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 World Governments Are Either Participant, Accomplices, or Continue to Watch the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza, Without Taking Any Actions to Stop it,

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13 Palestinians Killed, 101 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, 

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 67,173 and the Injuries to 169,780

by October 7, 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 October 7, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,1135.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (67,173) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,962+). 

By October 7, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 169,780. 

By October 7, 2025, according to news report, 1,037 Palestinians who were killed, 7,165 who were injured, and 19,143 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.   

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

Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during July 2025.

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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13 Palestinians were killed, 101 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 67,173 and injuries to 169,780, by October 7, 2025.	Hamas official, Fawzi Barhoum, reaffirmed that 'Hamas's top priorities include an end to the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, starvation and ethnic cleansing, with commitment to the Palestinian national rights, October 7, 2025.
106 Palestinians were killed in the past 72 hours, including journalist Inas Ramadhan, which brings the number of slain media workers in Gaza to 255 since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war, October 7, 2025.	Palestinian prisoner A'hmed Khudhairat, 22, from the town of El-Dthahiriya in southern El-Khaleel, died after suffering severe medical neglect, while held in Israeli detention, on October 7, 2025.
Despite the calls of President Trump on the Israeli occupation apartheid regime to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli genocidal air strikes targeted Al-Sabra neighborhood, in Gaza City, on October 8, 2025.	Two years after the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people resulted in mass destruction, as seen in the above scenes of central Gaza Strip, on October 7, 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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Two years into the genocidal war: Gaza death toll rises to 67,173, injuries to 169,780

GAZA, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the death toll had risen to 67,173, while the number of injured has reached 169,780, including 20,179 children, 10,427 women, 4,813 elderly people, and 31,754 men.

The Ministry also documented the catastrophic repercussions on Gaza's health system after two years after two years of the ongoing genocide, as follows:

The number of medical personnel martyred reached 1,701, and 362 detainees are being held in conditions of enforced disappearance and detention, deprived of their human rights.

Of the total of 38 hospitals, 25 are out of service, while 13 hospitals are still operating partially and under difficult conditions. The occupation has also destroyed 103 primary healthcare centers, out of a total of 157, while 54 are operating partially.

The interruption of regular medical supplies, the obstruction of their safe access to hospitals, and the increasing number of injuries and deaths have exacerbated the shortage of medicines and medical supplies in vital departments. 55% of medicines, 66% of medical supplies, and 68% of laboratory supplies are currently out of stock.

Hospital bed occupancy rates increased to 225% by the end of last September, compared to the same period last year, reaching 82%. This is a catastrophic rate, given the increasing number of admissions and critical injuries.

The direct targeting of health facilities has destroyed electrical and electromechanical systems. The occupation destroyed 25 of the 35 oxygen generating stations and 61 of the 110 generators. Famine levels in the Gaza Strip have reached critical levels, according to UN classifications, with 460 deaths due to starvation and malnutrition recorded, including 154 children. 51,196 children under the age of five still suffer from severe malnutrition.

The overcrowding of Palestinians in forced assembly areas, falsely labeled "humanitarian," has exacerbated their health and humanitarian conditions, with the lack of basic necessities for life leading to the spread of disease, a lack of clean drinking water sources, and deprivation of food.

The denial of routine and emergency vaccinations has reduced childhood vaccination coverage to 80%. Furthermore, the fourth phase of preventive polio vaccination has been halted, threatening the failure of previous phases as factors for the spread of the disease increase.

4,900 amputation and disability cases require supportive equipment and long-term rehabilitation programs.

The closure of the crossing to the movement of patients and the wounded has prevented 18,000 patients from traveling abroad for treatment, including 5,580 children.

To date, medical personnel in Gaza City continue to fulfill their humanitarian and national duty despite the dangers surrounding them that pose a direct threat to their safety and the safety of the wounded and the wounded.

Y.S.

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Dozens of casualties in nonstop Israeli attacks in Gaza

Tuesday 7-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Tuesday, to carry out intensive deadly strikes and target civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip, mainly in Gaza City.

