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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80 Palestinians Killed, 305 Injured, Bringing the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,357 and the Injuries to 114,400,

 

Rafa'h Residents Forced to Leave the City Before a New Israeli Invasion

March 31, 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 31, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 63,889+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,357), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,532+). 

By March 31, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 114,400.

By March 31, 2025, according to news report, 940 Palestinians who were killed, 6,928 who were injured, and 11,693*, 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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The Israeli occupation army continue their massacres in Gaza on the second day of 'Eidul-Fitr, on the first day alone the death toll rose to 76 martyrs, including over 30 children, mostly in Khan Younus, March 31, 2025.	The absence of accountability coupled with international silence and indifference encourage the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, to continue in his crimes, March 31, 2025.
A Palestinian child, who was injured by an Israeli genocidal air strike, receiving treatment in Al-'Awda hospital, in Al-Nusayrat, Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025.	Palestinian children celebrating 'Eidul Fitr religious holiday, amidst the rubble of their homes, in Jabalya, north of Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025.
Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike, in Al-'Awda hospital, in Al-Nusayrat, Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025.	Carrying the bodies of two Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, from Al-Zawayida to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, in Central Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 50,357 amid ongoing Israeli genocide

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 80 Palestinians were killed and 305 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 50,357 documented fatalities, with an additional 114,400 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

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

Israel's genocidal onslaught continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

M.N

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 Israeli occupation army continues massacres in Gaza on second day of 'Eidul-Fitr

Monday 31-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued on Monday, the second day of the 'Eidul-Fitr holiday, to commit massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that several civilians were martyred or injured early on the second day of 'Eidul-Fitr following a day marked by deadly Israeli attacks.

On Sunday alone, the death toll rose to 76 martyrs, including over 30 children, with the majority of casualties reported in Khan Younus.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation army tanks and troops carried out an incursion into the northeast of Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza, amid intense artillery shelling and heavy gunfire.

At dawn, an Israeli warplane reportedly bombed a house in Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Local and media sources reported that an Israeli air strike targeted a house belonging to the family of Al-Najjar, in 'Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza, killing two civilians and injuring others.

They also said that another attack on a house belonging to the family of Miqdad, in the Khan Younus refugee camp claimed the lives of four people and left 20 others injured.

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Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip kill 15 Palestinians

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli genocidal airstrikes Monday evening killed at least 15 Palestinians across the war-torn Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike targeting a house belonging to the 'Hamada family on Yafa Street in the Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood, east of Gaza City, claiming the lives of 10, including three children.

He added that the fatalities, one of whom was dismembered, were taken to the Arab Ahli Hospital.

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing targeted a group of people in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in the central Strip, killing five.

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.

Since March 18, the death toll reached 1,001 with 2,259 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 50,357 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 114,400 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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Six Palestinians including children, killed by an Israeli genocidal airstrike on Khan Younus

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) -

Several Palestinians were killed and others injured today following an Israeli genocidal air strike in Khan Younus, located in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that at least six civilians, including children, were killed, and numerous others sustained varying

degrees of injuries when Israeli warplanes targeted a group of civilians in the center of Khan Younus.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,277 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 114,095 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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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli genocidal airstrikes in Gaza

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured by Israeli genocidal air strikes across central and southern Gaza on Monday.

According to local reports, two individuals were killed and several others wounded in an airstrike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in the Asda’a area, located northwest of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

In another attack, one person was killed and others sustained injuries when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Sawarah area, west of the town of Al-Zawayida, in the central Gaza Strip.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,277 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 114,095 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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Five Palestinians killed and several injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Five Palestinian civilians were killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Monday, the second day of Eid al-Fitr, according to local reports.

Three individuals were killed in an Israeli bombardment targeting the eastern outskirts of the village of Al-Musaddar in central Gaza. Another two people were killed and several others sustained injuries following an airstrike on a group of civilians east of Jabalya in northern Gaza.

In a separate incident, a child was injured when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb in the yard of a school run by the UNRWA in the Al-Buraij refugee camp in central Gaza. The school had been housing displaced individuals seeking refuge from the ongoing genocide.

