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UN experts condemn FAO over Gaza official contract

Nineteen independent rights specialists warn that punishing staff for documenting starvation undermines the UN system and violates the agency's core mandate.

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Sally Rooney withdraws books from UK over support for banned group

Publisher Faber halts distribution after author vows to donate earnings to Palestine Action, citing unconscionable legal constraints on passing funds.

6 hours ago

Colombia opens embassy in West Jerusalem under new president

The move reverses former President Petro’s severing of ties and draws sharp condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian officials.

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ICRC warns identification of 8,000 missing in Gaza grows harder

Rescue teams face unexploded ordnance and equipment shortages while recovering remains amid destroyed medical infrastructure.

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Qatar's emir calls for accountability for genocide in Gaza

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani demands justice as Israeli attacks continue despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

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Netanyahu orders criminal probe into soldiers in Gaza documentary

The prime minister demands identification of anonymous sources and prosecution for harming state security interests through the film NAZA.

3 days ago

Green party leader seeks rule changes after Zionism vote

Zack Polanski calls for greater leadership control over strategy following a motion that equated Zionism with racism and sparked internal criticism.

3 days ago

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections to September 2027

The president cancelled the November legislative vote and combined it with a presidential poll, citing Israeli restrictions and security obstacles in Gaza and the West Bank.

5 days ago

Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for legal work

The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the South African jurist for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

5 days ago

More than 100 organizations say Gaza ceasefire exists only on paper

Groups cite continued Israeli attacks and aid restrictions one year after the agreement took effect in October 2025.

5 days ago

At least 19 settler attacks target Palestinians in West Bank

Violence includes arson, theft and assaults on farmers as commission warns of coercion tactics.

6 days ago

British consul-general to leave Jerusalem before Israeli deadline

Helen Winterton is expected to relocate to Amman as Israel enforces the shutdown of the historic consulate in East Jerusalem.

6 days ago

UK rebrands East Jerusalem consulate as mission after Israeli order

British presence shrinks to seven diplomats while Israel bans entry for twelve individuals including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

7 days ago

Thousands of Palestinians remain missing three years into Gaza war

Families face agonizing uncertainty as rights groups estimate over 11,000 people are unaccounted for amid rubble and detention.

8 days ago

Israeli war kills 263 journalists in Gaza and destroys media sector

Gaza officials report one billion dollars in losses as most surviving reporters work from displacement sites without offices or equipment.

8 days ago

Israeli forces demolish five-story building in East Jerusalem

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attended the demolition of a residential structure housing seventy Palestinians in Al-Tur neighborhood.

8 days ago

UEFA probes alleged spitting by Israeli player at Ireland coach

European body appoints inspector to examine claims of misconduct during Nations League match played behind closed doors in Serbia.

9 days ago

Israeli forces kill Palestinian and injure five in West Bank attacks

Soldiers shot a driver near Hebron while settlers assaulted olive harvesters near Jenin, injuring three others in separate violent incidents across the occupied territory on Monday.

9 days ago

French app certifies shops boycotting settlement-linked products

Gaza Friendly lists eighty businesses in France that refuse Coca-Cola and Pepsi to support Palestine.

10 days ago

Israeli strike kills four women including two Christians in Gaza

The attack on a residential building violated the ceasefire and prompted mourning from church leaders who offered condolences to the grieving families.

11 days ago

Green Party debates motion declaring Zionism a form of racism

Lubna Speitan authored the proposal as pro-Israel demonstrators protested outside the conference venue in Brighton on Saturday.

11 days ago

UN expert says Israeli checkpoints choke Palestinian life in West Bank

Francesca Albanese warns that 925 movement obstacles restrict 3.4 million people and cites infant death as human cost of arbitrary control.

12 days ago

Balad leader Abu Shehadeh to quit Knesset race after court proposal

The Supreme Court’s president said a majority of justices appeared to favour disqualifying him, and rulings on Ofer Cassif and the two main Arab lists are expected by Sunday.

13 days ago

Israeli army disputes Gaza film NAZA as it tops Italian box office

The military called the documentary on its targeting in Gaza misleading, while its makers said they had spoken to more than 100 sources.

13 days ago

Gaza media office logs 5,147 truce violations and 1,421 deaths

Only 72,826 of the 210,600 aid and reconstruction trucks due under the agreement were let in, the office said, warning of a dangerous winter for the displaced.

15 days ago

UK Considers Defying Israeli Closure Order for Jerusalem Mission

Legal advice suggests Israel lacks authority to shut East Jerusalem consulate as Foreign Secretary reviews all diplomatic options.

16 days ago

Shin Bet Files Complaint Over Report of Netanyahu UAE Visit

Netanyahu office acknowledges trip without naming destination after media broadcast details of meeting with President Al Nahyan.

16 days ago

Smotrich Urges Gaza-Style Escalation in West Bank

Finance minister calls for dismantling Palestinian Authority amid rising settler violence and movement restrictions across occupied territories.

Ben-Gvir Leads Hundreds in Al-Aqsa Incursion During Sukkot

National Security Minister declares ownership of site as Israeli forces close Old City streets and restrict Palestinian movement near the holy mosque.

Al-Aqsa Intifada Anniversary Marked Amid Rising Tensions

Hamas calls for global support as settler incursions and West Bank violence reach record levels during the commemoration.

Israel Revokes Dutch Diplomatic Status Over Settlement Ban

Dutch foreign minister calls the move unnecessary while defending temporary sanctions on goods from illegal settlements.

Raids and Settler Attacks Disrupt West Bank Olive Harvest

Military incursions and settler attacks disrupt olive picking across multiple districts, involving arrests, property damage, and forced harvest theft.

West Bank Olive Harvest Marred by Violence and Access Restrictions

Farmers face settler attacks, uprooted trees, and military barriers as the annual harvest season begins under escalating pressure.

Smotrich Urges West Bank War Mirroring Gaza Tactics

Rights experts warn the finance minister’s call to dismantle Palestinian Authority reflects ongoing policies rather than empty election promises.

Israel Committee Bans Arab Parties From Upcoming Knesset Vote

The move targets lists representing two million citizens and faces a final Supreme Court review before the October elections proceed.

Gaza Dialysis Crisis Threatens Kidney Patients Amid Supply Shortages

Fuel scarcity and missing medical consumables force patients to endure reduced treatment sessions while struggling with broken transport networks.

US-led Board of Peace excludes UNRWA from Gaza reconstruction

The decision aligns with Israeli demands and sidelines the agency despite its critical humanitarian role in the devastated territory.

Ireland to Play Israel After Squad Vote Ends Uncertainty

Players voted to proceed with the fixture in Hungary despite internal discomfort and political pressure surrounding the ongoing conflict.

Smotrich urges Gaza-style war in West Bank amid closures

Israeli finance minister calls for dismantling Palestinian Authority as military imposes week-long closure and shoots a girl.

Gaza Election Body Prepares Polling Centers Amid Security Challenges

Authorities plan up to 110 centers for 1.25 million voters despite destruction, with candidate registration already underway for the November vote.

Analysis: Civilian Harm in Gaza Used as Strategic War Tool

Report links Gaza to Ukraine and Sudan, urging sanctions and accountability to stop the erosion of international protections for non-combatants.

Police reopen probe into pepper-spray attack on boy

Journalist credits public outrage for renewed inquiry after initial closure of case involving Armenian child in Jerusalem.

Army Takes Al-Mughayr House as Base Again

Troops occupy Ahmed Nael Haj Mohammad home north of Ramallah for second time recently.

Fuel Crisis Cripples Gaza Hospitals Amid Ongoing Conflict

Severe fuel shortages force medical staff to ration power, threatening lives in neonatal units and halting critical care services across the strip.

UN Adds 61 Firms to Settlement Database

The updated list now includes 214 companies linked to illegal activities in occupied Palestinian territory.

Israel Committee Bars Main Arab Lists From Upcoming Parliamentary Vote

Supreme Court review looms as critics cite double standards regarding far-right ministers who remain eligible despite international sanctions.

Activists Plan Silent Vigil at Labour Conference to Challenge Ban

Defend Our Juries calls for lifting the terror designation on Palestine Action during Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first party gathering in Liverpool.

Gaza Elections Ignore Palestinian Reality Under Siege

Israeli political factions unite on military control while excluding two million Palestinians from democratic processes affecting their survival.

Huckabee Blames Biblical Illiteracy for US Shift on Israel

The ambassador attributes declining American support to disinformation and a lack of religious knowledge amid rising criticism.

UNCTAD Reports Gaza Economy Near Total Collapse After War

Reconstruction needs reach $71.5 billion as productive sectors face unprecedented devastation and unemployment soars to record highs in the enclave.

Israel Blocks Wheelchairs for Injured Gaza Children

Over 900 custom mobility aids remain stuck in Jordan as COGAT denies entry, worsening conditions for thousands of amputee youth in the strip.

