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 Participant in the Israeli genocide in Gaza, by Providing Half of the Bombs

23 Killed, 124 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 52,810 and the Injuries to 119,473

May 10, 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 May 10, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 66,305+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (52,810), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,495+). 

By May 10, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 119,473.

By May 9, 2025, according to news report, 963 Palestinians who were killed, 6,743 who were injured, and 12,014*, 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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23 Palestinians were killed, 124 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which brings the death toll to 52,810 and the injuries to 119,473, by May 10, 2025.	In addition to the Israeli starvation of Palestinians in Gaza,  23 Palestinians were killed, 124 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, by May 10, 2025 pic
The UN called for immediate humanitarian access to Gaza in a bid to avoid catastrophic consequences for its civilian population, who are facing famine, disease, and death, May 10, 2025.	Former EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, criticized the EU for participating in the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, stating that half of the bombs falling on Gaza are supplied by the EU, May 10, 2025.
Due to the tight Israeli blockade, the Gaza Strip is dying of thirst as over 2 million residents are deprived of access to the minimum amount of water required for survival, May 10, 2025.	Smoke rising as a result of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza City, on May 10, 2025.
Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, in southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2025.	Grieving the death of the Palestinian martyrs who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, May 11, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Israel's genocide in Gaza: 23 Palestinians killed in 24 hours

GAZA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) —

At least 23 Palestinians were killed and 124 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to medical sources.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 52,810 fatalities, with an additional 119,473 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the Ministry, the death toll since Israel’s resumption of the genocide on March 18 after a two-month truce has also climbed to 2,701, in addition to 7,432 others injured.

Emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to target ambulance and civil defense crews, according to the health authorities.

The Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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 Israel escalates deadly strikes on civilians across Gaza

Saturday 10-May-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, the Israeli occupation forces also continued today to detonate more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporters in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike on a charitable kitchen on the rooftop of a house near Al-Jisr area in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City. One civilian was martyred and several others were injured in the attack.

Another Israeli genocidal airstrike on a charitable kitchen in Joarat Al-Lut area in the east of Khan Younus, south of Gaza, killed one civilian and injured many others.

Two civilians suffered injuries in an Israeli artillery attack in Al-Mawasi area of Rafa'h, south of Gaza.

A fisherman was martyred when the Israeli navy opened fire at him near the shores of Rafa'h.

The Israeli army also massacred a family of seven, including two children and one woman, when it bombed a tent sheltering them near the 'Abdullah 'Azzam Mosque in Gaza City’s Al-Sabira neighborhood.

Meanwhile, several Palestinians in Gaza were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks.

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

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 Israeli genocidal air strikes kill several Palestinians, including a child, in Khan Younus and northern Gaza

GAZA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

Israeli airstrikes continued targeting the Gaza Strip on Saturday, claiming the lives of several Palestinians, including a child, and injuring others, many of whom were women and children, according to local sources.

In Khan Younus, in southern Gaza, Israeli warplanes targeted a charity kitchen in the Jourat Al-Lout neighborhood, killing 'Aahid Talal Al-Masri and injuring several others. The strike caused severe damage and panic among residents.

A Palestinian woman, identified as Ridha Ma'hmoud Mu'ammar, also succumbed to wounds sustained in a drone strike on Friday at the Murtaja intersection in southern Khan Younus. The same attack had previously killed two others.

Meanwhile, in the northern town of Bait Lahya, young girl Layan Ibraheem Rayyan died from injuries she sustained two days ago when Israeli warplanes bombed her family’s home near Tel Al-Rabee School. The same strike killed her father and sister.

Simultaneously, a Palestinian was killed as Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building in Gaza City. WAFA correspondent reported that the airstrike targeted a charitable kitchen operating on the rooftop of a home in Al-Shaikh Radhwan neighborhood, resulting in the killing of one individual and injuries to others.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 52,760 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 119,264 others injured.

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

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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 Israeli genocidal airstrike kills four Palestinians and injures others in central Gaza

GAZA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

Four Palestinians were killed and others injured this evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources in Gaza confirmed that at least four people were killed and several others were wounded, including children, in the attack on a tent sheltering a displaced family near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 52,810 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 119,473 others injured.