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

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an artillery attack that killed a civilian in the Batn El-Sameen area of Khan Younus.

Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital reported that a young woman suffered a bullet injury in her head after Israeli forces opened fire towards El-Shalihat area in the west of Gaza City.

The bodies of 10 martyrs were also evacuated to different hospitals in Gaza following Israeli attacks, according to media sources.

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

Meanwhile, several people were martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near distribution points in separate areas of Gaza.

Other Gazans were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry today.

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Since today's dawn, seven Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire and shelling in Gaza

GAZA, October 7, 2025, WAFA-

Medical sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported that seven citizens were killed by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire and shelling in various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today, including one aid worker.

They said that three people were killed and transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, two to Nasser Hospital, one to Al-Amal Hospital, and one to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

They noted that three citizens were killed when a sea cliff collapsed on tents of displaced people in El-Mawasi area of ​​Khan Younus.

K.T.

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At least ten Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip, since dawn - Medical sources

RAMALLAH, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip hospitals announced that 10 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces' gunfire and ongoing shelling in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday, including one aid worker.

The sources said six bodies were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, two to Nasir Hospital, one to Al-Amal Hospital, and one to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Y.S.

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A Palestinian young man and a child, killed by the Israeli shelling of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, October 7, 2025, WAFA-

A child and a young man were killed a short while ago, and others were injured in Israeli shelling of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported, citing medical sources, that a child was killed and others were injured in Israeli shelling of Street 5 in Khan Younus.

The same sources added that a citizen was killed in Israeli shelling of El-Batn El-Sameen area, south of the city.

K.T

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Several civilians killed as Israel's genocide of Gaza enters its second year

GAZA, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued their heavy artillery and airstrikes since last night and until Tuesday morning, killing and wounding several people.

WAFA correspondents, citing medical sources, reported that three citizens were killed and others wounded in the Israeli shelling of the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

The same sources added that a number of citizens were wounded in the Israeli artillery shelling of a residential apartment on Al-Shuhada Street in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation forces' air and artillery shelling continues on the southern and northwestern areas of Gaza City, and violent explosions are being heard in the Al-Karama and Al-Mukhabarat Towers areas, northwest of the city.

A short while ago, the IOF detonated a car bomb in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes are also flying at low altitudes in the Gaza Strip, and helicopters are firing at the center of Khan Younus, south of the city.

The war of extermination on the Gaza Strip is entering its second year. To date, this has resulted in the killing of 67,160 civilians, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 169,679 others.

This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still buried under the rubble and in the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.

K.T. 

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 Israeli genocidal strikes kill journalist Inas Ramadhan and 106 others in Gaza amid ongoing genocide

Tuesday 7-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued their genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip killing 106 Palestinians in 143 air and artillery strikes over the past 72 hours, including journalist Inas 'Azmi Ramadhan, whose martyrdom brings the number of slain media workers in Gaza to 255 since the beginning of the war.

The Palestinian journalist Inas Ramadhan was martyred on Monday following an Israeli bombardment targeting the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City. The Palestinian official media confirmed her martyrdom and mourned her as one of its dedicated correspondents.

According to a statement by the Palestinian official media, the killing of Ramadan raises the number of journalists from its network killed since the beginning of the war to 24. Earlier Monday, Al-Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza witnessed heavy shelling and gunfire from the IOFs, targeting civilian homes.

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza said that despite calls for a ceasefire, including calls from US president Donald Trump, the IOF continues its campaign of systematic massacres against civilians.

From dawn on Saturday, October 4, 2025, until late Monday, October 6, 2025, the IOFs carried out 143 air and artillery strikes across densely populated areas of the Strip, killing 106 Palestinians, most of them women and children, including 65 in Gaza City alone.

The PGMO stressed that the relentless bombardment of residential neighborhoods and shelters housing displaced families amounts to an ongoing act of genocide against the Palestinian people. The statement accused the IOFs of deliberately ignoring international appeals to halt the war and of persisting in its policy of mass killings and destruction of vital infrastructure.

