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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As the US Latest Proposal Does Not Guarantee Putting an End to Genocide,

97 Palestinians Killed and 440 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 54,607 and Injuries to 125,341

June 4, 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 June 4, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 68,042+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (54,607) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,435+). 

By June 4, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 125,341.

By June 4, 2025, according to news report, 975 Palestinians who were killed, 6,808 who were injured, and 12,219*, 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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Seven Palestinians, including three children, were killed and several others were injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes on Jabalya and Khan Younus, in the Gaza Strip, June 4, 2025.	97 Palestinians were killed, 440 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, which brought the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 54,607 and the injuries to 125,341, on June 3, 2025.
The International Alliance to Defend the Rights of the Palestinian People and Protect the Right of Return was announced today in the French capital, Paris, June 4, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces detonated drones over the roof of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the Gaza Strip, causing fear and panic among patients and medical staff, June 4, 2025.
A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Dair Dibwan town, east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured 10 Palestinians, according to local sources, June 4, 2025.	The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces stormed Al-Bustan Palestinian neighborhood in Silwan, closed its entrances, and demolished the house of Amani Oada, June 4, 2025.
Euro-Med said that the Israeli occupation army killed and injured over 600 Palestinians near three aid distribution centers it had established in the Gaza Strip, all within one week, June 4, 2025.	Operating rooms, intensive care units, and emergency departments at the few operating hospitals in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions amid a sharp surge in the number of critical injuries, June 4, 2025.
Due to the tight Israeli blockade and the token Israeli food distribution, starvation has intensified in the Gaza Strip, among the vast majority of the Palestinian people, who desperately try to find any food meals with local charities, June 5, 2025.	Palestinians grieving, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the death of family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on northern Gaza Strip, on June 5, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gaza death toll climbs to over 54,600 amid relentless Israeli strikes

GAZA, June 4, 2025 (Wafa, Anadolu) – 

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported, on Wednesday, that the death toll, from the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, has reached 54,607, the vast majority of whom are women and children, since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.

The number of wounded has also soared to 125,341, with thousands still trapped beneath the rubble in areas rescue teams are unable to reach due to continued airstrikes and ground operations.

Over the last 24 hours alone, 97 bodies, including two recently recovered, were brought to hospitals, alongside 440 wounded individuals.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

The Israeli occupation army resumed its assaults on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed 4,335 people and injured nearly 13,341 others, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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 Israeli genocidal air strikes continue to claim lives of many civilians in Gaza

Wednesday 4-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, Israeli occupation forces also continued today to detonate 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 37 Palestinians have been reportedly martyred in Israeli attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporters in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli drone strike that killed a child and injured other civilians in Al-Yabani neighborhood in the west of Khan Younus.

An Israeli warplane also targeted a group of citizens near Shuhada Al-Shati School, which is used as a shelter center by displaced families, and killed and injured a number of them.

Another Israeli strike claimed the lives of three civilians and injured others near al-Quds University in Gaza City’s an-Nasr neighborhood.

14 civilians, including children and women, were also martyred when an Israeli drone bombed a tent sheltering the family of Abu Hadayid inside Al-Hinnawi School in the west of Khan Younus.

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

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

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Gaza: Hospitals’ life-saving departments facing catastrophic conditions

Wednesday 4-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned that operating rooms, intensive care units and emergency departments at the few hospitals still providing services in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions amid a sharp surge in the number of civilians suffering from critical injuries.

“The entire healthcare system is teetering on the brink of total collapse,” the health ministry added in a statement on Tuesday.

“The severe shortage of life-saving medicines and medical supplies, coupled with the malfunction of diagnostic imaging equipment, has crippled hospitals’ ability to perform urgent surgical procedures to save the lives of the wounded,” the health ministry said.

“Medical teams are working under extremely challenging conditions and for extended hours, relentlessly striving to treat the wounded and save lives amid mounting pressure on emergency and intensive care units,” the ministry added.

