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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70 Palestinians Killed, 332 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 57,338 and the Injuries to 135,957

by July 5, 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 5, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 70,745+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (57,338) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,407+). 

By July 5, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 135,957.

By July 5, 2025, according to news report, 992 Palestinians who were killed, 6,918 who were injured, and 12,578*, 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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70 Palestinians were killed, 332 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, by the Israeli genocidal attacks, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 57,338 and the injuries to 135,957, by July 5, 2025.	70 Palestinians were killed, 332 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, by the Israeli genocidal attacks, on July 5, 2025.
The death toll, since Israeli resumption of the genocide on March 18, 2025, has also climbed to 6,780, in addition to 23,916 injuries, by July 5, 2025.	Hundreds of people gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest against the ongoing genocide committed by the  Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, July 5, 2025.
Grieving the Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the displaced families, in Gaza City, on July 6, 2025.	Getting the bodies of the Palestinian martyrs out from the rubble of their houses, which were destroyed over their heads, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, on July 6, 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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 The Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip: 70 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours

GAZA, July 5, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) –

At least 70 Palestinians were killed and 332 others were injured over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 57,338 fatalities, with an additional 135,957 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the Ministry, the death toll since Israel’s resumption of the genocide on March 18 after a two-month truce has also climbed to 6,780, in addition to 23,916 others injured.

Emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to target ambulance and civil defense crews, according to the health authorities.

The Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Dozens of Gazans massacred amid ongoing Israeli genocide

Saturday 5-July-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Saturday, 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 50 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 house that killed two people and injured 15 others near the Salahuddeen Mosque in Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Four people were also martyred following an Israeli drone strike in Jabalya Al-Balad, north of Gaza.

Another strike on a school (Al-Shafi’i) sheltering a displaced family in the 'Asqoula area of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood claimed the lives of five civilians and injured others.

A young woman was shot dead by Israeli forces in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, south of Gaza.

Six people were also martyred and over 10 others were injured in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus.

An Israeli strike on a house belonging to the family of Al-Zinati killed and injured several people and caused damaged to nearby tents in Gaza City’s Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood.

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 Palestinian in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

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Eight Palestinians killed by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, the death toll since early morning reaches 50

GAZA, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) —

At least eight Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Saturday as Israeli occupation forces launched genocidal air strikes targeting the neighborhood of Al-Zaytoun and the town of Jabalya Al-Balad in the Gaza Strip.

According to WAFA correspondents, four civilians were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes struck a home near Sala'huddeen Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

In a separate incident, four more people were killed and others sustained injuries following an Israeli drone strike in the Jabalya Al-Balad area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, medical sources confirmed that a total of 50 Palestinians have been killed since early Saturday morning as the Israeli occupation apartheid regime continues its genocidal war across the enclave.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,338 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 135,957 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Several Palestinian killed, including children, in Israeli strikes on Gaza

GAZA, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A number of Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Saturday evening as Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of airstrikes targeting areas in Gaza City and Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that eight people, including six children, were killed and several others injured when an Israeli drone strike hit a group of civilians in Al-Nusayrat.

In a separate attack, Israeli warplanes bombed a water desalination plant near the Bank of Palestine in the vicinity of the Unknown Soldier's Square west of Gaza City. The strike resulted in additional casualties, though the exact number of dead and injured was not immediately confirmed.

Meanwhile, in the south of the Strip, the Israeli military demolished several residential buildings in the vicinity of Al-Kateeba and Al-Ma'hatta areas, north of Khan Younus.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,338 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 135,957 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Six Palestinians killed by Israeli genocidal drone strike on café in central Gaza

GAZA, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Six Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Saturday evening by an Israeli genocidal drone strike targeting a café west of Al-Zawayida town in central Gaza, according to local sources.

Earlier in the day, at least eight people, including children, were killed and others injured when Israeli forces bombed a gathering of civilians in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, also in central Gaza.

The Israeli genocidal air strikes also targeted a water desalination plant near the Bank of Palestine in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighborhood, resulting in additional casualties.

In southern Gaza, Israeli forces demolished several residential buildings in the vicinity of Al-Kateeba and Al-Ma'hatta areas north of Khan Younus.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 57,338 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 135,957 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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

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Palestinian child seriously injured by Israeli army gunfire, south of Jineen

Jineen, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A 17-year-old Palestinian child was seriously injured by live fire from Israeli occupation forces on Saturday evening during a military raid on the village of 'Anza, located south of Jineen in the northern West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, its teams responded to the incident and treated the boy, who was shot in the chest with live ammunition. Due to the severity of his condition, he was transferred first to a nearby emergency center in the town of 'Ajja, and then to a hospital in Jineen for further treatment.