Holding Israel fully responsible for the escalating crimes, the PGMO urged the international community and the US administration to take immediate and concrete action to end the aggression and enforce a genuine ceasefire in Gaza.

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PCMFD: The tragedy of the missing is one of the cruelest facets of the genocide in Gaza

Tuesday 7-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared (PCMFD) has described the plight of those missing and forcibly disappeared in the Gaza Strip as “one of the cruelest facets of the ongoing genocide against the population of the coastal enclave.”

“Thousands of Palestinian families continue to search for their loved ones, whether they are trapped under rubble, lost in mass graves, or held in Israeli prisons, without receiving any reliable information or answers about their whereabouts or fate,” PCMFD said in a report on Tuesday.

PCMFD noted that the number of missing and forcibly disappeared individuals in the Gaza Strip is estimated to be between 8,000 and 9,000 cases, while approximately 5,000 cases have been officially reported so far.

PCMFD affirmed that these figures are only preliminary as ongoing Israeli attacks, frequent telecommunication blackouts, limited access to destroyed areas, and the heavy military presence across many areas continue to obstruct the full documentation of these cases.

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The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza issues urgent plea as Israeli genocide leaves shocking toll

Tuesday 7-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued an urgent call to save what remains of the health system in the Strip, warning of a deliberate and total collapse of the sector, which it described as a “pillar of human existence” in Gaza, two years after the ongoing Israeli genocide.

In a statement released Tuesday, the ministry said that the situation in Gaza goes far beyond a humanitarian crisis.

It labeled the destruction of the health system as a form of “healthocide,” pointing to the systematic targeting of hospital and medical infrastructure. Most facilities have been reduced to empty concrete shells, lacking the basic capacity to provide diagnostic and therapeutic care.

The Ministry reported that over the past two years, the total number of casualties reached 67,173 martyrs and 169,780 injured, including 20,179 children, 10,427 women, 4,813 elderly, and 31,754 men.

It also documented the martyrdom of 1,701 medical staff and the detention of 362 health workers under forced imprisonment and deprived of basic human rights.

Of 38 hospitals in Gaza, 25 have been rendered non-operational, while only 13 continue to function partially under extremely difficult conditions. Additionally, Israeli attacks destroyed 103 primary healthcare centers out of 157, leaving only 54 centers partially operational.

The ministry also warned that interruptions in regular medical supplies and the obstruction of safe delivery have worsened shortages of medications and medical consumables.

Currently, 55% of essential medicines, 66% of medical consumables, and 68% of laboratory supplies are completely depleted.

Hospital bed occupancy reached 225% by the end of September, compared with 82% in the same period last year, a figure the ministry described as “catastrophic” amid rising numbers of injuries and critical cases.

Direct targeting of health institutions has also destroyed 25 of 35 oxygen production stations and 61 of 110 electrical generators, severely hampering hospitals’ ability to function amid ongoing power outages.

The statement highlighted growing levels of famine in the Strip, reporting 460 deaths from hunger and malnutrition, including 154 children, while 51,196 children under five suffer from severe malnutrition.

Population overcrowding in forced assembly areas has fueled the spread of diseases, contaminated drinking water, and food scarcity. Vaccination coverage for children has dropped to 80% due to vaccine blockades, and the fourth stage of the polio immunization program has been halted.

The Ministry further stated that 4,900 amputees and disabled persons urgently require assistive devices and long-term rehabilitation programs, while the closure of crossings has prevented 18,000 patients, including 5,580 children, from traveling abroad for medical treatment.

Despite the dire circumstances, medical teams in Gaza City continue to fulfill their humanitarian and national duties, risking their lives to provide care.

The Ministry of Health concluded with an urgent appeal to international and humanitarian bodies to intervene immediately, ensure the delivery of medical supplies, maintain essential services, hold Israel accountable for systematically undermining Gaza’s health system, protect patients’ rights, and guarantee the safety of medical and emergency teams.

