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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Israeli Brutal Attack on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, 11 Palestinians Killed, 111 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,944 and the Injuries to 116,156

April 13, 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 April 13, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,473+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,944), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,529+). 

By April 13, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 116,156.

By April 13, 2025, according to news report, 945 Palestinians who were killed, 6,980 who were injured, and 11,782*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.   

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(The Palestine Information Center reported that there were 925 deaths and 14,500 kidnappings but without mentioning how many were released, by February 27, 2025).  

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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The US army carried out 10 airstrikes in different areas of northern Yemen late Saturday night, targeting multiple sites, in Sa'ada, Al-'Hudayidah, and Al-Baydha province, April 13, 2025.	'Hamas official, Basim Na'eem, said that the Palestinian Resistance Movement would reject any agreement that does not lead to a permanent halt to the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces bombed the emergency department of Al-Ahli hospital, in Gaza City, which knocked it out of service, and forced patients and wounded to run to the streets, on April 13, 2025.	The Israeli ongoing assault on the Jineen refugee camp has resulted in the demolition and burning of 3,250 housing units, causing lack of water electricity, food, and basic supplies, April 13, 2025.
Three Palestinian civilians were killed and several others were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus and Bait Lahya, in southern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025.	At least 30 Palestinian citizens, including six brothers, have been massacred by the Israeli genocidal attacks on the Gaza Strip, during just part of the day, on April 13, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and bombardment on Khan Younus, on April 13, 2025.	Retrieving the bodies of Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house in Al-Jurn area, in Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, on April 13, 2025.
Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in Gaza City, in which several Palestinians were killed and injured, on April 13, 2025.	Palestinian families were forced to leave east and south Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, and threats of attacks, on April 14, 2025.

A'hmed Manasra, who was kidnapped by the Israeli forces in 2015, at age 13, then released ten years later, is an example of Israeli brutality towards Palestinians, even if they were children, on April 11, 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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Gaza: 11 martyrs and 111 wounded people in 24 hours

Sunday 13-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 11 martyrs and 111 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks.

Since the Israeli occupation army resumed its brutal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025, a total of 1,574 people have been killed and 4,115 others have been injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Sunday.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 50,944 martyrs. The number of the wounded also surged to 116,156 people.

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

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14 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on northern and southern Gaza

GAZA, April 13, 2025 (WAFA) —

Fourteen Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple areas in the town of Jabalya and the city of Khan Yunis in the war-torn Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the home of the Manoun family in the town of Jabalya in the northern Strip, resulting in the killing of five civilians and the wounding of others.

Additionally, three Palestinians, including a woman, were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus in the southern Strip.

Three others were also killed and several more were injured in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a group of civilians in the Al-Manara area, southeast of Khan Younus.

Three Palestinians were also killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli strike targeting agricultural land in the town of 'Abasan, east of Khan Younus.

In a separate development, Israeli forces carried out demolitions of homes in the eastern areas of Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Earlier today, local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 50,944 documented fatalities, with an additional 116,156 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, 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.

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.

M.N./T.R.

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More civilians massacred, injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Sunday 13-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Sunday to carry out deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further exacerbating the dire humanitarian situation under a stifling blockade that risks plunging the population into severe famine.

At least 30 citizens, including six brothers, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn today, according to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporters.

A man and his wife were reportedly martyred in an Israeli airstrike in 'Abasan Al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younus in southern Gaza.

Another airstrike claimed the lives of three civilians and injured two others in Al-Manara neighborhood in Khan Younus.

The Israeli army also attacked two tents sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younus, killing two citizens and injuring others.

Two other people were martyred in an aerial attack on citizens in Al-Salateen neighborhood in Bait Lahya City, north of Gaza.

An Israeli warplane also targeted a house belonging to the family of Manoun in Jabalya Al-Balad town, north of Gaza, killing five civilians and injuring others.

Israeli attacks on a building and a car in different areas of Dair El-Bala'h City in central Gaza claimed the lives of at least nine people, including six brothers.

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

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One killed following Israeli airstrike on group civilians in Gaza

GAZA, April 13, 2025 (WAFA) — 

A citizen was killed and others were injured on Sunday evening when Israeli aircraft targeted a group of civilians in Al-Sultan neighborhood of Bait Lahya, north of the Gaza Strip.

Earlier today, 14 citizens were killed and others were injured after Israeli aircraft bombed areas in Jabalya and Khan Younus in the Gaza Strip.

This brings the death toll, according to medical sources, to 30 in the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 50,944 Palestinians, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 116,156 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue crews.

K.T

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Gaza: Two civilians killed in Al-Mawasi, thousands displaced in Khan Younus

GAZA, April 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two civilians were killed and several others were wounded on Sunday evening after Israeli warplanes bombed a resort in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younus, in southern Gaza.

