WorldIsraeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting cars alight and damaging property. New Israeli rules this year bar Palestinians from working in Area C, which is under Israeli security control and contains most of the territory’s agricultural land. At least four Palestinians have been killed and more than 100 injured since the harvest began.
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WorldMasked men were filmed attacking Palestinians harvesting olives near the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah. The footage shows trees burning, with gunshots audible, and Israeli military vehicles were seen at the scene. A Palestinian organisation says attacks have affected more than 147,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank over the past two years.
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WorldPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces serious challenges in Israel’s October 27 general election. His campaign has been overshadowed by accusations that he failed to prevent the October 7 attacks three years ago. A former Shin Bet chief said on Wednesday he had repeatedly warned Netanyahu of possible escalation on the Gaza front, and other warnings were reportedly conveyed to the prime minister. Calls for accountability are growing.
PoliticsIsrael’s former Shin Bet chief sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation on Wednesday in a dispute over responsibility for Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, weeks before the election. Polls show Netanyahu in a tight race to remain in power on October 27, while the opposition has hammered him for failing to prevent the deadliest day in Israeli history.
WorldAn Israeli air strike hit a residential block in Gaza City’s Rimal neighbourhood, killing a woman; footage captured the rescue of her daughter. Heavy gunfire targeting vehicles and people was also reported elsewhere in the city. Attacks on Gaza continue nearly daily despite a US-brokered ceasefire that took effect more than a year ago.
WorldIsraeli forces raided Palestinian NGOs in central Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, injuring at least three Palestinians, including a 14-year-old who was shot. Soldiers fired live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades and entered the courtyard of the Palestine Medical Complex. The targets included Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and another organisation.
WorldIsraeli forces raided offices of Palestinian civil society organizations in Ramallah and Al Bireh in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, deploying snipers and restricting access to the Palestine Medical Complex, one of the territory’s largest hospitals.
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CultureEve Irvine welcomes Palestinian writer and poet Mahmoud Al-Shaer to discuss his book, *I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza*. He reflects on how war reshapes memory, childhood and existence, recounting his family’s displacement, his daughter’s view of a world reduced to tents and his evacuation from Gaza. He describes writing as resistance to erasure.
WorldIsraeli forces are conducting a major operation in the occupied West Bank, raiding Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah, including the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Addameer. They confiscated files, documents and equipment. Israel designated the groups as “terrorist organisations” five years ago, a move whose evidence the UN and EU dispute.
WorldIsrael’s military is conducting raids on several NGOs in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Forces stormed the offices of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and raided the courtyard of a government hospital.
CulturePalestinian writer, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd’s book “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” appeared in French translation last week. He grew up in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, where Israeli settlers displaced his family from their home when he was a child.
WorldResidents of Gaza inspected the wreckage of a home destroyed in an Israeli air strike. They said they had five minutes to evacuate before Saturday’s bombing. Israel has intensified strikes against Palestinians in Gaza, undermining a US-brokered ceasefire agreed a year ago. Zainab Chaudry of the Council on American-Islamic Relations shared her views.
WorldIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for an investigation into anonymous sources featured in the award-winning Gaza war documentary “NAZA.” The film, which received the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize last month, draws on testimony from 24 unnamed Israeli military whistleblowers who accuse the army of killing numerous civilians in Gaza using AI-powered targeting systems.
WorldIsraeli forces have expanded their control line farther into Gaza City, in violation of a US-brokered ceasefire that took effect just over a year ago. The so-called Yellow Line divides the Israeli military zone from the rest of the Strip. Its expansion has displaced Palestinian families again, with some now inside the Israeli-controlled area.
WorldA man in Gaza is making tools from everyday materials to get through winter. Meanwhile, more than 100 aid and advocacy groups say the nearly year-old ceasefire exists “in name only.” Gaza health authorities say Israeli forces have killed more than 1,400 people since the truce began. The groups say basic aid remains restricted, a claim Israel’s military denies.
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WorldIsraeli settlers attacked Palestinians picking olives in Birzeit in the West Bank, with residents saying tear gas was used. Violence by settlers has increased during the annual harvest, making it difficult for farmers to reach and work their land. The U.N. recorded more than 1,600 attacks causing casualties or property damage from January through August 2026.
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WorldIsraeli forces continued attacks on Gaza as Palestinians marked one year since the US-brokered ceasefire took effect. Late Saturday, Israeli jets hit a residential neighbourhood in Deir el-Balah, destroying homes and displacing families. Residents said a building housing more than 300 people was destroyed, leaving women and children sleeping outdoors after losing their homes and belongings.
WorldThree years after the October 7 attacks and the start of what the report calls Israel’s genocide in Gaza, books, podcasts and media appearances are revisiting events. Former Biden officials are seeking to whitewash the administration’s support for Israel and restore their reputations, while mainstream outlets welcome them and people offering more critical accounts struggle to get access.
WorldOne year after a ceasefire was declared in Gaza, Israel has killed at least 1,481 Palestinians there. Saudi Arabia says Yemeni fighters killed 12 people in a strike on its main airport. Israeli attacks in Gaza have intensified, while Israeli pogroms in the West Bank are again disrupting the annual olive harvest. Israel has killed at least 74,370 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
WorldResidents said Israeli strikes hit the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening after warnings were issued. Palestinians in Gaza City, Jabaliya and Deir al-Balah said the military ordered people to leave several blocks; two strikes hit Gaza City. The attacks came a year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, but Israel continues near-daily strikes.
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WorldA year after the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire began, Palestinian health authorities say more than 1,450 people have been killed. Israel says it is targeting threats from Hamas, which accuses Israel of violating the agreement. Israeli forces control about two-thirds of the territory, while tens of thousands of families remain in makeshift shelters.
WorldIsraeli forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers preparing for the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian authorities documented at least 12 separate attacks on Saturday alone. Violence against Palestinian farmers has risen sharply over the past three years.
WorldA year after the Gaza ceasefire, peace remains out of reach. Israeli attacks persist, aid is limited and rebuilding has stalled. Disputes over disarmament, withdrawal and Gaza’s future governance continue to obstruct progress towards Palestinian statehood.
WorldGazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends at least six exhausting hours each day in line at a community kitchen, hoping to get food for her family. A year after the Hamas-Israel ceasefire was meant to let food pour into the devastated territory, widespread hunger persists.