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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Displaced Palestinians Continue to Return to Northern Gaza Strip, More Bodies of Martyrs Recovered, Increasing the Death Toll to 47,417 and Injuries to 111,571

 January 29, 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 January 29, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 58,417+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (47,417), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,000+). 

By January 29, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,571.

By January 29, 2025, 878 Palestinians who were killed, 6,752 who were injured, and 11,042*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released). 

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Thousands of displaced Palestinian citizens resumed on Wednesday morning their trek back to their homes in northern Gaza Strip, for the third day in a row, following to the ceasefire, January 29, 2025.	63 bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces were recovered and 8 people were injured by undetonated Israeli ordinances left behind in the Gaza Strip, on January 29, 2025.
The Palestinian young man, Ayman Naji, was martyred, after he had sustained a fatal bullet injury in his head by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank city of Toulkarm, January 28, 2025.	The Palestinian young man, Osama Abul-Hayja, died of serious injuries he sustained last night by an Israeli airstrike on Jineen, north of the occupied West Bank, January 29, 2025.
The Dewan Masjid Indonesia decided to build 100 mosques in Gaza Strip, to replace some of the mosques destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces, January 29, 2025.	Palestinian journalist Nagham Al-Zayyat suffered shrapnel wounds when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at a group of journalists in Toulkarm, northwest of the West Bank, January 29, 2025.
The Israeli occupation apartheid regime demolished seven homes and one restaurant belonging to Palestinian citizens, in different West Bank areas, January 29, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces demolished the 'Hamza Mosque, in the Jineen refugee camp, as part of the Israeli large-scale demolition campaign and military operation in Jineen, January 29, 2025.
Displaced Palestinians continue their return to northern Gaza Strip, using the coastal road, known as Al-Rasheed street, which was destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, January 29, 2025.	Returning displaced Palestinian families set up their tents on the rubble of their homes, in Jabalya, which were destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, January 29, 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 ۚ " (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" (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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Bodies of 63 martyrs arrive in Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours

Wednesday 29-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The bodies of 63 martyrs arrived in Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours in addition to 8 injuries, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Wednesday.

It explained that 59 bodies were the bodies of martyrs retrieved from under the rubble of destroyed buildings while 2 succumbed to serious wounds and 2 martyred in separate incidents.

The Ministry said that the number of martyrs in Gaza since the Israeli genocide war was launched on the Strip on October 7, 2023 thus reached 47,417 while the number of injured surged to 111,571.

It also said that unspecified numbers of casualties are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

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Thousands of displaced Palestinian citizens continue their trek back to northern Gaza Strip, for the 3rd day in a row

Wednesday 29-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Thousands of displaced Palestinian citizens resumed on Wednesday morning their trek back to their homes in northern Gaza Strip, for the third day in a row.

The PIC reporter said that the citizens carried with them whatever they can carry of their simple belongings on the 7-kilometer road to their homes in Gaza City and the northern governorates of Gaza.

The Gaza municipality continued its efforts to open roads and remove the debris to facilitate the return of the displaced and their movement.

The Government Media Office (GMO), for its part, said that 80% of the displaced have returned to their homes in northern Gaza over the past couple of days.

The GMO said that it warned the returnees of the Israeli army’s unexploded ordnance.

It said that the available tents do not meet the needs of the returning citizens as their homes were destroyed and are in urgent need of shelter, noting that no heavy equipment had yet entered the enclave to help in removing the rubble of destroyed buildings and retrieve the bodies of martyrs.

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UN says more than 376,000 Palestinians return to northern Gaza Strip

NEW YORK, January 29, 2025 (WAFA) - 

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 376,000 Palestinians returned to the northern Gaza Strip between Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon.

The office explained that half of these displaced people are men, a quarter are women and the other quarter are children.

The OCHA office relied on figures from a working group of several organizations that set up census points throughout the Strip.

The office said, "Pregnant or breastfeeding women, the elderly, people with disabilities, people with chronic diseases or those in need of urgent medical care, or unaccompanied minors are among the main vulnerable categories of displaced people who made this difficult journey on foot."

