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Special Report Global Sumud Flotilla October 2-1, 2025 September Trench stories are now embedded in the daily news August 27, 2025 “When Life becomes Cheaper than Bread.” Call for Justice August 26, 2025 Cease fire? Where, when? And by the way, we are not hamas, idf i.e. terrorists, we are civilians i.e. humans. Question is... are the (western) genociders too? TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Dec 28 - 16, 2025 “The blood of the journalists’ families will remain a living witness to the crime of trying to silence the Palestinian voice,” & Journalists do not die - They are killed but "Where there is Light there's always a Shadow… so Truth finding is to Reveal its Dark Face and have the voices of Palestinians - who stay Resilient - and Hold Ground… be heard Shireen Abu Akleh and many others intentionally killed by israeli forces the World knows what’s happened in Gaza in the last two years thanks to ‘remarkable’ local journalists and stories of the Fallen or Wounded which demands Justice... Nov 15 - 5, 2025 Attacks on Journalists continues but... risking Limb and Life they keep Revealing the Plain Truth and more actual news Overview of journalists killed in action in Gaza Journalists keep Revealing the Truth despite All Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

Day 2 day update: In Today's Factual News Jan 1, 2026 In Today's Factual News As the world welcomes a new year, but in Gaza’s new year begins with a struggle for survival and dignity and more Factual News but the echoes of the voices of Palestinians - is Crystal Clear and  Resilient - and Hold Ground… to be heard Loud and Clear Live Updates Jan 1, 2026 Jan 1, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 On how israelis understand an act of Human Kindness: Banning of all Aid Groups Dec 29, 2025 Heavy Storm Batters Gaza And Dec 12 - 11, 2025: Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron 2 Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron

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All actual news from Palestine comes since weeks incl. OUT OF THE TRENCHES stories click below for an Overview special reports For the complete story of the ´Madleen´ heroic voyage' click here July 4 - 3, 2025 Gaza’s hunger crisis is not a tragedy – it’s a war tactic

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

 
VICTORY is on its way to the sea  -- Screengrab Al Jazeera: Wanted for genocide - Guilty as Charged - rubio virus

  
 Olive tree - Symbol of Palestine
- Did you eat today  - Boy shouts FOOD and PEACE NOW - GO AWAY you mercenaries of the usa/isr/idf/ghf devils!!!!


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Videoscreen grab: Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading
Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026
{Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gaza
Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis. Dr. Bassam Zaqout says widespread flooding and lack of basic sanitation make the devastated strip a perfect breeding ground for the bacterial disease also known as swamp or rat fever.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/1/doctors-fear-swamp-fever-spreading-in-flood-hit-gaza

Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026
{Israel looking to reopen Rafah crossing after US pressure: Israeli media
Israel currently occupies the Palestinian side of the crossing, choking Gaza of a vital humanitarian entry point. Israel is preparing to reopen the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from a visit to the United States, according to Israeli media reports. Israel’s Kan 11 news reported on Wednesday that the expected decision comes as a result of pressure from US President Donald Trump. For Palestinians in Gaza, the Rafah crossing had long been the only connection to the outside world. That was until May 2024, when Israeli forces occupied the Palestinian side of the crossing, destroying its buildings, preventing travel and causing a severe humanitarian crisis, especially for patients. It marked the first time in 20 years that Israeli forces directly controlled the border crossing as they deployed soldiers in a military buffer zone all across the Philadelphi Corridor, where they remain today. The first phase of Trump’s 20-point plan – imposed by the US administration in October – to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza had called for Israeli authorities to let humanitarian aid into the territory and open “the Rafah crossing in both directions”. Israel, however, has continued to restrict the entry of aid, while a military unit called Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced in December that the “Rafah Crossing will open in the coming days exclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza Strip to Egypt”. The announcement caused concern among mediators, with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates issuing a joint statement that expressed “deep concern” and expressed their “complete rejection of any attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land”. Israel’s Kan news reported that discussions about reopening the crossing in both directions had been held before Netanyahu met with Trump in the US, but the move was postponed. It added that an unnamed US source believed that the announcement about the opening of the crossing would take place in the coming days. Netanyahu has reached the end of his latest trip to the US, with Trump hailing him as a “hero” and saying Israel – and by extension its prime minister – had “lived up to the plan 100 percent” in reference to the US president’s peace plan. However, reports emerged last week that suggested US officials are growing frustrated over Netanyahu’s apparent “slow walking” of the 20-point ceasefire plan, suspecting that the Israeli prime minister might be hoping to keep the door open to resuming hostilities against the Palestinian group Hamas at a time of his choosing.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/israel-looking-to-reopen-rafah-crossing-after-us-pressure-israeli-media


