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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Maldives Prohibits Entry of Israelis, for the Gaza Genocide

25 Palestinians Killed, 89 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 51,025 and the Injuries to 116,432

April 16, 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 16, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,554+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (51,025), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,529+). 

By April 16, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 116,432.

By April 16, 2025, according to news report, 948 Palestinians who were killed, 6,986 who were injured, and 11,808*, 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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25 Palestinians were killed, 89 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, which brought the death toll to 51,025 and the injuries to 116,432, by April 16, 2025.	Maldivian President, Mu'hammed Mu'izzu, signed a law prohibiting Israelis from his country, in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are subjected to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, April 16, 2025.
Four Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus and Dair El-Bala'h, on April 16, 2025.	25 Palestinians were killed, 89 were injured, most of whom were children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip, by April 16, 2025.
More than 14,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli occupation regime prisons, have been subjected to severe psychological and physical abuse, April 16, 2025.	A Palestinian grieving the death of a family member, who was among the martyrs massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, on April 16, 2025.
Israeli occupation forces invading the downtown of Al-Khaleel, Hebron, Palestinian city, on April 16, 2025.	Palestinian children lining up to get some fresh water in Gaza City, as the scarcity of water continues due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, April 16, 2025.
Bidding farewell to the Palestinian martyrs, majority of who were women and children, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, on April 17, 2025.	Performing funeral prayer on some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, on April 17, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gaza: 25 Palestinian martyrs and 89 wounded people in 24 hours

Wednesday 16-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC and WAFA)

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 25 martyrs and 89 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks.

Since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on the Gaza Stripp on March 18, 2025, a total of 1,652 people have been killed and 4,391 others have been injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on Wednesday.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 51,025 martyrs. The number of the wounded also surged to 116,432 people.

Many victims remain trapped under the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings or are scattered on the streets, with ambulance and rescue teams unable to reach them due to significant limitations in resources.

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Journalist and her family killed in Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza

GAZA, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian journalist and ten members of her family were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in Gaza City.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed the home of journalist Fatima 'Hassouna in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing her along with ten of her family members, including women and children.

Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, more than 210 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, in what is considered the deadliest massacre of journalists in modern history.

T.R.

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Three civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on cities of Khan Yunis and Gaza

GAZA, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three civilians were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday evening in Israeli airstrikes on the cities of Khan Younus and Gaza.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli drones targeted Street "2" in Al-Qarara area, north of Khan Younis, resulting in the killing of two civilians and the wounding of several others.

A civilian was also killed in Israeli shelling targeting a home in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

T.R.

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Four Palestinian civilians killed and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younus and Dair El-Bala'h

GAZA, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on the cities of Dair El-Bala'h and Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.

According to WAFA reporter, Israeli warplanes targeted a group of civilians in the Al-Baraka area of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza, resulting in the killing of two people and the wounding of several others.

In a separate attack, an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians west of Khan Younuss refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two more civilians and injuring several others.

Additionally, several civilians were wounded in an Israeli drone strike that targeted citizens in the Al-Amal neighborhood west of Khan Younus.

Israeli warplanes also carried out two airstrikes in the vicinity of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, located east of Khan Younus.

T.R.

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 Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood in Gaza kills and wounds civilians

GAZA, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were killed and several others sustained critical injuries today in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

According to WAFA correspondent, the strike claimed the lives of Khalid and Misbah Abu Shu'ayb, among other victims who have yet to be identified. The bombardment also left multiple people wounded, many of them in serious condition.

T.R.

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Gaza: Several people killed in Israeli attacks on homes and tents

Wednesday 16-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Wednesday 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, two citizens were martyred in an Israeli airstrike on al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

An Israeli drone also attacked a tent used as a food distribution point in the northeast of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring others.

Several people were injured in Israeli attacks on different areas of Khan Yunis, including two fishermen who were working near the shore of Al-Mawasi area.

Earlier, the Israeli occupation army committed a massacre in Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing 10 people and injuring 13 others in an attack on a house belonging to the family of 'Hassouna. Photojournalist Fatima 'Hassouna was among the martyrs.

Three other citizens, including two kids, were also massacred in an Israeli strike on a house belonging to the family of Al-Hissi in Jabalya Al-Nazla area in northern Gaza.

