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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70 African Immigrants Killed by US Airstrike on Yemen

 57 Palestinians Killed, 153 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 52,314 and the Injuries to 117,792

April 28, 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 April 28, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 65,818+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (52,314), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,504+). 

By April 28, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 117,792.

By April 28, 2025, according to news report, 956 Palestinians who were killed, 6,725 who were injured, and 11,936*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023. 

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(The Palestine Information Center reported that there were 925 deaths and 14,500 kidnappings but without mentioning how many were released, by February 27, 2025).  

Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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12 Palestinians were killed, others were injured, including children and women, by the Israeli genocidal airstrike on Bait Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip, on April 28, 2025.	57 Palestinians were killed, 153 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which brought the death toll to 52,314 and the injuries to 117,792, on April 27, 2025.
70 civilians were massacred, 47 were injured by a US airstrike on a detention center for African migrants in Sa'ada, seven more air strikes were launched on other parts of Yemen, April 28, 2025.	Red Cross Director, Pierre Krahenbuhl, said that Gaza is experiencing death, injury, multiple displacements, amputations, separation, disappearance, starvation and denial of aid, April 28, 2025.
57 Palestinians were killed, 153 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, on April 27, 2025.	UN official, Elinor Hammarskjold, told the ICC that Israel had breached its obligations, including the safety of medical workers and work of humanitarian organizations to safeguard civilian lives, April 28, 2025.
Grieving the death of Al-Agha family members, in Nasir hospital, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their house in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2025.	As starvation intensifies in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli blockade, the only remaining food is provided by some local charities, where Palestinian children scramble to get small meals, such as the one shown above in Khan Younus, on April 29, 2025.
Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their tent, in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2025.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a residential neighborhood, in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gaza: Hospitals receives 71 martyrs, death toll climbs to 52,314

Monday 28-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 57 civilians who were martyred in fresh Israeli attacks, along with the bodies of 14 other people who were reported missing in previous attacks.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on Monday, 153 citizens were also injured following Israeli attacks in the past hours.

Accordingly, a total of 2,222 people have been killed and 5,751 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 52,314 martyrs, the health ministry stated.

The Ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 117,792 people.

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

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A total of 12 Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli strikes on different areas across Gaza

GAZA, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) – 

At least 12 Palestinian citizens were killed and others, including children and women, were injured Monday evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting the vicinity of Al-Barakah Mosque in Bait Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip, and in attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younus, bringing the death toll since dawn today to more than 32.

According to WAFA correspondents, eight people were killed in an attack strike near Abu Mazin Roundabout and near the Al-Ghafri Junction in Gaza City.

Meanwhile, several causalities were reported following an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of citizens near Al-Shafi'i Mosque in the city.

One civilian was killed in an artillery attack near Al-Barakah Mosque in Bait Lahya, at a time several others were killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent housing displaced persons west of Gaza City.

He added that Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes, targeting the eastern part of the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood east of Gaza City.

In this context, health sources announced that 32 Palestinian have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 26 of them in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the latest statistics from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 52,314, with nearly 117,792 reported wounded since October 7, 2023.

Thousands of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unable to be reached or recovered.

Y.S.

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Three civilians killed in Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Younus

GAZA, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) --

Three Palestinian civilians were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza.

Medical sources confirmed that at least three civilians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted a home belonging to the Al-Agha family in the western part of Khan Younus.

The total number of civilians killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza has reached 52,314. At least 117,792 have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble or scattered on the streets, inaccessible to ambulances and rescue teams.

T.R..

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The Israeli genocidal attacks on the Gaza Strip continue to claim more Palestinian lives

Monday 28-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further exacerbating the dire humanitarian suffering of the population.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporters in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike that killed four people and injured several others near the Abu Mazin rotary in the west of Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, four children were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a bicycle they were using to carry a bag of flour in 'Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younus.

The bodies of two martyrs were reportedly recovered from the rubble of a house that was bombed yesterday in Jorat Al-Lout in Khan Younus.

The Israeli army also bombed a tent sheltering a displaced family in Al-Shafi’i refugee camp in western Khan Younus, killing two civilians and injuring others.

In central Gaza, a girl child was martyred following an Israeli airstrike in Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Casualties were also reported following Israeli strikes on swaths of agricultural land in Al-Zawayida town in central Gaza.

10 civilians were also massacred and others were injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a house belonging to the family of Mahadi in Jabalya refugee camp, north of Gaza.

