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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100 Palestinians Killed, 603 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 61,258 and the Injuries to 152,045

by August 7, 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 August 7, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 74,327.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (61,258) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,069+). 

By August 7, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 152,045.

By August 7, 2025, according to news report, 1,019 Palestinians who were killed, 6,986 who were injured, and 12,985*, 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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138 Palestinians were killed, 771 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 61,158 and the injuries to 151,0442, by August 6, 2025.	51 Palestinians were killed and 230 injured, while trying to get humanitarian aid at the Israeli -controlled centers, which brings the total number of people killed there to 1,706 and the injured to 12,030, by August 7, 2025.
The World Health Organization has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, confirming that deaths caused by hunger and malnutrition are increasing at an alarming rate, August 7, 2025.	Four displaced Palestinians were killed and several others were injured, by an Israeli genocidal airstrike, targeting an apartment belonging to the Al-'Hadeedi family, in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on August 7, 2025.
The ongoing airdropping of humanitarian aid poses catastrophic risks to the lives of  the Palestinian civilians, as part of the Israeli engineered starvation policy, spread  of chaos and lawlessness in Gaza, August 7, 2025.	WHO Director, Tedros Ghebreyesus, revealed that more than 14,800 patients in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of specialized medical care, calling for the medical evacuation operations, August 7, 2025.
Little Palestinian girl called, Alma Nasir, from Bait Hanoun town, in northern Gaza Strip, died of the Israeli-imposed starvation and lack of adequate medical care, on August 7, 2025.	WHO reported that more than 14,800 patients in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of specialized medical care, calling for the acceleration of medical evacuation operations, August 7, 2025.
The Slovenian Foreign Minister, Tanja Fajon, said that her government placed a prohibition on imports of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to the Israeli genocidal war, August 7, 2025.	South African Minister, Ronald Lamola, called on the international community to formally recognize the State of Palestine and to take urgent action to stop the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, August 7, 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 death toll from Israeli war exceeds 61,200, including 197 from starvation

Mu'hamed Majid and Betul Yilmaz  |07.07.2025 - Update : 07.08.2025     

Anadolu, GAZA CITY, Palestine, ISTANBUL --

At least 61,258 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, including 197 who have died from hunger, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

A ministry statement said 100 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 603 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 152,045 in the Israeli onslaught since October 2023.

The ministry also said that four more people died from starvation and malnutrition over the past day, pushing the death toll since October 2023 to 197, including 96 children.

A medical source told Anadolu that 16-month-old Mu'hammed Zakariya 'Asfour lost his life at the Nasir Medical Complex in Khan Younus as a result of starvation-related complications amid a severe shortage of food and medicine due to the Israeli siege.

Activists shared videos on social media showing Mohammed’s extremely frail body and protruding bones.

The ministry also said that 51 Palestinians were killed and 230 injured while trying to get humanitarian aid in the past day, bringing the total number of people killed while seeking aid to 1,706 with over 12,030 others wounded since May 27, when the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations.

Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza for 18 years and, since March 2 has shut down all crossings, blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and worsening conditions for the territory’s 2.4 million population.

According to Gaza’s government media office, Israel allowed in just 92 aid trucks on Wednesday – far short of the 600 trucks needed daily to meet the needs of the residents.

The Israeli army resumed its attacks on the Gaza Strip on March 18, breaking a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January. Efforts for another truce led by the US, Egypt and Qatar have so far not yielded any results.

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Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza massacred amid ongoing Israeli genocide

Thursday 7-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Thursday, 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 and bomb more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli drone attack on citizens that killed two of them in Bani Suhayla town, east of Khan Younus.

Several people were injured when aid boxes fell on homes during an airdrop operation in Gaza City’s Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood.

An elderly woman was martyred when Israeli forces opened fire at tents near the site of the bombed Tayba buildings in western Khan Younus.

The bodies of two martyrs were evacuated from 'Abasan El-Kabeera town in eastern Khan Younus following an Israeli strike.