Gaza health crisis, Israeli genocide, medical system collapse, humanitarian emergency, children malnutrition

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

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Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody

Wednesday 7-8-October-2025

AL-KHALIL, (WAFA, PIC)

Palestinian prisoner A'hmed 'Hatim Mu'hammed Khudhairat, 22, from the town of El-Dthahiriya in southern El-Khaleel (Hebron), died on Tuesday after suffering severe medical neglect while held in Israeli detention, the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner Society announced in a joint statement.

Khudhairat had been held under administrative detention since May 23, 2024, without charges. During his imprisonment in harsh conditions at El-Naqab (Negev) prison, his health rapidly deteriorated.

He suffered from chronic diabetes and, in recent months, developed scabies, causing severe itching, repeated convulsions, extreme hunger, low blood sugar, and difficulty moving or performing daily tasks.

By the time of his martyrdom, his weight had dropped to approximately 40 kilograms. According to a lawyer who visited him in August, Khudhairat had been unable to get out of bed for two months.

His martyrdom marks the 78th known Palestinian prisoner to die since the start of the ongoing genocide by Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), with hundreds more detainees subjected to enforced disappearance. Since 1967, a total of 315 Palestinian prisoners have been confirmed martyred, according to official prisoner organizations.

The organizations emphasized that the continuing escalation in prisoner deaths reflects the IOF’s deliberate policy of slow killings in detention. Prisoners remain exposed to routine crimes including torture, starvation, sexual and physical assault, medical negligence, the spread of infectious diseases such as scabies, and systematic deprivation of basic human needs.

The Palestinian authorities held the IOFs fully responsible for Khudhairat’s death and called on the international human rights system to take immediate and effective action to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes against Palestinian detainees and civilians.

They demanded international sanctions to isolate Israel and end the exceptional immunity it continues to enjoy from some global powers, which allow it to operate above law and accountability.

As of October 7, 2025, more than 11,100 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons, including 53 women, 400 children, and 3,577 under administrative detention, according to official Palestinian data. 

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Palestinian man injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli forces' gunfire on Tuesday afternoon, while another was detained during confrontations that broke out in the town of Kafr I'qab, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to local sources.

They said that a young man was injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens of people suffered from tear gas inhalation during confrontations that broke out in the said town.

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian, whose identity has not yet been determined.

The Israeli occupation forces also fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at residents and vehicles, simultaneously closing the roads connecting Kafr I'qab and Qalandya refugee camp, preventing Palestinians from traveling through them.

In addition, the Israeli occupation forces also targeted journalists with tear gas canisters to prevent them from covering the raid on Kafr I'qab and Qalandya refugee camp.

Y.S. 

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Palestinian child injured by live ammunition during Israeli military incursion near Jineen

Jineen, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian child was shot by Israeli occupation forces this Tuesday afternoon during a military incursion on the town of 'Arraba, south of Jineen.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews transported a 12-year-old boy to the hospital after he was shot by the Israeli occupation forces.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the town this afternoon, deployed their vehicles in the streets, and fired live ammunition at civilians.

Y.S.

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Palestinian youth injured by the Israeli occupation forces gunfire near Ramallah's El-Am'ari refugee camp

RAMALLAH, October 7, 2025, WAFA –

A Palestinian young man was injured on Tuesday by the Israeli occupation forces gunfire, near El-Am'ari refugee camp, south of Ramallah.

Security sources reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a young man from El-Am'ari refugee camp, wounding him in the foot.

He was transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.

It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation forces raided several areas and neighborhoods in the Ramallah and Al-Beereh Governorate since the early morning hours, detaining a number of citizens, closing shops, and obstructing the movement of people.

K.T. 

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 Israeli occupation forces kidnap youth, surround his family's home in El-Khaleel (Hebron)

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) detained a Palestinian citizen from the Tel Rumaida neighborhood in central El-Khaleel (Hebron) on Tuesday and imposed a curfew on several neighborhoods east of the city.

Citizen 'Imad Abu Shamsiya told WAFA that IOFs kidnap his son, Mu'hammed, 24, while he was in front of their home in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, central Hebron.

He explained that IOFs are currently surrounding the house and preventing him and his family from leaving it, under the pretext that the illegal Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Ramat Yishai, which is built on Palestinian lands and properties in Tel Rumaida, are celebrating the Jewish Sukkot holiday.

