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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142 Palestinians Killed, 487 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 57,012 and the Injuries to 134,592

by July 2, 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 July 2, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 70,419+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (57,012) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,407+). 

By July 2, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 134,592.

By July 1, 2025, according to news report, 991 Palestinians who were killed, 6,905 who were injured, and 12,523*, 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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142 Palestinians were killed, 487 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, by the Israeli genocidal attacks, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 57,012 and the injuries to 134,592, by July 2, 2025.	Director of the Indonesian Hospital, Dr Marwan Al-Sultan, togeter with his wife and five of their children, were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on their home, in Gaza City, on July 2, 2025.
The UNRWA reported that the Israeli occupation regime has used hunger as a weapon in the Gaza Strip, with people losing consciousness in the streets, due to lack of food and sufficient water, July 2, 2025.	169 aid and rights organizations called for shutting down the US-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, accusing the Israeli forces of routinely opening fire on Palestinians seeking aid, July 2, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces demolished a two-story residential house and several agricultural greenhouses in the Shuwaika suburb, located north of Toulkarm city, on July 2, 2025.	The Israeli campaign of forced displacement in the Gaza Strip aims at depopulating of 85 percent of Gaza through successive military evacuation orders and widespread destruction, July 2, 2025.
Grieving the Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces, at the Israeli-controlled aid distribution center, south of Gaza City, on July 3, 2025.	Performing funeral prayer, at Al-'Awda hospital, for two of the Palestinians, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces fire on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on July 3, 2025.
Carrying, to the cemetery, the bodies of the Palestinians martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces fire on Al-Mawasi tented area, west of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on July 3, 2025.	Site of the Israeli genocidal air strike, which targeted displaced Palestinian families taking shelter at the Mustafa 'Hafidth School in Gaza City, killing and injuring dozens of them, on July 3, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (الْمَائِدَةُ ، 5: 32).

"وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا" (النِّسَاءُ ، 4: 93).

"إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيراً ‎(الإسْرَاءُ ، 17: 7). 

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great torment" (Al-Nisa, 4: 93).

"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, (you do it) to yourselves. Then, when the latter (final) promise came, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and to enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and will destroy what they had taken over with (total) destruction (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written human history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of Prophets David and Solomon , peace be upon them, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus, peace be upon him, started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

No matter what the Zionists and their supporters do, they cannot change the will of God, Who promised the Holy Land to Abraham and his descendants, basically the Palestinian Muslims and Christians.

No matter how much persecution and aggression the Zionists and their supporters inflict upon the Palestinian people, they will never be able to force them out of the Holy Land, which Allah, praise to Him, promised for them, and kept His promise ever since.

This is a necessary brief background to understand the US-Backed Zionist Israeli continuous wars against the Arab nation generally, and the Palestinian people in particular, which included the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978, 1982, the brutal crushing of the two Uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2004), 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, and the current genocidal war on Gaza (Since October 7, 2023), which has culminated a blockade of Gaza since 2007. In addition, the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime launched so many covert operations, raids, and air strikes on many Arab states since 1948.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

Killing and Injuring of Palestinians in Ghazza (Gaza) by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces

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Death toll in Gaza rises to over 57,000 as Israeli aggression continues

GAZA, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of 57,012 Palestinians, with nearly 134,592 reported wounded since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

"Among the casualties are 6,454 deaths and 22,551 injuries reported since March 18, when Israel resumed its military campaign after a short-lived ceasefire."

In the past 24 hours alone, 142 Palestinians were killed—including three whose bodies were retrieved from the rubble—and 487 others were injured, as Israel intensified its attacks across the besieged enclave.

The Ministry reported that rescue teams and civil defense crews are struggling to reach victims, with many still trapped under the rubble or lying in the streets due to the ongoing shelling.

The toll from attacks on Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid has also surged. Over the last 24 hours, 39 civilians were killed and more than 210 wounded while attempting to access aid. This brings the total number of Palestinians killed while searching for food or relief to 640, with 4,488 others injured.