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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Two Palestinian resistance fighters martyred in armed clash with IOF south of Jineen

Wednesday 16-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Two Palestinian resistance fighters were martyred on Wednesday in an armed clash with Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) south of Jineen, in the northern West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of the two young men, Mu'hammed Zakarna, 23, and Murawah Khuzaimiya, 19, after clashing with the IOFs this morning, south of Jineen.

Footage showed an occupation bulldozer removing and abusing the body of one of the martyrs, after he had been trapped inside a cave in a mountainous area in Museliya town, south of Jenin.

Earlier on the day, an Israeli special force infiltrated the Museliya town and surrounded resistance fighters inside the cave, leading to the outbreak of armed clashes in which the IOFs fired Energa projectiles towards the besieged area.

Special Israeli army forces, meanwhile, rounded up two Palestinian youths in Qabatya town, also in southern Jenin on Wednesday morning.

The occupation forces continued their aggression against Jenin city and its refugee camp for the 86th consecutive day on Wednesday, which resulted in the martyrdom of 40 people, including two shot by the Palestinian Authority, amid escalating violations, arrests and ongoing tight siege.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap a child during an illegal Israeli settlers' raid on archaeological site in central Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces detained a child in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) on Wednesday, while securing the incursion of dozens of the illegal Israel settlers into the city center.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli forces detained a child, whose identity remains unknown, and fired tear gas canisters at residents during the incursion. This occurred as they provided security for colonists during a raid on an archaeological site in the city center.

Earlier this morning, Israeli occupation forces stormed the city center, sealed off the Beer Al-Saba' (Be’er Sheva) Street and forced shop owners to close their shops. Forces dispersed residents and emptied the area by force to ensure the safety of the illegal Israel settlers storming the site on Beer Al-Saba' (Be’er Sheva) Street.

T.R. 

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap several Palestinians in the West Bank

Wednesday 16-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

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

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped six citizens, including two fathers with their sons, following raids on homes in 'Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Qalqilya City at dawn and raided homes in different neighborhoods, with no reported kidnappings.

In Toulkarm, local sources reported that the IOFs detonated a house in the besieged Nour Shams refugee camp, without providing further details.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOFs stormed 'Housan village and ransacked several homes. No kidnappings have been reported.

In Salfeet, Israeli occupation forces kidnaped two brothers from Kafr Al-Deek town.

30 other citizens were detained and maltreated by the IOFs during a raid in Kifl 'Haris town, west of Salfeet. They were reportedly released later.

In Ramallah, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped a young man from the family of Abu Na'eem and knocked down three tents belonging to his father in Al-Khalayil community. They also damaged a fence surrounding a sheep farm belonging to the same family.

The IOFs also kidnapped journalist Ibrahim Abu Safiya from his home in Bait Seera town and another citizen during a raid in Safa town in Ramallah province.

Another citizen was handed a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet during an IOFs raid in Beer Zait town, north of Ramallah.

The IOFs also carried out raids and blocked roads in other areas of the West Bank.

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 IOFs storm Qabatya and Al-Museliya towns in Jineen

Wednesday 16-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) besieged at dawn Wednesday two sites in the towns of Qabatya and Museliya, south of Jenin, amid the ongoing Israeli aggression against the city and its refugee camp for 86 consecutive days.

Israeli special forces, riding in civilian vehicles with Palestinian plates, stormed the town of Qabatya and surrounded a house in the Engineers Housing area amid heavy shooting.

Meanwhile, armed clashes erupted between resistance fighters and the IOF soldiers, who encircled a cave in the Museliya town and started firing Energa projectiles towards the besieged area.

The IOFs dispatched military reinforcements, through Al-Jalama and Dothan military checkpoints, towards the two towns.

The IOFs have continued aggression against Jenin city and its refugee camp for the 86th consecutive day, amid escalating violations, arrests and suffocating siege.

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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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Ben-Gvir storms Al-Ibraheemi Mosque under heavy security guard

Wednesday 16-April-2025

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

The Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, amid tight security measures and a large escort that accompanied his convoy, as Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) closed the Mosque to Muslim worshippers.

The far-right Israeli minister delivered a speech to the crowds of settlers storming Al-Ibraheemi Mosque, and performed Talmudic dances in the courtyards of the Mosque.

Ben-Gvir said in his speech that Israel is going through no easy days, claiming that parties in the Shin Bet are trying to liquidate him politically to alter the elected government.

This comes as the IOF continues to close Al-Ibraheemi Mosque to Muslim worshippers since Tuesday, and only opened to the illegal Israeli settlers to celebrate the Jewish Passover holiday.

