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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A Massacre in Jabalya, Genocide by Starvation Continues,

24 Palestinians Killed, 55 Injured, Bringing the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 50,423 and the Injuries to 114,638, April 2, 2025

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50 Palestinian Civilians, Mostly Children, Massacred by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip, Including 19 in a Jabalya UNRWA School

Genocide by Starvation Enters Day 33 of the Total Israeli Blockade

April 2, 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 2, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 63,955+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (50,423), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,532+). 

By April 2, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 114,638.

By April 2, 2025, according to news report, 941 Palestinians who were killed, 6,938 who were injured, and 11,712*, 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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An Israeli genocidal air strike targeted a UNRWA school, sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Jabalya, killing at least 19 people, including nine children, and injuring others, April 2, 2025.	Three Palestinians were injured in an attack by the illegal Israeli settlers on the Palestinian village of Douma, near the city of Nablus in the Occupied West Bank, April 1, 2025.
Palestinian journalist Mu'hammed Sali'h El-Bardaweel was one of 209 journalists who were massacred by the Israeli forces, he was killed with his wife and three children in Khan Younus, April 1, 2025.	Palestinian man, 'Hamza Al-Khammash, was killed by the Israeli occupation soldiers inside his house, in Al-Yasmeena neighborhood, in Nablus, on April 2, 2025.
24 Palestinian civilians were massacred, 55 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes and shelling, during the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, above is a funeral prayer on martyrs i Dair El-Bala'h, on April 2, 2025.	An Israeli genocidal strike targeted a UNRWA infirmary sheltering displaced families in Jabalya refugee camp, in northern Gaza, killing at least 19 people, including nine children, April 2, 2025. Above is a child's pair of shoes stained with blood, from yesterday's massacres.
Site of the Israeli massacre of the displaced Palestinian families, sheltering in a medical clinic in Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2025.	Grieving family members who were massacred by the Israeli occupation forces in a medical clinic sheltering displaced Palestinian families, in Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2025.
Carrying some of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on central Gaza Strip, to Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, April 2, 2025.	Grieving family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on central Gaza Strip, in Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital, in Dair El-Bala'h, April 2, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Death toll in Gaza rises to 50,423 as Israel continues its aggression

GAZA, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 50,423, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 114,638 others have been injured.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that of the total casualties, 1,066 civilians have been killed and 2,597 have been injured since March 18, 2025, when the Israeli occupation resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip following the ceasefire agreement.

The Ministry stated that 24 slain civilians and 55 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours.

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

K.T.

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At least 15 Gazans killed by Israeli bombing of UNRWA-run clinic in Gaza

GAZA, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

 At least 15 civilians, including women and children, were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes bombed a clinic run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the northern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on an UNRWA clinic housing displaced persons in the Jabalya camp in the northern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens and causing a fire in the building.

Two civilians were also killed and others wounded when the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to Durgham family in Al-Buraij camp in the central Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, artillery shelled agricultural land in the town of Al-Fakhari, east of Khan Younus, in the south.

Two civilians were killed, one of them after being shot by an Israeli drone in the Musabbi'h area, and the other in Khirbet Al-'Adas, north of Rafa'h, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical and civil defense teams in Khan Younus recovered the bodies of 12 slain people, including children and women, from under the rubble of the Abdel Bari family home, which was targeted by the occupation forces.

The bombing also targeted other homes belonging to the Al-Qa'oud and Abu Talib families, near the Rafa'h garage in the southern Gaza Strip.

K.T

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Israel bombs UNRWA shelter, continues to massacre civilians in Jabalya, northern Gaza Strip

Wednesday 2-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed a number of massacres on Wednesday, killing at least 50 civilians and injuring many others, mostly children.

According to local media sources, an Israeli strike targeted in the morning an UNRWA infirmary sheltering displaced families in Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 19 people, including nine children, and injuring others.

At dawn, an Israeli strike targeted a house belonging to the family of Abdul-Bari in central Khan Younus, south of Gaza, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring several others.

The Israeli occupation army also bombed a tent in Al-Mawasi area in Rafa'h, south of Gaza, killing a civilian and injuring others.

Two other citizens were martyred in an Israeli attack in Al-Mawasi area, north of Rafa'h (where the former illegal Israeli settlement so-called Morag was located).

