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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As World Governments Are Either Participant, Accomplices, or Continue to Watch the Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza, Without Taking Any Actions to Stop it,

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63 Palestinians Killed, 227 Injured, Mostly Children, Women, and Aid Seekers, 

Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 66,288 and the Injuries to 169,165

by October 3, 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 October 3, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 78,904.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (66,288) and those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 12,616+). 

By October 3, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 169,165. 

By October 3, 2025, according to news report, 1,036 Palestinians who were killed, 7,153 who were injured, and 19,091 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:

Palestinian Prisoners’ institutions reported that 662 Palestinians, including 39 children and 12 women, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), during July 2025.

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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63 Palestinians were killed, 227 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 66,288 and injuries to 169,165, by October 3, 2025.	63 Palestinians were killed, 227 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air strikes, mostly children, women, and aid seekers, bringing the death toll to 66,288 and injuries to 169,165, by October 3, 2025 wafa
Palestinian Nurse, Tasneem El-Hams, was abducted by a special unit of the Israeli occupation forces, in Khan Younus, two months after the abduction of her father, Dr. Marwan El-Hams, October 2, 2025.	Dr 'Omar 'Hayik, 42, was martyred and four other medical staff seriously wounded by the Israeli occupation forces, while they were waiting for transport to a hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, on October 3, 2025.
The Israeli occupation forces clashed on Friday with Palestinian young men and kidnapped and assaulted a number of them in the West Bank and Al-Quds, occupied Jerusalem, on October 3, 2025.	Tens of thousands of refugees continue to face repeated displacement, as families are forced to leave homes, often at great personal cost, while access to food, water, and safety remains limited, October 3, 2025.
A large demonstration was held in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpor, denouncing the interception of the Freedom Flotilla and the continuation of the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, October 3, 2025.	The Israeli occupation navy seized the Marinette, the last remaining vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla attempting to break the blockade on Gaza, detaining six international activists on board, October 3, 2025.
Grieving, at Shuhada El-Aqsa hospital, the death of Palestinian family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, on October 4, 2025.	As more displaced Palestinian families arrive from Gaza City, they can barely find a spot to set up their tents in the already overcrowded Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza Strip, October 3, 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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63 Palestinians killed in Gaza in 24 hours amid ongoing Israeli genocide

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 63 Palestinians were killed and 227 others 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.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 66,288 fatalities, with an additional 169,165 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

The new fatalities included 2,597 aid seekers, and the total number of the wounded also included 19,054 aid seekers.

Hospitals also reported that 15 aid seekers were killed and 80 others injured by Israeli shelling and gunfire during the same reporting period, raising the death toll among aid seekers to 2,597 since March 2025, with 19,054 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.

Israel's genocidal onslaught 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.

M.N.

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60 Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn today

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

Sixty Palestinians have been killed since dawn today by Israeli army gunfire and bombardment in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

It added that 17 bodies were brought to Al-Shifa Hospital, 20 to Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, two to Al-'Awda Hospital, 20 to Nasir Hospital, and one to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

T.R. 

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 Israeli strikes kill 38 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 38 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes and gunfire targeting several areas of the Gaza Strip since early Friday, according to medical sources.

Hospitals reported receiving the bodies of the victims: 16 at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, 12 at Nasser Hospital, eight at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, and two at Al-Awda Hospital.

Meantime, WAFA correspondent reported that seven people were killed in Israeli shelling of the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, while three others were killed when their vehicle was targeted in the same area. 

In Gaza City, two people were killed and others wounded when Israeli forces struck a group of civilians in Al-Maghribi Street in Al-Sabra neighborhood, while another person was killed in an attack on the Al-Ansar area in the west of the city.

Rescue teams also recovered two bodies from under the rubble of Al-Falah School in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, which had been bombed by Israel five days ago. The teams came under Israeli fire while carrying out the recovery.

Simultaneously, dozens of civilians, most of them children, were wounded — some critically — in another Israeli attack on a gathering near Omar Al-Mukhtar Street in Gaza's Old City.

