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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104 Palestinians Killed, 253 Injured, Mostly Children and Women, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 68,643 and the Injuries to 170,655, by October 29, 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 29, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 78,961.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (68,643) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,318+). 

By October 29, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,655. 

By October 29, 2025, according to news report, 1,049 Palestinians who were killed, 7,2943 who were injured, and 19,282 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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104 Palestinians Killed, 253 Injured, the vast majority were children and women, which brings the death toll of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to 68,643 and the injuries to 170,655, by October 29, 2025.	104 Palestinians Killed, 253 Injured, the vast majority were children and women, which brings the death toll of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip to 68,643 and the injuries to 170,655, by October 29, 2025.
UN inquiry documented 16,000 pieces of evidence showing the Israeli war crimes, genocide, massacres, kidnapping of civilians, and mistreating them, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.	UN inquiry documents 16,000 pieces of evidence proving the Israeli war crimes, genocide, kidnapping civilians, and mistreating them, during the two-year of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.
The Palestinian Government Operations Room for Emergency Interventions in the Gaza Strip reviewed the executive preliminary and adaptive plan for relief and early recovery in Gaza’s water sector, October 29, 2025.	A total of 104 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 46 children and 40 women, were martyred, and 253 were injured, in dozens of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.
Undetonated Israeli missile threatens the life of the Palestinian people in a Gaza City street, October 29, 2025.	Retrieving some corpses, in Gaza City, of Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by Israeli air strikes, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.
Grieving, at Shuhada El-Aqsa hospital, the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.	Palestinians inspecting a vehicle, which was set in fire by the illegal Israeli settlers, in Soureef, northwest of El-Khaleel, Hebron, October 29, 2029.

The number of Palestinian journalists, martyred during the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, rose to 256, following the martyrdom of reporter Mu'hammed El-Muneerawi, who worked for Palestine newspaper, October 29, 2025.	A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian property in Attara village, north of Ramallah, at dawn Wednesday, setting vehicles ablaze and scrawling racist graffiti on walls, October 29, 2025.
Palestinian rescue crew members retrieving the body of a martyr, who was killed and stayed under the rubble, during the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces raided several homes and stores, and kidnapped dozens of citizens in the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday, October 29, 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 death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 68,643

Gaza, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 104 martyrs, including 46 children and 40 women, and 253 injured others, including 78 children and 84 women, were taken to Gaza Strip hospitals.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health also announced on Wednesday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 68,643, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli offensive on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry added that the number of injuries has risen to 170,655 since the start of the offensive, while an unkown number of victims remain trapped under the rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue teams.

Meanwhile, the total number of fatalities and wounded since the ceasefire agreement on October 11 has reached 211 while 597 others wounded, with 482 bodies recovered.

K.T.

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Over 100 Palestinians, including 46 children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza despite ceasefire

Anadolu staff, |October 29, 2025     

GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL --

The Israeli army killed more than 100 Palestinians, including 46 children, in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday evening, violating a ceasefire agreement in place since Oct. 10, 2025, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry reported in a statement that Gaza hospitals received the bodies of 104 civilians, including 46 children and 20 women, since Tuesday night.

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces renewed attacks also injured 253 people, including 78 children and 84 women, the Ministry added.

The Ministry data showed that since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, at least 211 people have been killed and 597 others in Israeli attacks.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said on US social media company Facebook that over 100 people were killed in “horrific Israeli massacres” in less than 12 hours across the Gaza Strip.

“These massacres are being carried out in full view of mediators and the international community, which remains silent and incapable of taking any concrete steps to stop the ongoing bloodshed of Palestinians that has continued for more than two years,” the spokesman said.

The state news agency, Wafa, citing medical sources from Gaza hospitals, said that 31 people were killed by the Israeli occupation army in the north, 42 people in central areas, and 18 in the southern Gaza Strip. Dozens of civilians were also injured in the attacks.

The Israeli genocidal strikes hit homes, tents sheltering displaced civilians, a vehicle, a shelter, and a hospital inside the so-called “yellow line,” medics told Anadolu.

The “yellow line” refers to the zone to which Israeli forces have withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement. It is a non-physical partition that runs through the Gaza Strip, dividing the Palestinian territory in half south of Gaza City and north of Khan Younus.

In northern Gaza, the Israeli army targeted a school-turned-shelter in an area in Bait Lahya, killing three civilians and injuring others.