K.T.

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Several Palestinian fishermen injured by Israeli forces' gunfire in Gaza

GAZA, January, 29 2024 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinian fishermen were injured on Wednesday morning by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in the sea of ​​Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the occupation boats targeted the fishermen's boats, wounding a number of them, and two of them were detained.

The sources added that the occupation forces' vehicles opened fire along the Philadelphi axis in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Y.S.

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Hundreds of Gaza detainees remain victims of the crime of enforced disappearance - Prisoners' institutions

RAMALLAH, January 29, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported that, in addition to the 1,886 Palestinians classified as "illegal combatants" by the Israeli prison administration, hundreds more continue to fall victim to the crime of enforced disappearance.

The Commission and PPS said the only available information regarding the number of detainees from Gaza, as acknowledged by the Israeli prison administration in early January 2025, indicates that there are 1,886 Palestinians classified as "illegal combatants," including women and children. Additionally, hundreds remain victims of the crime of enforced disappearance.

To be noted, the number of detainees from Gaza is estimated to be in the thousands following the Israeli genocidal war, as the occupation continues to carry out systematic torture against Gaza's detainees at an unprecedented level, resulting in the killing of dozens of detainees.

The Commission and PPS published a list of 69 detainees from the Gaza Strip, who were detained after October 7, 2023, and are held in Israeli prisons and military camps.

In a joint statement, they clarified that the list includes the locations of detainees within Israeli prisons and camps. Many detainees remain unaccounted for, with no information regarding their whereabouts.

Efforts will continue to verify their status a month after the last response, which, according to the Israeli army, stated that no information was available regarding their fate.

T.R.

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

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Palestinian young man killed by IOF gunfire in Toulkarm

Wednesday 29-January-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred after he sustained a bullet injury in his head on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) besieged and attacked a building in Toulkarm.

The Red Crescent said on Tuesday that the IOFs killed the 23-year-old Palestinian young man, Ayman Naji, before handing his body over to one of its ambulance crews later.

The Red Crescent added that the martyr was transferred to the Thabit Thabit Hospital in Toulkarm with a bullet injury in his eye.

Local sources explained that Israeli special forces stormed the city’s Artah suburb before reinforcements encircled the entrance of an apartment building in the area while intensively opening fire, critically injuring Naji, who was in the same place.

The sources added that an Israeli occupation soldier with a megaphone ordered a family to leave its home and ordered a young man to turn himself in during the IOFs raid in Artah suburb.

The sources pointed out that the IOFs kidnapped a young man identified as Ma'hmoud Abu 'Hamda, a resident of Nour Shams refugee camp, during his presence in the suburb. 

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Palestinian young man dies of injuries sustained in Israeli strike in Jineen

Wednesday 29-January-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young was pronounced dead on Wednesday after he succumbed to serious injuries he sustained last night in an Israeli airstrike in Jineen City, north of the occupied West Bank.

The Red Crescent said that its paramedics were able to evacuate the body of 25-year-old Osama Abul-Hayja from the roof of a building in Jineen city after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) prevented them from reaching him last night and left him to bleed to death.

Abul Hayja reportedly suffered critical injuries in an Israeli drone strike at the Cinema rotary in Jenin and was found dead today morning.

The Israeli military operation in Jineen and its refugee camp has entered its ninth day today, amid widespread destruction and detonation of homes.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority security forces continue to carry out a kidnapping campaign in Jineen in cooperation with the IOFs.

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Elderly Palestinian man injured by Israeli gunfire in Toulkarm

Toulkarm, January 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

An elderly Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday evening by Israeli forces’ gunfire in the Toulkarm refugee camp, reported the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

PRCS said that its crews responded to a medical emergency involving a 70-year-old man who was shot in the feet by live ammunition in Al-'Akasha neighborhood in the refugee camp.

Furthermore, the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped the injured man while he was being transported by medical staff to the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital.

Earlier in the day, two citizens were injured by Israeli occupation forces snipers in the refugee camp. A 54-year-old man suffered shrapnel wounds to the head from live ammunition, while another 52-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

The two men were transported to the hospital by PRCS ambulances.

