• More than 4,200 right-wing Israelis stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
• A new UN report has found that 1.4 million people, 67 percent of Gaza’s population, are still experiencing “crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity” – not having enough to eat.

UN chief says civilians in Gaza ‘pay a heavy price every day’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the “prolonged suffering” in Gaza must end.

“Despite the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, civilians continue to pay a heavy price every day,” Guterres said in a post on X.

“People are being killed in their homes, in their communities, and while carrying out ordinary acts of daily life – as Israel increases its control of Gaza,” he added.

Two Palestinians killed as Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza City

Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured following a new wave of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City.

The strikes reportedly targeted refugee camps in the area that were sheltering displaced people, according to local officials.

Amnesty International official calls for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest

Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns has called for the Israeli leader to be arrested and tried at the International Criminal Court.

Rosas echoed comments from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who recently called for Netanyahu to be detained if he visited the city.

“US authorities should uphold human rights and respect the rule of law,” Rosas said in a post on X.

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024, charging him with committing war crimes during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Three Palestinians injured in Israeli colonist attack near Nablus

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that three Palestinians were injured by live ammunition during an Israeli colonist attack on homes in the town of Till, southwest of Nablus.

Security sources said colonists attacked homes in the town and fired live rounds toward them, wounding three people in the abdomen, thigh, and head, according to Wafa.

Four Palestinians killed in colonist attack near Nablus

The Palestinian health ministry reports that four Palestinians have been killed and four others injured, three of them critically, following an attack by Israeli colonists on the town of Till, southwest of Nablus.

As we have reported, colonists attacked homes in the town and fired live rounds at them this morning.

According to the health ministry, 86 Palestinians have been killed across West Bank governorates since the beginning of the year, including 21 shot by colonists.

One Israeli colonist killed, three injured in West Bank clashes

At least one Israeli colonist has been killed and three others injured in clashes with Palestinians near the settlement of Havat Gilad, in the occupied West Bank.

Two people who suffered serious injuries were evacuated by helicopter, Israel’s national emergency service MDA’s spokesperson said in a message on Telegram.

The Palestinian health ministry said four Palestinians were killed and four others injured in the shooting incident.

West Bank shootout another in series of ‘provocations against Palestinians’

This shooting incident between Palestinians and Israelis in the occupied West Bank began when a massive number of colonists stormed the village of Tell under the pretext that they were hiking in the area.

This is Palestinian territory, and the clashes are the latest in continued Israeli attacks and provocations against Palestinians.

According to Palestinian sources, the colonists started opening fire on Palestinian homes.

One story that we’ve heard is that a Palestinian man took one of the weapons of the Israeli security guards, who were there to protect the colonists, and started shooting.

But given what we’ve been seeing time and again in these attacks, it’s the colonists who are armed, who are provoking Palestinians and stealing their land. Sometimes we see these colonists pull up in caravans and start putting up temporary tents that later become illegal Israeli settlements.

In these situations, the Israeli army generally prevents the injured Palestinians from accessing medical help, by setting up siege-like conditions around the city. And that’s what we’re seeing right now, as all checkpoints leading to Tell have been closed. We’re also hearing from locals that helicopters have come in to only evacuate the injured Israelis.

This means the injured Palestinians will have to navigate through a very difficult and restricted set of checkpoints before they can reach hospitals, which is why we usually see these high numbers of fatalities and casualties amongst Palestinians.

This is not about a "provocation" or "shootout" but colonist terrorism.

Israeli minister Smotrich urges army to act with ‘iron fist’ after West Bank outpost shooting

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has demanded that the military act with an “iron fist” against the village he said was responsible for a deadly shooting attack at the Havat Gilad settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank.

“A tough morning near Gilad Farm,” Smotrich wrote on social media platform X. “I send my heartfelt condolences to the family of the murdered, pray for the recovery of the wounded in the attack, and embrace the residents and hikers.”

