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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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84 Palestinians Killed, 338 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 64,231 and the Injuries to 161,583

by September 4, 2025

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Note:

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today (September 4, 2025) that the death toll surged after the names of 401 victims were added to the registry after their data were verified.

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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 4, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 76,855.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (64,231) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 12,624+). 

By September 4, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 161,583.

By September 4, 2025, according to news report, 1,022 Palestinians who were killed, 7,058 who were injured, and 18,779, 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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84 Palestinians were killed, 338 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 64,231 and the injuries to 161,583, by September 4, 2025 pic

Mandla Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela, said that the conditions Palestinians face under the Israeli occupation are more severe than what Black South Africans endured under apartheid, September 4, 2025.

Serious health risks are threatening the lives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons, due to the punitive widespread outbreak of scabies among them, September 4, 2025.

84 Palestinians were killed, 338 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 64,231 and the injuries to 161,583, by September 4, 2025 pic 2
Palestinian women grieving the death of family members, as 84 Palestinians were killed, 338 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, on September 4, 2025. A woman picking some rice and flour from the sand, near an Israeli-controlled aid distribution center, in Gaza Strip, as 3 more Palestinians died of starvation, on September 4, 2025.
   
Grieving, at Al-Shifa hospital, the martyred Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza City, on September 5, 2025. Carrying, to Nasir 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 5, 2025.
   
Palestinians trying to get some rice, as the only food provided by a local charity, in Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on September 5, 2025. Palestinian Muslim worshippers flock to the Ibraheemi Masjid in Al-Khaleel, Hebron, to observe Prophet Mu'hammed's, pbbuh, celebration, despite the Israeli restrictions, on September 5, 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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UN experts: States must stop Israel before all journalists in Gaza are silenced

GENEVA, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

UN experts have expressed outrage by the killing of six more Palestinian journalists, including two women, in multiple Israeli strikes in Gaza over the past 10 days.

At least 248 journalists have now been killed in Gaza, more than in any other war in modern times, according to a joint statement by the experts.

“On the one hand, Israel continues to deny access to any international media and on the other, it kills with impunity local journalists who are the world’s only professional lens into the agony of genocide and famine unfolding in Gaza,” the experts said.

“Even as the journalists starve, lose family members, sleep in tents and get targeted by the Israeli military like the rest of Gaza’s population, they have continued to courageously bear witness to atrocities committed by the Israeli military,” they said.

 “We demand independent criminal investigations into the killings and attacks on journalists in Gaza and across the Palestinian territory and full reparation and justice for their families and an end to the unprecedented impunity enjoyed by Israel,” the experts added.

They continued, “We demand that Israel grant full and free access to international media. Their presence will give a measure of safety to local journalists and will keep the reports flowing into the world.”

“We urge the international community – member states as well as the key organs of the United Nations to act without delay before Israel shuts down the last voices in Gaza.”

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PCPA: Scabies spread in Israeli jails, amid punitive measures

Thursday 4-September-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Palestinian Center for Prisoners Advocacy (PCPA) has issued a warning about the serious health risks threatening the lives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails due to the widespread outbreak of scabies among them.

In a statement on Wednesday, PCPA said it “follows with deep concern the ongoing reports about the spread of scabies among the thousands of Palestinian detainees and prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons, which lack the most basic elements of human life and living conditions.”

“This is part of the Israeli prison service’s clear determination to turn these detention centers, prisons, interrogation centers, and holding facilities into certain places of death due to the policy of systematic medical neglect,” PCPA added.

“The series of punitive measures imposed by the prison service on the prisoners, including the denial of the simplest natural rights of any human being, such as the prohibition of bathing, cutting off water supply, confiscating all personal hygiene items like soap, shampoo, and toothpaste, as well as preventing prisoners from getting haircuts or shaving, in addition to depriving them of personal clothing except for what they are wearing — forcing the prisoner to wash it and wait for it to dry or wear it while it’s still wet — are all deliberate and systematic measures aimed at undermining the prisoner’s resilience and spirit, stripping them of their human and personal identity, ultimately leading to a slow and silent death,” PCPA explained.

PCPA appealed to the World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene swiftly with medical and humanitarian assistance and find a solution to this worsening tragedy.

“Humanity as a whole is facing an ethical and moral test in the face of this horrifying situation for more than ten thousand prisoners inside Israeli occupation prisons,” PCPA said.

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

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Gaza death toll surges past 64,231as Israeli attacks continue unabated

By Ikrame Kouachi  |04.09.2025 -

Anadolu, ANKARA

At least 64,231 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, as three more people died of starvation in the enclave, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Thursday.

A Ministry statement said that 84 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 338 people were injured, taking the total number of injuries to 161,583 in the Israeli onslaught.

Note: The Ministry reported today that the toll surged after the names of 401 victims were added to the registry after their data were verified.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

The Ministry also noted that 17 Palestinians were killed and over 174 others injured by Israeli army fire while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking aid to 2,356, with over 17,244 others wounded since May 27.

