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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Israeli Killing Machine by Fire and Starvation Continues Genocide, 61 Palestinians Killed, 138 Injured by the Air Strikes, Bringing the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,082 and the Injuries to 113,408 

March 24, 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 March 24, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 63,620+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,082), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,538+). 

By March 24, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 113,408.

By March 24, 2025, 936 Palestinians who were killed, 6,917 who were injured, and 11,646*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children.  

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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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A wounded 'Hamas political leader, Isma'eel Barhoum, was killed while receiving treatment, together with another wounded child, by an Israeli genocidal air strike on the Nasir Hospital, in Khan Younus, on March 23, 2025.	Palestinian journalist, 'Husam Shabat, of Al-Jazeera TV, was killed in northern Gaza Strip, and journalist Mu'hammed Mansoor, of Palestine TV was killed in Khan Younus, by two Israeli genocidal air strikes, on March 24, 2025.
A Yemeni man and children stand amidst the rubble of a collapsed building at the site of a reported US airstrike on the Yemeni capital, San'a, on March 24, 2025, afp almayadeen	Palestinian teenager Waleed Khalid 'Abdullah A'hmed was kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces from Silwad, on September 30, 2024, without charges or trial, died in the Prison, on March 24, 2025.
61 Palestinians were martyred and 134 were wounded by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip, to 50,082 martyrs and injuries to 113,408, by March 24, 2025.	Four Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured in renewed Israeli genocidal airstrikes on the city of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 24, 2025.

An Israeli air strike targeted the surgery department at the Nasir Medical Complex, killing two injured individuals and a massive fire, and extensive destruction of medical equipment, March 24, 2025.	A US air strike targeted the Yemeni capital, San’a, killing four and injuring two Yemeni citizens, in an initial toll of the attack on a residential building in the Ma'een district, on March 23, 2025.
Palestinian filmmaker 'Hamdan Ballal, middle back, was lynched yesterday by Israeli settlers, seen above accepting the Oscar, together his Israeli co-director Yuval Abraham, for their film, 'No Other Land', earlier, March 24, 2025.	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on several houses in Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, on March 24, 2025.
More Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, arriving at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, on March 24, 2025.	More Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, arriving at Al-Ahli hospital, on March 24, 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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Palestinian Ministry of Health: 61 martyrs, 134 wounded in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced in a statement on Monday that 61 Palestinians were martyred and 134 others wounded in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

It noted that the casualties of the Israeli renewed genocidal war since March 18 had thus reached 730 martyrs and 1,367 injured.

The overall number of casualties since Israel launched its war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, on October 7, 2023, had thus reached 50,082 martyrs and 113,408 wounded, the statement added.

The Ministry pointed out that an unspecified number of victims are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings or lying on roads and rescue teams cannot reach them.

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'Hamas mourns senior official killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a hospital

Sunday 23-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, mourned in a statement issued on Sunday evening the member of its political bureau, Isma'eel Barhoum, who had been killed in an Israeli attack on the Nasir Hospital, while receiving treatment.

“We condemn this latest crime, which adds to the occupation’s long record of terrorism, violating sanctities, lives, and medical facilities. It reaffirms its disregard for all international laws and conventions and its continued policy of systematic killing against our people and leadership,” the statement reads.

An Israeli genocidal airstrike at the Nasir Hospital in Khan Younus on Sunday killed two people, including Hamas political leader, Isma'eel Barhoum and a child.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the strike hit the surgery department at the Nasir Hospital in Khan Younus.

Barhoum was being treated at the hospital for wounds sustained in a previous attack.

Video footage on social media showed a fire blazing on the third story of the hospital.

After two months of relative calm in the war, Gazans have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday against the Gaza Strip.

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Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in renewed Israeli massacres in Gaza

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces continued their renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip for the seventh consecutive day, launching dozens of airstrikes in a brutal escalation of genocide.

Khan Yunis spent a night of terror following bloody Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli attacks were also renewed this morning in Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes targeted a vehicle near Mousa Bin Nusair School in Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

Israeli helicopters also launched another attack on Khan Younus, southern Gaza Strip, while a civilian vehicle was targeted southwest of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Four other people were killed, and several others were injured in Israeli shelling on two homes belonging to Al-Saifi and Abu 'Akar families in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on Al-Zawayida town in the central Gaza Strip.

