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Israeli occupation forces killed three Palestinian young men at dawn on Tuesday and seized their bodies in the village of Kafr Qud, west of Jenin.Local sources told the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that Israeli occupation forces stormed the town with military reinforcements, surrounded an area of agricultural land, and opened live fire at the three young men—whose identities have yet to be determined—killing them and seizing their bodies.Cities, towns, and refugee camps across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem witness daily raids and incursions by occupation forces and settlers, often accompanied by clashes, arrests, live and rubber bullet fire, as well as the use of tear gas and other toxic gas grenades against Palestinians.

A Palestinian man was injured after being shot with live ammunition by Israeli occupation forces near the apartheid wall in the town of Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that its medical crews transferred the injured man to hospital after he sustained a gunshot wound to the foot while near the wall in Al-Ram. The area has witnessed repeated incidents in recent months, during which several Palestinians were martyred by Israeli occupation forces near the apartheid wall. The most recent victim was a man from the town of Zababdeh, who died after reportedly being severely beaten by Israeli soldiers.

The State of Qatar has reiterated its unwavering stance on the justice of the Palestinian cause and its full support for the Palestinian people's sovereignty over their natural resources and their legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. This came in Qatar's statement delivered by the Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, Talal Abdulaziz Al Naama, before the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly during its 80th session, under the item on the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources, at UN Headquarters in New York. Al Naama affirmed that the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories, along with systematic human rights violations by Israeli security forces and settlers, and the long-standing discriminatory regime under which Israel exercises control over Palestinians, undermines the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination. He stated that Qatar has called for an end to the Israeli military occupation and its negative impact on social and economic development and living conditions of the Palestinian people, as well as the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan. He added that Qatar welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the advisory opinion issued last year by the International Court of Justice regarding the legal consequences of Israel's policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, which affirmed the illegality of the occupation and its resulting practices, and called on Israel to end its unlawful presence and fully comply with its obligations under international law. Al Naama noted that since the outbreak of the war, Qatar has been committed to providing essential humanitarian and development aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, despite restrictions on the entry of humanitarian assistance. This aid has included thousands of tons of food, medicine, medical supplies, shelter materials, field hospitals, and medical treatment for thousands of wounded and ill individuals. He pointed out that Qatar's total support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has reached approximately USD 49 million, in addition to renewing a multi-year support agreement for 2025-2026 worth USD 20 million to help the agency fulfill its mandate efficiently, especially amid chronic funding shortages. He concluded by stating that Qatar, as part of its sincere mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, alongside Egypt, Turkey, and the United States, continues to deliver humanitarian aid to meet urgent needs and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The Gaza Center for Human Rights reported 129 Israeli attacks since the October 10 ceasefire, resulting in 34 Palestinian deaths and 122 injuries.In a statement issued Saturday, the Center said Israeli forces struck a civilian vehicle in Al-Zeitoun, killing 11 family members, including seven children and two women.It condemned the incident as a violation of international law and a continuation of what it described as Israel’s deadly policies against civilians.The Gaza Center for Human Rights said Israeli forces unnecessarily targeted a civilian vehicle, despite having surveillance tools to assess threats.It stressed that protecting civilians requires a complete end to hostilities and accountability through international law.Despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces continue airstrikes and gunfire against Palestinians returning to inspect their homes, while keeping the Rafah crossing closed.The truce between Hamas and Israel began last week, following troop withdrawals and the return of displaced residents, as part of the first phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace initiative.

A young Palestinian man was martyred from wounds he sustained during a previous Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that the young man was martyred as a result of an earlier Israeli shelling of the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Occupation forces stationed in the eastern areas of Gaza City opened heavy fire this morning. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced Monday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 67,869 martyrs and 170,105 injured since October 7, 2023, while many victims remain trapped under the rubble and on the roads, beyond the reach of ambulance and rescue teams. The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and the Israeli entity, reached in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh, came into effect last Friday following the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from populated areas in the Gaza Strip, and the beginning of the return of displaced persons to the northern part of the Strip. This took place as part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war on Gaza.

