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Newborn Baby Dies from Severe Cold
Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{Newborn Baby Dies from Severe Cold in Gaza as Israel Blocks Entry of Adequate Tents and Caravans Amid Winter Storm
A two-week-old baby died from severe cold in Gaza as heavy rains flooded displacement tents. Health officials and the UN warn that Israel’s restrictions on tents and caravans are leaving thousands of families exposed during harsh winter conditions.
Gaza (QNN)- A newborn baby has died in Gaza due to extreme cold, amid harsh winter conditions and worsening humanitarian suffering as Israel continues its blockade. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the death of two-week-old baby Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Khair. The baby died from a sharp drop in body temperature caused by severe cold. The ministry said the infant arrived at hospital two days earlier and was admitted to intensive care. He died on Monday despite medical efforts. Heavy rainfall has flooded large numbers of displacement tents across Gaza, especially in low-lying areas. Thousands of families now face extreme conditions without proper shelter, heating, or protection. Health Ministry Director General Munir al-Boursh previously warned of rising deaths among infants, the elderly, and sick people due to cold exposure inside flooded tents. He said water and humidity inside shelters create ideal conditions for respiratory diseases. Many patients cannot access medical care. On Monday, the United Nations said Israel continues to obstruct the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza despite severe winter conditions. The UN warned of a growing risk of newborns freezing to death. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said UN teams and partners continue efforts to deliver aid to the most vulnerable families. He noted that humanitarian needs still exceed response capacity due to ongoing Israeli restrictions. Haq said recent heavy rain and freezing temperatures have worsened conditions. He confirmed increased risks of hypothermia among newborns. Aid teams are distributing special kits to prevent freezing. Over the past week, aid agencies distributed 3,800 tents and 4,600 tarpaulins. Relief packages also include basic food and hygiene supplies. However, Haq said partners were forced to scale back assistance since Friday due to access restrictions. The UN is also working to create temporary learning spaces for 5,000 children. Haq stressed that efforts remain limited because Israel blocks the entry of educational materials.
 Last Thursday, Gaza health officials confirmed the death of another infant, Rahaf Abu Jazar, in Khan Younis. She died from cold exposure after rainwater flooded her family’s tent. Since Wednesday, thousands of tents sheltering survivors of Israel’s genocide have turned into pools of water. Mattresses, clothes, and food were destroyed. Hundreds of families remain exposed to the cold without adequate shelter. Most displaced people live in worn-out tents. The government media office said in September that 93 percent of tents are no longer fit for use. That equals 125,000 tents out of 135,000. Although the ceasefire began on October 10, living conditions in Gaza have not improved. Israel continues to restrict aid trucks, violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement.
Over nearly two years, Israeli attacks damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of tents. Many were hit directly by airstrikes. Others deteriorated due to extreme summer heat and harsh winter storms. The ceasefire ended a war that began on October 8, 2023. The genocide killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, wounded over 171,000, and destroyed 90 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure. Initial damage estimates exceed $70 billion.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66898&slug=newborn-baby-dies-from-severe-cold-in-gaza-as-israel-blocks-entry-of-adequate-tents-and-caravans-amid-winter-storm


Heavy Rains Flood Tents and Hospital
Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025
{Weather becomes weapon in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza
Hypothermia claimed the life of another infant, strong winds toppled a wall onto a tent, and a damaged building collapsed on its residents as severe weather torments Palestinians left defenceless by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/12/16/weather-becomes-weapon-in-israels-genocidal-war-on-gaza

Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{Heavy Rains Flood Tents and Hospital in Gaza, Worsening Humanitarian Crisis Amid Fragile Ceasefire
Last week, at least 14 people died from cold and collapsing buildings in Gaza, including three children, after a strong storm hit the Palestinian enclave.
Heavy Rains Flood Tents and Hospital in Gaza, Worsening Humanitarian Crisis Amid Fragile Ceasefire
Gaza (QNN)- Dilapidated tents sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Gaza were flooded after a night of heavy rain and strong winds. Local sources confirmed hundreds of tents for displaced people were flooded and blown away by the strong storm that have been hitting the Gaza Strip since Monday evening.
Sources added rainwater leaked into the sections of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, especially the reception and emergency department, causing work to be disrupted. Al-Shifa Hospital is the biggest medical facility in the Gaza Strip and had been under repetaed Israeli attacks during the genocide. Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal warned that thousands of homes partially destroyed during the Israeli genocide are at risk of collapsing at any moment due to rain and strong winds. "These homes pose a grave danger to the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have found no shelter,” Basal told Anadolu. “We have warned the world repeatedly, but to no avail.” Mayor of Jabalia, Mazen Al-Najjar, told Anadolu that “weather depression came as displaced people already live in catastrophic conditions.” More than 90% of the buildings and streets are completely destroyed in Jabalia and the northern Gaza Strip, compelling Palestinians to live in worn-out tents, the mayor said. He added that the infrastructure in northern Gaza completely collapsed as a result of the Israeli genocide, causing streets to flood and sewage to overflow in the first hours of the depression. The mayor also warned Palestinians who live inside buildings at risk of collapse due to past Israeli strikes, stressing that the severely damaged buildings had caused the death and injury of dozens of Palestinians during the previous depression. Displaced familes were seen breaking apart the concrete rubble of destroyed homes to get to the scrap metal inside to reuse it to build new shelters as Israel blcoks construction materials from entering. Last week, at least 14 people died from cold and collapsing buildings in Gaza, including three children, after a strong storm hit the Palestinian enclave. At least 13 buildings - already partly damaged from Israeli bombing - collapsed due to the heavy rain and strong winds, according to the Gaza Government Media Office. Some people remained trapped under the rubble, with others wounded. Over 27,000 tents of displaced families have been destroyed or swept away by floods and strong winds. More than 250,000 displaced people have been affected by rain, floods, and collapsing shelters. After two years of relentless genocide that damaged or destroyed around 92 percent of all residential buildings, Israel has blocked the entry of tents and mobile homes into the war-torn Gaza Strip, violatinb the terms of the ceasefire agreement signed in October. Israel has also killed at least 400 Palestinians since the ceasefire. Ahead of the storm, humanitarian workers and health officials warned of “catastrophic consequences” for displaced people if shelters are not allowed into Gaza.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66895&slug=heavy-rains-flood-tents-and-hospital-in-gaza-worsening-humanitarian-crisis-amid-fragile-ceasefire


