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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During the two-year Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip (October 7, 2023-October 13, 2025), world governments were either active participant and accomplices, or watched passively, without taking any actions to Stop it.

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9 Palestinians Killed, 61 Bodies Retrieved, 35 Injured, Mostly Children and Women,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 67,983 and the Injuries to 170,169

by October 15, 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 October 15, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,058.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (67,983) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,075+). 

By October 15, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,169. 

Note: Today, bodies of 116 martyrs have been recovered from the rubble of their homes, in addition to 476 victims, who were added as a correction to the death toll as a result of verification. This has increased the death toll to  67,682.

By October 15, 2025, according to news report, 1,040 Palestinians who were killed, 7,225 who were injured, and 19,189 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.  

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Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank:

Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during July 2025.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al-Dhameer Association for Human Rights stated in a report issued Sunday that the total number of kidnappings of Palestinians in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, has risen to more than 18,500, including over 570 women and about 1,500 children.

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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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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9 Palestinians Killed, 61 Bodies Retrieved, 35 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 67,983 and the Injuries to 170,169, by October 15, 2025.	Rescue workers retrieved 16 bodies of Palestinian martyrs, who ere massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment and stayed under the rubble until the ceasefire, October 15, 2025.
Senior Fat'h leader, Marwan El-Barghouthi, sustained multiple rib fractures after being violently assaulted by the Israeli prison guards, during his transfer from Rimon Prison to Megiddo Prison in mid-September, October 15, 2025.	The two Palestinian brothers, Mu'hammed and 'Abdul Jawwad Shamasna, from  Qatna, north of Jerusalem, were released after 32 years in the Israeli prisons, part of the prisoner exchange deal, October 15, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed El-Hijra Mosque, in Bait 'Haneena, in occupied Jerusalem during prayer time, in a blatant desecration, reflecting the total disregard for the religious and moral values, October 15, 2025.	The UNRWA reiterated that it has made it a top priority to return 140,000 students in the Gaza Strip to their classrooms after being deprived of education due to the Israeli genocidal war, October 15, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian families continue to return to Gaza City, through the Salahuddeen Road, despite the mass destruction of the City, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2025.	Part of the ceasefire deal, Red Cross vehicles waiting, at the Kissovim crossing, to receive corpses of 60 Palestinian martyrs, which were in the Israeli captivity, many of them showed signs of torture, on October 16, 2025.
Part of the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire deal, humanitarian aid trucks continued to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, through the Israeli Karm Abu Salim crossing, which still limit the number of of allowed trucks, October 16, 2025.	Part of the ceasefire deal, Red Cross vehicles carrying the corpses of 30 Palestinian martyrs, which were in the Israeli captivity, raising the total number of the corpses of returned Palestinian martyrs to 120, by October 16, 2025.

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’s hospitals receive bodies of 25 martyrs

Wednesday 15-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC, WAFA)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received at least 25 martyrs, including 16 people whose bodies were retrieved from different areas, as well as 35 people suffering from different injuries, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Wednesday morning.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, to 67,938 martyrs, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today.

The Ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 170,169 people.

Yesterday, October 14, 2025, the Ministry also received 45 unidentified bodies that had been held by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime.

Note: These bodies have not been added to the death toll.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to recover the bodies of more martyrs who are still missing in different areas of the Gaza Strip.

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Two Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza City

GAZA, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Two Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday on Baghdad Street in El-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

The attack was carried out by an Israeli drone. Their bodies were transferred to Al-Ahli Hospital, while reports suggest several others have been killed in the same incident.

In a related context, Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians while inspecting their homes in the town of Al-Fukhari, east of Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip. They also arrested 15 others in the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of Rafa'h.

The United Nations Human Rights Office pointed out that the Israeli troops continue to kill civilians in areas surrounding the redeployment lines, and that the continuation of the ceasefire and the full realization of the Palestinians' right to self-determination must be ensured.

