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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72 Palestinians Killed, 314 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 61,330 and the Injuries to 152,359

by August 8, 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 8, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 74,399.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (61,330) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,069+). 

By August 8, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 152,359.

By August 8, 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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Child Sa'eed Kamal Abu Younus died in Khan Younus when aid packages fell on him during an air drop, while another child was seriously injured in central Gaza after similar incidents, August 8, 2025.	72 Palestinians were killed, 314 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 61,330 and the injuries to 152,359, by August 8, 2025.
A sharp increase in torture and reprisals against Palestinian detainees at the Israeli occupation regime's Gilboa prison, with painful electric shocks during raids on prisoners, as was reported, August 8, 2025.	The 'Hamas Movement condemned the Israeli regime's decision to occupy Gaza City and force its residents out, calling it a blatant war crime, extermination, and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, August 8, 2025 pic
UN experts accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon to exterminate the Palestinian population in Gaza, due to the collapse of the health system under the ongoing siege and bombardment, August 8, 2025.	The total number of Palestinian deaths due to malnutrition, since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, has reached 197, including 96 children and 101 adults, by August 7, 2025.
The total number of Palestinian deaths due to malnutrition, since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, has reached 201, including 98 children and 103 adults, by August 8, 2025.	The Israel occupation apartheid regime approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, setting the stage for mass displacement and a new military-imposed reality, August 8, 2025.
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a number of houses in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in Gaza City, on August 8, 2025.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on a number of houses in Al-Rimal neighborhood, in Gaza City, on August 8, 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: 72 martyrs, 314 injured in the Israeli aggression in the past 24 hours

Friday 8-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Friday morning that 72 martyrs and 314 injured citizens were received at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours due to ongoing Israeli aggression.

The ministry said that among those who arrived at hospitals in the past 24 hours were 16 martyrs and 250 injured the Israeli occupation forces at the aid distribution centers, bringing the total number of martyrs seeking sustenance who reached hospitals to 1,772, with more than 12,249 injured.

The ministry also reported that hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded 4 new deaths, including two children, in the past 24 hours due to famine and malnutrition.

Medical sources confirmed that the death toll has risen to 201, including 98 children, as a result of the starvation policy imposed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.

It noted that the total number of casualties from March 18, 2025, to date has reached 9,824 martyrs and 40,318 injured.

The death toll of Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 61,330 martyrs while 152,359 were injured.

The ministry added that a number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews are still unable to reach them.

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Four deaths due to starvation in Gaza over the past 24 hours

GAZA, 8-8-2025 (WAFA) –

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded four new deaths, including two children, over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition.

Medical sources confirmed that the death toll has risen to 201, including 98 children, as a result of the starvation policy imposed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.

T.R.

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Israeli bombing kills five, injures others in Dair El-Bala'h

GAZA, August 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli bombing on Friday afternoon killed at least five civilians and injured others east of Dair El-Bala'h in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

She quoted medical sources in Al-Aqsa Hospital saying that five civilians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli bombing east of the city.

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.

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

GAZA, August 9, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Seven citizens were killed and dozens injured on Saturday when the occupation forces targeted civilians north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp and aid seekers south of Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources at Al-'Awda Hospital reported that five people were killed  and 33 wounded  as a result of the occupation forces targeting a group of citizens north of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

They added that two citizens were killed and another was injured when Israeli occupation forces targeted gatherings of citizens near an aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that Israeli artillery shelled Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, coinciding with an Israeli drone strike near Al-Shaheed Mosque east of al-Buraij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian child killed in Gaza due to aid airdrops as starvation crisis worsens

Friday 8-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A child was martyred in the Gaza Strip on Friday as a result of aid being dropped from the air, adding to the growing number of victims from Israeli bombing and the ongoing starvation campaign.

Child Sa'eed Kamal Abu Yuunus died in Khan Younus when aid packages fell on him during an air drop, while another child was seriously injured in central Gaza after similar incidents.

The Civil Defense in Gaza warned that dropping aid from the air poses serious risks to civilians, especially in densely populated areas where heavy packages can cause injuries or death.

They also highlighted the dangers of stampedes as crowds gather at aid drop sites, urging international donors and humanitarian groups to use safe and coordinated methods, preferably through land crossings, to ensure aid reaches those in need without further loss of life.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health reported four new deaths in the past 24 hours from starvation, with hospitals receiving nine more victims seeking aid.

The World Health Organization’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that Gaza saw its highest monthly rate of severe child malnutrition in July, with approximately 12,000 children under five affected. He called for uninterrupted aid delivery through all possible channels.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) criticized the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s distribution sites as places of “systematic killings and insults to human dignity,” urging an immediate halt to their aid mechanisms and warning donors against supporting what they described as a “death trap.”

Between June 7 and July 24, the organization treated 1,380 wounded near these sites, including 28 fatalities.

At the same time, Israeli shelling continues unabated. Since dawn on Thursday, 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire, including civilians targeted in air and artillery strikes across Gaza City neighborhoods such as Al-Tuffa'h and Al-Shuja’iya in addition to Khan Yunis City. Israeli drones also struck residential areas in Dair El-Bala'h and Al-Nusayrat refugee camp.

With US support, Israel has maintained a genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, involving killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, disregarding international calls and rulings from the International Court of Justice to cease hostilities.

