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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During the two-year Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip (October 7, 2023-October 13, 2025), world governments were either active participant and accomplices of the genocide, or watched passively, without taking any actions to Stop it.

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4 Palestinians Killed, 3 Bodies of Martyrs Recovered from Under the Rubble, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 68,865 and the Injuries to 170,670, by November 2, 2025 

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Editor's Notes:  

Here are some initial (not final) statistics, which show the Israeli war crimes against humanity, during the current Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, based on the reliable data reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:

By November 2, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 79,133.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (68,865) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 10,268+). 

By November 2, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 170,670. 

By November 2, 2025, according to news report, 1,051 Palestinians who were killed, 7,2950 who were injured, and 19,319 who were abducted by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, since October 7, 2023.    

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Note about the number of Palestinians, who were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the Wet Bank:

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), and Al-Dhameer Association for Human Rights stated in a report issued Sunday that the total number of kidnappings of Palestinians in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, has risen to more than 18,500, including over 570 women and about 1,500 children.

Source: Palestine Information Center, August 10, 2025.

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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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Palestinian prisoner Mu'hammed 'Husain Ghawadra, aged 65, from Jineen, passed away in the Israeli prison of Janot, due to the deliberate medical negligence, torture, and brutal treatment, November 2, 2025.	Ma'hmoud Sa'eed Abul Foul, 28, lost all direct connection with the world around him since he was blinded ten months ago, due to torture he endured inside the infamous Israeli Sde Teiman prison, November 2, 2025.
4 Palestinians Killed, 3 Bodies of Martyrs Recovered from the Rubble, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 68,865 and the Injuries to 170,670, by November 2, 2025 pic	A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli drone air strike in El-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, while the Israeli occupation army was detonating several homes, October 2, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces established a new illegal settler outpost on swaths of Palestinian-owned land in the town of 'Anata, north of El-Quds, occupied Jerusalem, October 2, 2025.	Cancer and kidney failure patients in the Gaza Strip have been severely affected by the Israeli deliberate prevention of the entry of medications, medical supplies, and restrictions on patient travel, November 2, 2025.
Returning displaced Palestinians see the mass destruction of Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, during the Israeli genocidal war, November 2, 2025.	Yellow markers placed by the Israeli occupation forces east of Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, marking the first Israeli withdrawal line, November 2, 2025.
Yellow markers placed by the Israeli occupation forces east of Jabalya, in northern Gaza Strip, marking the first Israeli withdrawal line, November 2, 2025.	Displaced Palestinian families returning to their homes in El-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, to find them totally destroyed, which makes living in or near them impossible, November 1, 2025.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

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

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

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Death toll in Gaza rises to 68,865 since start of Israeli assault

GAZA, November 2, 2025 (WAFA, PIC) –

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 68,865, the majority of them children and women, since the start of the Israeli assault in October 2023, medical sources announced on Sunday.

Local health authorities reported that the number of injuries has increased to 170,670 since the beginning of the offensive, while many victims remain trapped under the rubble, with ambulance and rescue teams unable to reach them.

According to the same sources, the bodies of seven victims arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, including three newly killed victims, three recovered from under the debris, and one who succumbed to his wounds, in addition to six wounded people..

Since the ceasefire agreement on October 11, 2025, 236 Palestinians have been killed and 600 others wounded, while 502 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, the sources added.

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 In breach of ceasefire, Palestinian killed by Israeli drone strike in Gaza

GAZA, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian man was killed on Sunday by fire from an Israeli drone in El-Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Since early Sunday, El-Shuja'iya and the nearby El-Zaytoun neighborhood have been subjected to demolitions by the Israeli occupation army targeting several homes.

Since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza in October 2023, at least 68,865 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them children and women, with injuries totaling 170,670, according to latest health statistics.

Since the ceasefire agreement on October 11, 2025, 226 people have been killed and 594 injured, while 499 bodies have been recovered from the rubble.