Another airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Al-Ghammari in the northwest of Gaza City claimed the lives of seven people.

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

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

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Israeli occupation forces shoot and injure teenager during confrontations in Al-Beera

RAMALLAH, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian teenager was injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation forces on Monday during a military raid on the Um Al-Sharayit neighborhood in the city of Al-Beera.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed in a brief statement that a 17-year-old boy was wounded by live bullets during the Israeli forces' incursion into the area

Security sources told WAFA that an Israeli military unit stormed the said area, sparking confrontations, during which Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas canisters at residents.

According to the sources, the Israeli occupation forces conducted identity checks on several residents and detained a young man during the raid.

T.R. 

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Several Palestinians kidnapped by the IOFs in the West Bank

Monday 28-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens, including a young woman, during raids in the West Bank at dawn Monday.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed Nablus City and kidnapped two university students from their homes, including a young woman.

The IOFs also kidnaped a young man after ransacking his home in Toubas City.

In Jineen, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three citizens following raids on homes in Jaba' town.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from his home in Al-'Hadab area nearAl-Fawwar refugee camp and an unknown number of young men during a raid in Al-Dthahiriya town.

The IOF also stormed other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

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 Israeli occupation forces continue aggression on Toulkarm for the 92nd consecutive day

Toulkarm, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Toulkarm and its camp for the 92nd consecutive day, and on the 79th day on the Nour Shams camp, amid ongoing field escalation.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, to the city, its two camps, and its suburbs. This is accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, as well as raids and searches of homes and shops, vandalizing their contents, and subjecting those inside to interrogation, detention, or arrest.

This morning, the occupation forces deployed around the Shuwaika roundabout in the northern neighborhood of the city, carrying out raids and searches in the area, detaining Bilal 'Abdul' Azeez Nayfa and Ayman Abu Simri after raiding Al-'Hafi building there.

In a related development, Israeli special forces stormed the Artah suburb south of the city at dawn today, positioning themselves near the Fatima Al-Zahraa Mosque. They launched a drone into the airspace, accompanied by heavy gunfire. No detentions or injuries were reported.

Israeli forces set up checkpoints on the city's main streets and neighborhoods, obstructing the movement of citizens and their vehicles, particularly on Nablus Street. They subject residents to searches, identity checks, and field interrogations.

The Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps and their surrounding areas are seeing a heavy deployment of Israeli forces, amidst the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, with occasional explosions. This coincides with a tight siege imposed on these camps, the closure of their entrances with earth mounds, and the subsequent raids and vandalism of homes, forcing the remaining residents to evacuate their homes at gunpoint.

The occupation forces also continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. They also station their vehicles and bulldozers in the vicinity.

The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation on the city of Toulkarm and its two refugee camps has resulted in the killing of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and detained.

It has also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, comprising more than 25,000 residents, along with hundreds of citizens from the northern and eastern neighborhoods of the city. Their homes have been seized and several converted into military barracks.

The aggression caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. The occupation forces completely destroyed 396 homes and partially destroyed 2,573 others in the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.

K.T.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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

Monday 28-April-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

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

According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection.

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

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

In a move seen as “provocative” to Palestinians, the Israeli occupation authority has placed Israeli flags across the streets of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and the Old City as part of preparations to mark what is called “independence day.”

Jewish temple groups also announced their intent to hoist the Israeli flag inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on May 1st to celebrate the occasion.

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Illegal Israeli settlers enclose water springs with concrete blocks in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers placed concrete blocks on Monday around several water springs in the Khirbet Al-Dair area of the northern Jordan Valley.

Omar Fuqaha, head of Al-'Ain Al-Baydha village council, reported that the colonists had installed the concrete blocks around certain springs, marking another effort to assert control over these water resources and restrict Palestinian access.

The illegal Israeli settlers have been targeting the springs scattered across the border area, which Palestinians have traditionally used to irrigate their rain-fed crops every year.

According to the Israeli information center for human rights in occupied territories, B’Tselem, Israel has instituted in this area a regime that intensively exploits its resources, to an extent greater than elsewhere in the West Bank, and which demonstrates its intention: de facto annexation of the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area to the State of Israel.

T.R.

