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 of the genocide, or watched passively, without taking any actions to Stop it.

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8 Palestinians Killed, 10 Bodies Retrieved, 15 Corpses Returned, 3 Injured, Mostly Children and Women, 

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 68,159 and the Injuries to 170,203

by October 19, 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 19, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 78,867.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (68,159) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,708+). 

By October 19, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,203. 

Note: Today (October 19, 2025), 10 martyrs have been added as a correction to the death toll, as a result of verification and confirmation by the judicial committee overseeing reports of missing persons.

By October 19, 2025, according to news report, 1,044 Palestinians who were killed, 7,248 who were injured, and 19,218 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:

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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8 Palestinians were killed, 10 bodies retrieved, 15 corpses returned, 3 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces, which brings the death toll to 68,159 and the injuries to 170,203 in the Gaza Strip, by October 19, 2025.	44 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes and bombardment on the Gaza Strip today, including 4 victims brought to Al-Shifa, 23 to Al-'Awda, 12 to Al-Aqsa, and five to Nasir Hospitals, on October 19, 2025.
Smoke rising from the destroyed neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip cities, which have been subjected to the Israeli spree of air strikes, which led the killing of Palestinians, on October 19, 2025.	Smoke rising from the destroyed neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip cities, which have been subjected to the Israeli spree of air strikes, which led the killing of Palestinians, on October 19, 2025.
A horde of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed a cultivated land in Wadi 'Ammar, in Turmus 'Ayya town, northeast of Ramallah, forced olive harvesters to leave their groves and set fire to two of their cars, October 19, 2025 pic	Palestinian young man, Majid Mabrook, was martyred on Sunday morning by the Israel occupation forces, when they stormed El-'Ain refugee camp in Nablus and opened fire at him, on October 19, 2025.
Carrying to Nasir hospital injured and martyred Palestinians who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strike on a tent of displaced families, in Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2025.	Grieving, in Shuhada El-Aqsa hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on central Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2025.
Carrying, to Al-'Awda Hospital, injured and martyred Palestinians who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on El-Nusayrat and El-Buraij, in central Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2025.	Smoke rising as a result of the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Rafa'h, in southern Gaza Strip, on October 19, 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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Despite ceasefire, Gaza death toll continues to rise, reaching 68,159 since October 2023

GAZA, October 19, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) –

Although a ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on October 11, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has continued to rise, reaching 68,159, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 170,203 others have also been injured.

This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.

Medical sources stated that 18 bodies, including ten that were recovered from under the rubble and eight that were directly killed by the Israeli occupation forces, and three injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours.

Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 11, 2025, 35 Palestinians have been killed and 146 others have been injured. The bodies of 414 Palestinians have also been recovered.

Fifteen unidentified bodies previously withheld by the Israeli occupation have also been handed over as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal, bringing the total number of bodies received from Israel to 150, delivered in batches of 45, 45, 30, 15, and 15.

T.R.

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44 Palestinians killed by Israeli army gunfire and bombardment across Gaza since dawn today

GAZA, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 44 Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire and bombardment in various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Four of the victims were brought to Al-Shifa Hospital, 23 to Al-'Awda Hospital, 12 to Al-Aqsa Hospital, and five to Nasir Hospital.

T.R.

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 Israel violates ceasefire: Several Palestinians killed, injured in series of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Sunday 19-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces launched a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a serious violation of the Gaza ceasefire, resulting in multiple martyrs and injuries. This new violation comes even though Al-Qassam Brigades clarified they were not involved in the Rafah incident that killed two Israeli soldiers.

Medical sources reported 14 Palestinians were martyred in the strikes, two transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, two to Al-Awda Hospital, seven to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza, and three to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

Three civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a displacement tent near the Asdaa area in northern Khan Yunis.

The PIC confirmed that a 35-year-old woman was killed and 10 others, mostly children, were wounded in a strike on tents sheltering displaced families near the Asdaa gate in Mawasi Khan Yunis.

