• Israel’s security cabinet approved a budget of $434m (1.3 billion shekels) to establish 34 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 73,233 Palestinians since October 7, 2023, and wounded more than 173,707.

Israeli strike kills 3, wounds several in central Gaza

An Israeli strike on an apartment in Deir-el Balah, central Gaza, has killed three Palestinians and wounded several others, a source at Al-Aqsa Hospital

More Democrats say they’ll back vote to end funding to Israel

US Congressman Greg Casar, who leads progressive House Democrats, has publicly voiced his support for an amendment to block some $3.3bn in funding to Israel’s military.

“It is past time for us to end aid used to commit genocide in Gaza, kill innocents in Lebanon and beyond, and help drag us into war with Iran,” Casar said in a post on X.

Representative Ro Khanna, who was recently detained by Israeli colonists in the occupied West Bank, has also said he will support the amendment.

“I cannot vote for aid to a country that committed genocide and has used tax dollars to detain Americans like me,” said Khanna.

Four members of the same family killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that the death toll from an Israeli helicopter air strike on a home in the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah has risen to four, including a six-year-old child.

According to medical sources, the strike directly targeted the family home at dawn on Wednesday, killing 33-year-old Omar Sami Ahmad Abu Qasim, his wife Asmaa Ghazi Abu Qasim, and their six-year-old daughter, Habiba Omar Sami Abu Qasim.

The attack occurred amidst ongoing shelling and strikes across several areas of the Gaza Strip.

We have been collecting hundreds of such cases, and documented.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Article II

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

Happened in the occupied West Bank

• Dheisheh camp, South of Bethlehem: Israeli forces stormed the camp and raided a large number of homes. They detained 25 Palestinians for several hours, subjecting them to field interrogations before eventually releasing them.
• Beit Dajan, east of Nablus: Israeli colonists infiltrated the al-Aqaba area on the outskirts of the town early on Wednesday morning, where they vandalized property by slashing the tires of several vehicles parked outside residents’ homes.
• Nablus: Israeli forces conducted early morning raids on several homes in Beita and al-Lubban Asharqiya, located south of Nablus, resulting in the detention of two residents.
• Beita, south of Nablus: Colonists attacked the al-Dahra area on theoutskirts of the town and cut down electricity poles, cutting off power to multiple homes. Clashes broke out as residents confronted the assault, leaving two young men with wounds and bruises. Colonists also captured an ambulance and assaulted its medical crew during the incident.

Israeli army says it arrested two Palestinians in occupied West Bank

The suspects have been taken into custody for allegedly manufacturing explosive devices last night, the military says.

The “wanted individuals” were arrested in a raid in the Ramallah area, an army update said, adding that a “weapons dealer who was in possession of numerous weapons” was also detained.

Two injured in Israeli strike on Gaza City shelter

Two people have been injured in an Israeli air strike in western Gaza City.

They said that, according to the ambulance and emergency service in Gaza, the strike targeted a shelter in a former government building.

Gaza surgeon yet another among 15 doctors held by Israel

The last time Nadia Almukayed saw her husband, Dr Hassan Khalil Almukayed, was inside the Gaza hospital he had refused to leave.

By October 2024, Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave had closed in on the Almukayed family, including his father and other relatives.

As Israeli forces intensified their assault on northern Gaza, the family found itself trapped inside the region’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, where Hassan worked as a vascular surgeon.

“We could not evacuate northern Gaza quickly,” Nadia said. “We moved from one place to another in the north until we became trapped inside Kamal Adwan Hospital.”

Hassan is one of at least 15 Palestinian doctors from Gaza currently in Israeli detention, the most prominent being Kamal Adwan Hospital’s director, Hussam Abu Safia.

Death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza rises

The Palestinian Health Ministry says 12 bodies have been brought to hospitals in Gaza and one wounded person has died over the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Eighteen people were also injured in Israeli military attacks over that time, a ministry statement added.

“There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads,” it said, adding that ambulances and Palestinian Civil Defence crews are trying to reach them.

Since the October “ceasefire”, at least 1,123 Palestinians have been killed and 3,616 wounded in Israeli attacks.

Qassam Brigades special forces commanders killed in Gaza: Israeli army

The two commanders killed on Tuesday night belonged to the Nukhba forces unit of Hamas’s armed wing, according to an Israeli army claim.

Ali Shamlakh and Nasser Luah were killed in northern Gaza, the statement said, accusing them of posing “an immediate threat” to Israeli forces in the area.