The Ministry added that three more Palestinians died of malnutrition and starvation in the last 24 hours. This brought the famine-linked death toll since October 2023 to 370 people, including 131 children.

Since March 2, Israeli authorities have completely closed all Gaza border crossings, pushing the territory’s 2.4 million population into famine.

A UN-backed food security assessment has already confirmed famine in northern Gaza and expects it to spread further south by the end of September.

The Israeli occupation army resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed 11,699 people and injured 49,542 others, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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Growing casualties as Israeli army intensifies attacks in Gaza

Thursday 4-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also 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 a strike on a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City that killed two civilians.

Casualties were reported following another Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza City’s Al-'Iyoun street.

Another strike on a house claimed the lives of two people and injured others in Gaza City’s Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood.

Seven people from the same family were massacred at dawn in an Israeli strike on their tent in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Israeli army also bombed a house belonging to the family of Habeeb in Gaza City’s as-Sabra neighborhood, killing three people and injuring several others.

Another attack on a tent in the Abu Mazin roundabout in Gaza City killed two people and injured six others, mostly children.

15 other people were massacred in a similar attack on a tent in Gaza City’s an-Nasr neighborhood.

Several people suffered injuries in an Israeli strike on a tent in the west of Khan Younus.

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.

Three 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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Three killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike on Gaza home

GAZA, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

 At least three Palestinians were killed and others injured on Thursday evening after Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home in Gaza City.

According to WAFA correspondent, the airstrike targeted a home near Al-Shawwa Square in Gaza City. The attack resulted in the killing of three people, dozens of injuries, and reports of others missing under the rubble.

Medical sources confirmed that the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip since early Thursday has risen to 78.

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Three Palestinians die of malnutrition caused by Israel’s starvation policy

Thursday 4-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday that three Palestinians have died after suffering from severe malnutrition, the result of the starvation policy imposed by Israel since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.

According to the ministry, the total number of deaths from malnutrition has risen to 370 martyrs, including 131 children.

The statement added that since the Global IPC Initiative declared a state of famine in Gaza, 92 Palestinians, among them 16 children, have died due to hunger and related complications.

Earlier, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories warned of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, stressing that the human rights situation has deteriorated to unprecedented levels.

The Office explained that famine is strangling the Strip and has now begun spreading toward Dair El-Bala'h, as Israel continues to impose restrictions and obstacles preventing the entry of humanitarian aid. 

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At least 10 killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza as today’s death toll rises to 78

GAZA, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Thursday afternoon and evening in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and WAFA correspondents.

Three people were killed when an Israeli strike hit a home near Al-Fala'h School in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. Four more, including children, were killed when Israeli forces bombed a vehicle near Al-Tayaran junction in the west of the city.

Several others were reported killed in an airstrike that targeted a group of people near Al-Dthafir Tower in the Al-Saraya area of Gaza City. Meanwhile, a woman was shot dead by an Israeli drone in the Al-Baraka neighborhood of Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza.

Meantime, journalist Bilal Al-Nabih was injured by Israeli gunfire while covering the ongoing bombardment and house demolitions in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Israeli forces also blew up and destroyed the University College of Science and Technology in the Qizan Al-Najjar area, south of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Medical sources confirmed that the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip since early Thursday has risen to 78.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 64,231 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 161,583 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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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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Palestinian teen injured by Israeli gunfire during raid near Nablus

NABLUS, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

An 18-year-old Palestinian was injured by Israeli gunfire on Thursday evening during a military raid on the town of Baita, south of Nablus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus reported that medics treated the young man after he was shot in the hand by Israeli occupation forces.

The injury occurred as Israeli troops stormed the town amid heavy gunfire, triggering confrontations with residents.

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Two Palestinians injured by IOF gunfire in northern Ramallah

Thursday 4-September-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Two Palestinian young men suffered bullet injuries on Thursday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Al-Jalazoan refugee camp in northern Ramallah and opened fire at local residents.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the camp and opened fire at citizens, resulting in the injury of two young men by live rounds. One sustained two bullet wounds in his side and arm, and the other was wounded in his leg.

In a separate incident, a horde of extremist settlers continued to build a road near Dair Mish’al village in the northwest of Ramallah after they recently seized hundreds of dunums of Palestinian land belonging to villagers in the area.

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11 Palestinians kidnaped in IOF raids in W. Bank

Thursday 4-September-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped at least 11 Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and Thursday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped five citizens from different areas of Al-Khalil (Hebron) Province.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped six citizens following violent raids on homes in the city and the refugee camps of Balata and El-'Ain.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed Bait Dajan town, east of Nablus, and intercepted cars for security checks.

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

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IOFs escalation in Toulkarm: raids, home evictions, and students deprived of schools

Thursday 4-September-2025

TOULKARM, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continue their relentless assault on the city of Toulkarm and its refugee camp for the 221st consecutive day, and on Nour Shams camp for the 209th day, carrying out raids, arrests, home evictions, and preventing hundreds of students from returning to their schools.

