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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98 Palestinians Killed, 385 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, 

 Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 65,062 and the Injuries to 165,697

by September 17, 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 17, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 77,682.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (65,062) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 12,620+). 

By September 17, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 165,697.

By September 17, 2025, according to news report, 1,030 Palestinians who were killed, 7,106 who were injured, and 18,915, 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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98 Palestinians were killed, 385 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza to 65,062 and the injuries to 165,697, by September17, 2025.	Member of the 'Hamas Political Bureau, Ghazi 'Hamad, who survived the Israeli assassination attempt, in Qatar, revealed that Palestinian leaders vacated the after hearing the sound of missiles, September 17, 2025.
The Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre, killing 13 and wounding dozens, all civilians, including women and children, near Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City as they were fleeing south, on September 17, 2025.	Palestinian photojournalist Mu'hammed Alaa Al-Sawali'hi was killed in Gaza City, by a direct Israeli airstrike, while performing his journalistic duty, covering the crimes of the Israeli genocidal war, on September 17, 2025.
The death toll from the Israeli massacre committed in El-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City has risen to 20, with dozens more injured, while the Israeli heavy shelling made it difficult to save many of the injured, on September 16, 2025.	98 Palestinians were killed, 385 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, aiming at forcing a million Palestinians out of Gaza City, on September17, 2025 pic
Entire neighborhoods have been destroyed in Gaza City by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, bombardment, and detonations, aiming at forcing Palestinians to leave the city, September 16, 2025.	As starvation intensifies in Gaza Strip, as a result of the Israeli blockade, Palestinian children trying to get some food from a local charity in Gaza City, on September 16, 2025.
Grieving, at Nasir hospital, the death of the Palestinian family member martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in Khan Younus, on September 17, 2025.	Displaced Palestinian families continue to flee Gaza City towards southern Gaza Strip, away from the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, on September 17, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

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

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Gaza death toll reaches 65,062 since onset of Israeli aggression in October 2023 - Medical sources

GAZA, September 17, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) -

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today that 98 bodies and 385 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours.

Thus, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 65,062, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 165,697 others have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.

The Ministry confirmed that since Israel broke its ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025, at least 12,511 civilians have been killed, and 53,656 others have been injured.

The Ministry also reported that, over the past 24 hours, seven civilians have been killed and more than 87 others have been injured while attempting to receive humanitarian aid. This brings the total number of aid seekers killed in aid-related attacks to 2,504, with at least 18,381 others wounded.

Hospitals in Gaza recorded four new deaths in the past 24 hours as a result of famine and malnutrition, bringing the total to 432 deaths, including 146 children.

T.R.

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Dozens of casualties in relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza

Wednesday 17-September-2025

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GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Wednesday, to carry out intensive deadly strikes and target civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip — mainly in Gaza City, where a large-scale military operation started yesterday.

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 airstrikes that killed dozens of civilians in Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, five civilians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering a displaced family in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus.

Another Israeli attack on an area near Al-Sa'haba farm in Al-Mawasi claimed the lives of three citizens and injured others.

Al-'Awda Hospital received last night three martyrs, including a pregnant woman, and wounded four people after the Israeli army bombed a house in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Three people were also killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City’s Tel El-Hawa neighborhood.

Casualties, including two martyrs, were reported in another strike on an apartment in Gaza City’s 'Aidiya street.

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

Four people were also proclaimed dead due to starvation and malnutrition, while 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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At least 45 Palestinian civilians killed in ongoing Israeli strikes across Gaza

GAZA, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) – 

At least 45 Palestinians, including 23 from Gaza City, were killed and others were injured on Wednesday in the ongoing Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip, according to local sources.  

In the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, six Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting homes in the camp. Two more people were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the vicinity of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

Rescue teams announced that five Palestinians were killed and more than 50 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a gathering of displaced people waiting to receive humanitarian aid near a distribution center north of Rafah.

The Nasser Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip reported that five Palestinians were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a tent for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area of ​​Khan Yunis.