Y.S.

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Dozens of Gazans massacred amid ongoing Israeli genocide

Wednesday 2-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Wednesday, to carry out deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate and bomb more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

Since dawn today, at least 67 Palestinian civilians, including several aid seekers, have been reportedly martyred in Israeli attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Yunis that killed five civilians from the family of Abu Ta’ima.

Another strike targeted a house belonging to the family of Zaino in Gaza City’s Yaffa street, killing a man along with his wife and two children.

Casualties were also reported following an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering a displaced family near the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah City in central Gaza.

Several people were also martyred in Israeli strikes on different areas of Khan Yunis, including two in an attack on a house belonging to the family of Abu Shamala.

Dozens of people were also martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near US-backed distribution points in southern and central Gaza.

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

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

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 Israeli genocidal air strikes kill seven in Gaza, including five from one family

GAZA, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

At least seven Palestinians were killed, including five members of the same family, as Israeli warplanes bombed residential areas and a school in Gaza City on Wednesday.

According to our correspondent, one of the strikes targeted an apartment in western Gaza, killing Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital, along with his wife and several of their children. All the victims were transferred to Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

In a separate attack, two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded when Israeli forces bombed Al-Zaytoun School, located in the southern part of Gaza City.

Y.S.

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Israeli genocidal air strikes kill three civilians, injure others west of Gaza city

GAZA, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed three civilians and injured several others in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced people close to Ad-Dahyan School in the neighborhood, claiming the lives of three and injuring others.

He added that Israeli bombing also targeted a displacement center, west of the city, resulting in dozens of casualties, who were rushed to the Arab Ahli Hospital.

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing targeted the Al-Majayda street in Khan Younes in the southern war-battered Strip, claiming the life of a civilian.

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 6,454 with 22,551 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 142 slain Palestinians, including three retrieved from the rubble, and 487 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 57,012 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 134,592 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Israeli strikes kill 14 civilians, injure others in Nuseirat camp

GAZA, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli strikes on Wednesday evening killed 14 Palestinian civilians and injured others in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central war-battered Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

They said that an Israeli combat drone targeted a Falafel kiosk near Al-Awda Hospital in the refugee camp, claiming the lives of five civilians and injuring others.

Meanwhile, another combat drone airstrike targeted a gathering of civilians in front of a school in al-Mukhayyam al-Jadid, an extension of the refugee camp, claiming the lives of nine, including three minors, and injuring others.

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 6,454 with 22,551 others wounded, according to medical sources. In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 142 slain Palestinians, including three retrieved from the rubble, and 487 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 57,012 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 134,592 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 Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.

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Gaza’s starving children: Global lawmakers call for urgent action to stop Israeli genocide

Wednesday 2-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Parliamentarians for Jerusalem and Palestine Association has issued an urgent international appeal to save Gaza’s children from what it describes as an unfolding genocide.

The call was directed at parliamentary leaders, regional and global legislative bodies, and international human rights organizations, urging swift and decisive action as the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza deepens.

Citing on-the-ground reports, including an alert by the International Justice Forum Against Genocide, the Association warned that over 60,000 children in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition and a collapse of basic health services.

With the near-total absence of baby formula, therapeutic food, and medical care, infant deaths due to hunger and lack of treatment have been documented.

In its press statement on Wednesday, the Association asserted that the situation in Gaza constitutes a war crime under international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

It held Israel fully responsible for deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war and blocking the entry of food and medical supplies to Gaza’s besieged population.

The Association urged parliaments and international legislative organizations to issue public condemnations of the starvation tactics and to demand the opening of sustained humanitarian corridors.

It also called on governments to support emergency child nutrition programs, send infant formula and supplements, and launch parliamentary delegations or send unified appeals to the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF to activate an immediate rescue plan for Gaza’s children.

The statement concluded with a stern warning: “International silence and inaction in the face of this unfolding genocide amount to complicity.”