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

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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  Israeli airstrike kills three displaced civilians in Gaza City

GAZA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured this evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City.

Medical sources reported that the strike hit a tent inside the Gaza Al-Jadeeda School on Al-Nasr Street in the city, where dozens of displaced families had sought refuge amid the ongoing Israeli genocide.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 52,810 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 119,473 others injured.

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

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Several injured in Israeli airstrike on home in northern Gaza

GAZA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

A number of Palestinian civilians were injured this evening when Israeli occupation forces targeted a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent reported that the airstrike hit the home of journalist Ma'hmoud Al-'Aamoudi, resulting in multiple injuries.  According to medical sources, the death toll from today’s Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 21.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 52,810 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 119,473 others injured.

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

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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

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Palestinian youth injured by Israeli gunfire northwest of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

A Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli gunfire this evening during a military raid on the village of Al-Nabi Sali'h, northwest of Ramallah.

Local sources told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces stormed the village and opened fire on residents and their homes, resulting in the injury of a young man. The nature and severity of his injuries were not immediately known.

In a related development, the Israeli occupation forces continued to block the western entrance of the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, since this morning. The blockade restricts movement in both directions and effectively isolates the community.

The western entrance is currently the only access point to the village, after the eastern entrance has been closed by Israeli forces since October 2023.

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Two Palestinians wounded by IOFs gunfire in W. Bank

Saturday 10-May-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Two Palestinian young men suffered bullet injuries at dawn Saturday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed areas in the West Bank and attacked local residents.

According to local sources, a 19-year-old young man was injured by IOFs gunfire in his leg in Tiqu'a town, southeast of Bait La'hm (Bethlehem).

The IOFs also fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at Tiqu'a homes, amid clashes with local youths.

In Al-Khaleel (Hebron), another young man was injured during clashes between local youths and Israeli forces in Sa’ir town.

Another citizen suffered burn injuries when he was hit by a stun grenade in Bait Ummar town, north of Al-Khaleel (Hebron).

A local source said that Israeli forces stormed Bait Ummar town as Muslim worshipers finished performing the Friday prayer and embarked on showering local residents and stores with stun grenades, injuring a citizen in his left leg.

In Nablus, the IOFs kidnapped at dawn two young men from their homes in the city.

On Friday evening, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers escorted by soldiers bulldozed swaths of land belonging to Palestinian citizens and set up mobile homes in Bait Ta’mar area, east of Bethlehem

Another group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked on the same day the residents of 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat community, northwest ofAree'ha (Jericho).

A local official reported that settlers attacked 'Arab Al-Mulai'hat villagers with pepper spray and injured one of them.

In Ramallah, settlers torched and damaged a vast tract of agricultural land in Al-Mughayyir village.

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 Israeli aggression on Toulkarm and its refugee camps continues unabated

Saturday 10-May-2025

Toulkarm, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Toulkarm and its camp for the 104th consecutive day, and for the 91st day on the Nour Shams refugee camp on Saturday, amid a continuous field escalation that includes repeated incursions, arrests, and evacuations of homes.

Local sources reported that several explosions were heard during the night and early morning hours inside both refugee camps, coinciding with heavy firing of live bullets and sound bombs, and the launching of camera drones, amid a state of complete siege that prevents knowing the exact details of what is happening inside the two camps.

Nour Shams refugee camp also witnessed extensive demolition of residential buildings last week, in the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiya, Al-Maslakh, Al-Jami', Al-Oyadha, and Al-Shuhada, as part of the occupation’s plan to demolish 106 houses and residential buildings in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps. Tension still prevails in the camp amid anticipation by the residents for a new wave of demolitions.

In a related context, intense movements of occupation vehicles were observed in the city’s streets at night, especially in the eastern neighborhood, specifically in the areas of Al-Salam Roundabout, Al-Maslakh Roundabout, Abu Safiya Roundabout, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the vicinity of the Martyr Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces forced citizens in the eastern neighborhood to evacuate their homes, which belong to the Abu Safiya and Abu 'Aql families, and are located adjacent to the Abu Al-Foul neighborhood in the Tulkarem camp, at a time when they threatened to demolish the wall of the memorial to the martyr 'Aamir Abu Khadeeja if it was not removed by the citizens. The occupation forces had assassinated the martyr Abu Khadija on March 23, 2023.

