Category: Human rights

Israeli occupation forces escalated their violations of the “ceasefire agreement,” in place since October 10, with heavy bombardments, airstrikes, and demolitions across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday.…

Israeli forces launched a wide-scale invasion of various parts of the West Bank on Sunday morning, abducting 54 Palestinians and setting up additional checkpoints and roadblocks in several different areas.…

The Israeli army continued its violations of the declared “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinian siblings, both are children, and bombarding several areas of the devastated coastal enclave.…

The number of injured due to the Israeli occupation forces’ attack since the beginning of the aggression on Tubas Governorate has risen to 130 injured. Director of Ambulance and Emergency…

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | November 28, 2025 The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen…

An Israeli occupation drone bombed the town of Bani Suhaila, east of the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian. A Wafa news correspondent reported…

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released video evidence on Thursday showing Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinian men during a military invasion in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern…

Quds News reports that a senior Trump official has confirmed that the US administration is working on a plan to divide the Gaza Strip by constructing housing units for thousands…

Today, on Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces pushed bulldozers and heavy construction equipment towards Nour Shams camp to the east of Tulkarem. A Wafa news correspondent reported that these reinforcements…

On Wednesday morning, a young man was hospitalized with severe injuries after he was beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers in the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas. Medical sources reported…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees “UNRWA” said today, Wednesday, that hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people in the Gaza Strip are struggling to find…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Monday that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip remains catastrophic despite the ceasefire. The agency stressed that…

The Gaza Government Media Office said Israel violated the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 497 times over the past 44 days, killing 342 civilians, with children, women, and the elderly said…

Several Palestinian civilians were wounded, Saturday, after Israeli forces opened fire east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza and near al‑Bureij in central Gaza, wounding two Palestinians. Medical sources…

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that humanitarian assistance reaching Gaza remains gravely insufficient, despite the ceasefire announced on October 10. Emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin cautioned that without a significant…

Medical sources in Gaza reported Thursday that the death toll from Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip has surpassed 69,500, with the majority of victims being children…

On Palestinian Children’s Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics revealed a staggering toll: more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents since the start of…

Israeli occupation forces demolished five residential and agricultural structures east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, on Thursday. According to the Jerusalem Governorate, the demolitions targeted two residential units…

On World Children’s Day, three leading Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations—The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, and Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association—issued a joint…

On November 20, recognized globally as World Children’s Day, Palestine commemorates its children—those whose lives, education, and dreams have been extinguished by Israel’s ongoing war of extermination in Gaza since…

In a new, widespread violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces engaged in a series of bombing of civilians in Gaza on Wednesday. A total of 28 Palestinians were killed…

A Palestinian was killed today, Wednesday, by Israeli occupation forces Khan Younis, in the southern part of the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that the soldiers killed…

A report released this week by Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI) reveals that nearly 100 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli custody since October 7, 2023. The organization attributes this…

The United Nations has reported that more than 17,000 Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip were affected by heavy rainfall that struck the devastated region over the past several days.…

On Monday, while covering a non-violent protest in Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem, Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi Yassin was shot in the foot by Israeli forces. In addition to shooting…

Theodosius Atallah Hanna, Palestinian Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem: Palestine is real. Its people are real—whether some choose to recognize that or not. The inciteful and…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to…

At least 15 Palestinian civilians, including children, were injured—one critically—on Monday evening after Israeli military drones dropped explosive devices and opened fire on groups of civilians in the Daraj neighborhood,…

UNRWA currently has thousands of tents and blankets outside the crossings into Gaza, enough for about one million people. Gaza residents are experiencing severe suffering due to the rains and…

A female citizen was killed today, Friday, by fire from an Israeli occupation attack northwest of Gaza City. Local sources reported that citizen Mayssa Jaber Al-Attar was killed as a…

A woman, Maysaa Jabir Al-Attar, was killed today when she was struck by fire from an Israeli drone in the Al-Atatra area northwest of Gaza City. Local sources reported that…

The arson attack on the Hajjah Hamida Mosque in Salfit has triggered a wave of international condemnation, with the United Nations, Islamic institutions, and European governments denouncing the assault as…

The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Swiss Foreign Ministry have all condemned the latest arson attack by illegal paramilitary Israeli…

Medical sources in Gaza reported Thursday that the death toll from Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has surpassed 69,187 Palestinians, with the vast majority being women…