Meanwhile, one civilian, his pregnant wife, and his daughter were also killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Two more Palestinians were also killed and others were wounded in an Israeli shelling of an apartment in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood south of Gaza City.

In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City, several civilians were killed and wounded in an Israeli bombardment targeting the Ajur building, while Israeli fighter jets bombed a house on the neighborhood's first street.

Medical sources announced yesterday that 108 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, including 39 in the north, nine in central areas, and six in the south.

Y.S.

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Israeli massacre in Gaza City leaves dozens of civilians killed and wounded

GAZA, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre this evening in Gaza City, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, including women and children.

WAFA correspondent said the Israeli army targeted a group of civilians near al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City as they were fleeing south. The attack has so far left 13 civilians killed and dozens of others injured, most of them in critical condition.

Video footage showed numerous bodies scattered on the ground, torn and charred, as residents attempted to carry them to the hospital amid shock and panic.

In a separate attack, two civilians were killed and eight others wounded in Israeli shelling that struck an apartment near al-Quds Hospital in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of the city.

Medical sources at the field al-Saraya Hospital reported the arrival of three bodies and 11 injured after the army targeted the al-Sahaba Street area in Gaza.

Hospital sources in Gaza said the overall death toll since dawn today has risen to 74 civilians as Israel’s massacres continue.

T.R.

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 Israeli army attacks Ranteesi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City

Wednesday 17-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian health ministry has strongly denounced the Israeli strikes on Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City late Tuesday night.

According to the ministry on Wednesday morning, the attack targeted the upper floors of the hospital in three successive strikes, each separated by only a few minutes.

The ministry described the attack on the hospital as “part of a systematic policy aimed at disabling Gaza’s healthcare system.”

Al-Rantisi is Gaza’s only specialist children’s hospital, providing oncology, dialysis, and other critical services such as respiratory and digestive care.

At the time of the strikes, 80 patients were receiving treatment, including four children in intensive care and eight newborns in neonatal care.

The bombing forced 40 patients and their families to leave in search of safety, while 40 others, including 12 who still need intensive care, and 30 medical staff remained.

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Palestinian photojournalist Mu'hammed Alaa Al-Sawali'hi killed by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Gaza City

RAMALLAH, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

Palestinian photojournalist Mu'hammed Alaa Al-Sawali'hi was killed this evening by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Gaza City.

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate mourned Al-Sawali'hi, a cameraman for Al-Quds Al-Youm TV, who was killed in Gaza City in a direct Israeli airstrike, while performing his journalistic duty covering the crimes of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

In its statement, the syndicate stressed that the assassination of Al-Sawali'hi reflects the continuation of the systematic aggression on journalists and media institutions in Palestine, aimed at silencing the voice of truth and concealing crimes committed against the Palestinian people. It slammed the repeated targeting of journalists as a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that guarantee the protection of journalists in conflict zones.

The syndicate condemned the suspicious international silence and the reliance on mere condemnation statements, stressing that this failure only emboldens Israel to persist in its crimes against journalists and civilians.

It called on the International Criminal Court to take urgent and concrete measures to hold Israeli leaders accountable as war criminals, and urged the international community, the Security Council, and the United Nations to shoulder their legal and moral responsibilities and adopt decisive resolutions to end the aggression and provide immediate protection for journalists in Palestine.

T.R.

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

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians, assault another in West Bank raids

Wednesday 17-September-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at least 22 Palestinian citizens, including a woman, and assaulted another one during raids in the West Bank last night and Wednesday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped four young men following raids on homes in Nablus City and Al-'Ain refugee camp, one of them reportedly taken to pressure his brother to surrender himself.

The IOF also stormed Burqa town, northwest of Nablus, and kidnaped two young men from their homes.

In Jenin, at least six young men were taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in Qabatya town, where clashes broke out between local youths and Israeli soldiers.

Israeli occupation forces also raided several homes in Dair Abu Dha’eef town in eastern Jineen and kidnapped one citizen.

