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Dr 'Adnan El-Bursh, a renowned orthopedic Palestinian surgeon from Gaza, died under torture in the Israeli detention, his family demand releasing his body, which is still withheld by the Israeli regime, December 8, 2025.	Palestinian young woman, Sama'h 'Hajjawi, was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from her home, handcuffed and shuttled between multiple interrogation centers, December 8, 2025.
'Hamas leader Abdul Ra'hman Shadeed said that the Israeli move to bulldoze 61 dunums of land in the village of Marda, north of Salfeet, is part of its plans for full control over the West Bank, December 8, 2025.	The Israeli occupation army continued to carry out ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip by launching aerial and artillery attacks and detonating more homes, particularly east of Rafa'h and Khan Younus, December 8, 2025.
Retrieving corpses of about 400 Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces and buried in a mass grave in the courtyard of El-Shifa hospital, to be reburied in another mass grave in Gaza City, on December 8, 2025.	Grieving and bidding farewell to a Palestinian martyr, who was murdered by the Israeli occupation forces fire on the house of El-Jarou family, in El-Bassa area of Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, on December 9, 2025.

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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 70,365

GAZA, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 70,365, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli offensive on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry added that the number of injuries has risen to 171,058 since the start of the offensive, while a number of victims remain trapped under the rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue teams.

The Ministry mentioned that five slain people (three new deaths and two whose bodies were recovered) and 11 injuries were taken to Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours.

The total number of fatalities and injuries since the ceasefire agreement on October 11, 2023, has reached 376, 981 wounded, and 626 bodies have been recovered.

K.T.

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Israeli army carries out fresh strikes, more demolitions in Gaza

Monday 8-December-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued on Monday to carry out ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip by launching renewed aerial and artillery attacks and detonating more homes.

According to media sources, Israeli helicopters opened heavy fire east of Rafa'h and east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

The Israeli occupation army also detonated several residential buildings northwest of Rafa'h, while artillery shelling targeted areas east of Khan Younus.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, 373 Palestinian civilians have been killed, 970 others wounded, and the bodies of 624 martyrs have been recovered, according to Gaza’s health ministry. 

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Two civilians killed, others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza

GAZA, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two civilians were killed and several others were injured on Monday evening by Israeli occupation forces’ fire in the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that a civilian was killed after succumbing to injuries sustained in an Israeli shelling of the al-Jarou family home west of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza. Another female was killed by live fire fired from an Israeli drone in 'Halawa camp in the Jabalya El-Balad area, north of the Strip.

Several civilians were also injured in Israeli drone shelling targeting the tents of displaced people in the vicinity of El-Omala Market in Gaza City.

Although a ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on October 11, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has continued to rise, reaching 70,365, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 171,058 others have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.

Medical sources said that during the past 24 hours, five bodies were brought to hospitals in Gaza, including two recovered from under the rubble, along with 11 injured people.

Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 11, the number of those killed and injured has reached 376 and 981, respectively. At least 626 bodies have also been recovered.

T.R.

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Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike in Dair El-Bala'h

Monday 8-December-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian man was killed after he sustained serious injuries in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to El-Jarou family in El-Bassa area, near 'Akeela Station, west of Dair El-Bala'h in central Gaza, medical sources reported on Monday evening.

Earlier, the Gaza Ministry of Health had reported that five Palestinian martyrs were transferred to hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, along with 11 others injured.

Several Palestinians were also wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a home in Dair El-Bala'h, as Israeli forces continue violating the ceasefire agreement through aerial bombardments, artillery shelling, and demolitions in the eastern areas of the Strip.

Israeli warplanes targeted a house near Bilal Mosque in the El-Bassa area of Dair El-Bala'h, injuring several civilians.

A local source confirmed that Israeli helicopters opened heavy fire east of Rafa'h and Khan Yunis, accompanied by artillery shelling of eastern neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Israeli ground forces carried out demolitions of residential buildings northwest of Rafa'h.

