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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As World Governments Are Either Participant, Accomplices, or Continue to Watch the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza, Without Taking Any Actions to Stop it,

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65 Palestinians Killed, 153 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, 

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 67,139 and the Injuries to 169,583

by October 5, 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 5, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,101.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (67,139) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 11,962+). 

By October 5, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 169,583. 

By October 5, 2025, according to news report, 1,036 Palestinians who were killed, 7,162 who were injured, and 19,132 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.   

A Statistical Note:

Yesterday, the death toll, reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza was 66,288. The Ministry added 66 martyrs (on October 4, 2025). Thus, the new death toll should be 66,354. However, the Ministry reported that the new death toll is 67,074. This means that there has been a correction of adding 654 fatalities to the death toll, in the Ministry's reporting.

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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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65 Palestinians were killed, 153 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 67,139 and injuries to 169,583, by October 5, 2025.	Head of the 'Hamas negotiating delegation, Khaleel El-'Hayya, appeared in a video message, for the first time since the Israeli attempt to assassinate him, by a missile attack on Do'ha, Qatar, October 5, 2025.
65 Palestinians were killed, 153 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 67,139 and injuries to 169,583, by October 5, 2025.	Under the relentless Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, thousands of Palestinian families fled the City to southern Gaza Strip, through El-Rasheed Street, October 4, 2025.
Grieving, at Nasir hospital, the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, on October 5, 2025.	Displaced Palestinian families, who fled Gaza City due to the Israeli genocidal air strikes, set up their tents directly by the seaside due to the lack of any other spaces, in Dair El-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, October 5, 2025.
Illegal Israeli settlers, escorted by the Israeli occupation forces, in a provocative tour in the Palestinian Old City of El-Khaleel, Hebron, on October 4, 2025.	The Israeli occupation forces destroyed the house of the Palestinian political prisoner, Ahmed Al-Haymouni, as a collective punishment of his family, on October 6, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Death toll in Gaza surges to 67,139 since outbreak of Israel's genocide campaign

GAZA, October 5, 2025 (WAFA, PIC ) –

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 65 civilians, as well as 153 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Sunday morning. 

Thus, the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 67,139 fatalities, with an additional 169,583 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

The Ministry reported that the death toll included two aid seekers were killed and 30 others injured by Israeli shelling and gunfire, which raised the death toll among aid seekers to 2,605 since March 2025, with 19,124 others injured.

The Ministry also reported that a total of 13,549 people have been killed and 57,542 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

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

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

M.N.

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Dozens killed, injured in relentless Israeli attacks in Gaza

Sunday 5-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Sunday, to carry out intensive deadly strikes and target civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip, mainly in Gaza City.

According to local media sources, Israeli forces continued today to detonate and bomb more homes and tents and displace families across the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including a shooting attack that killed three aid seekers in northern Rafa'h.

Medical sources said that two martyrs and seven wounded people were evacuated to Al-Awda Hospital following Israeli attacks on tents and an aid distribution point in central Gaza.

The Israeli army reportedly bombed Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, reducing it to rubble. No casualties have been reported.

The Ahli Hospital in Gaza also received the body of a child who was reported missing yesterday following an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s Al-Tuffa'h neighborhood.

Casualties were reported following Israeli strikes on apartment buildings near Al-Tayaran junction in Gaza City.

Four martyrs were also transported to the Nasser Hospital and another one to the Aqsa Hospital following dawn strikes in different areas.

Several people sustained injuries after the Israeli occupation army bombed the upper floors of residential buildings on al-Thalatheeni Street in Gaza City.

The Israeli army also launched attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip last night and today, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.

Meanwhile, several people were martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near distribution points in separate areas of Gaza.

Other Gazans were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry today.

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One person dies of starvation in Gaza, bringing total hunger-related deaths to 460

GAZA, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Medical sources announced on Sunday the death of one person during the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip as a result of starvation and malnutrition.

According to medical sources, the total number of deaths caused by starvation in the Gaza Strip has risen to 460, including 154 children.

Since the declaration of famine in the Gaza Strip by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on August 22, a total of 182 deaths have been recorded, including 39 children.