Iyah May
Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{“Bibi, How Do You Sleep”: After Losing Contract Over Gaza ‘Genocide’ Lyrics, Australian Singer Strikes Back With New Song
Last year, May revealed that her management dropped her for refusing to change lyrics that branded Israel's assault in Gaza as "genocide”.
Cannbera (QNN)- Australian singer-songwriter Iyah May, who lost a contract after refusing to alter lyrics describing Israel’s assault on Gaza as “genocide,” has returned with a new song, the “Good Citizen”. In the track, May says Israel “kills the children” and “bombs drop from heaven just like hail”, referring to Gaza genocide and directly addresses ICC-wanted Benjamin Netanyahu with, “Bibi, How do you sleep?” The “Good Citizen”, released earlier this month, is about resisting corruption, speaking truth, and challenging systems of control that enable suffering, like the Israeli genocide in Gaza, and addressing political figures, like Netanyahu and Starmer. It also connects global events to concerns about digital ID rollouts and the suppression of free speech, making "Good Citizen" a call for digital freedom and social responsibility. In the song, May says,” So they killed Charlie and they killed Marley Both the Kennedys And Marilyn They killed Diana And they killed Jackson Bombs drop from heaven just like hail Cleanse a country kill the children, Mr. Bibi, how do you sleep.” Last year, May revealed that her management dropped her for refusing to change lyrics that branded Israel's assault in Gaza as "genocide”. In "Karmageddon," May rails against "big pharma," a "man-made virus," "cancel culture," and a war that she brands "genocide.” Despite losing her contract and manager, May's Karmageddon went viral, receiving support and likes from everywhere. On her Instagram, she expressed her gratitude to the people who supported her by saying: "Thank you for getting behind this track with me. It’s been a journey to get this song out there and there were people who tried to stop this from happening."  Raised in Far North Queensland in a tiny rainforest village in Australia, May pursued medicine in New York. } Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66899&slug=bibi-how-do-you-sleep-after-losing-contract-over-gaza-genocide-lyrics-australian-singer-strikes-back-with-new-song


Muheeb Ahmad Ali Jabrin
Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{Second Palestinian Child Killed in Less Than 24 Hours by Israeli Fire in Bethlehem
Two Palestinian children were killed in less than 24 hours in Tuqu’, near Bethlehem. One was murdred by Israeli army fire. The other was shot by a settler after a funeral, as Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank continues to rise.
Occupied West Bank (QNN)- A second Palestinian child was killed by the Israelis in less than 24 hours in the town of Tuqu’, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The victim is 16-year-old Muheeb Ahmad Ali Jabrin. An Israeli settler shot and killed him on Tuesday afternoon near the northern entrance of the town. Medical sources confirmed that the settler opened direct fire on a group of young Palestinians. Jabrin was killed on the spot. Another young man suffered critical injuries. The shooting happened shortly after Palestinians finished the funeral of Ammar Yasser Sabah, a 16-year-old boy killed by Israeli forces a day earlier in the same town. According to the mayor of Tuqu’, Mohammad al-Badan, mourners had begun to leave when several youths remained near the town’s entrance. A settler then exited his vehicle and fired live ammunition at them without warning. Jabrin became the second child killed in Tuqu’ within 24 hours. On Monday, Israeli forces killed Ammar Sabah after storming the town. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets randomly while positioning themselves in the town center. Sabah was shot in the chest. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in Sabah’s funeral on Tuesday. Mourners raised Palestinian flags and chanted against Israeli crimes. They held funeral prayers before burying him in Tuqu’s cemetery. Earlier on Tuesday, the Bethlehem factional coordination committee declared a general strike in Tuqu’. The call aimed to ensure mass participation in the funeral. With Sabah’s killing, Palestinian sources say the death toll from Israeli army and settler attacks in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem has reached 1,096 Palestinians. Nearly 11,000 people were injured, and more than 21,000 were kidnapped. The killings come amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which began on October 8, 2023. The genocide has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians and wounded over 171,000. A ceasefire entered into force on October 10 but was violated hundreds of times by Israel. Tuqu’ residents say settler and army attacks continue to escalate. Mayor al-Badan called on the international community to intervene immediately. He urged action to protect Palestinian civilians and stop the ongoing killings.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66897&slug=second-palestinian-child-killed-in-less-than-24-hours-by-israeli-fire-in-bethlehem

Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025
{Israeli leaders condemned for politicising Bondi massacre
Australia’s government is fending off political attacks from inside and outside the country after the Bondi massacre. Israeli leaders and interest groups have been condemned for trying to politicise the killings, as Soraya Lennie explains.} Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/12/16/israeli-leaders-condemned-for-politicising-bondi-massacre


Israel’s “Blatant and Outrageous Violations
Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{Hamas Warns Israel’s “Blatant and Outrageous Violations” in Gaza Threaten Ceasefire Agreement
Hamad, who is also a member of Hamas’s negotiating team, said Israel manipulated the terms of the ceasefire agreement, breaking the deal 813 times since the agreement took effect.
Gaza (QNN)- Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad has warned that Israel’s “blatant and outrageous violations” threaten the ceasefire agreement which took effect in October, adding Israel has violated the truce more than 800 times while Hamas did not commit a single violation. In a televised statement on Tuesday, Hamad, who is also a member of Hamas’s negotiating team, said Israel manipulated the terms of the ceasefire agreement, breaking the deal 813 times since the agreement took effect. Mediators confirmed that Hamas did not commit a single violation of the agreement and fully adhered to it, he noted. “The occupation army’s repeated violations are clear evidence that they are planned by the government.” According to Hamad, the violations include killings, executions, gunfire against civilians, shelling, targeted attacks, and assassinations inside the Gaza Strip. They have also involved crossing the yellow line. In addition, Israel has prevented the entry of aid under the pretext that it was used for other purposes. Israel is still concealing information regarding prisoners and missing people, he noted.
Hamad said that Israel violates the ceasefire 25 times a day.
Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has killed about 400 Palestinians, more than 95% of them were civilians. “Israel killed civilians, particularly women and children, on purpose," and “wiped out entire families,” he said. The official confirmed that the group provided the names of those killed by Israel during the ceasefire “in order to prove that the vast majority of them were civilians. We did, in fact, submit their names and ages, which clearly demonstrated that the killings were deliberately targeting civilians.” Among them 36% were children, 15% women, 4% elderly, and 37% civilian men, “confirming that civilians were targeted despite the ceasefire.” On Sunday, the group’s Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, confirmed that Israel’s violations risk jeopardising the ceasefire deal in Gaza and the move towards the second and more complicated phase of the fragile agreement. He called on mediators – US President Donald Trump in particular – “to work on obliging Israel to respect the ceasefire and commit to it”.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66896&slug=hamas-warns-israels-blatant-and-outrageous-violations-in-gaza-threaten-ceasefire-agreement


