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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 Accomplices, or Continue to Watch the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Without Taking Any Actions to Stop it,

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72 Palestinians Killed, 356 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, 

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 64,718 and the Injuries to 163,859

by September 11, 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 September 11, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 77,340.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (64,718) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 12,622+). 

By September 11, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 163,859.

By September 11, 2025, according to news report, 1,026 Palestinians who were killed, 7,089 who were injured, and 18,859, 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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Performing funeral prayer on the Qatari and Palestinian martyrs, who were killed
by the Israeli air strike on the Doha residential neighborhood, where Palestinian leaders were discussing a US deal, September 11, 2025.
Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured, after Israeli warplanes struck a group of civilians in the Al-Kateeba neighborhood in northern Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip, on September 11, 2025.
Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of the Latin Church of the Holy Family in
Gaza, confirmed that the church and the 450 displaced Palestinians in it,
will not leave, despite Israeli evacuation orders, September 11, 2025.
UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, stated that thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza are unable to evacuate their areas, due to the ongoing security and health risks, September 11, 2025.
Few Palestinian families leave Gaza City by cars, under continuous Israeli attacks, while the majority of families are staying in the City as they cannot afford to do so,
and are too weak to walk, September 11, 2025.
The World Health Organization has reaffirmed its commitment to remain in Gaza City, despite orders from the Israeli occupation forces for residents to evacuate south, September 11, 2025.
   
Grieving, at Al-Shifa hospital, the death of Palestinian family members who
were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, while waiting to get some
aid food, at an Israeli-controlled center, in Gaza City, on September
11, 2025.
Arrival at Al-Nasr hospital, the injured and martyred Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on September 11, 2025
   
Site of the Israeli genocidal air strike on the house of the 'Hammouda family,
in Al-Shati neighborhood, west of Gaza City, on September 11, 2025.
Due to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli currency used there has not been provided to replace the outworn currency, which led to the emergence of new  Palestinian entrepreneurs who repair the outworn notes, September 11, 2025.

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

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Hamas: Israeli crime in Qatar is threat to regional security

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement declared on Thursday that the crime committed by the Israeli regime in Doha was not only a blatant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, security, and stability but also a barbaric act of war against the entire Arab and Islamic world and a threat to regional stability.

During a press conference held today, senior Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum addressed the Israeli regime’s brutal and treacherous aggression targeting the Qatari capital and the delegation of 'Hamas negotiators.

Barhoum called on Arab and Islamic leaders to take a firm stand against this Israeli arrogance and to use all forms of political, diplomatic, economic, legal, and strategic pressure to hold Netanyahu and his extremist government accountable for their crimes. He also urged urgent efforts to stop the ongoing Israeli assault, genocide, forced displacement, and starvation campaign in Gaza.

Barhoum paid tribute to the following Hamas members who were martyred in the Israeli airstrike on Doha:

Jihad Lubbad (Abu Bilal) Hammam Hayya (Abu Ya'hya) 'Abdullah 'Abdulwahid (Abu Khaleel) Mumin 'Hassouna (Abu 'Omar) A'hmed 'Abdul Malik (Abu Malik) Qatari martyr: Corporal Badr Sa'd Mu'hammed Al-'Humaidi Al-Doasari

He emphasized that the sacred blood spilled on Qatari soil highlights that this battle is not just about Gaza, 'Hamas, or Palestine, it is a battle for the entire Arab and Muslim world. The attack is a full-scale crime against not just Qatar’s sovereignty but also its values of Arabism, Islam, and defense of the oppressed.

Barhoum warned that this reckless Israeli behavior endangers both regional and international security. He called on global leaders to make a clear choice between Israel’s law-of-the-jungle tactics and international law, which criminalizes such acts and mandates accountability.

He demanded strong Arab, Islamic, and international action to isolate the Israeli regime, impose punishment, and counter its dangerous agenda.

Barhoum revealed that Israel’s failed attempt to assassinate Hamas’s negotiating team in Doha, and its continued threats to target Movement leaders abroad, reflect the regime’s desperation after failing to achieve its objectives in Gaza for over 23 months, where it has carried out mass killings, destruction, starvation, and genocide.

He stressed that Hamas leaders’ blood is not more precious than the blood of Gaza’s children, women, and people. He affirmed that targeting Hamas leaders will not weaken the Movement’s resolve or alter its positions. On the contrary, history shows that such attacks only strengthen Hamas’s determination. He insisted that no force on Earth can deny Palestinians their legitimate right to self-defense and liberation.

Barhoum said Israel’s escalation, particularly threats of forced evacuation under heavy bombardment of nearly a million civilians in Gaza City, is a full-fledged war crime and a brutal act of vengeance against a resilient people.

He praised Gaza’s residents for their legendary steadfastness, rejecting all evacuation calls and insisting on their right to live freely on their land.