The occupation forces also arrested the young man Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali from inside a café in Al-Maslakh Roundabout, in the eastern neighborhood, and took him to an unknown destination.

In the Dthinnaba suburb, east of the city, the occupation forces spread around the Sharia School and Haleema KhuraishaSchool, where they carried out searches of vehicles and checked the identities of their passengers. They also fired at surveillance cameras in the area.

In parallel, the city of Toulkarm is witnessing around the clock intense movements of occupation vehicles as they roam the main streets, specifically Al-Ma'hakim Street, the city center, and Shuwaika Roundabout, intercepting the movement of citizens and vehicles.

The occupation army also continues to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, turning them into military barracks after forcing its residents to evacuate them, with its vehicles stationed in its vicinity. The occupation army has continued to seize some buildings for more than two months.

The Israeli aggression and its continuous escalation against the city of Tulkarem and its two camps have resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens, and the infliction of comprehensive destruction on infrastructure, homes, commercial shops, and vehicles that were completely and partially demolished, burned, sabotaged, looted, and stolen.

The aggression also caused the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 25,000 citizens, and the destruction of more than 400 homes completely and 2,573 partially, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with dirt barriers, turning them into isolated areas devoid of life.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in Al-Mughayir under army protection

RAMALLAH, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attacked a Palestinian family this evening in the village of Al-Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, according to Palestinian security sources.

The sources told WAFA that a group of colonists, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, raided Al-Khalayil area of the village and assaulted members of the Abu Hammam family who reside there. No injuries were reported.

The attack is part of an ongoing wave of colonist violence across the occupied West Bank, frequently carried out with the support or complicity of Israeli forces.

Since the early morning hours, Israeli forces have blocked the western entrance of the village, restricting movement in both directions and effectively isolating the community.

The western entrance is currently the only access point to the village, after the eastern entrance has been closed by Israeli forces since October 2023.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers assault Palestinians in Masafir Yatta under army protection

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

A group of the armed illegal Israeli settlers, under the protection of occupation forces, attacked Palestinian residents and shepherds this evening in Masafir Yatta region, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.

Osama Makhamrah, a local anti-settlement activist, told WAFA that colonists from the illegal settlement of Susiya, built on Palestinian-owned land, hurled stones at residents and shepherds in the village of Susiya. They also threatened to kill them and prevented them from leaving their homes.

The attack is part of a series of colonist assaults in the area, which have intensified in recent weeks amid broader efforts to displace Palestinian communities in the region.

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 Israeli occupation forces demolish homes in Nour Shams amid ongoing military offensive

Toulkarm, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

Israeli occupation forces today demolished several residential homes in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of the city of Toulkarm in the occupied West Bank, as the military offensive on the camp enters its 91st consecutive day.

Local sources reported that three homes were blown up in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood of the camp, triggering powerful explosions and sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky. The demolitions are part of an ongoing assault that includes the systematic destruction of residential structures in the camp.

This latest wave of demolitions is part of Israel’s declared plan, announced ten days ago, to demolish 106 homes and buildings across Toulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps. Of these, 48 are located in Nour Shams. The targeted neighborhoods include Al-Manshiya, Al-Maslakh, Al-Jami'a, the Al-'Iyada area, and Al-Shuhada.

According to local estimates, 15 buildings—comprising multiple residential apartments—were demolished over the past week alone. Residents had been forcibly evacuated prior to the demolitions, but were ultimately displaced as part of the ongoing military offensive.

The ongoing assault, going on since January, has triggered the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families—over 25,000 people—from the two camps. More than 400 homes have been completely destroyed, and an additional 2,573 have suffered partial damage.

Israeli forces have also sealed the entrances and alleyways of the camps with earthen mounds, effectively turning them into isolated zones devoid of basic life activity.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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PWA: Gaza is dying of thirst amid systematic Israeli attacks on water infrastructure

RAMALLAH, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) issued an urgent humanitarian appeal today, warning that the Gaza Strip is "dying of thirst" as over 2.3 million residents are deprived of access to the minimum amount of water required for survival. The statement follows Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa’s declaration last week that Gaza is officially a famine zone.