Medical sources reported Tuesday evening that the death toll from the aggression since October 7, 2023, has reached 67,913 Palestinians and 170,134 wounded.

Over the past 24 hours, a total of 44 Palestinians, including 38 whose bodies were recently recovered, along with 29 wounded, arrived at hospitals in the Strip.

Thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, with ambulance and civil defense crews unable to reach them due to the massive destruction.

Y.S.

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Three Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in eastern Gaza

Wednesday 15-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Three Palestinian civilians were killed on Wednesday following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, in a fresh Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement in the besieged enclave.

According to medical sources, the bodies of 14 martyrs have been brought to hospitals across Gaza since dawn today. Of those, three were killed in today’s attack, eight were recovered from under rubble due to earlier strikes, and three others succumbed to previous injuries.

This brings the death toll from the Israeli aggression on Gaza to 67,938 martyrs and 170,169 injured people since October 7, 2023.

Additionally, Israeli forces bombed the vicinity of the Ta'hliya area east of Khan Younus. Earlier this morning, local sources reported that 15 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in eastern Khan Younus and Rafa'h.

In a statement released earlier today, the Gaza Center for Human Rights confirmed that 36 ceasefire violations have been committed by Israeli forces since the truce took effect last Friday. These violations resulted in the killing of 7 Palestinian civilians and the injury of several others.

The center stated that its field teams documented 36 incidents of aerial bombardment, artillery shelling, and gunfire since the ceasefire began at noon on Friday.

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14 Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn today

GAZA, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) –

Medical sources confirmed that 14 Palestinians were killed and brought to hospitals in the Gaza Strip since dawn today, including eight who were recovered from under the rubble.

Three of those killed were brought to Al-Shifa Medical Complex, ten to El-Ahli Arab Hospital, and one to Nasir Hospital.

T.R.

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Gaza Health Ministry receives 45 bodies from Israel

Wednesday 15-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Wednesday that it has received (on October 15, 2025) the bodies of 45 martyrs released earlier today by Israeli authorities via the International Committee of the Red Cross.

This brings the total number of bodies received since the announcement of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement to 90.

A ministry statement said medical teams continue to handle the bodies in accordance with approved medical procedures and protocols to complete examinations, documentation, and handover to their families.

Earlier, medical sources reported that some of the bodies handed over on Tuesday showed signs of being blindfolded and handcuffed, indicating the likelihood of field executions.

Traces of tank tracks were also observed on some of the bodies, suggesting that some of the martyrs may have been run over by Israeli military vehicles.

Under the terms of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement, Israel is to release the bodies of 15 Palestinian martyrs for every one Israeli body recovered from Gaza.

The agreement came into effect last Friday, following approval by the Israeli government in the early morning hours. It is based on a plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, which includes halting the war, a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces, mutual release of prisoners, and the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

Over the past two years, Israeli forces have withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinian martyrs, including prisoners who were executed under torture in Israeli detention, while concealing information about their fates.

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GRC: 36 Israeli violations since ceasefire started last Friday

Wednesday 15-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Gaza Rights Center (GRC) said that since the ceasefire took effect last Friday, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) had committed 36 violations resulting in the death of seven civilians and injuries to several others in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Wednesday, GRC explained that its field team had documented 36 Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks since the ceasefire came into force at 12:00 p.m. last Friday.

“Our team documented an Israeli drone strike on a group of civilians in El-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, on Tuesday morning. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of five individuals who were attempting to check on their homes, despite posing no threat to Israeli forces. Additionally, one person was martyred and another one was injured in a similar strike in the town of El-Fukhari, east of Khan Younus, while further injuries were reported in Jabalya and Rafa'h,” GRC said.

“The remaining violations involved gunfire and artillery shelling, with the latest incidents occurring Wednesday morning, mainly in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip. These attacks targeted civilians attempting to check on their homes and residential areas,” GRC added.