The attempted assassination in Doa'ha (Doha) came just one day after Qatar’s Prime Minister handed the Hamas delegation a new proposal. At the moment of the strike, the delegation was reviewing their response, making it a direct attack not only on Hamas but also on Qatar’s mediating role.

The airstrike hit the residence of the head of Hamas’s negotiating delegation, injuring his wife and the wife and grandchildren of the late Hammam El-'Hayya.

Barhoum emphasized this was not just an assassination attempt but an attack on the negotiation process itself. It was also a deliberate blow to the roles played by Qatar and Egypt as mediators and an open declaration by Netanyahu and his extremist circle that they reject all ceasefire efforts and insist on continuing the war and starvation campaign against Gaza.

Barhoum declared that the United States bears full political and moral responsibility for this crime, having provided Israel with consistent support and cover for its aggression.

He reiterated that no Israeli crimes, including the assassination of leaders, will ever shake Hamas’s firm positions. These include demands for a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, a real prisoner exchange deal, emergency humanitarian relief, and the reconstruction of Gaza.

Barhoum expressed Hamas’s full solidarity with Qatar, its leadership, government, and people. He praised the broad condemnations of the Israeli attack and called for more firm, practical steps to counter Israel’s aggression, which threatens the security and stability of Arab and Islamic nations.

He also expressed deep appreciation for the official and popular support shown toward Qatar, the Palestinian people, Hamas, and the broader resistance movement.

In a solemn and emotional scene, thousands in Qatar gathered after Asr (afternoon) prayer on Thursday to bid farewell to the martyrs killed in the Israeli strike on residential buildings in Doha.

Qatar’s Emir, Shaikh Tameem Bin 'Hamad Al-Thani, personally attended the funeral prayer at Al-Shaikh Mu'hammed Bin 'Abdul Wahhab Mosque, and accompanied the martyrs to their burial at the Musaimeer Cemetery.

Qatar’s Ministry of Interior had announced earlier that the funeral would take place after Asr prayer, confirming that the martyrs were killed in an Israeli attack targeting buildings housing several Hamas political bureau members.

The missile strike, carried out two days earlier, targeted residential buildings in Doha. While top Hamas leaders survived, five members of the Movement and one Qatari security officer were killed.

In an interview with CNN, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Shaikh Mu'hammed Bin 'Abdul Ra'hman Al-Thani called the Israeli strike “an act of state terrorism,” adding, “I have no words to express how angry we are about this attack.”

He said that Netanyahu has violated international law and is starving Gaza, stressing that he must be brought to justice at the International Criminal Court.

Since 2012, Qatar has hosted Hamas’s political bureau in Doha. In recent months, the Gulf country has facilitated multiple rounds of indirect negotiations between 'Hamas and Israel, with Egyptian and US mediation. Qatar described the latest Israeli strike on its capital as a dangerous escalation and a direct threat to its sovereignty and regional security.

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WHO defies Israeli evacuation orders, vows to stay in Gaza City

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed its commitment to remain in Gaza City, despite orders from the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) for residents to evacuate south.

In a statement posted on X, the WHO said it and its partners are still present in Gaza City, voicing concern and dismay over Israel’s evacuation demands.

The organization stressed that the so-called “humanitarian zone” designated by Israel in the southern part of the enclave lacks the capacity and services needed to support both the existing population and new arrivals.

The IOFs has been waging a large-scale assault against Gaza City since August 11. Days ago, it issued an evacuation order for residents and displaced families to move south, an area that has neither adequate shelter nor infrastructure. This has left the majority of civilians choosing to remain in their homes or makeshift tents rather than face further displacement.

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Gaza’s Latin Church defies Israeli evacuation orders: “We will not leave”

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of the Church of the Holy Family (Latin Patriarchate) in Gaza, confirmed that the church is sheltering 450 displaced people, including elderly, sick, and children, and that they will not leave the church, despite Israeli evacuation orders.

In a video message published by Vatican News on Wednesday evening, Father Romanelli revealed that Pope Francis personally called him following the Israeli evacuation notice.

“We told him we are okay, although the situation remains very difficult,” Romanelli said. “He gave us his blessing and prayed for us and for peace. He is closely following the situation and is committed to working toward ending the war.”

Father Romanelli added: “Most of the residents don’t want to leave. Danger is everywhere, but many prefer to stay. We’re doing our best to support and accompany them.”

Despite the hardship, the church recently celebrated a wedding and welcomed the birth of a child. “Amid so much pain, God blesses us with signs of life and joy,” Romanelli said.

He concluded with a call to prayer: “We continue praying for peace, for all of Gaza, for the Middle East, and the world. May God grant us peace.”

On August 26, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Gaza and warning against the forcible mass displacement of civilians. They strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression.

