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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31 Palestinians Killed, 223 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers,

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 56,531 and the Injuries to 133,642

by June 30, 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 June 30, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 69,945+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (56,531) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,414+). 

By June 30, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 133,642.

By June 30, 2025, according to news report, 989 Palestinians who were killed, 6,905 who were injured, and 12,521*, 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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31 Palestinians were killed, 223 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, by the Israeli genocidal attacks, bringing the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 56,531 and the injuries to 133,642, by June 29, 2025.	While capitulated world governments are watching, 31 Palestinians were killed, 223 were injured, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, by the Israeli genocidal attacks, by June 29, 2025.
The Palestinian Government Media Office in Gaza issued an urgent appeal to the international community to take immediate steps to halt the Israeli war crimes against the Gaza health sector, June 30, 2025.	The Israeli occupation army attacked two schools sheltering displaced families in the cities of Gaza and Jabalya on Sunday evening, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, June 30, 2025.
Palestinian administrative detainee, 22-year-old detainee, Lo-ay Faysal Nasrullah, from Jineen, has died at the Israeli occupation apartheid regime prison, called Soroka Medical Center, June 30, 2025.	Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Baqa Cafe, in the Gaza City beach, was a deliberate massacre and part of a broader campaign of systematic ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, June 30, 2025.
Carrying one of the martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, June 30, 2025.	Children have constituted the major category of martyrs,  who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza Strip, June 30, 2025.
Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City, on July 1, 2025.	Grieving the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes yesterday, on the beach cafe of Gaza City, on 30, 2025.

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Death toll in Gaza genocide rises to 56,531 as bombardment intensifies

GAZA, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has resulted in 56,531 reported fatalities, with nearly 133,642 wounded since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

According to the Ministry, since March 18 — when the Israeli occupation apartheid regime resumed its aggression  on the Gaza Strip following a ceasefire agreement — the toll has included 6,203 Palestinians killed and 21,601 others wounded.

In the past 24 hours, Gaza hospitals have received 28 bodies — including 3 recovered from under the rubble — and 223 wounded individuals.

Ambulance and rescue crews face grave difficulties in reaching the dead and wounded due to ongoing  shelling, with many victims remain trapped under the rubble of the targeted homes, building or left on the roads.  

Y.S.

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Dozens of casualties amid ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza

Monday 30-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

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

According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate and bomb 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) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike on a diner in the west of Gaza City that killed and injured multiple people.

Casualties, including martyrs, were reported following an Israeli attack on a group of citizens in Gaza City’s Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood.

Several civilians also suffered injuries when the Israeli army attacked a tent inside the compound of Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Dair El-Bala'h City in central Gaza.

An Israeli drone dropped a bomb on Al-Sikka street in Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, killing a woman.

Ten people were also martyred following an Israeli airstrike on the 'Asqoula area of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

An Israeli warplane also targeted civilians near the 'Halawa roundabout in Jabalya Al-Balad in northern Gaza, killing and injuring a number of them.

Another Israeli attack on Al-Kateeba area of Khan Younus in southern Gaza killed three people from the same family, including a woman.

Last night, an Israeli strike killed five civilians and injured others in ash-Shuhada square in Gaza City’s Al-Shati refugee camp.

Dozens of people were also martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near US-backed distribution points in southern and central Gaza.

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

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

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Dozens of civilians killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and central Strip

GAZA, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

Several Palestinian civilians were killed and others wounded on Monday afternoon following Israeli airstrikes that targeted gatherings of persons in Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

Local reporters confirmed that an Israeli warplane bombed an area near the makeshift market (Sooq Al-Basatat) in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.

An Israeli drone strike target a group of civilians in Block 2 of Al-Nusayrat refugee camp, leaving a number of people injured with varying degrees of wounds.

In a separate attack, At least 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured—some critically—after Israeli forces targeted a group of civilians waiting for humanitarian aid south of Khan Younus in the southern Gaza Strip.

The ongoing 21-month Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip has left approximately 189,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced. 

Y.S.

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 Israeli airstrikes on Gaza beach kill at least 33, including journalist

GAZA, 30 June 2025 (Wafa) –

At least 33 civilians, including a journalist, were killed and around 50 others were wounded this evening in an Israeli airstrike targeting a beachfront rest area in Gaza.

