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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EU Commissioner Rejects Any Attempt at Demographic Changes in Gaza,

UNRWA Chief Warns of Deepening Hunger in Gaza,

the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza Rises to 48,503 and the Injuries to 111,927

March 11, 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 March 11, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 62,089+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (48,503), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,586+). 

By March 11, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 111,927.

By March 11, 2025, 931 Palestinians who were killed, 6,895 who were injured, and 11,473*, who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023, including 310 women and 640 children.

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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 UNRWA commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, has warned that the situation in Gaza is deteriorating very quickly, after Israel had halted supplies from entering Gaza Strip, March 11, 2025.	The EU High Commissioner, Kaja Kallas, expressed the EU firm rejection of any attempt at demographic or territorial changes in the Gaza Strip, while welcoming the Arab reconstruction plan, March 11, 2025.
Thousands of Americans rallied in New York City for the release of Columbia University student Ma'hmoud Khaleel, who was detained for participating in anti-Israeli genocidal war on Gaza protests, March 11, 2025.	The Israeli occupation regime warplanes conducted airstrikes targeting Syrian army weapons, tanks, and military equipment, in the southern Dar'a governorate, March 9, 2025.
Grieving the death of several Palestinian Martyrs at the Ahli hospital, who were killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City, on March 11, 2025.	Returning displaced Palestinian families in Jabalya have been facing enormous difficulties in getting tents as shelter, fuel, and food supplies, as the Israeli occupation forces have stopped the entry of the humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, March 12, 2025.
Palestinian children scrambling to get a soup food meal from a local charity in Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, as food supplies have been stopped by the Israeli occupation forces, part of the starvation of the Palestinian population, March 11, 2025.	Palestinians scrambling to buy bread from a local bakery, in Khan Younus, as food supplies have been stopped by the Israeli occupation forces, part of the starvation of the Palestinian population, March 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 will come, they (your enemies) will sadden your faces, and enter the Masjid (in Jerusalem), as they entered it the first time, and 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 across Gaza Strip surges to 48,503, over 111,927 injured

GAZA, March 11, 2025 (WAFA and Anadolu) – 

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,503, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry added that the number of injuries has risen to 111,927, since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, while a number of victims are still under the rubble, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

The Ministry affirmed that 36 slain Palestinians (32 of them were recovered from the rubble and 4 were killed by the Israeli occupation f forces) and 14 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation army kills six Palestinians in Gaza, on March 10, 2025

Tuesday 11-March-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Six Palestinian citizens were martyred in Israeli attacks in Rafa'h and Gaza City on Tuesday, March 10, 2025.

Spokesman for the civil defense service Ma'hmoud Basal said that an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of citizens in the Netzarim corridor in the south of Gaza City, killing five citizens, including two brothers.

Earlier, paramedics said that four citizens were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli drone attack in the east of Gaza City before one of them succumbed to his injuries.

In the morning, a citizen was also killed when an Israeli drone opened fire at him in Al-Showka town, east of Rafa'h in southern Gaza.

The Israeli occupation forces also carried out gunfire and artillery attacks in different areas of Khan Younus.

Yesterday, four citizens, including three brothers, were killed in an Israeli strike in the eastern area of 'Abasan town in Khan Younus.

During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 32 martyrs, who were reported missing during the war, as well as four citizens who were killed in fresh Israeli attacks.

According to Gaza’s health ministry on Monday, 14 citizens were also injured during Israeli attacks or by unexploded ordnance during the past hours.

The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 48,503 martyrs, the health ministry stated.

The ministry added that the number of the wounded also surged to 111,927 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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UNICEF: Severe shortage of safe water in Gaza affects 90% of the population

Tuesday 11-March-2025

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that severe water shortages in the Gaza Strip have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, a total of 90 percent of the population.

The UNICEF official in Gaza, Rosalia Poulin, said on the organization’s website that 600,000 people regained access to drinking water in November 2024, only to be cut off again.

UN agencies estimate that 1.8 million people, more than half of whom are children, are in urgent need of water, sanitation, and health assistance, stressing that the situation deteriorated further after the Israeli decision to cut off electricity to the Strip, disrupting vital desalination operations.

Earlier, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, condemned the Israeli authorities’ cutting off the electricity supply to the Gaza Strip.

She said in a statement posted on her account on X, “Genocide alert! “Israel’s cutting of electricity to Gaza means no functioning desalination plants and therefore no clean water”.