“Blood donation efforts are also no longer sufficient, as widespread malnutrition has weakened the ability of many to contribute,” the ministry said.

“Furthermore, the ministry warned that the hospital generators, which provide life-saving departments with powers, are running on dangerously low fuel reserves — placing the entire healthcare system at imminent risk of blackout and threatening to halt critical medical services at any moment,” the ministry warned.

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 Israeli occupation army attacks tent, massacres displaced family in Gaza

Wednesday 4-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army bombed on Tuesday night a tent sheltering a displaced Palestinian family in the west of Gaza City, killing and injuring several civilians.

According to local sources, seven people were martyred and others were injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a displaced family inside their tent at the fishermen’s port in the west of Gaza City.

Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday afternoon that at least 71 civilians had been martyred in Israeli attacks on different areas since dawn.

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4 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone attack on displacement tent in Khan Yunis

Wednesday 4-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

At least four Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Wednesday evening by an Israeli genocidal air strike, which hit a tent sheltering displaced civilians in the Al-Mawasi area of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Local sources confirmed that the Israeli airstrike directly targeted a tent where families had sought refuge, resulting in several fatalities and injuries.

The Israeli military continues its deliberate policy of targeting inhabited homes and makeshift shelters across Gaza, part of a wider military strategy aimed at inflicting maximum harm on the civilian population.

This deadly attack comes amid the ongoing, brutal Israeli assault on Gaza, which was reignited on March 18 following the collapse of a fragile truce. Since then, the Israeli government has resumed its campaign of genocide, forced displacement, blockade of humanitarian aid, and closure of border crossings—continuing a war that began nearly 17 months ago.

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Seven civilians killed, others injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes targeting areas in northern and southern Gaza

GAZA, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven civilians, including three children, were killed and several others were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, which targeted civilians in Jabalya refugee camp and the city of Khan Younus, in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, respectively.

According to WAFA correspondent, two civilians were killed and several others were wounded after Israeli drones targeted a group of civilians in Jabalya refugee camp.

Two others, including a 12-year-old child, were killed, and others were injured in similar drone attacks targeting a group of civilians in the Japanese neighborhood west of Khan Younus.

Three more civilians, including two children, were killed after Israeli strikes targeted a tent of displaced persons in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus.

WAFA correspondent, citing medical sources, reported that 41 civilians have been killed in various Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

The sources added that laboratories and blood banks in the remaining hospitals are operating at just 40% capacity due to damaged equipment and overwhelming demand for medical tests. These facilities also face a shortage of regular maintenance and spare parts.

According to the sources, 60% of the medical devices have been destroyed, with deliberate sabotage by the Israeli occupation causing many malfunctions. The laboratories urgently require additional medical equipment to meet the high demand for diagnostic tests for patients and the injured.

T.R.

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Euro-Med: Over 600 Gazans killed and injured at aid distribution points in one week

Wednesday 4-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that the Israeli army killed and injured over 600 Palestinians near three aid distribution centers it had established in areas under its control in the Gaza Strip, all within one week.

“This incident provides stark evidence that these sites function as killing zones, used to deliberately target and execute civilians in the field,” Euro-Med said in a report on Tuesday.

“The global silence in the face of Israel’s escalating genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, now nearing its 20th month, is both shameful and deeply alarming. In recent months, Israel has not only subjected civilians to starvation but has also established so-called humanitarian centers, near which it has killed civilians as they desperately attempt to access meager rations under degrading conditions. To date, there has been neither accountability nor any credible, independent investigation into these grave violations,” Euro-Med underlined.

Euro-Med explained that its field team “documented Israeli forces opening fire on thousands of civilians gathered at dawn on Tuesday, June 3, near an aid distribution center in Tel al-Sultan, Rafa'h, in southern Gaza. At least 27 civilians were killed and 90 injured. The death toll is expected to rise due to the high number of critical injuries and the collapse of healthcare services caused by the blockade and repeated Israeli attacks on medical facilities.”