A warplane also bombed an apartment in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple and their two daughters.

Another couple and their child were martyred and others were injured when a helicopter attacked a house belonging to the family of El-Hadeedi in Al-Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City.

Three people were also martyred when an airstrike targeted an apartment belonging to the family of Zaqqout in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

A citizen called A'hmed Abu Sa'hloul, his wife and children were killed and others were injured when a warplane targeted their home in Khan Younus refugee camp.

The Israeli occupation army also attacked tents in Rouni Sali'h street in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, injuring several people.

A mother and her six-year-old daughter were killed and others suffered injuries in an Israeli strike on a tent near the Dream venue in the west of Khan Younus.

More people were martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near distribution points in southern and central Gaza.

Six people, including two children, were pronounced dead due to starvation and malnutrition, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

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

Meanwhile, several Palestinians in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

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Several civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Gaza

GAZA, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were killed and wounded by Israeli occupation forces' fire and shelling in several areas of the Gaza Strip from midnight last night until Thursday morning.

Four citizens, including two girls, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Al-Sali'hi Tower west of Al-Nusayat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, four other people were killed, along with several others injured, in an Israeli airstrike targeting an apartment belonging to the Al-'Hadeedi family in the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.

Three citizens were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Zaqqout family home near the Al-Nour Al-Mu'hammedi Mosque in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood north of Gaza City.

In Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, a citizen, his wife, and his children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home in the western camp west of the city. A girl was also killed and others were injured in an airstrike that targeted a tent near the Dream Hall west of the city.

Two women were also killed in an Israeli drone strike on a tent sheltering displaced persons west of Khan Younus.

In the city of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, five civilians were killed and others wounded while waiting for aid east of the city, after being targeted by the Israeli army after midnight last night.

The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 61,158 Palestinians and 151,442 wounded, including 1,655 children.

The number of wounded has reached 11,800 among those waiting for aid, and 193 civilians, including 96 children, as a result of famine and malnutrition.

Y.S.

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Seven Civilians killed, including children and women, in Israeli shelling in Gaza City

GAZA, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) -

Seven civilians, including women and children, were killed and others were injured on Thursday evening in Israeli shelling of different areas in Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent reported that six civilians were killed in an Israeli shelling targeting a tent sheltering displaced people at the Beer Sheva Mosque in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood northwest of Gaza City.

The shelling led to the killing of a local resident, 'Abdullah Abul Jubain, his wife, and children.

A woman was also killed and a man was seriously injured in Israeli strikes that targeted three houses near the city's Al-Shawwa Square.

T.R.

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Six citizens, including two children, die in Gaza due to starvation and lack of medical treatment

Thursday 7-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday the martyrdom of six more citizens, including two children, one of them an infant, due to starvation and lack of medical treatment, as the Israeli blockade and genocide enter their 22nd month.

According to the ministry, four people died in the past 24 hours due to malnutrition and the collapse of healthcare services. The Nasser Medical Complex later confirmed the martyrdom of two additional children, including Muhammad Asfour, a one-year-and-four-month-old infant, who died from starvation-related complications.

A medical source at the hospital confirmed that the child’s death was the result of severe shortages in food and medicine, and the inability of hospitals to provide basic care.

Videos shared by activists on social media showed the infant lying weak and emaciated on a hospital bed, underscoring the depth of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. The Nasser Complex also reported the death of a two-year-old girl in the Al-Mawasi area, also from severe malnutrition and a lack of medical attention.

These latest deaths raise the total number of victims of Israeli-induced famine to 199, including 98 children. The toll continues to grow, particularly among infants, as the Israeli siege prevents food, medicine, and humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza’s population.

The humanitarian disaster continues to worsen, with famine deepening alongside the persistent Israeli war on the enclave. Since March 2, 2025, the occupation forces have shut down all crossings into Gaza, barring most food and medical convoys from entering. As a result, severe famine has engulfed the Strip.

