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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Destruction of the Jineen, Toulkarm, and Toubas Refugee Camps Is an Implementation of the Israeli Ethnic Cleansing and Displacement, the Death Toll in Gaza Rises to 48,222 and the Injuries to 111,674

February 12, 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 February 12, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 61,783+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (48,222), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,561+). 

By February 12, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,674.

By February 12, 2025, 895 Palestinians who were killed, 6,807 who were injured, and 11,189*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children (Some of the detainees have been released).  

Note: The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported, on February 8, 2025, that the names of 572 Palestinians have been added to the overall death toll after checking their details by relevant authorities.

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New testimonies from Gaza detainees inside the Israeli occupation regime detention centers revealed the Israeli use of torture as a weapon of war, February 12, 2025.	Director of Kamal 'Udwan hospital, Dr 'Husam Abu Safiya, told his lawyer of the Israeli torture and abuse he was subjected to for 47 days in the Israeli occupation regime prison of Ofer, February 12, 2025.
Palestinian man, Tariq Halawa, was killed and 9 others were injured by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza Strip, which increased the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 48,222 and the injuries to 111,674, on February 12, 2025.	Despite the absence of the needed heavy equipment, two more bodies of martyrs were recovered in Gaza Strip, which increased the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 48,222, on February 12, 2025.
Palestinian families leaving the Nour Shams refugee camp in Toulkarm, after the Israeli occupation forces demolished their homes, as a collective punishment of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian refugees, February 12, 2025.	Destruction of homes and infrastructure in Al-Fari'a refugee camp, south of Toubas, inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces, which aims at forcing them out as a collective punishment and ethnic cleansing, February 12, 2025.
The funeral procession of the Palestinian martyr, Abdullah Al-Farroukh, who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Sa'eer, northeast of Al-Khaleel, February 12, 2025.	The massive destruction which was inflicted on Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City by the Israeli occupation forces, with the intention of genocide, displacement, and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population, February 12, 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 ۚ " (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" (Al-Isra, 17: 7). 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gaza death toll from Israel's deadly aggression surpasses 48,222

GAZA, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed on Tuesday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,222, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry added that the number of causticities have surged  to 111,674, since the start of the aggression, while a number of victims are still under the rubble, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

They affirmed that three slain Palestinians were taken to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including two whose bodies were recovered during the past 24 hours, as well as nine other casualties.

K.T.

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Civilian killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike on gathering of civilians east of Rafa'h

GAZA, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A civilian  was killed and another was seriously injured on Wednesday, as a result of an occupation drone bombing a gathering of citizens east of Rafa'h city.

Medical sources reported that a civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a gathering of civilians east of Rafa'h, while they were inspecting their homes in the Abu 'Halawa area east of Rafa'h.

Medical sources announced that 92 citizens were killed  and 822 others were injured as a result of the direct targeting of the occupation, since the ceasefire agreement went into effect on January 19.

On an almost daily basis, the Israeli army fires directly at Palestinians, or targets them with bullets and missiles from its drones in different areas of the Strip.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation warplanes are blowing up homes west of Rafa'h.

It is worth noting that two martyrs people were killed and others were injured in the occupation bombing of Rafa'h city over the past two days.

According to medical sources, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,219, the majority of whom are children and women, and the number of injuries has risen to 111,665 since the start of the occupation's aggression on October 7, 2023.

Y.S.

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Gaza: One civilian killed, another injured in Israeli drone attack

Wednesday 12-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

A Palestinian citizen was martyred and another one was injured on Wednesday in an Israeli drone attack on Rafa'h, south of the Gaza Strip.

A medical source said that the body of 44-year-old Tariq 'Halawa and another citizen suffering from serious injuries arrived at the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younus.

The source added that the victims were evacuated from Abu 'Halawa area in eastern Rafa'h following a drone attack.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces detonated residential buildings in Al-Saqqa street in Rafa'h.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on January 19, 2025, the Israeli army has killed 92 Gazans and injured 822 others.

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PWA: Israeli aggression destroyed 85% of Gaza water and sewage facilities

RAMALLAH, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli aggression has destroyed 85% of the water and sewage facilities in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).

The PWA made this announcement during a meeting of the Thematic Cluster on Water in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

As a result of the destruction inflicted on the sector, the PWA added, the Gaza Strip was facing an acute potable water crisis in addition to other imminent threats arising from the breakdown of sewage treatment plants, causing sewage to flow into residential areas and spreading epidemics among the population.

