38 Palestinians Killed, 190 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 65,382 and the Injuries to 166,985, by September 23, 2025

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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38 Palestinians Killed, 190 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 65,382 and the Injuries to 166,985

by September 23, 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 September 23, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 78,002.

This includes the accounted for deaths (65,382) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 12,620+).

By September 23, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 166,985.

By September 23, 2025, according to news report, 1,031 Palestinians who were killed, 7,127 who were injured, and 18,990, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

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

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

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

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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Note About the Missing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip:

On February 26, 2025, the Palestinian Center for Political and Development Studies announced that the number of the missing in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 14,000 people, including 2,000-3,000 held in Israeli occupation prisons, without releasing any information on their fate.

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38 Palestinians were killed, 190 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 65,382 and
injuries to 166,985, by September 23, 2025. The UN High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and Implementing the Two-State Solution issued final statement, on September 23, 2025.

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are entering an extremely dangerous phase, due to
fuel shortages, vital departments are stopping work, which will expose the lives
of patients and the wounded to certain death, September 23, 2025. Palestinian young man, Sa'eed Murad El-Na‘san, succumbed to his injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers on Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, September 23, 2025.

More than 11,100 Palestinian civilians, kidnapped by the Israeli occupation
forces and held in Israeli prisons, including 3,577 held without charges, have
been subjected to continuous abuse, by September 23, 2025. The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza is approaching Greek waters near Crete, made up of dozens of boats and ships carrying activists from nearly 50 countries, September 23, 2025.

Site of a house, near the Firas market, which was destroyed by an Israeli
genocidal air strike on Gaza City, on September 24, 2025. Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal bombardment on Gaza City, on September 24, 2025.

Grieving, at the 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 September 24, 2025. ٍ Smoke rising from Tel El-Hawa neighborhood, in southwestern Gaza City, which has been subjected to relentless Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment, aiming at forcing Palestinian families to leave the city to the south, on September 24, 2025.

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سْمِ 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.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

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‎Impacts and Aspects of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip

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International Conference for the implementation of the Two-State solution: Statement of the Co-Chairs

NEW YORK, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and Implementing the Two-State Solution kicked off on Monday evening at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The meeting was co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, with the participation of President Mahmoud Abbas via video conference, alongside several heads of state, government leaders, and representatives of international and regional organizations.

Saudi Arabia, in partnership with France, had led the preparatory meetings for this high-level conference during April and May 2025. Specialized working groups were formed to prepare for the sessions and identify practical outcomes.

Here's the full text of the joint Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Conference:

1. We, Leaders of the Republic of France and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Co-Chairs of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, commend States who gathered at the United Nations in New York on the 22nd of September 2025 at a historically critical moment for peace, security, and stability in the Middle East.

2. The High-Level International Conference led to the adoption of the New York Declaration endorsed by the General Assembly with an outstanding majority of 142 votes. This ambitious declaration reaffirms the unwavering international commitment to the Two-State solution and charts an irreversible pathway to build a better future for Palestinians, Israelis and all peoples of the region.

3. As we are gathered, the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate with the intensification of the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza city, and with civilians and hostages paying an unjustifiable price due to the ongoing war. The New York Declaration aims at providing a principled, yet realistic alternative to the cycle of violence and endless wars.

4. It is now time for the international community to move from words to deeds. We commend the important work done by the seventeen co-chairs of the working groups of the conference to draw a path for a swift implementation of the Two-State solution. We call on all States to swiftly implement the New York declaration through tangible, concrete and irreversible measures. We welcome the important commitments and measures already taken by UN Member States.

5. We welcome the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Denmark, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino, alongside France, confirmed today at the United Nations’ General Assembly. We invite States which have not done so to join this movement.

6. Ending the war in Gaza and ensuring the release of all hostages remains our absolute priority. We call for a permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages, exchange of prisoners, and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

7. In order to secure the Day After for Palestinians and Israelis, we commit to supporting the deployment of a temporary international stabilization mission upon invitation by the Palestinian Authority, to be mandated by the UN Security Council, in line with the New York Declaration. Meanwhile, we commit to scaling up our support to train and equip Palestinian police and security forces, building on existing programs, including USSC, EUPOLCOPPS and EUBAM Rafah.

8. We stress the importance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. We welcome the “One State, One Government, One Law, One Gun” policy of the Palestinian Authority and pledge our continued support to its implementation. In the context of ending the war in Gaza, we reiterate that Hamas must end its rule in Gaza, disarm and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign Palestinian State.

9. This Conference, and the recognition of Palestine, aims at the realization of a sovereign, democratic and economically viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security with Israel. In that regard, we commend the historic commitments made by President Mahmoud Abbas including to the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, the continued rejection of violence and terrorism, and his statement that the Palestinian State has no intention to be a militarized State and is ready to work on security arrangements beneficial to all parties, in full respect of its sovereignty.

10. We welcome the reforms already underway by the Palestinian Authority, including: - The abrogation of the prisoners’ payment system, that is now effective; - The schooling/curricula reform, under EU supervision and with Saudi support; - The commitment to hold democratic and transparent general and presidential elections within a year after a ceasefire, enabling democratic competition between Palestinian actors committed to respect the PLO platform and principles. We support President Abbas in advancing further measures to reform the governance of the Palestinian Authority.