Several civilians were injured in an Israeli attack on Al-Mansoura Street in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Citizens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent housing displaced persons west of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli artillery also shelled the vicinity of the Ministry of Social Development’s headquarters in Bait Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Four people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli genocidal airstrike targeting the Abu Khatir family home in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Younus. The bombing targeted Manar Abu Khater, director of the Education Directorate east of Khan Yunis, killing him and three members of his family.

Six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent housing displaced persons in the Qizan Rashwan area, south of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Shaikh Jamal Abu Samra, his wife, and several members of his family were killed during the attack.

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues, with at least 16 Palestinians killed in attacks across the Strip since the early hours of the morning.

The renewed assault comes hours after Israeli forces bombed the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, killing at least two people, including 'Hamas leader Isma'eel Barhoum.

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Eight Palestinians killed, including a journalist, in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least eight Palestinians were killed, including a journalist and two women, and several others were injured this evening due to airstrikes and artillery shelling by Israeli occupation forces targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.

According to our reporters, citing medical sources from Al-'Awda Hospital in Al-Nusayrat, four people were killed, and six others were wounded in an Israeli attack that struck a group of civilians north of the New Camp area in Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, central Gaza.

Health sources also confirmed the killing of Mohammad Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Al-Batin Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younus. Two women were also killed, and others were injured in a similar attack that targeted a house south of the city.

Additionally, a civilian was killed, and others were injured when Israeli forces shelled a civilian vehicle in the Al-Jurn neighborhood of Jabalya, located in the northern Gaza Strip. Several other civilians were wounded in an Israeli strike on the Beer Al-Na'aja area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli drone also targeted a gas-filling vehicle near the Al-Muqousi Towers in the northwest of Gaza City, although no injuries were reported. Another airstrike hit a parked civilian vehicle in an agricultural area in the Jorat Al-Lout area, south of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip.

As of now, 16 members of the Civil Defense and Red Crescent remain missing after being trapped yesterday in Rafa'h amid a wide-scale Israeli invasion of the area.

Earlier today, five more Palestinians were killed and 13 others were injured when Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced persons in central Gaza.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,082 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 113,408 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.

M.N

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Israeli bombardment kills Al-Jazeera journalist in Gaza

GAZA, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli genocidal bombardment killed Al-Jazeera Mubashir TV channel correspondent 'Husam Shabat in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday (March 24, 2025), according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Al Jazeera Mubashir journalist and contributor, Shabat, was killed in an Israeli genocidal airstrike on his car, in Sala'huddeen Street, in the northern Strip while he was covering events.

He added that the same genocidal airstrike also resulted in the killing of four civilians and injuring others.

This follows the killing of Mohammad Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Al-Batn Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younus earlier on Monday.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation forces continued a wave of deadly airstrikes in all parts of the Strip, resulting in a number of fatalities, including Shabat, and casualties.

Since its onset in October 2023, the Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza killed over 206 journalists and media personnel across the Strip.

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, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached 506 with 909 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,082 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 113,408 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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Number of martyred journalists in Gaza rises to 208

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza announced that the number of martyred journalists has risen to 208 since the start of the genocidal war on the Strip, following the announcement of the martyrdom of journalist Mohammed Mansour, correspondent of Palestine Today satellite channel, and Al Jazeera Mubashir reporter Hussam Shabat.

In a statement on Monday, the PGMO condemned in the strongest terms the targeting, killing and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation forces, and called on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press bodies in all countries of the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip.

It held Israel, the US administration, and the countries participating in the crime of genocide such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, fully responsible for committing this brutal crime.

The PGMO called on the international community, international organizations, and journalism and media affiliated organizations worldwide to condemn the Israeli crimes and prosecute Israel in international courts for its brutal crimes and to exert serious and effective pressure to stop the crime of genocide and to protect journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip.

For its part, the Media Forum mourned the martyr journalist Mansour, noting that he and his wife died on the path of freedom paved with blood and sacrifices, and for the sake of supporting the oppressed Palestinian people and conveying their suffering to the whole world, as a result of a treacherous Israeli shelling of a house in the Al-Batn Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younus.

The Palestinian Media Forum denounced the international silence and inability to protect Palestinian journalists and enable them to fulfill their professional duty in accordance with international laws and humanitarian covenants.

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Four killed, others injured in renewed Israeli genocidal airstrikes on southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured Monday evening in renewed Israeli airstrikes on the city of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to the al-Najjar family in the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of the city, killing four civilians and wounding others, including children.