WAFA correspondents also reported that five civilians were injured in a separate Israeli airstrike targeting a workshop in the Asqoula area, southeast of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces forced residents of numerous neighborhoods in Khan Yunis to flee ahead of imminent bombardments.

Thousands of civilians from the neighborhoods of Qizan Al-Najjar, Qizan Abu Rashwan, Al-Salam, Al-Manara, Al-Qara'een, Ma’an, Al-Batn Al-Sameen, Jorat Al-Lout, Al-Fukhari and southern Bani Suhayla were ordered to evacuate immediately.

Residents were directed to relocate westward to designated shelter centers in the Al-Mawasi area in anticipation of further attacks.

T.R.

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Three civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younus and Bait Lahya

GAZA, April 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

Three civilians were killed and several others were injured on Sunday evening in Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younus and Bait Lahya in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that two civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Asdaa area northwest of Khan Yunis in the southern Strip.

Additionally, a young man was killed by the explosion of an unexploded ordnance left behind by the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Bait Lahya, in the northern Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have launched a relentless aggression on the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in the killing of 50,944 civilians, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 116,156 others.

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

T.R.

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IOFs target 4,000 buildings equipped with solar energy systems in Gaza

Sunday 13-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in Gaza announced that Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) targeted more than 4,000 houses and facilities equipped with solar energy systems as part of a systematic policy to destroy alternative sources of electricity in the Gaza Strip.

The PGMO emphasized in a statement on Saturday that the IOFs have continued to commit more crimes against civilians and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, in the context of the genocidal war that has been going on for more than 18 months, as it launched barbaric bombing and systematic air and land attacks targeting thousands of homes and civilian facilities, especially those equipped with solar energy systems, used as an alternative source of electricity, in an attempt to destroy the remaining elements of life in all governorates of the Gaza Strip without exception.

These brutal raids, according to the statement, resulted in the destruction of more than 4,000 homes and facilities containing solar energy systems, which are considered a vital artery for providing alternative electricity and operating medical equipment in hospitals and health centers, water wells, desalination plants, universities, schools, bakeries, factories, basic household facilities, and other vital sectors.

The statement stressed that this targeting constitutes a severe blow to the alternative energy sources on which the population in the Gaza Strip relies in light of the continuous electricity cuts for more than 550 days as a result of the escalating siege, genocidal war and ongoing aggression.

It emphasized that these crimes constitute a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and a flagrant breach of the most basic humanitarian principles, and fall within the policy of genocide practiced by the Israeli occupation against more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

It called on the international community, United Nations organizations, especially the Human Rights Council, to assume their legal and moral responsibilities, and to act immediately to stop the genocidal war and the ongoing aggression against civilians and vital facilities in the Gaza Strip.

It also called on international human rights and humanitarian organizations to document these crimes and submit them to international courts and forums, and to work hard to hold the Israeli officials accountable and prosecute them for their crimes against humanity.

The PGMO urged donors and relief organizations to provide quick and safe alternatives to power generation systems, to compensate those affected, and to ensure the continuity of basic services in the Gaza Strip, especially health, education, water, environmental and food services.

“We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the catastrophic humanitarian repercussions of these criminal policies, and we hold the US administration, the United Kingdom, Germany and France directly responsible for the continuation of these crimes, as a result of their unlimited political and military support for the occupation and their provision of international cover for its crimes against our defenseless Palestinian people,” it concluded.

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

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IOFs continue to destroy and burn houses, in the Jineen refugee camp, for the 83rd day

Sunday 13-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) continued on Sunday their systematic operations of home burning and destruction in the Jineen refugee camp, as part of the ongoing large-scale aggression on the camp for the 83rd consecutive day.

IOF vehicles bulldozed several houses and facilities, while Israeli troops set fire to a number of houses, amid heavy deployment of snipers.

The aggression in Jineen city and its refugee camp has led to the martyrdom of 38 people, while the occupation bulldozers continue to destroy the city’s main streets and infrastructure, in addition to the systematic sabotage operations, using military tanks that stormed the city for the first time since 2002.

The destruction and sabotage attacks carried out by the IOFs have resulted in complete and partial demolition and burning of more than 3,250 housing units, in addition to the lack of water and electricity and the acute shortage of food and basic supplies, especially for children, due to the ongoing siege.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian residents in Masafir Yatta, injuries reported

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), April 13, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two young Palestinian girls sustained injuries on Sunday following an attack by Israeli colonists in Khirbet Al-'Halawah in the Masafir Yatta region in Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to a local activist.

Osama Makhamra, a local activist, reported that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers physically assaulted residents and their children, resulting in bruises to the two girls. They were subsequently transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital for medical treatment.

