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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Gaza on the Brink of Mass Death by Starvation

 84 Palestinians Killed, 168 Injured, Which Brings the Death Toll of the Israeli Genocidal War on the Gaza Strip to 51,439 and the Injuries to 117,416

April 25, 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 April 25, 2025, the initial death toll of Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip is 64,968+.   

This includes the accounted for deaths (51,439), those who are still missing under the rubble (an estimate of at least 13,529+). 

By April 25, 2025, the documented injuries exceeded 117,416.

By April 25, 2025, according to news report, 956 Palestinians who were killed, 6,712 who were injured, and 11,908*, 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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Palestinian teenager, 17-year-old 'Abdul Khaliq Al-Jubour was killed by the Israeli occupation forces during their raid on the town of Salim, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, April 25, 2025.	84 Palestinians were killed, 168 were injured by the Israeli genocidal air stikes on the Gaza Strip, which brought the death toll to 51439 and injuries to 117,416, by April 25, 2025.
The UNRWA announced that around half a million people have been displaced again in the Gaza Strip over the past month, due to multiple Israeli evacuation orders, April 25, 2025.	Israel continues to impose a siege and blockade on Gaza Strip, blocking entry of food and humanitarian aid, putting over 2 million Palestinians at risk of mass death from hunger, April 25, 2025.
84 Palestinians were killed, 168 were injured, mostly children, women, and elderly, by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which brought the death toll to 51439 and injuries to 117,416, by April 25, 2025.	Dr. Muneer Al-Bursh said that 18 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are now completely out of service, while only 20 hospitals remain partially operational, having lost over 52 percent of capacity, April 25, 2025.
Grieving the death of Abu Tu'aima family members, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Khan Younus, on April 25, 2025.	Carrying to Al-'Awda hospital some of the injured Palestinians, who were targeted by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Nusayrat, in central Gaza Strip, on April 26, 2025.
Bodies of the Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Gaza City,  laid down at Al-Shifa hospital, on April 26, 2025.	Retrieving bodies of Palestinian martyrs, who were massacred by the Israeli genocidal air strikes on Al-Sabra neighborhood, in Gaza City,  laid down at Al-Shifa hospital, on April 26, 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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84 Palestinian martyrs, 168 wounded in Israeli massacres in Gaza in 24 hours

Friday 25-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC, WAFA)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of 84 people and the injury of 168 others in Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours in the ongoing aggression on the besieged enclave.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported, in a statement on Friday, that six of the martyrs were recovered from under the rubble caused by previous attacks, noting that the death toll since March 18, 2025 has risen to 2,062 martyrs and 5,375 injured.

This brings the toll of the Israeli aggression to 51,439 martyrs and 117,416 injured since October 7, 2023.

A number of victims are still under the rubble and in the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews have been unable to reach them, the ministry added. 

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Four civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Bait 'Hanoun and Gaza City

GAZA, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

Four civilians were killed on Friday in Israeli airstrikes targeting the cities of Bait 'Hanoun and Gaza, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that at least three civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured after Israeli warplanes bombed Al-Farabi School, which was sheltering displaced families in central Gaza City.

In a separate attack, a civilian was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Bait 'Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

T.R.

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  Israeli army continues to bomb homes and tents, massacre more civilians

Friday 25-April-2025

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued their genocidal campaign against the Gaza Strip, now entering its 39th consecutive day, following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement.

This has occurred under the cover of unwavering American political and military support and amid unprecedented silence and abandonment by the international community.

According to the PIC correspondents, the IOF troops have carried out dozens of air raids and demolitions of homes, as the humanitarian toll of Israel’s continued blockade on basic food supplies—enforced since early March—intensifies, painting a grim picture of worsening famine in the besieged territory.

Several civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since early Friday morning.

Sham Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Al-Rous succumbed to injuries sustained during the massacre of the Abu Al-Rous family, which occurred days earlier inside displacement tents west of Khan Yunis.