United Nations agencies and Palestinian organizations have repeatedly warned that the continuation of this siege and the denial of aid are setting the stage for mass deaths, especially among children. The Strip’s health system has completely collapsed, and families face an impossible struggle for survival under conditions that international observers describe as among the worst humanitarian catastrophes in modern history.

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Starvation and acute malnutrition claim four more lives in Gaza

GAZA, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced the deaths of four Palestinians in the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip.

This brings the total number of the starvation-related fatalities to 197, including 96 children.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, due to the blockade and shortages of food and medical supplies. The severe famine is intertwined with the genocidal war waged by Israel since October 7, 2023.

Since March 2, 2025, the occupying authorities have closed all crossings with the Gaza Strip, blocking the entry of most food and medical aid, further accelerating the spread of famine across the territory.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned that malnutrition among children under five doubled between March and June as a result of the ongoing blockade.

The World Health Organization confirmed that malnutrition rates in Gaza have reached alarming levels, with nearly one in five children under five in Gaza City suffering from acute malnutrition.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including deliberate killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in defiance of  international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The genocide has left more than 209,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and famine has claimed numerous lives.

Y.S.

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Nine Palestinian civilians killed, dozens injured in Israeli strikes in Gaza

GAZA, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

At least nine Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens injured while waiting for humanitarian aid on Thursday, north of Rafa'h and in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He reported that five people were killed and others were injured by Israeli occupation forces' fire near aid centers north of Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip. In a separate incident, four more civilians were killed by Israeli fire in central Gaza.

The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 61,158 documented fatalities, with nearly151,442 reported wounded, including 1,655 children.

 The number of wounded has reached 11,800 among those waiting for aid, Additionally, 193 Palestinians—including 96 children—have died due to famine and severe malnutrition.

Y.S.

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 Israel’s starvation campaign claims life of another child in Gaza

Thursday 7-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian girl child was pronounced dead in Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening due to severe malnutrition and starvation.

According to medical sources, a little girl called, Alma Nasir, from Bait Hanoun town, in northern Gaza, died of starvation and lack of adequate medical care.

This is one of many recurring cases that highlight the severity of the famine in Gaza, which continues to claim more lives every day.

On Wednesday, an updated report from Gaza health authorities said that five additional citizens died from famine-related causes, bringing the total to 193, including 96 children.

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

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IOFs kidnap Palestinians, detonate house in West Bank raids

Thursday 7-August-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens, injured others and detonated a house during raids in the West Bank last night and at dawn Thursday.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed the Wadi Abu Akhtila area of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City and detonated a house belonging to the family of prisoner Abdul-Rahim al-Haimuni after forcing other families to leave nearby homes.

The IOFs also stormed Dura City and Al-'Arroub refugee camp in the north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and kidnapped one young man from the camp.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), four young men suffered bullet injuries during skirmishes between local youths and Israeli forces near 'Aqabat Jabr refugee camp.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped a father and his son from Burqa town and another young citizen from Burin town.

A large number of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus, with no reported arrests.

In southern Nablus, Israeli occupation forces confiscated a car during a raid in Douma town.

In Salfeet, at least 12 citizens were taken prisoner during dawn IOFs raids in the towns of Hares, Kifl 'Haris and Dair Istya.

Another citizen was kidnapped from El-Khadhir town, in southern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The IOFs also carried out overnight and dawn raids in other West Bank areas.

21 kidnapped.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime hand over body of slain Palestinian activist killed by the illegal Israeli settlers in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime handed over the body of slain Palestinian 'Oada Mu'hammed El-Hadthaleen to his family in the city of Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

In a brief press release, the General Authority of Civil Affairs affirmed that El-Hadthaleen’s body would be transferred to his hometown of Umm al-Khair in the Masafir Yatta area, for burial in the village cemetery.

El-Hadthaleen, 31, was shot and killed on Monday, July 28, 2025, by an Israeli colonist, as residents of Umm al-Khair attempted to confront a bulldozer that had entered their agricultural land accompanied by colonists.

Another Palestinian was also injured in the attack after being struck with the bulldozer’s hammer attachment.