According to local sources, the occupation forces imposed a curfew on the Jabir, Salayma, Ghaith, and Wadi El-'Husain neighborhoods, adjacent to the Kiryat Arba illegal settlement, built on Palestinian land and property east of Hebron, under the pretext of celebrating their holidays.

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation forces raid Toubas-area village

TOUBAS, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Tayaseer, east of Toubas, on Tuesday. They deployed infantry forces in the village center and raided a house.

Local sources said that Israeli troops raided the village with several patrols, obstructing residents' movement without reporting any arrests. They also raided a house in the village center.

Intense confrontations erupted between young men and occupation soldiers, who responded with live ammunition and sound bombs. No injuries were reported.

The Israeli occupation forces sent additional reinforcements from the Tayaseer checkpoint east of the village toward the village during the raid, which has been ongoing for more than an hour.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces assault Palestinian Bedouins near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), October 7, 2025, WAFA –

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Bedouin village of Balqa, north of Aree'ha (Jericho), on Tuesday morning.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, the general supervisor of the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the area, searched the homes of the residents, and subjected 'Atallah Sulayman Ka'abna and Ibrahim and Fawaz Ka'abneh to field interrogation and assaulted them.

It is noteworthy that Bedouin communities and villages are being subjected to widespread attacks by the occupation army and its settlers to forcibly displace them from their lands.

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation forces raid El-Beereh and Jalazoan refugee camp, kidnap at least 10 citizens

RAMALLAH, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) detained at least 10 citizens on Tuesday during a large-scale raid in the city of El-Beereh and the Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

Security sources told WAFA correspondent that IOF raided several neighborhoods in El-Beereh, including El-Balou', the industrial zone, El-Masyoun, Umm El-Sharayit, and Jabal al-Tawil, along with El-Am'ari refugee camp south of Ramallah, El-Jalazoan refugee camp to the north, and the town of Kafr Ni'ma to the west.

The same sources added that IOFs turned El-'Omari Mosque in El-Beereh into a field investigation center and kidnapped several people from the city's neighborhoods.

Meanwhile, from Jalazoan refugee camp, the IOFs also kidnapped some residents.

The occupation forces raided the town of Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah, and the vicinity of El-Am'ari refugee camp to the south.

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

Tuesday 7-October-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Scores of the illegal Israeli settlers desecrated Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon.

According to El-Qastal News, at least 537 settlers and 460 tourists entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police protection on the first day of the Sukkot holiday.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them performed provocative Talmudic practices.

Local sources also reported that the settlers performed dances and songs in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Dome of the Rock prayer building.

Social media photos showed settlers carrying plant offerings and performing Talmudic prayers at the Aqsa Mosque’s gates, specifically at the Hitta Gate and King Faisal Gate.

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 attack resident's homes north of Ramallah

GAZA, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked the town of Turmus 'Ayya, north of Ramallah, while Israeli forces detained a young man during a military incursion, according to local sources.

They said a group of colonists attacked resident's homes on the outskirts of the town and attacked construction workers at homes under construction.

 During their raid, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped Mu'hammed Nawaf 'Awadh, 33.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm Khirbet Samra in the Northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, October 7, 2025, WAFA-

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet Samra in the Northern Jordan Valley on Tuesday.

Local sources reported that a number of colonists stormed the community, sparking fear and panic among children and women.

The community witnesses daily raids by armed settlers, who roam among the tents of Palestinian families still residing there.

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Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers uproot 150 olive trees near El-Khaleel (Hebron)

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers uprooted 150 olive trees on Tuesday in Ummul Khair village in Masafir Yatta, south of El-Khaleel (Hebron), in the southern West Bank.

Ratib El-Jubour, coordinator of the Popular Committees Against the Wall and Settlements in eastern Yatta and southern Hebron, told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces and settlers stormed Umm al-Khair village, uprooted 150 olive trees, and destroyed agricultural fences and barbed wire fences for citizens near the "Karmiel" colony, built on citizens' lands and property in Masafir Yatta, south of Hebron.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces raided several homes in Umm al-Khair village, owned byEl-Hathaleen family, and wreaked havoc on their contents.