Local sources told WAFA that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the village, deploying soldiers and snipers throughout the streets. The incursion triggered confrontations with local residents. During the clashes, Israeli forces fired live bullets and stun grenades, resulting in the boy's injury.

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Palestinian woman loses consciousness after Israeli forces raid her home in Hebron

HEBRON, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian woman lost consciousness on Saturday after Israeli occupation forces raided her home in the Jabir neighborhood of Hebron, located in the southern West Bank.

According to WAFA correspondent, a large number of heavily armed Israeli soldiers stormed the home of Umm 'Omar Jabir in an attempt to detain her son. The sudden and aggressive incursion caused the woman to faint due to extreme fear and panic.

Emergency medics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society arrived at the scene and transferred her to the hospital for treatment.

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IOFs raid West Bank areas, amid kidnappings and attacks

Saturday 5-July-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) attacked Palestinian citizens and kidnapped a number of them during overnight raids in the West Bank, while illegal Israeli settlers carried out attacks in Nablus.

According to local sources on Saturday, violent clashes broke out in Jabel Qammas area near the towns of Baita and Osareen in southern Nablus after local youths fended off a settler attack.

The sources added that Israeli occupation forces, while providing protection for the illegal settlers, fired intensively live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the angry young men in the area, injuring a number of them.

Those settlers reportedly attacked a Red Crescent ambulance during its presence in Baita town during the events.

In western Jineen, the IOFs kidnapped two young men after raiding their homes in Rummanah town.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed different areas of the West Bank, including Tayaseer village in eastern Toubas, Bil’een village in western Ramallah, Al-Khaleel (Hebron) City, Halhul City, and 'Habla town in southern Qalqilya and Kafr Al-Labad in eastern Toulkarm. No kidnappings have been reported.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces stormed 'Anata town and spread in its streets, amid tight security measures.

The IOFs also carried out large-scale raids on homes in Nablus City, including in the neighborhoods of Al-Masakin Al-Shabiyah and Jabel 'Askar.

Two young men were reportedly taken prisoners following the raids in Nablus City.

In Salfeet, similar IOFs raids on homes took place in Qarawat Bani 'Hasan town.

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 The Israeli occupation army continues its aggression in Toulkarm, amid different violations

Saturday 5-July-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army’s violent and destructive operations in the northern West Bank entered day 160 in Toulkarm City and its refugee camp and day 147 in Nour Shams refugee camp on Saturday.

Since they started, these operations have been marked by almost daily arrests, assaults on local residents, raids on homes, destruction of public and private property, and forced displacement of citizens.

Almost on a daily basis, the Israeli army storms different areas of Toulkarm province, especially those near Toulkarm City and its refugee camps.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed on Saturday morning the towns of 'Anabta and Bal’a in eastern Toulkarm and patrolled its streets, which obstructed the movement of Palestinian citizens and vehicles.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Seida town in northern Tulkarem, where they raided homes and kidnaped Laith Al-Ashqar, an ex-detainee, from a commercial store.

IOFs raids also reported in other towns of Toulkarm province, including Illar, Attil, and Dair Al-Ghusoun.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces spread through different areas of Toulkarm City, including in Nablus street, the eastern neighborhood, and the suburbs of Shuwaika and Iktaba, and obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles.

The IOFs reportedly broke into some buildings in Tulkarem City and used them as military posts.

The IOFs also prevented displaced citizens from entering the besieged refugee camps of Toulkarm and Nour Shams to check on their homes and belongings.

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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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UNRWA warns of looming forced displacement in Masafir Yatta amid colonist violence

RAMALLAH, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has raised alarm over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Khirbet Umm al-Kheir and the broader Masafir Yatta area, south of Hebron, where escalating illegal settler violence and demolition orders threaten the imminent forced displacement of hundreds of Palestinian Bedouin families.

Roland Friedrich, UNRWA Director in the West Bank, said that for years, Palestinian refugees in Khirbet Umm Al-Khair—adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmei'el —have endured harassment, violence by colonists, home demolitions, and administrative measures that have undermined their way of life. UNRWA provides essential services to this vulnerable Bedouin community.

