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🇵🇸💢 NEW: 6-year-old Tahani Mohammed Saeed Shalalfa was killed Tuesday morning, shot by Israeli forces in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, according to medical sources cited by the Palestinian outlet Shehab News.
She is the second young girl killed by indiscriminate Israeli fire in the area's displacement tents this week, after 7-year-old Jouri al-Soufi who was killed yesterday.
Ahmed Yassin Bseiso, a man, also died Tuesday of wounds from an Israeli strike on Thawra Street in central Gaza City several days ago, the report said.
Israeli forces also opened heavy fire on tents of displaced families in western Rafah and shelled the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza, Felesteen reported.
Credit: 🎥 Mohammed Emad al-Amour (Instagram) via EyeOnPalestine
🇵🇸 "Mama, cover me. Mama, I'm scared," 7-year-old Jouri al-Soufi told her mother as gunfire rang out near their tent in Khan Younis before dawn Monday.
Moments later, an Israeli bullet struck her in the heart as she lay under her blanket, her mother told the Palestinian newspaper Felesteen.
Her mother, Islam Abu Muammar, didn't realize Jouri had been hit until she tried to wake her and found blood on her side. Jouri's grandmother and other women in the family, one of them pregnant, were also wounded.
The family said ambulances couldn't reach them for an hour or more because the shooting continued near the "yellow line," the boundary of Israeli-occupied Gaza under the ceasefire.
Jouri was a top student in second grade, her family said. Israeli forces killed her father about a year and a half earlier, and she had lived through hunger and displacement since. "My daughter was the most precious thing in my life," her mother said.
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Israeli occupation terrorists from the occupation army beat and humiliate a Palestinian man in Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, after Israeli colonial settler terrorists attacked his home and assaulted his family. Instead of stopping the attackers, the occupation army turned on the man whose house had just been raided. This has become a familiar pattern in the town since the olive harvest began.
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Residents in #Gaza fear falling into acute hunger once again as vegetables and fruit vanish from markets, flour grows scarce, prices rise, and they struggle to feed their children
euromedmonitor.org/a/7122
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Palestinian Sheikh Ahmed Bseiso dies today of injuries caused by the israelis during an airstrike a few days ago on Gaza city | via @Qadeyah1
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According to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, at least 1,500 P*lestinians in G*za have been k*lled by Isr*eli occupation forces, amounting to an average of nearly four people per day, since the so-called “ceasefire” agreement was finalised and signed in October 2025.
More recently, a minimum of eight P*lestinians were k*lled across the Strip on 25th October 2026 by Isr*eli o*cupation forces.
Furthermore, Netanyahu’s government continues to restrict goods entering this coastal enclave, resulting in limited food supplies. In addition, ongoing funding cuts will leave roughly half a million P*lestinians without any assistance from the World Food Program.
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A UN commission says Israel continued to commit genocide in Gaza even after the US-brokered ceasefire last October, citing continued attacks on Palestinians and the use of heavy weapons in densely populated areas.
In a report presented to the UN General Assembly, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry also warned of escalating violence and displacement in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli military offensives and illegal settler attacks have intensified.
The commission said 34,176 Palestinians remained displaced in the West Bank as of August 2026, marking the largest displacement there since 1967. It also accused Israeli authorities of crimes against humanity, including extermination, persecution and torture
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Mohamed Radwan, a Palestinian resident of Beitillu in the occupied West Bank, says Israeli settlers brutally beat him in Wadi Zarqa, leaving him with four broken ribs, a punctured lung, multiple head injuries and three fractures in his leg.
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💥Israeli occupation forces close gates of the village of Beit Or in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and prevent Palestinian paramedics from evacuating Palestinian wounded by zionist settlers attack..
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Short report from Meifdoun
Cameraman: @aliezzeddine00
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In Hebron, Netanyahu is turning displacement into an election spectacle
Israel has expelled 4,000 Palestinians in the past four days, destroying many of their homes and engineering a new reality that we fear will become permanent.
By @Issaamro.
972mag.com/hebron-displaceme…
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Israeli forces today carried out a major demolition targeting civilian homes on the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, Lebanon.
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Cries and tears echo daily over empty pots in long waiting lines across the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing enforced starvation policies, a tight blockade restricting aid, and severe reductions in relief meals provided by international organizations.
صرخات ودموع تتكرر يومياً على أواني الطعام الفارغة في طوابير الانتظار الطويلة بقطاع غزة، في ظل استمرار سياسة التجويع الممنهج وفرض حصار مشدد يمنع دخول المساعدات، بالتزامن مع التراجع الحاد في الخدمات الإنسانية وتناقص الوجبات الإغاثية التي تقدمها المؤسسات الدولية.
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The most immoral army has killed over 21,900 children since the genocide began, including 1,100+ infants (Gaza Gov’t Media Office).
And this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The most immoral army continues to slaughter children. Nearly daily.
UN bodies and human rights groups have documented the pattern in detail. Anyone who denies it should read these reports.
We keep receipts and there will be accountability.
#PalestineTrials
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Israeli settlers brutalize Palestinian man as pogroms in occupied West Bank reach historic peak
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Israeli settlers carried out a violent attack on the Palestinian town of Burqa, located northwest of Nablus, assaulting residents and leaving at least one man hospitalized.
According to reports from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, a 50-year-old Palestinian man sustained severe injuries after being beaten by settlers before paramedics managed to transport him to a local medical facility.
The attack in Burqa forms part of a wider trend of violent settler incursions across the occupied West Bank that have escalated dramatically since October 2023. Israeli settler groups have intensified coordinated pogroms targeting Palestinian towns, agricultural lands, and civilian homes.
UN monitoring figures indicate that over 1,330 settler-related attacks were documented between January and late July alone, averaging six incidents per day and marking the highest frequency of organized settler violence recorded in two decades.
The violent incursions have severely impacted rural Palestinian livelihoods, particularly targeting farming communities during the critical annual olive harvest season.
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The forced displacement of Palestinians by the Israeli military in the occupied west bank city of Hebron continues, as a city-wide siege remains in place. It's also triggered a humanitarian crisis, with the municipality scrambling to provide food and shelter
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Palestinians who fled Gaza for Egypt are being scammed and exploited by fake charities
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/pales…
#Palestine #Israel
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‘There are no dreams here’: How Israel’s outgoing government remade the West Bank
A special project by +972 and @mekomit documents the transformation of an already fragmented territory, with the occupation intruding into every aspect of Palestinian life.
972mag.com/israel-government…