They assaulted foreign activists and citizens, beating them, and prevented them from taking photographs.

Occupation forces also raided the Raq'at Ihriz neighborhood in the town of Yatta, raiding the home of freed prisoner Thabit al-Sari' and his brother Yasser, destroying their contents, and searching all homes and caves in the village of Janba in the Masafir Yatta area.

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Israeli occupation forces raid areas near Salfeet, inspect homes

SALFEET, October 7, 2025, WAFA –

Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of El-Zawiya and Qarawat Bani 'Hasan, west of Salfeet, at dawn on Tuesday, and searched several homes and ransacked their contents.

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces raided residential neighborhoods in the two towns and conducted extensive searches, during which they vandalized and destroyed the contents of the homes.

They withdrew later. No detentions were reported, however.

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Israeli occupation army tighten military measures around Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures around the Ramallah and El-Beereh Governorate on Tuesday.

Security sources told WAFA that the occupation forces closed the military checkpoint they had set up at the entrance to the town of 'Atara, north of Ramallah, causing a severe traffic jam.

The same sources added that the Israeli occupation forces closed the iron gate at the entrance to the village of Dair 'Ammar, west of Ramallah, forcing citizens to exit their vehicles and walk.

Since October 7, 2023, the number of permanent and temporary checkpoints (gates, military barriers, or earth mounds) dividing the Palestinian territories and imposing restrictions on the movement of people and goods has reached a total of 916 military checkpoints and gates, including more than 243 iron gates erected after October 7, 2023, according to the latest report issued by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

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Israeli army imposes curfew on Palestinians in central El-Khaleel (Hebron)

Tuesday 7-October-2025

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army has imposed a lockdown and curfew on several Palestinian neighborhoods in the central area of El-Khaleel (Hebron) City, claiming they are security measures on the occasion of the Jewish Sukkot holiday.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation army notified on Monday evening residents of the Old City of El-Khaleel (Hebron) about the curfew in the area, without telling them when it would end.

They added that dozens of soldiers were deployed in the city’s streets, especially in Wadi al-Husayn neighborhood.

The Israeli occupation army also decided to close the Ibraheemi Mosque to Muslim worshipers on Wednesday and Thursday under the pretext of Sukkot celebrations.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UN chief says permanent Gaza ceasefire essential to prevent further bloodshed

TUBAS, October 6, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is essential to prevent further bloodshed, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said on Tuesday.

“A permanent ceasefire and a credible political process are essential to prevent further bloodshed and pave the way for peace,” Guterres stated.

He affirmed the UN’s “unwavering” commitment to support peace.

He called for “an end to the hostilities in Gaza, Israel and the region now,” and for not making “civilians pay with their lives and their futures.”

“On this solemn anniversary, let us honour the memory of all the victims by working for the only path forward: a just and lasting peace, in which Israelis, Palestinians, and all the peoples of the region live side by side in security, dignity and mutual respect,” he added.

He described US President Donald Trump’s recent ceasefire proposal as “an opportunity that must be seized to bring this tragic conflict to an end.”

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FACTBOX – Genocide in numbers: Israel’s destruction of Gaza

Over 17,000 students, 10,000 women, 20,000 children, 540 aid workers, 254 journalists reported killed

Anadolu, Betul Yilmaz  |07.10.2025 -  

Istanbul --    

Nearly 90% of Gaza’s population faces acute food insecurity Israeli attacks damage 80 to 90% of structures, 62% of roads, most schools and hospitals, according to governmental, UN figures

After two years of almost nonstop bombardment, Israel’s genocidal war has left the Gaza Strip in ruins, with international organizations and local monitors documenting mass casualties, widespread destruction, famine and the collapse of basic infrastructure.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the Israeli army has killed at least 67,160 people and injured 169,679 others since October 2023.

With a current population of about 2.1 million, more than 10% of Gaza’s residents have been killed or wounded.

Gaza's government media office reported that the number of deaths and missing individuals has reached over 76,600.