The casualties were transferred to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike targeting a house in the downtown part of Khan Younus, claiming the life of a civilian, at a time when another airstrike targeted tents sheltering displaced persons in Al-Batn Al--Sameen area, west of the city, resulting in several casualties.

Medical sources announced that the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have resulted in the killing of over 50 civilians since the dawn hours of Monday.

Earlier this evening, Israeli bombardment killed separately Al Jazeera Mubashir correspondent 'Husam Shabat in the northern Gaza Strip as well as Mu'hammed Mansoor, a reporter for Palestine Today TV, in the Al-Batin Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younus.

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, including over 100 children.

The death toll reached 506 with 909 others wounded, according to medical sources. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 50,082 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 113,408 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.

A.D./ K.F.

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Five Palestinians killed in Khan Younus house attack

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Several Palestinians were killed and wounded when an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential house in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday evening.

Local media sources affirmed that Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the Qizan Al-Najjar area, killing five civilians and wounding ten others.

Four of the victims were identified as En'am 'Abdullah Mu'hammed al-Najjar, Hiba 'Husam Al-Jazzar, Sa'eed 'Eid 'Abdeen, and 'Omar 'Hamid Al-Najjar.

The Israeli occupation deliberately targets civilian homes just before the Iftar meal (the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan), exploiting the family gathering time.

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues, with at least 65 Palestinians killed in attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past 24-hour reporting period.

After two months of relative calm in the war, Gazans have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign on Tuesday against the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian Ministry of Health: Repeated Israeli targeting of hospitals serious threat to Gaza’s healthcare

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned that the repeated targeting of hospitals by the Israeli occupation army poses a serious threat to healthcare as the entry of medical supplies and field hospitals continues to be blocked, and the number of injured increases due to ongoing aggression.

In a statement on Monday, the ministry said that Israel continued its targeting of the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip, having attacked the surgery department at the Nasir Medical Complex yesterday evening, resulting in the martyrdom of two injured individuals receiving treatment, as well as a massive fire breaking out on the second floor housing the department, and extensive destruction of medical equipment.

The Ministry of Health reported that this attack caused panic and confusion among the injured, patients, and medical staff within the complex, affirming that this assault is part of a series of crimes committed by the occupation army against the healthcare sector, which includes targeting medical teams, withholding medications and supplies, and destroying hospitals and care centers, in addition to damaging medical equipment and ambulances.

The ministry emphasized that health institutions are protected under international laws and conventions, calling on human rights and humanitarian organizations to take urgent action to stop the Israeli violations against the healthcare sector.

It is noteworthy that this targeting comes just days after the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, and before it the Shifa Medical Complex, the Rantisi, Al-Nasr, Kamal 'Udwan, and Indonesian hospitals, confirming Israel’s ongoing targeting of the healthcare system as part of the genocide it is waging against the Gaza Strip.

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Rafa'h Municipality: Thousands of families trapped under bombardment in Tel Al-Sultan

Monday 24-March-2025

RAFAH, (PIC)

The Rafa'h Municipality has warned that the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in the governorate is experiencing a massacre, stating that thousands of civilians, including children, women, and the elderly, are trapped under the fire of intense Israeli bombardment, with no means of escape or ability to communicate their pleas for help to the world.

In a statement on Monday, the municipality noted that communications have completely cut off from the neighborhood, and families remain trapped among the rubble, without water, food, or medicine, amid a total collapse of health services.

It confirmed that the injured are left to bleed to death, and children are dying of hunger and thirst under the ongoing siege and bombardment.

The municipality pointed out that the fate of ambulance and civil defense crews remains unknown for more than 36 hours after losing contact with them while they were heading to Tel al-Sultan to rescue the injured.

It reminded that targeting rescuers and obstructing their work constitutes a heinous war crime and a blatant violation of all international and humanitarian laws, stressing that what is happening in Tel al-Sultan is an act of genocide being committed before the eyes of the world, amid a shameful silence and unjustified international inaction.

The municipality held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for this crime, as well as the international community and active parties for their silence and inaction in the face of these massacres.

The municipality called for immediate and decisive international intervention to save the besieged citizens by opening safe passageways for their evacuation, in addition to allowing urgent humanitarian aid to save the injured and those trapped without food, water, or shelter.