Medical sources reported that Israeli warplanes struck Al-Baqa rest area along the coast of Gaza, resulting in the killing of at least 33 people and the wounding of nearly 50 others, including some seriously.

Among the fatalities was journalist Ismail Abu Hatab. Journalist Bayan Abu Sultan was also injured in the attack, though the nature and severity of her injuries remain unclear.

With Abu Hatab’s killing, the number of journalists killed since the start of the ongoing genocide against Gaza 21 months ago has risen to 227.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have waged a relentless genocide on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 56,531 civilians, the majority of whom are women and children.  At least 133,642 others have also been injured.

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

T.R..

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Four civilians killed in Israeli genocidal air strike on Gaza City

GAZA, 30 June 2025 (Wafa) –

Four civilians were killed on Monday evening in an Israeli genocidal air strike targeting a group of civilians near the Shawwa and 'Husari towers on Al-Wi'hda Street in Gaza City.

Earlier today, medical sources reported that at least 33 people, including a journalist, were killed and around 50 others injured, some critically, after Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Baqa beachfront rest area in Gaza.

With Abu Hatab’s killing, the number of journalists killed since the beginning of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, now in its 21st month, has risen to 227.

According to health sources in Gaza, the death toll since the early hours of today has surpassed 80, including 57 in Gaza City and the northern areas of the Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have carried out a devastating assault on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 56,531 civilians, the majority of whom are women and children. At least 133,642 others have also been injured.

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

T.R.

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Eight civilians killed, dozens injured by the Israeli genocidal attacks on Gaza schools

Monday 30-June-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation army attacked two schools sheltering displaced families in the cities of Gaza and Jabalya on Sunday evening, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens.

According to medical sources at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, four civilians were martyred and many others were injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted the second floor of Al-'Hurriya School in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

The school was targeted during intensive Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on the eastern areas of Al-Zaytoun and Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in Gaza City.

On Sunday evening, Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense and frenzied airstrikes on Gaza City, particularly the eastern, northeastern, and southeastern areas of the city, according to local residents and journalists.

In northern Gaza, four civilians were martyred and 15 others were injured when the Israeli army bombed 'Halawa School in Jabalya Al-Balad.

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

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Palestinian detainee from Jineen dies in Israeli custody

RAMALLAH, April 20, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Civil Affairs Commission has informed both the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) that a Palestinian administrative detainee has died at the Israeli occupation apartheid regime prison, called Soroka Medical Center.

The 22-year-old detainee, Lo-ay Faysal Nasrullah, from Jineen, was transferred to Soroka hospital from the Negev Prison, where he died today, adding to the growing list of Palestinians who have died as a result of the intensified and systematic crimes committed by the Israeli prison system since the onset of the ongoing genocide. According to his family, Nasr-Allah had no prior health issues before his detention.

Nasrullah was detained and held under administrative detention on March 26, 2024.

With Nasrullah’s death, the number of prisoners and detainees who have died since the beginning of the genocide has risen to 73, whose identities are known.

This period has been the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement since 1967. As a result, the total number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since 1967 has risen to 310.

It is important to note that many detainees from Gaza remain subject to the crime of enforced disappearance.

The Commission and PPS emphasized that the rising number of deaths among detainees will continue to grow as more Palestinians remain in Israeli prisons, where they face daily abuse, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual violence and conditions that lead to severe and contagious diseases. In addition, there is an unprecedented level of deprivation and dispossession.

The Commission and PPS held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the death of Nasr-Allah. They reiterated their calls for the international human rights community to take decisive action to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing war crimes they are committing against the Palestinian people.

In a joint statement, they called for the imposition of sanctions to isolate Israel internationally and restore the role of the international human rights system, which has been severely weakened during the genocide. They also urged an end to the exceptional immunity Israel has been granted by colonial powers, which have allowed it to evade accountability and punishment.

T.R. 

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 Israeli occupation forces detain 15 Palestinians, including women and children, in Masafir Yatta after colonist assault

Al-Khaleel (Hebron), June 30, 2025 (WAFA) – 

The Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained 15 Palestinians, including women and children, following an attack carried out by colonists on residents in Khirbet Al-Majaz, located in Masafir Yatta, south of Al-Khaleel (Hebron), according to local sources.

Osama Makhamra, a local media activist, told WAFA News Agency that a group of the illegal Israeli settlers released their livestock into cultivated Palestinian farmland planted with agricultural crops and fruit-bearing trees, causing massive damage to large portions owned by residents of Khirbet Al-Majaz.