11. We welcome the launching of the Emergency Coalition for Palestine to mobilize emergency budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority. We invite all States and international organizations to join this effort. We reiterate our call for the immediate release by Israel of withheld Palestinian tax revenues and commit to the revision of the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations and the establishment of a new framework for clearance revenue transfers.

12. We urge the Israeli leadership to seize this opportunity for peace, and to issue a clear public commitment to the Two-State solution, immediately end violence and incitement against Palestinians, halt all settlement, land grabs, and annexation activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and put an end to settlers’ violence. As a first step, we urge Israel to rescind the E1 project, and publicly renounce any annexation project. We reiterate that any form of annexation is a redline for the international community that bears serious consequences and constitutes a direct risk to existing and future peace agreements.

13. In that regard, we welcome concrete measures taken by Member States to respond to unilateral measures against the Two-State solution and to violations of international law until Israel puts an end to actions that are endangering the Two-State solution, in full compliance with international law.

14. We reaffirm that ending the Israeli occupation and achieving just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, based on the relevant UN resolutions, is the only way to achieve full regional integration, as provided for in the Arab Peace initiative. In that regard, we welcome the commitment to explore a regional security architecture that could provide security guarantees for all, building on the experience of ASEAN and OSCE, paving the way for a more stable Middle East. We reiterate our support to renewed effort on the Syria-Israel and Lebanon-Israel tracks with the aim of achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, in accordance with international law and the relevant UN resolutions.

15. We reiterate our call to all States to join this dynamic to ensure peace and security for all in the Middle East, mutual recognition and full regional integration.

K.T.

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'Hamas welcomes statement issued by the presidency of the int’l two-state solution conference.

Tuesday 23-September-2025

DOHA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement welcomed the joint statement issued by the presidency of the International Conference for the Two-State Solution held in New York, which called for turning international positions into concrete actions to compel the Israeli occupation to commit to a permanent ceasefire, a prisoner exchange, the guaranteed delivery of humanitarian aid, a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and a halt to settlement expansion, annexation plans, and land confiscation.

In a statement issued Tuesday evening, 'Hamas expressed appreciation for all positions aimed at securing justice for the Palestinian people and fulfilling their aspirations for liberation and return.

The Movement praised the calls for ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, establishing a fully sovereign Palestinian state, and enabling the Palestinian people to obtain all of their legitimate national rights.

'Hamas also emphasized that allowing the extremist fascist Israeli government to continue its crimes, genocide, and starvation over the past 23 months without accountability or consequences is a stain on the conscience of all those who support the occupation or fail to act to stop its aggression and prosecute its war criminals.

The Movement reaffirmed that 'Hamas and all resistance forces constitute a national liberation front and that armed resistance is a legitimate right guaranteed by all international laws and conventions until the occupation ends and an independent Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital.

The international conference on the “Two-State Solution” called on the international community to turn its stated positions into practical steps, demanding that Israel commit clearly to halting settlement activity.

In its statement on Tuesday, the conference presidency confirmed that the event, which was held Monday, concluded with the adoption of the “New York Declaration,” which received support from 142 member states of the United Nations General Assembly. The declaration reaffirms international commitment to the two-state solution and lays out an irreversible path toward a better future for both Palestinians and Israelis, as well as for the entire region.

The statement also welcomed new recognitions of the State of Palestine from countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Malta, in addition to France.

Jointly issued by Saudi Arabia and France as co-chairs of the conference, the statement highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to the escalating Israeli ground operations.

It noted that the “New York Declaration” offers a principled and realistic alternative to the ongoing cycle of violence. It urged the international community to move beyond words and take practical, tangible steps to implement the declaration, welcoming commitments from member states.

The statement emphasized that ending the war in Gaza and securing the release of all Israeli detainees remain top priorities. It called for a permanent ceasefire, a prisoner exchange, unimpeded humanitarian aid delivery, and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

The international conference was launched Monday evening in New York under the joint presidency of Saudi Arabia and France. It took place amid a wave of international recognitions of the State of Palestine, which the United States has rejected, and to which Israel has responded with threats.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, under full US backing, has been committing acts of genocide in Gaza, leaving 65,344 Palestinians killed and 166,795 injured, the majority of them women and children. Starvation has claimed the lives of 442 people, including 147 children.

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Monaco, Malta, Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra officially recognize Palestinian statehood

NEW YORK, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Prince Albert II of Monaco announced Monday evening his country's official recognition of the State of Palestine.

This came in his speech at the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York.

The Prince of Monaco said: "We wish to recognize the State of Palestine under international law... Peace must not remain a distant dream, and a solution based on two states living side by side will bring stability to the region."

Meanwhile, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela announced his country's official recognition of the State of Palestine during the International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

He said, "The two-state solution is the only way to guarantee peace in the Middle East, and Malta supports the Palestinian Authority's approach of one state, one government, one law, and one weapon."

He continued, "The war in Gaza, which is suffering from starvation, must stop now, and the violence of Israeli settlers must cease immediately."

Moreover, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever announced that his country recognizes the State of Palestine.

This came in his speech at the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York.