In Salfeet, Israeli occupation soldiers savagely assaulted a citizen during a violent raid on his home in Marda town. He was reportedly rushed to Yasser Arafat Hospital in the city.

Another citizen and his son were kidnaped during an IOF raid on their home in Kafr El-Deek town, west of Saleeit.

In Ramallah, the IOFs broke into the house of a wanted young man in Rima town and kidnaped his mother to pressure him to turn himself in. Recently, his father was also kidnaped for the same reason.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs kidnapped five citizens from al-Khalil City and three others from El-'Arroub refugee camp and the towns of Yatta and 'Hal'houl.

In Qalqilya, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city and reportedly opened fire at anyone seen moving during their presence in the streets. One home was also ransacked during the raid.

Yesterday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that IOF kidnaped at least 40 Palestinian citizens in a West Bank campaign, which started at dawn on Tuesday and continued into the evening hours.

According to PPS, the IOF released on Tuesday evening three detainees after kidnaping them and killing two others during a raid in Qalqilya City earlier in the day.

PPS said that other detainees had been released later during the same day.

The IOF also stormed Ramallah City yesterday, bringing with them a female prisoner called Hanaa Baydaq during a raid on her apartment. She was arrested on September 7 along with her husband Bashar at-Tawil, who was released later.

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Jerusalem Governorate: Israeli intensification of military checkpoints and iron gates aims to isolate the city of Jerusalem from its surroundings

JERUSALEM, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

 The Jerusalem Governorate said that Israel’s continued intensification of military checkpoints and iron gates surrounding Jerusalem and its suburbs is part of a systematic policy aimed at isolating the city from its Palestinian surroundings and subjecting its residents to a repressive regime of discrimination and segregation. The latest of these barriers were set up in the villages and towns of Mukhmas, ar-Ram, and al-Eizariya in the past three days, the governorate explained in a statement today.

The governorate cited recent figures from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission showing that by mid-2025, Israel had established around 904 fixed checkpoints across the West Bank, including dozens of new gates installed at the entrances of Palestinian towns and villages.

Jerusalem and its suburbs accounted for about 88 of these gates, especially at the entrances of Qalandia, ar-Ram, Hizma, Anata, Mukhmas, al-Eizariya, and around Issawiya and Jabal al-Mukabber, in addition to permanent checkpoints at the gates of the Old City and the entrances of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The governorate emphasized that these policies constitute a blatant violation of the right to freedom of movement, as guaranteed under Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It explained that such measures amount to collective punishment, in direct contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which obliges respect for the rights of civilians under occupation and guarantees their freedom of movement without arbitrary restrictions.

The governorate warned that turning these gates into military-controlled crossings obstructs patients from reaching hospitals, particularly the Makassed Hospital and other medical centers in the city. It said the gates also prevent students from accessing schools and universities and hinder workers and employees from reaching their workplaces, further aggravating economic and living conditions. It added that the gates undermine freedom of worship by restricting Palestinian access to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, except under permits and restrictive conditions.

The governorate said that the network of checkpoints and gates is part of Israel’s plan to Judaize Jerusalem, describing them as a tool to impose new realities, detach the city from its natural extension in the West Bank, and transform its towns and suburbs into isolated enclaves. At the same time, colonists enjoy unrestricted movement, while Palestinians are confined by barriers, walls, and iron gates, reflecting a clear policy of racial discrimination and apartheid.

The governorate reaffirmed its outright rejection of these policies and called on the United Nations and the Human Rights Council to act immediately to compel Israel to comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law and UN resolutions, particularly Resolutions 242 and 2334.

It urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to fulfill its monitoring role and ensure Palestinians’ freedom of movement in Jerusalem and its suburbs. It also called on the international community to impose sanctions on Israel to halt practices that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

The governorate concluded that the installation of gates and checkpoints around Jerusalem is another step in Israel’s attempts to impose control and displace the city’s indigenous residents. It stressed that such practices will not alter the fact that Jerusalem is a Palestinian Arab city under occupation, and that all Israeli measures there are null and void under international law.