Local residents attempted to halt the illegal settlers from further destroying their farmlands, they were reportedly attacked by the colonists. Instead of restraining the colonists, Israeli forces attacked the Palestinians, chased them through the area, and detained 15 people, claiming they had “assaulted the settlers.”

The detentions come amid a surge in colonist violence in Masafer Yatta, where Palestinians face an ongoing campaign of forced displacement and systematic denial of access to their agricultural and pastoral lands.

Y.S.

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Israeli occupation forces target media personnel in Jineen

Jineen, June 24, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupying forces on Monday evening directly targeted media personnel in the vicinity of Jineen Government Hospital and on the outskirts of the refugee camp, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.

They said that the gun-toting soldiers opened live fire at a group of journalists and photographers as the latter were reporting on Israel’s large-scale demolitions of commercial stores, putting their lives at risk.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation army bulldozers continued to raze the Al-'Hissan Roundabout and the vicinity of Jineen Government Hospital, tearing down residential buildings and stores, all as part of Israel’s plan envisaging the demolition of 95 houses in the refugee camp, marking a grave escalation against civilian infrastructure and vital amenities.

Since January 21, the occupying forces have waged a large-scale offensive on Jineen and its refugee camp, resulting in the displacement of approximately 22,000 civilians, the killing of at least 40 others, and the injury of over 200 others.

In the course of this offensive, they have completely demolished over 600 houses and bulldozed nearly 15 roads, rendering the refugee camp virtually uninhabitable.

K.F.

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 Israeli bulldozers demolish multiple structures near Jineen Government Hospital amid ongoing military campaign

Jineen, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli bulldozers on Monday demolished residential homes and commercial properties in the vicinity of Jineen Government Hospital.

According to local sources, the demolitions took place around Al-Hissan Roundabout in the Jenin refugee camp, targeting homes and shops, The Israeli occupation army also reportedly fired live ammunition heavily at residential buildings in the area earlier in the day.

Since January 21, Israeli forces have waged a large-scale offensive on Jineen and its camp, resulting in the displacement of approximately 22,000 residents, the killing of at least 40 Palestinians, and the injury of over 200 others.

Over 600 homes have been completely demolished, and nearly 15 roads bulldozed inside the camp, rendering Jineen refugee camp virtually uninhabitable.

On June 9, the occupation authorities issued demolition notices targeting 95 additional homes, adding to the hundreds already razed during the 161-day campaign. Since that date, occupation bulldozers have been demolishing homes almost daily in the neighborhoods of Al-Sumran, Al-Damj, Sharat Al-Sikka, 'Abdullah 'Azzam, and others

The Israeli occupation forces last Thursday issued land seizure notices for areas in Ya’bad town and Raba village south of Jenin, under the pretext of military purpose.

According to the local village council in Raba, the occupation plans to construct a military road stretching from Al-Mutilla village through Raba’s lands to Jabal Al-Masalma, where they tend to establish a new military post.

Y.S.

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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 burn hundreds of dunums of agricultural land, seize livestock northeast of Hebron

HEBRON, 30-6-2025 (WAFA) —

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers Monday set fire to hundreds of dunums of Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the town of Sa’ir northeast of Hebron, and seized around 96 livestock.

Citizen A'hmed Al Shalalda told Wafa that dozens of colonists from the illegal Israeli settlement of “Asfar” stormed the Khirbet Jurat Al-Khail area and set fire to hundreds of dunums of land planted with grapevines, almond and olive trees, and others. The land belongs to several Palestinian families.

The illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli occupation soldiers, also seized 96 livestock owned by a local resident.

Residents of the area reported that colonists, with the support of occupation forces, carry out these attacks as part of a systematic effort to forcibly displace local communities in favor of colonial expansion. They noted that such violations are recurrent, particularly by colonists from the “Asfar” and “Kedumim” colonies, with repeated incidents of livestock theft involving dozens of sheep.

The locals called on human rights organizations to assist them in curbing the attacks carried out by the occupation and its colonists.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian citizens’ vehicles south of Nablus

NABLUS, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian citizens’ vehicles south of the city of Nablus on Monday evening, causing damage to one car, according to local sources.

Sources told WAFA that a group of colonists pelted stones at vehicles near the “Yitzhar” colony, established illegally on citizens’ lands south of Nablus, smashing the windshield of a vehicle.