In the aftermath of the attack, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped several Palestinian citizens who had intervened in an effort to protect their children from the settlers.

Meanwhile, the  illegal Israeli settlers attacked the homes of Palestinian citizens in the 'Arab Al-Malai'hat Bedouin community northwest of Aree'ha (Jericho)and pelted them with stones.

The general supervisor of the "Al-Baydar" organization, 'Hasan Al-Malai'hat, told WAFA that a group of the  illegal Israeli settlers attacked the community with stones and terrorized the residents.

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

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

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

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli occupation prison of Megiddo face the pain of oppression and the suffering from spoiled food

Sunday 13-April-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Megiddo prison suffered a health setback a few days ago due to consuming spoiled food provided by the prison administration.

The Commission stated in a press release on Sunday that the administration of Megiddo prison deliberately served spoiled food to the prisoners a few days ago, resulting in the prisoners experiencing health issues after eating expired eggs.

It added that the prisoners felt abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and high fever, yet they were left without any treatment or medical examination.

The Commission pointed out that the prisoners in Megiddo prison faced repression days ago, as special units of the Israeli prison service stormed one of the prison’s sections late at night and sprayed pepper gas inside the rooms without any stated reason or justification for a search.

All prisoners in the facility are subjected to beatings and abuse if any prisoner objects to the oppression. According to testimonies given by the prisoners to the Commission’s lawyer, the prisoners face such brutal mistreatment approximately every ten days.

As of early April 2025, the number of prisoners and detainees in the Israeli prisons exceeded 9,900, including at least 400 children and 27 female prisoners, while the number of administrative detainees reached 3,498.

1,747 Palestinians were classified by the Israeli prison administration as “unlawful combatants” from Gaza Strip. This figure does not include all detainees from Gaza Strip, particularly those in camps run by the Israeli army.

Before the genocide, the total number of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons exceeded 5,250, with the number of female prisoners being 40, and the number of children 170, while the number of administrative detainees was approximately 1,320.

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Al-Dhameer: Another Gazan prisoner dies of torture in Israeli jail

Sunday 13-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Al-Dhameer Association for Human Rights in Gaza said that it had received last Thursday news about the death of Gazan detainee Khaleel A'hmed Haniyya, 35, in Negev jail.

His death brought to 66 the number of the identified Palestinians who have died in Israeli jails and detention camps since October 7, 2023. These martyred detainees include 44 from Gaza, according to Al-Dhameer Association on Sunday.

Al-Dhameer Association pointed out that there are dozens of other detainees who had died in Israeli jails or had been killed on-site without their names or details surrounding their deaths being disclosed by the Israeli occupation.

The Association affirmed that it obtained information saying that prisoner Haniyya died as a result of his exposure to ongoing torture and abuse at the hands of Israeli jailers.

The Israeli occupation forces had kidnaped Haniyya from a school sheltering displaced families in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood in Gaza City on December, 21, 2023. He was married and a father of four.

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A'hmed Manasra, who was kidnapped by the Israeli forces in 2015, at age 13, then released ten years later, is an example of Israeli brutality towards Palestinians, even if they were children, on April 11, 2025.

“I don’t remember, I’m not sure” A'hmed Manasra, the unforgettable cry of a child

Friday 11-April-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The image of the Palestinian child A'hmed Manasra crying and screaming, “I don’t remember, I’m not sure,” while being interrogated by an Israeli officer yelling loudly in his face, is still etched in the memory.

At that time, A'hmed Manasra, from the town of Bait 'Haneena in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), was still a 13-year-old child. And here he is today, touching the face of his mother, from whom he was deprived of seeing for 10 years in prison, during which he developed psychological and neurological disorders.

A'hmed’s story, which mirrors the stories of all Palestinian prisoners in general—and child prisoners in particular—began in 2015, when the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped him on charges of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack on October 12, 2015.

On that day, A'hmed was walking with his cousin and close friend, 'Hasan (15 years old), when they were suddenly attacked by the occupation army with gunfire and a vehicular assault, followed by beating and assault by settlers.

'Hasan was killed, and A'hmed was taken—between life and death—to the hospital, handcuffed. He had sustained a skull fracture due to the severe beating by the army and settlers. At the time, many believed he had died as well. But he later appeared, alive.

Ahmad appeared in a video—apparently deliberately leaked—physically exhausted and under extreme psychological pressure, undergoing a harsh Israeli interrogation amid constant threats, yelling, and sleep deprivation, all aimed at forcing him to confess. He repeatedly said, hitting his head with his hand: “I don’t remember… I’m not sure.”