Speaking at the meeting, head of the Thematic Cluster on Water, Marwan Bardawil, said that the Israeli occupation inflicted losses on the water sector estimated at over $1 billion.

Bardawil added that before the onset of the Israeli military aggression on the Strip in October 2023, the PWA had managed to transform the Strip from an unhabitable area to that with access to potable water.

He pointed out that the PWA carried out emergency interventions at the level of supplying water to areas across the Strip, rehabilitation water systems, and operating wells within the available means and capabilities, noting that as part of the Emergency response phase, a set of emergency interventions were required, including the supply of solar-powered water desalination units with a capacity ranging between 20 to 500 cubic meters a day.

K.F.

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Senior 'Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo for ceasefire talks

Wednesday 12-February-2025

CAIRO, (PIC)

A senior delegation of the Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday to follow up on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip, which was reached with joint Egyptian-Qatari-American mediation.

'Hamas said in a terse statement that Khaleel Al-'Hayya, the head of Hamas Movement in Gaza, arrived in Cairo at the head of a delegation and started talks with Egyptian officials to follow up on the ceasefire agreement and the exchange of prisoners.

Abu 'Obayda, the spokesman of Hamas’s armed wing the Qassam Brigades, had announced last Monday that there will be no release of a new batch of Israeli captives on Saturday 15/2/2025, due to Israeli violations of the ceasefire.

He added in a statement on Telegram that the delay in releasing Israeli captives will be pending further notice and until Israel ends its violations and make up for the delay in certain obligations of the ceasefire agreement. He further asserted commitment to the resistance’s part of the deal.

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'Hamas lauds Jordan and Egypt for rejecting displacement of Gaza people

Wednesday 12-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has commended Jordan and Egypt for opposing US president Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on Wednesday, 'Hamas stated that the stance voiced by the two Arab countries affirmed the presence of an Arab plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing its residents.

'Hamas highlighted Jordan’s stance as a “reflection of its longstanding opposition to resettlement and alternative homeland schemes that aim to obliterate the Palestinian people’s identity and end their national cause.”

'Hamas also expressed appreciation for all the Arab and international voices that rejected any plan to expel the Palestinians from their land or liquidate their national rights.

The Movement reiterated that the Palestinian people would remain adherent to their homeland and would never accept any plans aimed at displacing them from their historical land and undermining their legitimate rights.

On Tuesday evening, Egypt announced a plan for Gaza’s reconstruction while its population remains on their land.

Similarly, Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Al-Safadi asserted that there was a joint Egyptian-Palestinian-Jordanian plan to rebuild Gaza without relocating its residents.

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'Hamas: Trump’s renewed remarks over Gaza “racist” and “call for ethnic cleansing”

Wednesday 12-February-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, 'Hamas, has reiterated its rejection of US president Donald Trump’s renewed remarks about his intent to relocate the citizens of Gaza to other countries, describing them as “racist” and a “call for ethnic cleansing.”

In a statement on Tuesday, Hamas accused Trump of planning to liquidate the Palestinian cause and depriving the Palestinian people of their inalienable national rights.

“The plan to expel our people from Gaza will not succeed, and will be met with a unified Palestinian, Arab and Islamic position opposing all displacement schemes,” 'Hamas stressed.

“Our people in Gaza have stood firm in the face of bombardment and aggression and will remain steadfast on their land and thwart all forced displacement and relocation plots,” 'Hamas added.

'Hamas expressed its belief that the Israeli occupation regime would fail to displace the Palestinian people from their land and liquidate their national cause as it failed to achieve its goals in Gaza through aggression and massacres.

The Movement reiterated its commitment to continue honoring the ceasefire agreement as long as the Israeli government abides by its terms, accusing the Israelis of violating the agreement and holding them responsible for any complications or delays.

During his meeting with Jordan’s King 'Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday, Trump once again insisted that the US would take control of the Gaza Strip and displace all its residents.

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

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Resistance fighter martyred during clashes with IOFs in Nour Shams refugee camp

Wednesday 12-February-2025

TULKAREM, (PIC)

A Palestinian resistance fighter was martyred on Wednesday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) in Nour Shams refugee camp in Toulkarm, north of the West Bank.