A girl child was pronounced dead after she succumbed to serious injuries she sustained when the Israeli army bombed a tent in Asdaa City in the northwest of Khan Younus.

An Israeli drone also targeted a tent sheltering a displaced family in the west of Dair El-Bala'h City in central Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring others.

More casualties were reported following Israeli attacks on different areas of Gaza, especially in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, dozens of families besieged in Khirbet Al-'Adas in northern Rafa'h appealed to help them leave the area as Israeli tanks and troops started to advance into different areas of eastern and central Rafa'h amid intensive shelling and gunfire.

Media sources also reported that Israeli helicopters embarked on attacking areas in Khan Younus and Rafah.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,042 people and wounded 2,542 others in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire with the Hamas Movement on March 18, 2025, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are now facing severe hunger and malnutrition in Gaza as Israel’s total blockade continues for more than three weeks, the UN warns.

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Renewed Israeli genocidal bombardment on Gaza kills eight Palestinian civilians, injures dozens

GAZA, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinians were killed and others injured today following brutal Israeli shelling targeting the Al-Salam neighborhood in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli fighter jets conducted an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of farmers in Al-Salam neighborhood in Khan Younus, south of the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of eight Palestinians, at a time when numerous others, including children and women, sustained injuries. 

The death toll from the occupation forces' shelling of a gathering of people in the Al-Sawari'ha area, northwest of the town of Al-Zawayida, rose to three.

Medical sources announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,423, with nearly 114,638 reported wounded since October 7, 2023.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Y.S.

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Israel bombs UNRWA shelter, continues to massacre civilians in Gaza

Wednesday 2-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army committed a number of massacres on Wednesday, killing at least 50 civilians and injuring many others, mostly children.

According to local media sources, an Israeli strike targeted in the morning an UNRWA infirmary sheltering displaced families in Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least 19 people, including nine children, and injuring others.

At dawn, an Israeli strike targeted a house belonging to the family of Abdul-Bari in central Khan Younus, south of Gaza, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring several others.

The Israeli army also bombed a tent in Al-Mawasi area in Rafa'h, south of Gaza, killing a civilian and injuring others.

Two other citizens were martyred in an Israeli attack in Al-Miraj area, north of Rafa'h.

A girl child was pronounced dead after she succumbed to serious injuries she sustained when the Israeli army bombed a tent in Asdaa City in the northwest of Khan Yunis.

An Israeli drone also targeted a tent sheltering a displaced family in the west of Dair El-Bala'h City in central Gaza, killing one civilian and injuring others.

More casualties were reported following Israeli attacks on different areas of Gaza, especially in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, dozens of families besieged in Khirbet Al-'Adas in northern Rafa'h appealed to help them leave the area as Israeli tanks and troops started to advance into different areas of eastern and central Rafah amid intensive shelling and gunfire.

Media sources also reported that Israeli helicopters embarked on attacking areas in Khan Younus and Rafa'h.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,042 people and wounded 2,542 others in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire with the Hamas Movement on March 18, 2025, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are now facing severe hunger and malnutrition in Gaza as Israel’s total blockade continues for more than three weeks, the UN warns. 

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

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Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces in Nablus

NABLUS, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

A Palestinian young man Wednesday morning succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli occupation forces during their raid on the Old City of Nablus.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the killing of 'Hamza Mu'hammed Sa'eed Khammash, 33, who succumbed to his critical wounds after being shot by Israeli occupation forces.

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Old City of Nablus, raided Khammash's home in Al-Yasmeena neighborhood, and shot him at close range, wounding him in the thigh. He later succumbed to his wounds.

The Israeli occupation forces also detained three citizens during the raid on the Old City, including the brother of the slain youth.

K.T.

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IOFs kill a Palestinian man inside his home in Nablus

Wednesday 2-April-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was martyred on Wednesday morning when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him in the Old City of Nablus.

According to local sources, the Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire at 33-year-old 'Hamza Al-Khammash inside his house in Al-Yasmeena neighborhood in Nablus’s Old City and left him bleeding for an extended period of time without allowing his evacuation to the hospital.

The sources said that the soldiers went on the rampage through Khammash’s house and kidnapped his brother, Yousuf, as well as two other young men from the city.