It called on the global community to fulfill its humanitarian, legal, and moral obligations by standing with the Palestinian people and confronting the Israeli occupation over what it described as one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.

UNICEF echoed the alarm last week, reporting that some 470,000 children in Gaza have been living in near-famine conditions since March. The UN agency stressed that “there is no alternative to direct pressure” to ensure immediate access to food and humanitarian aid.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel—backed by the United States—has waged a genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip marked by widespread killings, mass displacement, systematic starvation, and the obliteration of civilian infrastructure.

Israel has defied repeated international appeals and binding orders from the International Court of Justice to cease its assault.

To date, the genocide has left nearly 190,000 Palestinians martyred or wounded—most of them women and children. More than 11,000 remain missing, while hundreds of thousands have been forcibly displaced. Famine has already claimed numerous lives, especially among children, amid the near-total collapse of health and aid systems.

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

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Palestinian detainee loses mobility due to severe torture in Israeli prison

RAMALLAH, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) stated that administrative detainee Mu'hammed Naseem Abul-'Izz, 19, from Jericho—who has been held since February of last year—was repeatedly subjected to torture and severe beatings in the Negev Desert prison, which led to his loss of mobility.

In a statement issued today, the PPS explained that over the past period, Abu Al-Ezz experienced a rapid deterioration in his health due to the continuous abuse he endured. His condition worsened to the point where he could no longer meet his basic needs, necessitating his transfer to a hospital. There, he underwent a delicate back surgery at Soroka Medical Center.

He was later transferred to what is known as the "Ramla Prison Clinic," where he is now suffering from a physical disability affecting the lower part of his body.

The PPS clarified that Abul-'Izz had no prior health issues before his detention and is now another victim of the systematic torture practices imposed on prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps. '

These practices are carried out by the Israeli prison system through continuous and organized methods, tools, and procedures.

Torture has been a central cause of the deaths of dozens of prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and camps since the beginning of the ongoing genocide.

K.T. 

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 IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Wednesday 2-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped 14 citizens following raids on homes in different areas of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) province, including Al-Duhaisha refugee camp, 'Husan village, and Al-Khadhir town.

Another citizen was taken prisoner during an IOFs raid in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City. The IOFs reportedly set up checkpoints and blocked roads at the entrances of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City and nearby towns, villages and refugee camps.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted an ex-detainee called Qutayba 'Azem, from Sebastya town, before taking him to an unknown place.

Last night, a young man was seriously injured by IOF gunfire in Sebastya town, northwest of Nablus.

The IOFs also broke into and ransacked several homes and assaulted some local residents, including a child and a young woman, during its raid in Sebastya.

The IOFs raided homes in other areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn, with no additional kidnappings reported.

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Prisoner’s Society: Number of Palestinian journalists held under administrative detention rises to 22

RAMALLAH, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Twenty-two journalists are now being held under administrative detention in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), which reported an ongoing escalation by the Israeli occupation authorities in targeting journalists under the pretext of so-called “secret files.”

PPs noted that the most recent case involves journalist Ahmad Al-Khatib, who was issued a six-month administrative detention order.

These 22 are among 55 journalists currently held in Israeli prisons, 49 of whom have been detained since the beginning of the ongoing genocide.

PPS indicated that since the onset of the genocide, at least 192 cases of journalist detentions have been documented.

It further noted that the increase in the number of journalists held under administrative detention coincides with an unprecedented surge in the overall number of administrative detainees, which reached 3,562 as of early June 2025.

According to PPS, the Israeli occupation uses these detentions as a means to silence journalists, suppress their efforts to expose ongoing atrocities, undermine the Palestinian narrative, and impose greater censorship and control over media activity.

The statement cited the case of Nidal Abu Akar, a journalist from Bethlehem and one of the longest-serving administrative detainees. He has been imprisoned since August 1, 2022, and has previously spent around 20 years in Israeli prisons, most of them under administrative detention.