On March 2, Hebrew media said Israel intends to start implementing an escalation plan against Gaza within a week, including cutting electricity and water, carrying out assassinations, re-deporting Palestinians from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip and resuming the war.

Israel stopped the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip last Sunday, amid local and human rights warnings that the Palestinians will return to famine.

In early March, the first phase of the 42-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza officially ended without Israel agreeing to enter the second phase and end the war.

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu wants to extend the first phase of the exchange deal to release as many Israeli captives in Gaza as possible, without offering any compensation or completing the military and humanitarian obligations stipulated in the ceasefire agreement during the past period, to satisfy the extremists in his government.

'Hamas rejects this, demanding that Israel abide by the agreement and calling on the mediators to immediately begin negotiations for the second phase, which includes an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a complete cessation of the war.

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

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IOFs kill Palestinian elderly woman and a young man, injure a young man in Jineen

Tuesday 11-March-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

A Palestinian elderly woman and a young man were martyred and another citizen was injured on Tuesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) opened fire at them in Jineen, north of the West Bank.

The Red Crescent said that its paramedics evacuated a 60-year-old woman from Al-Jalamah checkpoint in Jineen.

The Red Crescent added that the IOFs prevented one of its ambulances from entering the eastern neighborhood of Jineen City to evacuate a wounded young man.

Later, local sources affirmed that a young man called Ismail Abu Ghali succumbed to critical bullet injuries in the eastern neighborhood, adding that the IOF detained and abused his body.

Earlier, Israeli occupation forces encircled a house in Jineen’s eastern neighborhood and attacked it with projectiles.

They also stormed Khelet Al-Sa'hwa neighborhood adjacent to Jenin refugee camp and ordered families to leave an apartment building.

In the western area of Jineen City, the IOFs encircled the Lavender venue in Haifa street and ordered young men to leave it. There was no information about their exposure to detention.

Last night, the Red Crescent said that its paramedics provided first aid for four citizens suffering from bullet injuries in Al-Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, before evacuating them to hospitals.

The Red Crescent also provided medical assistance for a wounded young man after Israeli soldiers savagely assaulted him in 'Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya. 

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Two teenagers sustain wounds from Israeli army gunfire in southern WB camp

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), March 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two Palestinian teenagers Tuesday evening sustained wounds from Israeli army gunfire in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

The PRCS said that its crews provided first aid treatment to a 17-year-old teenager who was shot by live ammunition in the abdomen as well as to a 16-year-old teenager who sustained an injury from live gunfire in the pelvis before rushing them to Al-Ahli Hospital.

Meanwhile, medical sources said that the teenager who sustained an injury in the abdomen was immediately admitted to the operating room for his serious condition.

K.F.

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Palestinian man injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem)

Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), March 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

A Palestinian young man was shot with live ammunition on Tuesday during intense confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the Duhaisha refugee camp, south of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

Medical sources reported that a young man was shot with live ammunition in the shoulder and was transferred to Al-Yamama Hospital in the town of Al-Khadir for treatment.

His condition was described as stable.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces kidnap owner of Educational Bookshop in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), March 11, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped on Tuesday the owner of the Educational Bookshop on Sala'huddeen Street in the occupied city of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), according to Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate.

It reported that the occupation forces raided the Educational Bookshop for the second time in just a month, rounded up its owner, 'Imad Muna, and took him for investigation.

The raid occurred exactly one month after the release from Israeli prison of Ma'hmoud and A'hmad Muna, following the previous assault on the Bookshop.

After an hour and a half of conducting a raid of the shop, once again using Google Translate to discern the meaning of the titles on the shelves, the occupying forces confiscated dozens of books, arrested the owner Muna, 61, and took him to the Israeli police station on Sala'huddeen Street. They closed the shop door and took the keys to the Bookshop, without issuing a closure order. They refused to explain what law had been violated or the reason for Muna's arrest. No arrest warrant or search warrant was provided.

It is worth noting that the Educational Bookshop was opened 38 years ago on Sala'huddeen Street in occupied Jerusalem, and over the years it has become one of the most important bookshops in Palestine, and in Jerusalem in particular, as it is a destination for diplomats, journalists, researchers and students.

The Bookshop won the Best Library Award for 2011 in Palestine, and the third best library in the Middle East by the Lonely Planet and BBC in London.

Y.S./ K.F.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police kidnap dozens of West Bank workers in the Triangle area

TIRA, March 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime police kidnapped Tuesday 40 Palestinian workers from the city of Teera, located in the Triangle area in the 1948 Territories.