De Wever said, "Israeli settlement activity, the military operation to completely seize control of the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli government's declaration that there is no Palestinian state are all additional reasons that prompt us to declare our recognition of a Palestinian state."

He continued, "We are sending a diplomatic and political message of recognition of the State of Palestine."

Additionally, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden announced his country's official recognition of the State of Palestine.

This came in his address to the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York.

Frieden stated that the two-state solution remains the only way forward towards lasting peace.

He emphasized that recognition is not the end of the process, but rather the beginning of a renewed commitment to hope, diplomacy, dialogue, coexistence, and the two-state solution.

Furthermore, Andorra's Foreign Minister, Imma Tor Faus, announced that her country recognizes the State of Palestine.

This came in her address to the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York.

Tor Faus, who began her speech by highlighting the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the horrific conflict.

She said, "The only credible path out of this conflict is the two-state solution."

K.T.

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Western nations urge Israel to reopen medical corridor between Gaza and West Bank

RAMALLAH, September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Dozens of Western countries have called on Israel to reopen the medical corridor between Gaza and the occupied West Bank, offering financial aid, medical personnel, and equipment to treat patients from Gaza in the West Bank.

In a joint statement issued by Canada on Monday and reported by Reuters, the countries said:

“We strongly urge Israel to reopen the medical corridor to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, so that medical evacuations from Gaza can resume and patients can access the urgent care they need.”

The 25 signatories to the statement, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the European Union, and Poland, all signed, but not the United States. The statement added: "We also urge Israel to lift restrictions on the delivery of medicines and medical equipment to Gaza."

Aid agencies have reported that critical aid, including medicines, has been scarce to Gaza residents since Israel lifted its aid blockade in May, while the World Health Organization has declared that Gaza's health system is on the brink of collapse. Israel controls all entrances to Gaza and says it allows sufficient food aid and supplies to enter.

Images of starving Palestinians, including children, have sparked global outrage over Israel's assault on Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands since October 2023, displaced the entire population of the territory, and triggered a famine crisis. Numerous human rights experts and researchers, as well as a UN commission of inquiry, say the assault amounts to genocide.

Some key US allies, most notably Britain and France, have endorsed Palestinian statehood at the United Nations as a path to a two-state solution, despite Washington's opposition.

Y.S.

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UN General Assembly opens 80th session in New York

RAMALLAH, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly officially opened in New York on Tuesday. This year's session, titled "Better Together: 80 Years and Beyond for Peace, Development and Human Rights," will continue until Saturday, September 27, and conclude on Monday, September 29, 2025.

World leaders are expected to discuss solutions to pressing global challenges to promote peace, security, and sustainable development.

On September 19, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in favor of President Mahmoud Abbas's participation via videoconference at the annual meeting of world leaders in New York.

The resolution, which was supported by 145 countries, authorized the State of Palestine to deliver statements via video or to submit a pre-recorded statement at the sessions of the High-Level Conference on the Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Two-State Solution.

It also allowed it to deliver pre-recorded statements to its President or another high-level representative at any high-level meeting or United Nations conference or international meeting held under the auspices of the General Assembly, or as appropriate if representatives of the State of Palestine were prevented from participating in United Nations meetings.

The General Assembly expressed its regret over the United States’ decision to deny visas to Palestinian representatives and to cancel their visas prior to the eightieth session of the General Assembly, thus preventing them from participating in person in United Nations meetings.

Y.S.

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PRCS: Israeli occupation forces disable oxygen station at Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza

RAMALLAH, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced on Tuesday that its oxygen station at Al-Quds Hospital in the Tel El-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, has ceased operation after being shot at by Israeli occupation forces.

In a statement, the PRCS warned of the dangerous situation surrounding the hospital, adding that "the oxygen station at Al-Quds Hospital in the Tel El-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City has stopped working after being targeted by Israeli occupation forces."

The PRCS noted that the hospital is now relying on pre-filled oxygen cylinders, which will only last for three days, directly threatening the lives of patients.

The society added that Israeli occupation vehicles are positioned at the southern gate of the hospital, preventing entry and exit, warning of the dangerous conditions around the hospital, which threaten the safety of both patients and medical staff.

The PRCS stressed that hospitals must be safe havens for civilians and are entitled to special protection under international humanitarian law, calling on the international community to take immediate action to protect medical staff and patients inside the hospital.

A.D./ K.F.

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Israel seeks permanent control of Gaza, Jewish majority in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, UN Commission of Inquiry says

NEW YORK, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli government has demonstrated a clear and consistent intent to establish permanent control over the Gaza Strip while ensuring a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank and inside Israel, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report on Tuesday.

The Commission investigated developments relating to land and housing in all areas of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel. The report provides relevant historical background, identifying historical origins to processes of land confiscation, population displacement, discrimination in land and housing, and construction and expansion of colonial settlements.

The Commission’s report will be presented to the General Assembly’s 80th session on 28 October 2025 in New York.

The report also includes a summary of the Commission’s conference room paper on Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was published on 16 September during the Human Rights Council’s 60th session.

In this paper the Commission found that four genocidal acts were carried out in Gaza. These acts were committed by the Israeli authorities and security forces with specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. “Actions of Israeli leaders are attributable to the State of Israel; therefore, as a State, Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide, for failing to prevent it, and for failing to punish it,” the Commission said, while noting that the Israeli President, Prime Minister and former ‘Defense’ Minister have incited the commission of genocide.