Over the past three days, the ongoing Israeli aggression against Tulkarem city and camp has resulted in injuries to 15 citizens.

These injuries, primarily concentrated in the lower limbs, were caused by occupation bullets and shrapnel.

Significantly, a child was severely injured by a live bullet to the chest in the western neighborhood of the city and was transferred to hospitals in Nablus for further medical treatment. 

The Israeli occupation forces have imposed a full siege on the martyr Thabit Thabit Government Hospital and Al-Israa Specialty Hospital, turning the surrounding areas into closed military zones and seizing homes to convert into military barracks.

They have also distributed threatening leaflets in the hospitals' emergency areas, hindered ambulance operations, and conducted body searches and identity checks on staff and patients.

The Israeli occupation forces intensified their operations in Toulkarm refugee camp, imposing a complete blockade on all neighborhoods, deploying foot patrols throughout the streets and alleys and forcing residents to leave their homes.

Snipers have been positioned inside homes, targeting residents with direct gunfire. Additionally, the forces have caused significant damage to the camp's infrastructure and public and private properties.

A.D./T.R.

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Palestinian journalist injured by IOFs gunfire in Toulkarm

Wednesday 29-January-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

Palestinian journalist Nagham Al-Zayyat suffered shrapnel wounds on Tuesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at a group of journalists in Toulkarm City, northwest of the West Bank.

Journalist Suhaib Abu Diyak said that Nagham Al-Zayyat was with him and other colleagues when Israeli occupation soldiers fired live ammunition directly at them at the junction of Al-Shaheed, east of the Toulkarm City, injuring her.

Nagham received medical assistance at the Red Crescent center in the city.

Earlier, journalists in Toulkarm reported that Israeli soldiers harassed them as they were covering the IOFs raid in the city, chased them and fired stun grenades at them

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For the third day in a row, Israeli occupation forces continue wide-scale military offensive on Toulkarm

Toulkarm, January, 29 2024 (WAFA) – 

For the third day in a raw, the Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city and camp of Tulkarm, causing widespread destruction to the infrastructure and citizens' property.

A short while ago, a young man was shot in the head by the occupation snipers in the 'Hanoun Square neighborhood in Toulkarm refugee camp, where citizens are calling for the need to bring an ambulance to take him to the hospital, as he is lying on the ground bleeding, while the occupation forces are preventing ambulances from entering the camp.

The occupation forces have pushed more of their vehicles towards the city and its camp, while their bulldozers continue to destroy the infrastructure in its neighborhoods, which has affected the water, electricity, sewage, internet networks, and public and private property.

The local residents inside the camp neighborhoods have been living for the third day without water, electricity, or communications, so they have become cut off from the outside world, and they are calling for their rescue and the provision of basic necessities, especially for the sick, children, and the elderly.

The occupation forces forced the residents of the Shuhada neighborhood this morning to leave their homes and leave the camp towards the city, joining a convoy of citizens who were forced to leave the camp since the first day.

The head of the Popular Committee for Services in Toulkarm refugee camp, Faisal Salama,  told WAFA in a statement yesterday that the camp is witnessing a large displacement of its citizens, and that more than 1,000 refugees were forcibly expelled from the camp.

All the neighborhoods of the camp are witnessing a large deployment of occupation vehicles and soldiers, who are firing live ammunition intensively, storming homes and wreaking havoc inside them, and subjecting citizens to interrogation and investigation, and they forced a large number of them to leave at gunpoint.

In Toulkarm city, the occupation forces continue their siege of the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital and the Israa Specialized Hospital, obstructing the work of ambulances and their medical crews.

The occupation forces are deployed in the city's various neighborhoods and streets, specifically the western, southern and eastern neighborhoods, and they obstruct the movement of vehicles, stop them, search them and force their passengers to return to their homes at gunpoint.

In a later development, the occupation forces raided a number of citizens' homes in the western neighborhood of the city, which has turned some of the homes into military barracks after expelling their residents, and checked their identities and subjected them to interrogation, without any arrests being reported.

