The Trump administration's Board of Peace presented a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin rebuilding Gaza, though officials acknowledged major implementation challenges including security concerns and the requirement that Hamas disarm before reconstruction can proceed.
The Spanish government has permitted the Trump administration's extradition request for American activist and Gaza humanitarian donor James "Fergie" Chambers to move forward in Spanish courts. The decision has drawn criticism as Chambers faces legal proceedings over his pro-Palestine activism and aid work.
A war-damaged residential building housing about 100 displaced Palestinian families collapsed in Gaza City on September 16, killing at least 21 people including 11-12 children. Rescue teams ended search operations on September 17 after saving 45 people from the rubble.
A residential building previously damaged by Israeli bombing collapsed overnight in Gaza City, killing at least 16-20 Palestinians including women and children. Rescuers are working to free dozens trapped under the rubble, with reports indicating 10 families had been living in the structurally compromised building despite warnings.
Gaza's largest functioning hospitals are experiencing cascading power cuts as shortages of engine oil and spare parts cause generators to fail, putting patients' lives at risk. The crisis coincides with continued Israeli airstrikes, including one that killed a family of four in northern Gaza.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that large-scale rubble removal operations in Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza risk erasing evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and preventing recovery of bodies. The UN estimates 61 million tons of rubble remain, with Palestinians reporting over 8,000 people buried in debris.
An Israeli strike on a residential building in Deir al-Balah destroyed an adjacent humanitarian warehouse belonging to the Palestinian Land of Man Association, killing at least seven Palestinians. The warehouse contained nutritional supplements and infant food supplies that are now unusable, worsening the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Israeli forces led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir took control of the Kalandia/Kafr Akab vocational training center, the last remaining UNRWA facility in occupied East Jerusalem. A Palestinian boy was shot during the raid, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to condemn the action as unlawful.
Israeli forces launched multiple attacks across Gaza, striking a water desalination plant in northern Gaza City, a mosque, and residential areas, killing at least seven Palestinians including two children. Among the victims was 10-year-old Amal Abu Khater, shot while eating in her tent in Khan Younis.
Turkey announced it will request an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case related to Israel's interception and detention of activists attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Netanyahu's office condemned the move as a "pathetic attempt to intimidate" Israeli leaders.
The UK, Canada and Australia have jointly criticized Israel's decision not to launch a criminal investigation into April 2024 airstrikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, calling the decision "shameful" and "egregious." Australia expressed particular outrage over the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom.
Australia summoned Israel's ambassador and expressed outrage after the IDF decided not to pursue criminal proceedings over the 2024 airstrike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six others in Gaza.
Israel's military acknowledged for the first time that its troops opened fire on a car carrying 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and her family in Gaza in 2024, announcing a criminal investigation more than two years after the incident. The probe is part of the military's first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, which also includes the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics.
Thousands of patients in Gaza remain unable to access medical evacuation despite the ceasefire, according to WHO officials. Gaza doctors report cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pre-war rate after Israel destroyed the territory's only cancer treatment facility and continues blocking many from traveling for specialized care.
Gaza's health ministry recorded over 3,950 miscarriages between January and June 2026, triple the rate of the previous six months, with approximately one miscarriage for every five live births. Pregnant Palestinian women face severe healthcare access challenges and dangerous living conditions in displacement camps during the ongoing conflict.
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey released a joint declaration criticizing Israel's military campaign in Gaza, particularly attacks on healthcare facilities, and warning that continued strikes threaten peace implementation efforts.
Thousands gathered in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood to bury 112 members of extended families whose bodies were recovered after a 136-hour operation, nearly three years after an Israeli airstrike buried them beneath residential buildings. Authorities described it as Gaza's largest mass funeral since the war began.
Israeli military strikes in Gaza destroyed medicine and medical supply warehouses adjacent to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, while separate attacks across the strip killed between seven and nine Palestinians. The warehouses were described by officials as critical medical infrastructure for the region.
Nine months after a ceasefire was declared in October 2025, reports indicate ongoing violence in Gaza with at least six people killed in recent Israeli attacks, including children. Israel now controls nearly 70% of Gaza's territory, while conflicting accounts emerge about humanitarian conditions and civilian casualties during the ceasefire period.
Israeli military operations in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and other areas killed at least seven Palestinians, including a Hamas operative, an Egyptian aid worker, and a child, with more than 20 wounded. The attacks occurred amid what sources describe as continued violations of ceasefire terms.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of a Gaza hospital arrested by Israeli forces on December 27, 2024, is reportedly in life-threatening condition in Israeli detention. His lawyer reports he can barely breathe or speak and has been held without charge for over 18 months, prompting urgent calls for his release.
A UN human rights body has deemed Israel's detention of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya arbitrary and called for his immediate release, as his lawyer reports he is almost unrecognizable due to severe injuries sustained during 18 months in Israeli custody and faces imminent danger to his life.
Israeli airstrikes in southern and central Gaza on Monday killed at least eight people, including two children, and wounded at least 20 others, according to health officials. One strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah, killing an eight-year-old boy and his grandfather.
A leaked draft resolution reveals that the UN-sanctioned Board of Peace, announced by Donald Trump to govern Gaza, is planning to grant itself comprehensive legal immunity including protection from arrest, detention, and legal proceedings. The immunities would extend to all Board members and reportedly include property rights.
A UN independent international commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children, finding that approximately 30% of those killed in the conflict have been children. The report documents continued killings even after the October 2025 ceasefire, with over 265 children among more than 1,000 deaths since the truce began.
Palestinian health authorities report that Israeli military operations have killed 1,005 people in Gaza since a US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached in October, raising questions about the implementation of the truce.
Gaza's Health Ministry announced the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing conflict has exceeded 73,000, as Israeli forces continue conducting strikes even amid ceasefire negotiations and agreements.
Multiple fronts of international criticism emerge against Israel, including US congressional calls for Gaza medical evacuations, Amnesty International accusations of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, demands for a detained Gaza doctor's release, Ireland relocating a soccer match over Gaza war protests, and US legislative battles over military cooperation provisions.
Spanish police forcibly detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla and their supporters at Bilbao Airport after the activists were deported from Israel, with video showing violent clashes. Israel demanded answers from Madrid over the treatment of activists, days after Spain summoned Israel's representative over a controversial video by Israeli minister Ben-Gvir taunting detained flotilla members.
Activists detained after Israel intercepted a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza have alleged widespread abuse including sexual assault and rape while in Israeli custody, with at least 15 reporting sexual violence and several requiring hospitalization. The incident sparked international condemnation after Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted video of officers abusing the detained activists.
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir triggered a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage showing himself taunting handcuffed international activists who were detained while attempting to reach Gaza by sea.
Israeli naval forces intercepted and raided the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza near Cyprus, detaining Pakistani humanitarian worker Saad Edhi (son of Faisal Edhi) and other activists. The seizure sparked international outrage and condemnation.
Millions of Palestinians commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 mass expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians during Israel's creation, with survivors in Gaza drawing parallels between historical displacement and current conditions of destruction in refugee camps.
A US federal judge overturned sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, who had been sanctioned after recommending war crimes prosecutions over Gaza. Judge Richard Leon wrote that 'Albanese has done nothing more than speak.'
Israeli forces intercepted dozens of boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, detaining approximately 175 activists including at least six Australians in international waters near the Greek island of Crete.
A joint EU-UN assessment found that more than $71 billion will be needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, with devastation affecting housing, health, education, commerce, and agriculture sectors.