Since Israel's resumption of its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18 after a two-month ceasefire, at least 921 Palestinians have been killed, and 2,054 others have been wounded, with a significant number of casualties being women and children. 

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,277 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 114,095 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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Dozens of casualties as Israeli warplanes continue their indiscriminate attacks across Gaza on Eid al-Fitr

GAZA, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians have been killed and injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip on the second day of Eidul-Fitr.

In Khan Younis refugee camp, Israeli airstrikes hit a home belonging to the Miqdad family, resulting in the killing of four civilians and leaving several others wounded. 

Further east in the town of 'Abasan Al-Kabeera, in the Wadi Sabar area, an Israeli airstrike hit a home belonging to the Al-Najjar family, killing two people and injuring others, including children.

Earlier last night, Israeli forces targeted a civilian vehicle in Gaza City. Three individuals were killed, and several others, predominantly children, were injured in the attack. The vehicle was struck near the Shifa Street area, west of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, two children, aged 12 and 16, were killed in an Israeli artillery strike on the eastern outskirts of Jabalya, in northern Gaza. The two victims were identified as Mu'hammed Ameen Abu Furai'h and Nasir Yasir Abu Furai'h.

Another airstrike hit a residential apartment in the city of Khan Younus. The bombing resulted in the killing of nine people, including 34-year-old A'hmed 'Husain Abu Al-'Aish, his wife Aya Jabr Abu El-'Aish, 33, and their three young children: Kareem, 7, Majid 8, and Miyan, 3. Also killed were the children's grandmother, Hala Al-'Haj, 59, and her son, Ibraheem Jabr Al-'Haj, 28, with more people reported to be wounded.

In the central part of Khan Younus, an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to local resident Kamal Mu'ammar killed six people and left several others injured, as confirmed by local medical sources.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 50,277 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 114,095 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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Killing, Injuring, and Abduction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Regime Forces 

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Israeli occupation forces shoot, kidnap youth near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday shot and injured a Palestinian youth in the town of Hal'houl, north of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to local sources.

They said that the occupying forces opened gunfire at a youth at the entrance of Al-Nabi Younus in the town and rounded him up.

There was no immediate information on the nature of his condition.

K.F. 

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Israeli occupation forces briefly hold and assault Palestinians south of Al-Khaleej (Hebron)

Al-Khaleej (Hebron), March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday briefly held and assaulted Palestinians in Masafir Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleej (Hebron), according to a local activist.

Osama Makhamra said that the occupying forces held members of Al-'Adra family in one of the hamlets making up the Masafir Yatta and beat them up, inflicting bruises across their bodies.

He added that the attack came after Israeli colonists released their cattle on Palestinian crops in the area, while noting that the soldiers rounded up a Palestinian after assaulting him for attempting to fend off the colonists’ encroachment upon agricultural land.

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

Colonists’ 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.

Masafir Yatta is made up of 19 hamlets that rely heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood.

Located in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military control, the area has been subjected to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting their main source of living - livestock.

It has been designated as a closed Israeli military zone for training since the 1980s and is accordingly referred to as Firing Zone 918.

Israeli violations against the area include the demolition of animal barns, homes, and residential structures. Issuance of construction permits by Israel to local Palestinians in the area is non-existent.

K.F.

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 IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Monday 31-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Monday a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in different West Bank areas, amid clashes with local youths.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed 'Aseera Al-Shamaliya village in northern Nablus and carried out an kidnapping campaign for several hours. Four citizens were reportedly kidnapped from the village.

The IOFs also raided an apartment building near the Nablus Hospital in Nablus City, with no reported kidnappings.

Three other citizens were taken prisoners during an IOFs raid in Bait Foureek town, southeast of Nablus.

In Jineen, Israeli occupation forces stormed the area of Mount Abu Dthuhair, broke into homes and used a megaphone to order young men to turn themselves in.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from his home in Bait Ka'hil town.

Five other citizens were kidnaped by the IOFs from Tammoun town in southern Toubas.