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Bodies of two victims recovered in Gaza's Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood

GAZA, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Rescue teams recovered the bodies of two victims on Sunday from the rubble of a home belonging to the Al-Haddad family following a previous airstrike by Israeli warplanes in Tel El-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

Since the start of the Israeli assault on October 7, 2023, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 68,865, the majority of them children and women, with injuries totaling 170,670.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 11, 2025, 226 Palestinians have been killed and 594 injured. Rescue teams have recovered 499 bodies which were beyond reach during the war.

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Israel continues to violate ceasefire, intensifies home demolitions in Gaza City and Khan Younus

GAZA, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation army carried out extensive demolitions of Palestinian homes in Gaza City and Khan Younus on Sunday, despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement.

According to WAFA correspondent, Israeli forces launched heavy gunfire east of Gaza City while simultaneously demolishing residential buildings in the neighborhoods of El-Zaytoun and El-Shuja'iya, where thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from targeted areas.

In eastern Khan Younus, in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery shelling and gunfire also persisted, accompanied by demolitions of several residential structures. Additionally, Israeli warplanes launched three airstrikes on Rafa'h, in southern Gaza.

Since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 68,858, the majority of whom are women and children, while 170,664 others have been injured.

Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 11 last month, 226 Palestinians have been killed and 594 wounded. Rescue teams have also recovered 499 bodies from the rubble, and 30 bodies have been returned by Israeli authorities, bringing the total number of recovered bodies to 225.

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Palestinian former detainee loses sight after torture in Israeli prison

GAZA, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

From his wheelchair in a makeshift tent in the central Gaza Strip, Ma'hmoud Sa'eed Abul Foul, 28, calls on his younger brother to hand him a glass of water. He has lost all direct connection with the world around him since he was blinded ten months ago due to torture he endured inside Israel’s infamous Sde Teiman camp.

During his detention, Abu Foul, along with hundreds of other prisoners he encountered, was subjected to severe physical abuse. The worst moment, he recalls, was when a soldier struck his head with a metal chair about six weeks after his arrest.

“I lost my sight when a soldier grabbed my head and smashed my forehead several times against an iron chair. I saw what looked like a flash of white light, and then nothing since,” Abu Foul told WAFA.

He said he lost consciousness after the blows, and when he woke up, he could no longer see. “I thought it was temporary—maybe hours or days—but my vision never returned.” His eyelids have since fused shut, oozing blood and tears with a foul odor.

Despite repeated pleas for medical help, prison authorities only gave him ointment and eye drops once. “I kept asking for treatment, but they ignored me. The pain in my eyes and head never stopped—it feels like an electric current running from my head to my left eye,” he said.

Abu Foul now lives with his family in a small tent in the town of El-Zawayida, after being displaced several times—from their destroyed home in Beit Lahiya to Gaza City, and then again due to heavy bombardment. His tent stands near a garbage dump, surrounded by the stench of waste and buzzing flies.

Israeli forces abducted him along with more than 200 medical workers and displaced civilians at Kamal Adwan Hospital on December 27, 2024, after besieging the facility for weeks. He was taken to El-Fakhoura School in Jabalya, which soldiers had turned into a military post, where detainees were beaten through the night in freezing temperatures. He was later moved to a base near Zikim, where soldiers confiscated his crutches—leaving him, an amputee, unable to move for months.

Abu Foul lost his leg 12 years ago in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp. In Sde Teiman, he endured extreme physical and psychological torture, including beatings on his spine and forced humiliation. Prisoners were reportedly handcuffed while eating and forced to feed themselves using only their mouths.

“They urinated on prisoners, threatened to kill their families, and used pins to stab them in sensitive areas,” Abu Foul said.

His father, Sa'eed Abul Foul, 57, said they recently met a medical specialist who explained that a proper diagnosis of his son’s condition could not be made without opening his eyelids—an operation that carries significant risk given the lack of medical equipment and supplies in Gaza, particularly for eye surgery.

Abu Foul was released on October 13 as part of a group of 1,700 prisoners freed under the latest ceasefire agreement. Despite his condition, he remains hopeful for treatment that could help him regain his sight, whether inside or outside Palestine.

“I miss seeing my parents’ faces, my siblings, my friends, the food, the streets, the sand, the sky,” he said, raising his head toward the light he can no longer perceive. “I just want to live normally again—to eat by myself, walk by myself, and not depend on anyone.”