Photos of the martyr were circulated on the internet showing him lying on the ground with his weapon next to him while Israeli occupation soldiers were standing around him.

Earlier, local sources reported that renewed clashes broke out today between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in Nur Shams camp.

The IOFs also stormed a mosque in Al-'Iyada neighborhood and used its loudspeakers to order the local residents to leave the camp immediately, amid raids on homes.

The Israeli occupation army already displaced thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction to public and private property during its raid in Nour Shams refugee camp, which started four days ago.

The IOFs deployed dozens of military vehicles and foot patrols at the camp’s entrances and alleyways, while intensively firing live bullets and stun grenades to cause panic among the residents and force them to leave.

Displaced residents described the situation as “extremely difficult, with homes and stores destroyed, streets leveled, and soldiers savagely raiding homes, wreaking havoc on furniture, assaulting young men, expelling the elderly, without letting them take basic belongings like clothing, and confiscating cellphones.” 

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Palestinian man injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets south of Al-Khaleej (Hebron)

Al-Khaleej (Hebron), February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian young man was injured by live bullets today during the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the town of Dthahiriya, south of Hebron.

Local and security sources told WAFA that the occupation forces raided the town of Dthahiriya, stormed several homes, detained a number of local citizens and interrogated them in the field.

During the raid, the Israeli occupation soldiers further fired bullets, sound bombs, and toxic gas towards local residents, injuring a 25-year-old with live bullets in the foot and he was transferred to the hospital for treatment.

Y.S. 

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Youth sustains injury by Israeli army gunfire near Al-Khaleej (Hebron)

Al-Khaleej (Hebron), February 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth Wednesday sustained an injury by Israeli occupation army gunfire in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleej (Hebron), according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli occupying forces barged their way into the refugee camp, deploying on main streets and in the vicinity of civilians’ houses simultaneously while opening live ammunition.

The Israeli occupying forces broke into several houses, using them as military bases and sniping positions.

During ensuing confrontations, the gun-toting soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters toward local protestors, injuring a youth with a live round in the foot.

The casualty, 23, was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces conducted a raid in 'Osreen town, south of Nablus, and fired barrages of tear gas canisters, resulting in several suffocation cases.

The 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 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.

K.F.

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Two Palestinian men shot, injured by Israeli forces near Jineen refugee camp

Jineen, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian young man was injured by Israeli occupation bullets and a young man was assaulted in the Jineen refugee camp.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews dealt with two injuries in Jenin camp, a 50-year-old was struck by live bullets, while the other sustained an injury after being brutally assaulted by Israeli forces. They were transferred to a hospital in Jineen.

The unprecedented aggression of the occupation on Jenin camp and city continues for the 23rd consecutive day, which resulted in the killing of  25 civilians and causing several injuries.

Y.S. 

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Israeli forces assault three Palestinian students south of Nablus

NABLUS, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces assaulted on Wednesday three Palestinian students from the town of 'Huwara, south of Nablus.

Head of the 'Huwara Council, Jihad Oadah, told WAFA that the occupation forces are present daily on a side road leading to 'Hawara Secondary School, obstructing students.

Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces attacked and brutally assaulted three students while they were heading to school, causing them to suffer bruises.

Y.S

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 Israeli forces detain Palestinians from Tubas

TUBAS, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday detained two young men from the town of 'Aqaba, north of Toubas, after storming the town and besieging a house.

Local sources reported that special units of the occupation army infiltrated the town and besieged a house, followed by military reinforcements from the Tayaseer checkpoint.

The director of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) in Tubas, Kamal Bani Oadah, indicated that the occupation arrested the citizens: Mu'hammed Tariq Ghannam and Mu'hammed Mustafa Ghannam, after besieging their homes in the town.

K.T. 

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Israeli occupation forces storm Toubas-area town, surround house

TUBAS, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) –

 Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of 'Aqaba, north of Toubas, on Wednesday and surrounded a house.

Local sources reported that special units infiltrated the town and surrounded a house, followed by military reinforcements from the Tayaseer checkpoint.

K.T.

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Suffocation cases among students during an Israeli raid near Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

A number of Palestinian students suffered from suffocation on Wednesday afternoon after the occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Khadir, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces stormed Al-Khadir, and stationed themselves in Tall area in the old town, and fired tear gas and sound bombs at the students, which led to a number of them suffering from suffocation.