The statement noted that the St. Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church and the Church of the Holy Family (Latin Patriarchate) have become shelters for hundreds of civilians, including elderly, women, and children. The Latin Church compound also houses individuals with disabilities, who are cared for by the Missionaries of Charity.

The two churches highlighted the worsening conditions inside their compounds due to hunger and malnutrition and warned that moving south would amount to a “death sentence” for many. Clergy and nuns have committed to staying to care for those seeking refuge.

The patriarchates emphasized that “there is no justification” for deliberate, forced mass displacement and called for an immediate end to the war, prioritizing the common good after the widespread destruction inflicted on lives and property.

The statement urged the international community to act swiftly to stop the “senseless and devastating war.” 

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UN: Thousands of families in Gaza unable to evacuate

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated that thousands of families in the Gaza Strip are unable to evacuate their areas due to ongoing security and health risks, as well as the prohibitive cost of transportation.

Dujarric explained that nearly 55,000 women in Gaza face severe challenges related to pregnancy and childbirth under conditions he described as “catastrophic and extremely dangerous.”

He stressed that evacuation orders do not absolve warring parties of their legal obligations to protect civilians under international humanitarian law.

Dujarric also expressed the United Nations’ deep concern over Israeli airstrikes on Yemen, while also voicing alarm over the continued Houthi attacks on Israel.

The Israeli army continues its intense offensive on Gaza City, targeting high-rise towers, residential buildings, and multi-story structures as part of its preparations for a ground invasion and the mass displacement of nearly 1.2 million residents, most of whom have refused to evacuate their homes.

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

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72 Palestinians martyred, 356 wounded in Gaza within 24 hours

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC, WAFA)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Thursday morning that 72 Palestinians were martyred and 356 others injured in the past 24 hours as a result of ongoing Israeli genocide against Gaza.

The Ministry confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, since October 2023, has risen to 64,718 fatalities, with an additional 163,859 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.  

In its daily update, the Ministry said that among the casualties were 9 citizens killed while seeking aid and 87 others wounded. This brings the total death toll among those seeking food or assistance to 2,465, with more than 17,948 injured.

Hospitals in Gaza also recorded 7 deaths in the last 24 hours due to famine and malnutrition, including one child. This raises the overall toll from starvation-related causes to 411, among them 142 children.

The Ministry confirmed that from March 18, 2025, to the present date, the casualties stand at 12,170 martyrs and 51,818 injured.

The statement added that many victims remain trapped under the rubble or in the streets, as ambulances and civil defense crews are unable to reach them amid continuous bombardment.

Israel's genocidal onslaught continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Day 706: Key developments in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza

Thursday 11-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

For the 706th consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, marked by heavy aerial and artillery bombardments. The attacks, backed by unconditional US political and military support, and met with international silence and unprecedented failure by the global community, are targeting starving civilians and displaced populations across the enclave.

The PIC correspondents on the ground report dozens of new airstrikes and an escalation in massacres, amid worsening conditions for over 2 million displaced Palestinians who are enduring a severe famine.

Medical sources in Gaza hospitals confirmed the killing of multiple Palestinians in Israeli airstrikes across the Strip since early Thursday.

A child was shot and killed by Israeli forces this morning near his family home in Al-Buraij refugee camp, central Gaza.

Israeli warplanes and artillery simultaneously bombed the Tunnel area and Birket Al-Shaikh Radhwan, northeast of Gaza City.

Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat reported 4 martyrs and 49 injuries in the last 24 hours due to Israeli shelling on a humanitarian aid distribution point in southern Wadi Gaza, in addition to other strikes in central Gaza.

Israeli military vehicles opened fire early Thursday near eastern Gaza City and DairEl-Bala'h.

One woman was killed and others injured when an Israeli strike hit a displaced family’s tent (Abu Harbeed family) near Al-Yarmouk market in Al-Daraj neighborhood, central Gaza.

A building in Khan Younus and the Al-Bassa area west of Dair El-Bala'h were also hit in separate strikes.

Four civilians were injured in a midnight Israeli airstrike on a home belonging to the Shawwa family, near the Al-Sha'biay junction in Al-Daraj.

Medical sources reported 79 martyrs on Wednesday, 60 of them killed in Gaza City alone.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel’s ongoing war, openly supported by the US administration has resulted in 64,656 Palestinians killed, 163,503 wounded, over 9,000 missing, a famine that has killed hundreds, and more than 2 million Palestinians displaced, living in catastrophic conditions under massive destruction.

Over 20,000 children and 12,500 women have been killed, including 8,990 mothers.

More than 1,000 infants have been killed, including 450 born during the war, later martyred, underscoring the brutal targeting of the most vulnerable.