“I demand that the IDF [Israeli army] act with an iron fist against the village of the murderers and its surroundings and restore governance and deterrence,” he added.

“The people of the farms and the heroic settlement pioneers are the defensive wall of the State of Israel. We will continue to strengthen and honor them for their steadfast stand for our existence in the Land of Israel against Arab terrorism.”

His remarks followed an attack earlier on Friday at the Havat Gilad outpost near Nablus, in which Israeli media reported that one Israeli was killed and three others wounded after Palestinians seized the weapon of a security officer and opened fire. Four Palestinians were also killed at the scene.

“We will not normalize the erosion of deterrence and the brazenness of our enemies in recent weeks against the pioneers of settlement and the farms,” Smotrich said.

Palestinian officials say four killed by Israeli forces, colonists in West Bank shootout

Palestinian officials say that both Israeli forces and colonists were responsible for killing the four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military said a temporary closure had been imposed on the city of Nablus and the Tal area, while Israeli troops set up roadblocks and pursued the assailants.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was convening an emergency meeting to discuss a response, his office said in a statement.

Netanyahu vows to act ‘with force’ after Israeli killed in West Bank shootout

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond firmly after an Israeli was killed in the shootout in the occupied West Bank village of Tal.

“We will act with full force against the terrorists and those who orchestrate and sponsor them, and we will not allow terrorism in Judea and Samaria to regain a foothold,” Netanyahu said in a statement, referring to the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian officials say that both Israeli forces and colonists were responsible for killing four Palestinians who were also killed at the scene.

Prime Minister's Office:
​Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convene the Minister of Defense and IDF Chief of the General Staff shortly for a discussion on the ways of response to this morning's murderous terrorist attack at Havat Gilad.

​Prime Minister Netanyahu:
"We will act with full force against the terrorists and those who dispatch them, and we will not allow terrorism in Judea and Samaria to rear its head."

Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns West Bank ‘massacre’

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it described as a “massacre” carried out by Israeli colonists in coordination with occupation forces in the village of Tell, west of Nablus, calling for urgent international intervention to halt colonist violence and hold perpetrators accountable.

At least four Palestinians were killed, including brothers, and several others wounded, some critically, after colonists stormed the village and opened live fire at residents on Friday the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also reported that two young men were killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, on Thursday, and that their bodies were being withheld.

The statement accused Israeli authorities of enabling colonist violence through protection, impunity, and official incitement, framing the attacks as part of a systematic policy tied to “annexation and ethnic cleansing”.

The ministry urged the international community to impose deterrent sanctions on the settlement enterprise, including banning settlement goods from markets, boycotting settlement-linked institutions, and activating universal jurisdiction to prosecute those responsible.

Mayor of West Bank village attacked by Israeli colonists, forces calls for international protection

Walid Zidan, the mayor of Tell, has called for international protection for his village’s residents after a shootout incident carried out by Israeli colonists in coordination with occupation forces killed at least four Palestinians.

“Around 20 Israeli colonists attacked the village of Tell this morning between 7.30am and 8am, before moving to the Qabala area and continuing their attacks,” Zidan said in a statement.

“Residents rushed to defend homeowners in the area. A verbal confrontation with the colonists escalated into a physical altercation as villagers attempted to repel the attack.”

The Israeli military says that a Palestinian opened fire after taking a colonist’s weapon, “while other accounts indicate that Israeli forces opened fire at everyone present,” said Zidan.

The mayor said that no date has yet been set for the funeral of the victims due to the Israeli siege in place around the village.

“There is widespread incitement by Israeli leaders. We say that it is the colonists who attack Palestinians, assault homes, and seize land, leaving residents with no option but to defend themselves.”

Zaid called “for international protection for residents of the village against these ongoing attacks”.

Revenge Israeli colonist attacks likely after shootout in Tal

There are a lot of Israeli police and soldiers surrounding Tal. A siege has been declared in this village and nearby Nablus.