Attacks by colonists targeting Palestinian citizens’ vehicles have recently become frequent in the same area, resulting in damage to multiple vehicles.

T.R.

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Illegal Israeli settlers destroy dozens of olive trees in Masafir Yatta

Monday 30-June-2025

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers wreaked havoc on an olive grove belonging to a Palestinian farmer in Susya village, east of Masafir Yatta in southern al-Khalil, on Monday.

Mu'hammed Makhamra, a farmer from Susya, reported that a group of settlers infiltrated into his grove and destroyed about 200 olive trees that had been planted eight years ago.

“I rely on farming as a primary source of income, but I face repeated attacks from settlers, including physical violence and destruction of trees,” Makhamra said.

Makhamra added that the settlers aim to render his land barren by destroying its trees, so they can justify seizing it under the pretext that it is uncultivated.

This incident came less than 24 hours after a similar attack in the northern West Bank, where settlers uprooted and damaged around 180 olive and citrus trees in 'Azzoun town, east of Qalqilya.

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The Israeli occupation apartheid regime turns Al-Aqsa Mosque into the illegal settler Israeli setters' celebration venue, by holding a wedding ceremony in its courtyards

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), 30-6-2025 (Wafa) —

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime escalated their violations against the Muslim holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday by permitting a wedding ceremony for the illegal Israeli settlers inside the mosque’s courtyards. This act was slammed as “provocative and humiliating” and marks a new chapter in the ongoing Judaization of this holy site.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate stated in a press release that the transformation of Al-Aqsa into what resembles a public celebration hall for colonists constitutes a blatant violation of the mosque’s sanctity, a severe provocation to Muslim sentiments, and a deliberate attempt to impose a new reality aimed at erasing the Islamic identity of the site and facilitating its temporal and spatial division.

Videos circulated by activists on social media showed groups of colonists celebrating inside one of the mosque’s courtyards under tight protection from occupation police, who prevented any Palestinian efforts to intervene and stop the violation.

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) Governorate condemned these acts as part of a systematic policy aimed at altering the mosque’s features and forcibly imposing occupation sovereignty. It emphasized that these repeated violations contradict international law and UNESCO resolutions, which recognize Al-Aqsa Mosque as a purely Islamic heritage site.

The governorate called on the international community and relevant UN bodies to take immediate action to halt these escalating violations and provide international protection for Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.

Al-Aqsa Mosque has been witnessing an unprecedented surge in daily colonists’ incursions, accompanied by tightened restrictions on worshipers’ access, fueling increased tensions in the holy city and raising the risk of further unrest.

T.R.

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Palestinian injured in hit-in-run attack by an illegal Israeli settler, in the West Bank

Monday 30-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

A Palestinian young man was injured on Monday morning after an illegal Israeli settlers driving at a high speed ran him over as he was walking on a road in Salfeet in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources said that Raja-i Al-Deek was crossing a road near the illegal Israeli settlement of Barkan in Saleeit when a speeding settler car hit him and wounded him.

The young man was rushed to the Martyr Yasir 'Arafat Hospital in Salfeet, where doctors described his health condition as “stable.”

In a separate incident, a horde of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked at dawn Shallal Al-'Auja village in the north of Aree'ha (Jericho).

According to Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, a group of settlers stormed the village and attacked the local residents and their property.

'Hasan Mulai'hat, general coordinator of the organization, described today’s settler attack on Shallal Al-'Auja as “part of repeated Israeli attempts to forcibly displace the residents of the Bedouin villages from the area, amid official Israeli complicity.”

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Mardawi: Illegal Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank are sponsored by Netanyahu

Monday 30-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Senior 'Hamas official Ma'hmoud Mardawi has accused the Israeli occupation apartheid regime Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his government, and his occupation army of sponsoring the attacks and crimes committed by the illegal Israeli settlers, in the West Bank.

In a statement on Sunday, Mardawi expressed his belief that the Palestinian people and their resistance would continue their struggle against the occupation despite all the Israeli attempts to break their will and undermine their fortitude.

“The occupation cannot be ended without real resistance,” Mardawi said, stressing that “the Gaza Strip is spearheading major resistance against the aggression despite the enemy’s escalating crimes.”

Mardawi called on the Palestinian masses in Jerusalem, the West Bank and 1948 occupied Palestine to stand strongly in the face of the Israeli government’s attempts to Judaize the Aqsa Mosque.