These attacks were carried out under the guise of humanitarian coordination through the controversial “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”, an Israeli-American mechanism rejected by the UN, accused of being a tool to impose submission and orchestrate killings under the cover of aid delivery.

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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Khan Younus, dozens injured in Gaza City

GAZA, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Thursday after Israeli warplanes struck a group of civilians in the Al-Kateeba neighborhood in northern Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip.

Dozens more were wounded when an Israeli airstrike targeted the home of the Abu Khair family near a medical clinic in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The Al-Sabra neighborhood in the southern part of the city also came under a series of aerial attacks.

WAFA correspondent said Israeli warplanes destroyed eight homes in Al-Shati camp earlier in the day, belonging to the families of Jadallah, Sammour, Basal, Abu 'Ajwa, Matariya, 'Hammouda, Taha, and Abul Khair.

Medical sources in Gaza hospitals confirmed that the death toll over the past hours has reached 36, as the Israeli military continues its onslaught on the enclave, resulting in numerous casualties and widespread destruction.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 64,718 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 163,850 others injured.

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

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Two Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Nuseirat, death toll in Gaza rises to 50 since dawn

GAZA, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians were killed and others injured on Thursday evening after Israeli forces targeted a gathering of civilians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said the bodies of two victims were transported to Al-Awda Hospital following the strike, which also left dozens wounded.

Since the morning, Israeli warplanes have destroyed 15 homes in Gaza City, displacing hundreds of residents and displaced families in the surrounding areas.

The Israeli air force also carried out two raids on Gaza City, striking a house on Al-Shifa Street and demolishing the Najm building near the military clinic in Al-Shati refugee camp. An Israeli helicopter also opened fire east of the city.

Medical sources in Gaza hospitals confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed since dawn has risen to 50, as Israeli bombardment continues to hit homes, displacement camps, and civilian gatherings across the Strip.

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

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One injured by Israeli forces' gunfire near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 11, 2025, WAFA-

A citizen was injured by Israeli occupation forces' fire on Thursday near the apartheid wall between the towns of al-Ram and Bait Haneena, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Local sources reported that the occupation forces shot a citizen with live ammunition in the thigh near the apartheid wall built on the lands of the two towns, before detaining him and preventing ambulances from transporting him.

No information is available about his health condition.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap dozens of Palestinians in a mass kidnapping campaign in Toulkarm

Toulkarm, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale kidnapping campaign on Thursday evening, kidnapping dozens of Palestinians in the city of Toulkarm in the northern West Bank.

WAFA correspondent said that the Israeli occupation regime soldiers stormed shops and cafés in the city center, kidnapping everyone inside as well as people in their vehicles, and forced them to march in long lines toward the road leading to the Khadouri military checkpoint to the west.

The Israeli occupation army brought in additional military vehicles, including a heavy bulldozer, raided homes and businesses, and forced owners to close them. The soldiers also seized several surveillance cameras and restricted the movement of residents in the area.

Simultaneously, the Israeli occupation forces raided the Irtah neighborhood and the city's southern district, searching homes, interrogating residents, and kidnapping two young men.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli occupation forces imposed a tight blockade on Toulkarm, shutting the metal gates at its southern and eastern entrances and preventing vehicles from passing. Live fire was also directed at residents and cars in the western neighborhood, while a loud explosion shook the city. Ambulances were denied access to the area, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

This escalation comes as Toulkarm and its two refugee camps, Toulkarm and Nour Shams, enter the 228th consecutive day under Israeli military assault, marked by daily raids, detentions, and severe restrictions on civilians and their property.

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Fresh IOFs' abduction of Palestinians, raids across West Bank

Thursday 11-September-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out a wide-scale campaign of raids, searches, and kidnappings across several areas of the West Bank overnight and into Thursday morning, targeting former prisoners and young men.

In the city of Jineen, the IOFs kidnapped two people after storming and searching their family homes in the town of Kafr Dan, west of the city.

They also kidnapped the Mayor of Silat Al-Dthahr, Abdul Fatta'h Abu 'Ali, after raiding his home.

Local sources reported that the IOFs also kidnapped three other people, including a father and his son, after breaking into their homes in Silat Al-Dthahr, while simultaneously raiding the nearby towns of Silat Al-Dthahr and El-Fandaqoumiya in the Jenin governorate.

In Jaba’, south of Jineen, the IOFs kidnapped a local young man, and again stormed Kafr Dan, deploying military vehicles, searching civilian vehicles, raiding multiple homes, and detaining Yameen Mar’i and Mu'hammed 'Azzam Mar’i.

In Toulkarm, Israeli troops stormed the town of Atteel, north of the city, and kidnapped Jawad El-Silawi, along with three former detainees after searching their homes.

