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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More US Air Strikes on Yemen, Israeli Genocide in Gaza Continues, 26 Palestinians Killed, 106 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,912 and the Injuries to 115,981

April 11, 2025

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By April 11, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,435+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,912), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,529+). 

By April 11, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 115,981.

By April 10, 2025, according to news report, 945 Palestinians who were killed, 6,975 who were injured, and 11,779*, 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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Four Palestinians were killed and others were injured by the Israeli genocidal bombardment on Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, in Gaza City,  on April 11, 2025.	26 Palestinians were killed, 106 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 50,912 and injuries to 115,981, by April 11, 2025.
Five US air strikes were launched on the Yemeni district of Bani 'Hasheesh, three more on Hamadan district in San'aa governorate, in addition to strikes on other areas, April 11, 2025.	Five US air strikes were launched on the Yemeni district of Bani 'Hasheesh, three more on Hamadan district in San'aa governorate, in addition to strikes on other areas, April 11, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces burned a Palestinian house in the vicinity of the Jineen refugee camp on Friday, 10 days after occupying it and turning it into a military barracks, April 11, 2025.	The UNRWA estimated that approximately 400,000 Palestinians have been displaced within the Gaza Strip, following the Israeli breaking of the recent ceasefire, April 11, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian families were forced again to flee Al-Shuja'iyya neighbor-hood, in east Gaza city, under the Israeli threats of more air strikes and bombardment, April 11, 2025.	Grieving the martyrs of Al-Farra family, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their house in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, April 11, 2025.
Carrying the Palestinian martyrs and injured to Al-Ahli hospital, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Gaza City, April 11, 2025.	After one year and a half of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the famous Gaza City Firas market has become a location for piles of garbage, April 11, 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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Palestinian Health Ministry: The death toll of the Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 50,912 martyrs

Friday 11-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC and WAFA)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Friday that Gaza hospitals have received 26 martyrs, including six bodies recovered from under the rubble, and 106 injured during the past 24 hours.

The Ministry said in a statement that a number of victims are still under the rubble and in the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

It pointed out that the total casualties of the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,912 martyrs and 115,981 injured since October 7, 2023, noting that the number of martyrs and injured since March 18, 2025, has reached 1,542 martyrs and 3,940 injured.

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Israeli genocidal airstrike kills two Palestinians, injures dozens in Al-Mawasi

KHAN YOUNES, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) -

An Israeli airstrike Friday evening killed two Palestinians and injured dozens in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that an Israeli combat drone targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, claiming the life of a civilian.

He added that Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike targeting Roni Street in the same area, killing another and injuring dozens.

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing pounded a house in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Strip, resulting in a number of casualties.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached at least 1,542 with 3,940 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

Medical sources added that within the last 24 hours, the bodies of at least 26 slain Palestinians and 106 casualties were admitted into hospitals across the Strip.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,912 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 115,981 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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 Israeli bombardment kills 4 Palestinians, injures others east of Gaza

Photo Credit: WAFA

GAZA, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli bombardment Friday killed four Palestinians and injured others in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood of the city of Gaza, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets targeted a group of civilians on Al-Nazzaz Street in the neighborhood, claiming the lives of three and injuring others.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelled civilians’ houses in the neighborhood, killing a civilian, injuring others and setting parts of al-Minntar Street and the eastern areas of the neighborhood on fire.

Another airstrike targeted a house of the Jum‘a family near the Saftawi Circle, north of Gaza, resulting in a number of casualties.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached at least 1,542 with 3,940 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

Medical sources added that within the last 24 hours, the bodies of at least 26 slain Palestinians and 106 casualties were admitted into hospitals across the Strip.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,912 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 115,981 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F. 

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Civilians massacred, injured in ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza

Friday 11-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Friday 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 situation under a stifling blockade that risks plunging the population into severe famine.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that one citizen was martyred in an Israeli artillery attack on Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Six other civilians were martyred and many others were injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a house belonging to the family of Abul-'Aoun in the same neighborhood.

The Israeli army also carried out an artillery attack on the southern neighborhoods of Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younus, south of Gaza, killing and injuring a number of people.

An entire family was massacred on Friday morning in an Israeli airstrike on a house in central Khan Younus. The strike killed all 10 family members, mostly women and children.