M.N.

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15 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

At least 15 Palestinians were killed this evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas in the central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondents said that seven people were killed and more than 20 others were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted a group of civilians near Maki roundabout in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Three others were also killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house west of Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes also continued bombarding homes in the Al-Shati refugee camp, striking houses on 'Eidiya Street, which resulted in the killing of five people, including two children. Around 10 others remain trapped beneath the rubble.

Medical sources reported that the death toll in the Gaza Strip since dawn today has risen to 72.

T.R.

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Newborn dies and three premature infants evacuated from El-Hilou Hospital in Gaza City to the southern Strip

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

A newborn baby died today, Friday, at El-Hilou Hospital in Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City.

Medical sources reported that the baby passed away inside the hospital’s nursery department. At the same time, three premature infants were evacuated from the hospital to medical centers in the southern Gaza Strip in coordination with the World Health Organization.

Ten premature infants are still in the nursery department at El-Hilou Hospital, amid severe difficulty in reaching or leaving the facility.

On Monday, the Israeli occupation army besieged Al-Shifa and Al-Helou International hospitals in Gaza City and targeted them with heavy artillery shelling, despite the presence of dozens of patients and displaced people inside. El-Hilou Hospital has been encircled from all sides.

El-Hilou Hospital comprises several departments, including an oncology unit and a nursery, and currently houses more than 90 people, including medical staff and patients trapped inside, amid a complete blackout of communications and internet services.

T.R.

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 Israeli forces kill 5 civilians in new wave of attacks in Gaza

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces on Friday killed five civilians in a new wave of attacks across the war-battered Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces conducted a strike targeting tents sheltering displaced people in the Gaza seaport, claiming the lives of five civilians, mostly children.

Video footage captured scenes of people removing the bodies of the dead from the scene.

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing hit a tent sheltering displaced people in Dair El-Bala'h in the central Strip, killing one and injuring others.

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip on Tuesday, March 18, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes that resulted in killing 13,420 Palestinians and injuring 57,124 others.

In the last 24 hours, the bodies of 63 slain Palestinians and 227 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing 66,288 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 169,165 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafa'h near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F. 

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Two children die due to starvation and malnutrition in Gaza

GAZA, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

Two children died on Friday due to starvation and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry reported that two children died from starvation and malnutrition in the war-battered Strip within the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from Israel’s policy of forced starvation on Palestinians to 457, including 152 children.

The Ministry added that since famine was officially declared in Gaza for the first time by the Integrated Food Phase Classification (IPC), the UN-backed global hunger monitor, on August 22, 2025, 179 people, including 37 children, died of outright starvation.

On August 22, the IPC said: “After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions, characterized by starvation, destitution and death.”

"Another 1.07 million people (54 percent) are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), and 396,000 people (20 percent) are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3)."

The Ministry stated that famine would expand to the areas of Dair El-Bala'h, in central Gaza, and Khan Younis to the south by the end of September based on current projections.

That would bring the number of people experiencing famine in Gaza to 641,000 people.

In that same timeframe, it projects that the number of people in the "emergency" phase four category would rise from 1.07m to 1.14m.

K.F.

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MSF: Doctor martyred, others injured in Israeli attack on our medical team in Gaza

Friday 3-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Friday that one of its staff members, Dr. 'Omar 'Hayik, 42, was martyred and four others seriously wounded when the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) targeted their medical team while they were waiting for transport to an MSF field hospital in Dair El-Bala'h, central Gaza.

The organization said in a statement that all team members were clearly identifiable as humanitarian medical staff, wearing vests with the MSF logo. The attack comes less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, 'Husain El-Najjar, was martyred in Dair El-Bala'h.

“We are devastated and outraged by this crime. Our hearts are with Omar’s family and colleagues in this tragic moment,” the statement read. Hayek is the 14th MSF staff member killed by IOFs in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

MSF described Hayik as an occupational therapist who had worked at the organization’s Gaza clinic since 2018, dedicating his life to helping thousands of patients regain strength and dignity.