We couldn’t get inside the village or neighbouring villages because of the nature of the closure that the Israeli forces have imposed. We’re also expecting further colonist attacks in Tal and the surrounding villages, as colonists have been gathering in the usual way they do after such an incident.

Palestinians will tell you, though, that colonists do not need an excuse to start attacking Palestinian homes and villages, and in fact colonist attacks have been on the rise.

Israeli forces have been saying that they are conducting more research and more operations to try and look for more people who have been involved in the incident.

Following the shootout at Tal, there have been roadblocks, road closures and tensions. We’ve also just got the news of Israeli colonists launching an attack near Jericho and stabbing one Palestinian man.

These revenge attacks are common after colonist incidents.

Colonists know there is no accountability for their actions, that they have full impunity to keep attacking Palestinians. And that’s why we’re seeing these waves of attacks becoming more prominent and organized in an effort to push Palestinians out of their homes and take over more land.

Palestinian stabbed in colonist attack northwest of Jericho

A Palestinian has been injured in an Israeli colonist attack after his vehicle broke down while travelling on the Ma’arajat road, northwest of Jericho.

The group of colonists attacked the Palestinian man “by beating and stabbing him in the back,” reported the Palestinian Wafa news agency, quoting local sources.

Wafa added that the wounded individual “was able to reach the town of Al-Auja, where he received assistance”.

Israeli army investigation says colonists entered off-limits West Bank area without coordination ahead of deadly shootout

A preliminary Israeli military investigation has found that a shooting near the village of Tal in which an Israeli and a number of Palestinians were killed, was not planned in advance, Israeli Army Radio says.

A group of Israelis were touring Areas A and B near a hill on Friday outside the village without coordinating with the military beforehand, the broadcaster said, citing the investigation. It said the army considers such uncoordinated movement dangerous.

Palestinians approached the group after they entered Tal, leading to an altercation between the two sides, according to the account. The Israelis then called soldiers to the scene, and an exchange of fire followed after a Palestinian seized a weapon. Some of the Palestinians who were killed had tried to take the weapon according to the report.

The shooting occurred during the gathering that led to the fight and was not premeditated, the army concluded.

Areas A and B are West Bank zones under full or partial Palestinian Authority administration under the Oslo Accords. Israeli civilians are generally barred from entering Area A without military coordination.

Israeli army preparing raid on West Bank city of Nablus and surrounding villages after shootout

The Israeli army is launching a wide-scale operation on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus and its surrounding villages with the objective of arresting dozens of Palestinians who allegedly participated in the earlier shootout in Tal, Israeli Army Radio has reported.

Following the incident, the Israeli army announced that it would “cancel soldiers’ leave” and reinforce its troop numbers by deploying five companies, including the Paratroopers Brigade, to the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Channel 13 reported.

As we reported earlier, the radio station said that the army’s investigation into the incident concluded that “the shooting at the Israelis was not planned”.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

• The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that a Palestinian was shot with a live bullet to the chest during a colonist attack on the village of Far’ata east of Qalqilya. The victim is in a critical condition.
• Colonists also set fire to Palestinian-owned land in the area, and the assault remains ongoing.
• A group of Israeli colonists attacked homes in Tal south of Nablus; the colonists and Israeli forces were reported to have opened fire on residents, killing four Palestinians. One Israeli colonist was also killed.
• According to Channel 13, the Israeli military has deployed companies from the Commando Brigade, the Nahal Brigade, and the Paratroopers Brigade to the occupied West Bank. Israeli Army Radio reported that a decision was made to send five additional companies to reinforce forces in the territory following the incident in the village of Tal.
• Colonists stormed the hamlet of Khirbet Imreiha southwest of Yabad, pelting homes with stones and spraying pepper spray at residents; multiple locals were beaten and sustained injuries.
• Hundreds of colonists from the Gilead settlement attacked Jit village east of Qalqilya, attempting to smash and burn property; Israeli troops arrived and fired tear gas, causing multiple suffocation cases among residents.
• The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports 87 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since January, of whom 21 were shot by colonists.
• A Palestinian motorist whose vehicle broke down on the Maale Adumim route, northwest of Jericho, was stabbed in the back and beaten by colonists, eventually reaching Al-Auja for help.