Civilians have borne the brunt of the violence. The UN Human Rights Office reported that over six months, from November 2023 to April 2024, nearly 70% of verified victims were women and children.

Since the ceasefire broke down in March, the indiscriminate attacks appear to have intensified. Fifteen out of every 16 Palestinians killed by the army were civilians since then, said the independent global violence monitor Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED).

In June, the Israeli daily Haaretz cited a pre-print academic study suggesting that official fatality figures may be conservative. Based on direct attacks as well as indirect consequences of the war, the study estimated nearly 100,000 deaths in Gaza.

Famine claiming lives

With about 98% of Gaza’s cropland damaged or inaccessible and Israel blocking most food aid, access to food has been severely restricted.

In late August, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed monitoring system, officially declared a famine, reporting that more than half a million people were facing catastrophic conditions.

Famine is confirmed when three thresholds are crossed – extreme lack of food, high rates of acute malnutrition and evidence of starvation-related deaths.

The situation has steadily worsened, according to the IPC.

In the first year of the conflict, about 1.84 million people in Gaza faced high levels of acute food insecurity, classified as crisis level or worse. By mid-2025, that number had risen to nearly 1.94 million – around 90% of the population.

At least 460 people have died from starvation, including 154 children, according to Health Ministry figures released on Oct. 6.

Four people died of hunger in 2023 and 49 in 2024. The majority of deaths occurred in 2025, with more than 182 reported since the famine was officially declared.

Children of Gaza

Gaza has one of the youngest populations in the world, and children have been among the worst affected, both physically and mentally.

The Health Ministry said nearly 20,000 children have been killed and more than 42,000 injured, making up over 30% of the death toll.

In two years, an estimated 1,015 babies under one year old were directly killed, according to Gaza's government media office.

Children have also been particularly vulnerable to starvation. They accounted for about one-third of those who died of hunger.

Since late August, at least 39 children have died of starvation – almost one per day.

The Health Ministry said that 51,196 children under five are suffering from severe malnutrition.

UNICEF estimated that 26,000 Gaza children require medical treatment for acute malnutrition. If the situation continues, the agency said 43,400 children will be at severe risk of death from malnutrition by June 2026.

At the same time, more than 56,000 Palestinian children lost one or both parents in the Israeli onslaught as of August, according to UNICEF.

The agency also reported that 1 million children require mental health treatment and psychosocial support to cope with trauma and damage caused by the war.

Women of Gaza

More than 10,100 Palestinian women have been killed and nearly 23,000 injured, according to Health Ministry figures.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the war has taken a severe toll on pregnant and breastfeeding women, with more than 40% severely malnourished.

The Health Ministry reported in early September that 55,000 women are malnourished and 67% are suffering from anemia – the highest rate in years.

According to the UN, 23,000 pregnant women are going without care during delivery, and about 15 babies are being born each week with no medical assistance.

Lives lost on the path to food

Amid the severe food shortage, seeking aid at distribution sites backed by the US and Israel has become perilous.

These militarized supply sites began operating in late May after Israel cut off the entry of food and other goods into Gaza.

Some 2,610 people have been killed and 19,143 injured while trying to obtain food at these sites, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Some 108 Israeli attacks on food distribution points and centers were recorded, according to the government media office.

Earlier in September, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported 2,256 deaths at the sites, most resulting from live fire.

Humanitarian, health workers

The Israeli army has killed at least 540 aid workers and 1,722 health workers, according to OCHA.

The government media office reported that more than 1,800 humanitarian workers, including health personnel, have been killed. Over 780 police officers and personnel working in aid delivery were killed.

Victims include paramedics, doctors and other locally employed health staff, as well as members of international organizations such as the Red Crescent, Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen.

Journalists' death toll

At least 254 journalists have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza government. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reported similar figures.

The first year of the war was the deadliest for media workers, with 175 killed.

At the same time, 50 journalists were detained and 120 media institutions were destroyed, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.

Athletes and artists

Even those whose jobs tend to be far from the frontlines have been killed in large numbers.