The Israeli occupation court in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) released the colonist Yanon Levy, accused of killing activist and teacher 'Oada El-Hadthaleen, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, placing him under house arrest.

 The colonist was released despite the incident being documented on video. The colonist Levy had previously been placed on sanctions lists in Canada and Britain for his involvement in colonist violence.

Y.S.

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 Israeli occupation forces kidnap Palestinian in Dair Nidtham, raid home of former detainee in Beer Zait

RAMALLAH, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian man during a military incursion into the village of Dair Nidtham, northwest of Ramallah.

Security sources told WAFA that the forces kidnapped Waleed Mazhar after storming the village and searching several homes.

The Israeli soldiers also broke into the home of former detainee Salama El-Qattawi in the nearby town of Beer Zait, north of Ramallah.

Y.S

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Protest in Tubas-area-village against demolition of school under construction

TUBAS, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Several residents, including school students participated in a protest on Thursday in the village of 'Aqaba, east of Toubas, condemning Israel's demolition of a school that was under construction.

Participants in the protest, called for by the Factions Coordination Committee and the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, held up banners denouncing the demolition of the school.

Toubas and the Northern Jordan Valley Governor A'hmed Al-As'ad said that the occupation's demolition of the Aqaba School violates all international agreements, expressing his condemnation of the demolition of the school, which was funded by the French government.

“Israel is trying to destroy every avenue of education, especially in the eastern areas of Tubas,” Al-As'ad said. “But the will of our people is stronger than their bulldozers.”

'Azmi Balawna, Director of Education in Tubas, pointed out that the school was supposed to serve 100 students, noting that this aggression targeting education will not undermine our children's determination to obtain an education.

He pointed out that the protest is a message to the entire world that the will of the Palestinian people will remain stronger than violence and destruction.

For his part, Ma'hmoud Sawafta, Secretary of the Fatah Movement in Tubas, said that the school was more than just a building, but rather was a place an edifice of peace, knowledge, and love.

By demolishing it, the occupation is destroying the dreams of children and future generations, noting that this is the true face of the occupation.

Sawafta called on international institutions to put an end to the injustice inflicted by the occupation on the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The  occupation demolished the two-story school on Tuesday. The school, which was to cover an area of 704 square meters, was built on a land area of five dunams.

Y.S.

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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 Finance Minister Smotrich joins illegal Israeli settlers in storming former illegal colony near Jineen

Jineen, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, accompanied by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, raided the area of “Tarsala” near the town of Jaba’, south of Jineen in the northern occupied West Bank.

According to local sources, five buses carrying colonists, along with a large number of military vehicles and a bulldozer, entered the area adjacent to the former illegal colony  of Sanur, which was dismantled in 2005.

The colonists continued to storm the area despite its intermittent evacuation. Joining Smotrich was Yossi Dagan, head of the Settlements Council in the northern West Bank, who also participated in the incursion. 

In May, Israel's Security Cabinet approved the reestablishment of 22 illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, including the former colonies of Homesh and Tarsala in the Jenin governorate.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah

Friday 8-August-2025

WET BANK, (PIC)

A group of the armed illegal Israeli settlers  attacked the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, on Thursday evening.

Local sources confirmed that dozens of settlers stormed the western outskirts of the village, specifically the “Marj Si’” plain area between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Fala'h. Unarmed residents confronted the assailants.

According to the sources, Israeli occupation forces also stormed the village to protect the settlers, leading to clashes. During the confrontation, soldiers fired stun grenades and toxic gas canisters at the residents, though no injuries were reported.

Al-Mughayyir and other towns and villages in the eastern and northeastern areas of Ramallah have been repeatedly targeted by settler attacks in recent months. These attacks have resulted in the killing of several residents, the injury of others, and widespread destruction, including the burning of homes, facilities, and agricultural lands, along with racist graffiti and various other assaults.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers continue leveling Palestinian land south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), August 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers resumed bulldozing Palestinian-owned land in the village of Dair Razi'h, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

WAFA correspondent reported that a group of armed colonists began bulldozing lands in Khirbet Dair Razi'h, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), pin order to pave the way for the expansion of a colonial outpost established last December.