Fatah blames Israeli government for surge in West Bank settler attacks

The Palestinian Fatah movement has accused Israel’s government of full responsibility for a surge in colonist violence in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, Fatah said colonist gangs, backed by Israeli forces, had carried out widespread recent attacks on multiple towns and villages, including Tal, Beit Furik, Deir Jarir, Al-Mughayyir and Jit, killing at least 10 Palestinians and wounding dozens. The movement said the violence reflects an organised government policy of forced displacement, land seizure and settlement expansion.

The escalation comes as Israel’s military campaign in Gaza continues, with Fatah linking the two fronts as part of a ”single colonial project”. The movement specifically named Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of providing political and military cover for colonist crimes.

Fatah said recent attacks have included the torching of homes and farmland, shootings, property destruction and the uprooting of trees – tactics, it said, which were aimed at spreading terror and pushing Palestinians off their land. The movement also cited provocations at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, led by Ben-Gvir.

The group urged the United Nations, Security Council and International Criminal Court to provide international protection for Palestinians and end what it called a “policy of impunity”.

Netanyahu and Katz ‘to intensify military operations’ against West Bank villages

In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz say they have instructed the Israeli military to implement a series of measures in response to incidents in the occupied West Bank over the last 24 hours.

The statement said they had ordered the “demolishing [of] the home of the suspect in this morning’s shooting attack near the village of Tal”.

At least four Palestinians and one Israeli died in the shootout, after colonists entered an off-limits area of the occupied West Bank area without coordinating with the army, in a move the latter described as “dangerous”.

As we reported earlier, Israel Army Radio said that the army’s investigation into the incident concluded that “the shooting at the Israelis was not planned”.

Netanyahu and Katz said that they would be “conducting intensified military operations in villages that Israel considers ‘terror hubs’, including weapons seizures, revoking work permits and other measures”.

The two men said they would be reinforcing Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank and “separating traffic routes and setting up additional checkpoints”.

They would also be “accelerating the legalization of agricultural settlement outposts and establishing new ones”.

The two officials said Israeli security forces must be allowed to operate freely and with “maximum force”.

More than a dozen Israeli military vehicles storm West Bank city of Nablus after shootout

At least 15 military vehicles have stormed the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, near the village of Tal, following a deadly shootout between colonists, backed by Israeli forces, and Palestinians, reported an Al Jazeera correspondent.

Israeli forces also stormed the Nablus Specialised Hospital, added the correspondent.

Soldier’s killing raises Israeli death toll after West Bank shootout

Israel’s army says a soldier has died following a shootout that killed four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Tal earlier today.

Yuval Ezra, 27, an Artillery Battery Commander in the 411th Battalion, 282nd Brigade, was killed in Tal, the army statement said.

Earlier, it was reported that Benayahu Mellet, 32, a civil defense member, had died.

Israeli PM Netanyahu vowed to respond “with full force”.

Palestinian officials say that both Israeli forces and colonists were responsible for killing the four Palestinians.

Israel arrests two people from hospital after West Bank shootout

The Israeli army and the Israeli Security Agency have said in a joint statement that they have arrested two people in Nablus, after a deadly shootout in the occupied West Bank’s Tal village.

“The terrorists, who were injured while executing the attack, were evacuated to a hospital in the area of Nablus, where they were apprehended by the soldiers and transferred to the security forces for further processing,” both said in a statement.

They added that the “identities of all the terrorists involved in the attack are known, and the security forces are continuing operations to apprehend the remaining terrorists,” without specifying the number of suspects.

Two Israelis, whom the army identified as soldiers, were killed in the shootout.