Deadliest Israeli Attacks
Quds news - Jan 1, 2026
{Here’s Five of the Deadliest Israeli Attacks in Gaza in 2025
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Wednesday the Palestinian population of Gaza has declined by 10.6% over the past two years amid Israel’s genocidal war.
Here’s Five of the Deadliest Israeli Attacks in Gaza in 2025
2025 was one of the deadliest years in Gaza, marked by constant Israeli bombardment, ground invasion, starvation and genocide.
According to the Gaza Government Media Office on Wednesday, more than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip have been subjected to a comprehensive genocidal war, systematic starvation policies, and ethnic cleansing. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Wednesday the Palestinian population of Gaza has declined by 10.6% over the past two years amid Israel’s genocidal war.
The Office reported that in 2025:
There were 283 days of Israeli genocide
82 days of a fragile ceasefire were violated by Israel.
Israel dropped 112,000 tons of explosives.
25,717 Palestinians were killed, including 5,437 children.
22 hospitals are out of servive.
Crossings were completely closed for 220 days.
As Gaza marks the start of a new year, these are five of Israel’s deadliest attacks in 2025:
Violating January Ceasefire
On March 18, Israel launched a large‑scale bombardment across the Gaza Strip that effectively ended the January ceasefire. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that over 400 Palestinians were killed and thousands wounded. Many of those killed in the attacks were children, it added. The attack involved airstrikes, artillery, and missiles across densely populated residential areas. Ahmed Abu Rizq, a teacher in Gaza, said he and his family woke up to the sound of “Israeli strikes everywhere”. “We were frightened, our children were frightened. We had many calls from our relatives to check, to check [on] ourselves. And the ambulance started to run from one street to another,” Abu Rizq told Al Jazeera, adding that families started to arrive at the local hospital with the “remains of their children” in their hands.
Rafah Paramedic Massacre
On March 25, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian first responders who were driving in ambulances to assist wounded Palestinians at the site of an earlier Israeli attack in Rafah in southern Gaza, killing 15 health workers in an attack that drew widespread outrage and calls for an independent investigation. When United Nations and Palestinian officials were able to reach the area a week later, they found a mass grave where bulldozed ambulances and bodies were buried. Eight PRCS workers were killed along with six Palestinian Civil Defence team members and one UN employee.
Fahmi Al‑Jarjawi School Attack
On May 25, an Israeli airstrike hit the Fahmi al‑Jarjawi School in Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, killing at least 36 people, including 18 children, and dozens more injured. The school was being used as a shelter for displaced families. A father and his five children were among the killed. It was hit three times while people slept. Bushra Rajab recalled waking up “to the sound of people screaming and panicking” after what sounded “like a big explosion”. “Many people were killed and many were injured. Some of those killed were my relatives,” she said. “There were too many injured people for ambulances to reach. The remains of bodies were all over the place.”

GHF killings
Aid Distribution Killings
In May 27, the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began its operations in Gaza, establishing aid distribution sites where Israeli forces and US mercenaries routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in “acts that amount to serious violations of international law and war crimes”. It ended its operations in Gaza following the ceasefire in November.  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in September it recorded more than 2,146 deaths in the vicinity of sites run by GHF and along aid convoy routes.
Al‑Baqa Café Airstrike
On June 30, an Israeli airstrike struck the al‑Baqa café near Gaza City’s port. The attack killed at least 41 people, including journalists, women, children and elderly people who had gathered at the cafe, and wounded around 75 others. “There was a family there with their young children – why were they targeted? It was a place where people came to find some relief from the pressures of life,” a survivor said.
Nasser Hospital Attack
On August 25, Israeli forces hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, one of Gaza’s largest medical facilities. The “double-tap” attack killed 22 people, including five journalists.
October Ceasefire Violations
Israel has violated the ceasefire which took effect on October 10 about 1000 times, killing over 410 Palestinians. It also imposed, and still,  restrictions on much-needed aid entering the enclave, including tents and shelter materials. As a result, over 25 people killed due to extreme cold and collapsed buildings.
On October 19 and 29, two of the deadliest days since the latest ceasefire, Israel killed a total of 154 people.
On October 19, Israeli forces killed 45 people in a massive wave of air raids across the Gaza Strip.
On October 29, Israel killed 109 people, including 52 children.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66980&slug=heres-five-of-the-deadliest-israeli-attacks-in-gaza-in-2025


Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello - Courtesy of Prisoners for Palestine
Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026 Sarah Shamim
{Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers?
Four activists from the proscribed Palestine Action group in the UK are still on hunger strikes in prison.
Four members of the Palestine Action group, which has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the United Kingdom, are continuing with their hunger strikes in different prisons around the country. Four other Palestine Action members have ended their hunger strikes – some after being hospitalised.
Here is what we know about the four remaining hunger strikers.
Why are the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike?
Imprisoned Palestine Action members have been on hunger strikes in prisons around the UK for more than 50 days. The Palestine Action members are being held on remand in prisons over their alleged involvement in break-ins at the UK subsidiary of Elbit Systems in Filton near Bristol, where equipment was reportedly damaged, and at a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, where two military aircraft were sprayed with red paint. The prisoners deny the charges against them, which include burglary and violent disorder. Of the four still on hunger strikes, three were imprisoned in November 2024 for their alleged involvement in break-ins at the UK subsidiary of Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems in Filton near Bristol, where equipment was reportedly damaged. One has been in prison since July 2025 for alleged involvement in damage at a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, where two military aircraft were sprayed with red paint. Palestine Action, a protest group launched in July 2020, describes itself as a movement “committed to ending global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”. The UK parliament voted in favour of proscribing the group on July 2, 2025, classifying it as a “terrorist” organisation and bringing it into the same category as armed groups like al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS). Critics decried the move, arguing that while members of the group have caused damage to property, they have not committed acts of violence that amount to terrorism. More than 1,600 arrests linked to support for Palestine Action were made in the three months following the ban’s introduction. The ban has been challenged in court. The hunger strikers have five key demands: immediate bail, the right to a fair trial – which they say includes the release of documents related to “the ongoing witch-hunt of activists and campaigners” – ending censorship of their communications, “de-proscribing” Palestine Action and shutting down Elbit Systems, which operates several UK factories. “The UK government has forced their bodies to a breaking point,” pro-Palestine activist Audrey Corno told Al Jazeera Mubasher. “A promise to the government is that the prisoners’ resistance and the people’s resistance against the genocide [in Gaza], Israel’s occupation and apartheid of genocide will not stop until it ends.”
Who are the remaining hunger strikers?
Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, Teuta Hoxha and Lewie Chiaramello are the four people, aged between 20 and 31, who are continuing their hunger strikes.
Muraisi, 31, was on day 60 of her hunger strike on Thursday. She is being held in HMP [His Majesty’s Prison] New Hall in Wakefield, a prison in West Yorkshire about 180 miles (290km) north of London. Muraisi was arrested in November 2024 for her alleged role in an August 2024 raid on the Israel-based Elbit Systems in Bristol, which is believed to have cost the Israeli weapons manufacturer more than $1.34m. According to social media posts, Muraisi is of Yemeni origin. However, Al Jazeera could not independently verify this. She was transferred to the West Yorkshire prison in October 2025 from HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, about 18 miles from the UK capital. “Heba is demanding to be transferred back to HMP Bronzefield. She was transferred very suddenly, very far away from her entire support network and family, which is based in London. She’s been experiencing consistent medical negligence. Her body is, as you’d imagine, increasingly weak,” Corno said. In a statement shared with Al Jazeera on December 29, Muraisi said: “I’ve been force-fed repression and I’m stuffed with rage and that’s why I’m doing what I’m doing now. I am bringing acute awareness to the unjust application of UK laws by our Government and I’m glad that people can now see this after a year of imprisonment and human rights violations. Keep going, keep fighting.”
Muraisi’s trial is set for June 2026, according to the protest group Prisoners For Palestine.
Kamran Ahmed
Ahmed, 28, was also arrested in November 2024 and is being held in HMP Pentonville in north London. He was also arrested for his alleged involvement in the raid on Elbit Systems in Bristol. Ahmed has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days. According to a report by Middle East Eye, Ahmed is a mechanic. Ahmed was hospitalised for a third time on December 20 after he refused food, his sister, Shahmina Alam, told Al Jazeera. “We know that he’s rapidly been losing weight in the last few days, losing up to half a kilogramme [1.1lbs] a day,” Alam told Al Jazeera in late December. Ahmed, who is 180cm (5′11′), entered prison at a healthy 74kg (163lbs), but his last recorded weight was 60kg (132lbs). “Kamran has been hospitalised for the fourth time recently,” Corno said.
Teuta Hoxha
Hoxha, 29, was on day 54 of her hunger strike on Thursday. She is being held at HMP Peterborough. She was also arrested in November 2024 on allegations of involvement in the Elbit Systems raid. According to Prisoners for Palestine, Hoxha was moved from HMP Bronzefield on the day UK parliamentarians voted to proscribe Palestine Action – July 2, 2025. Corno told Al Jazeera that she is in regular contact with Hoxha and that she has been having heart palpitations. “She’s not been able to sleep through the night for weeks on end. I can see her memory start to deteriorate.” In a statement published on the Prisoners for Palestine website, Hoxha said: “This is a witch hunt, not a fair fight, and that behind the arrests of dissenting voices under counterterrorism powers, holding us on remand without trial for nearly two years and targeting protesters who condemn Palestinian suffering, is the palpably desperate attempt to force us all under the imperial boot of submission.”
Lewie Chiaramello
Chiaramello, 22, has type 1 diabetes and hence, he has been fasting every other day. He is on day 28 of his hunger strike. He has been held in HMP Bristol since July 2025 in connection with an incident at RAF Brize Norton, according to Prisoners for Palestine, and faces charges of conspiring to enter a restricted area for purposes harmful to the UK’s safety and interests, as well as conspiracy to commit criminal damage. His trial is set for January 18, 2027. On June 20, a group of Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton, the largest Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, and sprayed two military planes with red paint, causing an estimated $9.4m worth of damage. “He’s been having to manage his insulin intake on his own with no medical supervision,” Corno said.
Who else has been on a hunger strike?
Four other imprisoned Palestine Action activists have ended their hunger strikes, mostly after being hospitalised. This includes Qesser Zuhrah, 20 and Amu Gib, 30, who are being held at Bronzefield prison in Surrey. The pair began their hunger strikes on November 2 to coincide with the Balfour declaration of 1917, when Britain pledged to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. Umar Khalid, 22, who has muscular dystrophy, ended his hunger strike after 13 days. Jon Cink ended his hunger strike after 41 days when he was hospitalised. Qesser Zuhrah ended her hunger strike after 48 days and was hospitalised. Amy Gib was also hospitalised.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/who-are-the-palestine-action-hunger-strikers


Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026 Elis Gjevori
{Hundreds of thousands march in Istanbul in solidarity with Gaza
Demonstrators in Turkiye demand global pressure on Israel, calling the so-called ceasefire ‘a slow-motion genocide’ against Palestinians. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching through Istanbul in a sweeping show of solidarity with Palestinians, condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza and rejecting claims that a ceasefire has brought meaningful relief. Protesters, many waving Palestinian and Turkish flags, converged on the city’s historic Galata Bridge on Thursday despite freezing temperatures. The march, organised by civil society groups under the National Will Platform alongside Turkish football clubs, rallied under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine.” More than 400 civil society organisations joined the mobilisation, underscoring the scale of public anger at Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. Several major football clubs urged their supporters to attend, helping turn the rally into one of the largest pro-Palestine demonstrations Turkiye has seen since Israel’s war began. Galatasaray football club chair Dursun Ozbek described Israel’s actions as a moral reckoning for the world. “We will not get used to this silence,” Ozbek said in a video message shared on X. “Standing shoulder to shoulder against oppression, we come together on the same side for humanity.”
‘A slow-motion genocide’
Sinem Koseoglu, Al Jazeera’s Turkiye correspondent, reported from the Galata Bridge that Palestine remains a point of national consensus. She said the issue cuts across political lines, uniting supporters of the governing AK Party with voters from major opposition parties. “Today people are trying to show their support on the very first day of the new year,” Koseoglu said, as crowds packed the bridge and surrounding streets. Police sources and the Anadolu state news agency said about 500,000 people took part in the march. The rally included speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain, who sang “Free Palestine” to a sea of raised flags. For many demonstrators, the protest was also a rejection of Israel’s ceasefire narrative. “These people here do not believe in the ceasefire,” Koseoglu said. “They believe the current ceasefire is not a real ceasefire, but a slow motion of the genocide.” Turkiye has cut trade with Israel and closed its airspace and ports, but Koseoglu said protesters want sustained international pressure rather than symbolic measures. “The main idea here is to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people and let the world not forget about what’s going on in Gaza,” she said, warning that many see the ceasefire as “very fragile”. Turkiye has positioned itself as one of Israel’s sharpest critics and played a role in brokering a ceasefire announced in October by United States President Donald Trump. Yet the pause in fighting has failed to halt bloodshed, with more than 400 Palestinians killed by Israel since the ceasefire took effect, and aid still being withheld from entering the besieged Strip.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/hundreds-of-thousands-march-in-istanbul-in-solidarity-with-gaza

Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026
{Photos: Thousands march in Turkiye in support of Gaza on New Year’s Day
Protesters in Istanbul march after morning prayers, calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. Thousands of protesters have marched through the Turkish city of Istanbul in support of Gaza. A similar demonstration also took place last year, organised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son, Bilal Erdogan.
“Today people are trying to show their support on the very first day of the new year,” said Sinem Koseoglu, Al Jazeera’s Turkiye correspondent reporting from Istanbul on Thursday. Koseoglu said football clubs have also been calling on their supporters to join the demonstrations. She added that Palestine is an issue that draws support across the country’s political spectrum, from the ruling AK Party to major opposition parties. Demonstrators, gathering before dawn at prominent Istanbul mosques including Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, Sultanahmet, Fatih, Suleymaniye, and Eminonu New Mosque, called for an end to the genocide in Gaza. Many displayed Turkish and Palestinian flags in mosque courtyards to express solidarity. Despite freezing conditions, attendance was substantial. Authorities implemented comprehensive security measures, particularly around Sultanahmet Square, where hot refreshments were provided to participants. After morning prayers, protesters marched towards the Galata Bridge, accompanied by ministers, senior officials and state dignitaries. The official programme commenced at 8:30am local time (05:30 GMT).} Gallery - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/1/1/photos-thousands-march-in-turkiye-in-support-of-gaza-on-new-years-day

Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026 Elis Gjevori
{Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies. Israeli forces have begun demolishing dozens of buildings housing Palestinian families in the northern occupied West Bank, forcing mass displacement as winter sets in, and leaving communities scrambling for shelter. Israeli military bulldozers and cranes tore through residential blocks in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Wednesday, flattening homes that housed about 100 families. Thick clouds of dust rose over the camp as residents watched from a distance, according to an AFP news agency journalist at the scene. “Being torn away from our homes, our neighbourhoods and our memories is deeply painful,” said Mutaz Mahr, whose building was among those destroyed. “The occupation tries by every means to wear us down and pressure us,” he told AFP, referring to Israel. “Our home is dear to us, the memories are dear to us, the family, the neighbours, and the good people are dear to us,” he said as bulldozers advanced. “The first time, our grandparents were displaced, and this is the second time.” Mahr said he and about 25 relatives were sheltering in a 100-square-metre (120-square-yard) apartment after being driven out of the camp. The Israeli military claimed the demolitions formed part of an operation against Palestinian resistance groups, a claim that could not be independently verified. Palestinian residents and rights groups say the destruction amounts to collective punishment and forced displacement under occupation. Nihaya al-Jendi, a member of Nur Shams’s popular committee, said the scale of displacement had already reached crisis levels before the latest raid. “Today, more than 1,500 families from the camp are still unable to return,” Jendi told AFP. “This is a major catastrophe – a real humanitarian disaster for Palestinian refugees – unfolding before the eyes of the world.” Israel launched what it calls a security operation earlier this year targeting refugee camps in the northern West Bank, including Nur Shams, Tulkarem and Jenin. At least 850 homes have been demolished or severely damaged across the three camps, according to Human Rights Watch, which analysed satellite imagery. The group said the destruction appears designed to carve out “clear buffer” zones and permanently reshape the camps’ urban fabric, tightening Israeli control.
More settlements approved
As refugee homes are reduced to rubble, Israel is pushing ahead with illegal settlement expansion. On Wednesday, Israeli authorities approved plans for 126 settler housing units in the Sa-Nur outpost in the northern West Bank, according to Israeli media. Channel 7 reported that the High Planning Council, operating under Israel’s Civil Administration, greenlit a detailed plan that would allow illegal settlers to return to Sa-Nur, which was evacuated in 2005. The outpost was dismantled under then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan, which removed settlements from Gaza and four northern West Bank sites. That policy was reversed in March 2024 when Israel’s parliament repealed the disengagement law through legislation known as the “Cancellation of the Disengagement Law”. Channel 7 said the new plan could take effect within two months.
Israeli moves against the UN
The demolitions and settlement approvals come as Israel escalates pressure on the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned an Israeli move to cut electricity or water to facilities owned by UNRWA, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. The measure would “further impede” the agency’s ability to function, the spokesperson added. “The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations remains applicable to UNRWA, its property and assets,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, stressing that UNRWA is an “integral” part of the UN system. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini denounced the decision as part of a “systematic campaign to discredit UNRWA and thereby obstruct” its work supporting Palestinian refugees. In 2024, Israel’s parliament passed a law banning the agency from operating in the country and barring officials from contact with it. UNRWA continues to operate in occupied East Jerusalem, which the UN recognises as occupied territory despite Israel’s annexation claims. The agency provides education, healthcare and humanitarian aid to millions of Palestinians across Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza grinds on, critics say the parallel assault on UNRWA and West Bank communities signals a broader effort to dismantle the refugee question altogether.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/israel-escalates-west-bank-demolitions-amid-illegal-settlement-expansion

Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026
{Palestine was the deadliest place to be a journalist in 2025: Media union
Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025, with the Middle East as a whole the most dangerous region for media professionals, according to a global journalist union. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the region accounted for 74 deaths last year – more than half of the 128 journalists and media workers killed – in a new report released on Wednesday. The Middle East was followed by Africa with 18 deaths, Asia Pacific (15), the Americas (11) and Europe (10), according to the report. The vast majority of those killed were men, but the list included 10 women. “128 journalists killed in a single year is not just a statistic; it is a global crisis. These deaths are a brutal reminder that journalists are being targeted with impunity, simply for doing their job,” IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger said. Palestinian journalists were the biggest cohort of victims: 56 Palestinian media professionals were killed in 2025. Yemen followed, with 13 deaths, Ukraine, with eight, and Sudan, with six, according to the IFJ.

Anas al-Sharif
The Paris-based media union cited Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif as the most “emblematic” of the 56 journalists murdered in Palestine last year covering Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Al-Sharif, 28, was killed on August 10 alongside several colleagues when Israeli forces struck a media tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.
The attack also killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, Al Jazeera camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, freelance camera operator Momen Aliwa and freelance journalist Mohammed al-Khalidi. IFJ also cited an Israeli strike in early September on a Yemeni newspaper office as “one of the worst-ever attacks on a media office”. Thirteen journalists and media workers at the Houthi-affiliated “26 September” newspaper were killed, along with more than 20 other people. Another nine deaths were ruled as accidents, while others – including two journalists in Syria and two in Iran – were “targeted and killed” because of their work, IFJ said. While the Middle East was the deadliest region for the third year in a row in 2025, the Asia Pacific accounted for the largest number of journalists and media workers behind bars. Most cases in 2025 were in China and Hong Kong, which together accounted for 143 journalists, followed by 49 in Myanmar and 37 in Vietnam. Europe was another detention hotspot last year, accounting for 149 imprisoned journalists. IFJ attributed the figure, up 40 percent from a year earlier, to “intensified repression in Azerbaijan and Russia”.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/palestine-was-the-deadliest-place-to-be-a-journalist-in-2025-media-union