Ya’akub Vijandre
Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{Muslim Photojournalist Detained by ICE Says He Was Targeted for Pro-Palestinian Stance and Religion
He was arrested over social media posts the federal government claimed as “glorifying terrorism”. Vijandre and his legal defense team assert his posts were constitutionally protected speech that is being targeted due to Vijandre’s Muslim faith.
Muslim Photojournalist Detained by ICE Says He Was Targeted for Pro-Palestinian Stance and Religion
Washington (QNN)- A Muslim photojournalist who ICE detained in October for social media posts about Palestine and Islam, said that the Trump government is “attacking my faith” and guards treat detainees “like animals”. Ya’akub Vijandre was detained by ICE at gunpoint in Arlington, Texas on 7 October when 10 cars pulled up outside his home, applied for asylum on 19 November and had his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) status revoked on 2 December. He was arrested over social media posts the federal government claimed as “glorifying terrorism”. Vijandre and his legal defense team assert his posts were constitutionally protected speech that is being targeted due to Vijandre’s Muslim faith. According to the Guardian, the posts referred to several “political prisoners”, as well as Islam. Samantha Hamilton, staff attorney with Asian Americans Advancing Justice and member of his legal team, said Vijandre’s detention is “a pure speech case … [that] cannot be divorced from Islam, with the government characterizing Ya’akub’s nonviolent speech as terrorism”. Vijandre has been reporting on pro-Palestine and anti-genocide rallies and community events and related issues for several decades, often posting on Instagram, where he has nearly 9,000 followers. Speaking in his first interview from Georgia’s Folkston detention center, Vijandre, who is also a martial arts teacher and first responder, told the Guardian that guards treat detainees “like animals”, yelling at them when they don’t understand English. One guard responded to his request to use the bathroom during a visit to the detention center’s library by telling him, “just piss on yourself”. Vijandre’s legal team is also trying to get him released from detention while his immigration case is resolved, filing its latest motion in a habeas corpus case late Monday. Habeas corpus is a legal tool that gives a detained person the right to seek a judge’s ruling on whether their detention is unlawful. Vijandre was born in the Philippines and has lived in the US for 24 years, holding Daca status half that time, the Obama-era programdesigned to protect immigrants from deportation who were brought to the US as children. His legal team is now in its second month of a constitutional challenge to his detention, after an immigration judge ruled on 3 November that she could not release him on bond. In a 10 November amended habeas corpus petition, Vijandre’s legal team revealed details about that immigration court proceeding, including which social media posts the federal government had singled out and why. During the hearing, the immigration judge asks Vijandre about a post on the Holy Land Foundation, which she claims was “convicted of providing material aid and support to a designated terrorist organization called Hamas”. Vijandre told the judge: “I have said that they have been wrongfully imprisoned, and that’s all I can recall right now, ma’am.” The judge asks: “[A]re you saying they were wrongfully imprisoned for supporting Hamas?” Vijandre responds that his post was drawing attention to “perceived due-process violations in their prosecution”. The judge also refers to two posts on Islam, including one where Vijandre “liked” a post containing a quote in English and the Shahada in Arabic – a basic pillar of the Muslim faith. The quote: “Islam today is in dire need of truthful, patient men who are inclined to work hard, who find pleasure in toil and find comfort in pain, quietly translating the needs of this stage into action … ”  The government claims that the quote appeared in a magazine linked to Islamic State. Another religious post reads: “A Warrior of Islam can never be assassinated for DEATH IS OUR VICTORY!! It is the inescapable process for us to meet Allah; what is more victorious than that!!” The judge questioned Vijandre about the meaning of the phrase “death is our victory”. He explains that the Qur’an “mentions that every soul will taste death, and that God has burdened us with prosperity and adversity, and that it is a test for us, and that this test is to test our gratitude and our patience”. The judge concluded that she could not make a decision on bond because Vijandre’s posts appeared to run afoul of federal immigration law against “endorsing or espousing terroristic activity or persuad[ing] others to endorse or espouse terroristic activity or support a terrorist organization”. Speaking from Folkston detention center, Vijandre said the hearing left him stunned. “I never expected anything like that … being accused of ‘glorifying terrorism’; they attacked my religion, my faith. They boxed me in, cornered me. I’ve seen this in movies … [but] was not expecting my faith to be attacked.” “This is a rehearsed tactic of Islamophobia,” he added. The team’s 8 December motion asserts that “Mr Vijandre’s freedom is critical, but far more is at stake here than one man’s liberty. If Mr Vijandre’s social media posts or photojournalism make him a terrorist, the executive branch’s power to detain individuals within the United States based on speech will know no limits.” Meanwhile, Vijandre, speaking from Folkston, said he is “concerned about [his family’s] safety … them being accused of what I’m being accused of. With the rise of Islamophobia, ignorant people could use violence against my family.”} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66894&slug=muslim-photojournalist-detained-by-ice-says-he-was-targeted-for-pro-palestinian-stance-and-religion


Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025 - By Lorraine Mallinder
{‘New world disorder’: Sudan, Palestine top IRC’s 2026 Emergency Watchlist
‘Geopolitical rivalries, shifting alliances, transactional deals’ dominate as most vulnerable are plunged into deeper crisis.
Growing global disorder threatens to deepen humanitarian crises around the world, with Sudan and Palestine facing the greatest risk of all, according to a new report. The pair once again topped the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist, the 2026 version of which was released on Tuesday. The report on the world’s top 20 crises warns that diverging trends of surging catastrophe and shrinking funding signal the advent of a “new world disorder” replacing the post-World War II rules-based order. “Disorder begets disorder,” said IRC president David Miliband. “This year’s Watchlist is a testament to misery but also a warning: without urgent action from those with power to make a difference, 2026 risks becoming the most dangerous year yet.” The report said the new state of global disorder was characterised by “intensifying geopolitical rivalries, shifting alliances, and transactional deal-making”, which had conspired to create “a cascade of crises and eroding support for the world’s most vulnerable”. A “surge of vetoes” at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has stalled responses in Sudan and Palestine, it points out.
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Palestine, facing the twin crises of Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, which has killed more than 70,000 people and created a humanitarian catastrophe, and escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank, ranked second for the third year running. The IRC report said there was “limited hope” that “external pressure” would “reduce the intensity of conflict” in Gaza, where authorities say Israel has carried out nearly 800 attacks, killing about 400 people, since a ceasefire deal reached in October under the US-led peace plan, which was backed by the UNSC. Even if conflict in Gaza remains at “lower levels”, the IRC said, “civilians will face intense suffering and a struggle for survival amid what remains of Gaza”. In late 2025, the report said 641,000 people were experiencing “famine or catastrophic food insecurity” in the enclave, and the situation is likely to persist. “Tight restrictions and militarized delivery will leave aid access limited,” it said, referring to Israel’s choking of aid supplies entering the enclave. Overall, the report said, impunity has been “enabled on a dangerous scale”. The past year has turned out to be the “deadliest” for humanitarians, referring to attacks on schools, hospitals and other essential infrastructure in Gaza.} Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/16/new-world-disorder-sudan-palestine-top-ircs-2026-emergency-watchlist

Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025 - By Ori Goldberg - Independent analyst.
{Israel is imploding
Quietly, but steadily, the Israeli geopolitical clout is shrinking while the Israeli state is succumbing to dysfunction. Israel may look to many like a winner, a de facto hegemon in the Middle East. It has waged war on several fronts simultaneously, dealing deadly blows on its enemies. In parallel, it continues to enjoy much support from various Western constituencies and leaders, particularly those who face real challenges from the hard right in their countries. But under the surface, Israel is imploding. An international coalition, led by the United States with the participation of Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, is gradually removing Gaza from Israel’s control, as well as pressuring Israel out of its territorial escapades in Syria and Lebanon. This is being publicly opposed by the Israeli government, but it appears to be carried out with the tacit acceptance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has now realised that he is better served by the threat of war rather than by war itself. This is especially after he failed to accomplish his own “war goals” – the destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages alive; it seems the Israeli army may have killed many more hostages than initially assumed. The unconditional support Israel once received from the US and Europe is dwindling, and so is cooperation with Gulf states. The Palestinians, just like the Muslim Brotherhood, were for decades perceived as a greater threat to the regional status quo than the Israelis. Where Western leaders once competed over who would be quickest to condemn Hamas and commend Israel’s fight for “Western values”, these same leaders are much quieter now that constant evidence of the Israeli genocide is pouring out of Gaza. Even US President Donald Trump has much less to say about Hamas than he once did. It is clearly difficult for Western leaders to acknowledge that Israel has become an agent of regional chaos. It is much easier to gradually, discretely, remove its levers and make it come to terms with the emerging reality without forcing Israeli leaders to publicly lose face. There is no need to confront Israel directly. It is enough to give it the occasional cold shoulder and to make it wait. Despite protestations to the contrary, Israel needs international cooperation to attack and occupy in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Iran. That is why its operations are gradually shrinking. The Israeli army is now busy “hunting” individuals who once participated in attacks on Israelis, rather than engaging in strategic expansion. These are Israel’s capabilities in this new order. Israel may be losing on the diplomatic front, too. Hamas is negotiating while the Israeli government is stalling. If this continues, Israel will be faced with a reality it did not actively shape. There is talk, for example, of Israelis being forced to pay for the removal of the rubble that the Israeli army created over more than two years of annihilating Gaza. While Israel may be on its way to losing its status as a hegemon of the Middle East, Israeli society is devoting all of its considerable energy to internal squabbles “over Israel’s soul” and to intensifying its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. Israelis are losing their faith in the existence of a world outside Israel’s borders. If there is such a world, many believe, it hates Israel with a passion regardless of its actions. The Israeli discourse is focusing more and more on issues ranging from threats to Jews to the Israeli collective, abandoning talk of “geostrategic” upheavals that were quite common only six months ago. There is also an overwhelming disregard for global realities and public opinion. Take the new scandal plaguing the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Future fighter pilots, on the verge of graduating from two years of training, underwent a weeklong “imprisonment simulation”, generally considered to be the most difficult part of their training. Afterwards, they were sent to a hotel in a secret location in order to recuperate. The cadets revealed the location of the hotel to their families, who visited their sons over a weekend; some of them drank alcohol. Their commanding officer even allowed them to imbibe. The cadets will all face disciplinary action. IAF commander Tomer Bar clarified that “no leniency will be given on value‑based matters that are a foundation of the corps’ ethos.” This is implosion. The IAF is responsible for most of the devastation in Gaza, including the bombing of civilian housing and infrastructure, which has horrified the world and stripped the Israeli army of its “most moral” claim. And yet, the IAF still talks about “values” and “ethos”. The pilots are the main arm of the genocide, but what matters is unauthorised alcohol consumption. The cadets and pilots in general were cast by the media as representatives of the old Israeli elites, morally bankrupt and rudderless, spoiled in comparison with the new elites who torched Gaza and died for their efforts on behalf of the “People of Israel”. In response, the pilots as a collective praised their own loyalty to the government and the security of the Israeli state and their commitment to continue the genocide for as long as the “democratically elected government” – which they themselves have repeatedly protested against – instructs them to. Perhaps even more importantly, Israel is losing its internal coherence. Unvaccinated children are dying of measles and the flu. Roving gangs of teenagers are attacking Palestinians who drive buses or clean streets. Palestinian citizens of Israel are murdered in criminal gang shootouts. Veterans of the Gaza “war” are committing suicide in unprecedented numbers. The public mental health system has already collapsed under the burden, with appointments scheduled more than a year in advance. Classes in state schools are cancelled daily as teachers find themselves caring for their own children, left teacherless in their turn. The Ministry of Education has seen 25 senior professional leaders resign during the reign of the current Netanyahu government, most of them citing political interference in their work. In Tel Aviv, municipal employees have been encouraged to volunteer once a week at city kindergartens and nursery schools because there are no qualified personnel to be found. There is a dearth of judges because the minister of justice isn’t speaking to the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and both their approvals are necessary for the appointment of new judges. Two government ministers hold nine ministerial portfolios because the ultra-Orthodox parties left the coalition and would not come back unless the government they formed rejects a compulsory military draft law for Haredi Jews. The Israeli state is quickly becoming a hollowed-out shell. Institutions are failing, public servants are leaving and political appointees serving their patrons are the only ones left to step in and fill the gaps. The Israel that emerges is bound for institutional, financial and cultural poverty – or implosion. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.} Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/16/israel-is-imploding

Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025
{Israel denies entry to Canadian MPs trying to reach occupied West Bank
Advocacy group urges sanctions on Israel after Canadian delegation, including six lawmakers, turned back to Jordan. Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say. Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighbouring Jordan when the Israeli authorities turned them back, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a statement on Tuesday. NCCM said the MPs – who were travelling alongside Canadian community leaders as part of a trip organised by The Canadian Muslim Vote, a nonprofit group – were told they were considered “public safety threats”. “This development is deeply troubling and extremely disappointing,” NCCM CEO Stephen Brown said in the statement. “Israeli authorities had issued electronic travel authorizations to all members of the delegation, yet lawful observers, including elected Canadian officials, were ultimately barred from entry as ‘public safety threats’,” he said. “While we are saddened by this outcome, it regrettably aligns with a broader pattern by the Israeli government of restricting access to those seeking to independently witness the realities in the occupied territories.” In a statement on social media, the Canadian Muslim Vote said “the inability of Canadian elected officials and observers to access the region is a matter of public interest and raises important questions for Canadians.” The Israeli Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs did not respond to Al Jazeera’s requests for comment on Tuesday. The Canadian Global Affairs ministry also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel maintains control over all the crossings into the occupied West Bank and routinely turns away foreign citizens it views as critical of Israeli policies and human rights abuses against Palestinians. The Canadian delegation included six parliamentarians, according to a report from Canada’s public broadcaster: five from Canada’s governing Liberal Party and one from the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP MP, Jenny Kwan, told CBC News earlier this week that she expected Israel to obstruct the delegation’s visit. “At any juncture, anything could happen,” Kwan said.
Call for sanctions
Canada has been a staunch ally of Israel for decades. But the Canadian government has faced sustained calls to cut off its longstanding support for the country amid Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 70,000 people since October 2023. The West Bank also has seen a surge in Israeli military and settler violence in the shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza, with tens of thousands of Palestinians forced from their homes over the past year. On Tuesday, advocacy group Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) condemned Israel’s decision to block the Canadian delegation. The group called on Canada to impose diplomatic sanctions against the Israeli government and expel the country’s ambassador in response. “Israel is an illegitimate occupying power in Palestine, and simply does not have the right to bar entry to Canadian lawmakers into the country,” the group’s president, Yara Shoufani, said in a statement. Shoufani noted that the entry denial comes just months after Canada, along with several of its European allies, announced plans to recognise an independent Palestinian state. “Just months after Canada recognized Palestinian statehood, Israel is demonstrating its apartheid rule over Palestine and fundamental denial of Palestinian self-determination. Canada must impose consequences on Israel in response to this major violation of diplomacy,” she said.} Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/16/israel-denies-entry-to-canadian-mps-trying-to-reach-occupied-west-bank