The Israeli occupation army also shelled two houses in El-Nasr neighborhood and the Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City, leaving eight people dead.

The body of a young Palestinian girl was retrieved from the rubble of a house in El-Sabra neighborhood, taking the number of killed civilians in the attack to five.

A fresh Israeli strike on Wednesday morning hit a mosque sheltering displaced people in El-Sabra neighborhood, witnesses told Anadolu.

Two people were killed, 10 injured in El-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, and a number of civilians are still missing under the rubble of a house that was targeted by the Israeli genocidal strikes. Several others were wounded in another attack southwest of El-Zaytoun neighborhood.

A Palestinian mom and her child were killed by the Israeli occupation army in the Tel El-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City.

In the central Gaza Strip, four people lost their lives after an Israeli strike hit their tent in Dair El-Bala'h.

In the southern parts of the city, two civilians lost their lives, and several others were injured by the Israeli occupation army.

Six people lost their lives, and many others were wounded when Israeli aircraft struck a school-turned-shelter and a house in El-Buraij refugee camp.

Five others were also killed in strikes that targeted several homes in El-Nusayrat refugee camp.

In a similar attack, nine people, four of them children, were killed, and nine others went missing under the rubble of a house that was hit by the Israeli army in El-Nusayrat refugee camp.

Eight people, including three children, were killed in Israeli fire on tents sheltering displaced civilians in the El-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Medical sources said the death toll is expected to rise as several people sustained critical injuries and ongoing searches for those missing under the rubble of destroyed homes.

The brutal Israeli attacks came in violation of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10, 2025, under US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan.

Phase one of the deal includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The plan also envisages the rebuilding of Gaza and the establishment of a new governing mechanism without Hamas.

Israel has killed more than 68,643 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 170,655 others in attacks in Gaza since October 2023. 

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Two Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza

GAZA, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians were killed on Wednesday evening in an Israeli airstrike on the 'Atatra area in northern Gaza, according to local sources.

The development came as the Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. A series of air and artillery strikes across the territory since Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning have killed 104 people, including 46 children and 40 women, as well as 253 injured others..

M.N.

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Gaza war death toll among journalists rises to 256 after martyrdom of reporter

Wednesday 29-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza announced Wednesday that the number of Palestinian journalists martyred since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has risen to 256, following the martyrdom of reporter Mu'hammed El-Muneerawi, who worked for Palestine newspaper.

In a statement, the PGMO strongly condemned the systematic targeting and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), calling it a deliberate effort to silence the truth and erase evidence of atrocities in Gaza.

The PGMO urged the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and press unions worldwide to denounce these “premeditated crimes” against the press, stressing that silence encourages further attacks on media professionals.

The PGMO held Israel, the US administration, and European partners in what it called “the genocidal campaign”, including the UK, Germany, and France, fully responsible for the ongoing killings and violations.

It called on the international community and relevant organizations to take concrete action to prosecute Israeli war criminals, stop the ongoing genocide, and protect journalists and media workers in Gaza from continued targeting and assassination.

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

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Palestinian man injured in settler attack near Nablus

NABLUS, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man sustained fractures and bruises on Wednesday after being attacked by a group of the illegal Israeli settlers in the lands of El-Sawiya village, south of Nablus.

The head of the village council, Mahmoud Hassan, said that colonists attacked farmers and participants in an olive harvest activity in the eastern lands of the village, resulting in injuries to Nihad Abu 'Arar, the deputy head of the village council, who suffered fractures and bruises after being assaulted and pushed by the settlers.

He added: “Abu 'Arar was taken to the hospital after falling in very rugged terrain. This occurred after the Israeli police arrived and directed us to take a rough path, when a group of armed settlers accompanied by dogs attacked us.”

K.T.

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 Israeli occupation forces assault three young men near Nablus

NABLUS, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces assaulted three young men today as they were passing through the Dair Sharaf checkpoint, west of Nablus.

The director of the Red Crescent's ambulance and emergency center in Nablus, Amjad A'hmad, said that ambulance crews transported the three young men to the hospital after they were assaulted by Israeli soldiers at the Dair Sharaf checkpoint.

K.T.

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 IOFs carry out raids, kidnap dozens of citizens in the West Bank

Wednesday 29-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) raided several homes and stores, and kidnapped dozens of citizens in the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped a citizen from Kafr Qalleel town in southern Nablus and ransacked a number of businesses in Balata refugee camp.