His father added somberly, “The occupation caused him to lose his leg, then his sight, and destroyed our home. Our pain is endless—but perhaps someone will help bring back his vision. That’s the only comfort left.”

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

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'Hamas holds Israel fully responsible for the prisoner Ghawadra’s death

Sunday 2-November-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has mourned the martyrdom of Palestinian prisoner Mu'hammed 'Husain Ghawadra, aged 65, from the city of Jineen, who passed away on Sunday in Israeli prisons.

In an official press statement, Hamas said that the martyrdom of Ghawadra constitutes a new crime added to the Israeli occupation regime’s long record of abuses against Palestinian prisoners. The Movement said that this crime occurred in the context of deliberate medical negligence, torture, and brutal treatment practiced by the Israeli prison authorities as part of a systematic policy aimed at breaking the prisoners’ will and resilience.

'Hamas affirmed that it holds the Israeli occupation fully responsible for Ghawadra’s death and warned of the grave dangers posed by the continuation of such criminal policies, which, it stressed, will not succeed in weakening the determination of the prisoners or the steadfastness of the Palestinian people.

The Movement called on the masses of the Palestinian people to intensify efforts to defend the heroic prisoners, continue supporting them, and stand by their side until their full freedom is achieved.

'Hamas also urged international and human rights organizations to assume their moral and legal responsibilities regarding the continuous violations against prisoners and to work on holding Israeli leaders accountable for their crimes and stopping the inhumane practices taking place inside the prisons.

Later on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) confirmed that the General Authority for Civil Affairs informed them of the death of prisoner Mu'hammed 'Husain Mu'hammed Ghawadra, 63, in Israeli prisons.

In its statement, the PPS noted that his death comes amid an ongoing campaign of incitement led by the Israeli authorities, particularly under the direction of far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who is pushing for a law to execute prisoners and openly boasts about the crimes committed against them. This is taking place as Palestinian detainees face one of the most brutal forms of extermination within Israeli prisons.

The PPS stressed that the killing of Ghawadra is part of a wider pattern of systemic violations targeting prisoners, aiming to slowly kill them and destroy them physically and psychologically.

Ghawadra was arrested on August 6, 2024, and had been held in pretrial detention at the “Janot” prison (formerly Naf'ha and Ramon).

He was the father of administrative detainee Sami Ghawadra and of freed prisoner Shadi Ghawadra, who was released earlier this year as part of a prisoner exchange deal and exiled to Egypt.

The PPS pointed out that violations escalated following the ceasefire agreement, with testimonies from recently released prisoners providing undeniable evidence of torture and field executions inside prisons, confirmed by the condition of bodies returned following the agreement.

With Ghawadra’s death, the number of known martyrs among the Palestinian prisoners since the beginning of the genocide war has risen to 81, while the crime of enforced disappearance continues to affect dozens more.

The current phase, the PPS said, is the bloodiest in the history of the Palestinian Captive Movement since 1967. The number of martyrs whose identities have been confirmed now stands at 318, while Israel continues to hold 89 bodies, including 78 since the war began.

The PPS stressed that the accelerating rate of prisoner deaths reflects Israel’s ongoing policy of slow execution, with new deaths occurring inside prisons every month.

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  Israeli occupation forces kidnap a Palestinian child from Toubas

TOUBAS, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a Palestinian child from the city of Toubas on Sunday evening.

The director of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) in Toubas, Kamal Bani 'Oadah, said that the occupation forces kidnapped Ma'hmoud Khairuddeen 'Abdullah Daraghma, 17, after raiding his family's home.

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 Israeli occupation forces kidnap 21 Palestinians across the West Bank

RAMALLAH, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped at least 21 Palestinians across the West Bank on Sunday, including children and adults, during house raids and security operations.

In the town of Bait Ummar, north of El-Khaleel (Hebron), three children, aged 15 and 16, were kidnapped after the Israeli occupation forces had stormed several homes, searched them, and held residents in rooms for hours.

In Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), two young men were abducted after Israeli troops entered the city, deployed in several neighborhoods, and carried out house searches. Nearby, the Israeli occupation soldiers raided the 'Ayda and El-'Ezza refugee camps, here they searched homes and ransacked belongings.