Multiple civilians were also injured in an airstrike targeting the Shaat family’s home in the Al-Manara neighborhood in southern Khan Yunis.

Five members of the Abu Ta’miya family, including both parents and their three children, were killed in a massacre in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis. The victims were identified as Ibrahim Khalil Abu Ta’miya, his pregnant wife Hanadi Shaaban Abu Ta’miya (Abu Sibt), and their children: Samira, 8, Azem, 6, and Raafat, 4.

Israeli forces also demolished residential buildings in northern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a medical clinic in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The Civil Defense confirmed multiple injuries at the scene.

Yesterday, Israeli warplanes launched a wave of heavy airstrikes across several areas of Gaza, resulting in the deaths of at least 65 Palestinians.

Since Israel resumed its assault on Gaza on 18 March, nearly 2,000 Palestinians have been killed and 5,200 wounded, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

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

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Palestinian teenager martyred by IOFs shooting, east of Nablus

Friday 25-April-2025

NABLUS, (PIC)

A Palestinian teegager was killed on Friday after being critically wounded by Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) during a raid on the town of Salem, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

The IOFs raided the town of Salem at noon Friday and fired live ammunition at citizens, wounding 16-year-old 'Abdul Khaliq Mus'ab Al-Jubour with a direct shot to the chest.

The PIC correspondent explained that the injured boy was transported to Rafeedya Government Hospital in Nablus, where medical teams tried, in vain, to resuscitate him, before he was later pronounced dead.

The town of Salem witnessed mounting tension following the raid, amid clashes between Palestinian youths and the IOFs.

With the martyrdom of Al-Jubour, the number of martyrs in IOFs attacks in the West Bank has risen to 130 since the beginning of the year. 

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Two sustain bruises in Israeli army attack near Jenin

JENIN, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

 Two Palestinians Friday evening sustained bruises in an attack by Israeli occupation army in the Ya'bad town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

The PRCS said that its crews evacuated two youths to a hospital after the latter were injured when the occupation forces rammed into their motorcycle in the town.

There has been an upsurge in attacks by the occupation forces against Palestinians in the villages and towns across the Jenin governorate at a time when the occupation proceeded with its aggression on the Jenin city and nearby refugee camp for 95 consecutive days.

K.F. 

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Youth critically injured by Israeli forces’ live ammunition during Confrontations near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

A Palestinian youth was injured on Friday evening by Israeli forces’ live gunfire during confrontations in the town of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian youths in the said town as they confronted a colonists’ raid on the Jabal al-Tall area to the south, leading to the injury of a youth with a live gunshot in the chest.

The Ministry of Health later reported that a critically injured youth, who was shot in the chest by Israeli forces in the town of Sinjil, was transferred to Salfit Governmental Hospital.

The area has been subjected to widespread colonists’ violence in recent days, during which 48-year-old Wael Basem Ghafari was killed. Colonists have also torched agricultural rooms and animal sheds, stolen livestock, carried out repeated incursions, and erected a new outpost tent.

T.R.

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Fresh Israeli raids, kidnapping across West Bank

Friday 25-April-2025

WEST BANK, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) launched a wide-scale raid and arrest campaign at dawn Friday, kidnapping a number of Palestinian citizens, including several former prisoners released in the latest prisoner exchange deal.

According to local sources, four of the detainees were ex-prisoners from Qalqilya in the northern West Bank.

The IOFs also continued its aggressive operations in various towns and cities across the northern West Bank. Early Friday morning, the IOFs stormed Qalqilya from the northern checkpoint and converted one of the homes into a military outpost.

Additionally, the villages of Burqeen and Ya’bad, west of Jenin, were raided. Notably, Ya’bad witnessed confrontations on Wednesday during which a Palestinian child was killed by Israeli gunfire.

