OIC: Israel killed 330 Palestinians, injures 440 in 1 day, violates sanctity of Ramadan with massacres, attacks on Mosques, bans on prayers

Admin I Tuesday, March 18, 2025

 

JEDDAH, Mecca – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC has accused Israel of violating the sanctity of the Ramadan by carrying out massacres across the Gaza Strip, attacking mosques and imposing ban on prayers which are essential elements of the Ramadan.

In a statement, the OIC said between March 11 and 17, 2025, just one day before the Israeli occupation forces ended the ceasefire agreement, witnessed violations that paved the way for Israel’s reversal of the agreement.

“The most notable of these violations was the targeting of a charity in Beit Lahia, where nine Palestinians were murdered”, the OIC said, adding that  its Media Observatory on Israeli Crimes against Palestinians monitored the last seven days before the ferocious return of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

“During that period, the OIC Observatory recorded 116 Palestinians murdered, including 79 bodies recovered from under the rubble, and 149 others injured. The number of Palestinians murdered from October 7, 2023, to March 17, 2025, has reached 49,517, and 118,741 were wounded. This is in addition to what the OIC Observatory recorded today, Tuesday, 18 March 2025, of over 330 Palestinians murdered, most of them women and children, and over 440 others injured in one of the most horrific Israeli genocidal attacks on the Gaza Strip”, OIC.

It added that for weeks, the Israeli occupation forces have completely prevented the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip and attempted to control the distribution of aid while pushing to enable an American company to carry out the mission before resuming its military aggression on Gaza.

“ This resumption of genocidal attacks has returned the situation in Gaza to the catastrophic conditions that ended on January 19, 2025, the date the ceasefire agreement entered into force. The occupation forces, in their aggression against the Gaza Strip, disregarded the sanctity of the holy month of Ramadan and continued their systematic aggression against mosques in the West Bank as well.

“They stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and evacuated its worshippers on the second Friday night of Ramadan. They continued to impose strict restrictions on the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa from within the cities and villages of the West Bank or from occupied Al-Quds itself. For the second week in a row, they also refused to hand over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron to the Palestinian Waqf administration, as is customary on Fridays during Ramadan every year. The occupation forces also blew up the main gate of Al-Nasr Mosque in the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm and subsequently searched it”, the OIC said.

During the monitored period, the number of people arrested by the occupation authorities in the West Bank reached 206 detainees in one week. The week, it said also witnessed 40 attacks by settlers on West Bank villages. Settlers burned five cars in the village of Duma in Nablus and the village of Umm Safa in Ramallah.

“Others stole a water tank, raided tents, and damaged the electricity and internet networks in the northern Jordan Valley in Tubas. Another group of settlers stole 13 heads of sheep in the town of Yatta in Hebron, while another group grazed their sheep on Palestinian lands in the northern Jordan Valley. Settlers, protected by occupation forces, stormed the archaeological site of “Banat Ya’qub” on the outskirts of Tulkarm and toured its interior.

“The number of settlement activities during the period from March 11 to 17, 2025, reached 7, the most prominent of which was the occupation forces’ legalization of the settlement outpost; “Edorim,” built on Palestinian land in Dura, which has now been transformed into a settlement.

“Meanwhile, settlers established a new settlement outpost on the summit of Mount Ras Zeid, which is affiliated with the town of Hawara. Settlers bulldozed areas of land south of the village of Qaryut in Nablus, in an attempt to seize them for settlement projects, as well as five more dunams of land north of the village of Iskaka in Salfit, next to the “Nove Nehemiah” settlement outpost. They bulldozed approximately 70 dunams of land, uprooted 80 almond olive trees, and demolished stone walls and a well for collecting rainwater in the town of Bidya in Salfit. Meanwhile, the occupation forces bulldozed Palestinian land to pave a new settlement road leading to the pastoral settlement outpost. They also uprooted 40 olive trees, and settlers set up their tents near the village of Raboud in Hebron”.

Regarding demolitions of buildings and land confiscations, the occupation forces demolished and blew up seven homes in Tulkarm, Jericho, and Qalqilya, in addition to burning six apartments in Tulkarm. They also demolished fruit and vegetable stalls in the town of Anata in Al-Quds, demolished two car showrooms in Ramallah, blew up a café in the Nur Shams refugee camp, a warehouse in Tulkarm, and an agricultural facility in Ramallah. They also bulldozed land planted with olive trees in the village of Madama. Meanwhile, the occupation forces issued a military order confiscating approximately 1,200 square meters of land in the eastern part of Qalqilya. They also confiscated a water tanker in Tubas, three bulldozers in Tulkarm, Ramallah, and Salfit, a crane and equipment belonging to the Southern Electricity Company’s maintenance crew in the town of Yatta, and a Tractor, and recreational motorcycle, in the village of Halhul in Hebron.

The occupation forces detained a medical team of the Palestinian Red Crescent, and assaulted a paramedic while he was on duty in Tulkarm camp. They also severely beat an ambulance crew, which resulted in bruises among its members. The crew was subsequently transferred to the hospital for treatment in the village of Odala in Nablus.

In just seven days, the total number of diverse Israeli crimes and violations reached 1613, ranging from mass massacres to sheep theft, and affecting various Palestinian areas.