Sanaa sits with her children inside their tent-Photo-Riash-Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera - Jan 1, 2026 Maram Humaid
{Gaza’s new year begins with a struggle for survival and dignity
Sanaa and Batoul embody Gaza’s resilience, facing war, famine, and loss with little hope for a better life. Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat, Gaza Strip – In her tent made of fabric sheets with a roof covered in white plastic tarp, Sanaa Issa tries to steal a quiet moment with her daughters. Sanaa spoke to Al Jazeera as the new year approached, and with a ceasefire officially in place in Gaza. But, lying on a wet blanket in a tent with rain pouring down, Sanaa doesn’t have a huge amount to be positive about. “We didn’t know whether to blame the war, the cold, or the hunger. We’re moving from one crisis to another,” Sanaa told Al Jazeera, describing a harsh year she, and other displaced Palestinians like her, have faced in the Gaza Strip. Amid worsening humanitarian conditions, the once-ambitious hopes of Palestinians in Gaza, dreams of a better future, prosperity, and reconstruction, are gone. In their place are basic human needs: securing flour, food and water, obtaining tents to shield them from the cold, accessing medical care, and simply surviving bombardments. For Palestinians like Sanaa, hope for the new year has been reduced to a daily struggle for survival. Sanaa is a 41-year-old mother of seven, who has been solely responsible for raising her children after her husband was killed in an Israeli strike in November 2024, at the end of the first year of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. “Responsibility for the children, displacement, securing food and drink, making tough decisions here and there. Everything was required of me at once,” Sanaa, who fled with her family from al-Bureij to Deir el-Balah, both in central Gaza, said. Sanaa’s biggest challenge in 2025 was securing “a loaf of bread” and getting her hands on even a kilogram of flour every day for her family. “During the famine, I slept and woke up with one wish: to get enough bread for the day. I felt I was dying while my children were starving before me, and I could do nothing,” she said bitterly. The search for flour eventually saw Sanaa decide to go to the US-backed GHF aid distribution points that opened at the end of May across Gaza. “At first, I was scared and hesitant, but the hunger we live through can force you to do things you never imagined,” Sanaa said, describing her weekly visits to the aid points. Visiting the sites, which the US and Israel supported as alternatives to long-established aid organisations, was inherently dangerous. More than 2,000 Palestinians were killed in and around GHF sites, according to the United Nations, before the GHF officially ended its mission in late November. But going to the sites wasn’t just a risk to Sanaa’s life, it was a path that “took away her dignity”, leaving lasting scars. On one occasion, Sanaa was hit by shrapnel in her arm while waiting for aid at the Netzarim distribution point in central Gaza, and her 17-year-old daughter was injured in the chest at the Morag point east of Rafah. But her injuries didn’t stop her from trying again, although she began to go alone, leaving her children behind in relative safety.
Desperation
The war in Gaza led to severe interruptions in food and humanitarian aid, the last of which began in late March 2025, eventually leading to the declaration of a famine. It continued until October 2025, gradually easing after the ceasefire announcement. During this period, the United Nations officially declared a state of famine, confirming that parts of Gaza had entered catastrophic hunger stages, with acute shortages in food, water, and medicine, and high rates of malnutrition among children and pregnant women. Thousands of residents had to search for food using dangerous methods, including by waiting for long hours at the GHF sites. “Hunger lasted a long time; it wasn’t a day or two, so I had to find a solution,” Sanaa said. “Each time, people crowded in their hundreds of thousands. Some would spend the night there, hundreds of thousands of displaced people – men, women, children, old and young.” “The scenes were utterly humiliating. Bombing and heavy gunfire on everyone, not to mention the pushing and fighting among people over aid.” The crowds meant that Sanaa often returned to her tent empty-handed, but the rare times she brought back a few kilos of flour felt like “a festival”, she recalled. “One time, I got five kilos [11 pounds] of flour. I cried with joy returning to my children, who hadn’t tasted bread for days,” she added. Sanaa divided the five kilos over two weeks, sometimes mixing it with ground lentils or pasta dough. “We wanted to recite a spell over the flour so it would multiply,” she said with dark humour. A heavy silence followed as Sanaa adjusted the plastic tarp over her tent against the strong wind, then said: “We witnessed humiliation beyond measure? All this for what? For a loaf of bread!” she added with tearful eyes. “If we were animals, perhaps they would have felt more pity for us.” Despite the hardships she has endured and continues to face, Sanaa has not lost hope or her prayers for Gaza’s future. “Two years are enough. Each year has been harder than the previous one, and we are still in this spiral,” she added. “We want proper tents to shelter us in winter, a gas cylinder to cook instead of burning wood, we want life and reconstruction.” “Our basic rights have become distant wishes at year’s end.”
The only survivor
Sanaa’s husband was one of the more than 71,250 Palestinians killed by Israel during the war. Twenty-year-old Batoul Abu Shawish can count her father, mother, two brothers and two sisters – her whole immediate family – among that number. Batoul comes into the new year wishing for only one thing: to be with her family. Her heartbreaking loss came just a month before the end of the year, on November 22. Despite the ceasefire, an Israeli bomb struck the home her family had fled to in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. “I was sitting with my two sisters. My brothers were in their room, my father had just returned from outside, and my mother was preparing food in the kitchen,” she recalled, eyes vacant, describing the day. “In an instant, everything turned to darkness and thick dust. I didn’t realise what was happening around me, not even that it was bombing, due to the shock,” Batoul added, as she stood next to the ruins of her destroyed home. She was trapped under the debris of the destroyed home for about an hour, unable to move, calling for help from anyone nearby. “I couldn’t believe what was happening. I wished I were dead, unaware, trying to escape the thought of what had happened to my family,” Batoul said. “I called for them one by one, and there was no sound. My mother, father, siblings, no one.” After being rescued, she was found to have severe injuries to her hand and was immediately transferred to hospital. “I was placed on a stretcher above extracted bodies, covered in sheets. I panicked and asked my uncle who was with me: ‘Who are these people?’ He said they were from the house next to ours,” she recalled. As soon as Batoul arrived at the hospital, she was rushed into emergency surgery on her hand before she could learn about what had happened to her family. “I kept asking everyone, ‘Where is my mom? Where is my dad?’ They told me they were fine, just injured in other departments.” “I didn’t believe them,” Batoul added, “but I was also afraid to call them liars.” The following day, her uncles broke the news to Batoul that she had lost her mother and siblings. Her father, they told her, was still in critical condition in the intensive care unit. “They gathered around me, and they were all crying. I understood on my own,” she said. “I broke down, crying in disbelief, then said goodbye to them one by one before the funeral.” Batoul’s father later succumbed to his injuries three days after the incident, leaving her alone to face her grief. “I used to go to the ICU every day and whisper in my father’s ear, asking him to wake up again, for me and for himself, but he was completely unconscious,” Branoul said as she scrolled through photos of her father on her mobile phone. “When he died, it felt as if the world had gone completely dark before my eyes.”µ