Al-Ibraheemi Mosque is located in the Israeli-controlled Old City of Al-Khaleel (Hebron). Besides the Palestinians, the Old City is forcibly inhabited by about 400 of the illegal Israeli settlers, guarded by about 1,500 Israeli occupation soldiers.

In 1994, Israel divided Al-Ibraheemi Mosque, allocating 63% of its area for Jews, including the prayer room, and 37% for Muslims, following a massacre committed by a Jewish settler against Muslim worshippers during dawn prayer, which resulted in the martyrdom of 29 worshippers.

Based on the division decision, an investigation committee formed by Israel at the time decided to open the Mosque entirely to Muslims only ten days a year, namely the Fridays of Ramadan, Laylatul-Qadr, 'Eidul-Fitr and 'Eidul Adh'ha, the night of Al-Israa wal M'iraj, the Prophet’s Birthday, and the Islamic New Year, in exchange for opening it completely to Jews for ten days a year on Jewish religious holidays and events.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm archaeological palace west of Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, stormed on Wednesday the archaeological site of Herod’s Palace in Wadi Qelt, in the village of Al--Duyouk Al-Ta'hta west of Aree'ha (Jericho), and performed Talmudic rituals there.

Armored Israeli occupation vehicles also stormed Jericho from the southern entrance and patrolled several of the city’s streets.

T.R.

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Settlers assault Palestinian shepherd, steal dozens of sheep in Aree'ha (Jericho)

Wednesday 16-April-2025

Aree'ha (Jericho), (PIC)

A horde the illegal Israeli settlerssettlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd and stole dozens of sheep belonging to his family in western Aree'ha (Jericho) on Tuesday evening.

According to Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers severely beat a young shepherd called Sami Yasir, damaged his cellphone and stole a flock of about 250 sheep belonging to his father.

The young man was grazing the sheep in the area of Wadi Qelt spring, west of Aree'ha (Jericho).

Al-Baydar said that the Palestinian presence in the grazing lands of the West Bank is systematically targeted by the illegal Israeli settlers settlers, especially in the northern Jordan Valley.

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Over 1,200 of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque on 4th day of Passover

Wednesday 16-April-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) , (PIC)

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

According to Al-Qastal news agency, 1,233  of the illegal Israeli settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police escort.

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 Talmudic prayers.

Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers also defiled the Muslim cemetery of Bab Al-Ra'hma, which is located along the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Media sources said thousands of settlers gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Buraq Wall (Western Wall), while others walked in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)’s Old City streets in groups.

Several settlers were also seen near the Mosque’s gates performing prayers, while others embarked on singing and dancing in groups outside Al-Aqsa Mosque amid tight police presence

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

The Israeli occupation police already transformed Jerusalem and its Old City into a military zone, deploying thousands of police officers and special forces on their streets and roads to secure the movement of settler crowds during the week-long Passover holiday, which started last Sunday.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish home of two Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in Jineen

Jineen, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday the home of two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces last July in Jineen, according to local sources.

Sources reported that Israeli bulldozers stormed the area and began demolishing the home of slain Palestinians Hammam and 'Harith Hashaash in the 'Harsh Al-Sa'ada area in Jineen.

The Israeli occupation forces had notified the family of their intention to demolish the two-story home last February. During the raid, the forces partially demolished and set fire to the house after trapping and killing the two inside. The family was later able to restore the home.

'Harith and Hammam were killed on July 5, after their home in 'Harsh Al-Sa'ada was surrounded, shelled with Energa missiles and set on fire.

The body of Hammam remained in the custody of the Israeli forces, while civil defense and ambulance crews were able to retrieve 'Harith's body after the occupation forces withdrew from the vicinity of the house.

A.D./T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers storm West Bank areas, bulldoze lands in Ramallah

Wednesday 16-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Hordes of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed, under military protection, different West Bank areas and bulldozed private lands in Ramallah on Wednesday.

According to local sources, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers destroyed dozens of dunums of agricultural land in Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah.

Chief of the village council Marwan Al-Saba'h said that settlers escorted by soldiers bulldozed dozens of dunums planted with perennial olive trees in the southern area of Umm Safa.

Sabah pointed out that the illegal Israeli settlers had destroyed dozens of olive trees in the same area over the past 48 hours, adding that those settlers seized hundreds of dunums in the southern area in order to turn it into a pastoral and agricultural outpost.