According to testimonies and information collected by Euro-Med’s field researchers, “Israeli army snipers deliberately targeted starving civilians with direct gunfire, mostly to the head, despite no apparent threat to Israeli forces.”

“The Israeli army, along with the US-backed organization managing the aid distribution centers, directs Palestinians to collect aid at designated sites, instructing them to wait through inspection and humiliation gates. Once there, they are subjected to direct fire from snipers, quadcopter drones, helicopters, and at times tank shells, under the pretext that Israeli forces stationed hundreds of meters away are under threat,” Euro-Med said.

“Incidents on the ground demonstrate that Israeli forces have deliberately positioned aid distribution centers in dangerous, militarized areas under their control, without providing safe corridors. This has created a deadly trap for thousands of starving civilians who, after more than three months of border closures, are risking their lives for a small amount of food. Many return wounded — if they return at all,” Euro-Med added.

“The Israeli army typically denies responsibility for these serious crimes or attempts to justify its use of live fire by claiming that “suspects” approached areas where its forces are deployed. These claims are made without presenting evidence and often contradict earlier accounts, reflecting a disregard for the lives of starving civilians. This pattern is a direct consequence of the impunity Israel has long enjoyed,” Euro-Med said.

Euro-Med stressed the need for the international community to take immediate and decisive action to compel Israel to end its inhumane aid distribution mechanism in the Gaza Strip.

“Over just eight days, this system has contributed to daily massacres that have killed 102 Palestinians and injured nearly 500 others, including many in critical condition,” Euro-Med highlighted.

“An immediate end to the Israeli aid distribution mechanism in the Gaza Strip is essential, as it has become a site of field executions and fails to meet even the most basic humanitarian standards,” Euro-Med said.

Euro-Med called for necessarily reinstating the previous UN-led mechanism to ensure the safe and effective delivery of aid to Gaza’s population.

Euro-Med also called on all countries and relevant actors to “exert maximum pressure on Israel to prevent it from bypassing or undermining the work of experienced UN agencies in the Gaza Strip.”

Euro-Med said it “underscores the critical and impartial role these agencies play in delivering humanitarian aid and coordinating the response for over 2.2 million Palestinians facing death and starvation.”

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Elderly Palestinian detainee, kidnapped from Gaza, dies in Israeli custody

RAMALLAH, April 20, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) announced that an elderly Palestinian detainee, who was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza, has died while in Israeli custody.

They reported that the death of 70-year-old detainee Mu'hammed Ibraheem 'Husain Abu 'Habl, from Gaza, adds to the growing number of Palestinians who have died as a result of the intensified and systematic abuses perpetrated by the Israeli prison system since the onset of the ongoing genocide.

Abu 'Habl, a married father of 11, was detained on November 12, 2024, at the so-called 'Civil Administration' checkpoint.

With Abu 'Habl’s death, the number of identified Palestinian prisoners and detainees who have died since the beginning of the genocide has reached 71, including at least 45 from Gaza.

This period has been the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement since 1967. As a result, the total number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since 1967 has risen to 308.

It is important to note that many detainees from Gaza remain subject to the crime of enforced disappearance.

They emphasized that the situation of Gaza detainees remains among the most alarming, exposing an unprecedented scale of abuses, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, and sexual violence. In recent months, testimonies from Gaza detainees have been among the most harrowing, detailing a pattern of severe and continuous violations endured on a near-daily basis.

The two organizations held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the death of Abu 'Habl and renewed their call on the international human rights community to take decisive action to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing war crimes being committed against the Palestinian people.

In a joint statement, they urged the imposition of sanctions to isolate Israel internationally and to restore the credibility of the international human rights system, which they stressed has been severely undermined during the genocide.

They also called for an end to the exceptional immunity granted to Israel by colonial powers, which has enabled it to evade accountability and punishment.