In a statement on Thursday, the Toulkarm Media Committee said the IOF forced residents of the Abu Safiya neighborhood, east of the city and adjacent to the camp, to evacuate their homes on Thursday morning.

The statement added that IOFs troops stormed several areas overnight, including the town of 'Anabta to the east and the village of Al-Ras to the south, raiding and searching homes. Four young men were arrested while passing through a checkpoint at the entrance of Tulkarem camp.

Over the past two days, the IOFs detained two young men, Noor Radhwan El-Hajj and Tha-ir El-Najjar, from the town of Bal’a east of Toulkarm. The raids were accompanied by the ransacking of dozens of homes and shops, the destruction of street sections, and extensive damage to infrastructure.

Schools in Tulkarem and its two refugee camps remain closed due to the ongoing Israeli military operation, depriving hundreds of children of in-person education. Many are forced to rely on remote or improvised learning spaces.

The city faces continuous incursions, with both Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps under siege. Armored vehicles and infantry units have surrounded the camps, barring residents from accessing their homes.

According to the committee, more than 5,000 families, over 25,000 people, have been forcibly displaced from the two camps. At least 600 homes have been completely destroyed and another 2,573 partially damaged. Entrances to the camps remain sealed with barriers, leaving them desolate and cut off from life.

So far, the IOFs has killed 14 Palestinians in Tulkarem, including a child and two women, one of them eight months pregnant. Dozens more have been wounded or arrested, while widespread destruction has devastated infrastructure, homes, businesses, and vehicles.

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MSF: Palestinians in West Bank facing mass forced displacement by Israeli forces and colonists

GENEVA, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) warned on Thursday that Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are being subjected to mass forced displacement by the Israeli military and colonists, raising the threat of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories.

In an official statement, the organization said that Israeli policies aimed at annexing land in the West Bank constitute a serious breach of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

“During 2025, MSF teams have witnessed policies and practices that are blatantly designed to remove people from their land and prevent any possibility of return,” the statement said.

MSF stressed that ending the Israeli occupation remains the only way to reduce the severe suffering experienced by Palestinians.

The organization urged countries — including the United States and European Union member states — to exert meaningful pressure to stop the practices that harm and displace Palestinians, and to ensure an end to the illegal occupation.

It also noted that the suffering caused by the occupation has become more normalized than ever before, in what MSF described as an alarming trend, based on its 36 years of providing medical and psychological care in Palestine.

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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 continue construction of colonial road northwest of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers continued on Thursday the construction of a colonial road that threatens the seizure of approximately 500 dunums of land from the village of Dair Abu Mish’al, northwest of Ramallah, according to the village council.

Sources at the village council told WAFA that colonists have been working for the fourth consecutive day to construct a new road in the northern part of the village.

The sources warned of the serious implications of these activities in an area where seven village residents have been killed in recent years.

Last month, Israeli occupation authorities seized an additional 45 dunums of land through four military seizure orders. The orders included the establishment of a buffer zone around the Alei Zahav colonial settlement in Dair Ballout, the construction of colonial roads in Dair Istya, both located in Salfeet, and the setting up of a military outpost in Tammoun, Toubas.

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Illegal Israeli settlers block western entrance to village near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers on Thursday blocked the western entrance to the village of Dair Jareer, north of Ramallah, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that a group of colonists stormed the western area of the village and prevented residents from passing through.

Since the onset of Israeli aggression against Palestinians on October 7, 2023, violence by Israeli colonists targeting Palestinian civilians and their properties has escalated significantly.

This indiscriminate aggression has drawn widespread international condemnation. In response, several countries have imposed sanctions on Israeli colonists implicated in violent acts against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Mandela’s grandson says Palestinians are facing oppression worse than apartheid

JOHANNESBURG, September 4, 2025 (WAFA) —

Mandla Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela, has said that the conditions Palestinians face under Israeli occupation are more severe than what Black South Africans endured under apartheid. He called on the international community to increase support for the Palestinian people.

Speaking to Reuters on Wednesday evening at Johannesburg Airport before boarding a flight to Tunisia, Mandela said, “Many of us that have visited the occupied territories in Palestine have only come back with one conclusion: that the Palestinians are experiencing a far worse form of apartheid than we ever experienced.”

The 51-year-old is joining ten South African activists as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a coalition of boats attempting to deliver food and humanitarian aid to Gaza. The flotilla is sailing despite an Israeli naval blockade. Participants include hundreds of people from 44 countries, among them Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

Mandela stressed the importance of global solidarity, drawing parallels to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. “We believe that the global community has to continue supporting the Palestinians, just as they stood side-by-side with us,” he said.

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress voiced support for the mission, saying it “echoes our own struggle for liberation”.

Mandela also pointed out that the end of apartheid in 1994 came after sustained international pressure, including sanctions and diplomatic isolation. “They isolated apartheid South Africa and finally collapsed it. We believe that the time has come for that to be done for the Palestinians,” he said.

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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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