In Aree'ha (Jericho), a young man was abducted following a raid on his family home in the village of Jiftlik.

In Qalqilya, four young men were abducted after Israeli forces stormed the city from its eastern entrance, raiding and searching multiple homes.

In the town of Kafr El-Ra’i, south of Jineen, four residents were abducted by Israeli occupation forces following extensive interrogations and the conversion of a local house into a temporary military post. Several other residents were also held for questioning.

In Nablus and the nearby 'Askar refugee camp, the Israeli occupation forces raided the western and eastern parts of the city, abducting two men and seizing one vehicle. Homes in the villages of 'Azmout and Dair El-Hatab were also raided and searched, though no additional abductions were reported there.

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 Israeli military to relocate El-'Hamra checkpoint near Nablus, raising fears of land confiscation

NABLUS, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces have issued a military order to relocate the so-called El-Hamra checkpoint, currently on the road connecting Nablus with Aree'ha (Jericho), closer to the village of 'Ain Shibli east of Nablus, local officials reported on Sunday.

Governor of Nablus, Ghassan Dughlus, told WAFA that the area is witnessing land leveling by the Israeli occupation apartheid regime to move the checkpoint, raising concerns over potential land confiscation to facilitate settler movement and tighten control over the northern and central Jordan Valley.

Meanwhile, Ain Shibli village council head, Jamal Al-Omari, said the council was informed days ago of the Israeli military’s intention to relocate the checkpoint and confiscate approximately 12 dunums of village land for military purposes.

The current 'Hamra checkpoint sits at a crossroads linking West Bank cities to the central, southern, and northern Jordan Valley, serving as a main route for thousands of Palestinians commuting to work in the Jordan Valley.

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 Israeli occupation forces raid Toubas, deploy infantry troops

Toubas, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Toubas on Sunday.

WAFA correspondent reported that the Isaeli occupation forces entered the city with several patrols and deployed foot soldiers, while reconnaissance aircraft flew at low altitude.

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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 farmers near Nablus

NABLUS, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers today while they were harvesting olives in the town of 'Aqraba, south of Nablus.

Local sources reported that colonists attacked the olive pickers in Wadi El-Haj 'Eisa, south of 'Aqraba. No injuries were reported, however.

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Illegal Israeli settlers plow Palestinian land near El-Khaleel (Hebron)

El-Khaleel (Hebron), November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers plowed Palestinian-owned land in the town of Idthna, west of El-Khaleel (Hebron), on Sunday, in preparation for seizing it and annexing it to a recently established colonial outpost.

Idthna Mayor Jabir Tumaizi said that colonists, accompanied by tractors, plowed Palestinian-owned land in El-Jalatiyya area, east of the town.

The land belongs to the Tumaizi and Sawaifa families, among others, and the colonists intend to cultivate it and annex it to lands seized in recent months, with the aim of expanding the new colonial outpost.

He pointed out that a number of the illegal Israeli settlers residing in the outpost, under the protection of the occupation forces, are terrorizing, harassing, assaulting, and arresting Palestinians in order to depopulate the area.

This is part of a broader plan to seize more of the town's land, which has already been swallowed up by the separation wall and the colonial outposts legalized by the Israeli government.

Tumaizi called on farmers and landowners to gather tomorrow morning in the area to reject the occupation's policy of forcibly seizing these lands, noting that the municipality will work within the law to stop this policy aimed at displacing citizens and seizing their lands by force.

K.T

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 Israeli occupation forces establish new illegal settlement outpost in 'Anata, north of El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday established a new illegal settlement outpost on Palestinian-owned land in the town of 'Anata, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces, accompanied by a bulldozer, began leveling large areas of land near the town, and set up caravans, tents, and mobile rooms, while soldiers raised the flag of the so-called Temple at the site.

Three days ago, Israeli occupation authorities seized five dunums and 856 square meters of land belonging to residents of 'Anata through a military order. The order aims to construct a settlement road linking the settlement of Neve Brat to Road No. 437. The order, signed on March 18, 2025, remains in effect until December 31, 2027, and grants residents only one week to file objections.