As of early June 2025, the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons has surpassed 10,400—a figure that includes only those incarcerated in facilities operated by the Israeli Prison Service, and excludes those held in military camps run by the Israeli army. Among them are 49 women, over 440 children, and 3,562 administrative detainees. Notably, 2,214 detainees from Gaza are classified by the Israeli Prison Service as "unlawful combatants.”

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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 IOFs raid homes in different West Bank areas, kidnap citizens in southern Toubas

Wednesday 4-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed last night and on Wednesday morning different areas of the West Bank, raided homes and kidnapped a number of Palestinian citizens.

Shortly after midnight, a large number of the Israeli occupation soldiers stormed Al-Fari’a refugee camp and Tammoun town in southern Toubas.

Local sources said that the IOFs raided several homes and destroyed roads and infrastructure during its campaign in Al-Fari’a refugee camp.

The IOFs also bulldozed parts of the main road connecting the refugee camp with Toubas City and blocked it.

Two citizens were reportedly kidnapped by the IOF from their homes in Fari’ah refugee camp.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed Tammoun town and forced some local residents to leave their homes and interrogated them. Ten citizens, including a woman, were taken prisoners during the IOFs campaign in the town.

In Jineen, IOFs vehicles encircled a house in Qabatya town before the soldiers broke into it and kidnapped a young man.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), the IOFs opened fire at a child, injuring him in his leg in Al-'Arroub neighborhood of the city.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the towns of 'Abwein and Silwad in Ramallah province and ransacked several homes, with no reported kidnappings.

In a separate incident, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers blocked the main road leading to Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiyya village in southern Nablus early this morning, and embarked on performing hysterical dances and obstructing the movement of local resident and their vehicles. 

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IOAR razes two Palestinian Jerusalemite homes, displaces families in Silwan

Wednesday 4-June-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) demolished on Wednesday two Palestinian homes in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) district of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

According to local sources, Israeli police forces stormed Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan and closed its entrances and demolished the house of Amani Oada.

The sources said that police officers assaulted 'Oada and her family and violently removed them from the house before bulldozers demolished it.

A family of five was also rendered homeless after the IOAR demolished another house belonging to Rasheed Al-Qaimari in the same neighborhood.

The rate at which Palestinian homes and structures are demolished in east Jerusalem has almost doubled since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, human rights groups and monitoring organizations say.

The demolitions are ordered by the Israeli municipal authority which claims that many Palestinian homes and structures are illegally built without permission.

Almost all attempts by Palestinian families in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) to apply for planning permission are rejected by the IOAR. That means growing families say they have no choice but to build without permits and face the consequences – huge fines and demolition orders.

In another incident, Israeli bulldozers demolished 15 homes in the Bedouin village of Arab al-Mask in southern Israel (1948 occupied Palestine) on Wednesday, displacing an entire community of some 100 residents.

The village is one of the Arab Bedouin communities unrecognized by Israel in the Negev region.

According to WAFA news agency, the demolition followed a decision by the Beer Al-Saba' (Be-er Sheva) district court ordering the evacuation and destruction of all structures in the village.

Local sources reported that the Israeli authorities also destroyed tents and livestock shelters belonging to the family of Abu al-Mask in the Wadi Fa’i area in the southern Negev area.

In the Negev area, there are 35 Palestinian Bedouin communities that are unrecognized by the Israeli authorities, whose residents were expelled from their native areas in 1948. These communities are often denied vital services, including water, electricity and educational facilities.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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Note: Despite the Trump administration support for the Israeli occupation apartheid regime, the U.S. official policy is still considering the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories as illegal.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Armenian Monastery in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked the Armenian Monastery and Christian holy sites during their raid on the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

A video clip published on Wednesday showed the settlers attacking the Armenian Quarter yesterday, spitting on the monastery, crosses, and holy symbols.

This is a new attack that reflects the escalating violations against Christian and Islamic holy sites in the city.

