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- The Israeli military verified that a video that depicts a person tied to a bed with his eyes covered and a pole attached to his back is genuine. Officials said the incident was under review after the chilling imagery appeared on social media platforms.
- The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has rejected Israeli allegations that Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza were not media workers, stressing that those killed since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza were engaged in documented journalistic work.
- The death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has risen to 73,074 Palestinians, with another 173,537 wounded.
- The Jerusalem Governorate has warned that Israel’s approval of 13 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank will further isolate the city from its Palestinian surroundings.
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Israeli protesters demand accountability 1,000 days since October 7
Demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv to demand an independent inquiry into how the government failed to prevent the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023.
Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected calls for such an inquiry, instead offering to set up a political commission.
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Our October 7th archive
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Israel bulldozes 500 olive trees near Jenin as harvest nears
Israel has bulldozed at least 500 olive trees owned by Palestinians near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, just months before the olive harvest.
At least 120,000 olive trees have been damaged, uprooted or poisoned in the occupied West Bank since 2020.
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We have been documenting the Israeli destruction of agricultural properties in the West Bank since October 2023.
In 2025 alone, we've documented 155 cases of uprooting olive trees by the Israeli armed war belligerent and colonists.
What does international law say when the Israeli armed belligerent destroys olive trees in the West Bank?
Under international law, the destruction or uprooting of Palestinian olive trees by Israeli armed forces or settlers in the occupied West Bank is a grave violation of these two primary legal principles:
Prohibition of Destruction of Property: Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits an occupying power from destroying private or state property unless absolutely required by military operations. The intentional uprooting of centuries-old agricultural trees is routinely condemned by the UN as failing to meet this strict threshold.
Right to Livelihood and Culture: International human rights law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, protects the rights of indigenous populations to their cultural practices and means of subsistence. Olive trees are a foundational element of Palestinian cultural heritage and economic livelihood.
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Jerusalem Governorate reports 11 Palestinians killed in first half of year
Israeli military field executions and escalating attacks by armed settlers have killed eleven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Jerusalem Governorate during the first half of this year, the Wafa news agency reports.
The governorate said that three Palestinians died at the hands of Israeli settlers, while eight others were killed by military gunfire, according to Wafa.
Governorate officials also documented the arrest of 866 Palestinians during the first half of 2026, including 35 children and 21 women.
The officials noted that these detentions were carried out as part of a systematic policy of suppression, involving raids on Palestinian homes and widespread stops at Israeli checkpoints and on public roads.
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Rights group says shifting Gaza ‘Yellow Line’ a ‘kill zone’ for Palestinian civilians
The Israeli military’s so-called “Yellow Line” in Gaza continues to shift, cutting off more of the Palestinian territory from its residents, according to Breaking the Silence, an Israeli military veterans organisation focused on human rights in the occupied territory.
The “Yellow Line” was originally demarcated where the Israeli army withdrew under the first phase of the Gaza “ceasefire”, which came into effect in October 2025.
But, according to Breaking the Silence, since that time, the Israeli military’s control of Gaza has expanded from 53 percent to up to 70 percent of the enclave.
“Almost all of Gaza’s population is forced into less than a third of its territory,” the organization said in a post on X.
“The expansion is swallowing many essential services, such as water points and healthcare sites, and, more importantly, it has cost dozens of people their lives,” it added.
According to UN figures, the group said, no fewer than 196 Palestinians, including 18 women and 43 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks near the “Yellow Line” between October 10, 2025, when the “ceasefire” began, and up to early April 2026.
“The Yellow Line is a ‘kill zone’ with extremely permissive rules of engagement,” the group added.
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Video captures Israeli settlers torching Palestinian home with family inside
Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group that works in the occupied Palestinian territory, has shared shocking video footage that shows Israeli settlers setting fire to a Palestinian home in the village of Deir Dibwan in the occupied West Bank.
The security camera footage, filmed two weeks ago, shows the settlers continuing to torch the house even after they realized the Palestinian family was still inside the home they planned to burn down.
Yesh Din said the arson was part of a wider organized settler assault, during which other groups set fire to several homes and vehicles in the village.
The footage adds to mounting evidence of organized settler violence – under the protection of Israel’s military occupation – that has been described as “ethnic cleansing”.
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Israeli forces seize 8 Palestinians after settlers enter West Bank village
Israeli forces stormed several Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Mukhmas during a violent dawn raid and seized eight Palestinians.
In a post on X, the Israeli army claimed the Palestinians were detained for “chasing and assaulting” Israeli settlers who had illegally entered the village a day earlier.
Israeli police said on Thursday that several settlers entered Mukhmas, near Ramallah, before dawn while fleeing from authorities after committing traffic violations.
Police later found the settlers’ vehicle with broken windows.
Mukhmas has faced repeated settler incursions since Israel’s illegal Kol Mevaser settlement outpost was established in the area last October.
A nearby Bedouin community with the same name was recently forcibly displaced after repeated settler attacks, including live fire from guns, arson attacks and severe violence against local people.
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