The casualties include over 61,000 Palestinians martyred, more than 152,000 wounded, and 9,000 missing while hundreds of thousands were displaced amid widespread famine claiming countless lives, including many children.

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PGMO: 197 deaths from malnutrition since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip

Friday 8-August-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in the Gaza Strip announced that the total number of deaths due to malnutrition since the beginning of the Israeli aggression has reached 197, including 96 children and 101 adults.

It listed the distribution of malnutrition-related deaths since the start of the war as follows:

•  Malnutrition deaths in 2023: 4 cases

•  Malnutrition deaths in 2024: 50 cases

•  Malnutrition deaths in 2025 (until the end of the month of July): 143 cases

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, fully backed by the United States, has continued to commit acts of genocide in Gaza, resulting in more than 211,000 Palestinians killed or injured, the majority of whom are children and women. In addition, over 9,000 people are missing, alongside hundreds of thousands of displaced individuals.

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

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IOFs launch fresh raids, kidnappings in the West Bank

Friday 8-August-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) carried out a wide-scale incursion overnight and into Friday morning, targeting several areas across the West Bank with raids, kidnappings, and confrontations with local youth.

In Ramallah, the IOFs stormed the village of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya, north of the city, while in Qalqilya they detained the family of a young man, Ma'hmoud Dthiyab, to pressure him into turning himself in before kidnapping another youth from the same family, 'Abboud Dthiyab, after raiding his home.

In Jineen, the IOFs raided the Jabal Abu Dthahr area, surrounded the Dar Al-'Ata neighborhood, and kidnapped two young men, 'Hamada Al-Zaydan and Yousuf Al-Shami, amid heavy military deployment.

Clashes also broke out in the town of 'Huwwara, south of Nablus, alongside raids in several parts of the governorate, including Bait Iba, the eastern area, and Balata refugee camp, where young man, A'hmed Masha, was kidnapped after a house raid.

In Al-Khaleel, a military force stormed the Al-Dthahr area in Bait Ummar and raided several homes, while in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) forces raided the village of Al-Maniya, east of the governorate.

The raids also reached the town of Zaita, north of Toulkarm, while settler bulldozers continued leveling and expanding a recently established outpost east of Salim town in Nablus, as part of ongoing illegal settlement expansion in the area. 

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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 cut down dozens of trees, west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), August 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers  Friday night uprooted and cut down dozens of grapevine, olive, and almond trees in the town of Na'haleen west of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a local official.

Head of Na'haleen village council, Jamal Najahra, told WAFA correspondent that colonists cut down 100 grapevines, olive, and almond trees in the northern part of the town belonging to one of the local citizens, and 40 similar trees belonging to another.

The Israeli occupation forces and colonists have escalated their attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property in Na'haleen, including the installation of mobile homes, the uprooting of trees, and the demolition of houses, structures, and agricultural rooms.

Today, Israeli occupation forces sealed off all agricultural roads in several areas of the town with dirt barriers, banning citizens’ access to approximately 1,000 dunums of land planted with olives, grapevines, and almond trees.

T.R.

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 Israeli forces uproot, destroy olive trees south of Jineen

Jineen, August 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces uprooted and destroyed dozens of olive trees today, Friday, in Dthahr El-'Abd area, south of Jenin, according to local sources.'

Local resident Jihad Ammarna said Israeli forces uprooted and destroyed a large number of olive trees in his agricultural land.

Earlier, the occupation bulldozers began opening a road from the illegal Israeli settlement outpost established on the hills of Khirbet Mas'oud near Dthahr El-'Abd in Jineen, passing through 'Ammarna’s 13-dunum seized land, to expand the outpost, illegally established in 2019.

The illegal Israeli settlers continuously attack farmers, graze their livestock on agricultural lands, and carry out acts of aggression and destruction in the area.

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Belgium summons Israeli ambassador in response to Gaza occupation plan

BRUSSELS, August 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prévot summoned the Israeli ambassador to Brussels following Israel’s approval of a plan to fully occupy Gaza.

According to the Belgian news agency, the Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli ambassador Idit Rosenzweig-Abu following the Israeli occupation government's approval of a plan to occupy the remaining parts of the Gaza Strip.

Prévot condemned Israel’s decision, describing it as unacceptable and in violation of international law.

The minister also condemned the actions of colonists who seize Palestinian lands in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

He added that all these practices, which may lead to the erasure of Palestine from the map, are rejected and contradict international law, United Nations resolutions, and the International Court of Justice.

T.R.

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President of EU strongly urges Israeli government to reconsider its decision to take over Gaza City

BRUSSELS, August 8, 2025 (WAFA) -

President of the European Council, António Costa, strongly urged the Israeli government to reconsider its decision to take over Gaza City, stating: “Such a decision must have consequences for EU-Israel relations, to be assessed by the Council.”

“Such an operation — together with the continued illegal expansion of settlements in the West Bank, the massive destruction in Gaza, the blockade of humanitarian aid, and the spread of famine — not only violates the agreement with the EU announced by the High Representative on July 19 but also undermines fundamental principles of international law and universal values,“ he said in a post on X.

He stressed that the situation in Gaza remains dramatic, and the decision by the Israeli government “will only further worsen it.”

“The two-state solution remains the only sustainable, long-term solution for peace and security in Israel and the region.”

T.R.

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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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