Israeli tanks also fired artillery shells east of Khan Yunis.

Two martyrs were brought to Al-Shifa Hospital after an Israeli strike near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

Israeli warplanes also bombed the eastern part of Al-Tuffah neighborhood in northeastern Gaza City.

Two journalists were also killed when Israeli warplanes struck a chalet used by journalists from the PMP media company in Al-Zawaida, central Gaza.

Earlier Sunday, six civilians were killed and others wounded when an Israeli drone bombed a gathering in Al-Zawaida, marking another ceasefire violation.

Eyewitnesses said the drone targeted a group of people outside “Twix Cafe” west of Al-Zawaida, resulting in casualties, including children.

Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah confirmed receiving several injured and later declared six martyrs.

The attacks coincided with remarks by Israeli Army Minister Yoav Gallant, who warned, “Hamas will learn the hard way today that the army is determined to protect its soldiers. We have ordered the army to strike Hamas targets in Gaza forcefully.”

He added on X, “Hamas will pay dearly for every shot fired and every ceasefire breach. If they don’t get the message, our responses will escalate.”

Israeli media claimed resistance fighters attacked an Israeli army vehicle east of Rafah, stating that a resistance group fired a barrage of rockets at the occupation forces.

Reports said the fighters targeted an Israeli operational unit led by mercenary Yasser Abu Shabab in Rafah and detonated an explosive device under a military vehicle. Some outlets reported two soldiers killed, while others reported four wounded.

Meanwhile, Palestinian media quoted resistance sources as saying that the Rafah incident was misrepresented as a ceasefire breach to blame the resistance.

They explained that an old landmine, planted during earlier battles, detonated under an Israeli vehicle, and the event was misrepresented as a resistance attack.

Since the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, Israel has committed 47 documented violations, killing 38 Palestinians and injuring 143 others, in flagrant breaches of the ceasefire and international humanitarian law.

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Several civilians killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple areas in Gaza

GAZA, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several civilians were killed and others injured this evening in Israeli shelling targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli forces bombed a house belonging to the Al-Baz family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several civilians.

Israeli warplanes also launched airstrikes east of Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, and targeted an apartment in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, killing two civilians and injuring others.

Medical sources reported that the number of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli occupation forces fire in various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today has risen to 36.

T.R.

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In violation of the ceasefire agreement, five Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli drone strike in central Gaza

GAZA, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least five Palestinian civilians were killed and several others, including children, were injured this afternoon in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of civilians west of the Az-Zawayda area in central Gaza, according to medical sources.

Although a ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on October 11, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has continued to rise, reaching 68,159, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 170,203 others have also been injured.

Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 11, 35 Palestinians have been killed and 146 others have been injured. The bodies of 414 Palestinians have also been recovered.

Fifteen unidentified bodies previously withheld by the Israeli occupation have also been handed over as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal, bringing the total number of bodies received from Israel to 150, delivered in batches of 45, 45, 30, 15, and 15.

T.R.

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Gaza: Several civilians killed and injured, including children, in Israeli strikes on El-Zawayida and Khan Younus

GAZA, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

In yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement, several Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured this evening in Israeli airstrikes on the town of El-Zawayida and the city of Khan Younus.

Local sources reported that at least two Palestinians, including a journalist, were killed in an Israeli drone shelling that targeted a tent in the Shalihat area, southwest of El-Zawayida in central Gaza Strip.

In addition, a Palestinian woman was killed and several others, mostly children, were injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a tent for displaced persons near the Asdaa area, north of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Although a ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on October 11, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has continued to rise, reaching 68,159, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 170,203 others have also been injured.

T.R.

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

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Palestinian young man killed by the IOFs gunfire in Nablus

Sunday 19-October-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred on Sunday morning after the Israel occupation forces (IOFs) stormed El-'Ain refugee camp in Nablus and opened fire at him.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces encircled a house belonging to the family of Mabrouk in the camp before opening fire at a young man, wounding him critically.