They added that the occupation forces continued to pursue the students in the areas of the Great Mosque and the Gate, which led to a number of others suffering from suffocation, noting that the occupation soldiers deliberately fired tear gas bombs at shops and homes.

K.T.

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  IOFs raid different West Bank areas, kidnap dozens of Palestinians

Wednesday 12-February-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and at dawn Wednesday dozens of Palestinian citizens during a large-scale campaign in different areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed Al-'Arroub refugee camp in northern Al-Khaleel at dawn, raided homes, and assaulted and kidnaped a number of citizens.

The sources estimated that over 25 citizens were kidnapped and maltreated by Israeli forces during the IOFs raid in Al-'Arroub refugee camp.

On Tuesday evening, three citizens suffered injuries after Israeli occupation soldiers savagely assaulted them in Al-'Arroub refugee camp.

Israeli occupation soldiers also stormed the UNRWA health center in Al-'Arroub refugee camp, wreaked havoc on its contents, and used it to interrogate dozens of citizens who were kidnaped from their homes.

The IOFs reportedly demolished a Palestinian house near a road used by the illegal Israeli settlers at the main entrance of Al-'Arroub refugee camp.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnapped at least eight citizens from 'Abwain village, north of Ramallah.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped one citizen from the city and two brothers from 'Uoreef town.

In Toulkarm, Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of Bait Lid and Rameen and kidnaped two women from their homes.

Last night, Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped dozens of displaced citizens from a mosque in Toulkarm City, which is used as a shelter. There was no information if some of them were released later.

A number of citizens, who were displaced recently by the IOFs from the refugee camp of Toulkarm and Nour Shams, live in this mosque and other shelter centers.

Soldiers also raided a house in the same area and interrogated some of its residents.

For 17 days, the IOFs have been raiding homes, kidnapping citizens, and wreaking havoc on public and private property in Toulkarm City and its two refugee camp (Toulkarm and Nour Shams), as part of its expanding military operation in the northern West Bank.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), the IOFs stormed Bait Fajjar town and kidnapped a young man from his home.

More citizens were kidnapped by the IOFs from other areas of the West Bank last night and today.

In a separate incident, the IOFs withdrew on Wednesday morning from Al-Fari’ah refugee camp in southern Toubas, leaving a trail of destruction.

During 10 days of aggression, siege and different violations, the IOFs had displaced dozens of families from their homes in the camp and forced them to go to Toubas City or the towns of Tammoun and Aqaba.

The IOF also kidnapped about 30 young men during its campaign in the camp but released 22 of them later.

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West Bank under Israeli attack: aggression on Jineen and Toulkarm continues

WEST BANK, February 10, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression on the governorates of Jineen and Toulkarm for more than two weeks, leaving 29 slain Palestinians, dozens of injuries, detentions, the demolition of homes, and forced displacement, amidst widespread destruction of property and infrastructure, while it withdrew from Al-Fari'a refugee camp south of Toubas, after an aggression that lasted ten days.

Since the beginning of the aggression, Israel has imposed arbitrary measures at its military checkpoints near most of the entrances and exits of the governorates in the West Bank, and closed most of the gates of villages and towns, in an attempt to explode the situation, in preparation for creating a state of violent chaos, to facilitate the annexation of the West Bank, which was evident in the brutal attacks committed by terrorist colonist gangs against Palestinian civilians, their towns, properties, homes, lands, and holy sites.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the city of Jineen and its camp for the twenty-third consecutive day, leaving 25 slain people and dozens of injuries.

Six citizens were injured yesterday evening after the Israeli occupation forces beat them in the city of Jineen.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its crews received six injured people from the Jalama military checkpoint east of the city after the occupation soldiers beat them. They were transferred to the hospital.

The Israeli occupation forces also blew up the house of the slain Palestinian youth Nidhal Al-'Aamer's family in Jenin camp. The occupation had given the family a demolition notice of the two-story house last Monday.

The occupation bulldozers destroyed the streets and citizens' properties in the eastern neighborhood, where they bulldozed Al-Madaris Street and several other streets in the neighborhood. They also destroyed citizens' vehicles, properties, and part of some homes in it.

According to the mayor of Jenin, Mu'hammed Jarrar, the city has suffered economic losses exceeding two billion dollars in infrastructure, buildings, and stores over the past three years, after being subjected to 104 continuous raids.