‘Where is the ceasefire?’
Israel said that it conducted the strikes in Nuseirat in response to an alleged gunman crossing into Israel-held territory in Gaza, although it is unclear why civilian homes in Nuseirat were therefore targeted. According to Gaza’s Government Media Office and the Ministry of Health, around 2,613 Palestinian families were completely wiped out during the war on the Gaza Strip up until the announcement of the ceasefire in October 2025. Those families had all of their members killed, and their names erased from the civil registry. The same figures indicate that approximately 5,943 families were left with only a single surviving member after the rest were killed, an agonising reflection of the scale of social and human loss caused by the war. These figures may change as documentation continues and bodies are recovered from beneath the rubble. For Batoul, her family was anything but ordinary; they were known for their deep bond and love for one another. “My father was deeply attached to my mother and never hid his love for her in front of anyone, and that reflected on all of us.” “My mother was my closest friend, and my siblings loved each other beyond words. Our home was full of pleasant surprises and warmth,” she added. “Even during the war, we used to sit together, hold family gatherings, and help one another endure so much of what we were going through.” The understandable grief that has overtaken Batoul leaves no room for wishes for a new year or talk of a near future, at least for now. One question, however, weighs heavily on her: why was her peaceful family targeted, especially during a ceasefire? “Where is the ceasefire they talk about? It’s just a lie,” she said. “My family and I survived bombardment, two years of war. An apartment next to our home in eastern Nuseirat was hit, and we fled together to here. We lived through hunger, food shortages, and fear together. Then we thought we had survived, that the war was over.” “But sadly, they’re gone, and they left me alone.” Batoul holds onto one wish from the depths of her heart: to join her family as soon as possible. At the same time, she carries an inner resignation that perhaps it is her fate to live this way, like so many others in Gaza who have lost their families. “If life is written for me, I will try to fulfil my mother’s dream that I be outstanding in my field and generous to others,” said Batoul, a second-year university student studying multimedia, who is currently living with her uncle and his family. “Life without family,” she said, “is living with an amputated heart, in darkness for the rest of your life, and there are so many like that now in Gaza.” } Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/1/gazas-new-year-begins-with-a-struggle-for-survival-and-dignity

Al Jazeera - Dec 31, 2025
{Palestinians in Gaza say ‘lives will be destroyed’ by Israel’s NGO ban
Displaced people in Gaza warn new restrictions on aid groups will ‘lead to catastrophe’ in the devastated enclave. Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are sounding the alarm about Israel’s looming ban against dozens of international groups that provide life-saving assistance and services in the devastated territory. Siraj al-Masri, a Palestinian in Khan Younis, stressed on Wednesday that there is “no alternative” to the aid organisations helping besieged Palestinians in Gaza. “Where are we supposed to go? We have no income, no money,” al-Masri told Al Jazeera. “Only a few medical points remain. This makes the situation extremely difficult and will lead to a catastrophe for the injured and the wounded. Even ordinary people who come seeking treatment will face severe hardship.” Israel is moving to revoke the licences of 37 international NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders (known by its French initials MSF), as it pushes to demonise organisations that assist Palestinians, among them United Nations agencies, with unproven accusations of links to Hamas. Israel said the ban, which starts on Thursday and also includes the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE International, and the International Rescue Committee, among other groups, stems from new regulations that require aid organisations to reveal details about their staff and work. “Even with the presence of humanitarian organisations, the situation is already tragic,” Gaza resident Ramzi Abu al-Neel told Al Jazeera. “If their support and presence are removed, God knows what will happen. Many children will die, and lives will be destroyed, and many families will be devastated by this decision.” On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of 10 countries – including Canada, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom – released a joint statement urging Israel to ensure that international NGOs “are able to operate in Gaza in a sustained and predictable way”. “Any attempt to stem their ability to operate is unacceptable. Without them it will be impossible to meet all urgent needs at the scale required,” it said. With most of Gaza turned to rubble, more than one million people have faced harsh winter weather while living in makeshift tents. And in the absence of economic activity amid the destruction, Gaza’s population remains heavily dependent on international aid. “Most people rely entirely on the assistance that comes from international organisations,” Abdullah al-Hawajri, a displaced Palestinian in Khan Younis, told Al Jazeera. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) also decried Israel’s move, saying it is “further compromising the humanitarian operation” in crisis-stricken Gaza. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said the Israeli decision sets a “dangerous precedent”. “Failing to push back against attempts to control the work of aid organisations will further undermine the basic humanitarian principles of neutrality, independence, impartiality and humanity underpinning aid work across the world,” Lazzarini said in a statement. In 2025, Israel approved several measures to ban UNRWA – a vital facilitator for aid and vital services in Gaza – and curtail its work. Lazzarini said the latest decision against aid groups is “part of a troubling pattern of disregard for international humanitarian law and increasing impediments to aid operations”. According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel killed about 500 aid workers and volunteers during its two-year genocidal war, as it imposed a suffocating blockade on the enclave, triggering a deadly famine. The Israeli ban appears to violate the ceasefire agreement and US President Donald Trump’s “20-point peace plan”. “Entry of distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent, in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party,” Trump’s plan says. Many of the groups facing the ban are part of the established, UN-backed mechanism for aid distribution.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/palestinians-in-gaza-say-lives-will-be-destroyed-by-israels-ngo-ban