An international food insecurity assessment confirmed the occurrence of famine in Gaza Governorate and projected its spread to Dair El-Bala'h and Khan Younus governorates by the end of last September.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reported that more than half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions—classified as Phase 5—which is characterized by severe hunger, death, deprivation, and extremely critical levels of acute malnutrition.

T.R.

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19 Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn today

GAZA, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Fifteen Palestinians have been killed since dawn today by Israeli army gunfire and bombardment in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

The sources added that eight bodies were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, three to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, two to Al-'Awda Hospital, one to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and four to Nasir Hospital.

T.R.

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Several Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire west of Gaza City

GAZA, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinians were injured on Sunday evening by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent said that an Israeli drone opened fire in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, causing several injuries.

Israeli drones also dropped bombs in the vicinity of Asmaa School in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of the city, while Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Khan Yunis in the southern Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have carried out a relentless aggression on the Gaza Strip, killing 67,139 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and injuring 169,583 others.

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

T.R.

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ICRC: Gaza’s civilian population has endured two years of death, displacement, and loss of dignity on a devastating level

GAZA STRIP, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Sarah Avrillaud, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sub-delegation in the Gaza Strip, said that for two years, the civilian population has endured death, forced displacement, and the denial of dignity on a devastating level.

“We have seen humanity hollowed out in Gaza,” she said.

In a statement, Avrillaud added: “Thousands of Palestinians have been separated from their families, and many remain missing. The toll of the past two years is visible on the exhausted faces of people trying to make it hour by hour.”

“Remaining essential services cannot adequately meet the needs of civilians. Many people do not have regular or safe access to water, hygiene facilities, or medical services. The toll two years of struggling to survive has taken on people is beyond words.”

The statement continued: “I have met terrified mothers who do not know how to feed their children or to keep them safe. I’ve seen patients struggling to recover when they cannot rest because of constant displacement. I have watched entire families emerging from dust-covered, destroyed buildings, shocked but alive.”

Avrillaud emphasized that “the International Committee of the Red Cross continues to respond wherever possible, alongside partners like the Palestine Red Crescent Society, but as the situation deteriorates, challenges only increase. Humanitarian organizations alone cannot meet the ever-increasing needs of civilians.”

She further stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire and called for the rapid and unimpeded entry and passage of humanitarian assistance across the Gaza Strip.

“All feasible precautions must be taken to spare the civilian population, who have already endured far too much in the last two years,” she said, adding, “Lives can be saved, but civilians can’t afford to wait. They need political action now.”

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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Seven Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Seven Palestinian citizens were injured on Sunday after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on them in the Wadi al-Hummus area, east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem) in the southern West Bank.

Palestinian security sources told WAFA that the Israeli forces fired live bullets toward the civilians, resulting in injuries to seven individuals. All of them sustained gunshot wounds to their limbs.

In a separate incident, an Israeli settler opened fire at a Palestinian driver while he was passing through the Wadi Sa'ir area in his truck, causing damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported.

M.N.

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IOFs kidnaps several Palestinians in West Bank raids

Sunday 5-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed homes and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the west Bank and Jerusalem last night and on Sunday morning.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police forces kidnapped two young men after severely beating them in Ras El-'Amoud neighborhood in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

The IOFs also kidnapped a child and a young man following a raid in Baitillu town, west of Ramallah.

In El-Khaleel (Hebron), six citizens were taken prisoner during IOFs raids in different areas of the province.

In Salfeet, two young men were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from their homes in Kafr El-Deek town.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped two citizens from their homes in Bait Imreen town and Balata refugee camp.

IOFs raids were reported in other areas of the West Bank, including the towns of Qusra, Douma and El-Mughayyir.

In separate incidents, hordes of the extremist illegal Israeli settlers clashes reportedly attacked Bruqeen town in western Salfeet and another area between the towns of 'Osareen and Beita in southern Nablus, which provoked clashes with local residents. 

14 + 3 + 5 = 22 kidnapped.

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Israeli occupation forces attack peaceful protest south of El-Khaleel (Hebron); suffocation cases and kidnappings reported

El-Khaleel (Hebron), October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinian residents suffocated by tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations that erupted on Sunday in the village of Al-Ri'hiya, south of El-Khaleel (Hebron), according to eyewitnesses.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation soldiers attacked Palestinian landowners as they staged a peaceful protest denouncing the seizure of their lands by the Israeli occupation forces and its illegal settlers in the Khillet El-Ma’asir area of the village, sparking confrontations.