With regards to the Gaza Strip, the report published today found that Israeli authorities extensively and systematically demolished civilian infrastructure in the corridors and buffer zone and continuously enlarged areas under their control reaching 75 percent of the Gaza Strip by July 2025. Actions undertaken by Israeli authorities to expand the buffer zone and establish corridors have substantially reduced the territory available for Palestinians, with significant implications for their ability to exercise their right to self-determination.

In destroying civilian objects and forcibly transferring the population, the Commission found that the Israeli authorities deliberately deprived Palestinians in Gaza of resources indispensable for their survival. As such, the Commission found that such actions deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians in Gaza calculated to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza, which is an underlying act of genocide.

“Israel must immediately end and reverse its confiscation and use of Palestinian land in Gaza, including for the creation and expansion of the buffer zone and corridors. It must return all confiscated land to its Palestinian owners,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission.

“Israeli confiscation and control of land ostensibly carried out for security purposes have not achieved more security for anyone but have deepened the misery of the Palestinian people and deprived them of resources indispensable for their survival, including the capacity to produce food,” she added.

In the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli policies and actions implemented since October 2023 - including explicit and implicit support for actions of violent colonists - demonstrate clear intent to forcibly transfer Palestinians, expand Israeli Jewish colonies and annex the entirety of the West Bank, preventing any potential Palestinian self-determination and statehood and maintaining an indefinite occupation.

The Commission found that Israeli military operations in Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps - which began in early 2025 - have significantly altered the geographical landscape through the destruction of buildings and infrastructure and the displacement of Palestinian residents.

“I am particularly appalled by the Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich’s recently announced plan of annexing 82 percent of the occupied West Bank, and by the approval of a plan cementing the E1 settlement expansion, with Prime Minister Netanyahu asserting that this will ensure there will be no Palestinian State,” said Pillay.

“These developments corroborate our findings. Israeli encroachment into the entirety of the West Bank and the dispossession and relocation of multiple Palestinian communities are now explicit goals, which Israeli officials proudly boast about. These plans and statements are abhorrent and must be condemned widely,” she added.

In relation to the situation in Israel, the Commission found that successive Israeli Governments have implemented laws and policies to diminish Palestinian space, including through confining Palestinian localities and hindering Palestinians with Israeli citizenship from moving and integrating into Jewish localities.

“Additionally, informal barriers resulting from wider, primarily socio-economic inequalities between the two populations have grown and become entrenched over decades, further preventing integration. Some policies and laws were identified as explicitly discriminatory, while others have a discriminatory impact, resulting in segregation.”

“Similarities between land and housing policies impacting Palestinians in Israel and those applied towards Palestinians in the occupied West Bank point to the existence of a broader policy towards the Palestinian population as a whole, intended to secure a Jewish majority in all areas under Israeli control, reducing the possibility of geographical self-determination for the Palestinian people.”

The report identified six Israeli ministers as likely bearing the most responsibility for international crimes relating to land and housing, as well as other crimes identified in the Commission’s previous reports.

They are former Minister of ‘Defense’ Yoav Gallant and current Minister of ‘Defence’ Israel Katz, both of whom are responsible for actions of Israeli security forces in Gaza; Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of Settlements and National Projects Orit Strock, who are jointly responsible for driving colonial settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem; Minister for National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is responsible for mistreatment of Palestinian detainees by Israeli prison authorities; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is ultimately responsible for Israel’s conduct in the whole of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and is directly responsible for ordering the commission of acts that constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide.

The Commission said that Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Minister of ‘Defence’ Galant were also responsible for the crime of incitement to genocide.

The Commission urged Israel’s Government to immediately end the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip and comply fully with the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice and with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice from 2024.

It also urged the Israeli Government to end without delay its unlawful occupation of the Palestinian territory, remove all Israeli colonial settlements and colonists from the West Bank and other occupied territories, and end and reverse the consequences of all discriminatory land, housing and planning policies promoting segregation in land allocation and housing inside Israel.

K.F.

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Spain imposes total arms embargo on Israel over Gaza genocide

MADRID, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Spanish government on Tuesday imposed on Tuesday a total arms embargo on Israel over the latter’s unrelenting genocidal aggression on Gaza, according to TRT World.

Citing El Pais online Spanish newspaper, TRT World reported Spain’s Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo saying the decision was “further evidence of the political commitment of the government and the international leadership of Spain and the prime minister for respect for human rights.”

The embargo, announced earlier by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, goes beyond partial restrictions previously in place and includes a ban on arms exports, fuel transit, and imports of products and services from the occupied Palestinian territory.

“Spain already had partial bans, such as Slovenia, Belgium, and the Netherlands, but with this measure, we are the first country to prohibit arms exports, fuel transit, and imports … paving the way for the EU,” the left-wing coalition partner Sumar said in a statement.

Spanish Government spokesperson and Education Minister Pilar Alegria reiterated Spain’s stance on recognizing Palestine, recalling Sanchez’s remarks at the UN.