T.R.

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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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Several Palestinians sustain injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians on Wednesday evening sustained injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers attack to the east of Rammoun village, east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to local sources.

They said that armed illegal Israeli settlers descended upon a Bedouin community, east of the village, and assaulted the inhabitants, inflicting wounds and bruises across their bodies.

The assailants seized a herd of sheep belonging to the community.

Palestinian medics provided first aid treatment to four casualties and rushed them to a hospital.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million illegal Israeli settlers are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers graze their livestock on Bait Dajan lands east of Nablus

NABLUS, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Wednesday released their livestock on Palestinian-owned lands in the village of Bait Dajan, east of Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources said that a group of colonists grazed their livestock on Palestinian-owned land in Bait Dajan, causing damage to trees and agricultural crops.

These attacks are part of a systematic policy pursued by colonists against agricultural lands and pastures, aimed at tightening the noose on Palestinian residents and forcing them to abandon their lands for the benefit of colonial expansion.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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King of Spain condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza as an “unbearable humanitarian crisis”

Wednesday 17-September-2025

CAIRO, (PIC)

King Felipe VI of Spain has denounced during a visit to Egypt on Tuesday what Palestinians in Gaza are enduring under Israel’s genocide, describing it as “suffering beyond description.” His remarks follow repeated calls by the Spanish government for action to pressure Israel into halting the genocide.

“The Israeli attacks have resulted in a large number of victims and have turned into an unbearable humanitarian crisis, with suffering beyond description for hundreds of thousands of innocent people and the total destruction of Gaza,” King Felipe said.

The Spanish monarch, who rarely comments on international political issues, stressed that his visit to Egypt comes “at a troubled and tragic time for the region.”

Spain’s government, which officially recognized the State of Palestine in May 2024 alongside Ireland and Norway, has emerged as one of Europe’s most outspoken critics of Israel. Madrid has taken multiple measures aimed at halting what it openly calls genocide in Gaza.

On Sunday, the final stage of Spain’s renowned cycling race, La Vuelta, was canceled after nearly 100,000 people filled the streets of Madrid to protest Israel’s participation, according to local authorities. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has also proposed banning Israel from all international sporting events “as long as the barbarity in Gaza continues.”

Since October 2023, Israel, backed by the US, has waged a genocide against Gaza’s population, marked by mass killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in defiance of international calls and International Court of Justice rulings.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the genocide has killed nearly 65,000 Palestinians and wounded 165,000. Starvation has claimed the lives of 428 Palestinians, including 146 children.

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Qatar condemns Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza City

Wednesday 17-September-2025

DOHA, (PIC)

The State of Qatar has condemned, in the strongest terms, the large-scale ground operation launched by the Israeli occupation regime to take control of Gaza City, describing it as part of the genocidal war against the Palestinian people and a blatant violation of international law.

In a statement on Wednesday, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the Israeli occupation seeks to undermine the prospects for peace in the region through systematic plans that pose a threat to regional and international peace and security.

The ministry denounced Israel’s “brutal genocidal war on Gaza” and its “settlement, colonial and racist practices based on the logic of supremacy, aggression and betrayal.”

The ministry called for decisive international action to compel Israel to comply with international resolutions.

The ministry reiterated “Qatar’s firm and permanent position in support of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people’s steadfastness, in accordance with international resolutions and the two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”

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OIC General Secretariat welcomes report of independent international commission of inquiry on genocide in Gaza and calls for an end to this genocide and accountability for those responsible

JEDDAH, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) -

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the report issued by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which confirmed that Israel, the occupying power, committed the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The OIC General Secretariat called on the international community to take immediate action to end this genocide and hold those responsible accountable.