GRC also said that “all these Israeli attacks were carried out with no justification and or military necessity, reflecting the Israeli army’s attempt to maintain a state of panic and anxiety and perpetuate a cycle of killing and bombardment under various pretexts.”

GRC noted that Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza also extended beyond armed attacks to include restrictions on humanitarian aid.

“Over the past few days, only 173 aid trucks were allowed into the Gaza Strip, far fewer than the 1,800 trucks that were scheduled to enter,” the rights group said.

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

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 IOFs kidnap several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Wednesday 15-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

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

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped four citizens from their homes during a raid in Qalqilya City.

In al-Khalil, the IOFs kidnapped three citizens from El-'Arroub refugee camp and Halhul town and two others from Beit Ummar town.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation soldiers savagely assaulted Ibraheem Sabarna, 46, in front of his wife and children before kidnapping him during its raid in Bait Ummar town.

Israeli occupation forces also broke into and ransacked the homes of two ex-detainees in the southern area of El-Khaleel (Hebron) City and Yatta town.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), four citizens were taken prisoner during IOFs raids in different areas of theProvince.

Meanwhile, the IOFs closed the western entrance of El-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, barring local residents from leaving or entering.

14 + 2 = 16 kidnapped.

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'Hamas: Raid on El-Hijra Mosque in Bait Haneena shows Israel’s contempt for all religious values

Wednesday 15-October-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The 'Hamas Resistance Movement has condemned the Israeli police forces’ storming of El-Hijra Mosque, in Bait 'Haneena in occupied Jerusalem during prayer time, calling it a “blatant desecration” that reflects Israel’s total disregard for all religious and moral values.

Haroun Nasiruddeen, member of Hamas’s political bureau and head of its Jerusalem affairs office, said on Wednesday that Israeli soldiers’ intrusion into the mosque with their boots on, and forcing worshippers to interrupt their prayers, reveals “the depth of the occupation’s moral decay and its complete contempt for all humanitarian standards.”

He stressed that this shameful act is part of the occupation’s ongoing religious war and its open aggression against Islamic and Christian holy sites, “just as it violates the sanctity of the land and the people.”

Nasiruddeen warned of the growing dangers in Jerusalem amid continued raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, intensified restrictions on Palestinians, military checkpoints, searches of residents and buses, and the ongoing wave of arrests and home invasions.

He pointed out that Jerusalem’s residents face daily escalation in various forms of organized repression and government-backed terror.

“These repeated violations constitute a dangerous religious war targeting Al-Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian sanctities in El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem),” he said, emphasizing that “no matter how brutal the occupation becomes, it will never succeed in imposing a Judaized reality.”

Nasiruddeen called on Palestinians in Jerusalem and inside the 1948 occupied territories to maintain constant presence and steadfastness at Al-Aqsa Mosque, filling it with worshippers and defenders, to reaffirm that it is an exclusively Muslim right and to reject the occupation’s attempts to divide it spatially and temporally.

He also urged the Arab and Muslim nations, as well as international human rights organizations, to shoulder their moral and legal responsibilities and to act urgently to stop the escalating violations against Jerusalem’s holy sites and residents, expose Israel’s crimes, and hold it accountable for its ongoing terrorism against land, people, and sacred places.

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Fat'h leader Marwan Barghouthi suffers broken ribs after being beaten in Israeli prison

Wednesday 15-October-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Palestinian Asra Media Office (AMO) revealed on Wednesday that senior Fat'h leader Marwan El-Barghouthi sustained multiple rib fractures after being violently assaulted by Israeli prison guards.

According to the AMO statement on Telegram, El-Barghouthi was attacked during his transfer from Rimon Prison to Megiddo Prison in mid-September. “He lost consciousness and suffered fractures in four ribs as a result of the beating,” the statement said, accusing a special Israeli prison suppression unit for the assault.

El-Barghouthi, one of the most prominent and widely respected Palestinian leaders, has been imprisoned by the Israeli occupation since 2002. He is serving five life sentences on charges linked to the Second Intifada (Al-Aqsa Uprising), which erupted in the fall of 2000.