“As the prime minister underlined at the UN, recognizing the state of Palestine is urgent. Spain did so in May, and now we see many countries such as France, Portugal, Canada, the UK, and Australia following suit. Spain has played a key role from the start in supporting coexistence through a two-state solution,” Alegria said.

This came as Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez renewed his call for Palestine to be admitted as a full member of the United Nations.

Speaking at a UN pre-assembly meeting in New York after a French-led summit on recognition, Sanchez said: “This conference marks a milestone, but it’s not the end of the road. It’s only the beginning. The state of Palestine must be a full member of the United Nations. The process for the state of Palestine to join this organization must be completed as soon as possible, on an equal footing with other states.”

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Israel’s prison system engaged in slow-death policies against detainees, says PPS

RAMALLAH, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that the Israeli prison system continues its policies and medical neglect and systemic abuse against Palestinian detainees, aiming to destroy them physically and psychologically.

The PPS described these practices are as part of a deliberate slow-death policy that has led to the deaths of dozens of detainees since the start of Israel’s war of extermination.

In a statement, he PPS noted that through legal visits to detainees, as well as monitoring cases of prisoners released after completing their sentences, it has become clear that the number of those suffering from chronic physical and psychological illnesses is rising at unprecedented levels.

The PPS further emphasized that the overwhelming majority of those visited are suffering from at least one health problem.

It affirmed that the ongoing spread of diseases and epidemics among detainees reflects the level of the health catastrophe engineered and shaped by the prison system, leading to the deaths of more prisoners. In addition to the continued spread of scabies, which has infected thousands of prisoners, there are many diseases that appear without a clear diagnosis. Some of them were transferred to hospitals immediately after their release, only to later discover that they were suffering from chronic diseases.

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UNRWA: 12 facilities in Gaza, including schools and clinics, damaged by Israeli strikes

GAZA, September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed on Tuesday that 12 of its facilities in Gaza City were directly or indirectly hit between September 11 and 16.

UNRWA added on its official website that among the targeted facilities were nine schools and two health centers, which sheltered more than 11,000 displaced persons.

UNRWA noted that its activities in Gaza City have significantly decreased due to the deteriorating security situation.

UNRWA's only health center in northern Wadi Gaza a, located in Al-Shati refugee camp, was forced to suspend operations on September 13 due to intensified attacks and damage sustained during the raids.

The agency stated that the massive destruction to the city's infrastructure, coupled with the severe disruption to humanitarian operations and access restrictions, severely impede the last remaining lifelines for civilians in Gaza City.

On September 16, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel committed genocide, stating that Israel prevented trusted aid agencies (including UNRWA) from delivering essential and life-saving assistance, with the aim of "physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza through harsh living conditions."

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that nearly half of the more than 246,800 displacements recorded since mid-August occurred in the past week alone, with increasing reports of displaced families sleeping on the streets or in makeshift tents, struggling to survive.

UNRWA noted that Israeli forces have tightened movement and access restrictions in the West Bank, including the installation of new road gates to control the movement of Palestinians in and out of communities across the region.

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PPS: Palestinian prisoners face systematic abuse in Israeli prisons

Tuesday 23-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said Tuesday that Israeli prison authorities continue systematic medical abuse against Palestinian detainees, describing it as a policy of physical and psychological destruction that forms part of Israel’s broader slow-kill strategy, which has already led to the martyrdom of dozens of prisoners since the start of the genocide in Gaza.

In a press statement, the PPS explained that legal visits and follow-up with former detainees after their release have revealed an unprecedented rise in chronic health and psychological conditions among prisoners.

It said the overwhelming majority of prisoners seen during legal visits suffer from at least one serious medical problem, a situation mirrored among those released.

The PPS noted that the spread of disease inside Israeli prisons reflects a deliberate health catastrophe engineered by the prison system. Thousands of detainees have contracted scabies, in addition to other untreated illnesses that often go undiagnosed.

Some prisoners have been transferred directly to hospitals upon release, only to be diagnosed later with chronic, long-term illnesses.

According to data from the PPS, as of early September 2025, there are about 11,100 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, including 3,577 held without charge under administrative detention.

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

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Gaza: Hospitals receive 38 martyrs, death toll climbs to 65,382 martyrs

Tuesday 23-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC, WAFA)

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 38 civilians, as well as 190 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Tuesday morning.

Accordingly, a total of 12,823 people have been killed and 54,944 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 65,382 martyrs, including 2,526 aid seekers, the health ministry said.

The ministry added that the total number of the wounded also surged to 166,985 people, including 18,511 aid seekers.

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 in Gaza.

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Israeli occupation army intensifies attacks on civilians, kills dozens in Gaza

Tuesday 23-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Tuesday, 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 an airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s El-Shati refugee camp that killed at least five people, including three children, and injured others.

At least two people were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli aerial attack on a building in Gaza City’s 'Omar El-Mukhtar street.

In the morning, medical sources reported that 19 civilians were martyred across the Gaza Strip, including 15 in Gaza City, in overnight and dawn Israeli attacks.

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, dozens of 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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Multiple Palestinian civilians killed and others injured in ongoing Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip

GAZA, September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Several Palestinian civilians have been killed and others wounded since dawn on Tuesday by Israeli warplanes shelling different areas across the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondents.

According to medical sources, four people were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted a residential building on 'Omar El-Mukhtar Street in the Old City of Gaza City.