The IOFs also stormed other West Bank areas, without making any kidnappings.

Total: 12.

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Israeli occupation forces set fire to homes in Nour Shams refugee camp during Eidul-Fitr

TULKARM, March 31, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces have set fire to several homes in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Toulkarm, as the forces continue their wide-scale offensive in the camp for the 51st day in a row.

The forces have also continued their tight siege on the camp, deploying bulldozers in Al-Manshiya and Al-Maslakh neighborhoods, where they have been carrying out house raids and damaging infrastructure.

The latest attacks have resulted in the displacement of numerous residents, particularly in the areas of Jabal Al-Nasr and Jabal Al-Sali'heen on the outskirts of the refugeen camp. Eyewitnesses reported that many families have been forcibly removed from their homes amidst the destruction.

The ongoing Israeli assault on the wider Toulkarm region and its refugee camps since January 25 has led to the killing of 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Many others have been injured or detained.

In addition, an estimated 24,000 people have been displaced from both the Tulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, in addition to the numerous families forced to flee from the northern neighborhoods of the city.

The continued military assault has further resulted in widespread destruction, including the demolition of homes, businesses, and vehicles, many of which have been either completely or partially destroyed, burned, looted, or damaged. The entrances to both refugee camps and their alleyways have been blocked by dirt mounds, further isolating the population.

M.N.

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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 storm Bedouin community near Aree'ha (Jericho), damage residents' property

Aree'ha (Jericho), March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Arab al-Mleihat Bedouin community northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho) and released their livestock onto Palestinian residents' property.

'Hasan Malai'hat, the general supervisor of the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that the settlers damaged fodder, hay bales and palm trees belonging to a local resident and terrorized the residents.

The 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community has been subjected to repeated attacks by colonists as part of ongoing attempts to displace its residents and seize their land.

T.R.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers torch UNRWA-owned land in  Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

 Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), March 31, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday torched an UNRWA-owned plot of land in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to local sources.

They said that colonists set fire to a plot of land belonging to the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees after sabotaging the barbed wire fence surrounding it in  Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)’s Shaikh Jarra'h neighborhood.

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  Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) in violation of international law.

K.F.

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Israeli occupation army razes structures in Jordan Valley, kidnaps three citizens in Ramallah

Monday 31-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army carried out demolitions in the northern Jordan Valley and kidnapped three Palestinian young men in eastern Ramallah on Monday morning.

According to local sources, Israeli occupation forces stormed Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley and demolished some structures belonging to Palestinian citizens, including an agricultural facility under construction.

The Israeli occupation army also demolished residential structures belonging to a Palestinian citizen and his son in al-Burj area of the northern Jordan Valley.

In eastern Ramallah, Israeli soldiers kidnaped three young men during raids on homes in Silwad town.

Israeli occupation forces also broke into and ransacked homes in northern Qalqilya and western Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

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Occupation authorities force Palestinian to self-demolish house in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), March 31, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime, today, forced a Palestinian to self-demolish his house in Silwan in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to local sources.

They said Mu'hammed Abu Suway' was forced to tear down his own house in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa  Mosque, following threats by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime Municipality and imposing a fine of ILS 75,000 (approx. $20,400) on him.

Abu Suway' added that he had been living along with his 12-member family in the house, which covered an area of 200 meters square while pledging that he would continue to live in a tent at the site of his demolished house.

Using the pretext of illegal building, Israeli occupation authorities demolish houses regularly to restrict Palestinian expansion in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

At the same time, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime Municipality and government built tens of thousands of housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), for Jews to offset the demographic balance in favor of the illegal Jewish settlers in the occupied city.

Although Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as "residents" whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.

They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the occupied West Bank due to the construction of Israel's separation and apartheid wall.

According to a report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, the Israeli High Court could be liable for war crimes for their policies that led to the dispossession of Palestinians from their properties in Area C of the West Bank.

The report, Fake Justice, shows that the court’s support of Israeli planning policy is tantamount to support for dispossession and forcible transfer of Palestinians, a war crime under international law.

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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