In southern Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the Israeli occupation forces detained and interrogated about 44 citizens following violent raids on homes in El-Duhaisha refugee camp.

Local source reported that the IOFs maltreated the citizens during their detention in the refugee camp.

The IOFs also carried out overnight raids in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

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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 village east of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, on Wednesday evening, according to local sources.

The sources said that the illegal Israeli settlers assaulted the outskirts of the village and attempted to storm it before being confronted by local residents. Israeli forces later stormed the village following the attack.

Since October 2023, and up to the fifth of this month, the illegal Israeli colonists have carried out a total of 7,154 attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property across the West Bank, resulting in the killing of 34 Palestinians, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

M.N.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers cut down hundreds of ancient olive trees near Nablus

NABLUS, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Wednesday cut down hundreds of ancient olive trees in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus, according to local sources.

Farmers said they were shocked to find their olive trees destroyed when they entered their lands in the western area of the village after obtaining a two-day access permit. The lands are located near the illegal colony of Eli, built on the lands of the villages of Qaryout, El-Sawiya, and El-Lubban El-Sharqiya.

Local sources noted that this is the second consecutive year that colonists have carried out similar acts of destruction in the same area.

The olive harvest season in the West Bank has been marked by frequent attacks from Israeli colonists and occupation forces. According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the Israeli army and colonists have committed 259 attacks against olive harvesters since the season began in early October.

The commission documented 41 assaults by Israeli forces and 218 by the illegal settlers. These attacks included physical assaults, arrests, movement restrictions, intimidation, and live fire, with most incidents occurring in the governorates of Ramallah and Al-Beereh, Nablus, and El-Khaleel (Hebron).

M.N.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles on Wednesday evening in the village of Dair Nidtham, northwest of Ramallah, according to local sources.

Witnesses reported that the illegal settlers hurled stones at vehicles near the village entrance, damaging several cars and shattering their windows. No injuries were reported.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the illegal Israeli settlers have carried out a total of 7,154 attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank since October 7, 2023, resulting in the killing of 34 Palestinians.

M.N.

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Illegal Israeli settlers torch Palestinian cars in the West Bank

Wednesday 29-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Groups of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian property in Ramallah and El-Khaleel in the occupied West Bank at dawn Wednesday, setting vehicles ablaze and scrawling racist graffiti on walls.

According to local sources, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers set fire to two cars and spray-painted racist slurs on walls in Attara village, north of Ramallah.

Another group of the illegal settlers reportedly stormed Silwad town, in eastern Ramallah in an attempt to attack homes as the local residents gathered for an olive harvest activity.

In El-Khaleel (Hebron), the illegal Israeli settlers set two cars aflame in the Dair El-Neel area of Soureef town.

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 Israeli occupation forces issue 30 demolition, halt on construction orders near El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces issued approximately 30 demolition orders targeting Palestinian homes in the towns of 'Eisawiya and Za'eem, north of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate stated in a press release on Wednesday that the occupation forces issued approximately 15 stop-work and demolition orders on Monday, targeting homes built without permits. They also issued 15 additional orders in the Bedouin community of El-Sa'idi in the town of Za'eem, east of the city. Among those named were A'hmed 'Awda El-Sa'idi, Awda A'hmed El-Sa'idi, Khaled 'Awda Sa'idi, and Mu'hammed 'Awda Sa'idi.

It added that the notices come in the context of a continuous Israeli escalation against the Jerusalem areas, and within a systematic policy aimed at forcibly displacing the population and emptying the area of ​​its people, and within attempts to impose a new demographic reality that weakens the Palestinian presence in the city and facilitates colonial expansion in its vicinity, and in implementation of the E1 project within the larger project called Greater Jerusalem.

K.T.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Palestinian Government Operations Room reviews relief and early recovery plan for the water sector in Gaza

RAMALLAH, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Government Operations Room for Emergency Interventions in the Gaza Strip reviewed on Wednesday the executive plan for relief and early recovery in Gaza’s water sector. These plans are preliminary and adaptive, continuously updated in cooperation with Arab and international partners and UN institutions. 

The meeting was attended by the head of the Water Authority, Minister Ziyad Al-Mimi, alongside representatives from UNICEF, the World Bank, the European Union, the Netherlands Representative Office, and the Office of the Quartet.

