Category: Human rights

For the 227th consecutive day, Israeli forces have breached the ceasefire in Gaza, conducting airstrikes, artillery bombardments, controlled demolitions, and naval fire that struck homes, displacement shelters, and the shoreline.…

A Palestinian bus driver from occupied Jerusalem was assaulted late Thursday night by a group of Israelis at the central bus station in Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv. The…

The World Health Assembly, meeting in Geneva from 18–23 May, adopted two resolutions addressing the health situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan, with broad international…

Nine Western states issued a joint statement on Friday urging the Israeli government to immediately halt its colonial expansion across the occupied West Bank, warning in particular against advancing the…

The United Nations warned that Gaza’s health system is operating under “extreme and unsustainable pressure,” as continued Israeli attacks, the collapse of basic services, and severe restrictions on medical supplies…

Israeli occupation forces killed six Palestinians and injured dozens more on Thursday in multiple attacks across the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip, including drone fire, shelling of tents sheltering displaced…

Israeli occupation forces carried out several attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in continued violations of the declared ceasefire. Overnight shelling was reported in northern and central Gaza, with…

In a health system pushed to the edge by years of blockade and the devastation of ongoing Israeli attacks, a small but meaningful breakthrough emerged this week in Gaza City.…

The head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Minister Muayyad Sha’ban, warned Tuesday that the decision signed by fanatic Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich to advance the eviction and displacement…

Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes, drone attacks, and artillery bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing two Palestinians and injuring several others in Gaza City, Khan…

Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian and wounded another east of Khan Younis on Monday, in yet another breach of the fragile “ceasefire” that Gaza has endured for 221 consecutive…

Israeli naval forces seized at least 28 boats from the Gaza‑bound Freedom Flotilla on Monday, in what organizers described as a violent interception carried out in international waters against an…

Israeli occupation army minister Yisrael Katz and the extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir announced the beginning of procedures to implement Israel’s new death penalty law targeting Palestinian detainees in…

Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed six Palestinians and wounded others, as bombardment, artillery fire, and ground incursions continued in multiple areas of the besieged enclave. Medical…

The United Nations has renewed its call for an independent investigation into the torture and inhumane treatment of Palestinian detainees held by Israeli forces, citing a growing number of credible…

Israeli occupation forces abducted several Palestinians, including two children and an elderly man, late Saturday after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted residents in Jerusalem’s Old City. Media sources said soldiers…

Israeli warplanes carried out deadly airstrikes, Saturday, targeting Jabalia refugee camp and a civilian vehicle in western Gaza City, killing three Palestinians, and injuring at many others, as the death…

Israeli occupation authorities forced a Palestinian resident of Jabal al‑Mukabber in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, to demolish his own home on Saturday, after issuing him a final demolition…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted Palestinian worshippers and residents near the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Friday, while Israeli occupation forces abducted nine Palestinians from the Old City amid…

News roundup for Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Day 949 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Compilation of news reports – IAK staff NEWS & HEADLINES FROM…

Sixteen Palestinians were injured on Wednesday in a series of Israeli violations across northern and central Gaza, including drone strikes, live fire, and the detonation of unexploded ordnance, despite the…

Israeli occupation authorities compelled a Palestinian family to self‑demolish its home in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, after issuing a demolition order under…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that Gaza’s water, sanitation, and hygiene systems have undergone a severe and deliberate collapse since October 2023, driven by Israeli policies that have deprived the…

Medical sources in central Gaza confirmed that a Palestinian man was killed and several others were injured on Tuesday evening when an Israeli military drone fired a missile at a…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that at least one Palestinian child has been killed every week in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, since January 2025,…

Marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported that the global Palestinian population has reached 15.5 million, including 7.4 million living in Palestine and…

Israeli occupation forces continued their violations of the ceasefire agreement for the 215th consecutive day across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians and injuring others during the…

Israeli occupation authorities forced a Palestinian resident of Silwan, south of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, to demolish his own residential room on Tuesday, continuing a long‑standing policy that…

Palestinians marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba on Tuesday with a central march and public gathering in Ramallah at 11:30 a.m., as part of nationwide events held under the…

The Israeli occupation army has issued a new military order extending the closure of Al‑Jazeera’s office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, for an additional three months,…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that four Palestinians were killed since the early morning hours, as the Israeli occupation continues its violations across the besieged and…

Decision Sparks Outrage Among Palestinian Christian Communities: In an emotional farewell scene, Catholic priest Father Louis Salman presided on Sunday over what became his final Mass in the city of…

Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the fragile “ceasefire agreement” in the Gaza Strip for the 214th consecutive day on Monday, carrying out renewed artillery strikes, home demolitions, and heavy…