Fuel Crisis Halts Critical Care at Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza

Newborns and sick children face grave risks as generator failures force the suspension of vital medical departments due to severe supply shortages.

Settlers Cut Water Lines in Masafer Yatta Amid Escalating Demolitions

Israeli settlers and army forces repeatedly damage infrastructure, forcing 1,600 families to rely on expensive tanks while demolitions displace hundreds.

Gaza Recovery Plan Faces Political and Security Hurdles

A new six-month blueprint outlines initial steps for rebuilding, but ongoing violence and governance questions complicate implementation.

Civilians Hurt in Zawayda Strike as Gaza Faces Intense Fire

Israeli drones and ground units target central and southern areas while artillery hits Khan Younis on Friday.

Israeli Player Red Carded for Gun Gesture Celebration

Sayed Abu Farchi received a second yellow card after simulating a shooting motion with a corner flag during the UEFA Nations League match against Austria.

Over 100 Arrested in New York Protests Against Netanyahu

Demonstrators blocked streets near the UN headquarters to demand accountability for Gaza and an end to US military support during the Israeli Prime Minister's address.

Guardian and mk2 Films Announce Global Release of NAZA Documentary

The film examines Israeli military targeting systems in Gaza and will stream free online after its theatrical run across more than fifty territories worldwide.

UK Universities Coordinated With Arms Maker on Protest Responses

Documents reveal thirteen institutions discussed security strategies with BAE Systems to manage student demonstrations against military partnerships.

EU Chief Warns West Bank Crisis Threatens Two-State Solution

António Costa cites settler violence and illegal settlements as daily threats to peace prospects in occupied territories.

Settlers Torch Vehicles and Block Roads in West Bank

Attacks in Ramallah and Hebron areas include arson, racist graffiti, and road closures that restrict Palestinian movement.

Kraft Drops Macklemore From Sheeran Tour Over Palestine Stance

The Patriots owner cited hate speech concerns after the rapper voiced support for Gaza, prompting solidarity exits and donation pledges.

Gaza Nursing Students Pledge Hope Amid University Ruins

Seven hundred students in white coats swear professional oath at Islamic University, symbolizing resilience and commitment to rebuilding healthcare.

Billionaire Pressure Silences Pro-Palestine Speech on US Tour

Public backlash follows Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore after Robert Kraft labeled his Gaza solidarity remarks as hate speech during a New Jersey concert.

King Abdullah Blames Global Inaction for Permanent Israeli Policies

Jordanian monarch warns UN that managing conflict allows settlement expansion and displacement to erase Palestinian life in Gaza and West Bank.

Katz Threatens Gaza City Evacuation Over Hostage Capture

Minister warns of destroying homes if Israelis are taken, raising legal concerns.

Israeli Forces Raid West Bank, Abduct Dozens and Demolish Homes

Soldiers and settlers invaded multiple towns, destroying property and detaining residents across the occupied territories on Wednesday.

Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Villages, Arrest Palestinians

Troops searched homes and damaged property in multiple areas while detaining residents during early morning operations across the occupied territory.

Erdogan Condemns Israel and UN Failure at General Assembly

Turkish president labels Gaza a concentration camp while criticizing the United Nations for failing to ensure global peace and stability.

Netanyahu Clashes With NYC Mayor Over Gaza War Crimes Label

The Israeli prime minister accused Zohran Mamdani of supporting Hamas after the mayor called him a war criminal ahead of the UN visit.

Israeli Raid Paralyzes Life in Biddu Northwest of Jerusalem

Mass detentions and house searches follow a shooting incident, leaving residents confined and local institutions closed amid heightened military pressure.

Israel Orders Vegetation Removal from West Bank Land

Military directives target agricultural areas in Jenin and Ramallah with short deadlines for compliance and objections by landowners.

Siege Stunts Growth of Gaza Children Amid Severe Malnutrition Crisis

Doctors report rising cases of irreversible developmental damage as blockade restricts essential nutrition and medical supplies for displaced families.

Al-Wafaa Hospital Halts Key Services Due to Fuel Lack

The facility joins Kuwait Specialty Hospital in cutting care due to severe diesel shortages and lack of maintenance supplies.

Israel Halts Gaza Patient Exits for Second Day Citing Holidays

Health Ministry urges global pressure as crossings close and waiting list grows amid strict Israeli restrictions on medical travel.

Gaza Blames Israel for Al-Saada Collapse Killing 21

Officials cite a 2023 strike as the cause, rejecting Israeli denials and warning of further risks.

Groups Urge Global Action for Gaza Detainees in Israeli Custody

Activists demand international intervention to reveal missing prisoners and secure release of bodies held by Israel.

Violence Persists in Lebanon and Gaza Despite Ceasefire Agreements

Israeli forces conduct raids in southern Lebanon while four Palestinians are killed in Gaza, raising the total death toll significantly since October.

Soldiers testify officer executed elderly Palestinian woman in Rafah

According to the testimony, the officer shot a frail detainee after a phone call and cited orders from a superior who was later promoted.

Regional Tensions Rise Amid Drone Downings and Gaza Demolitions

Iran intercepts US drone while Gaza plans demolitions after deadly collapse in besieged enclave.

Israeli Fire Kills Three Palestinians Across Gaza Strip

Health Ministry reports twenty-one wounded as attacks continue despite ceasefire violations and ongoing humanitarian crises in the enclave.

Sheeran calls Gaza war unjustifiable amid tour controversy

The singer apologized for recent decisions while condemning Israeli actions in Gaza during his first solo performance after opening acts were removed.

US Moves to Sanction ICC Amid Ongoing Gaza Conflict

Washington plans financial restrictions on the court while new reports detail injuries to civilians in multiple Palestinian camps.

West Bank Sees Surge in Raids and Colonizer Violence

Israeli forces and colonizers intensified attacks across occupied territories, abducting residents and injuring Palestinians during widespread military invasions.

Settlers Attack Palestinians in West Bank as US Prepares ICC Sanctions

Violence escalates north of Hebron while Washington moves to penalize the court over warrants issued for Israeli leaders.

Films and Reports Expose Systematic Erasure of Palestinian Presence

New documentary Naza sparks fierce debate while international bodies document displacement and violence in Gaza and the West Bank.

Netanyahu Visits Western Wall as Forces Detain Palestinians

Israeli troops raid a West Bank village and hold twenty-seven people while thousands gather in Jerusalem for religious observances.

Gaza Families Trapped in Rubble as Collapsing Buildings Kill

Displaced Palestinians inhabit ruined structures due to shelter shortages, facing deadly risks from structural failures and harsh winter weather.

Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Compound Amid Rising Tensions

Israeli forces protect settlers performing rituals as warnings grow over attempts to change the holy site status quo.

Herzog Erases Record of Soldier Who Killed Wounded Palestinian

The Israeli president cleared Elor Azaria’s record despite military opposition and lack of remorse, ending a decade-long controversy over the Hebron shooting.

Gaza Students Return to Class in Tents After Three Years

Children resume studies in makeshift spaces with scarce resources as the new academic year begins under a dual education plan.

Netanyahu and settlers enter Al-Aqsa area for rituals

Israeli prime minister joins thousands at Western Wall plaza while settlers perform prohibited rites near the holy mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.

Senator Halts $2.8 Billion Arms Deal to Israel Over Civilian Fears

Top Democrat delays transfer of 40,000 heavy munitions citing unresolved fears about civilian harm and regional escalation.

Settlers Detain Palestinians in West Bank and Storm Jerusalem Plaza

Israeli settlers cut water lines and attacked activists while thousands performed rituals near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Attacks across the strip killed a health official's son and a child, raising the death toll since the October 2025 truce began.

West Bank Raids See Mass Detentions and Infrastructure Damage

Soldiers and settlers invaded towns, cut water lines, and abducted residents across multiple governorates during dawn operations on Saturday.

Harvard Press Book Frames Palestine Within Global Genocide History

Dana Walrath's new illustrated work links Gaza war to Nakba, analyzing dehumanization through ten historical cases of systematic destruction and displacement.

Gaza Students Resume Studies in Tents Amid Destruction

Half a million pupils begin the academic year in makeshift spaces as the ministry urges global aid for housing and school repairs.

Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Son of Health Ministry chief Basir al-Bursh dies in strike as Israeli forces continue attacks across northern and central regions.

Gaza Students Return to Tent Classrooms Amid Soaring Costs

Families face inflated prices for supplies while children study in makeshift shelters lacking basic amenities during the new academic term.

Gaza Families Face Soaring Costs as School Season Begins Amid Crisis

Parents struggle with inflated prices for supplies while children lose traditional rituals and attend classes in makeshift tents instead of proper schools.

Journalist Alaa al-Rimawi Detained in West Bank Raids

Israeli forces detained the reporter and conducted widespread searches across multiple governorates, arresting dozens of Palestinians.

Palestinian Doctor Revives Ornamental Bird Breeding Passion

Walid Farrajah combines medical expertise with poultry care, sharing knowledge through local clubs and international networks to elevate breeding standards.