In the meantime, five more Palestinians, including three children, were killed when Israeli armored vehicles struck the home of El-Habeel family, in Ell-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.

One civilian was killed and five others, including two women, were wounded in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Bureij refugee camp. Additional injuries were reported from the Nuseirat camp and the Netzarim area.

Meanwhile, two fishermen were killed by Israeli naval fire off the coast of Khan Younis, while in Gaza City’s Al-Sabra neighborhood, Israeli forces detonated booby-trapped robots, causing further destruction.

Since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023, over 65,344 Palestinians, the majority of them children and women, have been killed, with more than 166,795 reported wounded.

Thousands of people are also feared missing under the rubble of targeted houses, buildings, or on the streets, as Israeli airstrikes and massive destruction continue to hinder the efforts of ambulance and rescue crews.

Y.S.

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29 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strikes on Gaza since Tuesday morning

GAZA, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire and shelling of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday, according to medical sources.

They said that 19 bodies were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, six to Al-Ahli Hospital, two to Al-'Awda Hospital, and two to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023, over 65,344 Palestinians, the majority of them children and women, have been killed, with more than 166,795 reported wounded.

Y.S.

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18 Palestinians killed in Israeli drone strikes on Gaza since Tuesday morning

GAZA, September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 18 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire and ongoing shelling of the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources.

Meanwhile, 12 bodies were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, while six others were taken to Al-Ahli Hospital.

Since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023, over 65,344 Palestinians, the majority of them children and women, have been killed, with more than 166,795 reported wounded.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces kill five Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupying forces on Tuesday evening killed at least five Palestinians in the southern and central Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that the occupying forces opened fire at displaced people waiting for aid in Al-Mawasi area, southwest of the city of Khan Younus in the southern Strip, killing three and injuring four others.

Meanwhile, an Israeli combat drone targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in El-Zawayida town in the central Strip, claiming the lives of at least two and injuring others.

In the meantime, the occupying forces opened fire at a gathering of displaced people in the vicinity of a clinic in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, resulting in an unidentified number of casualties.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes that resulted in killing 12,823 Palestinians and injuring 54,944 others.

In the last 24 hours, Israeli bombing killed 29 civilians, including 25 in Gaza City, and the bodies of 38 slain Palestinians and 190 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 65,382 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 166,985 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

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Israeli occupation forces injure two workers at Gaza City's main medical center

GAZA, September 23, 2025, WAFA -

Two workers were injured on Tuesday in Israeli shelling of the main medical center in Gaza City.

According to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, the Israeli occupation forces completely destroyed the main medical center in the city and prevented crews from evacuating equipment and supplies.

It explained that the occupation forces are besieging another center in Tel El-Hawa and destroyed a clinic in El-Shati Camp.

It indicated that the targeted center provided vital services, including treating the wounded, cancer patients, and chronic diseases, as well as testing and preparing blood donations.

K.T.

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Gaza hospitals running out of fuel

Tuesday 23-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned that hospitals in the embattled Gaza Strip are “entering an extremely dangerous phase” due to fuel shortages.

“A few days may bring scenes of vital departments stopping work, meaning the health crisis will worsen and expose the lives of patients and the wounded to certain death,” the health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Technical and engineering procedures for scheduling operating periods have become ineffective with the cessation of fuel supplies,” the ministry added, appealing to all concerned parties to intervene “to avoid a disaster with unpredictable results.”

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

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Palestinian killed, five injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, in Ramallah

Tuesday 23-September-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday evening that 20-year-old Sa'eed Murad El-Na'san was killed after being shot by the illegal Israeli settlers in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that at least five Palestinian civilians were injured, one of them critically, during an assault by the illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli occupation forces on the village.

Ameen Abu 'Alia, head of the village council in Al-Mughayyir, said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attacked a public park in the southeastern part of the village and opened fire on civilians. Five people were wounded, one of them critically in the chest, and he was later pronounced dead.

In a separate incident, two Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli forces in al-Khalil, southern West Bank, as the Israeli occupation authorities closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinian worshipers under the pretext of Jewish holidays. At the same time, the Israeli army carried out widespread raids and arrests in towns and cities across the West Bank during the early morning hours.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Al-Ahli Hospital in 'Hal'houl, north of al-Khalil, received two individuals wounded by Israeli gunfire, one of them in critical condition.

Local sources confirmed clashes broke out between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces during a military incursion into 'Hal'houl.

The Israeli occupation forces also raided the town of Dura and Al-Fawwar refugee camp in southern al-Khalil, deploying snipers on the rooftops of civilian homes.

According to local sources, Israeli soldiers obstructed students and teachers from reaching schools in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, causing disruptions to the educational process. Troops reportedly occupied the rooftops of several homes in the area, further preventing access to schools.

Additionally, Israeli forces restricted the movement of residents in the town of Idthna, west of the city, by blocking the main gate that connects the town to Route 35. Soldiers fired stun grenades and toxic gas at civilians attempting to pass.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), a Palestinian man was shot in the leg by Israeli soldiers east of the city. A local source said that Israeli forces opened live fire at residents in the Wadi Al-Hummus area, injuring the man, who was later transported to a hospital for treatment.