Israel accused of killing Gaza civil officials to destabilize besieged enclave

Despite a “ceasefire” agreed in October, analysts say Israel’s ongoing attacks aim to prevent a Palestinian recovery, sabotage Trump’s plan for the besieged enclave and pave the way for permanent occupation.

Child sole survivor after Israeli strike kills his entire family in Gaza

An Israeli air strike on an apartment in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah has killed at least three Palestinians.

A child is the only survivor, with the rest of his family killed.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Article II

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

Death toll in Gaza jumps to 73,246 from Israel’s genocidal war

Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 73,246 people since October 7, 2023, Wafa news agency reports, citing medical sources.

At least 173,727 people have been wounded.

Despite a “ceasefire” agreed to in October 2025, Israeli attacks on Gaza continue daily, killing 1,123 people and wounding 3,616 since then, it added.

Far-right Israeli lawmaker raids Palestinian school

Israel’s Knesset Education Committee head Zvi Sukkot stormed a Palestinian school for orphans in occupied East Jerusalem, smashing its ceramic sign and pledging to shut it down.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

Israel is continuing its crackdown in the occupied West Bank amid its genocidal war on Gaza. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported several incidents on Wednesday:

• Twenty-five Palestinians have been released from Israeli custody following a military raid on Wednesday morning on Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
• Israel colonists have wounded three Palestinians during attacks in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron. The colonists were reportedly protected by Israeli soldiers.
• Israeli forces demolished infrastructure in the town of Beit Ula, northwest of Hebron. A factory and agricultural structures were among the buildings destroyed.
• Israel forces held several Palestinian farmers at gunpoint as they ordered them to vacate their land in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

Six-year-old girl, parents killed in Israeli attack on Gaza home

Palestinians held a funeral for a six-year-old girl and her parents killed in an Israeli air attack on an apartment building in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.

Health officials say the couple’s son was the only survivor of the attack.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Article II

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

Israel is losing the public opinion battle in the US: Vance

US Vice President JD Vance says that “Israel is losing the public opinion battle in the US.”

He told US pod caster Joe Rogan that Israel is an ally, but admitted the country does try to influence US politics.

“Do they try to influence American politics? Yes,” Vance said. “Israel is definitely more effective at it than most.”

Morocco to join Gaza "stabilization" force

Morocco has signed ⁠an ⁠agreement with the Donald Trump-backed Gaza Board of Peace to join the International Stabilization Force, according to the country’s state-run news agency MAP.

The agreement “reflects the shared determination to contribute, through concrete humanitarian and security actions, to the establishment of a climate of ⁠peace and security in ⁠the region”, MAP quoted an official statement as saying.

The signing ceremony was attended by Moroccan ⁠Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov.

Morocco, the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan signed agreements to normalize relations with Israel in 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords, which was mastermind by Jared Kushner and Netanyahu.

Palestinian homes sealed off by Israeli military restrictions

Residents of Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the occupied West Bank say an Israeli army order imposed after a series of colonist terror attacks has left families cut off from their sheep pen, bathroom and parts of their home.

They say the measures are part of growing pressure to force them from their village.

Israeli settlers attack, threaten Palestinians near Hebron

Israeli forces threatened to seize the sheep of Palestinian shepherds east of Bethlehem if they returned to the area to graze their livestock, Wafa news agency reports.

Colonists and Israeli forces have often threatened Palestinian shepherds, including physical attacks and theft of their herds.

Separately, settlers attacked a Palestinian man in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Ragheb Al-Dababseh was beaten up and wounded while on his way home.

Colonists also verbally abused residents in the town of Surif, north of Hebron.

Rights groups sue Trump administration, allege ICC sanctions violate Constitution

Two human rights groups are suing the Trump administration, alleging that US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) violate the US Constitution.

Democracy for the Arab World Now and Taxpayers Against Genocide say the sanctions prevent them from advocating on behalf of Palestinians, including by making submissions to the ICC, or from engaging with individuals sanctioned by the US for fear they could face fines or imprisonment.

“The Trump administration is using the blunt instrument of economic sanctions not only to punish human rights defenders but to police the political expression of millions of Americans,” Omar Shakir, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now, said in a statement.

Last year, the Trump administration sanctioned the ICC in a bid to pressure the court to refrain from investigating alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a plan to dismantle the ICC.

Palestinian minor injured in Israeli colonist car-ramming

A six-year-old Palestinian has been injured after being hit by a car driven by an Israeli colonist in Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.

Witnesses say the settler ran over Mukhlis Ammar Al-Salaymeh near checkpoint 160 in the city’s old quarter, in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestine Red Crescent transported the child to a nearby hospital for treatment.