Later last year, occupation bulldozers and colonists bulldozed approximately 400 dunams of land owned by the 'Amro family. They cut down trees, destroyed crops, and paved a 3-kilometer-long colonial road.

Y.S.

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Illegal Israeli settlers bulldoze vast tracts of Palestinian land in a West Bank village

Thursday 7-August-2025

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers  bulldozed on Thursday vast tracts of Palestinian-owned land in Birin village, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, under military protection.

Chief of the village council Fareed Burqan reported in the morning that those settlers were still carrying out bulldozing operations at different sites of Bireen as a prelude to building a new outpost, roads and farms.

“These bulldozing activities are happening close to the villagers’ homes, threatening their existence and resilience on their own lands,” Burqan said, warning that the village would become encircled from all sides by settler outposts.

He pointed out that the Israeli occupation authority had already seized about 7,200 dunums of land from the village’s total area of 8,000 dunums.

He said that the villagers live in fear of forced displacement as government-backed settler violence and expansion in the West Bank increasingly endangers Palestinian homes, lands, and their very survival.

In a separate incident, another group of settlers bulldozed swaths of Palestinian land in Dair Razi'h village, southwest of al-Khalil, preparing the site for the expansion of their illegal outpost.

According to local sources, armed settlers used bulldozers to level swaths of land in Dair Razi'h village in order to expand the outpost they had built in December of last year.

At the end of last year, Israeli forces and settlers bulldozed about 400 dunums of land belonging to the family of Amr in the village, where they uprooted trees, destroyed crops and built a colonial road stretching three kilometers.

In another incident, extremist settlers stole today a tent and agricultural equipment in the northern Jordan Valley.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers steal tent and agricultural equipment belonging to Palestinian farmers in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers  on Thursday stole a tent and agricultural equipment from Palestinian farmers in the northern Jordan Valley, according to local source.

They said that a group of colonists stole a tent belonging to farmer Fayiz M'uhammed Abu Mutawwa' from the Dair area, while another colonist stole agricultural irrigation hoses pipes from the Khirbet El-Farisiyah community.

The northern Jordan Valley has been witnessing near-daily settler attacks, including assaults on Palestinian homes, the theft and destruction of property, and harassment against shepherds and their livestock.

Y.S.

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 The Israeli occupation apartheid regime force Palestinian to self-demolish his house near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), August 7, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forced a Palestinian to self-demolish his home in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) .

According to Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)  Governorate, a resident of Wadi El-'Hilwa neighborhood of the town of Silwan, was forces to demolish his house  in order to avoid paying exorbitant fees if the municipality carries out the demolition.

The occupation authorities force Palestinians, particularly in occupied Jerusalem, to self-demolish their homes under the pretext of lacking a permit.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)  Municipality systematically refuses to grant Palestinians building permits. These practices are part of Israel’s systemic policy to forcibly displace Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem, paving the way for the expansion of illegal colonies in and around the city.

Y.S.

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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian house in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), August 7, 2025 (WAFA) –  

Israeli occupation forces demolished a home in the Abu Katila neighborhood of Hebron at dawn on Thursday.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces stormed the city of Hebron with a large number of military vehicles, deployed in the Wadi El-Bassas area of the Abu Katila neighborhood, and closed roads and prevented citizens from moving amid heavy firing of live ammunition, sound bombs, and tear gas at homes and vehicles.

They also raided the home of the family of prisoner Abdul Ra'heem El-Haymouni, forcing its residents to leave before proceeding with the demolition.

It should be noted that the occupation forces notified the family of prisoner El-Haymouni in late June of the decision to demolish their home.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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South Africa urges global recognition of Palestine

Thursday 7-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

South Africa has called on the international community to formally recognize the State of Palestine and take urgent action to stop Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Speaking on Tuesday, South African minister of international relations and cooperation Ronald Lamola said “growing outrage among Israel’s allies over the situation in Gaza signals that the world is edging closer to halting the ongoing atrocities.”