Jarrar describes this aggression and evacuation as "the worst ever", coinciding with difficult economic conditions, and that what is happening in Jenin is a catastrophe on the humanitarian level, as 15,000 citizens were displaced in a small city like Jenin, which is accompanied by very difficult economic conditions.

For the 23rd consecutive day, the occupation continues to demolish and burn citizens' homes in the camp, amid intensive flying of Israeli drones, as the occupation destroyed the street leading to the purification station in Jineen and parts of it, and continues to send military reinforcements accompanied by bulldozers to the city of Jenin and the surroundings of the camp.

The occupation forces continue to demolish, blow up and burn homes in Jenin camp, specifically in the neighborhoods of Al-'Alloub, Al-Falloujah, Al-Bishr and Al-Damj, amid rising columns of smoke and hearing successive explosions.

Yesterday, the occupation forces stormed the town of Ya'bad, south of Jenin, and the town of Rumana to the west, where a foot force stormed the town and combed its streets.

Meanwhile in Toulkarm, the Israeli aggression on the city of and its camp has entered its 17th day, and its fourth day on the Nour Shams refugee camp, amidst the ongoing siege, house raids, and forced displacement of residents, accompanied by a wide-scale detention campaign.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces sent more military reinforcements towards the city and its camps last night, and deployed infantry in various areas and neighborhoods, amidst heavy live ammunition and drones.

In the city of Toulkarm, the Israeli occupation forces detained, late last night, a number of displaced citizens from the Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps, after raiding the 'Othman bin 'Affan Al-Jadeed Mosque in the center of the city, and removing the displaced people present there, and investigating them in the field, before detaining them.

In the early hours of this morning, the occupation forces detained two women from villages east of Toulkarm after raiding their homes.

A young man, 19, was injured by the occupation forces' bullets in the town of Kafr Al-Labbad east of Toulkarm, after they surrounded one of the houses there and he was transferred to the hospital.

The occupation forces are still imposing a siege on the eastern neighborhood of Toulkarm, especially the area near its camp, and are seizing three buildings there as military outposts and sniper positions, and preventing citizens from leaving their homes to secure their basic needs or even appear on windows and balconies.

The residents of this neighborhood continue to appeal to all responsible parties, including the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, to take urgent action to check on the conditions of the families, provide food supplies and health services, especially for the elderly and those with chronic diseases, and facilitate the movement of citizens.

Meanwhile, Nour Shams refugee camp saw a new wave of mass displacement of dozens of families, under threat and intimidation from the occupation, amidst the firing of live ammunition and the sound of explosions from time to time.

The occupation forces raid citizens' homes, search them, destroy their contents, subject their residents to field investigation and abuse, and detain a number of them.

The occupation bulldozers also continue to bulldoze and destroy the infrastructure and property in various neighborhoods of the camp, starting from Jabal al-Nasr, Al-Sali'heen, Al-Manshiya, and Al-Maslakh, reaching the internal neighborhoods, in addition to bulldozing Nablus Street along the camp entrances and completely destroying it, and blew up three houses.

In Toulkarm refugee camp, the occupation forces intensified their military presence and deployed infantry inside the camp's neighborhoods and empty homes, turning them into military outposts, amidst heavy live bullets, and burned a house belonging to Al-'Awfi family in 'Hanoun Square neighborhood.

The occupation forces continued to seize additional homes and residential buildings around the camp, specifically in the northern and eastern neighborhoods of the city, and turned them into military outposts and sniper positions.

People who did not leave their homes on the outskirts of the camp appealed for the delivery of food supplies, drinking water, medicines and baby milk, in light of the worsening humanitarian suffering as a result of the interruption of all basic services, including water, electricity and communications, after the occupation destroyed the camp's infrastructure.

Additionally, the occupation continues to close the gate of Jabara Bridge at the southern entrance to the city of Tulkarm, separating it from the villages of Al-Kafriyat for the fifth consecutive day.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces withdrew today from Al-Fari'a camp, south of Tubas, after a ten-day aggression.

During this aggression, the occupation displaced dozens of families from their homes in the camp towards the city of Tubas and the towns of Tamoun and Aqaba.

The camp has suffered from a difficult humanitarian situation over the past ten days, after the occupation besieged the camp and closed all its main and secondary entrances, which left hundreds of families without water or food supplies, in addition to a shortage of medicines, especially for those with chronic diseases.