At least four Palestinians also died in the gunfight after colonists entered an off-limits area of the occupied West Bank area without coordinating with the army, in a move the latter described as “dangerous”.

Earlier, the Israeli army radio said that the army’s investigation into the incident concluded that “the shooting at the Israelis was not planned”.

Israeli settlers escalate attacks on Palestinians near Nablus

Israeli settlers have set fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles in villages near Nablus, as rights groups warn of “mass pogroms” following a deadly shootout that left at least four Palestinians and two Israelis dead on Friday morning.

Israeli colonists close down Atara’s iron gate entrance: Report

Israeli colonists have closed down the iron gate near the entrance to Atara, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa has reported.

The Palestinian news agency, quoting local sources, said that a number of colonists closed the military gate at the entrance to Atara, preventing citizens from moving around.

Tensions have been rising in the occupied West Bank after a deadly shootout that killed at least four Palestinians after colonists entered an off-limits area without coordinating with the army, in a move the latter described as “dangerous”.

As we reported earlier, Israel Army Radio said that the army’s investigation into the incident concluded that “the shooting at the Israelis was not planned”.

Israeli military blocks entrances to villages in West Bank’s Salfit

The Israeli military has closed the entrances to villages and towns in the Salfit governorate, Wafa has reported.

The Palestinian news agency said that the Israeli army had tightened its military measures, hindering the movement of citizens and vehicles.

Local sources told Wafa that the Israeli forces closed the entrances of Deir Istiya and Haris, northwest of Salfit, and the town of Deir Ballut, west of the governorate.

Israel is repeating a pattern from the opening weeks of the genocide in Gaza

Everything that’s been going on and happening over the past months has been designed in a way to make life extremely difficult for Palestinians, starting from the large-scale mass bombardments, known as carpet bombings, of entire areas in the opening weeks of the genocide, where whole entire neighborhoods and blocks were destroyed completely while people were still inside.

There is a repeat of the same pattern, except it’s happening at a much smaller scale. It's not about entire neighbourhoods, even though the results are causing further displacement for entire blocks in Gaza. The designated targets are just a house or two in one area. Of course, the explosion causes negative impacts and severe destruction and damage to the surrounding area.

There are short forced evacuation notices for people. People were not given a sufficient amount of time to scramble for better shelter. They ran with whatever they were able to hold or carry with their hands, outside in the street.

Teenager shot during Israeli raid on refugee camp in Bethlehem

A 16-year-old boy has been shot in the foot during an Israeli military raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, says the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

UN assembly approves four-year extension in mandate of rights chief

The United Nations ⁠General ⁠Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending the term of UN Human Rights chief ⁠Volker Turk for four more years in spite of opposition from Russia, Israel ‌and the United States.

Of the 193-member UN General Assembly, 144 voted in favour, 10 against, and there were 13 abstentions in the vote on Friday.

Earlier, a large majority of the chamber voted against a Russian counter-proposal to ⁠extend Turk’s term by just ⁠over two months, to the end of 2026.

UN Secretary-General ⁠Antonio Guterres, who has ⁠worked closely with Turk ⁠in the past and steps down in December, proposed the second ‌four-year term for Turk when his existing term ‌expires in October.

Amnesty chief welcomes renewal of top UN rights official’s mandate

Agnes Callamard says that the UN General Assembly’s decision to approve a second four-year term for Volker Turk comes at a point when his work is as vital as ever.

“His mandate is renewed in the midst of massive violations of human rights the world over and increasing attacks against the human rights architecture, threats and pressure and weakening of the multi-lateral system,” Callamard wrote in a post on X.

“We call on him to deliver his mandate courageously and independently, tackling all human rights situations without fear and naming and confronting all perpetrators, including when they are powerful states,” she added.

Callamard also called on Turk to “speak loudly against sanctions or threats of sanctions”, against
UN human rights experts, as the US continues to sanction the UN’s expert on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese.