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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Israeli Soldiers Executed 15 Rescue Workers, 60 Palestinians Killed, 162 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,669 and the Injuries to 115,225

April 5, 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 5, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,201+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,669), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,532+). 

By April 5, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 115,225.

By April 5, 2025, according to news report, 943 Palestinians who were killed, 6,945 who were injured, and 11,725*, 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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The UN Special Rapporteur said that there is no protection for Palestinian lives in Gaza and the evidence of the killing of paramedics in Rafa'h has been hidden by the Israeli forces, April 5, 2025.	60 Palestinians were killed, 162 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and shelling, bringing the death toll in Gaza Strip to 50,669 and injuries to 115,225, by April 5, 2025.
Due to Since the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, about 19,000 children were killed, 39,000 lost one or both parents, and 1,100 were kidnapped, and all suffered starvation and diseases, April 5, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces continue their raids on the Palestinian refugee camps, in the West Bank, damaging property and infrastructure, and kidnapping people from their homes, April 5, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian family members at the Nasir medical Center in Khan Younus, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip city, on April 5, 2025.	Grieving the death of more of the Palestinian martyrs at the Nasir medical Center in Khan Younus, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip city, on April 5, 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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Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 50,669, over 115,225 injured

GAZA, April 5, 2024 (WAFA, PIC) – 

Israeli occupation forces committed multiple massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 60 Palestinians and the injury of 162 others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry said that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023 has risen to 50,669 reported fatalities, with an additional 115,225 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

The Ministry added that emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

According to Gaza’s health ministry on Saturday, since the Israeli occupation army resumed its brutal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025, a total of 1,309 people have been killed and 3,184 others have been injured.

Israel's genocidal onslaught continues unabated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Y.S.

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Gaza: More civilians killed and injured in ongoing Israeli attacks

Saturday 5-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Saturday to carry out dozens of deadly strikes, detonate 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.

According to local media sources, a citizen was martyred and a girl child was injured following a drone strike in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Another Israeli genocidal airstrike targeted a group of citizens in Wadi Al-'Arayis street in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing two brothers.

Three other civilians were injured, one seriously, when an Israeli tank fired a projectile at the Abu Tami’ya neighborhood in Al-Fukhari town, east of Khan Younus.

An Israeli strike targeted in the morning a house belonging to the family of Sha'ath, northeast of Rafa'h, near the location of the former illegal Israeli settlement of Morag, in southern Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring two others.

A young man was also killed while his wife and kid were injured in an Israeli strike on an apartment in central Khan Younus.

Three other civilians were killed when an Israeli drone bombed a food distribution point in Khan Younus.

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

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UNRWA: Nearly 1.9 million people in Gaza have experienced repeated forced displacement

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) —

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported today that approximately 1.9 million people in the Gaza Strip, including thousands of children, have been subjected to repeated forced displacement due to ongoing airstrikes and fear since the beginning of the Israeli offensive on Gaza.

In a statement shared on X, the agency reported that the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza has triggered another wave of displacement, affecting more than 142,000 people.

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Two Palestinians killed, several others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) —

Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured this afternoon in Israeli airstrikes carried in separate locations in the Gaza Strip, including Khan Younus in the southern region and Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza City.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians near the Cultural Center in the town of Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younus. As a result, a Palestinian civilian, Muhannad 'Abdul 'Azeez Al-Najjar was killed, and several others were injured.

Additionally, a resident from the Abu Ghanima family was killed after Israeli forces targeted two houses belonging to the 'Hillis and Sarsawi families near Al-Salim Mosque in Gaza City. The airstrikes caused extensive damage to the surrounding area.

In a separate incident, Israeli forces continued to besiege Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, launching aerial attacks that included gunfire and the use of explosives. These strikes led to the injury of a woman, who was shot near Al-Shuja'iya bus station.

Israeli forces also demolished several homes in the northern part of Rafa'h, located in the southern Gaza Strip.

M.N.

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Three Palestinians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured on Saturday evening in two airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes on Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that Israeli drones targeted a group of people in Al-Shuja'iya with two airstrikes, resulting in the killing of three Palestinians.

For the second consecutive day, Al-Shuja'iya has been subjected to an Israeli ground assault, the third since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza in 2023. Israeli military vehicles are stationed on the Al-Muntar hill and its surrounding area, overlooking the entire area.

Witnesses also reported that Israeli forces are continuously targeting several areas in the neighborhood with machine gunfire and artillery shelling. Additionally, the eastern parts of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood are subjected to intermittent artillery shelling.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,669 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 115,225 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Six Palestinians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrike south of Khan Younus

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Six Palestinians were killed and several others were injured today in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians south of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians in the Qizan Rashwan area, south of Khan Younus, resulting in the killing of six Palestinians and injuries to others.

Additionally, Israeli artillery shelled Wadi Al-'Arayis Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, causing injuries to several residents.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,669 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 115,225 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Five civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on cities of Khan Younus and Gaza

GAZA, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Five citizens were killed and others were injured on Saturday as a result of Israeli shelling of the cities of Khan Younus and Gaza.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a charitable food pantry in the Qatawa refugee camp, west of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing five people.

They added that a drone bombed a residential apartment in central Khan Younus, killing 'Ali Ziyad Al-Hindi and wounding his wife and child.

They added that Israeli artillery shelled Al-Sikka Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, killing Liyan Na-il Jundiya.

Israeli warplanes bombed a home belonging to the Abu 'Ata family in the Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing and wounding a number of citizens.

Israeli artillery also shelled the center of Rafa'h city and Al-'Arabiyya area and its surroundings, north of the city.

Medical sources announced the killing of Bahauddeen Ra-id Mu'harib, a young man, from wounds he sustained in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of Rafa'h.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,609, and the number of wounded has risen to 115,063 since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023.

Y.S.

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Father and son killed in Israeli attack on Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A father and his son were killed on Saturday afternoon following an Israeli airstrike that targeted civilians in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza, according to local sources.

Our correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces bombed a group of civilians at the entrance of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, resulting in the killing of Salman Mahmoud Abed and his son Ma'hmoud Salman 'Aabid.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,669 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 115,225 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Israeli bombing kills four Palestinian civilians, injures dozens in Gaza City and Khan Younus

GAZA, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Four civilians, including two brothers, Saturday were killed when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house east of Gaza City and west of Khan Younus, according to local sources.

They said  that an Israeli drone targeted a house in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, killing two siblings.

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike that targeted group of people in the al-Muharrat area west of Khan Younus, killing one person and wounding another.

Y.S.

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Israeli genocidal air strike on east Gaza City claims the lives of three people

GAZA, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Three citizens were killed and others were injured on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting civilians in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City and a house northeast of Rafa'h in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone bombed a house belonging to the Sha'ath family in the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of Rafa'h, killing Jabr Sha'ath and wounding others.

They added that a drone targeted a group of citizens in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, killing two citizens.

Israeli artillery also heavily shelled the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, east of Khan Younus.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,609, and the number of wounded has risen to 115,063 since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023.

Y.S.

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

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Palestinian man injured in attack by the illegal Israeli settlers near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian man Saturday was injured after being attacked and brutally assaulted by Israeli colonists while he was plowing his land in the southern part of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Citizen Mudhar Ghayth told WAFA that the a group of Israeli colonists  assaulted his brother Hudthayfah while he was plowing the family's land in Wadi al-A'awar, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron). They also unleashed dogs on him, causing him injuries throughout his bod. He was later rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment

During the raid, the colonists further smashed the windows of Hudthayfah's vehicle.  

Ghayth noted that the colonists had set up a caravan a month ago on top of a mountain in the area to establish a new colonial outpost. The caravan was connected to an electricity grid after extremist Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed it.

He added that more than 80 dunams in the area provide an outlet for the city of Hebron in the southern part of the city. They are planted with vines and fruit trees, and are strategically located overlooking the towns of Yatta and Noaba to the south, Bani Na'eem to the east, and the city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

Ghayth appealed to the relevant authorities, human rights organizations, and anti-settlement committees to save the area from attacks and violations committed by colonists together with the occupying forces.

Y.S.

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38 Palestinian martyrs in Jineen and its camp since the beginning of Israeli aggression

Saturday 5-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have continued their aggression against the city of Jineen and its refugee camp for the 75th consecutive day, with large-scale incursions into the governorate’s towns.

The number of martyrs in Jineen rose to 38 martyrs, including two shot by the Palestinian Authority (PA) security services. The latest victim was freed prisoner Hussein 'Hardan, who was shot and killed by the IOF on Nazareth Street.

In latest field developments, IOF arrested the father and brother of the freed prisoner Sultan Khalouf from Burqeen town, west of Jineen, to pressure him to turn himself in.

The IOFs also stormed Al-Dabbous and Al-Attari neighborhoods in Jenin city and raided a number of citizens’ homes, with Israeli soldiers raising the Israeli flag on the rooftop of a Palestinian house in Jenin refugee camp.

Israeli troops were deployed in Al-Zahraa neighborhood, Al-Ghabz area in the vicinity of the camp and Wadi Burqeen, amid continued building of and expanding roads, changing the features of the camp, and demolishing citizens’ homes.

The occupation forces have been chasing the displaced residents of the camp to other areas. In one such case, they arrested the young man Sanad Abu Nu'aj from Jineen camp after raiding the house to which his family resorted.

Due to the aggression, the humanitarian conditions of 21,000 displaced people have worsened, with thousands losing their jobs and livelihoods, in light of the ongoing siege.

The IOFs completely destroyed about 600 houses in Jenin camp, and 3,250 housing units became uninhabitable due to destruction and arson attacks during the ongoing aggression, in addition to the widespread destruction of streets and infrastructure.

The Media Committee in Jenin camp warned against the escalation of the coordination policy between the PA and the IOF, which aims to impose a fait accompli in the camp and facilitate the IOF mission.

As the Israeli offensive against Jenin and its refugee camp continues, the PA went on to arrest dozens of young men from the city and the camp, the Media Committee added.

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The IOFs expand aggression, sabotage houses in Nour Shams and Toulkarm refugee camps

Saturday 5-April-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have continued their brutal aggression against Toulkarm city and its refugee camp for the 69th day in a row, and for the 56th day on Nur Shams refugee camp, amid ongoing military escalation.

The IOFs sent military reinforcements to the city and its two camps, Toulkarm and Nour Shams, at dawn Saturday, and deployed large infantry teams inside neighborhoods, storming homes and firing live ammunition and flare bombs.

Israeli troops have been stationed in several houses inside Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps, turning a number of them into military barracks, while army vehicles were deployed in various streets of the city, especially on Nablus Street and the surroundings of the two camps, amid an imposed siege on both of them.

The Nour Shams camp witnessed at dawn today heavy firing of flares, in conjunction with IOFs raids into a number of houses in the Al-Maslakh neighborhood, where breaking and smashing sounds were heard coming from inside the houses. A military bulldozer “D10” was also seen moving in the neighborhood heading towards Jabal Al-Nasr.

IOFs soldiers were as well deployed in the vicinity of Nour Shams cemetery, as soldiers stormed it and carried out combing and search operations inside it, and dispatched reinforcements of military vehicles, including a water tank, to Al-Manshiya neighborhood in the camp.

Last night, the IOFs stormed Tulkarem Camp, and fired flares in the Al-Matar neighborhood, as part of the ongoing escalation that affected all the neighborhoods of the camp, which have been evacuated due to forced displacement. It has also become completely devoid of life, after the complete destruction of its infrastructure as well as the sabotage, demolition and burning of dozens of its houses and facilities.

In a related context, IOFs vehicles roamed the streets and neighborhoods of the city at night in a provocative manner, specifically in the city market area and the vicinity of Martyr Thabit Thabit Square, Hospital Street and Nablus Street.

The IOF has been encircling a number of houses and residential buildings in Nablus Street area and the northern neighborhood of the city, turning them into military barracks, restricting citizens’ movement by setting up makeshift military checkpoints on Nablus Street and closing it with earth mounds in both directions.

The ongoing aggression on the city and its two camps resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom is eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens of others, and the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps, in addition to dozens of families from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and turned into military barracks.

The aggression also caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure and property of citizens, including houses, shops and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted and stolen. The IOF destroyed 396 houses completely and 2,573 partially in Toulkarm and Nour Shams camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with dirt mounds.

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IOFs kidnap Palestinians during raids in Nablus and Jineen

Saturday 5-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in Nablus and Jineen in the northern West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed the new 'Askar refugee camp and Rafeedya neighborhood in Nablus and kidnaped a number of citizens from their homes.

In Jineen, the IOFs raided the house of ex-detainee Sultan Khallouf and kidnapped his father and brother to pressure him to turn himself in.

The IOFs also raided a house in Jineen and kidnapped a young man identified as Sanad Abu Ni'aj, whose family had been displaced from the Jineen refugee camp.

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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 attack farmers and vehicles near Al-Mughayir village

RAMALLAH, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attacked Palestinian farmers and vehicles near Al-Mughayer village, northeast of Ramallah, on Saturday evening.

The head of the Al-Mughayir Village Council, Ameen Abu Elaya, told WAFA that a group of Israeli colonists threw stones at farmers and vehicles at the western entrance of the village, on the road leading to the neighboring village of Abu Fala'h. No injuries were reported.