Red Crescent paramedics evacuated the young man who had been shot by Israeli forces after besieging and raiding a house in El-'Ain refugee camp. Despite emergency efforts, the victim was pronounced dead from severe bleeding after being transferred to the hospital.

The martyr was identified as Majid Dawood. He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and limbs.

A health official in Nablus said the IOFs prevented paramedics from providing Dawood with first aid and left him bleeding for over half an hour before allowing his transfer to the hospital. 

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Two Palestinians injured, including one critically, during Israeli occupation army raid on El-Jalazoan refugee camp

RAMALLAH, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians were injured, including one critically, during an Israeli military incursion into El-Jalazoan refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

The Ministry of Health said in a brief statement that two injured Palestinians, including one with critical wounds, arrived at the Arab Specialized Hospital after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in El-Jalazoan refugee camp.

Security sources told WAFA that a special Israeli undercover forces stormed the camp and opened live fire, shooting and injuring two residents.

T.R.

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 Israeli occupation forces assault ambulance driver near Jineen

Jineen, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) attacked an ambulance driver on Sunday as he passed through the Dotan checkpoint, southeast of Barta'a town.

The Barta'a Municipality said that the IOFs stationed at the checkpoint severely beat an ambulance driver while transporting a cancer patient from Barta'a town through the Dotan checkpoint. The driver sustained a fracture in his left hand and an eye injury.

The patient was then transferred to a hospital in the 1948 territories.

The municipality confirmed that the ambulance was well-known to the soldiers at the checkpoint, as it was the only vehicle transporting patients from the town through the checkpoint.

It indicated that the frequency of attacks on citizens by IOF soldiers has increased significantly in recent months, with soldiers deliberately assaulting, insulting, and detaining citizens as they pass through the checkpoint.

It is worth noting that the Dotan checkpoint is the only outlet for Barta'a residents, numbering 8,000, to reach Jineen and the rest of the West Bank.

K.T. 

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IOFs carry out violent raids and kidnappings, in Toubas, and other West Bank areas

Sunday 19-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a large-scale military campaign across the West Bank, raiding homes and kidnapping a number of Palestinian citizens on Sunday morning.

According to local sources, two Israeli occupation soldiers sustained injuries when the Palestinian resistance detonated an explosive device near the Tayaseer junction in Toubas.

Soon later, Israeli occupation forces stormed Toubas City and laid siege to it, amid raids on homes.

The Israeli occupation forces reportedly kidnapped at least three young men from the city, blocked its southern entrance with mounds of dirt and rocks, and bulldozed roads and infrastructure.

However, media reports said that several citizens were taken prisoner during the IOFs raid in Toubas.

Local sources reported that around 30 IOFs vehicles and two bulldozers, backed by reinforcements from the Tayaseer checkpoint, took part in what they described as the “most violent operation in months.”

For its part, Al-Quds Brigades in Toubas claimed responsibility for targeting the Israeli occupation forces with an explosive device.

The IOFs also kidnapped four citizens from Salfeet and five others, including a child, from different areas of Nablus province.

Meanwhile, the 'Hamas Movement has applauded the resistance operation that targeted an Israeli foot patrol in Toubas, saying the resistance in the West Bank will remain unbroken despite the Israeli attempts to neutralize it through repression, arrests and security measures.

“Our people’s will is stronger than all instruments of oppression and will not break in the face of tyranny and terror,” Hamas said in a statement on Sunday.

The Movement reiterated the Palestinian people’s “legitimate right to respond to the occupation’s escalating crimes, including killing, genocide, displacement, Judaization, and systematic settlement expansion.”

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 IOAR razes two Palestinian structures in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Sunday 19-October-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) demolished two structures in the Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood of Silwan district in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), while settlers attacked two Palestinian areas in the east of the holy city and in the south of Bethlehem.

According to Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) sources, the two facilities in Wadi Qaddoum belonged to Hani El-Salayima and were demolished under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

In another incident, a horde of extremist settlers attacked the Bedouin community of Khallet al-Sidra in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), blocked its main road and vandalized its water pipelines.