The Israeli ccupation soldiers were seen trying to open old and abandoned homes in the western neighborhood, which belong to the Habayeb family, using heavy tools.

In addition, Toulkarm Municipality crews are working to repair the main water lines that supply parts of the city, located in the vicinity of Jamal Abdul Nasir Square, which were destroyed by the occupation bulldozers two days ago.

On Tuesday night, the young man Ayman Al-Naji was killed in the Artah suburb, south of Toulkarm, bringing the number of Palestinians who were killed in Toulkarm over the past two days to three, after the occupation bombed a vehicle in front of the entrance to Nour Shams refugee camp and killed two young men who were inside it.

Earlier today, the occupation bulldozers also demolished  the family's  house of the slain Palestinian Tamir Fuqaha in the Shuwaika suburb, north of the city, who was killed on May, 2024.

Y.S.

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IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in the West Bank, raze a mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Wednesday 29-January-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and on Wednesday morning a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank and demolished a small mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped a young man after ransacking his home in Silat Al-Harithiya town, west of Jineen.

The IOF also kidnapped another young man from his home in Al-Bayadir neighborhood in Jineen City, amid armed clashes between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the city’s eastern neighborhood.

In Toulkarm, the IOFs kidnapped a young man from 'Anabta town.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped a young man from Baitunia town in western Ramallah and stormed different areas of the province.

Two other young men were kidnapepd and one vehicle was seized following an IOFs raid in Kafr Malik village in northern Ramallah

In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped three young men during a raid in the city.

Another young man was taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in 'Aseera Al-Qibliya, south of Nablus.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), the IOFs kidnapped two young men after raiding their homes in Bait Ummar town.

On Tuesday evening, the IOFs assaulted a family and interrogated their children after storming their home in Al-Shallala street in al-Khalil City.

Local sources in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City explained that Israeli occupation soldiers raided the house of a citizen from Abu 'Hayya family near the illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah, detained and interrogated his children, detained other members of the family inside a room, and assaulted a number of them.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces kidnapped three citizens, including two brothers, from their homes in the Old City, and another one from Al-Tour town.

Three other Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) young men were reportedly kidnapped following an IOFs raid in Al-Ram town, north of the holy city.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces also broke into and ransacked several homes belonging to the family of Al-Zagheer in Kafr 'Iqab town in northern Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The police forces kidnapped eight citizens from the family, including two brothers of ex-detainee Ashraf Al-Zagheer — one of the Palestinian prisoners who were released recently in exchange for Israeli captives. Those citizens were kidnapped on a charge of celebrating the release of Ashraf.

In a separate incident, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime demolished on Wednesday morning a small mosque (al-Taqwa) in Sour Bahir town, south of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), at the pretext of unlicensed construction.

Local sources said that the mosque had been set up on the upper floor of a house about two years ago, adding that police forces cordoned off the area where the house is located as employees from the Israeli municipality embarked on razing the mosque.

Total kidnappings: 26.

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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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 IOAR razes seven Palestinian homes, one restaurant in the West Bank

Wednesday 29-January-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) demolished on Wednesday seven homes and one restaurant belonging to Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas, at the pretext they were built with no permits.

According to local sources, the IOAR demolished a house along with its contents, with no prior notice, belonging to a Palestinian citizen in Khallet Taha area near Dair Samit village in the southwest of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) at the pretext that it was built in Area C of the West Bank.

A family of nine was living in that house before the Israeli army forced it to leave it in October 2023. The family now lives in a house belonging to its relatives in Kharsa village.

In Jericho, the IOAR demolished five inhabited homes and fences in Duyouk Al-Ta'hta village.

In Salfeet, the Israeli army bulldozed one inhabited house, which had been built five years ago, in Dair Ballout town.

In recent months, Israeli army demolished about 10 homes and rooms and uprooted about 50 olive trees in Dair Ballout town.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOAR razed a restaurant in Bait Jala town belonging to a Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) citizen.

The IOAR also bulldozed dozens of fruitful olive trees and 100-year-old stone fences in Bait Jala.