Amnesty International | November 11, 2025 | In response to the passing of the first reading of a controversial new amendment to the Israeli Penal Law making it mandatory for…

Official Israeli police data reveals a staggering 73% drop in investigations into violent crimes committed by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank…

A Palestinian civilian was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday evening in the Jabalia refugee camp, located in northern Gaza. The killing occurred amid continued Israeli violations…

On Wednesday, November 12, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the Gaza Strip, in direct violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered last month. The assaults…

For nearly ten consecutive months, the Israeli occupation army has waged an unrelenting offensive  against the city of Jenin and its refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank’s transforming a…

Hospitals across the devastated Gaza Strip have received the bodies of three slain Palestinians and one injured individual over the past 24 hours, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported. It…

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, Palestinian rescue teams recovered the bodies of two slain Palestinians from beneath the rubble of a home previously bombed in Khan Younis, in the southern…

Israeli forces and paramilitary colonial settlers invaded several parts of the West Bank on Monday, abducting and harassing Palestinian residents, wounding at least one and destroying homes and farmland belonging…

The Israeli Knesset has advanced a bill that would give the government sweeping authority to shut down foreign media outlets it deems a “threat to national security,” without court oversight.…

The Israeli Knesset has advanced two bills authorizing the death penalty for Palestinian detainees accused of killing Israeli citizens under what the proposed law defines as “racist or hateful motives.”…

Medical sources in Gaza confirmed Monday that the total number of Palestinians killed in by Israel since October 7, 2023, has exceeded 69,179, the vast majority of them children and…

Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed Monday afternoon in an Israeli drone strike targeting a civilian gathering in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.…

Two Palestinian workers were injured in separate incidents while attempting to cross the Israeli Annexation Wall in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, underscoring the daily risks faced…

Israeli occupation authorities have been systematically torturing Palestinian detainees from Gaza since at least February 2024, according to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…

Medical sources in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation authorities released the bodies of 15 slain Palestinians on Monday, transferred via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Nasser…

In yet another deadly violation of the “ceasefire” Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian civilian Sunday morning in a drone strike targeting Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in the…

Two leading UN agencies have issued grave warnings about the accelerating humanitarian breakdown in Gaza, where ongoing Israeli border restrictions are obstructing access to life-saving medical care and essential aid.…

A Palestinian man and a child were killed, and another civilian was wounded, on Saturday amid ongoing Israeli violations in the central and southern parts of the devasted Gaza Strip.…

The occupied West Bank witnessed an unprecedented surge in violence by illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers—during October 2025, marking the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades, the United Nations said.…

Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis early Saturday morning, in yet another violation of the “ceasefire” agreement. The attacks targeted eastern neighborhoods in both cities, while…

The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday that a Turkish criminal court has issued arrest warrants for 37 individuals, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on charges of genocide and…

The Israeli army continued, Friday, its serious violations of the “ceasefire” agreement, wounding a child, in addition to continuing the demolition of homes and buildings. Medical sources have confirmed that…

On the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in Armed Conflict, the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority issued a stark warning: the environmental situation in Palestine has reached…

The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues to escalate, with the death toll now exceeding 68,872—most of them women and children—since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza since October 7,…

The spokeswoman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Tess Ingram, said that more than a million children in Gaza still need water and food, and that thousands of children…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (It is difficult to characterize the current situation in Gaza a “ceasefire,” when Israel has killed over 200 Palestinians. If Americans Knew considers…

Israeli soldiers invaded a number of areas in the West Bank on Saturday, ransacking Palestinian homes and harassing local residents. The following invasions were documented by local sources on Saturday:…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that the 2025 olive harvest in the occupied West Bank has been marred by the highest level…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned Friday that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza, operating under a “quiet and systematic” campaign of extermination despite the ongoing ceasefire. Since the ceasefire…

Medical sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported receiving 30 bodies of Palestinians killed inside concentration camps run by Israeli forces, whose bodies had been retained by Israeli authorities. The bodies…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed it continues to carry out its vital humanitarian mission in Gaza, despite the siege, bombardment, and catastrophic conditions…

Israeli occupation forces continued their violations of the ceasefire agreement, killing three Palestinians and injuring several others in attacks across the Gaza Strip, earlier Friday. The escalation comes amid growing…