Local people walk through a destroyed neighbourhood of Nur Shams   
UN News - Dec 16, 2025
{New demolition order for West Bank camp is ‘more devastating news’
Palestinian towns in the West Bank have been targeted by Israeli forces. Israel has issued new demolition orders for the Nur Shams camp in the north of the occupied West Bank effective this week, which a senior official with the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) labelled as “more devastating news” for the region.  Some 25 buildings face imminent demolition starting on 18 December, impacting hundreds of forcibly displaced Palestinians, the Director of UNRWA Affairs for the occupied West Bank, Roland Friedrich, said on Tuesday in a statement posted on social media. Furthermore, satellite imagery shows that nearly half of all buildings in the camp, 48 per cent, had already been damaged or destroyed before this latest order.
Goal to control
“This new demolition order fits the pattern we have seen too often this year, with Israeli forces destroying homes to enable their long-term control over the camps in the northern West Bank, permanently altering their topography,” said Mr. Friedrich. “Justified through ‘military necessity’, these demolitions make no one safer,” he added. In January, the Israeli military launched a large-scale operation in the northern West Bank that has displaced thousands of Palestinian refugees. ‘Operation Iron Wall’ initially targeted the Jenin refugee camp but expanded to the Tulkarm, Nur Shams, and El Far’a camps.
Distant hope of return
“The forced displacement of the more than 32,000 Palestine refugees in the northern West Bank must not become permanent,” Mr. Friedrich said. “Residents have anxiously waited for 11 months to return home. With each blow of the bulldozers, this hope becomes ever more distant.”
Supporting Palestine refugees
UNRWA assists nearly six million Palestine refugees in five locations across the Middle East, including at 19 camps in the occupied West Bank. Some 13,739 people were registered at Nur Shams camp in 2023, where two UNRWA schools – one each for boys and girls – serve roughly 1,571 students.  Residents also access primary healthcare including reproductive health, infant and childcare, immunisations, screening and medical check-ups, at the camp’s sole health centre.
Fatalities, displacement and destruction
Escalating violence and tensions in the West Bank are cause for alarm, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said on Wednesday in his quarterly briefing to the Security Council in New York. Ramiz Alakbarov told ambassadors that Israeli security operations in the north had caused high fatalities, population displacement, and large-scale destruction, especially in refugee camps. “Continued Israeli security presence in camps contravenes obligations to end the unlawful occupation,” he said via videoconference.
Record expansion
Mr. Alakbarov also condemned “relentless Israeli settlement expansion” which “fuels tensions, impedes Palestinian land access, and threatens the viability of a contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State.” It coincides with rising settler attacks, thus further entrenching occupation, violating international law and undermining Palestinian self-determination. He said that settlement advancement reached its highest point this year since the UN began tracking nearly a decade ago. “I urge Israel to abide by its obligations under international law, recalling the International Court of Justice advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, which obliges Israel to cease all new settlement activities, evacuate settlers, and end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory promptly,” he said.
Rising settler violence
The senior official further condemned rising settler violence across the West Bank, which intensified during the olive harvest.  Palestinian farmers have faced assaults, harassment, and obstruction from their lands; while olive trees have been uprooted or burned, and entire harvests destroyed.} Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166605

Quds News - Dec 16, 2025
{ICC Rejects Israeli Bid to Halt Gaza War Crimes Probe, Maintains Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
On appeal, judges refused to overturn a lower court decision that the prosecution's investigation into crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza.
The Hague (QNN)- Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected on Monday one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into war crimes during the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. On appeal, judges refused to overturn a lower court decision that the prosecution's investigation into crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza. The decision clears the way for the continuation of the court’s Palestine investigation, which led to the issuance of arrest warrants in November last year for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over war crimes and crimes against humanity. This ruling focuses on only one of several Israeli legal challenges against the ICC investigations and the arrest warrants for its officials. There is no timeline for the court to rule on the various other challenges to its jurisdiction in this case. The appeal focused on whether the ICC prosecutor was required to issue a fresh notification to Israel before investigating events that took place after October 7, 2023. Israel claimed that the post-October 7 assault on Gaza constituted a new situation, triggered by additional referrals submitted to the court by seven other countries since November 2023, including South Africa, Chile and Mexico. Judges rejected that claim, ruling that the original notification issued in 2021 – when the ICC formally opened its investigation into crimes in occupied Palestine – already covered later events. They said no new notification was required, meaning the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant remain valid. The ruling comes as Israel continues its genocide in Gaza despite the fragile ceasefire which took effect on October 10, killing at least 400 Palestinians and wounding 1,063 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Since October 7, 2023, the Ministry added, over 70,600 Palestinians have been killed and 171,139 injured. } Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66893&slug=icc-rejects-israeli-bid-to-halt-gaza-war-crimes-probe-maintains-warrants-for-netanyahu-gallant