Occupied Jerusalem is witnessing a dangerous escalation in the frequency of attacks carried out by colonizers against Christian holy sites and property, amid clear complicity from the occupation authorities.

In this context, journalist Kegham Balian from the Armenian Quarter stated that the occupation police station is only a minute away from the Armenian Monastery, but its officers arrived 25 minutes after the attack, after the attackers had left.

The journalist attached a photo documenting the incident to his post on the "X" platform, amid growing calls for urgent international action to protect the Christian presence in occupied Jerusalem and to halt the violations of the occupation and its settlers against holy sites.

A.D./ K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers establish new colonial outpost east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) established a new illegal settlement outpost today on Palestinian residents’ land in the village of al-Tayyba east of Ramallah city, according to local sources.

Sources reported that the colonists set up the outpost on the ruins of homes belonging to a Palestinian family that was forcibly displaced about a year ago following a series of violent attacks.

During May, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission recorded attempts by colonists to establish 15 new illegal outposts, primarily on agricultural and pastoral lands.

These outposts were distributed across several governorates: six in Ramallah and Al-Beereh, two each in Salfeet, Tubas, and Bethlehem, and one each in Aree'ha (Jericho) and Nablus.

T.R.

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 Israeli colonists attack town near Ramallah, injure 10 Palestinians

RAMALLAH, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Wednesday evening attacked the Dair Dibwan town, east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and injured 10 Palestinians, according to local sources.

They said dozens of colonists attacked the houses of some of the town residents, and set fire to a local farm in addition to several vehicles and livestock, and horse barns at the western entrance.

They added that the assailants encroached upon houses, besieged some families inside, and prevented not only youths, but also ambulances and firefighters from accessing the area to provide first aid treatment to casualties and put out the fires.

The assailants, who came from a colonial outpost established on the lands of Deir Dibwan and the nearby village of Burqa, also hurled stones at passersby on the main street adjacent to the town.

The sources confirmed that 10 Palestinians sustained injuries as a result, two of whom were rushed to a hospital while the eight others received treatment at a local medical center.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews provided first aid treatment to two Palestinians who sustained injuries due to being beaten by the settlers, before being subsequently hospitalized.

It added that PRCS crews also treated five others who were injured due to being physically assaulted by the settlers at the local medical center.

The assailants also attacked Palestinians’ houses and properties in the nearby town of Beitin, and attempted to set fire to several houses.

The sources added that the occupation forces protected the assailants and sealed off the town entrance, preventing residents from entering or exiting it.

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

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

Approximately one million illegal Israeli settlers are living in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in violation of international law.

K.F.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Leading German figures demand halt to arms supplies to Israel amid Gaza crisis

BERLIN, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Prominent scientists, cultural figures, and civil society leaders in Germany have called on the government to stop sending weapons to Israel, amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

In an open letter published Wednesday and reported by Der Spiegel, around 50 notable personalities—including climate activist Luisa Neubauer, sociologist Harald Welzer, and musician Daniel Barenboim—urged Berlin to push for an immediate ceasefire and comprehensive humanitarian aid for Palestinians.

The letter criticized the German government for failing to uphold its international legal obligations to prevent war crimes and condemned the disproportionate military tactics used by Israel.

Signatories also called for empowering independent international bodies, such as the UN, to deliver aid freely to Gaza’s population.

The move signals growing public pressure on Germany to reconsider its arms exports to Israel amid ongoing violence.

Y.S.

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UNICEF: Collapse of healthcare system severely threatens children’s lives in Gaza

RAMALLAH, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

The collapse of the healthcare system poses a grave threat to the lives of children in the Gaza Strip, said Kadthim Abu Khalaf, the spokesperson for UNICEF in Palestine.

According to the organization’s official website, Abu Khalaf stated in a press briefing today that children are facing immense challenges due to the ongoing war, emphasizing that no other place in the world records such a high number of child casualties on a daily basis.