Alongside the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,042 Palestinians and wounded around 10,160 others, in addition to arresting more than 19,000 people since October 2023, according to official Palestinian statistics.

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Five Palestinians sustain injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Five Palestinian civilians on Tuesday evening sustained injuries in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers, in Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a municipal source.

Ameen Abu 'Alya, head of the Village Council, said that the illegal Israeli settlers, protected by the occupation forces, attacked a public park in the southeastern part of the village, firing at civilians and injuring five.

He added that one of the casualties sustained a gunshot injury to the chest and was in a critical condition.

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

The settler violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

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Palestinian sustains bruises in colonist attack south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian civilian on Tuesday sustained bruises in a colonist attack in Masafir Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to a media activist.

Osama Makhamra said that Israeli colonists attacked a house to the east of Shi‘b El-Butum, one of the hamlets making up Masafir Yatta, inflicting bruises across the body of the owner’s wife.

The casualty received treatment from the Palestinian Red Crescent medics.

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Two Palestinians sustain injuries from Israeli army fire near Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinians on Tuesday sustained injuries from Israeli army fire in the 'Hal'houl town, north of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron)n, according to medical sources at Al-Ahli Hospital.

They said that two Palestinian civilians were admitted to the hospital in moderate condition, one for gunshot injuries in the abdomen and foot and the other for gunshot injuries in the foot.

According to security sources, Israeli occupying forces stormed the town and fired barrages of live ammunition and tear gas canisters towards the inhabitants, resulting in at least two gunshot injuries and causing several others to suffocate.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces set up checkpoints at the entrances of Dura, south of Hebron, before the soldiers stormed the city and briefly held several vehicles and passengers.

They conducted a similar raid in Bait 'Awwa town, where the gun-toting soldiers assaulted passerby and seized positions on the rooftops of houses.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses, in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law, army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

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One injured by Israeli forces' gunfire east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), September 23, 2025, WAFA-

A citizen was injured on Tuesday by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire east of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

A security source told WAFA correspondent that Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at citizens in the Wadi El-'Hummus area, wounding a citizen in the foot.

He was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Israeli occupation forces turn house in Salfeet into a military barrack, detain families

SALFEET, September 23, 2025, WAFA -

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Salfeet on Tuesday morning and transformed the home of Sa'eed Shams into a military barrack.

They forced his family to leave and prevented them from returning until Wednesday.

Local sources reported to WAFA that the occupation forces also detained the families of Jamal Shams and Osama Shams inside their homes and prevented them from leaving until 10:00 p.m. today, sparking fear and tension among the family, especially the children.

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Israeli occupation forces obstruct access to schools in Al-Khaleel (Hebron)

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces obstructed the access of students and teachers to schools in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), disrupting the educational process.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli troops raided the camp and took positions on the rooftops of several residents' homes, preventing students and teachers from reaching their schools.

Meanwhile, forces also obstructed Palestinians from leaving the town of Idthna, west of Hebron, through the main gate connecting the town to Bypass Road 35, firing sound bombs and tear gas at them.

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IOFs kidnap four Palestinians, uses homes as military posts in the West Bank

Tuesday 23-September-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped four citizens and took over two homes during dawn and morning raids on Tuesday.

According to local sources, the IOFs stormed the eastern neighborhood of Jineen and kidnapped two young men following raids on homes.

The Israeli occupation forces also kidnapped a young man from his home in Al-Beereh City and another one from his home in Qalqilya City.

Meanwhile, the IOFs took over two homes in Salfeet province in the north of the West Bank and turned them into military posts.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the house of Sa’eed Shaheen in Saleeit City and informed its residents of their intent to use it as military barracks until further notice.

The IOFs also displaced another family after storming a house in Kafr El-Deek town in western Salfeet and declaring its intent to use it as a military post for one day.

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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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Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers raid Al-Aqsa mosque under heavy Israeli police protection

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

Hundreds of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces, as part of the Jewish New Year celebrations, which continue until Wednesday.

The incursion was accompanied by provocative actions, including the singing of religious songs, the performance of Talmudic and Torah rituals, as well as group clapping and dancing within the Al-Aqsa courtyards.

The Waqf Department reported that former Knesset member Rabbi Yehuda Glick stormed the mosque wearing Torah religious attire, protected by the occupation police, who imposed strict restrictions on the entry of Palestinians, checked their IDs, confiscating some at the gates.

Jewish holidays and occasions to carry out widespread incursions, amid heightened security and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians and worshippers in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

These groups aim to increase colonist presence in the holy site and impose Talmudic rituals within the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a dangerous step toward establishing new Judaization practices in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

These incursions are part of the occupation's efforts to obliterate the Islamic and historical identity of Jerusalem and threaten Islamic sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque. Meanwhile, calls continue for Jerusalemites and those within Israel to mobilize and defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to thwart the plans of the occupation and the settlers, and to emphasize that the mosque is a red line that cannot be crossed.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is subjected to daily incursions by colonists, under the protection of the occupation, in an attempt to impose temporal and spatial division, exacerbating tensions and threatening the religious and historical status of the mosque.

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Armed illegal Israeli settlers storm outskirts of Nablus-governorate village

NABLUS, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Armed illegal Israeli settlers on Tuesday evening stormed the outskirts of the Burin village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a municipal source.