Painting  'starving children' by Yara Youssef Abu Kweik
Al Jazeera - Dec 16, 2025 - By Nour Odeh
{How Israel’s expansion push deepens Palestinian suffering in West Bank
Israel’s decision to formalise 19 so-called settlement outposts raises further fears of fragmentation, dispossession and isolation for Palestinians in occupied territory. A new wave of Israeli policies is changing the reality and boundaries on the ground in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government has approved the formalisation of 19 so-called settlement outposts as independent settlements in the occupied West Bank. This is the third wave of such formalisations this year by the government, which considers settlement expansion and annexation a top priority. During an earlier ceremony of formalisation, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said, “We are advancing de facto sovereignty on the ground to prevent any possibility of establishing an Arab state in [the West Bank].” Settlement outposts, which are illegal under international law, are set up by a small group of settlers without prior government authorisation. This does not mean that the settlers, who are often more ideological and violent, do not enjoy government protection. Israeli human rights organisations say that settlers in these so-called outposts enjoy protection, electricity and other services from the Israeli army. The formalisation opens the door to additional government funds, infrastructure and expansion. Many of the settlement outposts formalised in this latest decision are concentrated in the northeastern part of the West Bank, an area that traditionally has had very little settlement activity. They also include the formalisation of two outposts evacuated in 2005 by the government of Israeli then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. While these government decisions may seem bureaucratic, they are in fact strategic in nature. They support the more ideological and often more violent settlers entrenching their presence and taking over yet more Palestinian land, and becoming more brazen in their attacks against Palestinians, which are unprecedented in scope and effect. The Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem estimates that settler attacks against Palestinians have forcibly displaced 44 communities across the West Bank in the past two years. These arson attacks, vandalism, physical assault and deadly shootings are done under the protection of Israeli soldiers. During these settler attacks, 34 Palestinians were killed, including three children. None of the perpetrators has been brought to justice. In fact, policing of these groups has dropped under the direction of Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is a settler himself. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently sounded the alarm about Israel’s record-breaking expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank and the unprecedented levels of state-backed settler violence. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Guterres reminded states that all settlements are illegal under international law. He also warned that they erode Palestinian rights recognised under this law, including to a state of their own. In September, United States President Donald Trump said he “will not allow” Israel to annex the West Bank, without offering details of what actions he would take to prevent such a move. But Israel is undeterred. The government continues to pursue its agenda of land grab, territorial expansion and annexation by a myriad of measures that fragment, dispossess and isolate Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and continues its genocidal violence in Gaza. More than 32,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year. The Israeli army continues to occupy Nur Shams, Tulkarem and Jenin refugee camps and ban residents from returning. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have demolished and damaged 1,460 buildings in those camps, according to a preliminary UN estimate. This huge, destructive campaign has changed the geography of the camps and plunged more families into economic and social despair. This is the state hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across the West Bank find themselves in because of Israeli restrictions, home demolitions and land grabs. The Israeli army has set up close to 1,000 gates across the West Bank, turning communities into open-air prisons. This has a direct and devastating effect on the social fabric, economy and vitality of these communities, which live on land that is grabbed from under them to execute the expansion of illegal settlements, roads and so-called buffer zones around them. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Israeli practices and policies over the past two years have cost the Palestinian people 69 years of development. The organisation recently reported that the Palestinian gross domestic product (GDP) has shrunk to 2010 levels. This is visible most starkly in Gaza, but it is palpable in the West Bank as well. The results of these policies and this reality are Palestinians leaving their homes and Israel expanding. During the summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a local news station he was on a “historic and spiritual mission”, in reference to the vision of the Greater Israel that he said he was “very” attached to.} Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/16/how-israel-expansion-push-deepens-palestinian-suffering-in-west-bank

UN News - Dec 15, 2025
{Aid deprioritised as commercial goods flow into Gaza, UN warns
UNICEF distributes winter clothes kits to children across the Gaza Strip, as winter storms are adding to families’ hardship.
Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday, as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families. Despite sustained efforts by the UN and its partners, needs are rising faster than aid can be delivered, according to Olga Cherevko, an OCHA spokesperson in Gaza. “We continue to provide a response, but the needs outpace the speed with which we can respond,” she said, pointing to the limited volume of supplies entering the Strip and a growing list of items which continue to be blocked by Israeli authorities, including heavy machinery, equipment and spare parts needed to repair damaged infrastructure. With repeated storms flooding large areas in recent weeks, humanitarian agencies have prioritised emergency winterisation. An estimated 1.3 million people are currently in need of shelter assistance. “When the storms came, many people lost everything – it washed away everything that they had,” Ms. Cherevko said.
Tents, tarps and bedding
Over the past few days, aid teams have distributed around 3,800 tents, more than 4,500 tarpaulins and thousands of bedding items, assisting some 4,800 families. The response has included plastic sheeting, cooking sets and short-term food assistance to help families survive the immediate aftermath of flooding.
Some of the most flood-prone locations have been identified by local authorities as unsafe, prompting several hundred families to relocate voluntarily. The UN and its partners have supported these moves by preparing and levelling sites and installing tents to ensure minimum conditions for safety and dignity.
Heightened risk of hypothermia
Winter conditions continue to pose serious health risks, particularly for infants. “The risks of hypothermia are heightened, and babies are in very high danger,” Ms. Cherevko warned. UN partners are also raising awareness among caregivers, including guidance on body-to-body contact to help keep young children warm. Beyond shelter, humanitarian operations include food assistance, nutrition screening, health service points and the gradual reopening of learning facilities. In recent days, 13 additional temporary learning spaces have reopened, providing access to education for about 5,000 children. However, major constraints persist. Inside Gaza, the number of routes available for transporting aid remains limited, as do the crossings through which supplies can enter.
Crossing delays
“There are many instances in which humanitarian cargo is deprioritised and prioritisation is given to the commercial sector,” Ms. Cherevko said, noting that this causes delays that directly affect the speed of aid delivery. Additional challenges include inconsistent opening and loading times at crossings, restrictions on critical items and registration requirements that prevent non-governmental organisations from bringing supplies into Gaza. “All of these impediments must be lifted,” she stressed. “We have the capacity to respond, but we are constrained at a time when people’s needs are increasing faster than we can meet them.”} Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166595

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