With huge crowds waiting to welcome them home, Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on Monday under a Gaza ceasefire deal were overwhelmed with joy as they returned to their loved ones.Some threw peace signs while others struggled to walk without assistance as they got off the bus and were met by a crowd cheering their return from Israel's jails to the West Bank city of Ramallah."It's an indescribable feeling, a new birth," Mahdi Ramadan, newly released, told AFP, flanked by his parents with whom he said he would spend his first evening out of jail.Nearby, relatives exchanged hugs, young men in tears pressed their foreheads against each other -- some even fainting from the emotion of seeing loved ones again after years, and sometimes decades, in jail.The crowd chanted in celebration "Allahu akbar", meaning God is the greatest.Among the Palestinians to be released under a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal, 250 are security detainees, including many convicted of killing Israelis, as well as about 1,700 Palestinians detained by the Israeli army in Gaza during the war.Israel agreed to free them in exchange for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, under the first phase of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war that was sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.Nour Soufan, now 27 years old, was due to meet his father Moussa, who was jailed a few months after his birth, outside of jail for the first time.Soufan and half a dozen relatives came to Ramallah from Nablus, in the north of the West Bank, and spent the night in their vehicle."I have never seen my father, and this is the first time I will see him. This is a very beautiful moment," Soufan said.Like him, many had defied the travel restrictions that puncture daily life in the Palestinian territory, with Israeli army checkpoints proliferating in two years of war.Palestinian media reported on Sunday that families of detainees had been contacted by Israeli authorities, asking them not to organise mass celebrations."No reception is allowed, no celebration is allowed, no gatherings," said Alaa Bani Odeh, who came from the northern town of Tammun to find his 20-year-old son who had been jailed for four years.AFP spoke to several prisoners who said that in their first hours of freedom, they would go home and stay with family.During previous releases, mass gatherings had flooded entire streets in Ramallah, with people waving Palestinian flags as well as those of political factions including Hamas.Dressed in the grey tracksuits of Israeli prisons, many prisoners also wore a black-and-white kuffiyeh around their necks -- the traditional scarf that has become synonymous with the Palestinian cause.Some of the newly released prisoners happily let themselves be carried away on relatives' shoulders."Prisoners live on hope... Coming home, to our land, is worth all the gold in the world," said one freed detainee, Samer al-Halabiyeh."God willing, peace will prevail, and the war on Gaza will stop," Halabiyeh added."Now I just want to live my life."Journalists rushed to talk to the prisoners, but many declined to engage, sometimes explaining that before their release, they were advised not to speak.In the south Gaza city of Khan Yunis, a crowd gathered near Nasser Hospital, in the hope of catching sight of the prisoners taken during the war with Israel.In the afternoon, thousands cheered to welcome their loved ones as they caught glimpse of the buses carrying them home.

Buses carrying released Palestinian prisoners arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday through the Karam Abu Salem crossing, marking a significant moment in the first phase of the newly brokered ceasefire agreement.The release comes as part of a deal mediated by regional and international actors, aimed at de-escalating the ongoing conflict and laying the groundwork for broader peace talks. Families gathered at the crossing to welcome their loved ones, many of whom had spent years in Israeli detention.More details are expected as the ceasefire unfolds over the coming days, with additional exchanges and coordinated steps anticipated.

A young Palestinian man was shot with live ammunition on Monday after Israeli occupation forces suppressed a demonstration held by families gathered outside Ofer military prison, located in the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, where they were waiting for the release of their relatives. According to local media sources, the man was shot in the foot with live ammunition. However, his medical condition remains unknown. The prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel began Monday morning, with the handover of all 20 living Israeli hostages now complete.