In August, Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed El-Barghouthi’s prison cell and directly threatened him, saying, “Anyone who kills our children or women will be erased. You will never defeat us,” according to footage released by Israeli media outlets.

The incident has sparked outrage among Palestinian political factions and human rights advocates, who say it reflects the Israeli escalating policy of repression and humiliation against Palestinian prisoners.

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The Shamasna brothers free after 33 years in Israeli occupation regime prisons

Wednesday 15-October-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The two brothers, Mu'hammed and 'Abdul Jawwad Shamasna, from the town of Qatna, northwest of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), were released as part of the prisoner exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation apartheid regime. They were among approximately 1,968 prisoners freed in the deal.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), the Shamasna brothers were released after 32 years of imprisonment and suffering in the Israeli occupation apartheid regime prisons, having been detained since November 1993.

They are considered among the veteran detainees, imprisoned before the signing of the Oslo Accords. Mu'hammed had been sentenced to three life terms plus 20 years, with an additional 10 years added later. 'Abdul Jawwad was sentenced to four life terms plus 20 years.

During his imprisonment, Mu'hammed pursued his education, earning both his high school diploma and a bachelor’s degree. He is married and has three daughters, the youngest was just two months old when he was arrested.

Abdul Jawwad is also married and the father of seven children. His eldest is his daughter Manal, and his youngest is his son Yousuf, who was not yet born at the time of his arrest.

On Monday, 1,968 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails, including 250 serving life sentences and others with long or anticipated life sentences, as part of the prisoner exchange deal.

The release took place as part of the first and second phases of the ceasefire agreement, stemming from indirect negotiations in Sharm El-Shaikh with the occupation, and within the framework of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war on Gaza.

Among those released were 1,718 prisoners from Gaza, detained during the genocide war. This marks the third such exchange deal since the beginning of the war. 

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime issues two military orders to seize approximately 25 dunums of land in Qalqilya governorate

QALQILYA, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime today issued two military orders to seize approximately 25 dunums of land belonging to Palestinian residents in the Qalqilya governorate, for the benefit of the illegal settlement projects, according to a local activist.

Muneef Nazzal, who monitors the illegal Israeli settlement activity in Qalqilya Governorate, told WAFA that the Israeli authorities issued an order to seize three dunums and 712 square meters of land in the town of 'Azzoun, east of Qalqilya, to construct a colonial road connecting the illegal colony of Alfei Menashe with the Qalqilya–Nablus road, known as Road 55.

He added that the second military order stipulates the seizure of approximately 21 dunums and 307 square meters of land in the towns of 'Azzoun and Jayyous, for the construction of what is described as a “security wall” surrounding the illegal colony of Tzufim.

It is worth noting that the illegal colonies of Alfei Menashe and Tzufim are built on lands belonging to the towns of 'Azzoun, Jayyous, and Kafr Thuluth, and continue to expand at the expense of Palestinian citizens’ agricultural lands, posing a direct threat to the livelihoods of dozens of families who rely on farming as their primary source of income.

T.R.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers defile Al-Aqsa Mosque

Wednesday 15-October-2025

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers desecrated El-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning and later in the afternoon under heavy protection from Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque.

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

During the recent seven-day Sukkot holiday, over 9,800 Jewish settlers had desecrated El-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards, according to Jerusalemite sources.

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A security guard of the illegal in an illegal Israeli settlement kidnaps Palestinian citizen south of Nablus

NABLUS, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) –

A security guard of the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Brakha, built illegally on Palestinian citizens’ lands, detained a Palestinian resident from the town of Burin, south of Nablus, according to a local activist.

Head of the Bureen Palestinian Village Council, Ibraheem 'Imran, stated that the colony guard raided the outskirts of the village and detained a young man identified as 'Amro Murad El-Najjar.