Since the fragile ceasefire began on October 10, 2025, 376 Palestinians have been killed, 981 injured, and 626 bodies recovered. This raises the total toll of the genocidal war since October 7, 2023, to 70,365 martyrs with 171,058 injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry on Monday.

This comes as calls intensify to move toward the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which includes the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip and the deployment of an international stabilization force, as proposed by US President Donald Trump.

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Injuries reported in Israeli shelling of house in Gaza's Dair El-Bala'h

GAZA, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were injured today in an Israeli shelling that targeted El-Jarou family home in El-Bassa area, west of Dair El-Bala'h in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

Although a ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on October 11, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has continued to rise, reaching 70,365, mostly women and children, since the onset of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 171,058 others have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.

T.R.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues to hold 32 Gaza detainees past their sentences

Monday 8-December-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Rights groups and families in Gaza are sounding the alarm over what they describe as grave legal and humanitarian violations by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, including the unlawful detention of Palestinians who have completed their sentences and the continued withholding of bodies of those who died under torture in Israeli custody.

The Asra Media Office (AMO) warned on Monday that Israel is still holding 32 detainees from Gaza whose legal sentences have expired, with some cases dating back months and even years. The Office said the practice constitutes arbitrary detention, violates international law, and amounts to a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

According to AMO, the detainees remain imprisoned without being brought before any judicial body, while their families are denied visits or even basic information about their health. The group described the policy as a form of systematic collective punishment imposed on Gaza’s population.

Article 132 of the Fourth Geneva Convention stipulates that detainees must be released immediately upon the completion of their sentences, an obligation Israel is accused of ignoring.

The AMO urged international human rights organizations to document these cases and pressure Israel for the detainees’ immediate release. It also called on Palestinian officials to mobilize diplomatic and legal efforts at global forums to expose what it described as an escalating crime. Israel, it said, bears full responsibility for the safety and lives of those held without legal justification.

In a separate case highlighting Israel’s withholding of prisoners’ bodies, the family of Dr. 'Adnan El-Bursh, a renowned orthopedic surgeon from Gaza, has launched an international campaign to reclaim his remains. El-Bursh died under torture in the Israeli detention more than a year and a half ago, according to his relatives.

His wife, Yasmeen El-Bursh, said the family has begun a worldwide campaign aimed at retrieving not only his body but also the bodies of other Palestinians held in Israel’s “cemeteries of numbers.”

She called for mounting global pressure on Israel and the opening of an international investigation into the circumstances of the doctor’s death.

Al-Bursh, who headed the orthopedic department at Gaza’s El-Shifa Medical Complex before it was devastated by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during the genocide, was detained by IOF soldiers after they stormed El-Awda Hospital in the Tel El-Za'tar area during the ground invasion of northern Gaza.

According to his nephew, physician Iyas El-Bursh, the campaign aims to retrieve the doctor’s body for appropriate burial. The family had expected his body to be among the remains transferred back to Gaza under a recent Qatari- and Egyptian-mediated prisoner exchange backed by the US, but they received no confirmation.

The family began social-media mobilization and plans to expand the campaign to include public demonstrations and field actions. Iyas, who was also tortured in the “Sde Teiman” detention site before being released in the exchange deal on February 15, 2025, said he continues to suffer the effects of the abuse.

He added that dozens of Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli custody, while those who remain face “catastrophic” detention conditions. According to the Israeli news outlet Walla, at least 110 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since Itamar Ben-Gvir became Israel’s minister of national security.

Government Media Office director in Gaza, Dr. Muneer El-Bursh, has previously stated that Israel committed “compound crimes” against detainees, including torture, execution at close range, and severe mutilation. He said more than 300 bodies received by Gaza’s health authorities showed signs of extreme abuse, including dog attacks, crushing by military vehicles, and burn marks.

Autopsy findings revealed evidence of organ theft, including the removal of kidneys, livers, and corneas, which he described as indicative of a systematic and programmed operation. He called for an urgent international investigation into these violations.