Meanwhile, occupation forces kidnapped two members of the family of former prisoner Sultan Khalouf in the town of Burqin. According to local reports, soldiers raided his house and detained his father and brother Amir, allegedly to pressure Sultan to turn himself in. His wife, Nabila Khalouf, had also been arrested two weeks ago and was released the following day.

In a separate incident, the IOFs stormed Nablus, which has seen repeated military raids in recent weeks.

Further south, in al-Khalil, local media reported that Israeli forces raided the Abu Sneineh neighborhood early Friday and stormed the home of prisoner Ahed Abu Sabih.

On Thursday evening, four Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in the town of Idhna, west of al-Khalil. The IOFs fired stun grenades and tear gas, leading to confrontations during which four young men were wounded and transferred to the hospital for treatment.

Like many other parts of the West Bank, Idhna experiences near-daily incursions by Israeli forces, often resulting in clashes, injuries, or kidnapping.

In parallel with the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israeli occupation forces and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, with over 956 Palestinians killed, around 7,000 injured, and more than 16,400 arrests reported, according to Palestinian sources

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 IOFs continue its escalating aggression on Jineen for the 95th day running

Friday 25-April-2025

Jineen, (PIC)

Israeli occupation forces (IOFs) have continued their brutal aggression against Jineen city and camp for 95 consecutive days on Friday, amid repetitive raid and arrest campaigns targeting Palestinians, including children and women, in parallel with the ongoing siege and ongoing suffering of the displaced.

For more than three months, Israel’s killing machine in Jenin has not stopped. The latest victim was a 12-year-old boy, named Mahmoud Abu Al-Hayja, who died of his serious injuries sustained when IOF’s soldiers shot him during clashes that broke out after the storming of Al-Yamoun town, west of Jineen.

In recent days, the IOFs have dispatched more military reinforcements and erected iron gates at the entrances to the Jenin camp, aiming at isolating the camp and tightening the noose around its inhabitants.

The IOFs were deployed across many neighborhoods in the city and refugee camp of Jineen and were bringing in additional reinforcements, coinciding with raids and incursions into the towns of Silat Al-'Harithiya, northwest of Jenin, and Kafr Dan, as well as the Jabriyat neighborhood overlooking the camp, converting a number of homes into military barracks.

The IOFs aggression has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 40 citizens, the displacement of 21,000 people, and complete/partial destruction and burning of 3,250 residential units, in addition to 93 residential buildings, comprising about 300 residential units, notified with demolition.

Since the onset of the aggression, 318 people have been arrested in the city and refugee camp of Jineen, and dozens have been subjected to field investigations.

The media committee in Jineen refugee camp has called for urgent intervention to save and halt the citizens’ suffering from the ongoing aggression, stressing the need to support them, enhance their resilience, and provide them with all urgent needs.

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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 fence off land plot in northern Jordan Valley

TUBAS, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

Illegal Israeli settlers on Friday fenced off a land plot in Wadi al-Faw community in the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local source.

Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of al-Maleh Council, said that Israeli colonists erected a fence around and cultivated a plot of land in the community, although there is an original title deed (Tabu) proving that it belongs to Palestinian individuals.

The Wadi al-Faw has become the scene of forced displacement of Palestinians over the previous year and a half, with some families displaced as recently as early March 2025.

Meanwhile, Israeli colonists assaulted a shepherd and attempted to steal his cattle in al-Farisiya.

The Jordan Valley, a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.

Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the colonies in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.

The Israel occupation military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.

Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.

In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities regularly, but also confiscates their farmlands, and demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.

Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad of restrictions on access to resources and services. Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of the colonists.

Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.

K.F.

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Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian citizens' vehicles northeast of Ramallah

RAMALLAH, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

 A group of the illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilian cars on Friday evening near the village of Sinjil, on the road connecting Ramallah and Nablus.

Local sources reported that a group of colonists hurled stones at Palestinian-owned cars in the 'Ain el Ḥarāmiya area, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, who also closed off the road.