The Israeli occupation forces attacked protesters with tear gas canisters, causing numerous cases of suffocation among them.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped three citizens aged 52, 35, and 36 during the confrontations.

The illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, have recently installed 20 mobile homes in the area since the beginning of this month, seizing approximately 150 dunums of land.

Additionally, a new illegal settler road has been constructed to connect this outpost with the nearby illegal settlement of Hagai, encroaching on about 1,500 dunums of land, according to reports from the Land Research Center.

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 Israeli occupation forces kidnap several members of Fat'h movement in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces carried out a wide-scale raid and kidnapping campaign at dawn Sunday in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), targeting several members and activists of the Fat'h movement, including secretaries and members of various organizational areas in the occupied capital.

Local sources told WAFA that the Israeli occupation forces simultaneously stormed several neighborhoods in the city, raided citizens’ homes, and tampered with their contents before kidnapping five Fat'h members: 'Abdullah Shuwaiki, Yasmeen Abu Ta’ah, Hashim Shuqairat, Hadeel Ziyada, and Shorouq Ziyada.

The kidnappings were accompanied by field interrogations and extensive searches of mobile phones and computers, as well as deliberate vandalism inside the homes of the kidnappees, and the confiscation of some of their personal belongings.

According to the sources, the campaign is part of an ongoing Israeli escalation targeting members of the Fat'h movement in Jerusalem. In recent weeks, occupation authorities have continued to summon and detain several activists and employees of official Palestinian institutions under the pretext of “working with the Palestinian Authority” in the city.

Observers described the campaign as part of a systematic policy aimed at undermining the organizational structure of the Fatah movement in occupied Jerusalem and preventing any form of Palestinian national activity in the city.

T.R.

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Fat'h Central Committee holds meeting in Ramallah

RAMALLAH, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Fat'h Central Committee convened Sunday evening at the movement’s Mobilization and Organization headquarters in Ramallah to discuss the latest developments related to the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in light of the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Central Committee welcomed the initiative and emphasized the need for full compliance by all concerned parties, including the release of detainees from both sides, the immediate delivery of humanitarian, food, and medical assistance, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from all Palestinian territories, cities, and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.

The Committee strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aerial and artillery bombardment throughout the Gaza Strip and expressed its deep pride and appreciation for the steadfastness and sacrifices of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

It also discussed internal and organizational matters of the movement and adopted several resolutions in this regard. The Committee affirmed that it will remain in permanent session to monitor developments and follow up on all efforts and initiatives related to the Palestinian cause.

The meeting further addressed several internal matters, including the approval of Dr. Nasir Al-Qudwa’s return to the Fatah movement and its Central Committee, along with the reinstatement of two other members in accordance with the Committee’s decisions.

The Central Committee saluted the marches, demonstrations, and sit-ins held across various European and Islamic countries, highly appreciating the positions of the states that have recently recognized the State of Palestine.

Regarding the Central Committee’s decision to reinstate Dr. Nasir Al-Qudwa to the movement, it was noted that he had sent a letter to President Ma'hmoud 'Abbas concerning this matter.

In his letter to President Ma'hmoud 'Abbas, Dr. Nasir Al-Qudwa emphasized that restoring unity and cohesion within the Fat'h movement at all levels is the most effective way to mobilize collective capabilities and willpower toward achieving the national goals of freedom and independence. He expressed his desire to return to the movement’s legitimate framework and to his position alongside the President to contribute to advancing the national and humanitarian mission in a spirit of love and respect.

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Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) after two years of genocidal war: 97 Palestinians killed, 2,688 detentions, and 742 demolitions documented

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate documented the violations and crimes committed by the Israeli occupation and its illegal settlers in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) since the onset of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, showing a dangerous escalation in the policy of collective punishment against Jerusalem’s residents and its holy sites.

The Governorate said in a report issued Sunday that since October 7, 2023, a total of 97 Palestinians in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) have been killed, reflecting the occupation’s continued disregard for Palestinian lives.