Friedrich warned that tensions have worsened in recent days, with armed colonists repeatedly entering the community by day and night, vandalizing property and attempting to expand the settlement’s fencing onto Umm Al-Khair’s lands.

"This comes at a time when Palestinian communities in Firing Zone 918, adjacent to Masafir Yatta, are at risk of displacement, affecting 200 families, comprising approximately 1,200 people, including 500 children. Under international law, these colonies are illegal."

 “These remote Bedouin and herding communities, such as Umm al-Kheir and the villages of Masafir Yatta, face a very real risk of forced transfer, part of a broader pattern of land appropriation in Area C, rising colonist violence, and widespread impunity,” Friedrich said.

He stressed that Israel, as the occupying power, bears full responsibility for protecting these Palestinian communities from colonist violence and holding perpetrators accountable.

Friedrich called for an immediate halt to property demolitions and forcible displacement, and for the protection of the basic human rights of Bedouin communities, who have lived on these lands for generations.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Groups of Israeli colonists carried out multiple assaults Saturday evening on Palestinian villages north and northeast of Ramallah, according to Palestinian security sources.

In the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah, a group of colonists attacked the outskirts of the community and attempted to set fire to a house belonging to a local resident. The arson attempt was thwarted before serious damage occurred.

In a separate incident, colonists attacked the al-Batin area south of the village of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah. Palestinian residents confronted them and forced them to withdraw. No injuries were reported.

Meanwhile, colonists from an outpost established on Palestinian-owned land east of the village of Al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, opened fire toward residents. While no injuries were reported, the gunfire caused panic in the area.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers attack residents in Kisan, three young men detained by Israeli forces

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), July 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents in the village of Kisan, east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), on Saturday evening before Israeli occupation forces raided the village and detained three young men.

According to Mousa 'Ibayat, head of the Kisan village council, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the village and assaulted residents while they were in their homes. The colonists smashed windows, damaged solar power units, and attempted to steal livestock.

Following the attack, Israeli occupation forces broke into the village and detained three local residents. No injuries were reported during the attack.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers establish new West Bank outpost on strategic hilltop in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Saturday 5-July-2025

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers have established a new outpost on Jabal Al-Jumjuma, in the town of 'Hal'houl, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, raising the Israeli flag over newly erected mobile structures.

Eyewitnesses reported that settlers, backed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), attacked Palestinian landowners in the area as part of ongoing efforts to seize control of the land. The move follows earlier settler activity that included the erection of 14 tents on the hilltop, the destruction of Palestinian crops, and the uprooting of trees.

Jabal Al-Jumjuma holds strategic importance due to its elevation—1,027 meters above sea level—and its view over the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur and key roads connecting the Gush Etzion bloc and Kiryat Arba, all built on occupied Palestinian land.

In a separate attack on Saturday, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers injured two Palestinians in Sinjil, north of Ramallah. According to witnesses, settlers stormed the town, torched agricultural land, and clashed with residents under IOF protection.

The occupied West Bank has seen a marked rise in settler violence and land seizures. Since the start of Benjamin Netanyahu’s current government, the number of illegal settler outposts has surged by nearly 40%. The number of Israeli-recognized settlements in the West Bank has increased from 128 to 178, amid a parallel escalation in home demolitions and annexation threats.

Last week, over 50 Palestinian Bedouin families were forced to flee the eastern West Bank due to repeated settler assaults and harassment.

These attacks come as part of a wider escalation of violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem that has accompanied the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Since October 2023, at least 989 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, over 7,000 injured, and more than 18,000 arrested.

Meanwhile, the genocidal war on Gaza, supported by the United States, has resulted in the killing or injury of approximately 193,000 Palestinians—most of them children and women. More than 11,000 remain missing, and hundreds of thousands are suffering from starvation and displacement.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Hundreds protest in Stockholm against Israeli genocide in Gaza

STOCKHOLM, July 5, 2025 (WAFA) —

Hundreds of people gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest against the ongoing genocide committed by the  Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The demonstration, held in Odenplan Square in the heart of the Swedish capital, was organized by a broad coalition of civil society organizations. Participants called for an immediate halt to the war crimes carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Protesters waved Palestinian flags and held up images of children killed during the ongoing war. Many carried signs with slogans such as “Stop the Genocide in Palestine” and “End Israeli War Crimes.”

Organizers and speakers at the rally condemned the international community's silence and urged urgent action to stop the violence and hold perpetrators accountable.

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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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