“We urge more countries around the world to recognize the State of Palestine,” Lamola said, adding that such moves would increase pressure on Israel to end its crimes against the Palestinian people.

South Africa has been a leading voice in opposing Israel’s war on Gaza and in December 2023 filed a landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of committing acts of genocide.

The move has catalyzed a global response, with countries such as Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Türkiye, Chile, and Libya voicing stronger support for the Palestinian cause. More recently, the leaders of France, Britain, and Canada have declared plans to formally recognize Palestine in September, calling on others to follow suit.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war, while 2.4 million people are now facing worsening famine.

Lamola warned that signs of famine in Gaza were already visible. “We warned the world this would happen. If action had been taken earlier, [this] humanitarian catastrophe could have been avoided.”

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Slovenia bans imports from Israeli settlements in response to Gaza war

Thursday 7-August-2025

LJUBLJANA, (PIC)

The Slovenian government announced on Wednesday a prohibition on imports of goods from illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a step intended to put more pressure on Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Slovenia’s government has frequently criticized Israel over its war in Gaza and last year recognized a Palestinian state as part of efforts to end the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible.

“The actions of the Israeli government … constitute serious and repeated violations of international humanitarian law,” the government said in a statement on Wednesday.

Slovenia “cannot and must not be part of a chain that enables or overlooks” such violations, it said, including the “construction of illegal settlements, expropriations, and the forced evictions of the Palestinian population.”

The Slovenian government, therefore, decided to “ban imports of goods originating from Israeli illegal settlements.”

It described its move as a “clear reaction to the Israeli government’s policy, which … undermines the possibilities for lasting peace and a two-state solution.”

“While symbolic,” the ban “is a necessary response to the ongoing humanitarian and security situation in Gaza,” Slovenia’s foreign minister Tanja Fajon said of the measure.

The government said that it was also examining a ban on exports of goods from Slovenia “destined for illegal settlements,” saying that it would also “decide on further measures.”

Early in July, Slovenia was the first EU country to ban two far-right Israeli ministers from entering the country.

It declared both Israeli ministers “persona non grata,” accusing them of inciting “extreme violence and serious violations of the human rights of Palestinians” with “their genocidal statements.”

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Senior EU official says Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘look very much like’ genocide

BRUSSELS, August 7, 2025 (WAFA) –

A senior EU official stated on Thursday that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip ‘look very much like’ genocide.

“What we are seeing is a concrete population being targeted, killed and condemned to starve to death. A concrete population is confined, with no homes — being destroyed — no food, water or medicines — being forbidden to access — and subject to bombing and shooting even when they are trying to get humanitarian aid. Any humanity is absent, and no witness[es] are allowed," European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera told Politico.

"If it is not genocide, it looks very much like the definition used to express its meaning," she added.

She urged the EU to consider suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement and suggested the EU countries opposed to measures against Israel register their objection by abstaining from any votes on EU actions, while allowing the majority to pass them swiftly.

“Consensus is not always about unanimity in enthusiasm. Sometimes, it means finding room to move forward while acknowledging the concerns of those who feel cornered … Could we decide on the suspension of the association agreement and/or other measures to reach those goals through a constructive ‘non-objection’ decision?”

Sanctions, she said, would require unanimity within the EU. But if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to take full control of the Gaza Strip, Ribera said the international community and individual countries "should use the means that could facilitate the return to compliance."

"What ... has been said and done by the Israeli authorities go far beyond the international law limits," she added.

Ribera warned that inaction could damage the EU's credibility, saying: "We need to show that Europe is not just a set of institutions, but a political and moral project with the courage to respond when human lives are at stake."

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.

The death toll reached at least 9,752 with 40,004 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 100 slain Palestinians, including two retrieved from the rubble, and 603 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 61,258 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 152,045 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 Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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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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