He also urged the Arab and Islamic countries to take effective action to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque against desecration and Judaization.

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 The Israeli occupation apartheid regime gives a Maqdisi (Jerusalemite) 21 days to self-demolish his home

Monday 30-June-2025

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime on Sunday issued a final demolition order for the home of Palestinian citizen Mousa Nihad Badran in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

He has been ordered to self-demolish his home within 21 days, or else be forced to cover the entire cost of its demolition.

Since 7 October 2023, more than 33 homes have been demolished in Al-Bustan, as part of a systematic displacement policy that threatens dozens of Palestinian families in the area.

According to data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli forces carried out 74 demolition operations in May alone, affecting 121 structures, including 60 residential units (inhabited and uninhabited) and 37 agricultural facilities, across the occupied West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

Silwan is one of the most targeted areas in occupied East Jerusalem for demolition and land confiscation by Israeli authorities.

Both international and Palestinian human rights organizations have confirmed that the Israeli occupation deliberately demolishes homes and restricts Palestinian construction in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), while simultaneously accelerating the illegal Israeli settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land.

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  IOAR razes structures and burns house in the West Bank, serves demolition notices in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Monday 30-June-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime (IOAR) destroyed, on Monday morning, structures and homes belonging to Palestinian citizens in different areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers demolished a number of agricultural walls and one water well in Silwad town in eastern Ramallah belonging to 'Abdul-Kareem 'Ayyad.

The sources said today’s demolitions were part of Israeli efforts to tighten the noose around the local residents and prevent them from reclaiming their lands.

In southern Nablus, Israeli forces bulldozed several residential and agricultural structures and tents in Khirbet at-Tawil hamlet near 'Aqraba town.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces set fire to a house in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nur Shams refugee camp.

Meanwhile, the IOAR in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) handed a Palestinian family a demolition notice against its own home under the pretext of unlicensed construction.

According to local sources, the Israeli municipality issued a demolition order to the family of prisoner 'Azeez Abu Ramouz, ordering it to demolish its own house in Silwan district at its own expense to avoid paying exorbitant fines and demolition fees.

Yesterday, the municipality issued a final demolition ultimatum for the house of Mousa Badran in Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan. He was given 21 days to carry out the demolition himself.

In a separate incident, Israeli police forces kidnaped a Palestinian young man from the main junction of 'Anata town in the northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

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 Israeli occupation forces shut down Jaba’ Checkpoint, target Palestinian vehicles with tear gas

Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), 30 June 2025 (Wafa) –

Israeli occupation forces Monday evening closed the Jaba’ military checkpoint northeast of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), disrupting the movement of civilians and causing a severe traffic jam.

Several drivers reported that the Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward vehicles near the checkpoint and seized the keys of several cars.

Since the ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on January 19, the Israeli occupation has intensified its military measures in the West Bank, erecting checkpoints and installing iron gates at the entrances of Palestinian towns and cities.

According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, the number of military checkpoints and iron gates set up by the occupation across the West Bank has reached 898. This includes 18 gates installed since the beginning of 2025 and 146 gates erected after October 7, 2023.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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 International Sociological Association suspends the membership of the Israeli Sociological Society, over silence on Gaza crisis

RAMALLAH, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) -

The International Sociological Association (ISA) has suspended the collective membership of the Israeli Sociological Society, citing its failure to clearly condemn the dramatic situation in Gaza.

In a statement, ISA said: “We regret that the Israeli Sociological Society has not taken a clear position condemning the dramatic situation in Gaza. In a decision that reflects the extraordinary gravity of the current situation, the Executive Committee has decided to suspend the collective membership of the Israeli Sociological Society (ISS).”

ISA reiterated its declaration that, as part of its public stance against the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, it has no institutional relationships with Israeli public institutions.

The decision comes amid widespread opposition from academics and human rights advocates to Israel’s participation in the Association’s international forum scheduled for next month.

Last Wednesday, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called on scholars in solidarity with the Palestinian people to pressure ISA to cancel the participation of Israeli academics.