Ibraheem 'Umran, Head of the Village Council, said that armed colonists broke into Al-'Ayn Al-Sharqiyya area, triggering confrontations with villagers.

The assailants opened live fire on the villagers who attempted to fend off the attack, but without any injuries.

Meanwhile, the occupying forces conducted separate raids in the villages of Bizzariya , Qusra, Kafr Qalleel, Bureen, Douma, Sebestya, and Bait Foureek, where the heavily armed soldiers fired barrages of tear gas canisters at the villagers and conducted provocative tours.

The Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

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Illegal Israeli settlers destroy guava farm west of Salfeet

SALFIT, September 22, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers today destroyed a guava farm belonging to Sala'h Abdul Lateef Raddad, from the town of El-Zawiya, west of Salfeet.

Local sources said to WAFA that a group of Israeli colonists vandalized the farm, damaged water lines and tanks, destroying the agricultural room inside, causing material damage.

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Palestinian man forced to self-demolish his house near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), September 23, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday forced a Palestinian to demolish his own house in Soor Bahir neighborhood, southeast of the occupied West Bank city of East Jerusalem, according to Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate.

It said that the occupation authorities forced Mu'hammed 'Aabid Mu'hammed El-A‘mas to tear down his house, purportedly for being built without a license.

He added that El-A‘mas had carried out the demolition of his house to avoid paying exorbitant fines should the occupation municipality of Jerusalem demolish the structure on its own.

Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes houses regularly to restrict Palestinian expansion in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

At the same time, the occupation municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in the illegal Israeli settlements in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) for Jews to offset the demographic balance in favour of the Jewish colonists in the occupied city.

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

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

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

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

K.F.

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Israeli occupation forces obstruct Palestinians’ movement near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli forces on Tuesday evening obstructed the movement of Palestinians at the entrance of 'Habla town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to eyewitnesses.

They said that the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the town entrance, stopping Palestinian-licensed vehicles and inspecting passengers’ ID cards.

The occupation forces have tightened military measures across the occupied West Bank hours after the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, dismembering and isolating cities and governorates from one another using military gates, barriers, and concrete blocks.

The Israeli military measures are in parallel with ongoing attacks by Israeli colonists across the West Bank to terrorize Palestinians and displace them from their lands to seize them and build illegal Jewish colonies that separate Palestinian communities.

Israel severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement within the occupied West Bank through a complex combination of approximately 898 fixed and flying checkpoints and gates, including 18 gates that have been installed since the start of 2025 and 146 others installed in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, settler-only roads, over 200 military bases, and various other physical obstructions.

Closures besides other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 58-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project, which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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San Marino officially recognizes State of Palestine

SAN MARINO, September 23, 2025 (WAFA) –

The official television of the European microstate of San Marino announced on Tuesday that it has formally recognized the State of Palestine.

The decision was made on Monday, during the "Two-State Solution Conference" held in New York under the leadership of France and Saudi Arabia, under the auspices of the United Nations.

On Sunday, Britain, Canada, Australia, and Portugal announced their recognition of the State of Palestine. Luxembourg, Belgium, Andorra, France, Malta, and Monaco followed yesterday, bringing the number of those recognizing the State to approximately 159 out of 193 UN member states.

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GSF nears Greece as activists defy Israeli threats to abort their attempt to break Gaza blockade

Tuesday 23-September-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) sailing to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza is approaching Greek territorial waters near Crete, with organizers estimating it will reach Gaza within six days.

The GSF, made up of dozens of boats and ships carrying activists from nearly 50 countries, marks the largest civilian maritime effort yet to challenge Israel’s 18-year siege on the Strip, where famine has already claimed the lives of at least 442 Palestinians.

Organizers reported unidentified drones hovering over the ships for three consecutive nights, a development they condemned as an attempt to intimidate and discredit the mission. They also recalled earlier incidents in Tunisia, where two flotilla vessels were struck by Israeli drones in the port of Sidi Bou Said. Israel has remained silent on those attacks.

French parliamentarian François Piquemal, who joined the flotilla, accused Israel of systematically smearing anyone who speaks out against what he described as genocide in Gaza. “This is a purely civilian and humanitarian initiative,” he told Anadolu Agency, stressing that participants include doctors, aid workers, politicians, journalists, and artists.

“These accusations are the usual tactics of a state committing genocide,” Piquemal said. “Even Pope Francis was recently labeled anti-Semitic. Such rhetoric is meant to distract from the reality of terror.”

He emphasized that the mission is guided by humanitarian duty, not politics, “Participants in this flotilla refuse to stand by and simply watch Gaza starve. They are acting because the international community has failed.”

Organizers underscored that their civilian, peaceful effort complies with international law and that delivering aid by sea to Gaza is a protected right. They denounced Israel’s threats against the flotilla, calling them illegal attempts to maintain a blockade that has plunged 2.4 million Palestinians into starvation.

Since March 2 this year, Israel has sealed all Gaza crossings, barring food and aid trucks, while allowing only extremely limited assistance that fails to meet even minimum survival needs. Many trucks have also been looted by gangs protected by the Israeli army.

Backed by the US, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians and wounded over 166,000 since October 7, 2023.

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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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