The Red Crescent said that its paramedics transported a citizen with a critical gunshot wound to his thigh, administering first aid on the way to the nearest hospital, where doctors later pronounced him dead.

The IOF also severely beat a young man and injured another one after hitting him with a military vehicle during its raid in Nablus City.

Meanwhile, other local sources reported that the IOFs stormed the house of 'Abdul-Kareem Sunoaber at the junction of Zawata in the northwest of Nablus City and took its measurements as a prelude to demolishing it later.

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Several Palestinians injured in Israeli occupation forces raid on Duhaisha refugee camp, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), April 2, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinian citizens Wednesday were injured, including two children, during an Israeli military raid on the Duhaisha refugee camp, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews in Bethlehem treated two 15-year-old children who were assaulted by the occupation forces. They were later transferred to the hospital for medical treatment.

The PRCS added that its crews also transported a 50-year-old man who was also injured by shrapnel to his face after the occupation forces prevented access to him for a period of time.

It also emphasized that its crews also treated a 46-year-old man from Al-Duhaisha refugee camp who was physically assaulted as a result of the ongoing raid.

The Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Duhaisha refugee camp from its southern entrance and kidnapped Palestinian youths, interrogating them.

Y.S.

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Three Palestinians injured in settler attack on West Bank village

Tuesday 1-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Three Palestinians were injured on Tuesday in a settler attack near the city of Nablus in the Occupied West Bank, Palestinian media reported.

Local media said hundreds of settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Duma, setting fire to farms and damaging vehicles, and that three residents were shot with live and rubber bullets.

The Palestinian Red Crescent has confirmed that a violent settler attack on the village of Douma, south of Nablus, left three Palestinians injured, including a 35-year-old man shot in the leg with live ammunition, a 45-year-old man hit in the eye and hand by live shrapnel, and a 17-year-old child shot in the eye with a rubber-coated metal bullet. All were transferred to the hospital for treatment.

According to Suleiman Dawabsha, head of the Duma Village Council, over 300 Israeli settlers launched a wide-scale assault on the western outskirts of the village, firing live bullets and setting fire to vehicles and agricultural land in the area.

He added that Israeli occupation forces were present at the village’s main entrance, which they declared a closed military zone, preventing Palestinians from entering. Instead of intervening to stop the attack, the military entered the village in support of the settlers, using tear gas against residents.

For years, Israeli settlers have carried out attacks on Palestinian property and religious sites, including mosques and churches, under the slogan “Price Tag”—a campaign of retribution and collective punishment carried out with impunity across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Such attacks represent a clear violation of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the targeting of civilians and the destruction of property in occupied territory. The ongoing complicity of Israeli forces in protecting or enabling these assaults further underscores the systematic nature of settler violence and the failure to hold perpetrators accountable.

Palestinians in the West Bank have regularly complained of the growing violence and strength of settler incursions in Palestinian areas, leaving dozens of casualties and material damage.

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Two Palestinians injured by Israeli forces during Nablus raid

NABLUS, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

Two citizens were injured, one of them critically, during an Israeli occupation forces raid on various parts of Nablus on Wednesday.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces raided the Old City of Nablus and its surroundings this morning, firing live ammunition, wounding one person.

Amid Hassan, the director of emergency and ambulance services at the Red Crescent in Nablus, reported that a 33-year-old citizen was shot in the thigh with live ammunition and is in critical condition.

Another citizen was also injured after being run over by a military vehicle during the raid on Nablus.

The Red Crescent reported that a 20-year-old man was injured after being run over by an Israeli military vehicle in the Old City of Nablus.

Security and local sources said that Israeli occupation forces raided the home of 'Abdul Kareem Sunoabar at the Zawata Junction to the west and took measurements of the house in preparation for its demolition.

K.T

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IOFs intensify aggression on Jineen during 'Eid days

Tuesday 1-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have escalated their military offensive on the city of Jineen and its refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank during the 'Eid al-Fitr holiday, amid a 71-day-long incursion that has severely impacted the region.

Since the first day of 'Eid, the IOFs carried out violent raids and mass arrests, involving the assault and intimidation of civilians.

According to the Jenin Media Committee, the IOFs continued their attacks on the refugee camp, carrying out demolitions, setting homes on fire, and converting others into military outposts.