In Bethlehem, another group of settlers grazed their sheep on swaths of cultivated land and near homes belonging to Palestinian citizens living in the Khalayil El-Loaz of southern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem). 

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 Israeli occupation bulldozes land in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) neighborhood of El-Shaikh Jarra'h

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

Bulldozers of the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem bulldozed today a Palestinian-owned plot of land designated for displaying and selling cars near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) neighborhood of El-Shaikh Jarra'h, according to local sources.

Sources reported that staff from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem, accompanied by substantial units of Israeli police, stormed the site and carried out bulldozing operations across large areas of the land, in addition to destroying the exhibition’s equipment and facilities without prior notice.

The targeted land is located in a vital area along Street No. 1 and has been owned by a Jerusalemite family for decades. The Israeli authorities claim that the land is “unlicensed”, as part of their plan to expand colonial control around El-Shaikh Jarra'hh and Wadi El-Joaz areas.

This attack comes within the framework of an ongoing Israeli policy targeting Palestinian presence in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) through demolition orders, land seizures, and forced evictions for the benefit of colonial settlement projects, in an attempt to alter the Arab character of the holy city and displace its indigenous residents.

T.R.

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Palestinian detainee from Jineen refugee camp dies in Israeli custody

RAMALLAH, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Civil Affairs Commission has informed both the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) that Palestinian detainee Ma'hmoud Talal Abdullah has died at Israel’s Assaf Harofeh Hospital.

Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Talal Abdullah, 49, was detained by the Israeli occupation on February 1 of this year. Following his detention, his health condition deteriorated severely, and it was later confirmed that he was suffering from cancer. He was transferred from Megiddo Prison to Gilboa Prison and later to the Ramla Prison Clinic.

Despite medical examinations confirming that he had cancer in an advanced stage, the Israeli occupation refused to release him and kept him in detention until he died one day after being transferred to Assaf Harofeh Hospital.

Abdullah, from Jenin refugee camp, was a former prisoner who spent two years in Israeli jails following his detention during the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2002. Prior to his most recent detention, he was undergoing treatment for existing health conditions, but his re-detention prevented him from continuing his medical care.

The commission and PPS confirmed that Abdullah’s death adds to the series of crimes carried out by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian detainees, as part of its ongoing genocidal war.

They emphasized that testimonies from hundreds of former prisoners document systematic torture and abuse, which constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, affirming that what occurs inside the prisons is part of the ongoing all-out genocidal war.

With Abdullah’s death, the number of prisoners and detainees who have died since the onset of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, and whose identities are known, has risen to 79.

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

This period has been the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement since 1967. As a result, the total number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since 1967 has risen to 316, said the joint statement.

The Commission and PPS emphasized that the unprecedented rate of deaths among prisoners and detainees underscores that the Israeli prison system continues to implement a policy of slow killing. They stressed that not a month passes without a new death among prisoners and detainees, and with daily violations persisting in the prisons, the number of deaths is expected to rise as thousands remain held in conditions deprived of basic necessities and subjected to systematic, ongoing abuses, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual violence and conditions that lead to severe and contagious diseases. In addition, there is an unprecedented level of deprivation and dispossession.

This is in addition to the field executions targeting dozens of prisoners and detainees. The statement added that the recently handed-over bodies following the ceasefire serve as clear and conclusive evidence of the extent of the crimes committed against numerous prisoners and detainees.

The Commission and PPS held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the death of Abdallah. They reiterated their calls for the international human rights community to take decisive action to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing war crimes they are committing against the Palestinian people.

In a joint statement, they called for the imposition of sanctions to isolate Israel internationally and restore the role of the international human rights system, which has been severely undermined during the genocide. They also urged an end to the exceptional immunity Israel has been granted by colonial powers, which have allowed it to evade accountability and punishment.

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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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive pickers east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the armed illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers this evening while they were picking olives in the village of El-Tayba, east of Ramallah, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that a group of the armed illegal Israeli settlers assaulted farmers harvesting olives in lands located near residential homes, severely beating one farmer, before the Israeli occupation army intervened to secure the colonists’ withdrawal.