In addition to administrative detention, Israeli authorities continue to target journalists on charges of so-called “incitement” on social media. This form of detention has become a tool for silencing free speech and expression and is increasingly used as another manifestation of the broader policy of administrative detention.

The majority of those detained on charges of “incitement,” against whom the occupation was unable to file an indictment, were later transferred to administrative detention.

PPS added that detained journalists are subjected to the same violations faced by all Palestinian prisoners, including systematic torture, severe beatings, starvation, and medical neglect, as well as continuous humiliation and abuse. They are held under harsh and degrading conditions, further stripped of their rights and subjected to ongoing collective punishment.

T.R.

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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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Dozens of settlers defile Aqsa Mosque under police guard

Wednesday 2-July-2025

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively 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 provocative dances and Talmudic prayers.

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

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Illegal Israeli settlers uproot trees near Salfeet

Salfeet, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers cut down dozens of olive, grape, and almond trees on Wednesday in the town of Kafr Al-Deek, west of Salfeet.

Local sources told WAFA that the colonists attacked the land of brothers Jihad and Sulayman 'Abdullah Al-Deek, cut down dozens of trees, and destroyed approximately 50 beehives in the area called "Dthahr Sub'h" north of the town.

K.T.

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Jewish settlers attack Palestinian homes in W. Bank village

Wednesday 2-July-2025

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers attacked on Wednesday Palestinian homes in Susya village in the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources, a group of armed settlers have been besieging Susya village in southern al-Khalil for several days.

Those settlers hurled stones at the village’s homes for the second consecutive time today, chief of the village council Jihad Al-Nawaj'a reported.

The Susya villagers live under constant threat from settlers and have been forced to abandon their work and remain in the village to protect their families and property, according to Al-Nawaj'a.

Last Monday, settlers attacked the village and destroyed about 200 olive trees belonging to a local resident.

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 Israeli occupation forces demolish vital Palestinian structures in Toulkarm

Toulkarm, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday a two-story residential house and several agricultural greenhouses in the Shuwaika suburb, located north of Toulkarm city.

Local sources reported to WAFA that Israeli bulldozers demolished the home of Ibraheem Abu Zuhri in the Al-Mahdawi neighborhood of western Shuwaika. The house, occupying an area of  350 square meters, has stood for over 25 years but was demolished on the pretext of  lacking a permit,” despite Abu Zuhri having received a demolition notice two years ago.

The Israeli occupation forces also destroyed agricultural greenhouses belonging to the 'Hamid family.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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UN: Gaza facing collapse as Israeli attacks leave families without shelter or means to survive

Wednesday 2-July-2025

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The United Nations has issued a renewed warning about the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, stressing that the besieged territory is suffering from a severe lack of shelter and livelihood opportunities due to ongoing Israeli attacks.

In a statement published Wednesday on its official website, the UN documented a series of Israeli violations against civilians in Gaza since Sunday, including repeated strikes on school buildings sheltering displaced families.

“Many families who had taken refuge in schools bombed by Israel have returned to the northern Gaza Strip, largely because they have nowhere else to go,” the UN said, highlighting the near-total absence of alternative housing and means of survival.

According to the statement, five school buildings sheltering displaced civilians in northern Gaza were bombed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in just the past 48 hours, resulting in deaths and injuries.

The IOF continues to issue frequent evacuation orders across Gaza under the pretext of rocket fire, often followed within minutes by deadly airstrikes—sometimes even before residents can flee.

These tactics have intensified recently under the latest phase of the Israeli military operation, dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots,” which Israeli officials claim is aimed at defeating Hamas and advancing their forced displacement plan.

As a result, the IOF now controls roughly 77% of the Gaza Strip. Most residents of Gaza City’s eastern and central areas have been ordered to evacuate westward, then south toward the Al-Mawasi zone—already overcrowded and lacking basic infrastructure.

Over the past several months, dozens of such evacuation orders have forced mass displacement, leaving Palestinians crammed into less than 18% of the territory, according to United Nations reports.