In a statement released Tuesday, the committee reported that additional military reinforcements, bulldozers, and armored vehicles were deployed to Jenin city and its camp on the third day of Eid al-Fitr. The army is reportedly excavating and expanding roads, systematically altering the camp’s geography and demolishing civilian homes.

The humanitarian situation has deteriorated significantly for the 21,000 internally displaced people, as the offensive continues. Thousands of residents have lost their livelihoods, and the siege on Jenin remains in place, further restricting movement and access to essential services.

According to data from the committee, approximately 600 homes have been completely destroyed, and a further 3,250 housing units rendered uninhabitable, in addition to widespread destruction of roads and public infrastructure across the camp.

The Israeli military has also expanded its operations to surrounding towns, including Jalboun to the east and Qabatya to the south, where soldiers have conducted house raids and vandalized property.

The statement also highlighted the daily surge in kidnappings, including the detention of dozens of young men and the mother of a wanted individual in Qabatya, though some detainees were later released.

So far, the assault on Jenin and its camp has resulted in the killing of 36 Palestinians, including two shot by Palestinian Authority security forces, as well as dozens of injuries and arrests.

The ongoing military campaign continues to raise serious concerns over collective punishment, forced displacement, and widespread violations of international humanitarian law, as Jenin remains at the center of one of the most sustained and destructive Israeli operations in the West Bank in recent years.

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Israeli occupation forces attack Palestinians with teargas, sound bombs near Toulkarm

Toulkarm, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday showered several local Palestinians with tear gas and sound bombs in the center of the city of Toulkarm, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that the occupation forces were stationed on the street leading to the Martyr Thabit Thabit Hospital in the center of the city, obstructing the movement of Palestinians and their vehicles.

The gun-toting soldiers intensively fired tear gas and sound bombs towards local residents in an attempt to intimidate them.

Additionally, the occupation forces detained a group of citizens after pursuing them as they attempted to return to the Nour Shams camp to retrieve their belongings and check on their homes. They were interrogated on the spot and prevented from entering the camp.

The Nour Shams refugee camp for months has been witnessing a continuous escalation by the occupation forces, which are imposing a siege on it. This coincides with raids by vehicles, bulldozers, and infantry units into its neighborhoods, particularly in Al-Manshiyya and Al-Maslakh. This includes raids, vandalism, and burning of homes and infrastructure, forcing residents to leave their homes, particularly in Jabal Al-Nasr and Jabal Al-Salihin.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Toulkarm and its camp for the 66th consecutive day, and against Nour Shams refugee camp for the 53rd day, amid an escalation in the field, including military reinforcements, house raids, and detentions.

The ongoing aggression has so far resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women, with nearly numerous others reported injured and detained.

More than 4,000 families from the two camps have been forcibly displaced, along with dozens of families from the northern neighborhood of the city, turning several homes into military points.

Y.S

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Toulkarm: Israel continues aggression for the 66th consecutive day

TULKARM, April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Toulkarm and its camp for the 66th consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams refugee camp for the 53rd day, amid an escalation in the field, including military reinforcements, house raids, and detentions.

Local sources reported that a young man was injured early Wednesday morning by Israeli occupation forces' bullets in the foot following a raid on the Shuwaika suburb, north of the city.

The sources added that the occupation forces launched a large-scale arrest campaign, concentrated in Al-Dthahra area of ​​the suburb, targeting a number of people.

The occupation forces also detained Mohammad Fat'hi Al-As'ad and his son Kareem from their home near the housing area in the Iktaba suburb, east of the city.

Local sources added that occupation forces deployed in the Masqoufa area between the Shuweika and Iktaba neighborhoods, coinciding with the raid on Al-Dthahra area in Shuwaika.

The occupation forces dispatched military reinforcements toward the city and its two refugee camps, Al-Dthahra and Nour Shams, and deployed infantry forces and vehicles in the main neighborhoods and streets, amidst indiscriminate firing of live ammunition.

Eyewitnesses reported that occupation forces continued to forcibly displace residents from the Jabal Al-Sali'heen area in the Nur Shams refugee camp, amidst a heavy military deployment, ongoing escalation, and a stifling siege of the camp.