He was forced to flee Gaza City last month due to bombardment and mass displacement, only to be killed Friday morning while on his way to work. He leaves behind a family without support after the recent death of his father and the martyrdom of his younger brother.

Among the injured are specialists in physiotherapy, orthopedic surgery, and medical supply logistics, along with a member of MSF’s finance team. One staff member remains in critical condition with shrapnel wounds.

The group stressed that Gaza’s health workers are facing systematic targeting: many have been martyred, while others, including MSF surgeon Dr. Mu'hammed 'Obaid, remain in Israeli detention without charge.

“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are being displaced under the illusion of safety, only to face bombardment and killings wherever they go. There is no safe place in Gaza,” MSF said. “Everyone is enduring hunger and siege conditions for nearly two years.”

The organization reiterated its urgent call for an immediate ceasefire, protection of civilians and humanitarian workers, and an end to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, backed by the US and European allies, has waged a genocidal war in Gaza, killing and wounding over 234,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Government Media Office. More than 11,000 remain missing, hundreds of thousands are displaced, famine has claimed countless lives, largely children, and much of the enclave has been reduced to rubble.

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Gaza health authorities: Abduction of nurse Tasneem El-Hams a grave violation of humanitarian law

Friday 3-October-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has condemned in the strongest terms the abduction of Palestinian Nurse Tasneem Marwan El-Hams by a special unit of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday morning.

Tasneem, 24, was kidnapped by the IOFs while she was on her way to work at a medical point in Khan Younus, southern Gaza.

Tasneem is the daughter of Dr. Marwan El-Hams, director of Gaza’s field hospitals, who was himself abducted by the IOF two months ago and later confirmed to be held in Israeli prisons.

The Ministry charged that the abduction represents a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law, which grants full protection to medical staff and health workers during conflict.

The ministry said the IOF bears full responsibility for Tasneem’s safety and demanded her immediate release, calling on international organizations to intervene urgently to halt Israel’s ongoing violations against medical personnel and their families.

The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared also denounced the incident, reporting that five armed men seized al-Hems from the medical facility and transferred her to an area under IOF control in Rafa'h. The center warned that she could be subjected to torture or used as a means of pressure and blackmail against her father.

It described the operation as part of a systematic pattern in which IOF deploys undercover units to carry out kidnappings followed by enforced disappearances. The center reiterated that abducting a nurse from a protected medical site constitutes a clear breach of the Geneva Conventions.

Family sources confirmed that Tasneem was seized near her workplace in Khan Yunis, echoing the July 21 incident when IOF abducted her father from outside the International Red Cross field hospital west of the city.

Gaza’s health director, Dr. Muneer El-Bursh, labeled the targeting of Dr. al-Hems as a crime against Gaza’s medical cadres.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, backed by the US and European powers, has been waging a genocidal war in Gaza, marked by mass killings, starvation, destruction, forced displacement, and widespread detentions, in defiance of international appeals and International Court of Justice orders to halt its actions.

According to the Government Media Office, the genocide has left over 234,000 Palestinians martyred or injured, most of them women and children, with more than 11,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced while famine has claimed countless lives, mostly children, and much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble.

Human rights groups and local institutions are urging the international community to act swiftly, not only to secure the release of Tasneem and her father, but also to provide protection for Gaza’s medical workers who remain on the frontlines amid Israel’s ongoing genocide.

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

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 IOFs raid home of a Palestinian martyr, kidnap his family members

Friday 3-October-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) stormed the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah, on Friday morning.

Local sources reported that the IOFs surrounded the home of the martyr Mu'hammed Ishtiyya and kidnapped his mother and brother, Bassam.

Ishtiyya was killed on Thursday by Israeli gunfire, near the Bait Oar El-Fauqa checkpoint.

Since October 2023, over 1,040 Palestinians have been killed and more than 9,000 injured in the West Bank due to IOFs and settler assaults, according to official Palestinian statistics.