Palestinian Woman Gives Birth in Israeli Prison, Sparking Alarm

Dana Joudeh’s delivery in custody highlights fears for other pregnant detainees facing harsh conditions and medical neglect.

US Bars Palestinian UN Delegation as UK Warns Settlers

Washington extends visa curbs on PLO officials while London cautions British citizens in West Bank settlements about potential new sanctions.

Israel Tenders All 3,401 Units for Controversial E1 Settlement Plan

New bids open October 25 for housing in strategic corridor, raising fears of West Bank fragmentation and isolation of East Jerusalem from its surroundings.

US Extends Visa Ban on Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN Assembly

Palestinian foreign ministry rejects the move, saying it undermines peace efforts and the two-state solution while blocking travel to New York.

Gaza Building Collapse Exposes Deadly Shelter Dilemma

Al-Saada tragedy highlights impossible choice between crumbling ruins and unlivable tents for displaced families.

Israeli Army Warns of Budget Gap to Sustain Three Fronts

Military officials tell Netanyahu government that billions in shekels are needed to maintain security lines across Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon.

Forces and Settlers Attack Palestinians Across Occupied West Bank

Soldiers and settlers conduct raids, abductions, and violent assaults in multiple districts, injuring residents and damaging property throughout the region.

Netanyahu Vows to Destroy Hezbollah as UN Backs Palestinian Access

Israeli prime minister launches campaign while global assembly rejects US visa ban on Palestinian delegation for upcoming New York session.

Trump Plans $2.8 Billion Bomb Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Ceasefire

The package includes 40,000 heavy bombs financed by US funds despite ongoing Palestinian casualties and international criticism over civilian harm.

Palestinians Face First Vote in 20 Years Amid Deep Youth Skepticism

Legislative elections set for November 28 face apathy as young voters doubt political processes can address existential crises or past grievances.

Eisenkot Tops Netanyahu in Suitability as Blocs Face Deadlock

Opposition leader holds nine-point advantage while governing coalition projects narrow parliamentary lead ahead of October elections.

Gaza Coalition Warns of Building Collapses

Tribes urge global action as unsafe structures threaten thousands amid winter approach.

Netanyahu seeks to revoke citizenship of army critics

The prime minister plans two new bills targeting those who speak against soldiers following a controversial documentary release.

Israeli Forces Arrest Dozens Including Journalist in West Bank Raids

Raids across occupied territories injure two Palestinians while settlers set fire to agricultural land near Ramallah amid escalating military operations.

Israeli Forces Arrest Journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi in West Bank Raid

Troops detain dozens across occupied territories while settlers burn agricultural land near Ramallah amid escalating military operations.

US Blocks Abbas from UN Visit as Visa Sanctions Extend

Washington bars Palestinian leadership from New York for second year, citing reform failures and actions that undermine peace prospects with Israel.

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody amid West Bank raid

US extends visa sanctions on Palestinian officials while a youth is injured by live fire during an Israeli military operation in Al-Bireh city.

Gaza Electricity Crisis Costs Livelihoods and Missed Flights

Power shortages disrupt daily life, forcing residents to pay high costs for basic needs while businesses struggle with spoilage and lost income.

West Bank Settlement Plans Surge in 2026

Over eighteen thousand units advanced across occupied territories as planning activity intensifies significantly during recent months.

Israel Expands Settlement Near Jerusalem Amid Western Sanctions

The move confiscates Palestinian land to merge outposts, aiming to split the West Bank and isolate Jerusalem from surrounding territories.

16 Killed as Damaged Gaza Building Collapses on Displaced

Rescue teams battle severe equipment shortages to reach nearly one hundred people trapped under rubble in western Gaza City.

Trump plans $2.8bn bomb sale to Israel

The package includes 40,000 heavy munitions, sparking bipartisan criticism over civilian risks in Gaza and Lebanon.

Israeli airstrike kills two in Gaza's Al-Mawasi

An eight-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack on makeshift tents left at least fourteen others injured in the southern area.

PRCS Warns of Gaza Health Collapse Amid Fuel Crisis

Severe shortages of fuel and medicine threaten hospitals as casualties rise despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

US Plans Bomb Sale as Scholar Labels Israel Child Killers

Washington prepares a massive arms transfer while Norman Finkelstein condemns Israeli society in a viral interview with Tucker Carlson.

MSF Bus Struck in Gaza City Injuring One Staff Member

The humanitarian group condemned the attack on its clearly marked vehicle as a blatant disregard for safety amid ongoing violence.

Lawyers Criticize UK Sanctions as Galilee Protests Grow

Legal experts say British measures fall short while Palestinians resist a new settler outpost in northern Israel.

Filmmaker Honors Palestinian Journalists at Venice Festival

Yuval Abraham credits reporters for documenting systemic killings in Gaza despite suppression and a high death toll among media workers.

Protests erupt in Galilee town against new settler outpost

Residents of Majd al-Krum mobilize daily to remove tents erected by West Bank settlers on state land leased for livestock herding.

MSF Bus Hit in Gaza City Strike, One Worker Injured

The medical charity condemns the attack on its clearly marked vehicle carrying ten humanitarian staff members during ongoing operations.

WHO to halt diesel for Gaza hospitals amid funding gap

Health officials warn that stopping fuel will spoil vaccines and shut down intensive care units in the besieged enclave.

Israel Vows to Revoke Citizenship of NAZA Documentary Directors

Filmmakers face severe state backlash after exposing military use of artificial intelligence systems in Gaza during Venice Film Festival premiere.

Jerusalem Warns of Push to Alter Al-Aqsa Religious Reality

Officials cite organized rituals at Mercy Gate as part of strategy to establish permanent Jewish prayer presence near holy site.

Activists Occupy British Museum; French TV Censors Actress

Protests target museum sponsors linked to settlements while France removes a programme after an actress accused the state of complicity in Gaza.

Gaza power grid suffers $977m loss as war destroys 85% of network

Widespread infrastructure damage leaves residents without reliable electricity, deepening the humanitarian crisis and hindering essential services across the strip.

Activists occupy British Museum over settlement sponsor ties

Protesters demand end to BP partnership and transparency on billionaire funding linked to illegal West Bank settlements during tapestry exhibition opening.

UK, Canada, France Sanction Israeli Settlements

London targets settlement goods and firms but excludes state entities, raising doubts about enforcement efficacy.

Violence Escalates in West Bank and Gaza Amid Rising Casualties

Israeli forces injure Palestinians in Hebron while strikes in Gaza City wound ten others near a hospital camp.

Israel Advances 153 Settlement Plans in West Bank During 2026

Palestinian commission reports over 18,000 housing units targeted in occupied territories since January.

WHO to halt diesel supplies to Gaza hospitals amid funding crisis

More than twenty facilities face paralysis as fuel support ends, threatening lives of patients in intensive care and operating rooms across the enclave.

Rights Group Says Israel Holds 37 Palestinian Journalists

Nineteen detainees face administrative imprisonment without charge as authorities intensify arrests and harsh confinement measures across occupied territories.

Minister Threatens Citizenship Revocation Over Gaza Documentary

Culture chief targets filmmakers who exposed AI targeting systems used in the war on Gaza.

Seventeen Bodies Retrieved From Gaza Rubble by Civil Defense

Searches continue in Gaza City and Nuseirat despite limited machinery under the current ceasefire agreement terms.

West Bank sees surge in military raids and settler violence

Israeli forces abducted Palestinians and demolished facilities while settlers attacked farmers across multiple governorates, causing injuries and economic harm to local communities.

Gaza Designer Crafts Garden Oasis for Joy Amid War Ruins

Imad Al-Aqqad transforms small spaces into havens of hope, urging global support to expand his creative projects for residents seeking normalcy.

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Over 1,200 Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Amid Tightened Palestinian Access

Israeli police facilitate settler rituals at the holy site while banning hundreds of Palestinians from entering during the Jewish holiday season.

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Beit Ummar Farmers Face Settler Attacks Water Shortages Rising Costs

Farmers in Beit Ummar struggle to maintain livelihoods due to settler violence limited water access rising input costs and weak market protection

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Water Cutoff Isolates 47 Families in Northern Jordan Valley

Israeli forces severed pipelines and blocked roads, forcing residents to walk kilometers for basic needs while livestock face dehydration.

Israeli Forces Demolish Home in Battir Village West of Bethlehem

Soldiers also broke into a residence and occupied its rooftop during the raid.

Israeli Strike Kills Family of Four in Northern Gaza

Attacks continue across the enclave despite the ceasefire, injuring others and damaging homes in multiple areas.

UK to extend settlement sanctions to East Jerusalem and Golan

British measures targeting illegal settlements will expand to include occupied Syrian territory and annexed Jerusalem areas following sustained diplomatic pressure.

Israeli Forces Abduct 28 Palestinians in West Bank Raids

Soldiers detained journalists and civilians across multiple governorates while settlers attacked agricultural lands near Ramallah on Thursday.