It urged the need to force the occupation to cease its barbaric attacks on Rafa'h and Tel al-Sultan immediately and to reveal the fate of the ambulance and civil defense crews, calling for accountability for the occupation regarding these crimes before international courts.

The municipality affirmed that the continued international silence means direct complicity in these massacres, and the world must act now before Tel al-Sultan turns into a mass grave for its residents and rescuers.

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

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Palestinian teen dies in Israeli prison

Monday 24-March-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A 17-year-old boy from the West Bank town of Silwad has died in Israel’s Megiddo occupation regime Prison, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

According to the joint statement, Israeli officials confirmed the Waleed Khalid 'Abdullah A'hmed’s death but did not provide details on the circumstances of his death.

The boy was kidnapped on September 30, 2024, and remained in custody without charge or trial.

The two organizations noted that Ahmed’s death adds to the growing list of Palestinians who have lost their lives due to systematic abuses within the Israeli occupation apartheid regime detention facilities.

His death brings the confirmed number of Palestinian prisoners who died in Israeli custody since October 2023 to 63 people, including 40 detainees from the Gaza Strip.

The organizations condemned A'hmed’s death as a new crime in the record of Israeli detention practices, which they described as reaching unprecedented levels of brutality since the Israeli war of genocide started in Gaza in October 2023.

They warned that the rising death toll among detainees is likely to soar as thousands remain in Israeli prisons, and are subjected to systematic abuses, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual violence, and conditions deliberately designed to cause severe illnesses.

The statement held Israeli authorities fully accountable for Ahmed’s death and reiterated calls for the international human rights community to take decisive action and urged the implementation of measures to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes, impose sanctions to isolate Israel internationally, and restore the fundamental role of human rights organizations.

They finally called for an end to the exceptional impunity granted to Israel by the former colonial powers, which has shielded the occupying regime from accountability.

For its part, the 'Hamas Movement mourned the martyr, saying that “the Israeli occupation regime continues its crimes against our heroic prisoners in its jails.”

“The torture and abuse our prisoners are subjected to is a full-fledged war crime, violating all international and humanitarian conventions and embodying the Israeli extremist policy of executing prisoners,” the Movement said.

'Hamas also warned that these ongoing violations against Palestinian prisoners will not go unanswered.

“Our people and our resistance remain committed to our brave prisoners.” 

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Fresh Israeli kidnappings and raids in the West Bank

Monday 24-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a fresh campaign of raids and arrests overnight and early Monday morning across various parts of the West Bank, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.

In Nablus, clashes erupted following the IOFs raid into the western area of ​​Nablus. At least three youths were kidnapped during the raid.

Israeli special forces also raided 'Atteel town and the Shobka suburb in Toulkarm.

Similar raids were reported in Bait Ummar town, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), where three Palestinians were kidnapped.

In Jineen, the IOFs broke into the towns of Al-Yamoun and Silat Al-Harithiya. At least one person was kidnapped during the raids.

The IOFs also kidnapped a young man from the Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah, and two brothers in Qatanna town, northwest of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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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 seize camels in Al-Rashayda village near Bethlehem

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today seized several camels in the village of Al-Rashayda, located east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to local sources.

Activist Fawwaz Al-Rashayda reported to WAFA that colonists intercepted a herd of camels using a vehicle and took possession of nine camels belonging to local resident Ayoub A'hmed Al-Rashayda.

Al-Rashayda added that such incidents have occurred before, with the so-called Israeli Nature Protection Authority and colonists targeting the camels during grazing in an effort to drive Palestinians out of the area and take control of the land.

M.N

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Israeli colonists assault shepherds southeast of Bethlehem

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli colonists Monday assaulted Palestinian shepherds in the wilderness of Al-Maniya village, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to a local official.

Zayid Kawazba, head of Al-Maniya Village Council, said that a group of colonists, under army protection, trespassed onto the villagers’ lands in the Al-Maniya wilderness, attacked shepherds, and attempted to steal some sheep. The villagers fended off the colonists’ attack.

He added that the occupation forces detained three villagers, including two brothers, noting that there has been a significant uptick in attacks by colonists against Palestinian shepherds and farmers in Al-Maniya.

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

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

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.

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Four Palestinians sustain injuries in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

Four Palestinians Monday evening sustained injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers on Susya village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to a local source.

Jihad Al-Nawaj‘a, head of Susya Village Council, said that armed colonists encroached upon the lands of the village and attempted to steal sheep.