He noted that since October 7, 2023, an average of 27 children have been killed each day. When injuries are included, the daily toll rises to 83 child casualties over the span of 20 months.

Abu Khalaf explained that children are among the most affected by the famine gripping the Gaza Strip, with tens of thousands of children registered as in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

Preliminary statistics, he added, indicate that over 40,000 children have become orphans, with the number expected to increase.

He stressed that children in Gaza will require many years to recover, not only from physical injuries but also from the profound psychological and emotional trauma they have suffered.

T.R.

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 The Israeli occupation army promotes officer who ordered shooting of Gaza civilians waving white flags - Haaretz

TEL AVIV, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) —

The Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz reported today that the Israeli occupation army promoted an officer who had ordered his soldiers to open fire on civilians from the Gaza Strip, who were waving white flags while passing along the Netzarim Corridor late last year.

The newspaper stated that the officer, who was seen by soldiers ordering the shooting of a Gaza resident waving a white flag, was promoted to the position of battalion commander, while the army has yet to decide whether to open an investigation.

The case was initially exposed in December 2024 through an opinion column in Haaretz, written by a soldier who witnessed the incident. The report was also part of a broader investigative piece by Haaretz on events that occurred at the Netzarim junction during that period.

According to testimonies cited by Haaretz, in an incident near the Netzarim Corridor last year, the officer insisted on firing at two Palestinians attempting to cross the road. However, another officer intervened and refused to carry out the order.

Following the publication of the column, the military police contacted the author, Haim Har-Zahav, and summoned him for testimony. Despite several months passing since his testimony, no decision has yet been made about launching an investigation, and the officer—who is a reservist holding the rank of major—has not been summoned for questioning.

Haaretz also noted that the officer was promoted to battalion commander, though his name was not disclosed. The battalion he is set to lead is an infantry unit responsible for ground operations during the war in the Gaza Strip.

T.R.

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British Consul General highlights growing momentum in UK to recognize State of Palestine

RAMALLAH, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) -

British Consul General, Helen Winterton, affirmed that the United Kingdom is closely monitoring developments in the Palestinian Territory and continues to work with international partners to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and ensure the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.

She reiterated Britain’s firm support for the Palestinian right to establish an independent state in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, noting that there is growing momentum within the UK—across the government, parliament, and political parties—toward taking concrete steps to recognize the State of Palestine as part of a two-state solution that ensures a just and lasting peace in the region.

This statement came during a meeting today in Ramallah with Ma'hmoud Al-'Aloul, Deputy Head of the Fat'h Movement, held at his office in the city.

During the meeting, they discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), ways to end the Israeli aggression and efforts to bolster international recognition of the State of Palestine.

Al-'Aloul called on Britain to intensify its efforts in international forums, work more effectively to halt the aggression, address ongoing violations, and establish a binding political framework for the reconstruction of Gaza that ensures such aggression is not repeated.

T.R.

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The International Coalition to Defend the Rights of Palestinian People and Protect Right of Return launched in Paris

PARIS, June 4, 2025 (WAFA) –

The International Alliance to Defend the Rights of the Palestinian People and Protect the Right of Return was announced today in the French capital Paris.

The alliance was organized by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), in cooperation with the French Communist Party and the Palestine Forum Foundation.

The coalition launch was attended by members of the organization's Executive Committee A'hmed Al-Tamimi, Faisal Al-'Aranki, and Bassam Al-Salhi; President of the Palestine Forum, Muneeb Al-Masri; Governor of Aree'ha (Jericho) and the Jordan Valley, 'Husain 'Hamayil; Advisor to the Governor of Jerusalem, Ma'rouf Al-Rifa'i; Palestinian, Arab, and international institutions and figures; Deputy Palestinian Ambassador to France, Nadine Abul-Haija; and embassy staff.