T.R.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers damage around ten olive trees in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)-area-village

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), October 15, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Wednesday destroyed several olive trees in the village of Kisan, east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), according to local sources.

They said that a group of colonists damaged around ten olive trees in the Niyat Sahba area, located in the wilderness between the villages of E-Rashayda and Kisan.

Colonists and occupation forces have recently escalated their repeated attacks on the village of Kisan, attacking residents, forcing them to leave their tents and burning some of them.

They have also assaulted Palestinians, stormed the school, and seized more land.

Y.S.

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Palestinian man attacked, injured by Israeli colonists near El-Khaleel (Hebron)

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 15, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian resident was injured this evening after being attacked by armed Israeli colonists east of El-Khaleel (Hebron), according to WAFA correspondent.

WAFA correspondent said that a 41-year-old man was beaten and assaulted by a group of armed colonists as he attempted to reach his home at the entrance of Birin village, east of Hebron, causing him multiple cuts and bruises across his body. He was transferred by Red Crescent crews to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The settler violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.

The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.

Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.

T.R. 

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Israeli occupation soldiers and illegal settlers attack farmers while picking olives near Toulkarm

Toulkarm, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces and colonists' groups attacked farmers and volunteers on Wednesday while they were harvesting olives in El-Mughraqa area, located on the lands of the village of El-Nazla El-Sharqiya, north of Toulkarm.

A WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at the farmers and the protesters, causing dozens of suffocation cases and requiring treatment in the field. Drones also flew over the area.

A large crowd of citizens, along with representatives of official and popular institutions, participated in a central event to assist farmers in harvesting olives on lands threatened by settlements. The event was held at the invitation of the local committee of the "Olive 2025" campaign, in cooperation with the Al-Nazla El-Sharqiya village council, and under the auspices of Toulkarm Governor Abdullah Kamil, head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, and Minister of Agriculture, Rizq Salimiya.

The targeted area is adjacent to a pastoral settlement outpost established by colonists on village lands. They continually prevent farmers from accessing their lands, assault them, and destroy their trees, with the support and protection of the occupation army.

The head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, said that this year's olive harvest season is one of the most dangerous, given the escalating attacks by colonists, backed by the occupation army, against Palestinian farmers in various areas.

He added, "Yesterday we were in Kafr Qaddoum, and today we are in El-Nazla El-Sharqiya. All areas are subjected to oppression by the occupation and its colonists. Despite this, the Palestinian farmer insists on reaching his land, which is a source of pride and honor for our people, who rise up as one to protect their land and olives."

Sha'ban explained that the occupation seeks to prevent Palestinians from being present on their lands, emphasizing that the large popular mobilization that participated in today's olive harvest provided real protection for farmers in the face of the crimes of the Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers.

He pointed out that the participants' success in reaching the "El-Mughraqa" lands despite the repression sends a strong message to the occupation that this land is purely Palestinian.

He emphasized the Palestinian people's determination and unwavering will to confront the heavily armed occupation soldiers and the herds of armed colonists, known as the "Mountain Youth," who, along with the official occupation establishment, constitute a comprehensive picture of organized terrorism.

Sha'ban praised the steadfastness of the farmers and the Palestinian people wherever they are, saying: "This great people is struggling to reach the olive tree, which represents the conscience and patriotism of every Palestinian. We will continue to work with our partners and grassroots activists to protect the farmers and ensure their access to their lands despite all the challenges."

K.T

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Riyadh Mansour reviews latest developments on the Palestinian scene during Non-Aligned Movement conference in Uganda

RAMALLAH, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Riyadh Mansour, the Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations and head of the Palestinian delegation to the Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Uganda, reviewed the latest developments in the Palestinian arena.

In his speech, Mansour praised the efforts of the Non-Aligned Movement and all parties in successfully achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, allowing the entry of humanitarian aid in the required volume, and preparing for reconstruction.