The victims included Mazin Al-Farra, his wife, his mother-in-law, his five children, and his niece and nephew. The family had recently returned to their home after it was previously damaged in an earlier strike. The Israeli attack on their house occurred without prior warning, according to local media reports.

The Israeli occupation army also bombed a group of citizens in the morning in Al-Atatira neighborhood in Bait Lahya, north of Gaza, killing and injuring several of them.

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

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UNRWA: Displacement of 400,000 people in Gaza since resumption of war

Friday 11-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) estimated that approximately 400,000 people have been displaced within the Gaza Strip following the collapse of the recent ceasefire, amid ongoing Israeli aggression and deteriorating humanitarian conditions.

UNRWA announced in a post on the platform X that the displaced individuals are suffering from the longest period of interruption in humanitarian aid since the beginning of the war, noting that access to them has become exceedingly difficult due to military operations and the blockade.

UNRWA reiterated its call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the necessity of ensuring the unobstructed flow of aid to meet the basic needs of civilians in displacement zones and shelters.

The genocidal war resumed by Israel against the Gaza Strip continues into its 26th day following a breach of the ceasefire agreement. The occupation forces have committed further acts of genocide and massacres against civilians, the displaced, and Palestinian families, raising the death toll since March 18 to 1,522 civilians, while 3,834 others have been injured with varying degrees of severity.

According to official Palestinian data released by the Ministry of Health, 50,886 civilian citizens have been martyred, and 115,857 others have been injured, including those with serious and critical injuries, since October 7, 2023.

On March 2, Israel closed the crossings of the Gaza Strip to the entry of humanitarian, relief, and medical aid, leading to an unprecedented deterioration in humanitarian conditions, as confirmed by local governmental and human rights reports.

Human rights, governmental, and UN institutions have previously warned about the repercussions of the continued tightening of the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, leading Palestinians to a state of acute hunger.

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

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Palestinian sustains injury from Israeli occupation army gunfire near Nablus

NABLUS, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A Palestinian Friday sustained an injury from Israeli army gunfire in the Baita town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to medical sources.

They said that medical crews provided first aid treatment to a 23-year-old man who was injured in the foot by Israeli occupation forces in the course of confrontations in the town.

The confrontations erupted when the occupation forces stormed the town, simultaneously while firing intensive gunfire.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without the need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.

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Several Palestinians suffocate in Israeli army raid near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians Friday evening suffocated in an Israeli army raid in the al-Khader town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the occupying forces stormed the town and deployed in the areas of Al-Sayfi, Al-Bawwaba, Sabra and the vicinity of the local mosque.

The gun-toting soldiers fired barrages of tear gas canisters, causing a number of civilians to suffocate.

The occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids are conducted without the need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F. 

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IOFs set fire to a Palestinian house in the vicinity of the Jineen refugee camp

Friday 11-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) burned a house in the vicinity of Jineen refugee camp on Friday, 10 days after occupying it and turning it into a military barracks.

Local sources reported that the IOFs burned a house in the vicinity of the refugee camp, noting that Civil Defense teams rushed to the site to extinguish the fire. They added that the Israeli occupation troops were still stationed near the house after burning it.

The IOFs aggression against Jineen city and its refugee camp continues for the 81st consecutive day, which has resulted so far in the martyrdom of 36 citizens and the injury of dozens of others, as well as large-scale arrest campaigns and systematic destruction of homes and infrastructure.

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Toulkarm: Israeli forces escalate attacks, displace families and destroy infrastructure

Toulkarm, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Friday intensified their assault on the city of Toulkarm and its two refugee camps, storming residential buildings, forcibly evicting families, and carrying out large-scale bulldozing operations that caused widespread destruction to public and private property, including critical infrastructure.

WAFA correspondent, citing eyewitnesses and local sources, reported that Israeli forces deployed military reinforcements to Nablus Street following Friday prayers, raided several residential buildings, and forcibly evicted residents. Families were given between five minutes and one hour to vacate their homes.

Many of the targeted buildings had already been seized by Israeli forces in earlier raids. They are located in the northern neighborhood and along Nablus Street and house dozens of families, including displaced people from Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps.

Additionally, shop owners in the area were forced to close and evict their businesses.

Since the beginning of the Israeli onslaught on Toulkarm and its camps 75 days ago, the Nablus Street has witnessed repeated attacks. Israeli forces have severely damaged infrastructure at the entrances of both camps, blocked key roads with dirt mounds and deployed heavy machinery along the street, significantly hindering vehicle movement and residents’ access to homes and businesses.