Sama'h 'Hamad, Head of the Operations Room, affirmed the ongoing coordination with national and international stakeholders to ensure institutional complementarity and effective partnerships. 

She stressed that an integrated response is essential to ensure a smooth transition from relief to recovery and full-scale reconstruction under the national plan for a Resilient and Livable Gaza, highlighting that access to water remains one of the most critical daily challenges facing citizens.

Al-Mimi noted that the Israeli aggression caused extensive destruction to Gaza’s water infrastructure, leading to a severe drop in available water supplies. He affirmed that the Water Authority continues its efforts to maintain water flow necessary for survival through the operation of wells and desalination plants and the provision of fuel and operational supplies, in close coordination with local and international partners.

He explained that the Water Authority’s plan for Gaza is based on an urgent intervention framework implemented in partnership with the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) and UN agencies. The plan prioritizes projects that enhance water security, rehabilitate damaged infrastructure, expand the use of renewable energy, develop wastewater treatment and reuse systems, and launch the National Water Company to strengthen efficiency and sustainability.

According to data from the Water Authority, over 85% of vital water facilities have been damaged by the Israeli aggression. Production from groundwater wells currently stands at only 25% of pre-war capacity due to extensive damage and restricted access. 

Additionally, all five wastewater treatment plants are now completely out of service, while 20 sewage pumping stations were totally destroyed and 27 others partially damaged out of 79 stations across the Gaza Strip.

Hadeel Faydi, the Water Authority’s representative in the Operations Room, presented a detailed briefing on the status of the water and sanitation sector and the early recovery plan. She affirmed continued operation of desalination plants, fuel supply to wells, and emergency maintenance activities in coordination with local and international partners to sustain life-saving essential services.

The meeting concluded with an open discussion, during which international and national partners and experts shared comments and recommendations to ensure the effective and coordinated implementation of the emergency response and early recovery plan through a participatory and integrated approach.

M.N.

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Palestinian Prime Minister,  Mu'hammed  Mustafa, warns of obstructing Gaza’s recovery and reconstruction plans, saying it would deepen the suffering of our people

RAMALLAH, October 29, 2025 (WAFA) —

Palestinian Prime Minister, Mu'hammed Mustafa, warned on Wednesday of the risk of Gaza sliding into chaos and the obstruction of relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts, expressing concern over the declining international momentum amid continued delays in achieving Palestinian consensus to unify state institutions and enable the State of Palestine to fulfill its responsibilities toward our people in the Gaza Strip.

In his opening remarks at the weekly Cabinet session held in Ramallah, Prime Minister Mustafa stressed that “our people have paid a heavy price through two years of killing and forced displacement — and this price must not end in chaos, arrangements that entrench the status quo, or by reducing our national cause to a mere humanitarian issue.”

He underscored that what is needed at this critical juncture is a clear and genuine national position that counters the occupation’s policies and enables the Palestinian Government to fully assume its role on the ground in Gaza — implementing its comprehensive plans for relief, recovery, reconstruction, and stabilization — plans that enjoy broad international and national support.

During the session, the Cabinet called on the international community to compel Israel, the occupying Power, to halt its assaults in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, stressing that it continues to undermine Palestinian state institutions at all levels. This includes Israel’s ongoing and complete withholding of Palestinian tax revenues, its rejection of the Palestinian Government’s return to Gaza, and its hindrance of efforts to unify the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as steps toward realizing the Palestinian State.

In other decisions, the Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Social Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) valued at USD 3 million to fund economic development projects — particularly for displaced families in the northern West Bank — across the agriculture, technology, and home production sectors. Project grants will range between $5,000 and $10,000, according to defined criteria and guidelines, and will be implemented through a network of cooperatives and civil society organizations in coordination with the Ministry’s directorates across the governorates.

The Cabinet also reviewed preparations for the 2026 Hajj season, including electronic registration under the e-draw system and logistical arrangements for transportation and accommodation to ensure the comfort of pilgrims and the success of the pilgrimage season.

As part of the Government’s Digital Transformation Initiative, the Cabinet submitted to President Mahmoud Abbas an updated version of the National Cyber-security Authority Draft Law, which aims to establish a robust national cyber-security framework to protect digital infrastructure, enhance information security, and promote innovation and investment in the cyber-security sector.

M.N.

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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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