Jerusalem Child Sentenced to Prison Amid Rising Detentions

Ismail Muammar al-Khatib received a forty-five day term as rights groups report hundreds of minors held in Israeli facilities without clear charges.

King's College London Reinstates Suspended Pro-Palestine Student

Usama Ghanem returns to complete his degree after a year-long legal battle over disciplinary action and visa revocation linked to campus activism.

UN Warns of Sharp Rise in Demolitions in Masafer Yatta

Recent Israeli actions displaced nearly sixty Palestinians, half of them children, as international officials assess urgent humanitarian needs in the southern West Bank.

Israeli documentary on Gaza AI targeting earns 25-minute ovation

Filmmakers reveal military testimony on automated killing systems in new Venice Film Festival entry.

UN Warns Gaza Aid Shortages Deepen Amid Funding Crisis

Restrictions and funding gaps leave humanitarian stocks critically low as winter approaches for displaced families.

UK Bans Settlement Trade as KCL Reinstates Activist

Britain targets illegal occupation commerce while London university ends disciplinary action against a prominent pro-Palestine student campaigner.

Gaza doctors warn of permanent stunting in children due to famine

Medical staff at Nasser Hospital report rising cases of impaired growth, fearing long-term cognitive and physical damage from prolonged malnutrition.

Taybeh Plans US Civil Suits Against Settlers and Supporters

The town seeks accountability in American courts as residents face escalating violence, land seizures, and restricted access to agricultural areas in the West Bank.

Israeli Strike Kills Gaza Family of Four Amid Ceasefire Violations

A couple and their two daughters died in Beit Lahia as attacks continued across the strip despite the truce.

Syria, Kuwait Condemn Netanyahu's Visit to Occupied Mount Hermon

Damascus and Kuwait denounce the Israeli prime minister's incursion as a violation of sovereignty while Jerusalem asserts absolute control over the strategic area.

Netanyahu Sues Haaretz Over UAE Warning Report

Prime minister calls article sinister libel while forces bar Palestinians from entering Beit Iksa village near Jerusalem.

Nauru Opens Embassy in Occupied Jerusalem

The Pacific nation becomes the ninth entity to establish a diplomatic mission in the city despite global opposition.

Hamas Commander Killed in Gaza as West Bank Raids Continue

Farah Hamed died in an Israeli strike while forces raided Tuqu and fired near Jabalia camp.

Bennett Labels Settler Arson Against Palestinians as Jewish Terrorism

Former Israeli Prime Minister condemns nationalist violence against civilians ahead of upcoming general election in October.

Netanyahu to sue Haaretz over UAE warning claims

Prime minister denies report of prior Hamas alert and blames political rivals for alleged election interference.

Over 1,000 Violations Hit West Bank Bedouins in August

A rights group documents shootings, demolitions and settler assaults that intensify pressure on rural communities across the occupied territory.

Palestinian Prisoners Face Severe Neglect in Negev Detention Center

A new report details harsh conditions, medical denial, and food shortages affecting thousands of detainees held without charge or trial in Israeli facilities.

Twelve Nations Announce Trade Curbs on Israeli Colony Goods

Britain, France and Canada lead new restrictions while Israel closes British consulate in East Jerusalem in sharp diplomatic retaliation.

Israel Orders British Consulate in East Jerusalem to Close

The move follows UK sanctions on settlement goods and accusations of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Amnesty Welcomes UK Ban on Settlement Trade

Rights group urges London to halt military deals and end support for occupation.

EU backs sanctions as West Bank deaths hit 100 this year

Kaja Kallas confirms unity on illegality while violence escalates in occupied territories with four new fatalities reported recently.

Israel Orders Closure of British Consulate in East Jerusalem

The move follows UK sanctions on settlement goods and accusations of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank territory.

Israeli Forces Kill Two, Abduct Dozens in West Bank Raids

Military invasions across the occupied territories resulted in deaths, mass detentions, and property destruction while settlers escalated attacks on residents.

US Rejects Sanctions as Turkey Backs Trade Ban on Settlements

Washington declines to join European allies while Ankara urges broader international action against occupation policies in the occupied territories.

Israeli Forces Raid Anata and Shu’fat, Detaining Dozens

Military vehicles seal entrances, damage water lines, and impose curfew on eighty thousand residents in northeast occupied Jerusalem.

US Rejects UK Settlement Sanctions Amid Regional Tensions

Rubio declines to mirror British trade ban while urging calm in the West Bank during a fragile period for the wider Middle East region.

UK Bans Goods From Israeli Settlements in West Bank

Britain joins France and Canada in restricting trade to confront expansion threatening Palestinian statehood.

UN Warns of War Crimes in Syria as Oxfam Pushes UK on Settlements

The UN flags Israeli detentions in Syria while Oxfam urges London to expand its new trade ban on illegal settlements.

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in Aqraba Siege

Soldiers besieged a home, used anti-tank grenades, and withheld the body of Abdul-Karim Khader after demolishing parts of the structure.

UK Prepares Trade Ban on Goods From West Bank Settlements

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to present measures targeting illegal settlement expansion and financing to preserve two-state solution prospects.

Israeli Ministers Urge Sanctions on Britain Over Falklands Dispute

Ben Gvir and Smotrich demand recognition of Argentine sovereignty as London prepares settlement trade ban.

Ben-Gvir Pushes Gaza Displacement and Al-Aqsa Control

The minister outlines a mass emigration plan while vowing to tighten Israeli grip on the holy site in occupied Jerusalem.

Gaza Couple Separated by Prison Then Killed in Strike

Ramzi Abu Rida spent fifteen years in Israeli prisons before marrying his cousin Sumaya, only to be killed four years later in an Israeli strike.

Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Health Ministry reports rising casualties and severe medical shortages as attacks continue across the strip despite the October agreement.

Activists Fly Kites in Europe to Support Gaza Children

Demonstrations in Netherlands and Britain counter Israeli threats by reclaiming kites as symbols of childhood joy.

UN Chief: Over 1,300 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Since Ceasefire

Volker Turk urges halting arms exports and ending business ties with settlements to ensure accountability.

Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Death Toll Surpasses 73,000

Israeli strikes and raids continue across Gaza and West Bank, with settlers restricting land access in Jordan Valley areas.

Palestinian Killed After Stabbing Incident Near Nablus

Israeli forces killed a suspect following an attack that wounded a colonizer, escalating violence in the northern occupied West Bank.

Israeli Airstrike Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza City

A child was reported to be among the dead in western Gaza as overall death toll continues to rise significantly.

Six-Year-Old Girl Killed by Drone on First School Day

Wafa Akila and her father died in an Israeli strike west of Gaza City, marking another violation of the October ceasefire agreement.

PNN Launches Accountability Program Highlighting Citizen Needs

New show tracks emergency services, water shortages, demolitions and disability care through field reports and expert analysis.

Adidas Faces Boycott Over Israeli Soldier Ad Amid Gaza Crisis

Critics condemn the sportswear giant for highlighting a former soldier while Palestinian children face unprecedented amputation rates in Gaza.

Huckabee Visits Turmus Ayya, Labels Settler Violence Terrorism

The US ambassador condemned attacks as crimes while using biblical terms for the territory and blaming Hamas for stalled Gaza peace efforts.

Gaza Buries 100 Victims Recovered From Rubble After Long Wait

Civil defense crews recover remains from destroyed buildings as families mourn children and relatives trapped beneath ruins for months or years.

Gaza Families Bury 100 Loved Ones Recovered From Rubble

Relatives mourn victims from Zeitoun neighborhood after Civil Defense crews retrieve remains from destroyed homes following long delays.

Israeli Raids Injure Two in West Bank, Kill Two in Lebanon

Forces detain nine Palestinians in Tubas while a strike on Arab Salim follows evacuation warnings issued by the military spokesperson earlier today.

Israeli Forces Shoot Two Palestinians in West Bank Raids

Soldiers injured a child and a man with live fire while abducting residents across multiple cities during early Sunday military invasions.

Gaza Mourns 100 Victims as New Attacks Injure Seven Palestinians

A mass funeral was held for recovered bodies while fresh strikes injured displaced families in multiple areas across the strip.

Gaza Children Launch Media Channel From Displacement Tents

Young presenters in Al-Mawasi use improvised studios to share their own stories and reclaim narrative agency amid war.

Soldiers eject detained Palestinian from vehicle after beating

Rights group shares footage of man thrown onto ground near Al-Mughayyir village as military jeep drives away without providing aid.

Guardian links WCK killings to Israeli association policy

Investigation reveals drone strikes on aid convoy reflected systematic military doctrine rather than isolated operational error in Gaza.

Lebanon toll rises as soldier abuse video emerges

Health ministry updates casualty figures while rights group shares footage of a detained Palestinian man being thrown from a military vehicle.

UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite Ceasefire

Twenty-four Palestinians killed in five days as UN rejects Israeli justifications for ongoing strikes.

Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Gaza as Lebanon Death Toll Surges

Health ministries report rising casualties in Gaza and Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli military operations across both regions.

US envoy urges severe consequences for West Bank settler violence

Mike Huckabee meets victims in Turmus Ayya and demands Israeli government guarantee safety without directly criticizing state actions.

Israeli Triathletes Excluded From Derry Cup After Local Club Objection

The North West Triathlon Club opposed the participation, citing Palestinian suffering and rejecting normality in sport during the ongoing war on Gaza.

Gaza Recovers 55 Bodies of One Family From Zeytoun Rubble

Civil defence teams searched for three days to find the Malka family victims who sought refuge there two years ago during bombing.

Israel Seizes Land in Qabatia for Military Road

Order targets plots near Noa outpost, raising fears of annexation through infrastructure.

Kristof Labels West Bank Actions Ethnic Cleansing Amid Rising Violence

The columnist criticized settler blockades while new reports detail military raids, land seizures, and property vandalism across the occupied territories.

UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite Ceasefire

Twenty-four Palestinians were killed in recent Israeli attacks, prompting the UN to demand accountability and an end to ongoing violence.

Iran Claims US-Israel Defeat; Kristof Cites Ethnic Cleansing

Tehran says adversaries failed war goals while a columnist condemns settler violence and demolitions in the occupied West Bank villages.

Gaza Health Crisis Deepens Amid Severe Medicine Shortages

Critical drug deficits and destroyed infrastructure threaten thousands of patients with chronic illnesses across the enclave.

Army Blocks Aid to Besieged Qusra Families

Israeli forces prevent activists from delivering supplies while settler violence escalates across the occupied West Bank territory.

Israeli Ministers Unveil Plan to Displace 1.86 Million Gazans

Ben-Gvir and Katz propose structured expulsion framework, demanding new ministry and billions in funding to remove most of Gaza's population over seven years.

Detained Gaza doctor reports ongoing abuse by Israeli prison guards

Physicians for Human Rights states Hussam Abu Safiya faces beatings and threats while held without charge since late 2024.

Amnesty: Israel Seizes West Bank Land to Link Settlements

Confiscation orders in Jenin target Area A, aiming to connect planned settlements and isolate Palestinian communities from neighboring governorates.

Polls Show Deadlock in Israeli Election Race Ahead of October Vote

Surveys indicate neither bloc can form a government, with Eisenkot leading Netanyahu in prime minister preference ratings.

Israeli Forces Abduct Dozens Across West Bank Amid Escalating Raids

Soldiers detain Palestinians in multiple governorates while colonizers attack property and inaugurate a new settlement south of Bethlehem.

US House passes bill penalizing universities for Israel boycotts

The legislation targets institutions restricting student travel or supporting BDS movements, sending a strong political message from Washington.

Gazans Rebuild Homes Using Mud and Rubble Amid Blockade

Palestinians in Gaza use clay and salvaged materials to construct shelters as Israel blocks conventional building supplies.

Gaza Sewage Crisis Deepens as Treatment Plants Halt

Untreated wastewater flows into the sea daily while access to networks drops sharply.

Groups Urge Congress to Drop US-Israel Tech Pact

Fifty-six rights groups warn that deeper military integration endangers American interests and normalizes violations in Gaza.

Four activists appeal UK terror sentences for arms factory raid

Legal team argues convictions violate human rights as families warn of decades of state scrutiny following unprecedented ruling.

Settler Hikes in Qira Signal Looming Land Grab Threat

Armed groups tour West Bank village, marking sites as precursor to expansion and violence.

Two Palestinians Killed in Settler Attack Near Ramallah

Israeli forces protected colonizers who stormed Al-Mughayyir village, killing two youths and detaining relatives amid wider West Bank raids.

Iran warns of retaliation if Israel attacks Lebanon ridge

Tehran sent message via Oman as settlers escalate West Bank incursions.

Netanyahu Vows to Overthrow Iranian Regime Amid Gaza Gains

The Israeli prime minister declared satisfaction with military progress while directing state systems toward regime change in Tehran.

Two Palestinians Killed in Northern Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Israeli forces opened fire in Beit Lahia and targeted Kamal Adwan Hospital, wounding several others as truce breaches continued across the strip.

Israeli Forces Intensify Attacks Across Gaza Despite Ceasefire

Military vehicles and naval units target displaced families while casualties mount amid ongoing violations of the truce agreement.

Katz Advocates Gaza Depopulation as Sole Path to Resolution

Israeli minister claims US has frozen but not canceled plans for Palestinian displacement despite ceasefire terms.

Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid

Israeli forces and settlers shot two youths in al-Mughayyir village north of Ramallah on Wednesday evening.

Gaza Aid Mismatch Leaves Displaced Families With Unwanted Staples

Repeated distribution of limited food items fails to meet urgent nutritional and household needs of over 1.2 million Palestinians facing crisis-level insecurity.

Gaza Wounded Protest for Medical Evacuation Access

Patients demand border reopening as delays risk limbs and lives amid destroyed healthcare system in the enclave.

Study: Parks Used to Alter Palestinian Land Identity

Research paper argues green spaces obscure village remains and reshape historical memory in occupied areas.

WHO warns Gaza health risks will worsen with winter rains

Water contamination and disease cases rise sharply as cold weather threatens displaced populations in overcrowded camps.

Volunteers Salvage Gaza's Ancient Heritage From Rubble Amid War

Heritage Guardians use bare hands to rescue artifacts while officials condemn the removal of treasures to France as theft rather than protection.

Gaza Water Crisis Deepens as Infrastructure Collapses

Daily water production has plummeted, leaving residents with scarce supplies and facing severe contamination risks from damaged sewage systems.

PNN Launches Safety Training for Journalists in Palestine

The two-day workshop equips media workers and activists with skills to operate safely in hostile environments amid rising threats.

Israeli Forces Violate Gaza Ceasefire with Shelling and Arrests

Naval units detain ten fishermen while artillery strikes hit multiple areas across the strip on Tuesday.

Groups Say Israel Hides Fate of Gaza Detainees

Organizations report thousands remain cut off from families and lawyers while bodies are withheld from relatives for burial.

Israel Warns UK of Retaliation Over Potential Settlement Sanctions

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar threatens countermeasures if Britain bans goods from West Bank settlements under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

New Project Boosts Rights for Disabled Women in Aida Camp

Al-Noor Association launches four-year initiative with UN partners to support marginalized women and girls with disabilities in Bethlehem refugee camps.

UN Warns of Civilian Risks Amid Ongoing Gaza Strikes

Aid shortages and continued attacks hinder flood preparations as casualties rise despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement in the strip.

Israeli Forces Escalate Gaza Attacks and Detain Ten Fishermen

Violations continue across the Strip with shelling and gunfire while naval units capture fishermen off the coast.

Settlers Torch Mosque Near Nablus in West Bank Escalation

Ministry condemns arson at Noureddin Zenki Mosque as settler violence surges across occupied territories with thousands of recorded attacks.

Three Farmers Killed in Israeli Strike Near Gaza Yellow Line

Abdeen cousins died tending crops east of al-Qarara, leaving families grieving lost harvests and livelihoods amid ongoing agricultural dangers.

UNRWA Cuts Deepen Crisis for Gaza Refugees

Restricted access and funding shortfalls force the agency to reduce essential healthcare and aid services for displaced Palestinians.

Palestinian Churches Urged to Build Economic Infrastructure for Stay

With Christian numbers falling sharply, experts call for coordinated institutional action to make remaining in the homeland a viable choice for families.

Ben-Gvir Storms Al-Aqsa Compound With Settlers

The Israeli minister performed rituals and called for a temple, violating the historical status quo arrangement at Islam's third-holiest site.

Gaza Families Demand Truth on Missing Loved Ones

Mothers gather at ICRC office to mark International Day of Enforced Disappearance, urging global action.

Ben-Gvir Prays at Al-Aqsa Compound Under Police Guard

The Israeli minister entered the holy site with settlers, declaring plans for a temple and violating the long-standing status quo arrangement.

Air strikes on a crowd and a car kill five in Gaza City

Two people died near a municipal park where displaced families have been sleeping, three more in a vehicle in Tal al-Hawa. The army said both attacks were aimed at fighters and offered no evidence.

Gaza's wounded ask who decides which patients get to leave

They have gathered outside the Nasser Medical Complex most Sundays for about eight months. Monday's demand was not for speed but for the criteria: tell us how the evacuation list is ordered.

Woman in the Damon prison video is held without charge

Her family recognised Hanaa Tahaineh, 49, by her weight loss. She has scabies and no treatment, her husband says, and was arrested a week before he was released.

Killings of Palestinians in Israel reach 254 as most go unsolved

Israel broke up its big Jewish crime organisations after 2003. In Palestinian communities, where police clear fewer than one killing in five, the groups have since reached into town halls.