In Qalqilya, the Israeli occupation forces raided the Tunnel Street area, setting up a military checkpoint and blocking Palestinian vehicles from passing.

Along the same line, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the family home of detainee Majdi El-Qutb, located on Manjara Street in the Southern Hills neighborhood, shortly after midnight. They also raided the village of Dair El-Hatab, east of Nablus.

In Salfeet, the Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped two people after storming their homes in the town of Kafr El-Deek, west of the city.

They also raided the town of Qarawat Bani 'Hasan, kidnapping four locals after storming their houses.

In Mas'ha village, west of Salfeet, the IOFs broke into several homes and vandalized their contents.

In Ramallah, troops kidnapped a local man from his family home in Turmus 'Ayya, north of the city.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), a large Israeli occupation force stormed 'Ayda Refugee Camp, north of the city, and kidnapped two young men after raiding and searching their homes.

They also kidnapped another Palestinian from the 'Abiyat area in the east, and two more people from Al-Duhaisha Refugee Camp in the south, following similar home raids.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the Israeli occupation forces conducted a kidnapping campaign in Abu Sunayna neighborhood and patrolled the streets of Idthna, west of the city, after raiding the town.

23 Kidnapped. 

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, perform Talmudic rituals under police protection

Thursday 11-September-2025

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Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Groups of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, performing Talmudic rituals under heavy protection by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police.

Local sources reported that dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups, carrying out provocative Talmudic prayers, including the so-called “epic prostration.”

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police tightened restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s gates and across the Old City, obstructing worshippers’ access and harassing Palestinian residents.

In recent days, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime has escalated a campaign of summonses against freed Palestinian prisoners in Jerusalem, raiding their homes, summoning them for interrogation, and handing them new orders of expulsion from Al-Aqsa.

This campaign has targeted dozens of former detainees, worshippers, and those previously banned from the Mosque, days ahead of a settler plan for mass incursions under the pretext of marking the Jewish New Year.

Last week alone, 604 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to 351 others who entered under the guise of tourism.

Meanwhile, an extremist Jewish group has called on its followers to carry out large-scale incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque from September 22 to 24 to mark the Jewish New Year, an event that has annually seen settlers perform rituals linked to the so-called Temple, including the blowing of the shofar.

Al-Aqsa Mosque witnessed unprecedented violations in August by both Israeli police and settlers, described as the most serious attacks on the Mosque in decades. Data shows that more than 8,134 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa last month, carrying out rituals that included blowing the shofar inside its courtyards.

In response, broad calls from Jerusalemite groups and Palestinians across the 1948 occupied territories continue to urge mass mobilization and presence at Al-Aqsa Mosque to counter these incursions. The calls stress the importance of collective prayers and steadfast presence in the Mosque’s courtyards as a practical means of confronting the Israeli attempts to restrict number of worshippers and sever Al-Aqsa Mosque from its Palestinian and Islamic surroundings.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm Jineen-area under protection from Israeli forces

Jineen, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Tarsala area, south of Jineen, on Thursday, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

Local sources said that Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the site and took up positions there.

WAFA correspondent reported that two buses carrying colonists stormed the site, while a large number of Israeli occupation forces were stationed near the towns of Jaba', Al-Fandaqoumiya, and Ajja roundabout to secure the incursion.

It is worth noting that the Tarsala site, where the Sanur colony was located, was evacuated in 2005, along with the colonies of Homesh, Ganim, and Kadim, and the Dotan-Araba military camp.

According to local sources, the colonists continued to storm the area despite its periodic evacuation.

Last May, it was revealed that the Israeli cabinet had approved the establishment of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, including the re-establishment of the settlements of Homesh and Sanur.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack farmers in Sebastya near Nablus

NABLUS, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian farmers on Thursday in the fields of Sebastya, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Mu'hammed 'Aazim, the mayor of Sebastya, said the colonists assaulted the farmers and vandalized their vehicles while they were working in the area.

Attacks by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property have sharply increased in recent years across the occupied West Bank. These assaults often target farmers during the harvest season, damaging crops, destroying vehicles, and attempting to force families off their land. 

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 Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinian and seize his vehicle near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man was injured on Thursday evening after being assaulted by two illeal Israeli settlers in the town of Dair Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.

WAFA correspondent said two settlers attacked Hisham 'Ayyad, a local Palestinian resident, while he was inspecting his farmland in the Al-Marj area southeast of the town. They beat him, leaving him with bruises, before seizing his vehicle and driving it to a nearby colonial outpost.

Violence by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians has become a daily reality across the occupied West Bank, with assaults ranging from physical attacks to arson and property destruction. 

Human rights groups have documented that such attacks are frequently carried out under the protection of Israeli forces, contributing to the displacement of Palestinians and the expansion of illegal settlements.