The workers, all holders of West Bank identity cards, were detained under the pretext of residing without permits.

They entered the area looking for employment opportunities for their families' livelihood.

This incident is part of a larger pattern, whereby hundreds of Palestinian workers have been recently detained and harassed by Israeli police purportedly for lacking entry permits.

Even those Palestinian workers who possess valid permits face significant challenges on their way to their workplaces in the 1948 Territories. They often leave their houses in the predawn hours and have to wait in long queues for hours and are subjected to inspections at Israeli checkpoints before being allowed to proceed to their workplaces.

A World Bank report indicated that approximately 150,000 workers from the West Bank have lost their jobs in the 1948 Territories due to tightened restrictions in place since October 2023.

A.D./ K.F.

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IOFs kidnap dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raids

Tuesday 11-March-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) kidnapped last night and on Tuesday morning scores of Palestinian citizens during a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank.

According to local sources, the IOFs kidnapped MP Mu'hammed Al-Natsha, Shaikh Abdul-Khaliq Al-Natsha, and Mazin Al-Natsha during raids on homes in Al-Khaleel City. All of them are noted 'Hamas figures in Al-Khaleel.

The IOFs also kidnapped five other citizens after ransacking their homes in Al-Khaleel City and two brothers during a raid in Sa’ir town.

Another citizen was kidnapped by the IOFs from his home in Bani Na'eem town, east of Al-Khaleel.

The IOFs also stormed 'Hal'houl town in northern al-Khalil, intercepted cars and assaulted passengers.

In Qalqilya, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young man after assaulting him in 'Azzoun town, while Red Crescent paramedics provided first aid for a young man suffering from a leg fracture after soldiers assaulted him during a raid on his home in the same town.

The IOFs also kidnapped at least 22 citizens following violent raids on homes in 'Azzoun town.

Local sources said that the IOFs blocked the entrances of 'Azzoun town, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and stole 5,000 shekels from a family.

They added that Israeli occupation soldiers forced a family to leave its home in Al-Mintar neighborhood of the town and turned it into an interrogation center, where many citizens were detained and questioned before they were herded to the military watchtower at the town’s northern entrance.

In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces stormed the eastern area of the city and 'Askar refugee camp, raided homes and kidnapped three citizens.

The IOFs also raided the house of 'Aamir Sonobar in the Zawata junction in the west of Nablus City and kidnapped him. He was released on Monday evening after detaining him at dawn.

Another young citizen was taken prisoner following raids on homes in Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus.

In Ramallah, the IOFs kidnaped three citizens from their homes in Kafr 'Ain village and two others from Al-Jalazoan refugee camp and Baitounya town.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), three citizens were reportedly kidnapped from their homes during an IOFs raid in 'Housan town.

The IOFs also stormed Bait Fajjar town in southern Bethlehem and fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at local residents. Three local young men suffered bullet injuries in their legs and many others suffered from their exposure to tear gas.

The IOFs also raided homes and assaulted citizens in other areas of the West Bank, with no reported kidnappings.

Total: 38  kidnapped.

Grand total: 78 kidnapped.

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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 a Palestinian village in Masafir Yatta, damage citizens’ property

Tuesday 11-March-2025

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers  attacked on Tuesday the village of 'Hareebat Al-Nabi in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), assaulted citizens and caused damage to their property.

According to local sources, a number of settlers attacked the village under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), and assaulted citizens, beating them and throwing stones at them, and sabotaged the contents of the houses, which led to the injury of the citizen Mut'ib Rasheed with bruises, while 'Ali Rasheed and his wife suffered from pepper spray.

The IOFs also kidnapped A'hmed Abdul Mo'hsin Rashid after beating him, the sources added.

Last month, illegal Israeli settlers carried out 230 attacks, concentrated in Nablus, Al-Khaleel (Hebron), Ramallah, and Jerusalem governorates, and carried out 68 vandalism and theft of Palestinian property.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Egypt condemns Israel’s decision to cut off electricity in Gaza

CAIRO, March 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Egypt Tuesday condemned Israel's decision to cut electricity supplies in the Gaza Strip.

In a press statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry considered the act a new violation of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

“Egypt reiterates its full rejection of Israel's policies of collective punishment, including suspending the entry of humanitarian aid, which only exacerbates the situation in the Gaza Strip,” the Ministry stated.

“Egypt calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities and take the necessary measures to halt these violations,” it added.