According to data from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, since the beginning of 2025, the Israeli occupation has issued a total of 54 military orders for the purpose of seizing Palestinian land.

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UNRWA: Illegal Israeli settler violence in West Bank reaches highest level in over a decade

NEW YORK, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported that the the illegal Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has recently escalated to its highest level in more than a decade.

In a statement released on Sunday, UNRWA said last month was the most violent since the start of regular documentation of such incidents 12 to 13 years ago.

According to the agency, most attacks were concentrated during the olive harvest season, with Palestinian farmers facing assaults and being denied access to their lands. The incidents threaten their livelihoods amid a rise in armed attacks and deliberate property burnings.

The UN agency’s recently published report also highlighted the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians from their lands, particularly in the northern West Bank, including JJineen, Toulkarm, and Nour Shams refugee camps. These displacements are occurring alongside the expansion of colonization and the demolition and evacuation of homes, leading to the displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families.

The attacks included stone-throwing, gunfire, vehicle and property arson, and the expulsion of Palestinians from agricultural lands.

UNRWA warned that these violations continue in the absence of effective measures by the Israeli authorities to curb them, and the escalation could pave the way for further Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands.

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 Illegal Israeli settlers attack school in Khirbet Ibziq near Toubas

TOUBAS, November 2, 2025 (WAFA) –

A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Challenge School in the village of Khirbet Ibziq, northeast of Toubas in the northern West Bank, last night, according to local sources.

According to 'Azmi Balawna, Director of Education in Tubas, a group of colonists raided the school, vandalized its facilities, damaged its contents, and burned the Palestinian flag.

The school has been the target of similar assaults in recent weeks, carried out by settlers under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. These repeated attacks have created an atmosphere of fear and tension among the students.

In recent weeks, Israeli colonist violence against Palestinians has escalated significantly across the occupied West Bank. Colonists, often armed and supported by the Israeli military, have targeted Palestinian homes, schools, farmland, and vehicles in dozens of towns and villages.

Such attacks include property destruction, arson, and physical assaults, frequently resulting in injuries and significant material damage.

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Wave of Illegal Israeli settler violence reported in W. Bank areas yesterday

Sunday 2-November-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

Several areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed a wave of attacks on Saturday, by groups of the illegal Israeli settlers targeting Palestinian farmers, foreign activists, vehicles, and property, including a school.

According to different sources, three Palestinian women suffered injuries on Saturday evening when a horde of settlers savagely attacked them in Tal village, west of Nablus.

The Red Crescent said that its paramedics provided first aid for the wounded women before transporting them to the hospital.

Another group of settlers hurled stones at Palestinian cars on a road near the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, damaging a number of them and causing traffic congestion.

Those settlers also launched a stone-throwing attack on homes in a nearby area, according to the head of the Madama village council, 'Abdullah Ziyadah.

Other settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, assaulted farmers and foreign activists during an olive-picking event on Mount Qammas, east of Baita town in Nablus. They set fire to several olive trees and stole bags of harvested olives.

A number of settlers also assaulted farmers as they were picking olives from their groves in the area between Burin village and Huwara town, south of Nablus.

In Qalqilya, a group of settlers escorted by soldiers set fire to two Palestinian cars and damaged another one in Far’ata village. They also set an agricultural structure ablaze.

Armed settlers stormed Khirbet Makhoul hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley and walked near the local residents’ tents, causing panic among children and women.

In al-Khalil, several olive trees sustained damage after settlers grazed their livestock in olive groves in the Bariyat Sa’ir area, northeast of the province.

Settlers also released their sheep into the Khirbet Shi'b El-Batm hamlet in Masafir Yatta.

In Tubas, settlers attacked a school in the village of Khirbet Ibziq in the northern West Bank last night.

According to 'Azmi Balawna, director of education in Tubas, a group of settlers raided the school, wreaked havoc on its contents, and burned a Palestinian flag.

In El-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), settlers stormed the Bedouin community of El-Ma’azi, located east of Jaba' town, threw stones at homes, and set tires aflame. The attack happened in the presence of Israeli soldiers.

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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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