Last night, the Israeli army demolished a house belonging to the family of martyr Tamir Faqha in Shuwaika suburb of Toulkarm City.

The family of Faqha had received a demolition notice from the Israeli army against its one-story house in November 2024.

Faqha was martyred on May 4, 2024 during an Israeli army raid on a house in Dair Al-Ghusoun town, north of Tulkarem. He was accused of carrying out the shooting attack that killed one Israeli occupation soldier near Bait Lid town in eastern Toulkarm in November 2023.

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IOFs raze a mosque in Jineen refugee camp

Wednesday 29-January-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished on Tuesday a mosque in Jineen refugee camp, north of the West Bank.

Local sources said that the IOF knocked down the 'Hamza Mosque in Jineen refugee camp as part of its large-scale demolition campaign and military operation in Jineen, which entered its eighth day.

The IOFs also displaced more citizens from their homes in Jineen refugee camp. Local sources said that Israeli soldiers stormed homes in the east of the camp and forced their residents to evacuate them as a prelude to carry out demolitions in the area.

The Israeli army also continued to demolish infrastructure, roads, and private property in different areas of the Jineen refugee camp.

In a separate incident, the IOFs demolished on the same day a Palestinian house in Khirbet Al-Dair hamlet near Tiqua town, east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), at the pretext of unlicensed construction.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Egyptian President Abdul Fatta'h El-Sisi: Forcible displacement of Palestinians is an injustice Egypt cannot be a part of

CAIRO, January 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

Egyptian President, Abdul Fatta'h El-Sisi, emphasized on Wednesday that the forcible relocation or displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice that Egypt cannot be a part of.

He reaffirmed that Egypt's longstanding position on the Palestinian cause, rooted in historical principles, is non-negotiable.

El-Sisi made these remarks during a joint press conference with Kenyan President William Ruto in Cairo.

 He stressed that Egypt would never tolerate or allow the displacement of the Palestinian people, highlighting the significant impact this would have on Egypt's national security.

The president also reiterated Egypt’s commitment to working with the U.S. President, Donald Trump, to pursue a long-awaited peace process based on the two-state solution.

There are historical rights that cannot be overlooked, said El-Sisi, adding that the Egyptian, Arab, and global public opinion all recognize the long-standing injustice inflicted upon the Palestinian people over the past 70 years.

He also recalled that Egypt had warned at the onset of the war about the potential objective of making life in Gaza unbearable, leading to the forced displacement of Palestinians. Egypt's position from the beginning has been a firm rejection of such actions, said El-Sisi.

T.R.

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UNRWA’s Lazzarini says ‘relentless assault’ on agency is harming Palestinians

Wednesday 29-January-2025

NEW YORK, (PIC)

Philippe Lazzarini, the leader of the UN’s Palestinian relief agency, has slammed Israel after it moved to cut all contact with his organization.

“The relentless assault on UNRWA is harming the lives and future of Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory,” he told a UN Security Council meeting.

“It is eroding their trust in the international community, jeopardizing any prospect for peace and security,” the UNRWA chief added.

“Billboards and ads accusing UNRWA of terrorism recently appeared in major cities around the world. It sets a precedent for governments to accuse a United Nations entity of terrorism as a pretext to clamp down on human rights,” he said.

For Gaza, UNRWA is the doctors and nurses providing healthcare; the aid workers distributing food; and the mechanics and engineers building and repairing wells for clean drinking water, Lazzarini clarified.

“The Agency’s mere presence brings stability amid profound uncertainty.”

“Since the ceasefire began, UNRWA has brought in 60% of the food entering Gaza, reaching more than half a million people. We conduct some 17,000 medical consultations every day.”

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FAO: Israeli war on Gaza destroys 75% of agriculture and irrigation water

ROME, January, 29 2024 (WAFA) – 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that 75% of the fields in the Gaza Strip that were previously used to grow crops and olive groves were damaged or destroyed due to the Israeli aggression.

FAO said in its assessment that more than two-thirds of agricultural wells are no longer operating, leading to a shortage of irrigation water, while livestock losses have reached 96%, milk production has almost stopped, and only 1% of poultry are still alive, while the fishing sector is on the verge of collapse, exacerbating food insecurity.