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that Israeli operations have “intensified” following Sunday’s evacuation orders, displacing at least 1,500 families from both the northern Gaza Strip and eastern Gaza governorate.

He warned of “dwindling humanitarian assistance and basic services, which increasingly deprive Gaza’s population of the means to survive.”

Dujarric stressed that the current conditions are “an alarm bell that requires urgent action to open all crossings and facilitate humanitarian operations, including the delivery of essential life-saving supplies.”

Since October 7, 2023, Israel—with direct support from the United States—has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. This campaign has included mass killing, starvation, displacement, and systematic destruction, in open defiance of repeated international appeals and legally binding orders from the International Court of Justice.

To date, the genocide has left approximately 191,000 Palestinians martyred or wounded—most of them women and children—and more than 11,000 remain missing. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

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Doctors Without Borders warns of escalating humanitarian crisis in West Bank

Wednesday 2-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières – MSF) has confirmed a sharp escalation in humanitarian needs across the West Bank, five months after the beginning of the Israeli military operation.

In a statement issued Wednesday, the organization highlighted that more than 40,000 people in the northern West Bank remain forcibly displaced and are struggling to access basic and healthcare services.

MSF noted that Israeli forces continue their widespread destruction and occupation of refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams.

The Israeli occupation army continues its assault on Tulkarem and its refugee camp for the 157th consecutive day.

Meanwhile, a wide-scale offensive on Jenin and its camp has resulted in the displacement of nearly 22,000 residents from the camp and its surrounding areas, the killing of 40 Palestinians, and the injury of over 200 others.

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Euro-Med: Israel is carrying out a depopulation plan in Gaza

Wednesday 2-July-2025

GENEVA, (PIC)

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has condemned Israel’s ongoing campaign of forced displacement in the Gaza Strip, describing it as a deliberate policy aimed at depopulating over 85 percent of Gaza through successive military evacuation orders and widespread destruction.

Since March 18, 2025, following the collapse of a temporary ceasefire, the Israeli military has issued 51 evacuation orders forcing nearly one million Palestinians to flee their homes. These orders have covered large swaths of Gaza, including eastern and southern Gaza City and parts of the northern Strip, leaving residents trapped amid relentless bombardment, starvation, and no safe refuge, according to a report issued by Euro-Med on Wednesday

The report details Israel’s use of bombing, bulldozing, deliberate starvation, and destruction of civilian infrastructure as tools to drive Palestinians into less than 15 percent of Gaza’s territory, in preparation for mass expulsion beyond the enclave.

“The pattern of forced evacuation orders, widespread killings, destruction, and the deliberate use of starvation are all integral parts of an Israeli plan clearly advancing toward its final objective: the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their land, particularly beyond the Gaza Strip,” Euro-Med said.

Euro-Med warned that these Israeli actions, carried out without any military necessity or justification, constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and potentially genocide.

Testimonies obtained by Euro-Med describe civilians fleeing under continuous shelling with nowhere safe to hide, as Israeli forces bomb schools, shelters, and tents housing displaced families. On July 1, airstrikes killed civilians, including women and children, in areas designated “safe” by the Israeli army, underscoring a pattern of deliberate targeting.

The report calls on the international community to urgently intervene by holding Israel accountable through the International Criminal Court, imposing sanctions including arms embargoes, freezing assets of officials involved, and enforcing travel bans.

Euro-Med stressed the need to prevent the implementation of a US-Israeli plan for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their land.

“This follows more than 20 months of genocidal crimes, including the killing and wounding of over 200,000 civilians, the destruction of entire towns, the near-total collapse of Gaza’s infrastructure, the eradication of basic living conditions, and systematic internal displacement. All of this has taken place within a broader effort to eliminate the Palestinian community as an entity and existence,” Euro-Med underlined.

Euro-Med concludes that the forced displacement and large-scale destruction in Gaza represent “one of the largest systematic erasures of cities and residential areas in the modern era.”