It added that Israeli authorities continue to withhold the bodies of 49 Palestinians from Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), in a blatant violation of the sanctity of the dead and of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the withholding of bodies and calls for respect for the human dignity of the victims.

The report documented 491 injuries resulting from the excessive use of force by Israeli occupation forces against Maqdisis (Jerusalemites). It said that these included live and rubber-coated metal bullet wounds, severe beatings, and cases of suffocation caused by tear gas, in addition to injuries among Jerusalemite workers pursued by occupation forces while trying to reach their workplaces.

In a blatant violation of the historical and legal status quo, 122,784 colonists have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque since October 7 under heavy Israeli police protection, the report said. It explained that the Israeli police imposed a morning and evening visitation system in an attempt to enforce a temporal and spatial division of the mosque and erase its Islamic identity.

The report documented 2,688 detentions across various neighborhoods and towns in Jerusalem Governorate since the beginning of the aggression, accompanied by harsh and unjust rulings issued by Israeli occupation courts. It noted that a total of 723 prison sentences were issued against the Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) detainees, along with 171 house arrest orders, 303 expulsion orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, and other key areas, as well as 18 travel ban orders.

The report further noted that the occupation authorities took advantage of the world’s preoccupation with the war crimes and genocide in Gaza to escalate their punitive measures against Maqdisis (Jerusalemites) and impose further collective punishments and unfair rulings, as part of a systematic effort to silence the Palestinian voice in Jerusalem.

It said that since October 7, Israeli authorities have carried out 742 demolitions and land-leveling operations in Jerusalem Governorate, most of which targeted Palestinian homes and structures under the pretext of construction without permits. The report added that the occupation authorities rarely grant building permits to Maqdisis (Jerusalemites), turning these practices into a systematic tool of Judaization aimed at emptying the city of its indigenous Palestinian residents.

The report affirmed that these figures reflect a systematic policy aimed at emptying Jerusalem of its Palestinian residents and imposing a new colonial, Judaizing reality.

It explained that the withholding of bodies constitutes a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions, while mass detentions and arbitrary rulings amount to unlawful detention prohibited under international law. The report stressed that demolition operations are considered war crimes under Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and that incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque constitute a breach of the historical status quo and a direct threat to the site’s Islamic identity.

The Governorate stressed that this report comes amid a systematic Israeli escalation against Jerusalem and its people, in an attempt to impose new facts on the ground and erase the Palestinian presence in the city, amid troubling international silence that encourages the occupation to continue its violations without accountability.

T.R.

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Over 38,000 Israeli violations in West Bank since October 7, 2023: Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission

RAMALLAH, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission announced Sunday that it has documented a total of 38,359 violations committed by the Israeli occupation army and settlers against Palestinian citizens and their property in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023.

According to the report, the Israeli army was responsible for 31,205 of these incidents, while settlers carried out 7,154 attacks, which led to the killing of 33 Palestinians. These included 14 in Nablus Governorate, 12 in Ramallah and El-Beereh, 3 in Hebron, and one each in Bethlehem, Qalqilya, and Salfeet.

The report also revealed that settlers established 114 new settlement outposts during the same period – an unprecedented number – which triggered the forced displacement of 33 Palestinian Bedouin communities. These communities comprised 455 families and a total of 2,853 individuals who were forced to leave their homes.

55,000 dunums seized, 25 buffer zones established

Israel seized approximately 55,000 dunums of Palestinian land since October 2023, including 20,000 dunums under the pretext of adjusting natural reserve boundaries, and 26,000 dunums declared as “state land” in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Nablus, Ramallah, Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), and Qalqilya. An additional 1,756 dunums were confiscated via 108 military orders for the construction of security roads, military towers, and buffer zones around settlements.

The occupation also intensified efforts to fragment Palestinian land through road expansion and bypass roads meant exclusively for settlers, facilitating the connection of settlement blocs while isolating Palestinian communities.

A total of 25 buffer zones have been created around settlements, mainly in the northern West Bank: 5 in Nablus, 4 in Salfeet, 2 in Qalqilya, and 1 each in Toulkarm and Tubas. Additionally, 5 zones were imposed in both Ramallah and Bethlehem, and 1 in Hebron.