Israeli occupation forces on Monday released 83 Palestinian detainees serving life sentences from Ofer Prison, as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.Earlier today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that it had received 20 Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip in two groups and handed them over to the Israeli authorities.Under the exchange deal, Israeli occupation authorities are set to release 250 Palestinian detainees serving long life sentences — 83 from Ofer Prison and 167 from Ketziot Prison — in addition to 1,718 others arrested by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023.According to Palestinian institutions concerned with detainees' affairs, Israel currently holds more than 11,100 Palestinians in its prisons, amid dire conditions including torture, starvation, and systematic medical neglect, which have led to several deaths in custody. This figure does not include those held in Israeli military camps. The number of detainees from the Gaza Strip has risen to over 4,000 since the start of the war.The number of detainees sentenced to life imprisonment has reached 350, with indictments filed paving the way for additional sentences. There are 53 female prisoners, including three from Gaza and two girls, as well as about 400 children held in Ofer and Megiddo prisons. The number of administrative detainees — held without trial — has reached around 3,380 as of October, the institutions reported. (QNA)

The exchange of Palestinian detainees and Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip began Monday morning as part of the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) receiving seven Israeli captives. Meanwhile, Palestine Red Crescent Society crews entered Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah, to transfer a sick Palestinian detainee slated for release.The first phase of the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to end the war in the Gaza Strip includes the release of all living Israeli captives held in Gaza — a total of 20 people — in two groups. In addition, 28 bodies will be handed over gradually, depending on the progress of recovery efforts under the rubble in the Gaza Strip.In exchange, Israeli occupation authorities will release 250 Palestinian detainees serving life sentences, along with 1,718 detainees from Gaza who were arrested after the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.Authorities have transferred detainees designated for release from five central prisons to Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah, and others to Ketziot Prison in the Negev, in preparation for their transfer to the Gaza Strip and subsequently to Egypt.The swap process is being conducted under the supervision of an Egyptian-Qatari-US joint committee, which monitors the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.On Oct. 9, US President Trump announced an agreement to implement the first phase of his Middle East peace plan, which he had outlined earlier on Sept. 29. The plan calls for ending the war in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the exchange of captives and detainees.The ceasefire took effect last Friday, marking the start of the 72-hour deadline set by the agreement for completing the exchange process.According to organizations concerned with Palestinian detainees' affairs, the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons exceeds 11,000, amid dire conditions including torture, starvation, and systematic medical neglect, which has led to several deaths in custody.The number of detainees sentenced to life imprisonment has reached 350, with indictments filed paving the way for additional sentences. There are 53 female prisoners, including three from Gaza and two girls, and about 400 child prisoners held in Ofer and Megiddo prisons. The number of administrative detainees — held without trial — has reached around 3,380 as of October, the institutions reported.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot an elderly Palestinian man on Sunday afternoon in the town of Al-Ram, north of the occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds). The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) as saying that PRCS medics treated a 67-year-old civilian who sustained a severe gunshot wound to the thigh from live ammunition near the Israeli occupation's apartheid wall in Al-Ram, adding that he was transferred to the hospital for treatment. The cities, towns, and refugee camps of the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds are subjected to daily raids and incursions, bulldozing of land, uprooting of trees, and the seizure of property by the IOF and settlers. These raids are accompanied by clashes, arrests, and the firing of live and rubber bullets, as well as tear gas canisters at Palestinians.

The Israeli occupation forces continued their heavy artillery and airstrikes since last night and until Tuesday morning, killing and wounding several people. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA), citing medical sources, reported that three citizens were martyred and others wounded in the Israeli shelling of the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. The same sources added that a number of citizens were wounded in the Israeli artillery shelling of a residential apartment on Al-Shuhada Street in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City. The Israeli occupation forces' air and artillery shelling continues in the southern and northwestern areas of Gaza City, and violent explosions are being heard in the Al-Karama and Al-Mukhabarat Towers areas, northwest of the city. Israeli warplanes are also flying at low altitudes in the Gaza Strip, and helicopters are firing at the center of Khan Yunis, south of the city. The war of genocide on the Gaza Strip is entering its second year. To date, this has resulted in the martyrdom of 67,160 civilians, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 169,679 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still buried under the rubble and in the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.