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Palestine protests to German Federal Foreign Office over Minister’s remarks on Palestinian community

BERLIN, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Embassy to Berlin on Wednesday submitted a formal protest to the Federal Foreign Office (FFO) over a Federal Minister’s remarks on the Palestinian community in Germany.

The Palestinian Embassy lodged a formal protest with the FFO over the statements made by Karin Prien, German Federal Minister of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, in which she described the Palestinian community in Germany as being “thoroughly radicalized by their respective community” and that education is needed to “push radicals to their limits”.

The Embassy strongly condemned and categorically rejected Prien’s remarks, slamming them as racist and irresponsible remarks that are inconsistent with democratic values.

It added that Prien’s remarks not only contribute to incitement to hatred, but also foment the discriminatory and racist rhetoric, subjecting the Palestinian community to a smear campaign and to the risks of community radicalization.

It further stated that these remarks infringe upon the principles of democracy and pluralism, championed by Germany, and are inconsistent with the principles of human rights, freedom, free speech, and peaceful coexistence.

It demanded that Berlin provide a formal clarification, retract the remarks, and take all other necessary measures in response.

It affirmed that the Palestinian community in Germany is an integral and effective part of the fabric of the German society, and has a considerable history of positive contributions to the German society in various fields, including education, economy, culture, and community work.

K.F.

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Jordan condemns Israeli minister’s call for annexing occupied West Bank

AMMAN, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Jordan on Wednesday strongly condemned an Israeli minister’s call for annexing the occupied West Bank, according to Jordan News Agency (Petra).

It reported that Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced "dangerous" statements by members of the far-right Israeli government, the latest of which was a call by Justice Minister Yariv Levin to impose Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

"Such statements are a flagrant violation of international law and Israel's obligations, as the occupying power in the Palestinian territories, and also constitute an unacceptable assault on the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent, sovereign state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital," said ministry spokesperson Sufyan Al-Qudhah.

He stressed the Jordan’s categorical rejection of these statements, which underlined the Israeli government's extremist policies and ongoing illegal practices in the occupied West Bank, including incursions and colonial settlement construction and expansion.

These are a clear violation of international law, most notably UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, which emphasized the need to end the Israeli occupation, the illegality of colonial settlement construction, and the invalidity of all measures to annex occupied Palestinian territory, he said.

Al-Qudhah warned of the consequences of escalatory Israeli policies, stressing that all Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank are entirely illegal and null and void.

He called on the international community to take the legal and moral responsibility to compel Israel, the occupying power, to halt its genocidal aggression against Gaza and violations in the West Bank, offer protection to the Palestinians, and fulfill their legitimate rights to an independent state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital.

"This is the only way to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees security and stability in the region," he concluded.

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Egypt condemns Israeli statements regarding imposing sovereignty over West Bank

CAIRO, July 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Egypt condemned on Wednesday statements made by Israeli officials, including the Israeli Minister of Justice, calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank and "imposing sovereignty" over it.

In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its absolute rejection of these statements, which it views as contrary to international law.

 It said that these comments aim to solidify the illegitimate Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, undermine the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, and prevent the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967 borders, encompassing the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital, thereby embodying the regional unity of all Palestinian territories.

Cairo emphasized its rejection of the blatant Israeli violations in the West Bank, including military incursions, arrests, and the expansion of illegal colonies, noting that this comes in conjunction with ongoing crimes in the Gaza Strip that aim to undermine all aspects of the Palestinian people's livelihood.

It called on the international community to intervene immediately to put an end to these violations against the Palestinian people in their land, stressing the necessity of concerted international efforts to achieve their aspirations, foremost among them the establishment of their independent state on their entire national territory.