In a public statement, PACBI urged researchers to end all forms of academic, economic, and institutional cooperation with Israel, which it says reinforces its illegal presence and apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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WFTU condemns alleged operations that company SINEDOR is carrying out with Israeli companies

ATHENS, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing more than 110 million workers in 134 countries across five continents, strongly condemned the alleged operations that company SINEDOR, a Greek steel company, is carrying out with Israeli companies. The WFTU highlighted that the products offered by SINEDOR are being used to develop tanks involved in committing genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the WFTU strongly condemned any collaboration with the war machine of the murderous state of Israel and called for a boycott of Israel, especially regarding activities linked to its military operations and crimes against Palestinians.

The statement noted:

On January 26, 2024, the International Criminal Court ordered Israel to “take all possible measures” to “prevent” genocide in Gaza, recognizing that some of the rights claimed by South Africa and for which it sought protection were plausible.

On May 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel must “immediately” stop its military offensive in Rafa'h, southern Gaza. This decision came in response to South Africa’s request as an emergency measure, stating that Israel’s activities in Rafa'h constitute a “genocidal” operation that threatens the survival of the Palestinian people.

On May 20, 2024, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he had requested arrest warrants against Israeli occupation apartheid regime's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

The WFTU concluded that if the reports about SINEDOR’s collaboration with the Israeli murderous state are true, it demands the immediate and unconditional end of this partnership without exception.

The statement said that there should be no support for the Israeli crimes and called for an end to the genocide and the freedom of Palestine. “No support for the Israeli crimes. Stop the Genocide – Free Palestine.”

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Diplomatic delegation pays solidarity visit to Ramallah village targeted in killing spree

RAMALLAH, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

A diplomatic delegation on Monday evening paid a solidarity visit to Kafr Malik, the recent target of a killing spree by the Israeli occupation forces and colonists and located to the northwest of Ramallah.

Comprising ambassadors and representatives of 22 diplomatic missions and representative offices, the delegation made their way to Kafr Malik, where the occupying forces killed three civilians on Wednesday after intervening to protect colonists during a violent assault on the village.

Layla Ghannam, Ramallah Governor, and Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, head of the head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, along with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the delegation on the situation of Palestinians suffering the brunt of Israeli violations and actions.

EU Representative to the West Bank and Gaza, Alexandre Stutzmann, stressed the joint responsibility of all actors to halt colonists’ violence, protect defenseless civilians in Palestinian villages and towns across the occupied West Bank, and hold the perpetrators accountable for their crimes.

He added that the visit was intended to convey a message of solidarity from the EU to the Palestinian people, while noting that the illegal Israeli settlers' attacks have reached an unacceptable level.

He reiterated the EU’s longstanding position that the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank constitute not only a clear violation of international law, but also an obstacle to peace, and that the final sustainable solution shall be based on the two-state solution.

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More than 52 global trade unions demand immediate halt to Israel’s aggression on Gaza, support for Palestinian workers’ rights

RAMALLAH, June 30, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Secretary-General of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), Shahir Sa'd, praised an international statement issued by more than 52 global and Arab trade union federations demanding an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the lifting of the siege, and full support for the rights of Palestinian workers.

Sa'd described the statement as a rare solidarity document that expresses the living conscience of the global labor movement, stressing that the ongoing aggression has caused more than 507,000 Palestinian workers to lose their livelihoods, in a humanitarian and economic catastrophe considered one of the widest in decades.

The statement said the destruction in Gaza has reached unimaginable levels, with entire neighborhoods destroyed, and workers killed simply because they were trying to survive. It said that what is happening is not just a war, but a systematic extermination targeting the existence of an entire people.

The statement held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the committed crimes, calling for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, permanent opening of crossings, facilitation of unrestricted humanitarian and medical aid, and a halt to arms exports to Israel.

The statement also condemned the use of siege and starvation as weapons of war, demanding the lifting of restrictions on essential goods, medical supplies, and fuel, compensation for the affected, acceleration of the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and the release of all detainees and hostages.

The signatory unions affirmed the necessity of respecting international law and Security Council resolutions, supporting the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and rejecting settlement and annexation policies that undermine peace prospects.

The statement pointed out that workers in the West Bank suffer from escalating settler attacks, land confiscation, discrimination, and daily humiliation, describing this as a form of apartheid and ethnic cleansing practiced without international accountability.

The list of signatories includes major trade unions from different continents.

In conclusion, Sa'd urged labor unions globally to strengthen their efforts by pressuring governments and broadening international solidarity campaigns in support of the Palestinian people's rights to life, dignity, and work, ultimately aiming to achieve the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and the fulfillment of their right to self-determination.

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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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