He warned of an Israeli plan to expel the Umm Safa villagers from the area in order to build a large settlement bloc and then connect it with neighboring settlements.

The entrances of Umm Safa village have been blocked by the Israeli occupation army since the genocidal war on Gaza started in October 2023.

In the southern West Bank, one settler attacked a vehicle carrying some Palestinian students as they were heading for their school in the east of Yatta.

Director of education in Yatta Yasser Mohamed said that an armed settler intercepted a car transporting students to the 'Huwwara elementary school and slashed one of its tires with a knife before fleeing the area, adding that the settler attack panicked the students.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers kidnaped a child and showered local residents with tear gas canisters in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City as groups of Jewish settlers flocked to an archaeological site in the city center.

In Jericho, a horde of settlers guarded by soldiers stormed the archeological site of Herod’s Palace in the Wadi Qelt area, which is located in the village of Al-Duyouk Al-Ta'hta, where they performed Talmudic rituals.

In the northern West Bank, a group of settlers stormed Qarawat Bani 'Hasan town, west of Salfeet, and toured its eastern area. No settler violence has been reported in the area.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UNRWA reports severe shortage of medicines in Gaza poses grave threat to patients' lives

NEW YORK, April 16, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that the severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies in the Gaza Strip poses a grave threat to the lives of patients.

In a statement published on its official website, the agency said that the entire healthcare system in Gaza has been under attack since the start of the Israeli aggression, calling for an end to the ongoing blockade imposed by Israeli occupation forces and the renewal of a ceasefire.

In the same context, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stated in a report published Wednesday that Gaza has been turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance. “We are witnessing in real time the destruction and forced displacement of all people in Gaza,” said Amande Bazerolle, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza. “With nowhere safe for Palestinians or those trying to help them, the humanitarian response is severely struggling under the weight of insecurity and critical supply shortages, leaving people with few, if any, options for accessing care.”

“This horrific killing of aid workers is yet another example of the blatant disregard shown by Israeli forces for the protection of humanitarian and medical workers. The silence and unconditional support of Israel’s closest allies further emboldens these actions, ” said Claire Magone, MSF general director.

As Israeli forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential assistance, Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed, warned MSF.

MSF called on Israeli authorities to immediately lift the inhumane and deadly siege on Gaza, and protect the lives of Palestinians, humanitarian and medical personnel. It further called for the restoration and preservation of a ceasefire.

T.R.

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MSF: Gaza became a mass grave, people are embracing death

Wednesday 16-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/ Doctors Without Borders said the Gaza Strip has become a mass grave for Palestinians and those who come to help them as a result of the Israeli genocidal war and blocking humanitarian aid delivery.

The Israeli occupation authorities have been closing Gaza Strip crossings since early March, preventing the entry of humanitarian and medical aid, in the longest period of closure since the onset of the war on October 7, 2023.

“A series of deadly attacks by Israeli forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers in Gaza,” MSF said in a press release on Wednesday.

The organization called on the occupation authorities to lift their inhumane and deadly blockade and to protect citizens as well as humanitarian and medical personnel.

The report devoted space to the statements of Amande Bazerolle, the MSF’s emergency coordinator in Gaza who said, “Gaza has turned into a mass grave for Palestinians and those who help them. We are witnessing both the destruction and forced displacement of the entire population of Gaza.”

“The humanitarian response is struggling in light of insecurity and lack of supplies, and there is no safe place for Palestinians or those trying to help them. People are left with few options for accessing healthcare,” she added.

According to the UN, at least 409 aid workers have been killed since October 2023, most of them are of the UNRWA staff, Gaza’s main provider of humanitarian aid, while eleven MSF staff have been martyred since the onset of the war, including those killed in the line of duty, two in the past two weeks alone.

“This horrific killing of aid workers is yet another example of Israeli forces’ complete disregard for the protection of humanitarian and medical workers, and the silence and unconditional support of Israel’s closest allies further encourages these acts,” said Claire Magone, MSF France’s Director-General.

“Only an international and independent investigation can shed light on the circumstances of these attacks on aid workers, and the responsibilities involved,” she added.

“In the past three weeks, MSF has witnessed several incidents in which humanitarian and medical workers have been killed. The coordination of humanitarian movements with the Israeli authorities, known as the humanitarian notification system, is an already inadequate mechanism that is now unreliable and offers hardly any guarantees of protection,” Claire Magone stated.