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Youth succumbs to Israeli gunfire injuries near Qalqilya

Monday 8-December-2025

QALQILYA, (PIC)

Baraa Bilal Qabalan, 21, on Monday succumbed to wounds he sustained yesterday from Israeli gunfire east of Qalqilya. His body remains withheld, according to the General Authority of Civil Affairs.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces opened fire Sunday evening on a Palestinian civilian vehicle west of 'Azzoun village, coinciding with the entry of Israeli military reinforcements into the town.

Later, the General Authority of Civil Affairs informed the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs of the death of Momin Abu Riyash, 19, a resident of Qalqilya, whose body was also withheld.

It further reported that Baraa was critically injured by Israeli gunfire, and that Mu'hammed Sa'eed 'Husain was arrested between the towns of 'Azzoun and 'Izbat El-Tabeeb in Qalqilya governorate.

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Palestinian killed, two others injured by IOFs gunfire in the West Bank

Monday 8-December-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred and another one was injured on Sunday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at a car in the east of Qalqilya City, north of the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, 19-year-old Momin Abu Riyash, a resident of Qalqilya, was killed and his body was seized by Israeli occupation forces in the'Izbat El-Tabeeb area near the village of 'Azzoun.

Local sources reported that the IOFs kidnapped two young men who were at the scene after targeting the car, adding that one of them was seriously injured.

The Red Crescent said that its paramedics managed to provide the wounded young man with first aid before he was detained.

In a separate incident that same evening, a Palestinian child was wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire at a civilian car in Burqeen town, west of Jineen.

Medical sources said that a 12-year-old child sustained a bullet injury in his thigh in the town.

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Youth injured by Israeli occupation forces near El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

RAMALLAH, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews treated a 21-year-old man on Monday for a gunshot wound to the leg and a shrapnel wound to the head at the separation wall in the town of al-Ram, north of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The PRCS explained that its crews provided the injured man with first aid before urgently transferring him to the hospital for further treatment.

K.T.

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Israeli occupation forces maltreat a Palestinian woman after kidnapping her from home

Monday 8-December-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has unveiled appalling details about the detention of Sama'h 'Hajjawi after her family’s home was brutally raided by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) at dawn Monday.

In a statement, the Commission explained that 'Hajjawi was kidnapped at 2:00 a.m. after the Israeli occupation forces violently broke into and rampaged through her home.

The Commission added that 'Hajjawi was handcuffed and shuttled between multiple interrogation centers, while being subjected to harsh conditions and deprived of rest.

'Hajjawi told the Commission’s lawyer, who visited her, that she had been subjected to a thorough and humiliating search from the moment of her kidnapping.

The Commission described the degrading treatment 'Hajjawi endured as “part of a deliberate, systematic policy designed to break female prisoners psychologically and physically.”

The Commission urged international human rights organizations to take immediate action to end Israel’s violations against Palestinian female prisoners, saying they face many repressive and inhumane measures in Israeli jails.

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IOFs raid homes, kidnap several Palestinians in the West Bank

Monday 8-December-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during an arrest campaign last night and at dawn Monday.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped two young men from El-Rashayda village in eastern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) and another one from Dair Istiya town, northwest of Salfeet.

In Ell-Khaleel (Hebron), one citizen was taken prisoner after the Israeli occupation forces raided a house in the city’s Wadi El-'Hariya neighborhood.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped four citizens from the villages of Bait Seera and Dair Ibziq.

The IOFs reportedly set up some makeshift checkpoints on roads, obstructing traffic in northern Ramallah.

In northern Toulkarm, the IOFs kidnapped several citizens from their homes following raids in the towns of 'Atteel, Seida and 'Illar.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young man during a raid in El-'Ain refugee camp.

The IOFs also carried out raids in other West Bank areas, with no reported kidnappings.

9 + 2 = 11 kidnapped. 