The assailants, who came from the nearby Israeli colony of Susiya, attacked the villagers who fended off the attack, injuring four, simultaneously while opening gunfire in the air and vandalizing villagers’ properties, including water tanks and vehicles.

Al-Nawaj‘a added that Israeli occupation forces prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded.

Meanwhile, Osama Makhamra, an anti-settler-colonialism activist, said that colonists mounted an attack on the house of Saddam Abu Qubaita in the Ishkara area, southeast of the city of Yatta, hurling stones at his house and beating him up.

Abu Qubaita suffered bruises and received treatment at the scene.

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

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

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

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Israeli occupation forces demolish three stores in northern West Bank town

Jineen, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces Monday evening demolished three Palestinian-owned stores in Barta'a town, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jineen, according to a local source.

Mayor of Barta'a, Ghassan Kabaha, said that the occupation forces barged their way into the southern entrance of the town and tore down three stores belonging to Hani Jabr, Mohammad Kabaha, and Shuqair Hajja, reducing them to rubble.

He added that this was the second time for the occupying forces within two months to demolish Kabaha’s store, and noted that these stores provided means of livelihood for over 20 families.

He pointed out that in recent years, there has been a significant uptick in Israeli violations against the town, which requires an urgent intervention.

K.F.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime demolishes house and water well in southern Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron)N, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime bulldozers demolished a Palestinian-owned house and a water well in the southern part of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) city, according to the property owner.

Ramadhan Nayif Al-Rajabi, the house owner, told WAFA that the bulldozers destroyed a 120-square-meter house he was constructing, along with a water well in the southern Hebron area.

Al-Rajabi stated that the Israeli authorities had issued a demolition notice for the house approximately ten days ago, and added that his previous house in the same area had been demolished by the occupation twenty years ago.

In February, Israeli occupation authorities carried out 79 demolitions affecting 156 structures, including 109 inhabited homes, five uninhabited homes and 34 agricultural and other facilities. The demolitions were concentrated in several governorates, with 55 structures demolished in Hebron, followed by 26 houses in Jenin, 19 in Jerusalem, and 15 in Saleeit.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolished today a commercial structure in the eastern part of Qalqilya.

The official in charge of the wall and settlement file in Qalqilya Governorate, Muneef Nazzal, told WAFA that the occupation's bulldozers demolished a 200-square-meter cow farming facility owned by a local Palestinian resident in the eastern area of Al-Funduq village, east of Qalqilya, under the pretext that it was located in area "C" of the West Bank, which falls under full Israeli military rule.

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IOFs destroys a house, a cattle farm in Al-Khaleel (Hebron) and Qalqilya

Monday 24-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) demolished on Monday a house and a water well in Al-Khalil and a cattle farm in Qalqilya in the West Bank, under the pretext of unlicensed building.

Local sources reported that IOF bulldozers demolished a 120-square-meter house, under construction, belonging to Ramadhan Nayif Al-Rajabi, in the southern area of Al-Khalil city.

They also demolished a water well in the area of Khallet Al-Aida also in the southern area of the city.

Meanwhile, the IOFs demolished a 200 square meter cattle farm, owned by Na-il Masal'ha, in the eastern area of the Al-Funduq town, east of Qalqilya, under the pretext that it is located within area “C”.

In February, the IOFs carried out 79 demolitions in the West Bank, affecting 156 facilities, including 109 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited, and 34 agricultural and other facilities. The demolitions were concentrated in the governorates of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Jineen, al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) and Salfeet.

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PGMO: Gaza Strip enters a dangerous phase due to border closures and escalating genocide

Monday 24-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) said on Monday the Gaza Strip has entered a dangerous phase due to the blockade, border closures, and the prevention of aid and fuel entry, coinciding with the escalation of genocide and ethnic cleansing being carried out by the Israeli occupation army.

The PGMO reviewed the main repercussions of the genocide and the blockade, noting the deliberate actions by Israel in preventing the entry of essential medicines and treatments, in addition to blocking the arrival of medical supplies and spare parts for hospital generators, and banning hundreds of surgeons and medical delegations from entering. This threatens the lives of thousands of patients, especially given the malfunctioning of many vital medical devices due to the ongoing electricity cuts, it added.

The Office said that in light of the continuous genocide, brutal aggression, bloodshed, and the suffocating blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to commit systematic crimes daily against more than 2.4 million Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip with its policies of border closures, starvation, dehydration, and slow genocide, grossly ignoring all international and humanitarian laws.