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 IOFs kidnap Palestinians, attack others in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem)

Friday 3-October-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) clashed on Friday with Palestinian young men and kidnapped and assaulted a number of them in the West Bank and Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).

According to media sources, the IOFs clashed with local youths in Bait Foureek town, east of Nablus, and showered them with tear gas canisters.

In southern El-Khaleel (Hebron), the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped a young man after chasing his car in Doura City.

The Israeli occupation forces also clashed with young men in Kafr Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilya, and stormed El-Khaleel (Hebron) City’s Beer El-Saba' street.

In Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Israeli occupation apartheid regime police officers kidnapped two Palestinian young men after beating them in the Old City’s El-Asbat Gate area, and assaulted other citizens after they attended a funeral at the Bab El-Ra'hma cemetery.

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Aggression and Attacks by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers

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

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 Israeli occupation forces seize Palestinian-owned tractor in northern Jordan Valley

JORDAN VALLEY, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli occupation forces today, Friday, seized a Palestinian-owned tractor in the village of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.

Sources reported that the tractor, owned by a local resident, was confiscated by the forces, who informed him it would remain seized for one month.

T.R.

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2,215 attacks carried out by the illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli occupation army in September, says Anti-Settlement Commission

RAMALLAH, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) —

Israeli occupation forces and illegal Israeli settlers carried out a total of 2,215 attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank in September, continuing a systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian communities, land, and property, the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission reported Friday.

Minister Mu-ayyad Sha'ban, head of the Commission, said in the monthly report on “Israeli violations and settlement expansion” that Israeli forces were responsible for 1,725 attacks, while colonists carried out 490 attacks. The majority of incidents were concentrated in the governorates of Hebron (463), Ramallah (417), and Nablus (309).

The attacks included armed assaults on villages, imposition of facts on the ground, extrajudicial killings, land razing, tree uprooting, property theft, and roadblocks that sever Palestinian geographic continuity. Gunfire by colonists in Ramallah resulted in the killing of two Palestinians: Mu'een 'Alawi from Dair Jareer and Sa'eed Al-Na'san from Al-Mughayir, bringing the total killed by colonists this year to 12.

Illegal Israeli settlers carried out 329 acts of property theft and vandalism, affecting large areas of Palestinian land, and uprooted, destroyed, or poisoned 431 trees, including 261 olive trees. The destruction was concentrated in Nablus (200 trees), Jenin (106), Salfit (50), Hebron (30), Bethlehem (30), and Qalqilya (15).

Meantime, illegal Israeli settlers attempted to establish 11 new outposts in September, mostly agricultural or pastoral, including five in Hebron, two in Salfeet, two in Nablus, and one each in Toubas and Qalqilya.

Also in September, Israeli authorities carried out 67 demolitions targeting 94 structures, including 45 inhabited homes, one uninhabited home, 14 agricultural structures, and 18 livelihood facilities. 

Demolitions were concentrated in El-Khaleel (Hebron: 35, Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem): 15, and Bait La'hm (Bethlehem): 8. The Israeli occupation apartheid regime also issued 35 demolition notices, including 12 in El-Khaleel (Hebron), nine in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), six in Bait La'hm (Bethlehem), four in Qalqilya, two in Ramallah, and one each in Salfeet and Nablus, continuing the policy of restricting Palestinian construction and growth in villages and towns.

M.N.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Protest in New York calls for release of Global Sumud Flotilla Freedom activists

NEW YORK, October 4, 2025 (WAFA) – 

New York City witnessed a massive protest on Friday demanding the immediate release of approximately 500 activists intercepted off the coast of Gaza by Israeli occupation forces as part of the Freedom Flotilla.

Protesters held up signs calling for the freedom of the activists, emphasizing that their mission was purely peaceful and humanitarian, aimed at breaking the ongoing blockade of more than two million Palestinians in the Strip.

Participants in the protest affirmed their full solidarity with the detained activists, calling on the international community to urgently intervene to ensure their safety and immediate release.

Y.S.