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The illegal Israeli settler and extremist Minister, Ben-Gvir orders closure of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) fund and endowment offices

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), April 28, 2025 (WAFA) –

The illegal Israeli settler and extremist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, issued an order on Monday to shut down the offices of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment in East Jerusalem, in a blatant violation of international laws and norms and, marking another aggressive measure targeting the Palestinian presence in the occupied city.

The Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate condemned the move, stating it falls within the framework of a systematic campaign by the Israeli government aimed at drying up the sources of Palestinian civil society work and confiscating any initiative that supports and empowers the residents of Jerusalem economically and socially.

The Governorate further asserted that Ben-Gvir—well-known for his extremist and racist positions—has once again committed a political crime that underscores the occupation’s accelerating policy of unprecedented escalation. This policy, it warned, seeks to strangle Palestinian life in Jerusalem and undermine the resilience of its residents.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers encircle water springs in northern Jordan Valley

Monday 28-April-2025

TUBAS, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers placed concrete blocks around several springs in Khirbet Al-Dair in the northern Jordan Valley on Monday.

'Omar Fuqaha, head of the village council in Al-'Ain Al-Baydha, said that settlers placed the concrete blocks around some springs in an attempt to take control over them and prevent Palestinian citizens from using them.

The settlers repeatedly target springs scattered throughout the border area which are usually used by citizens to irrigate their rain-fed crops annually.

The Palestinian Jordan Valley constitutes 28% of the West Bank, which covers an area of 5,800 square kilometers, 88% of which is controlled by Israel, and classified either as “state land”, military training areas, or nature reserves.

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 Israeli occupation forces erected barbed wire fence to separate Ramallah-area towns from main road

RAMALLAH, April 28, 2025, WAFA – 

On Monday, the Israeli occupation began erecting a barbed wire fence separating the towns of Sinjil and Turmus 'Ayya, north of Ramallah, from the main road connecting the cities of Nablus and Ramallah.

Local sources reported that the occupation began erecting 4-meter-long iron poles on the lands of Sinjil, in preparation for the construction of a barbed wire fence extending approximately two kilometers along the main road, which it calls "Road 60."

This comes after bulldozing Palestinian lands in the area in recent months.

On August 20, the Israeli occupation issued a "military order" ordering the seizure of new lands to reroute the planned barbed wire fence along the towns of Turmus 'Ayya and Sinjil, north of Ramallah.

Last February, the occupation notified the seizure of 29 dunams of land from the two towns to build the fence, which prevents citizens from accessing the main road and, consequently, depriving them of access to their lands behind the fence.

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation forces issue demolition notices against three homes in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 28, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition notices against three homes in the Masafir Yatta area, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Media activist Osama Makhamra told WAFA that the occupation forces notified Mousa Al-Hithleen of the demolition of two homes in the village of Umm al-Khair, covering an area of ​​150 square meters, and a home in the Hamida area, covering an area of ​​120 square meters, belonging to Nayif Sulayman Al-Najjadah.

It is worth noting that the occupation forces yesterday notified the demolition of water wells, homes, and agricultural rooms in the 'Huwwara area, northeast of Yatta.

Y.S.

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Israeli authorities issue demolition notices against several structures in Slafit, Bethlehem

RAMALLAH, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation authorities delivered notices to remove a fence and uproot olive trees in the Wadi Qana area of ​​the town of Dair Istya, northwest of Salfeet.

Anti-settlement activist Nazmi Salman said that the occupation authorities delivered notices to evacuate and stop work, remove a 100-meter fence, and uproot 12 olive trees in the Wadi Qana area west of the town, under the pretext that it is a nature reserve.

He pointed out that the Wadi Qana area is targeted by the occupation and colonists, who are allowed to establish and expand colonies at the expense of citizens' land, while the landowners are prevented from working there.

He further noted that the Wadi Qana area, which covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 dunams, was designated a nature reserve by the occupation in 1983. It is surrounded by nine illegal outposts and an Israeli army camp.

In a related context, the Israeli occupation forces issued a demolition notice against a car wash in the village of 'Husan, west of Bethlehem, on the pretext that it was without a license.

Y.S.

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IOFs raze two Palestinian homes, teargases students in the West Bank

Monday 28-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished two Palestinian homes and carried out a teargas attack on school students in the West Bank on Monday morning.

According to local sources, Israeli forces with bulldozers demolished two homes belonging to Palestinian citizens in Al-Ras area of Idthna town, west of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

The IOFs justified the demolition measure by claiming the houses had been built with no Israeli permits.