355 settlement plans and legalization of 11 outposts

The planning authorities of the Israeli government reviewed 355 structural plans for the construction of 37,415 new settlement units, covering 38,551 dunums of land. Of these, 18,801 units have already been approved, while 18,614 are still pending.

Jerusalem saw the highest concentration of plans, with 148 (44 outside the municipal boundaries and 104 within settlements inside the city), followed by Bethlehem (51), Salfeet (48), Ramallah (38), Qalqilya (20), and Nablus (19).

Israel also approved the separation of 13 settlement neighborhoods to classify them as independent settlements, and decided to establish 22 new settlements. Moreover, it legalized 11 existing outposts through government decisions, adding them to a list of 68 agricultural outposts that have received infrastructure support to solidify their presence on Palestinian land.

767 fires, 48,728 trees damaged, 33 communities displaced

Since October 2023, the Israeli military and settlers have caused 767 fires, including 221 that affected civilian property and 546 that burned agricultural fields. The fires were concentrated in Ramallah and El-Beereh (244), Nablus (214), Hebron (51), and Toulkarm (46).

The campaign of settler terrorism and army-backed displacement resulted in the uprooting of 33 Bedouin communities, composed of 455 families and 2,853 individuals. Among the latest displacements were communities in Dair 'Alla, 'Ain Ayoub, Al-Mulai'hhat, and Mughayyir Al-Dair, whose lands were taken over by settlers.

The total number of Israeli checkpoints and barriers – including permanent, temporary, and iron gates – reached 916, with more than 243 new gates installed since October 7, 2023.

Over 1,000 demolitions, 1,667 demolition orders issued

The occupation authorities carried out 1,014 demolition operations, destroying 3,679 Palestinian structures. These included 1,288 inhabited homes, 244 uninhabited homes, and 962 agricultural or commercial facilities.

The majority of demolitions occurred in Jerusalem (880), followed by Hebron (529) and Toulkarm (464).

Meanwhile, 1,667 demolition orders were issued, mostly targeting structures in Hebron, Ramallah and El-Beereh, Bethlehem, Aree'ha (Jericho), Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), Nablus, and Qalqilya. Among these was a troubling case involving 22 administrative demolition orders delivered to residents of Al-Mal'ha village in eastern Bethlehem’s wilderness – a natural reserve area under the planning jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.

Commission: West Bank turned into testing ground for colonial policies

In a press conference, Minister Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, said that the occupied Palestinian territories have become a laboratory for unprecedented colonial policies over the past two years.

He emphasized that Israel, the last colonial regime in the world, is testing new methods of killing, control, and geographic manipulation, supported by racist legislation that arms settlers while stripping Palestinians of basic human rights, including the right to housing, movement, and dignity.

Sha'ban stressed that confronting this escalating colonial assault is a national responsibility that requires collective action from official institutions, civil society, political factions, youth movements, and grassroots organizations.

He concluded by saying that popular unity and collective will remain the first line of defense against displacement and annexation, and are essential to defeating Israel’s expansionist policies and ensuring the preservation of Palestinian land, identity, and historical rights.

M.N.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa courtyards under tight protection

Sunday 5-October-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

Dozens of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) on Sunday morning, under heavy protection from Israeli police forces.

According to Jerusalemite sources, 148 settlers entered the Mosque’s courtyards during the morning phase of the daily incursions.

The sources explained that groups of settlers entered the Mosque under police protection and performed provocative Talmudic rituals.

They also noted that police forces intensified their military measures around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), obstructing the movement of worshippers heading to pray, stopping several individuals, and inspecting their IDs.

Meanwhile, Palestinians from 1948 occupied Palestine flocked to Al-Aqsa Mosque to support its identity, maintain spiritual connection, and perform prayers. Buses departed from the city of Nazareth en route to the Mosque.

Extremist Jewish Temple groups are preparing for a series of large-scale incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque. Settlement groups have called for mass storming to coincide with the Jewish holiday known as Sukkot, amid a heavy deployment of Israeli occupation forces.

According to calls published on these groups’ platforms, mobilization campaigns have been organized to increase the number of participants, offering free transportation for children and families and encouraging attendance across age groups, all in an effort to gather the largest possible number of settlers inside the holy Islamic site.