This coincided with the incursion of vehicles and bulldozers, the vandalism and burning of homes, and the destruction of infrastructure.

The occupation forces continue the siege of the Al-Dthahra refugee camp and their deployment in its neighborhoods, despite the fact that the majority of its residents have been forcibly displaced after the complete destruction of its infrastructure, and the vandalism, demolition, and burning of dozens of homes and facilities.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces set up several surprise military checkpoints in and around the city, stopping and searching citizens' vehicles.

The occupation forces periodically set up military checkpoints on Nablus Street as part of a policy of restricting movement of citizens, especially after closing sections of this street with earth mounds in both directions. This coincided with the seizure of several homes there, converting them into military barracks and positioning their vehicles in their vicinity.

The ongoing aggression on the city and its two camps resulted in the killing of 13 people, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens were also injured and detained, and more than 4,000 families from the two camps were forcibly displaced, along with dozens of families from the northern neighborhood of the city.

The displacement occurred after the occupation forces seized their homes and converted a number of them into military barracks.

The aggression caused unprecedented destruction to the infrastructure, homes, and shops, which were subjected to total and partial demolition, burning, vandalism, looting, and theft.

The occupation forces completely destroyed 396 homes and partially destroyed 2,573 others in the Al-Dthahra and Nour Shams refugee camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.

K.T.

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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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Israeli occupation forces demolish a barn near Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), April 2, 2025 (WAFA) -

Israeli occupation forces demolished a horse barn in the town of Issawiya, northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), on Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses reported that occupation forces demolished the horse barn and razed land in the western part of the town, which is threatened with seizure for the illegal Israeli settlement, so-called "French Hill."

K.T.

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'Hamas: Fascist Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa courtyards provocative, serious escalation

Wednesday 2-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

“The fascist minister Ben-Gvir’s storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning is a dangerous provocation and escalation, coming within the framework of the genocidal war against our people, and the efforts of the terrorist government led by the war criminal Netanyahu to Judaize the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and impose a fait accompli in the holy city,” Hamas Movement said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Movement called on “our Palestinian people and our revolutionary youth in the West Bank to escalate the state of engagement with this arrogant enemy in all places, in defense of our land and sanctities, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

It also called on “the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take effective action at all levels to stop these systematic violations against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the first Qibla of Muslims and their third-holiest site for Muslims, and to take urgent steps to force the criminal occupation to stop its crimes against our Palestinian people and our Islamic and Christian holy sites.”

On Wednesday morning, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Al-Maghariba Gate, under heavy guard by the occupation police.

A worker at Al-Aqsa Mosque reported in a press statement that the extremist Ben-Gvir, accompanied by the head of the so-called Har HarHabayit Organization, Rabbi Samson Alboim, stormed Al-Aqsa, and toured its courtyards, amid heavy police guarding.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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'Hamas calls on int’l community to take a stand against the policy of starving 2 million people in Gaza

Wednesday 2-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement held the international community and its institutions responsible for failing to carry out their humanitarian and legal duties towards the food crisis and systematic starvation policy pursued by Israel against the people of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday evening, “The Zionist occupation continues to implement a systematic starvation policy against more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, escalating its aggression since March 2 by closing the crossings and preventing the entry of water, food, and medical supplies.”

It emphasized that “the complete closure of Gaza’s crossings is a full-fledged war crime committed in front of the eyes of the world and its suspicious silence.”

Hamas said that “starvation has become a direct weapon in the brutal war which targets Palestinians’ lives, dignity and steadfastness,” noting that bakeries have announced that they have stopped operating, after running out of flour from the Gaza Strip.

It added that the Gaza Strip has effectively entered the stage of famine, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history, “and a crime that represents a serious escalation of the crime of genocide practiced by the occupation without deterrence or accountability.”

Hamas stressed that the silence of the international community encourages the occupation to continue its policies of killing, starvation and siege, and held “the occupation fully responsible for the crime of genocide and its catastrophic humanitarian consequences.”

Hamas called on the Arab and Islamic nations to assume their responsibilities and take urgent action to save Gaza from famine and destruction.

The Movement also called on the free people of the world to take immediate action to break the unjust siege and save more than two million people, demanding an immediate opening of the crossings and allowing the entry of water, food, and medicine supplies.

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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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