The PWA accused Israel of committing a grave and systematic war crime by using thirst and starvation as tools of genocide. According to the appeal, water extraction in Gaza has declined by 70–80% since the beginning of the ongoing genocide. Current water consumption has dropped to an alarming 3–5 liters per person per day—far below the World Health Organization’s emergency minimum of 15 liters.

The destruction has left the water and sanitation system on the brink of total collapse. The Interim Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (IRDNA) for Gaza estimates that 85% of water and sanitation infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed. Power cuts, fuel shortages, and military restrictions have also paralyzed efforts to repair and restore essential services. Wastewater systems are non-functional, resulting in the discharge of untreated sewage into residential areas and stormwater basins now overflowing with contaminated water—posing grave public health threats.

Without clean water, many Palestinians in Gaza have resorted to using brackish agricultural wells, leading to widespread exposure to waterborne diseases. Hospitals, already overwhelmed, lack the water and sanitation necessary to contain outbreaks or treat patients adequately.

The PWA emphasized that the Israeli targeting of water access and infrastructure is a violation of multiple international laws and conventions. These include the 1948 Genocide Convention, under which deliberately depriving civilians of conditions necessary for survival—including water—is defined as an act of genocide. It is also a breach of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which recognizes the denial of essential resources as a war crime, especially when civilians—including children—die from dehydration or malnutrition.

Moreover, Israel’s actions violate the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 2019 Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure, which prohibit the use of water infrastructure as a weapon of war.

The PWA urged the international community to take urgent and decisive action to stop what it called “a deliberate and systematic campaign to exterminate the civilian population of Gaza through thirst, hunger, and disease.”

Unless immediate steps are taken to allow the entry of water, fuel, and materials to restore services, the PWA warned that Gaza is on the verge of mass death from dehydration and disease.

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UNICEF criticizes Israeli-US aid distribution plans in Gaza, warns of worsening child suffering

GENEVA, May 10, 2025 (WAFA) —

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly criticized new plans proposed by Israel and the United States to oversee the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, warning that such arrangements would worsen the dire situation for children and families.

In a statement on Saturday, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said the proposed plan by Israel, presented to the humanitarian community, "appears likely to exacerbate the ongoing suffering of children and families in Gaza."

Elder noted that his criticism also extends to a new coordinating body believed to be part of the same broader plan, which relief organizations fear could compromise the independence and neutrality of aid efforts.

Humanitarian groups have consistently rejected any arrangements that would place the occupying power, Israel, in a position of control over aid distribution in Gaza, citing concerns over manipulation and obstruction of humanitarian access.

Elder warned that "using humanitarian aid as bait to coerce displacement—especially from northern to southern Gaza—forces families into an impossible choice: displacement or death."

“There is a simple alternative,” he added. “Lift the blockade and allow unrestricted access for humanitarian aid to save lives.”

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OCHA: 70% of Gaza Strip residents under forced displacement orders

Saturday 10-May-2025

NEW YORK, (PIC)

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that Palestinians are dying in the Gaza Strip, which has been under a complete Israeli siege for the third consecutive month, as part of the ongoing genocide for more than a year and a half.

OCHA said in a statement published on Saturday on its “X” account, that 70% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are in areas where Israeli forces are present, or under displacement orders, or both.

It stressed that the United Nations and its partners are ready to intensify the provision of aid to the Gaza Strip as soon as the Israeli siege, which has been ongoing since March 2, is lifted.

In describing the situation in the Gaza Strip, OCHA said: “Palestinians are dying amid a complete Israeli siege for the third consecutive month.”

Earlier, the spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), James Elder, said that the plan put forward by Israel to the humanitarian community is “designed in a way that will increase the suffering of children and families,” stressing that the plan violates basic humanitarian principles, especially with regard to the use of facial recognition technology as a prerequisite for obtaining assistance.

Elder pointed out that what is currently entering Gaza is “only bombs,” while “everything necessary for a child’s survival has been banned,” stressing that this situation reflects “a deep moral collapse,” and that everyone “will pay the price for this indifference.”

According to Elder, the plan allows only 60 aid trucks to enter Gaza per day, which is only about 10% of what was allowed during the ceasefire, an amount that is “completely insufficient to meet the needs of more than two million people, half of whom are children.”

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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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