Israeli occupation forces have conducted a series of airstrikes and demolitions targeting civilian homes across various areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, despite the ongoing “ceasefire” agreement. In Gaza…

Israeli occupation forces resumed aerial assaults on the Gaza Strip early Thursday, striking multiple areas in the north and south despite publicly declaring “a return to the ceasefire agreement.” The…

On Wednesday evening, the 19th day of the declared “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israeli warplanes launched new airstrikes on the northern part of the Strip, killing two Palestinians in Beit Lahia’s…

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has confirmed that Israeli occupation forces committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.…

After breaking the Gaza ceasefire Tuesday, Israeli forces continued their bombardment overnight, killing 100 Palestinian civilians, including 35 children, in a series of airstrikes targeting the homes and tents of…

Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including eight children, and injuring several others. The attacks mark a renewed…

The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission has documented 259 separate assaults against Palestinian olive harvesters since the beginning of this year’s harvest season in early October, WAFA Palestinian News &…

The Israeli army has handed over the bodies of 50 Palestinian victims it had held since the start of its genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023. Medical sources said…

The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Younis Al-Khatib, stressed that the humanitarian need in the Gaza Strip is no less urgent and desperate now than it was before…

The European Union has formally urged Israel to comply with the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emphasizing its legal obligations to facilitate humanitarian aid and…

Updated: On Monday, Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians, and injured several others, in Khan Younis and launched heavy fire and naval bombardments in Rafah, in Gaza’s southern and southeastern…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (It is difficult to characterize the current situation in Gaza a “ceasefire,” when Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians. If Americans Knew considers…

Quds News reports: The head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, Amjad al-Shawa, said Israel continues to defy international law and ignore global calls to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza.…

A 9-year old girl was killed and three others were injured, Saturday evening, as a result of the collapse of a building in Gaza City. The building, which was damaged…

Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, warned that Gaza’s education system is collapsing after two years of war, putting an entire generation of children…

The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission reported 158 assaults against olive harvesters carried out by Israeli occupation forces and settlers across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of October…

Updated: On Friday, October 13, four Palestinians—including a child—were killed in the Gaza Strip: two by an Israeli drone strike, and two others, including a child, by explosive remnants of…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) called for a sustained ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to enable the return of children to a safe educational…

On Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the officially documented and verified number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has now reached 68,280, with…

Palestinian civil society organizations have condemned the Israeli occupation’s detention and deportation of 32 international volunteers who were accompanying Palestinian farmers during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West…

On Wednesday night, the Israeli army fired many artillery shells at areas in the northern outskirts of Bani Soheila town, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and the Shuja’iyya…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) issued a stark warning about escalating Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank, which have led to widespread…

Thirteen days into the declared ceasefire, the Israeli military continues to block access to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, despite a decision to reopen it over a…

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has sounded the alarm over the dire humanitarian and medical conditions endured by Palestinian political prisoners held in Israel’s Negev desert detention camp.…

The International Court of Justice is expected to issue a pivotal advisory opinion today on Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, intensifying global scrutiny of its conduct. In a…

Arab lawyers from across the region gathered in the Moroccan capital, Rabat,  to announce the formation of a unified legal coalition aimed at prosecuting Israeli war crimes committed in Gaza…

The Palestinian Ministry of Education announced Tuesday that more than 20,000 students have been killed and over 31,000 injured since the onset of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and serious escalation…

Early on Tuesday morning, the Israeli navy opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of Gaza City, before abducting three Palestinian fishermen. Eyewitnesses said the abducted men…

On the twelfth day of the ceasefire following 735 days of genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis remains dire, Gaza faces dire humanitarian conditions amidst ongoing Israeli…

On the twelfth day of a fragile ceasefire, after 735 days of the genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people, Gaza continued to reel from the aftermath of intense Israeli bombing,…

In a serious escalation on Sunday, Israeli occupation forces launched a barrage of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, deploying fire belts in multiple areas and targeting civilian infrastructure. The strikes…

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (Day 742 of Israel’s Latest War on Gaza) Israel killed at least 8 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, in spite of the ceasefire.…

On Saturday, the Islamic resistance movement Hamas returned the bodies of two Israeli prisoners of war, while the occupation returned the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip.…

Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa said Thursday that the cost of the recovery program that the Palestinian Authority has developed for the Gaza Strip will be $67 billion. Mustafa said that…