Qasim 'Awadh, Deputy Director of the Human Rights and Civil Society Department and General Coordinator of the Conference, said that this event was the result of efforts made over the past year at the national, Arab and international levels, at a crucial moment in the history of the Palestinian people's struggle for self-determination.

He the conference was held in Paris under the auspices of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and the French Communist Party, with the active participation of the French left, international progressive forces, global civil societies, labor unions, academics, legal and parliamentary experts, and political parties from Europe, the Arab world and internationally.

The founding statement stated this conference convened with the objective of establishing an "International Coalition for the Defense of Palestinian Rights and the Protection of the Right of Return"—a Palestinian, Arab, and international alliance rooted in the historic struggle of peoples for progress.

“Our demand is the enforcement of international law, the right of peoples to self-determination, a just and lasting peace for all nations, and the application of the principles of the United Nations Charter. We condemn all forms of colonization and the subjugation of peoples,” the statement read.

It added that the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, its supremacist policies, the war crimes and crimes against humanity it commits, and the international support it enjoys pose an existential threat to the Palestinian people and regional peace. Its criminal and racist agenda must be immediately halted through effective pressure and sanctions from the international community, the European Union, and national governments.

The statement called on all people of conscience to rise and end the genocidal campaign waged by the Israeli government in Gaza, urging for an immediate and permanent ceasefire must be implemented, the deadly blockade must be lifted to facilitate humanitarian and medical aid, and war crimes and crimes against humanity must cease without delay. Stressing that perpetrators must be held accountable before international justice.

It affirmed that the Palestinian cause is a matter of national liberation and human emancipation that can only be resolved through justice and law—by ending colonization, occupation, and apartheid in the occupied territories, and halting the systematic discrimination suffered by the Palestinian people.

The statement stressed that only a political solution grounded in international law can realize the Palestinian people’s national rights, noting that their liberation is part of the long struggle of Arab and global peoples for independence against colonialism, racism, and anti-Semitism, demanding that France and the European Union immediately recognize the State of Palestine to finally materialize the two-state solution.

“We commit to ensuring international law is upheld. We reaffirm the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, foremost their right to self-determination, the return of refugees under UN Resolution 194, an end to occupation and colonization, and the establishment of an independent, democratic, and secular state with Jerusalem as its capital—in accordance with international law, including UN Resolutions 181 (Partition), 242, 338, 1397, 2334, and others,” according to the statement.

The statement demanded respect and implementation of the Right of Return—an individual and collective, inalienable right—to redress decades of injustice and dispossession endured by the Palestinian people, calling for sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law. This includes suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement and enforcing rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC).

It also called for an international alliance to demand recognition of Palestinian national rights, enforcement of international law, recognition of Palestine, and a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

“By expanding the coalition to trade unions, civil society, academic, legal, and media institutions, and elected officials worldwide, we aim to build an effective tool for political influence,” it affirmed.

The statement commended the leadership of Saudi Arabia and France in convening the June 19 UN-backed international conference in New York to protect the two-state solution, firmly supporting this initiative, which could pave the way for justice and peace by reaffirming international law and Palestinian rights.

“We also salute the courageous stance of Egypt and Jordan in rejecting the Trump administration’s unilateral "peace plan"—a maneuver to bury Palestinian rights and legitimize annexation,” according to the statement.

The statement stressed that the convergence of the "Freedom for Palestine" and "Protection of the Two-State Solution" conferences marks a historic opportunity to rebalance international relations, end occupation and blockade, restore justice, and secure collective security and shared progress for Palestinians and all peoples of the Middle East.

“We pay tribute to the Palestinian people for their courage and dignity in Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank, the 1948 territories, the diaspora, and refugee camps,” the statement read.

It saluted all those—including in Israel—who tirelessly advocate for freedom, democracy, and justice worldwide.

“We honor the humanitarian workers, UN personnel, and journalists killed by deliberate Israeli actions. We urge mass mobilization for a just peace and affirm that Palestinian unity and global solidarity are the keys to liberation,” the statement concluded.

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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