The sources added that dozens of colonists later renewed their raid on Jabal al-Tall, south of Sinjil.

In response, local youths set fires in multiple spots on the hill to prevent the colonists from advancing toward residential homes.

The area has been subjected to widespread colonists’ violence in recent days, during which 48-year-old Wael Basem Ghafari was killed. Colonists have also torched agricultural rooms and animal sheds, stolen livestock, carried out repeated incursions, and erected a new outpost tent.

T.R.

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Thousands of the illegal Israeli settlers storm Kifil Haris north of Salfit, perform Talmudic rituals

Friday 25-April-2025

SALFIT, (PIC)

Under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOFs), thousands of the illegal Israeli settlers stormed the town of Kifil Haris, north of Salfit in the West Bank, on Thursday night.

The IOF raided the town and blocked citizens’ movement to secure settlers as they were flocking into the town in large numbers to perform Talmudic prayers at Islamic shrines.

The settlers roamed the town provocatively and hung racist slogans on the walls of Palestinian homes and properties.

Kifil Haris town is usually subject to continuous incursions by Jewish settlers who repeatedly desecrate its holy places.

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 Israeli forces raid commercial shops amid heavy deployment in Tulkarm City

TULKARM, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

Israeli military vehicles swept through numerous streets and neighborhoods in Tulkarm City on Friday night, amid the widespread use of stun grenades and an intensified campaign of raids and searches targeting local businesses.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed and searched several shops, questioning those present inside.

An Israeli infantry unit was stationed north of the city, where troops forcibly evicted residents and seized several buildings, converting them into surveillance outposts.

On Nablus Street, adjacent to Tulkarm refugee camp, Israeli soldiers stopped and searched vehicles, forcing passengers in many cases to exit their cars and leave them behind. The passengers were prevented from taking personal belongings and were made to continue on foot toward the city.

In a later development, Israeli bulldozers closed the eastern entrance of the city near the Nur Shams refugee camp with earth mounds. Nablus Street was also sealed off, further restricting movement and intensifying hardships for residents.

T.R.

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Israeli occupation apartheid regime force Jerusalemite to demolish his home north of Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, April 25, 2025 (WAFA) –

The Israeli occupation apartheid regime today forced a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem to demolish his own home in the town of Kafr ‘Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources.

Sources said that Israeli authorities gave the resident just half an hour to demolish his two-room house, under the pretext of being built without a permit.

The owner stated that the occupation forces threatened to detain him, his 10-year-old son, and his three brothers, in addition to imposing heavy fines, if he did not immediately comply with the self-demolition order.

He added that the authorities also forced him to remove the rubble of his demolished home under the pretext of preserving nature.

T.R.

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News Related to the Israeli Genocidal War on the Palestinian People

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Palestinians protest in Ramallah against German support for Israeli massacres in Gaza

Friday 25-April-2025

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

Angry masses of Palestinians gathered on Friday for a protest in front of the German embassy in Ramallah, coinciding with Israel’s ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip.

The participants expressed their condemnation of the German government’s support for the bloody massacres committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip, demanding serious efforts to stop them and deter the occupation from continuing its criminal practices.

The participants raised Palestinian flags and called on the Palestinian Authority to protect these protests, not to confront them, and to work to support the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to crimes of genocide since October 7, 2023.

During his speech at the protest, activist Omar Assaf called for an end to the war of annihilation in the Gaza Strip, saying, “Enough to more crimes and genocide,” stressing that the blood of the Palestinian people is not a bargaining chip between countries.

Assaf praised all international efforts exerted in support of the rights of the Palestinian people and that clearly reject Israeli crimes committed in Palestine. He saluted the Spanish government for canceling an arms sale deal with the Israeli government.

Assaf explained that Germany had mobilized its fleet to support the Israeli aggression against Gaza, continued to supply Israel with weapons and ammunition used to kill Palestinians, and prevented pro-Palestine demonstrations in German cities.

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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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