These groups aim to impose new Judaizing realities within Al-Aqsa by performing public Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, introducing so-called “holiday offerings,” and raising Israeli flags, actions described as attempts to entrench Jewish presence and enforce temporal and spatial division of the site.

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Illegal Israeli settlers steal Palestinian olive crops near Nablus and continue attacks on olive groves in Salfit area

NABLUS, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, on Sunday evening, stole olive crops owned by Palestinians in the villages of Al-Naqoura and Dair Sharaf, northwest of Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources said that a group of colonists raided Palestinian-owned lands in Al-Naqoura and Dair Sharaf villages and proceeded to steal olive crops before being chased out of the area by residents.

In the Salfit area, a group of colonists continued today their attacks on olive groves in the northwestern part of the village of Farkha, west of the city.

Head of the village council, Mustafa 'Hamad, told WAFA that colonists have been cutting down and destroying dozens of olive trees and herding their sheep inside agricultural lands on a daily basis, in an attempt to seize them and prevent farmers from accessing more than 75 percent of their olive groves since the establishment of a pastoral colonial outpost west of the village in October 2024.

He affirmed that the aim is to take full control of the lands and deprive farmers of their right to access their property.

He affirmed that the village council has been documenting these violations through photos and videos, urging the international community to exert pressure on the occupation to put an end to such practices.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers uproot dozens of ancient Palestinian olive trees east of Qalqilia

QALQILIA, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers on Sunday uprooted dozens of ancient olive trees owned by a Palestinian resident in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qalqilya, according to a local activist.

Muneef Nazzal, an official in charge of the settlement file in Qalqilya Governorate, told WAFA that colonists from the Kedumim colony, illegally built on Palestinian-owned lands, uprooted around 50 ancient olive trees in the northern area of the village.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers continue cultivating Palestinian agricultural lands seized in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, October 5, 2025 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers continued on Sunday to cultivate Palestinian agricultural lands they had previously seized in the northern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.

Sources said that colonists returned to the seized lands in the Al-Farisiyah, a village in the northern Jordan Valley, to prepare them for planting.

About a month ago, the colonists plowed these lands after taking them over, and have now returned to complete the work in preparation for planting.

Over the past two years, more than ten Palestinian families have been forced to leave the area due to the escalating violations committed by colonists against residents and their property.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers launch widespread attacks across West Bank

Sunday 5-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers carried out extensive assaults on Palestinian citizens, their land, and property across various areas of the West Bank, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces on Sunday.

In Ramallah, a group of the illegal Israeli settlers cut down trees on Palestinian-owned lands in the Marj Si’ area between the villages of Abu Fala'h and Turmus 'Ayya, northeast of the city.

The Al-Baydar organization reported that the attack targeted agricultural areas owned by residents of both villages as part of ongoing escalation aimed at pressuring locals and imposing new realities on the ground.

The settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, also blocked farmers and landowners from harvesting olives in the village of Rantees, west of Ramallah, denying them access to the Al-Teen Al-Shami area without special entry permits.

A settler residing in an illegal outpost between Rantees and Dair Ballout cut down olive trees belonging to citizen Rami Mu'hammed Khalaf and demolished a shade structure owned by Anas 'Aabid from Rantees.

In Um Safa, north of Ramallah, settlers destroyed water tanks and stole belongings from a farm owned by citizen Basheer Abu Mu'hammed.

In Jenin, Israeli forces and settlers expelled residents of Khirbet Mas-oud from their land west of the city, claiming it was too close to a settler road and enforcing a 100-meter exclusion zone.

Another group of the illegal Israeli settlers herded their sheep through residential areas in the Al-'Auja waterfall community near Jericho.

In Qalqilya, the illegal Israeli settlers destroyed 50 olive trees in the northern part of Kafr Qaddoum.

In Nablus, armed settlers stormed lands in the towns of Dair Sharaf and Al-Naqoura, west of the city.

Settlers also stole olive harvests from lands in Wadi Al-Rababa in Silwan, in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces barred the landowners from entering the area and assaulted them.

Violations and crimes by the illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have surged to record levels since October 7, 2023, and have continued throughout 2024 and into 2025. The UN and human rights organizations, such as B’Tselem, report that these attacks have led to casualties, mass displacement, and widespread property damage.

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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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