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Netanyahu approves E1 colonial expansion plan around Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening signed off on the so-called E1 plan, a colonial expansion project aimed at enlarging settlements on occupied West Bank land surrounding Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The plan seeks to isolate Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) from its Palestinian surroundings, sever geographic and demographic continuity between the city and nearby Palestinian communities, and undermine the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. It would also fragment the West Bank by separating its northern and southern regions into disconnected enclaves under Israeli control.

The project expands Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries by annexing the Ma’ale Adumim colonial bloc, which would displace and uproot Palestinian Bedouin communities from their lands while increasing the number of colonists at the expense of indigenous Palestinians. Entire Palestinian neighborhoods such as Kafr I'qab, 'Anata, and Shu’fat face exclusion and isolation under the plan.

Earlier in the day, the Palestinian Authority's Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate warned of a parallel agreement between the occupation government and the Ma’ale Adumim settlement municipality, allocating about 3 billion shekels for infrastructure projects to pave the way for more than 7,600 colonial housing units, including 3,400 in the E1 area east of Jerusalem.

The agreement, signed in the presence of Netanyahu, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the so-called Ministry of Housing, Knesset members, and settler organizations, is intended to accelerate settlement expansion by linking Ma’ale Adumim with the Mishor Adumim industrial zone and other recently approved projects in E1.

Described as the largest such plan in the West Bank since a similar 2018 agreement worth 338 million shekels for Ma’ale Adumim, the E1 project covers 12,000 dunums of confiscated Palestinian land belonging to the towns of Al-'Eisawiya, Al-Tour, Anata, Al-'Aizariya, and Abu Dees. It aims to create direct territorial continuity between Ma’ale Adumim and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), effectively cutting the city off from its Palestinian hinterland and severing the northern and southern West Bank.

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 Israeli occupation forces impose siege on Toulkarm, shut down southern and eastern entrances

TOULKARM, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the city of Toulkarm on Thursday after closing the iron gates at its southern and eastern entrances, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli troops closed the Jabara Bridge gate at the city’s southern entrance and sealed off the gates of the 'Innab military checkpoint to the east, barring the movement of vehicles.

Additionally, Israel forces opened live ammunition towards residents and vehicles in the western neighborhood, specifically around the Netzanioz gate, as a powerful explosion rocked the city. Reports indicated that several injuries occurred, though the exact number and condition remain unknown due to the blockade and the army’s denial of ambulance access to the area.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) affirmed that the occupation forces prevented medical crews from reaching the wounded individuals near the western checkpoint.

This escalation comes amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the city of Toulkarm and its two refugee camps, Toulkarm and Nour Shams, which has entered its 228th consecutive day amid daily raids and strict military measures targeting residents and their property.

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 Israeli occupation forces issue stop-work orders for five homes and agricultural facilities in El-Khaleel (Hebron)

El-Khaleel (Hebron), September 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces issued stop-work orders against five Palestinian homes and agricultural facilities in the Badiya area, south of El-Khaleel (Hebron).

Citizen Ibrahim al-Badour told WAFA that the occupation forces issued stop-work notices on five homes that have been inhabited for years and sheep barns located on the eastern side of the Khashm al-Daraj community in the Badia area, east of Yatta, and owned by several members of his family.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli army notified Palestinian residents of its intention to demolish al-Zweidin Secondary School in the Badiya area. This notice was issued in response to the extremist colonialist Regavim organization, which called on the occupation forces about a month ago to demolish the school, calming  that such facilities would encourage residents to build and remain in those areas.

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Israeli occupation forces block entrances to two towns in Salfeet with concrete blocks

SALFEET, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces on Thursday placed additional   concrete blocks at the entrances of the towns of 'Haris and Dair Istya, both located northwest of Salfeet, according to local sources.

They told WAFA that Israeli troops placed additional concrete blocks next to the entrances to the two towns, which already had an iron gate, further obstructing the movement of residents and their vehicles.

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Israeli forces close dirt roads connectingAl-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-area towns

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) closed the dirt roads connecting the towns of Bait Iksa and Lifta, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Thursday.

The Jerusalem Governorate said that Israeli occupation forces closed the dirt roads between the towns of Bait Iksa and Lifta, preventing the movement of citizens.

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 Israeli occupation forces impose curfew on Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)-area towns

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 11, 2025, WAFA-

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) imposed a curfew on the towns of Biddu and Qatanna, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Thursday.

Local sources said that a large number of military vehicles and infantry units stormed the towns of Biddu and Qatanna, imposed a curfew, raided and searched homes, destroyed their contents, and closed down shops.

The sources added that these forces detained a number of young men, interrogated them on the spot, assaulted them, and arrested some of them.

For the past four days, villages and towns north of Jerusalem have been subjected to a widespread campaign of house raids and arrests in the towns of Qatanna, El-Qubayba, and Biddu.

