooftops of some homes in the neighborhood and flew drones over Jenin City.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces uprooted five olive trees in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.

Sources said that this was the sixth time in two months Israeli soldiers stormed the same agricultural land and destroyed its contents, including trees and fences.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Amnesty: Gaza genocide ongoing despite ceasefire

Thursday 27-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Amnesty International confirmed Thursday that the Gaza genocide “has not stopped at all,” stressing that the international community must not be misled by the superficial appearance of a ceasefire.

The rights group stated that Palestinians in Gaza continue to live under conditions “designed to physically destroy them,” citing Israel’s ongoing “brutal” policies, including restrictions on humanitarian aid and vital services.

According to Amnesty, at least 374 Palestinians, including 136 children, have been killed since the ceasefire began, due to continued Israeli attacks across various parts of the Gaza Strip.

Amnesty reminded the world that since the October 7, 2023 attack, Israel, backed by the United States and European countries, has committed acts of genocide, including mass killings, starvation, widespread destruction, displacement, and arrests, despite repeated international calls and orders by the International Court of Justice to halt such crimes.

Amnesty added that the toll of the genocide has now exceeded 239,000 Palestinians, either killed or wounded, most of them women and children, with more than 11,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has claimed many lives, particularly children. Large parts of the Gaza Strip have been entirely wiped out.

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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.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

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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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