Continued border closures and prevention of aid and fuel entry It pointed out that for the twenty-third consecutive day, Israel continues its crime of closing the borders and preventing the entry of essential humanitarian supplies, with 600 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks being blocked daily. This has led to a suffocating humanitarian disaster in various vital sectors, especially health and services.

Policy of starvation It emphasized that Israel is intensifying its policy of forced starvation on the people of the Gaza Strip, resulting in widespread malnutrition, particularly among children, and the closure of dozens of bakeries due to the lack of cooking gas and the near depletion of flour supplies. Additionally, more than 700 water wells have been destroyed, exacerbating the water crisis and increasing rates of water-related diseases.

Paralysis of vital sectors The PGMO warned that the prevention of cooking gas and diesel has halted dozens of bakeries and disrupted the transportation sector, further increasing the suffering of citizens. Hospitals, ambulances, and civil defense services are facing the risk of complete shutdown, alongside declining municipal performance and the disruption of many factories and small businesses, worsening the economic and living crisis. The cessation of water pumps also threatens citizens with thirst and deteriorating health conditions.

Electricity cuts and exacerbation of the water crisis According to the statement, Israel’s cutting of electricity to the water desalination plant in Dair El-Bala'h has halted the supply of 20,000 cups of water daily to the central governorates and Khan Younus, in the south, threatening to exacerbate the thirst crisis and increase the spread of infectious and skin diseases in a deteriorating health environment and severe lack of medical services.

The Media Office condemned in the strongest terms the continued Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing and held Israel and the U.S. administration fully responsible for these ongoing crimes against civilians. It called on all countries around the world to pressure Israel to stop these crimes and open the borders to allow entry of aid immediately before it is too late.

PGMO emphasized that the continuation of these crimes constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and war crimes that require urgent intervention from the international community. It also called on the international community, the United Nations, human rights bodies, and humanitarian organizations to take immediate action and pressure Israel to open the borders and allow the entry of aid and fuel, and to stop these criminal policies that threaten the lives of more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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UN says it will reduce its “footprint” in Gaza

NEW YORK, March 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has taken the difficult decision to reduce the Organization’s footprint in Gaza after the Israeli army resumed the genocidal war in the enclave.

“The UN is not leaving Gaza. The Organization remains committed to continuing to provide aid that civilians depend on for their survival and protection,” Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told a press conference.

In the past week, Israel carried out devastating strikes on Gaza, claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians, including United Nations personnel, with no humanitarian aid being allowed to enter the Strip since early March, Dujarric noted.

“As a result, the Secretary-General has taken the difficult decision to reduce the Organization’s footprint in Gaza, even as humanitarian needs soar and our concern over the protection of civilians intensifies,” he revealed.

More than three weeks ago, he added, the Israeli government cut off the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza – the longest such suspension since 7 October 2023.

He said that Israeli officials have indicated that they intend to continue their military activities in Gaza.

In response to reporters' questions, Dujarric said the United Nations will reduce the number of international staff in Gaza, which is 100, by a third this week.

He pointed out that the measure is temporary and due to security and operational reasons, expressing hope that staff will return to Gaza as soon as possible.

The spokesman said that the vast majority of aid distributions are carried out by local Palestinian UN staff, who continue to work under extremely difficult conditions.

“Based on the information currently available, the strikes hitting a UN compound in Deir Al Balah on 19 March were caused by an Israeli tank,” he said. “The strikes claimed the life of a UN colleague from Bulgaria and left six others – from France, Moldova, North Macedonia, Palestine and the United Kingdom – with severe injuries, some of them life-altering.”

He said the location of this UN compound was well known to the parties to the conflict, reiterating that all parties to the conflict are bound by international law to protect the absolute inviolability of UN premises. 

“Without this, our colleagues face intolerable risks as they work to save the lives of civilians,” the spokesman affirmed.

The Secretary-General strongly condemns these strikes and demands a full, thorough and independent investigation on this incident.

“All parties must comply fully with international law at all times. Civilians must be respected and protected. The denial of lifesaving aid must end,” he stressed.

He affirmed that all states must use all their leverage to stop the conflict and ensure respect for international law – by applying diplomatic and economic pressure and combating impunity.

“The Secretary-General renews his urgent call for the restoration of the ceasefire to bring an end to the anguish,” Dujarric said.

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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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