Quds news - Dec 31, 2025 Alaa Al-Rimawi
{A New Year and No Elections: Who Will Lead Palestine After Abbas?
As the new year begins, questions over Palestinian leadership intensify. With President Mahmoud Abbas showing no signs of stepping down, power struggles within Fatah and the broader political system are quietly shaping the future. Who will lead next, and how will the next president be chosen without elections?
In recent months, Palestinian discourse has increasingly focused on the possibility of renewal within the Palestinian leadership hierarchy. This has followed the appointment of Fatah Central Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh as Vice President, alongside declared Western conditions that require fundamental reforms to the structure of the Palestinian Authority as a prerequisite for accepting its involvement in the future administration of the Gaza Strip. This has opened a broad debate over the limits, ceiling, and tools of change. In this research-based article, we address the issue of the Palestinian leadership ladder, the identity of the next president, and the expected mechanism for selecting him. We do so by relying on a set of methodological questions, with the aim of reaching a cognitive framework that helps in understanding the likely trajectories of the Palestinian political scene.
Will President Mahmoud Abbas Be Replaced in the Coming Phase?
By its nature, the Palestinian situation does not tend toward leadership change; neither through elections, nor through responses to regional and international pressure, nor even through internal demands. This becomes even clearer when discussing the Palestinian Authority and the Fatah movement. A study of the movement’s history leads to the conclusion that change at the top of the leadership pyramid has usually occurred either as a result of internal conflict and schism, or, in the event of death, through the mechanism of filling a vacancy. This organizational custom applies to the case of President Mahmoud Abbas. Most indicators and data point to his remaining in office in the coming phase, with virtually no prospects for change, for the following reasons: President Mahmoud Abbas intends to continue holding the positions of President of the Authority, leader of Fatah, and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, with no change to this orientation so far. The conviction among the first-tier leadership in Fatah, especially those aspiring to the position or influential in decision-making, that the current environment is not conducive to change at the level of the presidency or other institutional structures, as no party possesses sufficient power to decisively shape the outcome in its favor. A regional, international, and Israeli conviction that substantive change in the structure of the Palestinian Authority has not yet matured, given the conditions produced by the war, alongside intersecting interests served by the continuation of the existing stagnation.
The persistence of Palestinian internal division, which keeps the political scene in a state of paralysis across various files of the national cause. The absence of democratic rotation of power, as general elections and concepts of peaceful transfer have become terms without implementation tools or effective forces capable of imposing them. Transformations in the Palestinian partisan landscape over the past twenty years, which have reached their peak in the last three years, marked by the decline of the leftist current and the rise of Islamic currents in terms of popularity and resistance legitimacy, alongside the continued centrality of Fatah and the absence of prospects for the emergence of a third civil current capable of competition.
 The Central Question: What If the Presidency Becomes Vacant?
If the presidential post becomes vacant, whether due to death or resignation, the Palestinian scene will enter an extremely complex phase. This hypothesis raises widespread concern among all parties. This scenario can be approached through a set of central questions.
First: What Is the Expected Mechanism for Choosing the President?
General elections appear to be an unfeasible option in the current Palestinian context, due to rejection by internal and external actors alike, for fear of a repetition of the 2007 scenario. In addition, there are concerns regarding Fatah’s ability to reorganize its internal structure, given disputes with leader Mohammad Dahlan and imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti. This could reproduce the experience of 2021, when the movement contested the elections through three competing lists.
Second: What Is the Alternative to Elections? And Who Has the Strongest Chances Within Fatah?
Despite the absence of an official discussion within Fatah’s formal frameworks, this file is strongly present in unofficial debates. Assessments within the movement suggest that the selection mechanism may pass through two stages:
A temporary transitional phase, during which the Vice President assumes presidential duties by virtue of a presidential decree.
A post-transition phase, after the expiration of the legal temporary period, where the greatest dilemma emerges: which body is authorized to choose the president in the absence of elections?
The National Council is quasi-appointed, the PLO Executive Committee lacks a clear mandate in this regard, and the Fatah Revolutionary Council has exceeded its legal term. Despite the movement’s institutional unpreparedness for this scenario, each competing party possesses its own vision of a mechanism that serves its preferred candidate.
Key Contenders Within Fatah:
Marwan Barghouti: His chances are declining due to his continued imprisonment and because selection will not take place through general elections.
Hussein al-Sheikh: Following his appointment as Vice President, he has become one of the figures steadily advancing toward the position.
Jibril Rajoub: A strong organizational figure, capable of direct competition or of influencing the determination of the next president’s identity.
Mahmoud al-Aloul: Possesses multiple sources of strength that make him a serious contender within the movement’s corridors.
Mohammad Dahlan: Remains an influential player in the event of a vacancy in the authority hierarchy, despite the complexities surrounding his presence.
Governing Factors in Choosing the Next President:
The nature of the institution that will undertake the selection process.
The external factor (Arab, Western, and Israeli).
The formula of internal consensuses on the distribution of power centers: Fatah leadership, PLO leadership, presidency of the Authority, and the security reference.
Popular and factional positions, and the extent of acceptance or silence regarding a selection mechanism not based on elections.
Implications of This Path:
Deepening division and fragmentation within the Palestinian arena.
Erosion of the concept of legitimacy, and the transformation of institutions from national frameworks into partisan ones.
The emergence of alternative ideas for representing the Palestinian condition, increasing political confusion.
Deepening the separation between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and a decline in collective Palestinian influence.
Conclusion
General elections, in contemporary Palestinian political thinking, are no longer a viable option. The process of change within the leadership hierarchy will be decided according to a method of consensual appointments and the sharing of responsibilities, without genuine popular participation and without real capacity for the opposition to exert influence. In parallel, the idea of forming an alternative representative opposition body will strongly resurface.
Nevertheless, the element of surprise will remain present and capable of overturning the equation; whether through popular mobilization, the rejection by a significant current within Fatah of the selection mechanism, or a shift in the Israeli position regarding the viability of maintaining the Palestinian Authority in its current form.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=66978&slug=a-new-year-and-no-elections-who-will-lead-palestine-after-abbas

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