Abu Elaya added that earlier today, Israeli occupation forces had attacked a Bedouin community in the southern part of the village. The soldiers detained several of the residents, subjected them to abuse, checked their IDs, and threatened them with further consequences if they left their tents or approached the nearby colonial outpost built on the village's land.

M.N.

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Israeli occupation forces seize concrete pump and equipment east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces seized a concrete pump and mixers today during construction works on a house in Masafir Bani Na’eem area, east of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the southern West Bank.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces confiscated the concrete pump and mixers during the construction work at the house, which belongs to a local Palestinian resident.

Meanwhile, Israeli colonists chased shepherds in the nearby Tell Ma’een area and released their livestock into agricultural crops in the Masafir Yatta area, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), causing damage to farming land.

M.N.

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Illegal Israeli settlers release livestock into Palestinian crops in Masafir Yatta

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli colonists Saturday released their livestock onto Palestinian agricultural crops in several areas of Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to local official.

Media activist Osama Makhamreh said that a group of Israeli colonists released their livestock near the homes of citizens in Maghayir Al-'Ubaid, Sha'b Al-Batm, and Khirbet Al-'Halawa in Masafir Yatta.

 Colonists also released large numbers of their livestock onto citizens' agricultural crops in the al-Dirah area, located between Abu Shaban and Wadi al-Jawaya in Masafer Yatta.

Makhamira added that Masafir Yatta faces the most dangerous pastoral colonization, including the destruction of agricultural crops and the seizure of pastures. He added that attacks on livestock and attacks on citizens' property and homes are being carried out with the aim of forcing them to relocate for the benefit of colonial expansion.

Y.S.

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers open gunfire towards Palestinian farmer in Nablus

NABLUS, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Saturday opened fire on a Palestinian farmer while he was working his land in the village of Talfeet, south of Nablus, according to local sources.

They said that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers opened fire on farmer Mu'hammed Faraj while he was attending his land in the Wadi Al-Jami' area in central Talfeet, forcing him to leave.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UN agency: Women in Gaza face life-threatening risks

NEW YORK, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has warned that women in Gaza are facing a serious threat to their lives, health, and dignity, as the exhausted population continues to endure war and devastation without any respite.

The agency, in a report presented today, shared the results of its dialogue with several women in Gaza, highlighting the particular danger to pregnant women. Half of them are experiencing "high-risk pregnancies," and malnutrition is widespread among women and children.

UN Women noted that since March 18, the continued and intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in the killing of hundreds of civilians, including women and children. Additionally, more than 142,000 people have been forced to flee their homes once again, with no safe place to take refuge.

M.N.

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Rights expert: International laws protecting children are mere words amid ongoing Israeli genocide

GAZA, April 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

An international rights expert stated today that international laws and agreements designed to protect children have become meaningless in the face of ongoing crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian children, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Saturday, 'Aayid Abu Qutaish, Director of the Accountability Program at Defense for Children International, said, "This year's Palestinian Children's Day comes amid unprecedented crimes and violations against Palestinian children. Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, the occupation has killed around 200 children in the West Bank, in addition to the crimes committed against children imprisoned in Israeli detention centers."

He added that these violations have affected every right of children recognized in international agreements, particularly the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which should provide care and protection for children in conflict zones or under military occupation.

Abu Qutaish emphasized, "In Gaza, there is no right left for children that hasn’t been stripped away, whether it is the right to life, education, health, or others."

He concluded that "international laws and agreements concerning the protection of children have become nothing but ink on paper, given the ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinian children, especially in Gaza."

Abu Qutaish further pointed out that "these crimes occur in full view of the world, with no intervention to protect, turning international laws into mere words in the face of Israel’s criminal machine."

M.N.

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On Palestinian Children's Day: 350 children detained by Israeli occupation forces

RAMALLAH, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Every year on April 5th, Palestinian Children's Day is observed, where Palestinian children have historically lived under extremely difficult conditions due to the occupation.

Since the early years of the occupation of Palestinian territories until today, the occupation has targeted children through various means and methods directly, without any consideration for agreements guaranteeing their rights. Through its practices against children in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, the occupation considers targeting children as one of its main objectives in its war against the Palestinian people.