Meanwhile, dozens of school students suffered from their exposure to tear gas after Israeli forces stormed Al-Khadir town in southern Bethlehem and embarked on attacking them. 

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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ICRC: Gaza is witnessing widespread death, hunger, disappearances and deprivation

Monday 28-April-2025

DOHA, (PIC)

The Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Pierre Krähenbühl, said on Monday, “a new inferno has been unleashed on Gaza following the restart of war in the Palestinian territory.”

“Gaza is experiencing and enduring death, injury, multiple displacements, amputations, separation, disappearance, starvation and denial of aid and dignity on a massive scale,” he added.

In his speech at the Global Security Forum in the Qatari capital, Doha, Krähenbühl said, “just when the important ceasefire on January 19 led people to believe they had survived the worst, a new inferno was unleashed.”

On March 18, Israel reneged on the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in place since January 19 and resumed its war of genocide against the Gaza Strip, despite Hamas’s commitment to all terms of the agreement.

Warnings have recently escalated from international aid officials over a new imminent disaster in the Strip, which is suffering from a shortage of basic foodstuffs, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid amid the war and the closure of crossings.

The Gaza Strip, whose population is about 2.4 million, is almost entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, which has been completely halted since March 2, when Israel closed the Karm Abu Salim, Zikim and Bait 'Hanoun crossings.

With unconditional US support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving around 169,000 Palestinians martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.

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Euro-Med: At least 94% of those killed in Gaza last week were civilians

Monday 28-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor announced that Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) killed 345 Palestinians and wounded 770 others in just seven days (April 20-26), emphasizing that at least 94% of the victims were civilians.

The Euro-Med Monitor said in a press statement on Monday that 51% of the victims during that period were children, 16% of them were women and 8% of them were elderly. Field verification also showed that at least 63 of the 81 adult male victims were working in civilian jobs or independent professions unrelated to any military or organizational activity, further confirming the predominantly civilian nature of this group.

The Euro-Med confirmed that there is no reliable information indicating that the adult male victims, for whom no detailed data is available, were involved in combat or linked to military activities.

The Human rights group stressed that this unprecedented rise in the number of civilian casualties coincides with the continued issuance of false media statements by the Prime Minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he publicly denies targeting civilians, in a blatant attempt to mislead international public opinion and cover up the crimes committed on the ground.

The Euro-Med pointed to the IOF’s deliberate use of drones to target children, women and unarmed civilians, and the deliberate targeting of temporary shelters and displacement tents with heavy missiles or suicide drones.

It noted that the recent Israeli investigations on some of the IOF crimes lack independence and seriousness and do not exempt it from its obligations under international law.

The Euro-Med condemned the international silence towards the mass killings of Palestinians, considering it a moral failure and a serious breach of the legal obligations of states and international community, as well as a clear failure to comply with the legal obligation to prevent the crime of genocide and punish its perpetrators in accordance with the provisions of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

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 Israel has "obligations as an occupying power," such as protecting medical personnel and facilitating their work: United Nations

RAMALLAH, April 28, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The United Nations affirmed Monday that Israel has "obligations as an occupying power," such as protecting medical personnel and facilitating the work of humanitarian organizations in the occupied territories, thus saving civilian lives.

This came in a speech delivered by Eleanor Hummeschul, representative of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the start of a week-long hearing at the International Court of Justice to discuss Israel's humanitarian obligations towards the Palestinians after it imposed a blockade on aid to Gaza since March 2.

Hummeschul said, "Israel has obligations as an occupying power, such as protecting medical personnel and facilitating the work of humanitarian organizations in the occupied territories."

She continued, "Israel, as an occupying power, must ensure humanitarian needs in the occupied territories and administer the territory under its control in accordance with international law."

The UN representative accused Israel of "violating its obligations regarding the immunity of UN teams" and affirmed that "the United Nations rejects any interference by any state in the work of international organizations."

She warned that "the decision to ban UNRWA operations constitutes an expansion of Israeli sovereignty over the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem."

Hommeshul emphasized that "respect for international law is essential to protect civilians and enable UN personnel to rescue them without facing unacceptable risks."

She responded to Israel's allegations against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by saying, "We take seriously the allegations of a lack of neutrality by a number of UN agencies, and the necessary investigations will be conducted to address them and ensure their impartiality."

Y.S.

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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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