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Arab-Islamic-African meeting condemns occupation's use of starvation, siege as tools of war against civilians in Gaza

CAIRO, July 2, 2025 (WAFA)--

 The Arab League, the African Union, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation affirmed today their absolute rejection and condemnation of the Israeli occupation's use of starvation and siege as tools of war against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

In an urgent humanitarian appeal after the second consultative meeting of the three organizations, held at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat, the three organizations expressed their deep concern over the deteriorating, serious, and unprecedented humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip, affirming that this suffering is a result of the ongoing crimes of genocide, starvation, comprehensive siege, forced displacement, and systematic destruction committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people since October 2023, in blatant violation of international humanitarian law, relevant UN resolutions, and orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The appeal called for the immediate and permanent opening of all land and sea crossings and for sufficient, sustainable, and unhindered access to humanitarian aid, including food, potable water, fuel, medicines, medical supplies, and shelter centers.

It warned of the repercussions of this situation, which could render the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and lead to the spread of famine and malnutrition.

The three organizations stressed that relief for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is a fundamental, non-negotiable humanitarian right, expressing their rejection of the mechanism for distributing humanitarian aid, which has turned into field execution sites where starving civilians and humanitarian workers are targeted and directly killed while waiting.

They affirmed that this mechanism constitutes a systematic threat to life and reinforces the use of food and humanitarian aid as weapons of war and tools to impose military control and demographic change,  condemning the systematic and comprehensive destruction of civilian infrastructure and life in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, schools, universities, aid distribution teams, UNRWA warehouses, safe shelters, water and sanitation networks, power generation stations, and the deliberate targeting of patients, wounded, medical and humanitarian teams, and journalists.

They stressed this policy deprives the population of the most basic means of survival and makes the mission of relief organizations impossible,  emphasizing the necessity of enabling UNRWA to exercise its vital role under these exceptional circumstances in the Gaza Strip, especially given the seriousness of UNRWA's current financial situation.

The three organizations called on the international community to exert effective and continuous pressure on Israel, the occupying power, to allow UNRWA and its UN and local partners to operate freely, safely, and without hindrance,  rejecting any attempt to undermine UNRWA's role or transfer its essential tasks to any other party, and called for providing political, financial, and legal support to this UN agency and preserving its existing mandate under relevant UN resolutions.

They warned of the danger of the continued illegal policies of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, through colonial settlement, arbitrary detention, annexation, and the imposition of alleged Israeli sovereignty over it, as well as the storming of cities, villages, and refugee camps, the destruction of homes and infrastructure, the displacement of their residents, and attempts to change the historical and legal status quo of holy sites, especially the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The three organizations called for the immediate and unconditional compliance with the orders of the ICJ and relevant UN resolutions, especially regarding the prevention of acts of genocide, the flow of essential humanitarian aid, and the implementation of UN General Assembly resolutions and UN Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 2735, which calls for a permanent humanitarian ceasefire, the opening of crossings, and ensuring unimpeded entry of aid.

The humanitarian appeal stressed the inevitability of achieving justice and accountability and called on the international community to take all legal and diplomatic measures to ensure the end of impunity,  demanding the urgent formation of an independent and impartial international investigation committee to investigate all grave violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide, and to determine individual and collective responsibilities.

It called for providing international protection for civilians, including humanitarian and medical workers and journalists, as well as women, children, and the elderly who bear the brunt of this war and constitute the vast majority of the victims,  emphasizing the need to take urgent and decisive measures to ensure their physical and psychological safety and save their lives.

The three organizations affirmed their categorical rejection of any plans aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their land, considering this a grave violation of international law. They also affirmed their support for the Arab-Islamic plan for early recovery and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

A.D./ K.F.

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Editorial Notes about terms & names of people and places:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Nusayrat

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Aree'ha (Jericho)

Al-Zaytoun (al-Zeitoun)

Bait (Beit)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Dair El-Bala'h

Jineen (Jenin)

Khan Younus (Khan Younis)

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Person's names as pronounced in standard Arabic:

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

'Hasan Mulai'hat,

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Conflict terminology

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (the Israeli government)

Illegal Israeli settlers (instead of settlers, colonists)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers

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