Civilians have frequently been subjected to harassment and beatings by soldiers. Residential buildings were also seized and turned into military outposts, many of which remain occupied.

In a related development, Israeli bulldozers began demolishing commercial shops inside the Tulkarem refugee camp on Friday, causing further destruction to infrastructure and civilian property.

In a major escalation, Israeli bulldozers also demolished a historic building west of Tulkarem early Friday morning. The historic site was leveled to the ground.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap eight Palestinians across the west bank

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

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped on Friday eight Palestinians during military raids across several areas of the occupied West Bank, including Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Toulkarm, Nablus and Jerusalem.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), three Palestinians were kidnapped, including a lawyer from the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, who was detained during a visit to prisoners at Israel’s Ofer prison.

Forces also detained a father and his son after raiding and ransacking their home in the village of Al-Majd, west of Doura in Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

In the north, Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Dair El-Ghusoun near Tulkarem at dawn, detaining a resident after storming his home and ransacking its contents.

Meanwhile, in Nablus, the occupation forces carried out military incursions into several villages and towns in the south and west of the district, detaining three Palestinians, including two freed prisoners, after raiding and ransacking several homes.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the village of Silat Al-'Harithiy west of Jineen at dawn today. According to local sources, the soldiers caused damage to the gate of the secondary school at the town’s entrance, raided a nearby home and ransacked its contents, breaking its interior doors. No detentions were reported.

Israeli forces also detained journalist Nadeen Ja'far at Bab Al-Ghawanma, one of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). Ja'far was previously detained on March 4 while at Al-Aqsa and was handed a one-week ban from the site.

She was also physically assaulted by Israeli occupation forces in April 2024 while covering events in the Bab Al-'Amoud area in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), sustaining multiple bruises as a result.

T.R.

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IOFs storm West Bank areas, kidnap Palestinians from homes

Friday 11-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and on Friday morning.

According to local sources, the IOFs raided several homes in Burqa village in the northwest of Nablus and kidnaped a citizen.

The IOFs also kidnapped two citizens from their homes in the towns of Baita and Madama in Nablus province.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the Old City of Nablus and raided businesses, amid skirmishes with local youths.

In Jineen, Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Silat Al-'Harithiya town, where they damaged the gate of a high school and rampaged through a house.

In Toulkarm, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped a young man after ransacking his home in Dair El-Ghusoun town.

Four other citizens were taken prisoners during IOFs raids in Tulkarem City’s suburbs.

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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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Israeli forces summon Al-Aqsa Imam for interrogation following Friday prayer

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

Israeli occupation forces summoned Al-Shaikh Mu'hammed Saleem, the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, for interrogation after Friday prayers.

According to Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate, the summons was issued following Sheikh Saleem's prayer for the people of Gaza during his sermon. Israeli occupation apartheid regime police detained him near Bab Al-Ghawanma, one of the mosque's gates, and handed him the summons.

The Israeli occupation authorities later issued a ban on the Imam's entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week, with the condition that he returns after one week for the renewal of the order.

T.R.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime seizes over 130 dunums of W. Bank land to expand settler road

Friday 11-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) has declared its intent to annex approximately 137 dunums of Palestinian land in several areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem.

According to Palestinian officials on Thursday, the IOAR delivered a notice of its intention to annex these dunums in al-Bireh City, the towns of Silwad, Ein Yabrud, Baiteen, and Burqa (east of Ramallah and al-Bireh province), and the town of Mukhmas in the northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Al-Bireh municipality said that the annexation of these dunums aims to expand Road 60, a settler-only West Bank highway, in the area that stretches from the Sha’ar Binyamin industrial Zone to the British Police junction.

For its part, the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said that these swaths of land had already been seized, and that the new annexation notice meant that the IOAR activated land grab orders issued in previous years.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UNRWA: “Gaza inches closer towards very, very deep hunger”

NEW YORK, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

“Gaza inches closer towards very, very deep hunger,” according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

“All basic supplies are running out. The prices of commodities have exponentially increased over the past one month plus since the Israeli authorities put the siege on the Gaza Strip,” Juliette Touma, Director of Communications at the UNRWA, said on Thursday.

“It means babies, children are going to bed hungry. Every day without these basic supplies, Gaza inches closer towards very, very deep hunger,” she added.