They also assaulted citizens, detained some, and interrogated them on the spot. Students have also been prevented from attending school.

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Israeli occupation forces issue demolition notice against school near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) issued a demolition notice on Thursday against Al-Zuwaideen Secondary School, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), east of Yatta town.

Head of the village council, Sa'eed Tu'aimat, told WAFA that the IOFs posted a demolition notice on the school's doors, noting that the school serves a large number of Bedouin communities and has a student population of more than 120.

He pointed out that this demolition notice came in response to the wishes of the extremist colonialist organization Regavim, which called on the occupation authorities to demolish the school about a month ago to achieve colonial goals.

Tu'aimat pointed out that members of the so-called extremist colonialist organization Regavim posted provocative leaflets on the school's walls about a month ago calling on the occupation government to halt work and demolish the school.

The IOFs claimed that keeping the school, as part of the infrastructure, would encourage Palestinians to build and remain in the area.

Regavim, an extremist organization founded in 2006, is headed by the extremist Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich. It is a far-right organization that seeks to create so-called "legal channels for implementing demolition orders issued by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian homes and facilities."

Regavim's work is concentrated in the occupied Negev and expands to include all Palestinian territories, particularly Area C, which constitutes 60% of the occupied West Bank.

The organization has free access to geographic and demographic information about the area with a permit from the Civil Administration. It uses geographic information systems and conducts detailed aerial photography to document Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.

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 Israel escalates ethnic cleansing in Al-Naqab (Negev): 25 homes demolished, others set on fire

Thursday 11-September-2025

NEGEV, (PIC)

Israeli police forces demolished more than 25 homes and set several others on fire Thursday in the unrecognized village of Al-Seer, west of Shaqib El-Salam in Al-Naqab (Negev) desert.

The destroyed homes belonged to the Abu 'Udwan, Al-Kharoumi, and Al-Dabbari families. Dozens of residents, including women, children, and the elderly, were left homeless in the open after the demolitions.

Local sources reported that heavily armed Israeli police units secured bulldozers and demolition crews during the operation, which also saw the uprooting of olive trees, burning, and leveling of homes. The police forces are expected to continue large-scale demolitions, targeting dozens more inhabited homes in the area.

In recent days, some Al-Sir residents were forced to demolish their own homes to avoid steep financial penalties imposed by Israeli authorities. Locals stressed that the so-called “Bedouin Settlement Authority” deliberately provides no alternative housing solutions, aiming instead to uproot and forcibly displace residents.

Al-Sir is home to roughly 1,500 people. Over the past few months, the village has already endured the demolition of more than 60 houses and agricultural structures in three phases. More than 200 homes are slated for demolition in the coming weeks, following a Beersheba court order mandating the village’s evacuation.

Since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current government took office, Israel has intensified its demolition campaign across the Negev, destroying more than 5,000 homes and structures, an increase of over 400 percent compared to previous years.

These demolitions are part of long-term Israeli plans to confine as many Palestinians in the Negev as possible into small, recognized towns while uprooting and expelling residents of 38 unrecognized villages that house around 90,000 people. The land is earmarked for future Jewish-only settlements.

Meanwhile, demolitions and property seizures continue in Arab towns across 1948 occupied Palestine, under the pretext of lacking building permits, including in Rahat, Tuba-Zangariya, Jadeida-Makr, Yarka, Zarzir, Acre, Nazareth, Umm al-Fahm, Shefa-Amr, Sakhnin, Ein Mahil, Jaffa, Kafr Qasim, Qalansuwa, Kafr Yasif, Ar’ara, Lydd, Hurfeish, Kafr Qara, and others.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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The Netherlands to ban import of products made in Israeli colonies

AMSTERDAM, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Netherlands announced that it will impose a ban on imports of products from colonies as soon as possible.

During a session in the Dutch House of Representatives, Foreign Minister David van Wiel said that the ban on imports of products from colonies will be implemented as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Van Wiel noted that the law aimed at banning trade with colonies, which is demanded by a majority in parliament, will take a long time to come into effect.

He explained that the ban could be implemented more quickly through existing sanctions legislation, and that he had already begun preparations to issue a "general administrative decision" in this regard.

A "general administrative decision" in the Dutch legal system is an administrative regulation issued by the government pursuant to the law.

On Wednesday, the Netherlands banned the entry of Israeli extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to 29 European countries after they were placed on a list of "persona non grata."

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European Parliament warns of Gaza’s collapse, calls for immediate ceasefire and full aid access

RAMALLAH, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The European Parliament adopted a resolution addressing the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, voicing deep concern over the spread of famine and shortages of food, water, and medicine.

The resolution called on Israel to fully and safely open all crossings for humanitarian aid and to ensure the protection of civilians, medical personnel, and relief workers.