At least 894 athletes have been killed, according to government figures. The Palestinian Football Association reported 776 deaths.

Israeli strikes have also targeted 288 sports centers, causing partial or complete destruction.

At least 45 artists, writers and cultural activists were killed in the first six months of the war, according to the Palestinian Culture Ministry.

PEN International, a London-based writers’ union, confirmed that 41 Palestinian writers and poets died in the first year.

Collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system

The Israeli army carried out 778 attacks on health facilities, damaging 34 hospitals, 91 medical centers and 210 ambulances, according to the WHO.

As a result, more than half of Gaza’s 228 hospitals and primary health care centers went out of service, said OCHA.

Twenty-five of Gaza’s 38 hospitals stopped functioning, while the remaining 13 are partially operating under harsh conditions, the Health Ministry said.

According to the Gaza government, Israel’s targeting of health facilities deprived more than 2 million people of medical services, including 50,000 pregnant women and 12,000 cancer patients in the first year.

Health Ministry figures also showed that more than 400 dialysis patients – about 40% of all such cases in Gaza – died in the first 18 months of conflict.

The WHO has reported that 15,800 patients in critical condition require evacuation abroad. According to the Health Ministry, 5,580 children among 18,000 patients were denied medical evacuation.

Meanwhile, over 83% of people with disabilities in Gaza lack assistive devices such as wheelchairs and hearing aids, according to a UN report in August.

Collapse of education

Two years of attacks have also devastated Gaza’s schools and universities.

UN figures show that 17,237 students, 1,271 university students and 967 educational staff were killed.

According to Gaza’s Education Ministry, more than 25,700 students and 3,100 teachers were injured.

Sixty-three university buildings were also destroyed.

With most education disrupted, nearly 660,000 children remain out of school, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA.

OCHA reported that 97% of school buildings were partially or completely damaged.

Religious structures

Religious sites have also been hit.

More than 835 mosques were completely destroyed, over 180 sustained partial damage, while three churches in Gaza have been targeted several times, the government media office said.

According to Gaza’s Endowments Ministry, at least 79% of mosques were destroyed and three churches damaged.

The Israeli army also killed 255 clerics and imams and detained 26, the ministry said.

More than half of Gaza’s 60 cemeteries have also been struck, with 14 completely destroyed and 18 partially damaged.

Destruction of infrastructure

The destruction of infrastructure has also been a trademark of the war.

Nearly 80% of all Gaza’s structures and 62% of the road network have been damaged or destroyed, OCHA reported.

The Gaza government said Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives, destroying nearly 90% of the enclave and causing losses exceeding $70 billion.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 83% of agricultural wells and 71% of greenhouses were damaged as of April 2025.

Some 725 central water wells were destroyed, government data showed.

Water systems have also collapsed, with 96% of households facing water insecurity, the UN said in July.

Mass displacement campaigns

Almost all of Gaza’s population has been forced to move at some point, many multiple times.

More than 1.9 million people have been displaced, according to OCHA.

Over 80% once lived in areas subject to evacuation orders or heavy bombardment.

More than 90% of homes have been targeted, with 60,000 completely destroyed and 276,000 damaged.

Around 1.4 million people now require emergency shelter and household goods.

In September, Israel ordered residents of Gaza City to leave, displacing more than 200,000, the UN said, while Israeli authorities claimed over 550,000 had departed.

Gaza's government media office said on Sept. 20 that more than 900,000 people remain in Gaza City and northern areas despite evacuation orders and bombardment.

Seventeen displaced people, 14 of them children, froze to death in refugee camps, the office said.

Israel has designated just 12% of Gaza’s territory as “shelter zones” while attempting to confine over 1.7 million people there, it added.

For a Palestinian family to flee, the average cost is nearly $3,200, according to UNRWA.

Unlawful detentions

The Israeli occupation army has detained more than 12,000 Palestinians, with 3,500 still held in prisons, the Prisoners’ Media Office reported in May.

At least 46 people have died in Israeli custody, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.

The Israeli prison administration has reported 2,662 detainees held without trial or charge under the classification of “unlawful combatants.”

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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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