Prisoners' groups: Gaza detainees' fate hidden for a third year

Israel's prison service lists 1,358 Gazans as "unlawful combatants". The death in custody of the journalist Ehab Diab came to light only after a petition to Israel's Supreme Court.

Gaza hospital director held 600 days without charge or trial

Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in December 2024. Amnesty International has renewed its demand for his release, and 800 British medics wrote to the foreign secretary in July.

Settlers seize a British activist; Israel orders him deported

Finn Joughin was locked in a shed at Umm al-Khair before being handed to police, his lawyer said, and the men who took him were not questioned.

Four shot at al-Mughayyir, then forces seal the village entrance

Settlers came at houses on the western side under army cover, it was reported, and by late evening accounts put the wounded at seven.

37.5 dunams seized at Beitunia to enlarge an army site

The land falls in basins where registration was never completed, and possession of it passes to an Israeli defence ministry official for 60 days.

Calls to investigate 40 Israeli soldiers who ran in Sydney

Campaigners say Australia's own visa rules allow entry to be refused over suspected involvement in war crimes, and want to know how the rules were applied here.

Israeli police re-enter Qalandia centre two days after withdrawal

The refugee agency puts more than $5m of equipment at stake at a site that was being readied to take in 340 students next week.

South Africa asks other governments to act on the ICJ's orders

Pretoria says Israel has defied all three sets of provisional measures issued in 2024, and that the duty to enforce them was never the court's alone.

Ben-Gvir films women prisoners and boasts of their conditions

Video he published on Sunday shows him telling Palestinian women held at Damon that the shortages they describe are his own policy, and that he is pleased with them.

Five killed in two days, among them a farmer at al-Musaddar

Shells fired from armoured vehicles killed a man working land east of Deir al-Balah, and a strike on the western side of Khan Younis killed another the next day.

Volunteers gather the stones of a bombed Deir al-Balah mosque

Marble columns and cut stone from the Abu Salim Mosque, built in 1951 and repaired twice since, are being lifted out and stored so that whatever is rebuilt can be built from the mosque itself.

Rights centre puts Gaza's forcibly disappeared at up to 3,000

A study of 317 documented cases traces where people vanished: home raids, displacement routes, checkpoints and the queues for food.

450 guava trees cut down near Jenin in a day of attacks

Fences were severed at Masafer Yatta, farmland was burned north of Hebron and farmers were shot at in Burqa, in incidents reported from five governorates on Saturday.

Six treated for tear gas in a raid on al-Faraa camp

Israeli forces went into the camp south of Tubas late on Saturday, and in Hebron's Old City soldiers beat journalists who were covering settlers brought in under escort.

235 Palestinian children killed in the West Bank since 2023

An Israeli rights group's figures put the rate at about seven a month, against roughly one a month in the seventeen years before the Gaza war.

Fourteen states and the EU call the Qalandia seizure unlawful

The refugee agency says the training centre was damaged while Israeli forces held it, and that it has had reports of people getting in and trying to carry off its contents.

Drone strike inside a Deir al-Balah hospital wounds three

The three hurt were patients under treatment, and the munition was reported to have come down on a medicine store; a man was killed hours later when a drone hit a motorcycle in Gaza City.

Israel says it removed settlers who took over a Qusra home

Dozens of them went into a house at Ras al-Ain and sealed themselves in; the village council says soldiers then tried to arrest the Palestinians inside, and medics say an ambulance sent to the house was attacked.

Four children killed in five days; a well serving 4,000 damaged

The UN children's agency says five more children were left with lasting injuries on Tuesday, and that a strike wrecked a well and desalination unit at Deir al-Balah.

Two wounded by live fire in a raid on al-Amari refugee camp

A 15-year-old was hit in the back and a young man in the leg when Israeli troops entered the camp at al-Bireh before dawn, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.

Israeli threats over kites should go to the ICC, monitor says

Ramy Abdu wants the statements filed as evidence with international bodies, and argues that pursuing children over a game cuts against the child-rights convention's Article 31.

Settlers wound three at al-Mughayyir, beat a father and son

Residents drove off an attempt to take their sheep northeast of Ramallah, and the settlers shot at the animals instead, according to the Red Crescent and other reports.

South Africa tells the ICJ that Israel has ignored its orders

A dossier filed on 25 August says Palestinians are still being denied water, medicine and care, and that one child has been killed on average every day since the ceasefire.

Drone strike at al-Qarara kills three men of one family

Two brothers and their cousin were killed outside their home north of Khan Younis, part of a day in which five deaths were reported across the Gaza Strip.

Israeli air strike kills three in Jenin, the first in months

Red Crescent crews sent to the site west of Jenin refugee camp were held on arrival, then ordered away without taking the dead or wounded, the society said.

Settlers in army uniforms block Friday prayers near Nablus

Worshippers walking out to al-Wali and al-Hajj Hussein at Khirbet Tana were turned back by men in Israeli military dress, on a day of settler raids elsewhere in the West Bank.

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US designates Palestine Action a terrorist organisation

The Treasury listed the banned British protest group alongside Masar Badil, a step campaigners say could shut supporters out of the financial system and widen surveillance.

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370 Palestinian children are held in Israeli prisons, centre says

Most are at Megiddo and Ofer, where released minors describe beatings, restraint and food withheld. Israeli forces arrested 276 children in the first half of the year.

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Work begins on turning the seized Qalandia centre into a school

Israeli municipal crews went into the vocational institute on Wednesday to ready it for their own pupils, while soldiers held the compound for a second day.

Israel approves 18 new settlement zones in the West Bank

The orders set the ground over which four newly approved settlements and four outposts will hold municipal powers, and push Efrat's boundary toward Khirbet al-Nahla.

Fifth Israeli entry at the Qalandia training centre since May

Guterres has told Israel to leave every UN site it has taken and hand it back, after more than 50 personnel and four armoured vehicles moved onto the vocational school.

Demolition notices served in Kafr Aqab and Qalandia camp

Houses and other buildings along the wall were marked for removal, and 40 people were held and questioned at the UN training centre before work began on pulling it down.

Israel expels Dutch officials from the Gaza coordination centre

Gideon Saar said the delegation must leave the centre at Kiryat Gat at once and Israel within a week, after the Netherlands moved to ban imports from settlements.

Strike destroys nutrition supplies serving 60 Gaza medical points

A warehouse in Deir al-Balah held supplements for malnourished children and pregnant women. Its entire stock was buried under rubble and is no longer fit to eat.

1,244 of Gaza's 1,275 mosques damaged or destroyed, office says

Gaza's government media office puts the number levelled outright at 1,077, says water installations are being taken apart along with the rest of the territory's civilian infrastructure, and asks the mediators to enforce the ceasefire they underwrote.

Israeli strike near a Jabalia school shelter kills three

The school in the north of the Gaza Strip is being used as a shelter by displaced families. Others were wounded in the bombing on Tuesday evening, and no count of the injured was given.

A year on, Mariam Abu Dagga's killing is still unexplained

The journalist died with at least five colleagues at Nasser Medical Complex; the Israeli military says its own review is still running, and her family wants an independent inquiry.

Israeli forces take over two UNRWA centres north of Jerusalem

The vocational training centres at Qalandiya and Kufr Aqab serve some 16,000 refugees across the West Bank, and a child was shot and wounded beside one of them the same day.

Israeli lawmaker takes a sledgehammer to a memorial at Madama

The army says the demolition was never approved and that the legislator misled it, while the village council says soldiers stood by and watched him work.

Colombia lifts the coal embargo it imposed on Israel over Gaza

Trade Minister Mauricio Gomez Amin announced the decree on Friday, but the government has not published its number, its date or the conditions exporters will have to meet.

Settlers attack an AFP team near Bethlehem; five are treated

The three journalists had gone to the village of Jannatah to cover solidarity visits by Israeli activists, and the army ordered them out as a closed military zone before a second group of settlers arrived and threw stones.

After a double amputation, a Gaza builder turns to a garden

Mahmoud Skik lost both legs on 7 November 2023 and with them the construction work that fed his children. He now raises green peppers in whatever containers he can gather, and says no outside help has reached him.

Sliman Mansour, painter of Palestinian identity, dies at 79

His family announced the death on Monday. Born in Birzeit in 1947, he helped found an art centre in East Jerusalem and later an academy in Ramallah.

Settler attacks rise 63 percent over seven months of 2026

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission counted 4,113 attacks between January and July against 2,524 in the same months last year, and said not one month came in below its counterpart.

Protests called across the West Bank over bodies Israel withholds

Factions meeting in Ramallah set the main events for Wednesday, with visits to bereaved families the day after and a central event in Gaza to be scheduled; organisers put the number of remains held at about 1,700.

Israel threatens assassinations over kites found to be harmless

Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Katz ordered the military to treat kites and balloons crossing out of Gaza as drones and to clear the areas they come from, days after the army said four recovered kites carried nothing dangerous.

Israel turns back two Swedish MEPs bound for the West Bank

Jonas Sjostedt and Hanna Gedin were stopped at Ben Gurion Airport before a trip to meet aid and rights organisations, and the Swedish and EU missions in Israel objected.