This aggression, in which hundreds of soldiers, dozens of patrols, and a number of heavy bulldozers participated, included great destruction of the infrastructure and citizens' property, the bombing and removal of doors from a number of homes, and the demolition of parts of the Popular Committee building.

Local sources said that the occupation raided dozens of houses in the camp, conducted field investigations with their residents, and turned some of them into military barracks after forcing the residents to leave them, as the number of families forced to leave the camp ranged between 200-250.

During this aggression, the occupation arrested about thirty young men from the camp, 22 of whom were later released.

The occupation forces had obstructed the work of medical teams throughout the days of the aggression, and prevented them on more than one occasion from transferring sick cases from the camp, and raided the medical point affiliated with them in Al-Far'a camp.

Since this morning, citizens began returning to their homes in the camp and inspecting them after the occupation withdrew from them.

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 forces demolish home in Tulkarem’s Nur Shams camp amid widespread destruction

TULKAREM, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday a Palestinian resident’s home in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood of Nur Shams refugee camp, amid widespread destruction to infrastructure and property.

According to WAFA correspondent, Israeli forces brought in additional military vehicles and heavy bulldozers before demolishing the house. Meanwhile, forces continued to wreak havoc on property along the road connecting Ash-Shuhada and Al-Mujahideen neighborhoods, where loud explosions and heavy gunfire were reported.

The demolition and destruction were accompanied by a strict siege on the camp and its surroundings, with Israeli forces turning the area into a military zone. They raided homes, ransacked them and violently forced residents to leave.

Earlier today, Israeli forces used the loudspeakers of a mosque in the Al-Iyada neighborhood to order camp residents to leave their homes immediately.

Dozens of families, including women, children and the elderly, were seen fleeing the camp on foot, struggling through devastated streets in harsh winter weather while facing the looming threat of Israeli gunfire.

Israeli soldiers also obstructed the work of the Palestine Red Crescent Society teams, ramming a vehicle belonging to the organization’s Disaster Risk Management team and disrupting their efforts to evacuate elderly residents and children. Medical relief teams were also hindered from carrying out their humanitarian duties.

The head of the Popular Committee for Services in Nur Shams refugee camp, Nihad Al-Shawish, stated in a press release that the situation inside the camp is extremely dire amid the ongoing large-scale assault.

The occupation is firing at everything that moves inside the camp. Many families remain trapped in their homes, facing imminent danger, while essential services such as water and electricity have been cut off, he said, warning of a severe shortage of food, drinking water, medicine, and baby formula.

He stressed that the occupation is carrying out the most brutal forms of mistreatment against residents, storming their homes by force, firing live bullets and stun grenades inside, and threatening them to leave in an apparent effort to empty the camp of its residents.

T.R.

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Extremist colonists graze livestock on Palestinian lands near Jericho

JERICHO, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli colonists grazed their livestock on the lands surrounding the homes of Palestinians in the village of Fasayel, north of the city of Jericho.

The Al-Baidar Organization said that a group of armed Israeli colonists allowed their cows on the citizens' agricultural lands near the homes in Fasayel, in a move to seize the pastoral lands, at a time when the residents are suffering from continuous attacks.

It pointed out that this comes within the policy of pastoral colonization, and requires the intervention of human rights organizations to protect the citizens and Bedouins north of Jericho from these attacks.

Meanwhile, colonists stormed the Ein Al-Auja waterfall complex north of Jericho, accompanied by their sheep, and spread out among the Bedouin homes.

The Bedouin Rights Defense Organization, Al-Baidar, said in a statement to WAFA that colonists grazed their sheep and emptied the Bedouin's water tanks randomly onto the ground, which threatens the water resources that the Bedouins depend on mainly from the Al-Auja spring.

It is noteworthy that colonists proceeded to graze their cows on the lands surrounding the homes of citizens in the village of Fasayel, north of Jericho.

Y.S.

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 Israeli forces demolish retaining wall near Qalqilya

QALQILYA, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces demolished a retaining wall in the village of Al-Funduq, east of Qalqilya, on Wednesday.

Local sources told WAFA that an Israeli army force, accompanied by bulldozers and vehicles, stormed the western part of the village, raided and bulldozed an agricultural land of approximately 400 square meters.

They also demolished the surrounding retaining wall, which belongs to the Al-Qassem family, and the material losses were estimated at about NIS50,000.