The World Food Programme used to provide bread from 25 bakeries across Gaza, but all of them are now closed.

Dwindling supplies are being sold at exorbitant prices, with a 25-kilo sack of flour retailing for $60 instead of $6, and a litre of cooking oil retailing for $10 instead of $1.50.

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders says it is encountering children and pregnant women with severe malnutrition. Lactating mothers are too hungry to be able to breastfeed.

Israel has closed the border crossings with Gaza since March 2, blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the Strip and leading to unprecedented deterioration of the humanitarian situation.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes across the Strip and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached at least 1,542 with 3,940 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

Medical sources added that within the last 24 hours, the bodies of at least 26 slain Palestinians and 106 casualties were admitted into hospitals across the Strip.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,912 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 115,981 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Palestine welcomes UNESCO adoption of resolution in favor of UNRWA

RAMALLAH, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Palestine Friday welcomed UNESCO’s adoption of a resolution in favor of the United Nations Agency of Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Board unanimously a resolution in favor of UNRWA, namely "Supporting the continuity of UNRWA's educational activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory", during the 221st session of its Executive Council held in the French capital, Paris.

51 out of 58 member states voted in favor of the resolution, two others abstained, and three others voted against it with two others absent.

The Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry welcomed the adoption of the resolution, stating that the resolution is significant in terms of supporting the UNRWA’s mandate and reinforcing UNRWA-UNESCO cooperation in the long term, particularly the joint values cherished by both organizations which Israel, the occupying power, always seeks to undermine, including concerning the Palestinian refugees’ rights, including their right to education, health care, assistance and social services.

The Ministry voiced profound appreciation to the states that supported the resolution whether by sponsoring or voting in favor of it. It also expressed appreciation to Jordan and all friendly Arab member states for supporting the resolution.

It also extended appreciation to the Mission of Palestine to UNESCO for their tireless efforts in negotiating the successful unanimous adoption of the resolution.

It called on the states that did not support the resolution to revisit their position, join the legal and moral majority of states that supported the work of both UNESCO and UNRWA, and support the rights of the Palestinian people.

It also called on all states and international actors to amplify their voice and stress that there is no alternative to supporting the mandate of and safeguarding UNRWA pending the realization of the inalienable rights of Palestinian refugees and their return in accordance with international law and UN resolutions, including the General Assembly resolution 194 (III).

K.F.

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Egypt rejects any attempt to alter Gaza's demographic structure

CAIRO, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdul 'Aaty reiterated Egypt's complete rejection of any attempts to change the demographic structure of the Gaza Strip through proposals of displacement of the Palestinians.

In a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Arab-Islamic ministerial committee meeting on Gaza, which was held on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, he stressed that “such acts are considered a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and undermine peace efforts and threaten regional peace and security.”

Abdul 'Aaty emphasized the necessity of the transition into the second phase of the agreement, noting that Egypt has made every effort to de-escalate tensions and provide humanitarian assistance, and continues to engage in negotiations to resume the ceasefire agreement and ensure the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid.

T.R.

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 International Red Cross calls for resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza

GENEVA, April 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

In its press release, the committee clarified that it had not been asked to coordinate the entry of any humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip.

It reiterated its call for the immediate resumption of urgent humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, emphasizing its commitment to addressing the Strip's pressing humanitarian needs.

Since March 2, 2025, Israeli forces have maintained a blockade on Gaza's crossings, preventing the delivery of critical humanitarian and relief supplies to the besieged enclave. 

T.R.

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'Hamas welcomes France’s decision to recognize Palestinian state soon

Friday 11-April-2025

PARIS, (PIC)

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, has welcomed French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize Palestine as a state by next June, describing it as an “important step.”

“We welcome the remarks made by French president Emmanuel Macron regarding his country’s readiness to recognize the State of Palestine,” 'Hamas official Mahmud Mardawi told the French news agency AFP on Thursday.

Mardawi called the announcement “an important step that, if implemented, would constitute a positive shift in the international position towards the legitimate national rights of our Palestinian people.”

“France, as a politically influential country and a permanent member of the Security Council, has the ability to shape the path towards fair solutions, push for an end to the [Israeli] occupation, and support the Palestinian people’s aspirations,” the Hamas official said.

On Wednesday, Macron said France plans to recognize a Palestinian state within months and could make such a move at a UN conference in New York in June.

“We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,” Macron, who this week visited Egypt, told France 5 television.

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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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