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 IOAR bulldozes structures, lands in Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) towns

Monday 8-December-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) demolished on Monday morning Palestinian-owned commercial facilities and other structures in El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, the IOAR demolished three commercial facilities in 'Hizma town, northeast of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), including a car wash and an auto accessories shop belonging to Mohamed Abu Sabah in order to expand a settler road.

The sources said that Israeli police forces showered local residents with tear gas canisters during the demolition operation in Hizma town, adding that several citizens, including children and women, suffered from gas suffocation.

Israeli bulldozers escorted by police forces also destroyed structures, a park and a volleyball court in the Palestinian town of Mikhmas, northeast of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The bulldozers also leveled swaths of agricultural land, razed fences, and uprooted trees in the same area of Mikhmas town.

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 Israeli occupation forces storm El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) neighborhood

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces on Monday evening stormed Silwan neighborhood in the occupied city of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate.

It said that the occupying forces barged their way into the Aby Tayih neighborhood, a part of Silwan, and occupied the rooftops of several civilians’ houses, turning them into military posts.

The gun-toting soldiers opened indiscriminate fire, but there were no casualties.

Meanwhile, Israeli infantry soldiers stormed Kafr Malik village, northeast of Ramallah, and deployed in several neighborhoods.

There was no immediate information on any house raids or detention cases.

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

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

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

K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers bulldoze land near Nablus

NABLUS, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers bulldozers razed land in the town of 'Aseera El-Qibliya, south of Nablus, on Monday.

The head of the 'Aseera El-Qibliya village council, Hafidth Sali'h, said that colonists' bulldozers were carrying out leveling work in the southern part of the village, on Palestinian-owned land classified as Area B, with the aim of paving roads and expanding a new pastoral colonial outpost.

He added that in recent months, colonists have established two new outposts on Palestinian-owned land between 'Aseera El-Qibliya and 'Awarta, and between 'Aseera El-Qibliya and Jamma’een, as part of a siege imposed on the three villages and towns.

K.T.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers steal Palestinian’s agricultural tools near Aree'ha (Jericho)

Aree'ha (Jericho), December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Monday stole a Palestinian’s agricultural tools in 'Ain El-Duyouk El-Ta'hta village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Aree'ha (Jericho), according to eyewitnesses.

They said that colonists broke into a Palestinian’s home in the village and stole birds and agricultural tools.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million illegal Israeli settlers are living in colonies in the West Bank and El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in violation of international law.

K.F.

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile El-Aqsa Mosque

Monday 8-December-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Scores of the illegal Israeli settlers desecratedEl-Aqsa Mosque in El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Monday morning and later in the afternoon, amid restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to El-Qastal News, at least 166 of the illegal Israeli settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police protection.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers, especially in the eastern area of the Mosque.

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

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Southern El-Khaleel (Hebron) faces escalating IOFs, settler violence as residents endure curfews, daily assaults

Monday 8-December-2025

El-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

The southern districts of El-Khaleel (Hebron) and surrounding areas have witnessed a marked escalation in attacks by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) and settlers over the past two years, with violations ranging from shootings and arrests to assaults on homes, farmers, and property.

Local journalist and resident Ikram El-Salayma reported that settlers continue to target Palestinian homes in the Jabir neighborhood and adjacent areas of the city, carrying out repeated attacks that have intensified since October 2023.

According to El-Salayma, Israel has imposed a recurring nighttime curfew on several neighborhoods, restricting movement from 10 p.m. until morning hours, in addition to a full curfew every Friday and Saturday. The measures have effectively isolated families from one another, preventing residents from checking on nearby relatives.

Children now walk to school in groups to avoid settler assaults, while parents escort them during morning and midday hours to ensure their safety.

On Sunday, El-Khaleel (Hebron) observed a full general strike in mourning and protest after the IOF shot and killed two Palestinians, Ziyad Na'eem Abu Dawoud and A'hmed El-Rajabi, on Saturday in the Bab El-Zawiya area at the center of the city.

Meanwhile, the IOFs carried out widespread raids and arrests across the West Bank, including in al-Khalil. A young man from the city was detained on Monday, while two others were arrested in Bani Na'eem and two additional residents were seized from Sa’ir in recent days.

The Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and their property continue unabated. In the Jabir neighborhood near the Ibraheemi Mosque, settlers assaulted residents again on Monday. In another incident, settlers released their livestock onto Palestinian-owned agricultural land in El-Maniya area east of Sa’ir, north of al-Khalil, damaging crops and grazing fields.

Human rights groups report that remote communities in southern al-Khalil have faced a surge in settler violence as part of efforts to force Palestinians from their homes and lands. Advocacy organizations say the pattern reflects an organized strategy to depopulate the area and expand settlement control.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Senegal’s League of imams and preachers condemns visit by Senegalese delegation to Israel

DAKAR, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

The League of Imams and Preachers in Senegal affirmed its categorical rejection and strong condemnation of the participation of what it described as “a delegation of Senegalese clerics and journalists” in a visit to Israel, stressing that the delegation does not represent the Senegalese people or the country’s religious leadership in any way.

In a statement issued on Monday, the League said Senegal’s religious leadership has historically been known for its steadfast positions in supporting the Palestinian people and defending their legitimate rights.

It emphasized that no credible religious institution in Senegal had endorsed the initiative or provided it with any legitimacy or mandate, and that it runs wholly counter to the Senegalese people’s long-standing position rejecting the policies of occupation, colonization, and repression.

The League added that the visit comes at a time when the world is witnessing grave violations of international law and human rights in Palestine, considering such a step a political wrongdoing and an injustice that does not align with Senegal’s official positions and its history of supporting causes of truth and justice.

It also recalled that Senegal has chaired, since 1975, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, reflecting the Senegalese state’s firm and lasting commitment to the Palestinian cause.

The League emphasized the importance of not associating Senegal, its scholars, or its people with what it termed an isolated individual initiative lacking legitimacy, reaffirming its enduring diplomatic, moral, and religious commitment to supporting Palestine.

T.R.

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Swedish Left Party holds symbolic parliamentary initiative in solidarity with Palestinian detainees

STOCKHOLM, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) –

 The Swedish Left Party on Monday undertook a symbolic action in parliament, involving all 22 of its members and two Left members of the European Parliament, to underscore the suffering of Palestinian detainees and elevate their issue within Europe’s legislative forums.

The MPs placed photos of 24 Palestinian detainees, including leader Marwan El-Barghouthi, on their seats in parliament for a two-week period, while sharing information on detention conditions across social media platforms, to raise European awareness of the humanitarian issue.

Each MP also wrote a personal message of solidarity to a detainee, which was delivered through the International Committee of the Red Cross and the lawyer of the Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs Commission.

Party leaders participated in the initiative, headed by Nooshi Dadgostar, affirming the party’s commitment to supporting Palestinian rights, foremost the right of detainees to freedom and human dignity.

The initiative is part of joint coordination between the Swedish Left Party, the General Union of the Palestinian Community in Sweden, the Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), in a move aimed at internationalizing the detainees’ issue and elevating it on the global stage.

The union and the Palestinian community voiced appreciation for the supportive stances of Swedish and European parliamentarians, reaffirming their commitment to sustain efforts until detainees secure their full freedom.

T.R.

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Jordan condemns extremist Israeli minister's statements

AMMAN, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs on Monday strongly condemned statements made by the extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The Ministry said the remarks coincided with an Israeli government plan to expand and establish illegal colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank, describing these actions as a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law. It underlined that such measures undermine the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, ending the occupation, and establishing an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with occupied East Jerusalem as its capital. The Ministry stressed that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry’s official spokesperson, Ambassador Fuad Majali, said the Kingdom rejects and strongly condemns the Israeli government's continued settlement schemes in the occupied West Bank and the unacceptable statements issued by its officials. He noted that these actions entrench the occupation, expand settlements, and violate international law as well as resolutions of international legitimacy, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which denounces all Israeli measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem.