Gaza has received a third of the aid the ceasefire promised

Gaza's Government Media Office puts arrivals at 66,607 trucks against 189,000 due, and departures through Rafah at 39 percent of the number the reopening arrangement provided for.

In Surif, stone walls mark generations of work on the land

The town northwest of Hebron reads its own history off the terraces its families built by hand, and off the olive and fig trees planted between them.

UN rapporteur urges a protection presence in the West Bank and Gaza

Francesca Albanese made the call after footage circulated of settlers attacking farmers at Masafer Yatta, and pointed states towards the General Assembly as a way around the Security Council.

US citizen detained in a Tuqu' raid is freed; relatives stay held

Hussein Jabarin was taken from his family's home near Bethlehem on 12 August and held without charge for four days. He is preparing to fly back to Pennsylvania; the relatives arrested alongside and before him are still in Israeli prisons.

More than 10 homes demolished in Masafer Yatta in two months

In Deirat, one family lost a two-storey house holding 25 people, put up a tent, and watched Israeli forces demolish that too and level the ground beneath it a month later.

Drone strike on a tent by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital kills two

Two men were killed in a tent sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah before dawn on Monday, a day after strikes and shelling in the same stretch of central Gaza killed two people, one of them a child, and wounded 14.

Israeli forces kill Fathi Khazem at his home in Jenin

His 12-year-old son, the only witness inside the flat, says soldiers shot his father after he refused an order to kneel. The army says he came at a soldier with a knife. His body has not been returned.

One CT scanner is left in northern Gaza for a million people

The director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex puts the shortage of essential medicines at 52 percent and says 21,000 patients now need treatment that no hospital in the territory can give them.

Spare-parts curbs leave 70 percent of Gaza vehicles off the road

A rights centre puts the direct damage to transport and communications at $2.8 billion, and says the same shortage is taking ambulances and civil defence trucks out of service one engine at a time.

Families hold out on Ras al-Ain, the last hilltop Qusra has left

Settlers pitched a tent metres from three homes on 9 August, the sharpest point in a campaign that has run seven months against a hill holding four springs and most of the farmland the village can still reach.

Israeli forces close the last open entrance to al-Mughayyir

The village northeast of Ramallah lost its eastern entrance in October 2023 and has been reachable only from the west since. On Sunday that way in was shut too, and tear gas was fired at vehicles that came near it.

Settlements and outposts in the West Bank reach 592 by end of July

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission counts 192 settlements against 400 outposts, and puts the settler population at close to 780,000. Israeli control reaches 91 percent of the Jordan Valley.

Drone strike on a home courtyard in Deir al-Balah kills a man

According to reports, one man was killed and several people wounded when a drone hit the yard of a house in the Al-Bassa area on Saturday. The Israeli military said afterwards that it had targeted a Qassam Brigades commander, and offered nothing to support the claim.

Child deaths in Gaza pass 20,000 with no soldier prosecuted

An analysis in the Israeli press puts the number of under-18s killed since October 2023 above 20,000, an average of about 28 a day, and argues that military inquiries are opened mainly where foreign attention has already fallen. More than 2,000 families have been struck off Gaza's civil registry altogether.

Children who lost limbs learn to swim at a pool in al-Mawasi

A rehabilitation programme takes about 30 children at a time, starting each session with psychological support and ending it in the water.

Settlers have killed 25 Palestinians in 2026, a record year

Two governorates, Ramallah and Nablus, account for 71 percent of the deaths counted since 2019, and three in five of those killed were under 30.

Shells hit a Khan Younis home, gunfire wounds a woman at Nuseirat

Three more people were wounded in Khan Younis a day earlier and a child was hurt by an explosion north of Gaza City, as fire fell on camp streets and residential blocks over two nights.

Voter rolls close in the West Bank with 87.2% registered

More than 32,000 names were added in the final days, pushing the register past 1.62 million. It goes on public display from 7 to 9 September, the last point at which an entry can be corrected. Gaza residents and Jerusalem ID holders are outside the figure.

Settler attacks have displaced 107 West Bank communities since 2023

Human Rights Watch says the violence is backed by the state rather than merely tolerated by it, and that the pattern may amount to forcible transfer. UN figures put settler attacks at an average of 6.6 a day.

Man killed south of Khan Younis was handcuffed, Red Crescent says

Ibrahim Mohammed Kawar'a, 29, was shot on Friday evening at Qizan al-Najjar and his body was taken to the Nasser Medical Complex. No account has been given of when he was detained or why he was shot while in restraints.

Rights centre documents dozens of attacks on Gaza's police

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says officers doing civilian work keep their protection in law, and reports the pre-dawn seizure of a policeman and a security worker in Khan Younis. Families in the Strip have set up committees to stand with the force.

Turkey seeks an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu's arrest

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek says warrants have been issued for the Israeli prime minister and a second suspect on charges including genocide, in an Istanbul case with 35 defendants over the interception of an aid convoy at sea.

Child shot at a Beit Lahia displacement camp dies of his wounds

Reports named him as Ahmad Ramzi Aqel and said Israeli forces fired on the camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip. Health ministry figures put the number killed since the ceasefire began at 1,273.

Poland summons Israel's ambassador over closed aid-worker inquiry

Warsaw says prosecutors in Przemysl are pursuing a case of their own and have asked Israel to hand over evidence. Australia called in Israel's ambassador on Thursday, and Canada called the closure unacceptable.

Settler gunfire near Hebron kills one and wounds a man in his 70s

The Palestinian Red Crescent says its crews attempted resuscitation on both men where they lay before carrying them to hospital. Reports say a building was set alight nearby during the same raid.

Rights monitor faults Israeli inquiries into five attacks in Gaza

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says the army examined itself through a body answering to its own General Staff, and opened a criminal case in only two of the five files. Thirty-five people were killed in them.

Hamas official: we were asked to be sensitive to Netanyahu's vote

Bassem Naim said mediators on the Gaza roadmap, the US adviser Jared Kushner among them, urged the movement to weigh the Israeli prime minister's standing before an election. He refused.

Gaza City buries 50 people found after three years in the rubble

Civil Defence crews spent weeks pulling the remains out of five neighbourhoods with a single excavator. Some 8,000 people are still thought to lie under the debris.

Israeli naval forces detain four fishermen off Gaza City

Fishermen's committees said naval boats fired on the vessel while its crew was working, then took four men off it. Two of them are 17 years old.

Israel returns the body of a 17-year-old withheld since March

Teams from the Palestinian civil affairs authority took the remains at a checkpoint north of Ramallah. A campaign that documents the practice counts 800 Palestinian bodies still held.

Israel begins building a death-row wing, prisoners' society says

The work follows a law passed in March that makes a death sentence the default for Palestinians convicted of killing before a military court.

Oil reaches 40 of Gaza's 700 water and sewage generators

With the machines at a fifth of capacity, crews are supplying drinking water first and collecting sewage second, and have stopped clearing rubble altogether. If the pumping stations halt, the wastewater reaches the shelters.

Israel opens a criminal inquiry into Hind Rajab's killing

Nine people were killed that day in January 2024 — the girl, six of her relatives and the two medics sent to reach her. Her grandmother has rejected the inquiry and asked for an independent international one instead.

Two Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in a Qusra house raid

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported the injuries in a town that has spent the past week under settler attack, and part of this month under a military order that confined three families to their homes.

30 Palestinians detained in a day of West Bank raids

The Palestinian Prisoner Society counted arrests in five governorates on Wednesday, and puts the number of Palestinians now held by Israel at about 9,400, a third of them without charge.

Israeli strike on a Gaza City police headquarters kills nine

Paramedics count 15 wounded and say police personnel and children are among the dead. The interior ministry reads the strike as an attempt to leave the territory without a civil police force.

Doctors say malnutrition has permanently stunted famine survivors

A six-year-old in Gaza City has the bone age of a two-year-old, and a 10-month-old born to a starving mother is being treated for her heart, kidneys and lungs. Food returning has not moved either diagnosis.

All seven deaths in Gaza's latest count entered against the truce

The toll since October 2025 rose to 1,273 killed, by exactly the number of bodies hospitals received in a day, while the separate count of recovered bodies did not move at all.

186 aid workers killed in Gaza in 2025, over half the world total

The UN humanitarian office recorded 907 aid staff killed, injured or kidnapped worldwide, the highest yearly figure held in the database, and names cheap armed drones as what has changed the risk.

Gaza has 12 working oxygen stations and 4 cylinder-filling machines

A health ministry engineer puts figures to a shortage that rights monitors warned of at the weekend, and the stations still standing are running past the capacity they were built for.

Israel puts 1,234 settlement units in E1 out to tender

Three Israeli organisations petitioning against the plan say the state had undertaken to warn them before any E1 tender, and told them in July that none was due for two to three months.

Rallies in 19 cities will press for aid access to Gaza on Wednesday

Organisers put the daily truck traffic at 100 to 200, against the 600 written into the ceasefire.

Strike on a cafe at Gaza City's fishing port kills six and wounds 10

The dead and wounded were taken to Al-Shifa. The Israeli military said it had been aiming at four Hamas commanders.

Netanyahu told Kushner targeted killings in Gaza will continue

The envoy selling the roadmap and the prime minister being sold it are described as parting without agreement on the one practice that keeps the toll rising through the truce.

Erdogan urged Trump to keep negotiating with Iran, Ankara says

The same readout has the Turkish president telling Trump that attacks on Palestinians in Gaza have risen since his own peace plan entered its second phase.

Israeli forces enter a Bethlehem rehabilitation hospital

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has asked the World Health Organization and the Red Cross to step in, saying entries onto medical premises have become a pattern rather than an exception.

Knesset body reports a 53 percent fall in Israelis returning

Israel's statistics bureau puts the gap between departures and arrivals at about 140,000 people over three years.

Settler shooting near Hebron paralyses a nurse from Dura

Ambulances could not reach the neighbourhood, and the wounded man was driven out in a private car.

Kushner meets Netanyahu a day after rare talks with Hamas in Egypt

The 15-point roadmap has been accepted by Hamas and rejected by Israel, which leaves the US envoy shuttling between a party that has signed on to the sequence and a party that has not.

Eight foreign ministries blame Israel for the Gaza deadlock

The joint statement calls the rejection a repudiation of a plan the Security Council itself endorsed, and asks Washington to keep pressing — an admission that the signatories cannot enforce it themselves.

Camps by Gaza's Yellow Line report 20 litres of water a family

Managers of the displacement sites south of Zeitoun say the marker line was pushed westward, and that some aid organisations will no longer send teams to what is now the near side of it.

In Gaza's camps, lost businesses are remade from aid tins

UN Trade and Development counts 22 years of progress erased in under two years; in the tents that arithmetic reads as a gym rebuilt out of empty cans.

Switzerland picks a Gaza documentary as its 2027 Oscar entry

The film had to be shot in South Africa, because the nine Palestinians who speak in it could not get visas to reach Switzerland.

UN data puts West Bank settler attacks near 3,000 since 2025

The tally counts assaults on villages and farmland, and the report places them under the protection of Israeli forces.

Gaza patients protest blocked medical transfers for a fourth month

Some of those taking part hold approved referrals and finished travel paperwork, and say the crossings still stop them from leaving.

Netanyahu attacks Britain as London considers a settlement goods ban

The measures under discussion reach settlement trade, not the 203 military export licences that were still running in February.

Artillery fire injures Palestinians in eastern Gaza City

A second shell set a house alight near the al-Sanafour intersection, ten months into a ceasefire under which 1,262 people have been killed.

Israeli-funded campaign shaped content to reach AI answers on Gaza

US filings put $100,000 behind a think tank whose ownership is disclosed only at the foot of its own website.

Israeli forces demolish a Qalandia home and farm buildings near Nablus

Fifteen people lost their housing in a single morning, against 165 structures pulled down across the territory in July.

Palestinian detainees have spent 1,000 days in isolation, body says

A monitoring paper puts the number held at about 9,400, of whom 3,244 are jailed without a trial.

Gaza journalist Mohamed Arab in court 29 months after arrest

His lawyer and Palestinian press bodies say he is held as an unlawful combatant with no clear indictment presented.

At least 11 Palestinians detained in dawn raids across the West Bank

The raids reached four governorates, with homes searched, a vehicle seized and gas fired in two communities.

Israel shifts settlement law enforcement from army to police

The change decides which authority answers when a settler attacks a Palestinian, and no start date has been given.

Silwan family forced to demolish its own home

Three more homes on the same street were ordered emptied, one of them lived in since 1966.

35 detainees from Gaza released through Kerem Abu Salem crossing

Palestinian prisoner organisations put the number still held at about 9,400, some 1,320 of them from Gaza.

Drone strike on a tent west of Khan Younis kills one and injures six

The Health Ministry has counted 1,262 people killed since the ceasefire took effect in October.

In Battir, a Roman-era water system still runs the farming season

Spring water reaches the terraces on an eight-day rota, and it needs neither fuel nor a pump.

UN rapporteur says Israel is outsourcing coercion to settlers

Two villages northwest of Ramallah have lost almost all their farmland as new outposts go up around them.

Civil Defence recovers 12 bodies from rubble in Zeitoun

The remains were pulled from beneath a destroyed home south of Gaza City.

Gaza hospitals are close to running out of oxygen, ministry warns

The plants still running have nothing left to give, the ministry says.

Hospitals face oxygen system collapse as entry restrictions tighten

Restrictions on equipment and spare parts are at the centre of the failure.

Cancer patients in Gaza face a deteriorating treatment crisis

Destroyed facilities, drug shortages and travel restrictions are cutting off care.

MSF warns engine oil restrictions are deepening Gaza's energy crisis

Hospitals, water pumping and food supply chains all depend on the same generators.

An 11-year-old in Gaza faces kidney failure without evacuation

Prolonged malnutrition and successive complications have sharpened his condition.

For Gaza's patients, a referral is the start of the wait, not the end

Approvals, coordination and closures stand between thousands of patients and care.

UN partners: over 900 barriers hinder aid across the West Bank

Checkpoints and obstacles are slowing deliveries between governorates.

Palestinian teenager injured in settler attack southeast of Tubas

The Red Crescent treated a 16-year-old near the Ein Shibli checkpoint.

Qatar condemns escalating settler attacks in the occupied West Bank

Doha calls the systematic violence a flagrant violation of international law.

Gaza office: killing of police points to a push toward disorder

Ismail al-Thawabta says the targeting undermines civil order in the territory.

Ben-Gvir's repeated calls to empty Gaza draw renewed condemnation

Rights advocates say the statements point to a broader displacement push.

Removal of millions of tonnes of Gaza rubble raises evidence concerns

Rights organisations warn the clearance could destroy material evidence.

Israeli forces detain three aid truck drivers near Kerem Abu Salem

The detentions took place at the crossing in southeastern Gaza, according to reports.

One Palestinian killed, another hurt by Israeli fire in south Gaza

Artillery and gunfire were reported in areas sheltering displaced families.

Education official: about 80% of Gaza schools are out of service

Some 127,000 students are without schooling, according to the East Gaza directorate.

Tawjihi exams resume in Gaza after three years

Around 20,000 students sat the second session of the 2026 secondary certificate.

The paramedic who described the dead, and was later counted among them

Yousef Khalifa worked with the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.

On 300 square metres in Nuseirat, a farmer starts again

Mohammad al-Halabi, 50, has farmed since childhood.

In Gaza, young survivors turn to drawing

Sixteen-year-old Maryam is among those using art to step outside the war.

Hamas delegation in Cairo for talks on the Gaza roadmap

The visit is aimed at securing Israeli adherence to the agreed steps, the movement says.

US judge dismisses case casting Gaza solidarity as terror support

The suit was reported as recycling disputed accounts.

Pro-Palestinian candidates make gains in Michigan primaries

Left-wing candidates recorded significant results in a swing state.

Explainers

What is at stake in the West Bank refugee camps

Background: what the camps are, and why raids on them differ from other operations.

Explainers

Why Gaza's governance question is immediate, not future

Background: what a civil administration would do, and what its absence means now.

Explainers

What the Palestinian legislative vote can and cannot decide

Background: the powers of the council, and what is outside its reach.

Church official urges action over attacks on Palestinian Christians

The appeal cites land confiscations and restrictions.

Palestinians ask foreign governments to act on settler attacks

Officials and residents in Bethlehem call for concrete measures.

Settler herds graze in Palestinian wheat fields across the West Bank

Farmers say the harvest calendar is no longer theirs to set.

Medics say closures turn routine ambulance journeys into ordeals

Checkpoints and closures are lengthening transfers in the West Bank.

Ramallah doctor known for treating the poor detained, family says

Mazen Rantisi's daughter says he was targeted for his community work.

Campaign presses publisher to drop Palestinian novelist

The demands are directed at the publisher Simon & Schuster.

Women at a Gaza camp avoid communal toilets, at a cost to health

Sanitary conditions at al-Deira are driving avoidance.

Cancer patient died in Gaza while awaiting medical evacuation

The 45-year-old science teacher underwent risky surgery as he waited.

Boys as young as 14 clear rubble by hand in Gaza for about $10 a day

With reconstruction stalled, the work has become a household's only income.

Women in the southern Hebron hills turn a cave into a workshop

The project combines heritage preservation with income.

Bethlehem youth camp on rights and media skills concludes

Alrowwad's three-day camp drew participants from across the West Bank.

Campaign marks a year since the killing of journalist Anas Al-Sharif

Organisers say 260 journalists have been killed in Gaza.

Hamas official: West Bank measures create irreversible facts

Basem Naim's comment follows changes to enforcement powers.