It stressed the need for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, along with the resumption of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), a lifeline for millions of Palestinians.

The Parliament affirmed that Gaza is on the brink of collapse and that the European Union has a key role to play in confronting famine and advancing the political process towards a two-state solution, as the only way to resolve the Palestinian issue.

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Over 300 EU diplomats call for urgent action to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza

BRUSSELS, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

More than 300 former and current European Union diplomats have urged immediate measures to halt Israel’s military assault on Gaza and ease the escalating humanitarian crisis.

In letters addressed to EU institutions and leaders of the 27 member states, they called for sanctions against members of the Israeli government and an immediate suspension of the EU-Israel partnership agreement.

The diplomats also urged 13 European countries to recognize the State of Palestine, following the example of 147 UN member states that have already done so.

They pushed for emergency meetings of the UN General Assembly and Security Council to adopt sanctions against Israel, and called on Washington to lift restrictions on Palestinian and UN representatives within the organization.

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 Israel’s mass displacement order for the entirety of Gaza City is unlawful and inhumane: Amnesty International

LONDON, September 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

According to a statement by Amnesty International, Israel must immediately rescind the mass displacement order issued by the military to the residents of Gaza City on 9 September as it escalates its assault on Gaza City compounding the suffering of civilians amidst an ongoing genocide, said Amnesty International today. 

“The order issued yesterday morning by the Israeli military for the mass displacement of Gaza City residents is cruel, unlawful, and further compounds the genocidal conditions of life that Israel is inflicting on Palestinians,” said Heba Morayef, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International. 

“For the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City who, for nearly two years, have been enduring relentless bombardment while starved and crammed in makeshift camps or taking refuge in extremely overcrowded buildings, this is a devastating and inhuman repeat of the mass displacement order issued for all of North Gaza on 13 October 2023.” 

Amnesty International has repeatedly and unequivocally stated that forcibly displacing Palestinians within the Gaza Strip or deporting them violates international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The organization has collected horrifying testimonies from residents and healthcare workers after the order was issued. Some had already been trying to flee southwards since Israel began striking high-rise buildings last Friday but were unable to do so because they cannot afford transportation costs or because the small area designated by Israel for evacuation is not fit for human habitation. 

A healthcare worker treating children with malnutrition told Amnesty International: “I don’t want to leave my patients, the little children whose bodies are too frail to deal with yet another displacement, but I don’t know what to do. It’s like having to choose between two deaths: death by bombardment or the slow death of displacement, not knowing where to go. I have already been displaced on 15 occasions; I couldn’t sleep a wink for the past few nights because of the heavy bombardment nearby, and we’re still trying to go to our work to treat the children, but we have collapsed.” 

An older woman with disabilities staying at a makeshift camp for internally displaced people in Tal al-Hawa, in southern Gaza City told Amnesty International: “We were displaced from Al-Shaikh Radhwan three weeks ago; my son had to carry me on his shoulders because I have no wheelchair and no transportation could reach our area. Now, we are ordered to evacuate again. Where do we go? To secure transportation to the south, you have to pay close to 4,000 shekels [1,000 Euros], and to buy a tent, you have to pay at least 3,000 shekels [800 Euros], and we don’t know if we’ll find any land to pitch our tent on. We had already spent all our savings to survive this war, looking for food and basics. Every day is like the war is starting all over again, only far worse, but we are totally depleted, we have no will or strength to carry on.” 

A grandmother caring for her injured eight-year-old granddaughter, whose parents were killed in an air strike last May, said: “She’s all that I have left, and I have tried everything I can to protect her. We have been displaced twice just in the last week. We don’t have the means to go to the south, and we are tired of being forced to relive this ordeal all over again.” 

The latest displacement order, combined with the expansion of military operations in Gaza, including the destruction of high-rise buildings where thousands of families have been sheltering, is yet another illustration of Israel deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of an already devastated population. That Israel has failed to heed the warnings of humanitarian and human rights groups about the catastrophic implications of this operation, along with its continuous defiance of the orders of the International Court of Justice to ensure that Palestinians in Gaza receive adequate aid and protection is an undeniable indication of its intent to continue its genocide unabated. 

“Gaza City, which has an ancient heritage that dates back millennia and has already suffered devastating destruction and damage, is now facing complete obliteration. It is evident that Israel is determined in pursuing its goal to physically destroy Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. It is unconscionable that states with leverage over Israel continue to provide it with arms and diplomatic support to destroy Palestinian lives,” said Heba Morayef.  

“Deplorably, companies and investors continue to profit from Israel’s genocide. States and companies that continue to arm Israel risk complicity in genocide All those with influence over Israel must press for an immediate end to Israel’s genocidal campaign and full humanitarian access to Gaza’s civilians.” 

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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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