K.T.

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 Israeli forces demolish Palestinian house north of Hebron

HEBRON, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces demolished today a house in Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

Security and local sources confirmed to WAFA that the occupation forces demolished a house, which occupied an area of 150 square meters,  at the entrance to the camp, owned by citizen Adi Jamil Salem Jawabreh, where he lives with his family members who have become homeless.

The sources also reported that the occupation forces raided dozens of homes in the camp, detained dozens of citizens, destroyed the contents of their homes, and severely beat their children and families.

They stormed the agency's clinic, broke its doors and contents, and turned it into a field investigation center. They also detained several local residents during the incursion and took them to an unknown location after searching their homes and tampering with their contents.

Y.S.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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China rejects 'forced displacement' of Palestinians

BEIJIN, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) –

China has confirmed its opposition to what has been described as the "forced displacement" of Palestinians and the transfer of Gaza Strip residents to other areas.

According to the Chinese news agency "Xinhua", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said in a press conference on Wednesday that "Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and is an integral part of the Palestinian land," stressing his country's opposition to the forced displacement of Gaza residents.

K.T.

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French president says solution to rebuild Gaza doesn't mean disrespecting Palestinians

PARIS, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) – 

French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that any solution to rebuild Gaza "must not come at the expense of disrespecting the rights of the Palestinians and regional sovereignty."

He explained that "the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip do not want to be settled abroad, and the countries of the region reject this as well."

"You cannot tell two million people, do not move to your cities in Gaza because the issue is political and not a real estate transaction," Macron added.

K.T.

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Venezuelan President calls for peace in Palestine and ending Israeli occupation's aggression

RAMALLAH, February 12, 2024 (WAFA) – 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stressed the need to establish peace in Palestine and end the Israeli occupation's aggression against the Palestinian people.

He said in a press interview, "Leave injustice aside, put an end to the concept of old and new colonialism, and let the right to exist and develop be supreme."

Maduro added, "We are now in the twenty-first century, not the time of threats and bombarding mosques and homes.

Y.S

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UN: Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip requires more than $53b

Wednesday 12-February-2025

NEW YORK, (PIC)

A UN estimate has shown that reconstructing the Gaza Strip, which was devastated by the Israeli genocidal war, requires more than $53 billion, including over $20 billion over the first three years.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a report prepared at the request of the General Assembly that the necessary amounts for recovery and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip over the short, medium, and long term “are estimated at about $53 billion and 142 million. Within this amount, the funding needed in the short term for the first three years is estimated at about $20 billion and 568 million.”

The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip includes several key aspects, such as:

Basic infrastructure, including rebuilding water and sewage networks, restoring electricity networks, and rehabilitating roads, bridges, and public transportation. Rebuilding homes and buildings. Health facilities, including reconstructing damaged hospitals and health centers. Educational facilities, repairing schools, universities, and educational institutions. Revitalizing productive sectors such as agriculture and industry. Removing rubble and disposing of war debris. Clearing areas of unexploded ordnance. Rehabilitation of the public sector and government services.

Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip has caused an “unprecedented level of destruction in modern history,” according to a previous UN report.

According to damage assessments conducted by the UN Satellite Center (UNOSAT) last month, as of December 1, nearly 69% of the buildings in the Gaza Strip were damaged or destroyed, totaling 170,812 buildings.

The UN health organization also stated that only 18 out of 36 hospitals (50%) are operating “partially,” with a total bed capacity of 1,800.

As of December 1, UNICEF reported that at least 496 schools were damaged, representing nearly 88% of the 564 registered facilities. Among these, 396 schools were directly hit by bombardment.

According to images taken by UNOSAT on September 26, 2024, 68% of the agricultural land in the Gaza Strip, equivalent to 103 square kilometers, was damaged due to the war.

In the North Gaza Governorate, the percentage of damaged agricultural land reached 79%, and in Rafah Governorate, it was 57%.

Destruction has affected agricultural assets (including irrigation systems, livestock farms, orchards, machinery, and storage facilities), with damage estimates ranging from 80% to 96% as of early 2024, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development last September.

Regarding the road network, the damage percentage reached approximately 68% of the total roads in the Gaza Strip, with a total of 1,190 kilometers destroyed, according to a “preliminary analysis” conducted by UNOSAT on August 18.

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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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