Israeli forces carried out multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing a Palestinian man in the central Gaza Strip and injuring several others in separate incidents involving artillery…

Israeli occupation authorities have intensified abusive measures against Palestinian women held in the Damon Prison, where female detainees—including two minors and three pregnant women—have reported a sharp rise in systematic…

Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed three Palestinians, including the director of police investigations in Khan Younis, and injured several others in separate incidents…

Palestinian officials condemned the exhumation of a recently buried deceased man in the village of Al-Asa’sa, south of Jenin, after Israeli occupation soldiers and illegal paramilitary colonizers dug up his…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Saturday that five Palestinians were killed and fifteen others injured over the past forty‑eight hours, as rescue teams continue to struggle…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip warned on Saturday that Palestinians living with thalassemia are facing life‑threatening conditions, as the collapse of medical services under the ongoing Israeli assault has…

Nine Palestinians, including a child, were injured late Friday when an Israeli airstrike targeted a home in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, as Israeli bombardment and military…

Israeli occupation forces forced residents of the village of al‑Asa’sa in Jenin in the northern West Bank on Friday evening to exhume the body of a man who had been…

Three Palestinians were killed and several others were critically wounded on Thursday after Israeli occupation drones carried out multiple strikes west of Gaza City, as humanitarian agencies warned of a…

Israeli airstrikes and ongoing ceasefire violations killed several Palestinians and wounded others on Wednesday across the Gaza Strip, as Israeli forces continued to target civilian areas in Gaza City, northern…

Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip for the 208th consecutive day on Tuesday, carrying out renewed airstrikes, artillery bombardments, and home demolitions that targeted…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home on Tuesday in the Arab al‑‘Arara area near the Jaba’ Junction north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, displacing a family and…

Israeli airstrikes continued across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others, as the humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave remains dire months after the declared…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a 2-storey Palestinian home on Monday in the village of ad‑Deerat, east of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, in the latest incident…

Israeli occupation forces killed a displaced Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, as the army continued to violate the ceasefire agreement for the 207th consecutive day through…

Updated: Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian farmers on Monday in the town of Turmus Ayya, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central region and forced them to…

Israeli forces continued their illegal theft of Palestinian land by force, as well as attacking Palestinians and their property throughout the West Bank on Sunday. Israeli occupation forces shot and…

News roundup for Saturday, May 2, 2026, Day 939 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people. Compilation of news reports – IAK staff GAZA FLOTILLA – NEWS &…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate affirmed that press freedom in Palestine is not a slogan but a daily struggle against the ongoing violations and assaults carried out by the Israeli occupation.…

The Israeli army continued its violations of the ceasefire agreement for the 206th consecutive day, killing two Palestinians on Sunday, including a child in Khan Younis, as Israeli forces carried…

In the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, Israeli occupation aircraft killed one Palestinian in the vicinity of Al-Qastal Towers, east of the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza…

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned what it described as a “vicious and wicked assault” against a French nun in occupied Jerusalem last Tuesday, calling on Israeli authorities to ensure…

Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the declared “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip on Saturday through sustained airstrikes, artillery shelling, and heavy gunfire, while simultaneously tightening the siege and further…

The Global Sumud Flotilla reported that 31 international activists were injured during the Israeli naval interception of the humanitarian fleet that was sailing toward the Gaza Strip last Thursday in…

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) reported that Israeli authorities carried out 26 demolitions and abducted more than 250 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem during April, in a month…

Israeli occupation forces shot and critically injured a Palestinian man on Friday evening in Gaza City, in yet another violation of the “ceasefire” agreement that continues to be undermined by…

A Palestinian man died of wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, while seven civilians, including a child, were injured on Thursday…

Israeli naval forces intercepted and seized several Gaza‑bound humanitarian vessels after surrounding the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near Crete, hundreds of miles from Gaza, during a late‑night operation…

A Palestinian paramedic, Ibrahim Saqer, was killed on Wednesday when an Israeli airstrike struck a gathering of displaced civilians in the al‑Tuwam area, northwest of Gaza. The strike also wounded…

Two hundred and one days after the announcement of a “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to violate the agreement with renewed attacks across several areas, killing five…

Hospitals in the devastated Gaza Strip are sounding the alarm over the possible shutdown of the only oxygen‑generation plant still operating in Gaza City and the northern governorates, a failure…

Israeli occupation forces killed a nine‑year‑old Palestinian child in southern Gaza on Tuesday as repeated violations of the ceasefire continued across the Strip, with airstrikes, gunfire, and artillery bombardment targeting…

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition orders on Monday targeting dozens of commercial and residential structures during their ongoing assault on the towns of ar‑Ram and Kafr Aqab, and the Qalandia…

