West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures
By United Nations News October 23, 2026 © UNICEF/Rawan Eleyan A mother and her children go through their belongings after a room in their home was burned in a settler attack in southern Hebron, West Bank. (July 2025) The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and at least five injured when gun
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Israel trying to recreate Gaza in the West Bank,warns Jordan
The Independent, 14 October 2026 Israeli soldiers take positions during a military operation at a market in Nablus, West Bank in September (AP) Israel is pushing the occupied West Bank “toward an explosion” that threatens the entire region, senior Jordanian officials have warned, accusing Israel’s far-right government of trying to recreate the security conditions of Gaza to force Palestinians from their land. In a briefing shared with The Independent, the officials said Israe
The Guardian
Oct 15
Israel Demolishes Dozens of Bedouin Homes
By AFP 13 October, 2026 Men salvage scrap from the rubble of destroyed buildings of the Abu Wadi Bedouin community that were demolished for lack of construction permits, in the village of al-Dhahiyah near Rahat in Israel's southern district on October 12, 2026. (AFP) Approximately 400 people were affected by the demolitions in the Negev desert. Residents say they have nowhere else to go after their homes were destroyed. RAHAT: Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin
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Oct 13
Israel’s ‘Yellow Line’ Squeezes Palestinians In Gaza
By Mohammed Haddad 12 October 2026 (Al Jazeera) A year into a ‘ceasefire’, Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest. Israel has expanded its military occupation in the Gaza Strip in violation of a United States-brokered ‘ceasefire’, forcing Palestinians into an ever-smaller share of the besieged territory, devastated by Israel’s ongoing genocidal war. Nearly two-thirds of Gaza is now under Israeli military control or subject to
Al Jazeera
Oct 12
Syria: detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces
By The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights October 9, 2026 © Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu Delivered by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Shabia Mantoo Location Geneva The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned by the continuing impact of Israeli military operations on civilians in southern Syria. Some 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria were recorded in September alone, through
Israeli settler attacks target Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank
By Al Jazeera Staff and Anadolu October 9, 2026 At least 19 settler attacks recorded across territory on Friday as Israeli forces separately detain 16 Palestinians. Israeli soldiers approach a Palestinian farmer during the harvest season in the Palestinian-owned olive groves in the village of Rantes near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, October 6, 2026 [AFP] Israeli settlers have carried out attacks and pogroms disrupting the Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank, wh
Al Jazeera Media Network
Oct 11
The Human And Political Choices Behind AI Warfare
By Antony Loewenstein October 2, 2026 Israel's war on Gaza has become a testing ground for AI-enabled warfare. But behind the algorithms, data systems and targeting tools are people making decisions. Gaza is an AI-enabled genocide. But more importantly, humans are ultimately making the decision about who lives and dies. The AI apocalypse in warfare may be coming, but I want people to think more about the humans who are behind warfare now and in the future. I've written about
The New Arab
Oct 6
Ireland-Israel football matches opposed by critics
By Raf Diallo September 26, 2026 Pro-Palestine banners were a regular sight at Irish soccer matches before the national side were drawn against Israel On Sunday evening in Hungary's second largest city, the Republic of Ireland will play the most talked about match of this expanded international window. But unlike other anticipated ties such as Germany's trip to the Netherlands or England hosting Spain, many of the players involved are unhappy the game in Debrecen is even happ
RTÉ
Oct 5
Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war
Al Jazeera 29 Sep 2026 Picture by AJLabs Newly updated Google Maps satellite imagery shows the scale of destruction across the besieged Gaza Strip nearly three years into Israel’s genocidal war. With neighbourhood after neighbourhood reduced to rubble and little left but the faint outlines of main roads, it is now almost impossible to tell one part of Gaza from another. Farmland has been charred, and centuries-old places of worship have been damaged or wiped from the landscap
Al Jazeera
Oct 2
Special report: Gaza and the Ten Stages of Genocide
By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch October 2026 Palestinian woman in Gaza rubble credit:Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Genocide is one of the most severe crimes in international law, defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This crime does not begin with mass graves. It begins with language, law, and the slow erasure of a people's humanity. Dr. Gregory Stanton maps that process in Ten
Genocide Watch
Oct 2
Israeli aid group opens clinic for children in Gaza
Israeli aid group opens medical clinic for 10,000 children in Gaza refugee camp The Times of Israel 25 August 2026 By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff Set to open September 1 in crowded Al-Mawasi, facility will provide vaccinations, consultations, rehab for children with disabilities, education services with anti-hate messaging A teacher educates children at the al-Mawasi camp in the Gaza Children's Village. (Courtesy) The Israeli humanitarian organization NATAN Worldwide Disaster R
Arab party chiefs barred from Israeli election
By Ariela Karmel September 23, 2026 Sohlberg, attorney general, all opposition parties back disqualification of Joint List party’s No. 3 in unusual consensus; panel also disqualifies Hadash MK Ofer Cassif Balad chair Sami Abou Shahdeh appears on a screen behind the Central Elections Committee during a disqualification hearing at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The Central Elections Committee voted 30-4 Wednesday to disqualify the largely
Ariela Karmel
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