Recently, with the outbreak of the comprehensive aggression by the occupation against the Palestinian people and the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the occupation has killed more than 12,000 Palestinian children from Gaza in the past six months, according to the Ministry of Health. It's worth noting that this toll is not final as the aggression continues, with thousands of Palestinians are still missing under the rubble. Additionally, more than 100 child have been killed by occupation forces since the beginning of the year in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

The occupation is not content only with killing children in Palestinian territories but also systematically detaining and abusing them for decades. Israel is the only state in the world that systematically prosecutes between 500 and 700 Palestinian children annually in military courts, lacking basic rights of fair trial, according to the Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP).

For decades, the issue of child detention has been one of the most prominent policies pursued by the Israeli occupation, which has worked to establish systematic tools, legislation, and military orders to intensify targeting them through its policy of child detention. Today, the occupation detains more than 200 Palestinian children in its prisons, including Ofer, Magiddo, and Damon. After October 7th , the Israeli occupation forces have detained  more than 500 Palestinian children.

It's worth noting that the number of child prisoners before October 7th did not reach this number, which clearly indicates the occupation's use of punitive and oppressive policies against children during wars and uprisings. This was also evident after the 2015 uprising when the number of detained children in occupation prisons increased. This period is considered the toughest and harshest on prisoners in general and children in particular. Since the first day of the aggression, the occupation has implemented a series of retaliatory measures targeting various categories of prisoners in all prisons. It began by isolating prisoners from the outside world and separating them from each other inside the prisons.

Children detainees were not spared from the retaliatory methods used against prisoners, according to testimonies from recently released child prisoners. From the first day of their detention, the occupation worked to isolate them from other prisoners and sections.

Several testimonies reported that they were subjected to severe beatings during their time in prison. Statistics and documented testimonies from child detainees indicate that the majority of detained children have been subjected to one or more forms of physical and psychological torture through a series of systematic and illegal methods, violating international laws, norms, and conventions regarding children's rights.

As part of the occupation's policy of pursuing and continuously targeting released prisoners, the occupation re-arrested 15 previously released prisoners who were freed during the prisoner exchange deal last November.

The occupation later released two detainees while keeping 13 released prisoners under arrest, including 5 children. Furthermore, two of the released young prisoners are now subjected to arbitrary administrative detention.

These practices are part of the ongoing pursuit by the occupation authorities of released prisoners and the imposition of further suppression and control over the Palestinian people.

 The occupation authorities use the policy of arbitrary administrative detention against Palestinians as a tool for suppression and control amidst escalating events and as a punitive measure.

Children are not exempt from this policy of arbitrary administrative detention. Currently, the occupation detains more than 3660 administrative detainees in its prisons, including 41 children, most of whom were arrested and had administrative detention orders issued against them after October 7th, without being presented with any charges. They are held under the pretext of having secret files that steal their childhoods in cells that deprive them of their right to education and rob them of their childhood innocence.

On Palestinian Children's Day, Addameer calls upon the international community and concerned international organizations to fulfill their responsibilities and take serious and genuine action to ensure the full protection of the rights of Palestinian children and to stop the crimes committed against them. Addameer urges pressure on the occupation authorities to immediately release the children detained in occupation prisons.

Y.S.

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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

1. Names of people and places have been standardized to match standard Arabic grammatical rules.

2. Underlined letters and letters preceded by an apostrophe are references to Arabic letter sounds, which does not exist in the English alphabet.

3. The English letter i is equivalent to the Arabic short vowel known as kasra, as in Ibraheem and Qasim as well as in the English words sit and bit. So, it is incorrect to use it as a long vowel for such Arabic names as Jameel and Jibreel.

4. The English letter e is equivalent to the Arabi short vowel known as fat'ha, as in A'hmed and Mu'hammed.

5. It is more accurate to refer to the land-grabbing Israelis, who establish illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, as illegal Israeli settlers, than referring to them as colonists.

The term colony is a reference to a large entity or a country, such as American states before independence. It was also a reference to Egypt, and India, when they were British colonies.

In addition, the term "colony" represents a positive nostalgic theme, in the minds of native speakers of English, particularly in America and Britain.

6. It is more accurate to use the verbs "abduct" and "kidnap" than the verbs "detain" and "arrest," in reference to taking Palestinian citizens by force to prisons and interrogation centers, by Israeli occupation regime soldiers. This is because the presence of the Israeli occupation regime forces is illegal in the Palestinian territories, and they have no jurisdiction over the Palestinian people.

Click here for more about using the apostrophe and the underlining of letters in the transliteration of Arabic names. 

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Names of some of the Palestinian cities, as pronounced in standard Arabic, and their foreign names in parentheses: 

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

A'hmed, 'Hasan, Mu'hammed, Younus, Yousuf,  

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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