MSF teams have had to leave many facilities, while others continue to operate with staff and patients trapped inside and unable to leave safely for hours.

The complete blockade of Gaza has depleted stocks of food, fuel and medicines, with MSF specifically facing shortages of medicines to treat pain and chronic diseases, antibiotics and essential surgical materials, she stressed.

The Israeli occupation authorities have deliberately blocked all aid from entering Gaza for more than a month, and humanitarian workers have been forced to watch people suffer and die, while they bear the impossible burden of providing relief with depleted supplies, while they themselves face the same life-threatening conditions, she added.

Magone emphasized that what is happening in Gaza “is not a humanitarian failure, it is a political choice, a deliberate assault on a people’s ability to survive, and it is being carried out with impunity.”

MSF called on the occupation authorities to end their collective punishment of Palestinians and to stop destroying the lives of citizens in the war-torn Strip.

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Albanese: The United Nations is fragmented and paralyzed

Wednesday 16-April-2025

LONDON, (PIC)

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, warned that time is running out to save Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip from ethnic cleansing, which is also extending to the occupied West Bank. She emphasized that the United Nations is currently fragmented and completely paralyzed in its ability to function as an organization.

Albanese described the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip as the most sadistic and militarized since the end of World War II in 1945, where people are killed by the dozens and hundreds within hours, saying, “nothing remains.”

In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Tuesday, the UN rapporteur noted that “the realities on the ground in the Palestinian territories are extremely tragic, and the illegitimacy of the Israeli occupation and the associated infrastructure have become more apparent.”

She pointed out that the campaign of incitement by many pro-Israel organizations, that preceded the renewal of her mandate, is linked to her work. “One of the critical points in my work is to highlight the impunity granted to Israel by member states, particularly Western countries such as Germany, France, Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands.”

Albanese stressed that independent UN experts have been the most outspoken in condemning the grave and horrific violations of international law that have occurred in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Ethnic cleansing and a silent Nakba Regarding the expulsion of two British MPs after they were detained at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, and the possibility of facing the same fate if she decided to go to Palestine, she said, “I have no reason to go to what remains of Palestine through Israel, as Israel has declared me a persona non grata.”

Albanese added, “But the important point is that the borders with Jordan and Egypt should not be under Israeli control; this is the most important thing I want your audience to understand, to be aware of, and to raise in discussions with governments. This should be a constant reminder.”

She affirmed that international law obliges all member states not to recognize the consequences of illegal occupation, stressing that the occupation, with its military components, settlements, control over natural resources, airspace, and borders, must come to an end.

She continued, “Palestinians must be allowed to enjoy the right to self-determination, that is, the right to exist as a people. It is wrong to allow Israel to continue controlling Gaza or to govern the West Bank.”

The UN rapporteur noted that ethnic cleansing has been a constant feature of Palestinian life under Israeli rule from the Nakba until today in various forms, including what can be described as a silent Nakba.

She expressed her belief that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a “great personal interest in the catastrophic extermination attack on Gaza. Now we see many in Israel raising their voices against this attack, but not enough to overthrow Netanyahu.”

A new international reality Albanese believes that international law and the institutions operating within its framework are going through a “critical moment for a multilateral system” in light of a new international reality following Donald Trump’s rise to power in the US and the increasing strength of right-wing parties in Europe.

She asked, “What is the benefit of the international system if it fails to enforce its basic rules? Like the prohibition on the use of force except under certain circumstances; I mean, no one is truly challenging Israel’s right to self-defense, which is currently nonexistent,” noting a failure to respect international law, a failure to ensure humanitarian aid, and a failure to create space for peace-building.

Albanese emphasized that “what Israel is doing is not self-defense, but total destruction for ideological political purposes or mere self-interest, and there is no military necessity for the use of force. Therefore, the UN is now fragmented and completely paralyzed in its ability to act as an organization.”

She continued that international law has failed to stop the genocide, “not because of the limitations of the rules-based system, but due to non-functional enforcement mechanisms. International law is as strong as the will of states and their ability to enforce it.”

The UN rapporteur ridiculed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of Paris’s desire to recognize the Palestinian state “thirty years too late,” considering it a distraction from stopping the genocide. She also attacked the “audacity” of German universities that invited her to give lectures and then canceled without informing her, describing the new era as “an era of silencing academics.”

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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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