OIC Weekly Report on Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians March 4-10

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Burning a Mosque, and Murder of 75 Palestinians. 23 Israeli violations Against 12 Mosques in the West Bank with the Advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan

Jeddah, March 11, 2025 - The Israeli occupation forces have increased their attacks on mosques in the West Bank, in a clear violation of the sanctity of the holy month of Ramadan. In the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the occupation forces confiscated loudspeakers from the Qibli prayer hall. Throughout the past week, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque has been subjected to incursions by Israeli extremists, with the total number of intruders reaching 9017 in February 2025. During the period documented by the OIC Media Observatory on Israeli Crimes against the Palestinians between March 4-10, 2025, the number of violations against the mosque reached 8, a significant increase compared to previous periods. The occupation forces prevented worshipers from performing I'tikaf in Al-Aqsa on the first Friday night of Ramadan. They also imposed strict restrictions on the entry of worshipers coming from the rest of the cities and villages of the West Bank to Jerusalem to perform the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa, and only allowed men over 55 years old, women over 50 years old, and children under 12 years old to pray in the mosque. 

The occupation authorities refused to hand over the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, including all its halls, spaces, and facilities to the Waqf Administration, as is customary on Fridays during Ramadan every year, in preparation for opening it completely to worshipers on Fridays.

The occupation forces also raided the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque, detained the imam of the mosque in the town of Burqin, raided and searched 6 other mosques, burned the Al-Nasr Mosque among them, and prevented the Fajr prayer in the Old City of Nablus. They raided the Al-Salam Mosque and destroyed its contents in the town of Beit Kahil in Hebron. 

In terms of settler attacks on mosques, settlers stormed the courtyard of the Kisan village mosque in Bethlehem, and provoked worshipers by dancing and singing. Others hung a poster on the door of the Beit Furik town mosque in Nablus that read "No Future in Palestine", while other settlers surrounded the village mosque during the evening and Tarawih prayers.

In terms of attacks on the education sector, the occupation forces raided and searched the Burqin Girls' School, and stormed a school affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Shuafat camp.

As for attacks on medical staff and hospitals, the occupation forces raided the courtyards of the government hospital in Jenin, fired sound bombs at the patients, and searched Palestinian vehicles parked in the hospital courtyard. They stopped an ambulance at the Hamra checkpoint in Jericho carrying a doctor, a man, and his wife, and released the latter two, while detaining the doctor and the ambulance driver. They raided the Ahli Hospital, and confiscated its surveillance camera recordings during the storming of Hebron. 

The OIC Observatory recorded the murder of 75 Palestinians during the period from March 4-10, 2025, 28 of whom were murdered by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, and 4 were murdered in the West Bank, with 43 Palestinians murdered being pulled out from under the rubble of the destruction in Gaza. The total number of Palestinians murdered by Israeli occupation forces from October 7, 2023, until March 10, 2025, stands at 49,337, and the number of wounded has reached 118,535.

Israel, the occupying power, announced a complete power outage in the Gaza Strip, despite having already cut off its power supply since October 7, 2023. This action reflects Israel’s emphasis on the ongoing policy of collective punishment practiced by the occupation authorities by preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and basic needs into Gaza Strip during the holy month of Ramadan.

In the West Bank, the occupation forces arrested 225 Palestinians, and demolished 17 homes in Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus, Jenin, and Tubas. They also demolished residential tents, shops, industrial facilities, and huts. They destroyed an electricity network on the outskirts of Hebron, in addition to burning a number of homes in Jenin camp. 

The occupation forces issued an order to confiscate 300 dunums of land in the village of Al-Arqa in Jenin, adjacent to the racist separation wall.

On the other hand, settlers attacked Palestinian towns and villages 36 times in the last seven days. They uprooted 100 olive trees in the village of Haris in Salfit, stole agricultural equipment, water tanks, and wooden tools in Salfit and Bethlehem, and stole two flocks of sheep in an armed robbery in the town of Al-Auja. They also cut electricity poles, which led to a power outage in a number of homes near the town of Yatta in Hebron.

Settlers cut down a number of olive trees east of the village of Rojib, and others attacked cars and damaged them in the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya in Nablus and the village of Al-Funduq in Qalqilya. They attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones in the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya in Nablus and Kafr Laqif in Qalqilya, smashing the windows of those vehicles. Finally, settlers set up two tents in the village of Jaba in Ramallah in an attempt to seize the land.

In total, the number of crimes committed by Israelis over the past 7 days has reached 1310 crimes in various parts of the Palestinian territories. – OIC News