K.F.

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Kuwait condemns Israel’s cutting off of electricity in Gaza

KUWAIT, March 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

Kuwait condemned Tuesday the Israeli occupation's decision to cut off electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the Israeli occupation forces’ practices and the use of the policy of collective punishment against the Palestinian people.

It slammed the decision to cut off electricity as a violation of the most basic rights and the principles of international law and international humanitarian law.

Kuwait renewed its call on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to intervene immediately to halt the violations committed by the occupation forces, allow the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid, and oblige Israel, the occupying power, to refrain from the policy of starvation and deprivation against Palestinians.

A.D./ K.F.

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‎EU says Israel’s order to cut off electricity supply to Gaza increases human suffering

BRUSSELS, March 11, 2025 (WAFA) –

The European Union (EU) said Tuesday that Israel’s order to cut off the electricity supply to the Gaza Strip will increase human suffering.

“Israel’s order to cut all electricity supply to Gaza a week after cutting aid supplies will worsen the already dramatic humanitarian crisis,” Hadja Lahbib, EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, said on X account.

She stressed that “it is urgent to deliver a lasting ceasefire to save civilian lives.”

A.D./ K.F.

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UNICEF and Japanese government sign $3.8 million agreement to improve health and nutrition services

JERUSALEM, 11 March 2025 (WAFA) -

UNICEF and the Government of Japan Monday signed a US$ 3.8 million agreement to improve the health and nutrition services for vulnerable children and women in the State of Palestine, according to the Representative Office of Japan to Palestine.

The Representative Office said in a press statement that the agreement was signed in cooperation with the Ministry of Health to launch the project “Improving Access to Health and Nutrition Services for Vulnerable Children and Women” in the State of Palestine at the Ministry’s headquarters in Ramallah in the presence of Minister Magid Abu Ramadhan.

It added that the initiative aims to provide critical primary health care and nutrition services to approximately 180,000 children, women, and families in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank over the next 12 months.

The agreement was signed by Araike Katsuhiko, Ambassador of Japan for Palestinian Affairs and Jean Gough, UNICEF Representative in the State of Palestine.

According to the statement, the project will focus on revitalizing primary health care services, improving access to antenatal and postnatal care, managing childhood illnesses, and delivering critical nutrition interventions. It will also support the training of 300 health professionals and the establishment of four mobile health teams to reach hard-to-access communities.

The Ambassador of Japan Katsuhiko reaffirmed Japan’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people: “This support symbolizes the solidarity of the Government of Japan and its people with the Palestinian people. It also reflects our commitment to continuing to contribute to efforts that bring about lasting peace in Palestine and in its neighboring countries.”

Aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), this Project will contribute to strengthening the resilience of health systems in the region. Through close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and local partners, the initiative will enhance the quality of health services and support community-based interventions to address malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Minister of Health Abu Ramadan welcomed the signing of the agreement and expressed the Ministry’s appreciation for both the Government of Japan and UNICEF for offering ongoing support to Palestinians, especially children.

“This agreement represents a vital step in enhancing health services, especially for women and children who are facing increasing challenges due to the difficult humanitarian conditions we are experiencing as a result of the occupation,” Abu Ramadan said.

He also emphasized that the agreement aligns with the Ministry’s plan to improve the quality of primary healthcare, expand service coverage to reach remote areas, and provide essential medical care that citizens urgently need. He reaffirmed the importance of strengthening cooperation with partners to ensure the effective implementation of this project and to achieve the maximum benefit for the Palestinian people.

Underscoring the need for this project, the Representative Office said that “the Gaza Strip continues to face dire conditions, including a severe shortage of medical supplies, food, and water, and widespread displacement due to conflict. In the West Bank, increased militarized operations have strained health services and impacted access to care for thousands of families.”

Jean Gough, UNICEF Representative in the State of Palestine, expressed her deep thanks to the Government and people of Japan: “Today’s agreement marks a significant step forward in our efforts to ensure that every child and mother in the State of Palestine has access to the essential health and nutrition services they need,” she said. “Thanks to the generous support of the Government and people of Japan, this project will provide life-saving services to those who need it most, especially in the challenging contexts of Gaza and the West Bank.” She added.

The UNICEF and the Government of Japan affirmed their commitment to transparency and accountability in the implementation of this project. Regular monitoring and evaluation will ensure that the project delivers measurable and sustainable impacts on the health and well-being of children and families in Palestine.

K.F.

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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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