The OIC General Secretariat also condemned the escalation of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces, particularly the launch of a ground invasion of Gaza City, along with the continued starvation, abuse, destruction, and forced displacement of its population. The OIC General Secretariat deemed this to be an extension of the crime of genocide, and warned that the continuation of these crimes will lead to serious and catastrophic repercussions for the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation reiterated its call on the UN Security Council to take decisive action to impose an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, end the Israeli policy of starvation and blockade, ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into all parts of the Gaza Strip, take the necessary measures to prevent the crime of genocide, and implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024 in this regard.

T.R.

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UK health secretary criticizes Israel over MPs denied entry to occupied West Bank

LONDON, September 17, 2025 (WAFA) -

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has criticized Israel's "shameful but not surprising" actions after two medically trained Members of Parliament were denied entry into the occupied West Bank.

He said in a post on X, “Having been on a number of delegations to Israel and Palestine, including with MedicalAidPalCaabu, I find the treatment of two highly respected clinicians and Members of Parliament by the Israeli government shameful, but no longer surprising.”

Streeting included in his post a statement from the Council for Arab-British Understanding, which stated that Israel prevented MPs Peter Brinsley and Simon Opher from traveling to the occupied West Bank.

The statement stated that the purpose of this visit, organized by the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU), was to enable Members of Parliament to witness the vital medical and humanitarian work of a range of organizations, including Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in the occupied West Bank.

The statement noted that Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley, both respected medical professionals, were travelling as part of the delegation, which was also due to meet British diplomats in Jerusalem, in addition to Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations.

“It is deeply regrettable that the Israeli authorities prevented them from seeing first-hand the grave challenges facing medical facilities in the region and from hearing the British government's assessment of the situation on the ground,” read the statement.

Access to the occupied Palestinian Territory requires passing through crossings controlled by Israel, the occupying power.

In recent months, Israel has prevented numerous parliamentarians and other figures from entering Palestine, citing their opposition to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

T.R.

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Twenty aid agencies call for world intervention to save Gaza from ongoing genocide

Wednesday 17-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

More than 20 leading humanitarian agencies have issued an urgent call for world leaders to intervene in Gaza after a United Nations commission concluded for the first time that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

In a joint statement on Wednesday, the agencies urged all UN member states to act on the mandate that created the international body 80 years ago, warning that the situation in Gaza is “not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe but genocide.” Aid leaders described the suffering as unbearable, pointing to mounting deaths, starvation, and civilians being shot at while trying to access relief supplies.

“The Strip is on the brink of its deadliest phase in history if no immediate action is taken,” the agencies said, adding that governments must act now to halt the systematic destruction of life and end the occupation.

The warning came as Israel announced the expansion of its ground assault on Gaza City, part of its operation dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots 2.” The Israeli war minister declared that the offensive would continue until Israel achieves “its goals.”

Backed by US military and political support, Israel has waged a genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, that has killed 64,964 Palestinians, wounded 165,312, and left at least 428 martyrs who died from famine, including 146 children.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he will refer the Gaza and West Bank situation to the International Criminal Court, stressing that what is happening is “systematic destruction of a city” and “morally, politically, and legally unacceptable.” He accused Israel of showing no openness to serious peace talks and being determined to “go all the way.”

Adding to the alarm, UNICEF warned on Tuesday that nearly half a million children in Gaza are suffering severe psychological trauma after more than 700 days of continuous violence.

Speaking via video link from Al-Mawasi camp, UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram described conditions as inhumane, “It is unconscionable to expect half a million children, who have endured unimaginable violence and trauma, to flee one hell only to end up in another.”

She recounted meeting a mother named Israa walking with five children, hungry, thirsty, and two barefoot, “heading into the unknown with little hope of finding safety.” Ingram also reported that some children had been killed while trying to fetch water.

According to UN data, more than 140,000 residents have fled Gaza City since mid-August, but displacement camps in the south are overcrowded and dangerously under-resourced. Some displaced families are even returning to bombarded areas under Israeli army fire due to dire conditions in the camps.

Despite mounting global condemnation, Israel continues to press its genocide. Human rights experts and humanitarian agencies insist that the genocide and starvation in Gaza demand urgent global intervention before the crisis deepens further.

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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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