Israeli occupation forces continued, for the 199th consecutive day, to violate the fragile “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, carrying out home demolitions, artillery strikes, drone attacks, and live‑fire assaults that…

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that more than 17,000 infections linked to rodents and external parasites have been recorded among displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the beginning…

Israeli warplanes and ground forces killed four Palestinians, including a child, on Saturday in separate attacks across the Gaza Strip, as medical authorities reported rising casualties and warned that many…

On Saturday morning, a Palestinian child succumbed to serious wounds she sustained days earlier when Israeli forces opened fire west of Deir al‑Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Her death…

The World Health Organization (WHO) says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system will require an estimated $10 billion over five years, reflecting the scale of destruction inflicted on medical infrastructure during…

Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks killed 13 Palestinians, including three children, one woman, and police officers, and injured many others across the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip on Friday. Seven…

Israeli occupation forces carried out new attacks across the Gaza Strip on Friday, the 197th day of the declared “ceasefire”, as artillery, naval fire, and gunfire struck multiple areas of…

Expanded Report – Background & Context : Israeli occupation authorities invaded the Baten al‑Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on Thursday, and delivered forced‑eviction…

Israeli occupation forces continued their violations of the “ceasefire” agreement signed on 10 October 2025, carrying out repeated attacks across the Gaza Strip, including drone strikes, artillery fire, and the…

Updated: The number of Palestinians killed by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers since the beginning of the year, 2026, has risen to 16, following the announcement of the killing of Odah…

A Palestinian man was killed, and several others were wounded, on Wednesday when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of residents in Jabalia town in the northern…

Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said that the Israeli government’s decision to honor a rabbi who publicly celebrated the destruction of Palestinian homes in Gaza reflects a deeper shift in…

Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as local authorities reported new fatalities and injuries amid ongoing bombardment and the collapse of basic services…

Israeli occupation forces continued their attacks and violations across the devastated Gaza Strip on Monday, wounding several Palestinians in separate strikes that targeted residential areas, displaced families’ tents, and crowded…

Israeli occupation forces carried out several attacks across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing one Palestinian and wounding several others in ongoing drone and live‑fire assaults despite the ceasefire that…

Israeli occupation forces killed several Palestinians and wounded others on Sunday in multiple areas across the devastated Gaza Strip, as continued shootings, shelling, and “ceasefire” violations compounded the already severe…

Israeli occupation forces fatally shot a Palestinian man on Sunday morning in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, as continued attacks, the collapse of essential services, and the targeting of…

Israeli occupation forces suppressed a nonviolent student protest on Sunday in the Masafer Yatta area of Hebron in the southern West Bank, preventing children from reaching their school for the…

Israeli occupation forces on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian man in the northwestern area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as medical authorities and international agencies reported a…

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) reported on Friday that more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in the Gaza Strip…

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded several others on Friday after opening fire on displaced families in northern Gaza, amid continued attacks and rising casualty figures across the…

Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured, on Friday, when Israeli occupation forces bombed a water desalination plant in the Al‑Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The attack…

A Palestinian child was killed on Thursday evening after Israeli forces opened fire in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, while three other Palestinians, including two brothers, were killed in…

Palestinian prisoner institutions reported that the number of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons has risen by 83 percent since the start of the since October 2023. According to current…

Israeli military vehicles continued firing across several areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in ongoing field violations of the “ceasefire” agreement. Medical sources confirmed that two Palestinian brothers were…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the unanimous adoption of two resolutions on Palestine by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that the death toll from Israel’s ongoing assault on the besieged enclave has risen to 72,344 Palestinians, with 172,242 wounded, since…

Israeli occupation authorities demolished thirteen Palestinian residential and agricultural structures on Wednesday across several areas of occupied Jerusalem, continuing the long‑standing policy of displacing Palestinians under the pretext of “building…

Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the 188th consecutive day on Wednesday, maintaining artillery fire, drone strikes, and severe restrictions on border crossings…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of rapidly increasing disease risks inside Gaza’s overcrowded displacement camps, where deteriorating living conditions continue to fuel a…

Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers continued their assault on Palestinian communities throughout the West Bank on Tuesday. This follows a series of invasions on Tuesday before dawn. Israeli occupation forces…

Updated: Eleven Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes, shootings, and demolitions across Gaza City and northern Gaza, as Israeli forces continue to violate the “ceasefire”…

Mahmoud al‑Habbash, the Palestinian President’s Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs and the Chief Islamic Justice of Palestine, condemned the Israeli occupation forces for abducting former Minister of Awqaf and…

Updated: Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on Monday in separate attacks across the Gaza Strip, while limited ground incursions and continued gunfire were reported in several neighborhoods of Gaza City.…