At the time, A'hmed was only 13 years and 9 months old, which sparked a wide controversy regarding the legality of his arrest, as Israeli law at that time stated that minors under the age of 14 could not be imprisoned.

Nevertheless, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, later reduced to 9 and a half years, along with a fine of 180,000 shekels.

Ahmad spent years in prison despite the efforts of his legal defense team, led by lawyer Nariman Zo'bi, which failed to further reduce his sentence or secure his release, as his case was classified under the “Anti-Terrorism” law. In recent years, he was forced to spend long periods in solitary confinement since early November 2021, without being allowed to meet his family, which led to the deterioration of his mental health.

After seven years of her son’s imprisonment, Ahmad’s lawyer requested the judge to allow his mother to shake her son’s hand. The judge firmly refused. After several attempts by the lawyer, the judge finally allowed the mother to touch just one of her son’s fingers.

The mother said in a press statement at the time, “I touched his finger, and my son couldn’t let go of my finger, and I couldn’t let go of his for a period that didn’t exceed two minutes.”

She added, “My son held my finger and kept kissing it while trembling and crying intensely… I was so happy to touch his finger after such a long deprivation… my son was deeply affected by it.” She continued, “I told him not to be afraid, that everyone loves him and is trying hard to get him out of prison.”

The mother also noted that her son had lost a significant amount of weight and said, “My son’s continued isolation poses a constant threat to his life.”

A report published by Amnesty International on June 21, 2022, stated that Ahmad suffers from schizophrenia, psychotic delusions, and severe depression accompanied by suicidal thoughts.

The report quoted Hiba Morayif, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty, as saying that Ahmad “has been subjected to all kinds of injustice at the hands of the Israeli authorities, including the harmful effects of imprisonment and prolonged solitary confinement.”

She added that Ahmed was mistreated during interrogations conducted without the presence of his parents or lawyers and was denied his right to a fair trial. “He should have been released a long time ago. He has suffered needlessly in Israeli prisons.”

In press statements, his lawyer Khalid Zabarqa described Ahmad’s psychological state after visiting him in solitary confinement in 2023, “I saw a human without a soul… I tried to comfort him by telling him there isn’t much time left, and that we’re working to free him, but he replied: I’m only waiting for death… I expect nothing from this life. Then before I left, he asked me: Are you sure suicide is forbidden (religiously)?”

The Amnesty report affirms that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to systematically and extensively violate human rights against Palestinian citizens, including children, based on decades of discrimination, isolation, segregation, and oppression.

The organization stresses that there is evidence proving that A'hmed Manasra’s treatment fits into a broader pattern of discrimination against Palestinian children in the Israeli criminal justice system. According to its records, about 170 Palestinians were imprisoned when they were children at the time of the report’s publication. In many of these cases, children were denied fair trials according to international standards and protection under juvenile justice systems. In other cases, children were subjected to torture or other forms of cruel treatment.

Amnesty adds that the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet), the prison administration, and the military forces have all, over decades, practiced torture and other forms of ill-treatment against Palestinian detainees—including children—during arrest, transfer, and interrogation.

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'Hamas: A'hmed Manasra is a stark example of the Israeli brutality against Palestinian prisoners

Friday 11-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that Israel continues its repressive policies against Palestinian prisoners, noting that what happened to released prisoner A'hmed Manasra is a glaring example of this systematic brutality.

'Hamas added in a statement on Friday that Manasra, who spent his ten years imprisonment starting from when he was a child and emerged as a young man, underwent severe physical and psychological torture, alongside intentional medical neglect, under the direct supervision of the occupation government and extremist national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

It pointed out that the Israeli occupation apartheid regime imposed house arrest on Manasra, prevented him from communicating with the media, and barred his family from receiving him, threatening them if they organized any welcoming event. Hamas described these measures as “sadistic and fascist,” reflecting a “shaky and illegitimate occupation authority,” and constituting a blatant violation of human rights principles.

The Movement called on international and human rights organizations, particularly the International Committee of the Red Cross, to assume their responsibilities in documenting these violations, urgently intervene to protect prisoners, and work to hold the Israeli leaders accountable for their crimes.

Israeli occupation authorities released Jerusalemite prisoner A'hmed Manasra (23 years old) on Thursday, after he spent nearly 10 years in their prisons, during which he faced all forms of physical and psychological torture.

A'hmed was arrested at the age of 13, beginning an endless journey of suffering. He was sentenced to 12 years, which was later reduced to nine and a half years. The charges against him included stabbing a settler and possessing a knife, but what was not mentioned is the unimaginable torment this child endured.

A'hmed experienced horrific physical torture and psychological intimidation, subjected to harsh interrogation methods that lasted for hours without interruption, leaving him in a state of complete deprivation of sleep and rest. 

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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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