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Over 300 Dutch, Belgian cultural institutions boycott Israel

BRUSSELS, October 3, 2025 (WAFA) –

Over 300 Dutch and Belgian cultural and arts institutions have announced a cultural boycott of Israel over the latter’s genocidal war on Gaza and occupation of the West Bank, according to Anadolu Agency (AA).

It reported that 302 museums, arts and cultural organizations, and 878 individual artists in the Netherlands and Belgium said the cultural sector could no longer remain silent in the face of “war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide recognized by all competent authorities.”

“As members of the Dutch and Belgian cultural sector, we refuse to stand by in the face of genocide against the Palestinian people,” the statement said.

According to the Dutch News website, among the Dutch participants are TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, the Bonnefanten museum in Maastricht, the Oostpool theatre in Arnhem, and the Nederlands Theater Festival in Amsterdam. Among the signatory artists were artist Marlene Dumas, writer Tom Lanoye, and choreographer Alain Platel.

It added that the boycott is aimed exclusively at Israeli cultural organisations and companies connected with the state, for instance, by subsidies. Only organisations that are “not complicit in the breach of international law and have spoken out against the genocide, the recognised illegal occupation and apartheid” will be exempt, the statement said.

The statement recalled that cultural boycotts had contributed to the end of apartheid in South Africa, noting that more than 5,000 film professionals and 400 musicians had recently taken similar steps against Israeli institutions.

“This cultural boycott alone will not stop genocide and occupation,” the declaration said. “That is why we call on sports, academia, business and politics to also sever ties. Only together can we force Israel to comply with international law.”

K.F.

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From Kuala Lumpur to Rome: Pro-Palestine protests condemn the interception of the GSF

Friday 3-October-2025

CAPITALS, (PIC)

A large demonstration was held in the Malaysian capital denouncing the interception of the Freedom Flotilla and the continuation of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.

Clashes broke out between Malaysian police and demonstrators near the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

In Ireland, Foreign Minister Simon Harris is scheduled to hold a high-level meeting today, Friday, with senior officials and diplomats to follow up on developments regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF).

Harris stressed that the safety and well-being of Irish citizens will be a top priority for the government, noting that around 22 Irish activists are among the flotilla’s participants.

The Israeli navy intercepted about 40 ships belonging to the GSF yesterday and detained the activists on board.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, authorities decided to begin deporting those flotilla activists who sign deportation orders to Europe.

In Greece, workers at the port of Piraeus in Athens decided to stage a 24-hour strike to protest the Israeli attack on the flotilla.

A statement by the Port Workers’ Union condemned the Israeli assault on the flotilla while it was heading to Gaza to break the blockade.

The statement pointed out that Israel had detained the ships’ crews, including Greeks, in a military attack, and cut off communication with them in order to prevent food and medicine from reaching Palestinians in Gaza, who are facing genocide, starvation, and siege.

The union also blamed the Greek government, “not only for its failure to protect the Greeks participating in the flotilla, but also for maintaining strategic relations with the criminal state of Israel, like previous governments.”

At the same time, Italy witnessed a nationwide general strike today covering both the public and private sectors. It was called by the General Confederation of Labor and several grassroots unions in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the flotilla activists. Several cities also saw demonstrations supporting Palestine and condemning the Israeli interception of the flotilla and the arrest of participating activists.

The Italian Minister of Transport had threatened to take punitive measures against the strikers but backed down under popular and union pressure, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Rome.

Meanwhile, Maurizio Landini, Secretary General of the Italian Trade Union Confederation, affirmed that their strike is legitimate and constitutional, responding to government members’ criticism that it had not been announced within the legally required timeframe.

In Madrid, education unions organized a partial strike in protest of what they described as restrictions on freedom of expression within educational institutions. This came after government directives banning expressions of solidarity with Gaza in Spanish schools and universities. The unions considered this a violation of educational freedom and its role in promoting critical thinking and defending human rights.

The partial strike covers all educational stages, with protest gatherings planned during both morning and evening sessions.

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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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