He pointed out that these achievements coincide with international efforts to implement the New York Declaration and its annex regarding the two-state solution after the end of the occupation and the independence and sovereignty of the State of Palestine on the June 4, 1967, borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Mansour expressed the Palestinian people’s and leadership’s deep appreciation to the Non-Aligned Movement for its continued support for Palestine and its people in various international forums.

Y.S.

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'Hamla (7amleh) releases position paper exposing how disinformation is reshaping the reality of Palestinian youth amid genocide

RAMALLAH, October 15, 2025 (WAFA) - 'Hamla (7amleh) -

The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media has released a new position paper titled “A War Without Bullets: How Disinformation Reshapes the Reality of Palestinian Youth on the Backdrop of a Genocide?” The paper examines how disinformation has become one of the central tools of Israel’s war on Gaza—not only to justify genocide but also to reengineer the collective consciousness of both Palestinians and the global public, particularly among youth.

The paper highlights that information has become a parallel battlefield to military operations. The Israeli government has deployed various digital tools—including artificial intelligence, paid propaganda, cyberattacks, fake accounts, algorithmic manipulation, and press censorship—to create a distorted reality that reshapes truth and legitimizes aggression. Disinformation, it argues, is no longer a symptom of media bias but a deliberate strategy to dominate consciousness and control narratives serving Israel’s political and military interests.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has systematically used disinformation to achieve several goals: dehumanizing Palestinians by portraying them as a constant threat to justify violence; fabricating false “moral” justifications that frame its assault as a “just and necessary war”; rallying internal Israeli support; and deflecting public criticism of political and military leadership. Disinformation has also been weaponized to deepen divisions within Palestinian and Arab societies, control international media narratives, and polish Israel’s global image through fabricated and AI-generated content that presents it as a “humanitarian actor” while concealing war crimes.

The paper sheds light on the severe effects of disinformation on Palestinian youth—the group most exposed to digital content during the war. False information about “safe zones” and “humanitarian corridors” led to life-threatening decisions that endangered civilians. Manipulated information also misled international policymakers, prompting biased and harmful policies. Moreover, the study reveals that disinformation has damaged the psychological and cognitive well-being of Palestinian youth, intensifying fear and confusion, eroding trust in media, institutions, and tech companies, and restricting their ability to access accurate information and make informed decisions.

The paper stresses that disinformation has undermined epistemic justice for Palestinians by stripping their voices of credibility in global media spaces while entrenching Israeli narratives in international forums. It concludes that the war on Gaza has become a double war—one on the ground and another on truth and consciousness—where images and algorithms are weaponized to weaken Palestinians and dominate their story.

Nadeem Nashif, General Director of 7amleh, stated: “The war on truth is not a side effect of the war on the ground—it is a condition for its continuation. When algorithms control what we see and hear, disinformation becomes a weapon that strikes awareness before the body. Protecting Palestinian youth today means protecting their right to knowledge and their ability to tell their own reality without bias or digital repression.”

The paper calls for a comprehensive approach to counter disinformation, starting with enhancing media literacy and critical digital education among Palestinian youth, and reforming international and local legal frameworks to hold accountable those producing or spreading false information during conflicts. It also urges pressure on tech companies to address algorithmic biases and safeguard Palestinian digital rights, develop tools to monitor coordinated disinformation campaigns, ensure transparency of verification and content-review mechanisms, and strengthen cooperation between companies, human rights organizations, and fact-checking networks—while protecting Palestinian users from arbitrary account deletions.

In the media context, the paper urges journalists and news institutions to adhere to verification and accuracy, conduct ongoing training to detect disinformation during conflicts, prioritize verification of military-related claims, and ensure Palestinian sources are centered in coverage.

'Hamla (7amleh) concludes that the war on Gaza has exposed disinformation as one of the most dangerous instruments for controlling perception and rewriting truth. Protecting Palestinians today, therefore, means protecting their voices, narratives, and right to knowledge—because whoever controls information controls consciousness, and whoever distorts the narrative paves the way to justify war crimes.

T.R.

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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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