It added that the ceasefire in Gaza provides a crucial opportunity to address the catastrophic food crisis, by delivering emergency aid and starting early recovery efforts, as more than two million people need urgent assistance due to the collapse of agricultural production.

For his part, the Director of the World Food Program in Palestine, Antoine Renard, said that the program is doing everything necessary to reach the displaced people in Gaza who are returning to their homes, adding that the World Food Program was able to operate 13 bakeries in the southern Gaza Strip, prepare hot meals, and deliver ready-to-eat meals to families in shelters.

Y.S.

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France affirms rejection of displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

PARIS, January 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

France Tuesday affirmed its strong rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

"France’s position has not changed: any forced displacement of Gaza’s population would be unacceptable," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Paris emphasized that such actions would constitute "a serious violation of international law" and warned of far-reaching consequences for the region.

"It would be a major obstacle to the two-state solution and a destabilizing factor for our close partners, Egypt and Jordan," the statement added.

The ministry said "Gaza’s future lies with a future Palestinian state," underscoring its commitment to a two-state solution.

K.F.

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Indonesia plans to build 100 mosques in Gaza Strip, to replace some of the mosques destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces

Wednesday 29-January-2025

JAKARTA, (PIC)

The Dewan Masjid Indonesia (DMI), which is the Indonesian council of mosques decided to build 100 mosques in Gaza Strip, to replace some of the mosques destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces.

Jusuf Kalla, the DMI chairman and former vice chairman of the president of Indonesia, said that the DMI is to start with building ten permanent mosque in the beleaguered enclave.

He said in a statement a few days ago that the Israeli aggression on Gaza had destroyed one thousand mosques, highlighting the importance of restoring the spiritual life in Gaza.

Kalla said that a number of those mosques are expected to be ready for prayer by the holy month of Ramadhan, expected to start on March 1st, 2025.

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Sindh Provincial Assembly lauds Hamas struggle against Israel

Wednesday 29-January-2025

KARACHI, (PIC)

The Sindh Assembly echoed with thundering applause for the brave struggle of Hamas in which the Movement thwarted nefarious Israeli designs to bow down the Palestinians and expel them from their homeland.

This development was witnessed during the visit of Dr. Khaled Qadoumi, spokesperson of Hamas and head of its Western Asia Affairs Department, when he attended a session of Sindh Provincial Assembly on Tuesday.

Dr Qadoumi’s visit was arranged at the invitation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and opposition leader Ali Khurshidi, along with MQM MPA Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani.

Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) representative, Anthony Naveed, also greeted Dr. Qadoumi during the session. Attendees included Local Government Minister and PPP leader Nasir Hussain Shah, PTI MPA Muhammad Shabir Qureshi, and Jamaat-e-Islami MPA Muhammad Farooq.

Members from various parliamentary parties in the Sindh Assembly—including the ruling PPP, PTI, MQM, and Jamaat-e-Islami—held separate meetings with Dr. Qadoumi. These discussions centered on recent developments in the Palestinian issue and the aftermath of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

During the session, speakers lauded the resistance efforts of Hamas and its armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, praised the release of prisoners under Islamic principles, and honored the resilience of the Palestinian people.

PPP leader and Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah emphasized that all political leadership stands united on the Palestinian cause. He extended a welcome to the Hamas representative on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and the people of Sindh.

PTI’s Muhammad Shabir Qureshi stressed the need to prioritize the Palestinian issue above political differences, stating, “We, as supporters of Imran Khan, hold the sacrifices of the Palestinian people in high regard and salute their bravery.”

Jamaat-e-Islami’s Muhammad Farooq remarked, “We are honored to host Hamas’s representative, whose leadership has become a symbol of courage and determination. We stand with them unequivocally.”

MQM leaders also paid tribute to Palestinian sacrifices, declaring, “Hamas’s resistance fills us with pride.”

The gathering underscored a rare consensus among Sindh’s political factions in solidarity with Palestine, reflecting Pakistan’s enduring support for the cause.

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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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