He also cited the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which determined that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal and that settlement construction and annexation measures in the occupied West Bank have no legal validity.

Majali called on the international community to uphold its legal and moral responsibilities and compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation, illegal unilateral actions in the occupied West Bank, and ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people. He underlined that fulfilling the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them the establishment of their independent state on their national soil, is the only path to achieving a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees security and stability in the region.

K.T.

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Government operations room reviews the Environmental Relief and Early Recovery Plan of the Environment Quality Authority in Gaza

RAMALLAH, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Government Operations Room for Emergency Interventions in the Gaza Strip reviewed today, Monday, the environmental relief and early recovery plan for the Environment Quality Authority (EQA) in Gaza. The plan is part of a set of preliminary sectorial strategies that are continuously updated in coordination with local and international partners. The session assessed the scale of environmental devastation resulting from the ongoing aggression and outlined urgent and medium-term priorities for rehabilitating environmental resources and protecting public health.

Sama'h 'Hamad, Chair of the Operations Room, emphasized that the environment sector is among the most devastated in Gaza, noting that its rehabilitation is essential for the recovery of other sectors such as water, health, infrastructure, and agriculture.

Acting EQA Head, Eng. A'hmed Abu Zahir, explained that the war caused unprecedented environmental destruction, including the collapse of nearly 80% of water and wastewater systems and severe contamination of the coastal aquifer. He added that the destruction of more than 2,000 industrial facilities led to major leakage of chemicals, oils, solar-panel components, batteries, and asbestos into soil and surface water.

According to the EQA presentation, debris from destroyed buildings exceeds 60 million tons, including 4 million tons of hazardous waste, 50,000 tons of asbestos, and nearly 100,000 tons of explosives and unexploded ordnance. Agricultural losses were also catastrophic: 95% of crops, 98% of tree crops, and 89% of annual crops were destroyed. Large agricultural areas were contaminated with wastewater, solid waste, and explosive remnants, while military activity severely damaged soil structure.

On the marine environment, the presentation reported the discharge of 120,000 m³ of untreated wastewater daily into the sea, alongside explosive remnants and hazardous waste. Pollution plumes stretching 700–1,000 meters offshore have reduced fishing areas and contaminated the marine food chain, in addition to destroying 3,700 dunums of coastal ecosystems and 50% of Wadi Gaza Nature Reserve, Gaza’s only nature reserve.

The presentation also noted the emergence of numerous informal waste dumps, the accumulation of more than 700,000 tons of solid waste, and the destruction of sanitary landfills and medical waste treatment facilities, with new contamination linked to mass displacement toward central and southern Gaza.

The EQA estimated greenhouse-gas emissions from 15 months of military operations at 1.89 million tons CO₂-equivalent, while reconstruction may generate up to 31 million tons CO₂-equivalent—more than the annual emissions of 20 countries combined. This poses a severe threat to ecosystems, increases air-pollution levels, and risks long-term respiratory and chronic illnesses, further undermining sustainable-development efforts.

In response to these challenges, the EQA presented a phased plan covering relief, recovery, and comprehensive environmental rehabilitation. Key actions include restoring environmental capacities, providing essential equipment, integrating environmental considerations into relief operations and camp planning, collecting solid waste, curbing informal dumping, identifying and separating hazardous waste, and conducting preliminary air and water pollution assessments.

During the environmental recovery phase, interventions include establishing air-pollution monitoring stations, developing data-collection systems, studying the use of debris for coastal reinforcement, assessing Wadi Gaza Nature Reserve, and preparing a comprehensive hazardous-waste management plan.

The EQA stressed the importance of integrating environmental considerations into relief and recovery planning, documenting environmental impacts, and incorporating climate-change factors into future policies. It also called for pressure on the occupying power to allow a UN Environment Programme expert team into Gaza for a full field-based environmental assessment.

The meeting concluded that protecting Gaza’s environment is fundamental to public health and to the recovery of all sectors, noting that environmental action is now a central component of ensuring the daily survival of millions of affected residents.

K.T.

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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.