This attack comes amid a rise in colonist attacks on citizens and olive pickers across the West Bank, particularly in the governorates of Ramallah, Nablus, and Salfeet. The town of Turmus 'Ayya also witnessed a violent attack by colonists earlier today.

Palestinian farmers face an annual struggle to safeguard their lands and olive trees from colonist attacks, which intensify during the olive-harvesting season amid the protection and support provided to colonists by the Israeli army.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers, torch cars in different W. Bank areas

Sunday 19-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Hordes of the armed illegal Israeli settlers launched multiple attacks on Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season in several areas of the West Bank on Sunday.

According to local sources, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed swaths of cultivated land in the Wadi 'Ammar area in Turmus 'Ayya town, northeast of Ramallah, forced olive harvesters to leave their groves and set fire to two cars belonging to them.

During the settler attack, Israeli soldiers set up a makeshift checkpoint at the main entrance of the town and searched passing cars.

A group of settlers also prevented Palestinian farmers from reaching their olive groves in El-Mughayir village, northeast of Ramallah, and stole their crops.

A similar settler attack happened in El-Batn area of Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah.

In eastern Nablus, another group of settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Itamar attacked Palestinian olive groves in El-Rujeeb village and prevented farmers from finishing collecting their crops.

In western Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), a number of settlers torched Palestinian cars inside an auto repair shop owned by 'Ali El-Toas.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers infiltrated the area and set fire to the parked vehicles, resulting in their destruction and causing extensive material damage to the place.

Extremist settler groups living illegally in the West Bank launch intensive attacks on farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season every year. 

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Two Palestinians injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, in southern El-Khaleel (Hebron)

Sunday 19-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen and his wife suffered injuries on Saturday evening when a horde of armed illegal Israeli settlers assaulted them in southern El-Khaleel (Hebron), while other settlers attacked citizens and their property in the northern Jordan Valley.

According to local sources, a number of armed settlers from the illegal settlement of “Susya” attacked Palestinian farmers from the Nawaj'a family in the Ashkara area near the archaeological site of Khirbet Susya.

The settlers attacked them physically, resulting in injuries to Nabeel Nawaj'a and his wife, Ri'han Nawaj'a, who suffered injuries and contusions. They were subsequently transferred to Yatta Hospital for treatment.

The sources added that the settlers destroyed several olive trees and cut the barbed wire surrounding citizens’ lands in the area.

Another group of settlers reportedly stormed the hamlets of Khirbet Samra and Khallet Makhoul in the northern Jordan Valley in the evening. They carried out acts of provocation and bullying against the local residents, including chasing shepherds, attacking homes, and vandalizing property.

In a separate incident, a Palestinian young man sustained a bullet injury in al-Ram town, north of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Saturday when an Israeli police officer opened fire at him.

The Red Crescent said its paramedics provided a wounded young worker with first aid near the separation wall in al-Ram town before transporting him to the hospital.

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 Israeli occupation forces seal off entrances to several villages east and west of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 19, 2025 (WAFA) –

 The Israeli occupation forces this evening sealed off the entrances to several villages and roads east of Ramallah, severely disrupting the movement of residents, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that the Israeli occupation army closed the main entrance of the town of Dair Dibwan east of Ramallah with a military checkpoint at the western bridge, preventing vehicles from passing in both directions.

Forces also closed the entrances to Dair Jareer and Yabroud with dirt barriers and military checkpoints, forcing residents to use rough, alternative dirt roads to reach their homes.

The Israeli occupation forces also closed the road connecting several villages west of Ramallah, including the Jaryout road linking Baitunya with the western villages.

These measures come amid escalating attacks by colonists in the vicinity of Palestinian communities, particularly during the olive harvest season, as villages east of Ramallah have witnessed in recent days a widespread crackdown, including chasing farmers and preventing them from reaching their lands located near the colonies.

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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