A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying around 180 passengers was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after issuing a distress signal. Israeli officials initially investigated a possible hijacking but later clarified it was not believed to be one, reportedly involving a physical altercation between pilots.
More than 100 Israeli settlers rioted in the West Bank village of Jalud, setting fire to Palestinian properties, throwing stones at Israeli security forces, and wounding three Border Police officers. The attack occurred as the military attempted to escort a displaced Palestinian family back to their home, forcing troops to retreat and preventing the family's return.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband acknowledged that Labour's previous approach to Gaza had been insufficient, telling critics they were right about Palestinian suffering. He announced a policy reset including sanctions on Israeli settlers and condemned what he called 'ethnic cleansing' in the West Bank, calling the situation 'a stain on the conscience of the world.'
The UN human rights office expanded its database of businesses tied to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank by 61 companies, bringing the total to 214 firms across 11 countries. The list identifies companies the UN says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business activities in settlements considered illegal under international law, drawing sharp criticism from Israel.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via prerecorded video after being denied a US visa for the second consecutive year, warning that Palestinians face their most dangerous period in history and accusing Israel of destroying the two-state solution. He urged the international community to prevent another Nakba and protect Palestinian existence.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th Congressional District, was among approximately 100 protesters arrested outside the United Nations during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the General Assembly. The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and included other progressive activists.
The League of Arab States General Secretariat condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli government official and settlers under Israeli police protection. The incident occurred on Monday, prompting an official denunciation from the pan-Arab organization.
Five Stanford University students who participated in a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest by barricading themselves inside the president's office will have charges dismissed after completing 100 hours of community service and paying restitution. Their trial earlier this year ended in a deadlocked jury.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned former combat medic Elor Azaria, who was convicted of shooting dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker at close range in the occupied West Bank in 2016. The case divided Israel a decade ago and sparked intense national debate.
Britain has imposed sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, following a diplomatic breakdown over construction in the E1 area. British officials claim Israel reneged on a promise to halt development in the strategically significant territory, while Israel denies making such a commitment.
Israel has added a tender for 2,167 housing units to its controversial E1 settlement expansion plan near Jerusalem, nearly tripling the project size announced in August. Critics say the development endangers prospects for a geographically contiguous future Palestinian state by cutting across the West Bank territory.
The Trump administration has approved visas for Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week's UN General Assembly in New York, despite the seven-month war between the two countries. The decision comes one day after the US denied visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation for the same meetings.
The UN reports a deeply alarming humanitarian situation across the occupied Palestinian territories, as the World Food Programme halves West Bank food assistance due to funding shortages while Israeli settler and military violence escalates, killing two Palestinian teenagers and targeting mosques.
Far-right Israeli Knesset member Zvi Sukkot used a sledgehammer to destroy a Palestinian memorial in the village of Madama while escorted by Israeli soldiers. The incident drew widespread condemnation across Israel's political spectrum, including from Prime Minister Netanyahu, though the military claims Sukkot acted deceptively beyond the approved plan for his visit.
Middle East Monitor profiles Palestinian author and researcher Sabri Jiryis, who witnessed the 1948 Nakba in Fassouta village in the Galilee at age 10 and was among 160,000 Palestinians who remained in the region.
More than 100 former French and British diplomats have issued an open letter urging French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to impose joint sanctions on Israel, including halting arms exports and banning trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank. The diplomats warn that Israeli settlement expansion and occupation policies are erasing prospects for an independent Palestinian state.
Five major Western nations condemned Israel's advancement of the E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, which involves tenders for over 1,200 housing units and could split Palestinian territories, potentially ending prospects for a two-state solution.
Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE and other regional powers condemned recent Israeli military strikes in Gaza and Israel's rejection of a US peace plan, urging compliance with ceasefire obligations as mediation efforts reach a critical stage.
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video tour of a gallows complex under construction where Palestinians convicted of terror offenses will be executed, including viewing booths for victims' families. The move has drawn international condemnation and criticism that it provides ammunition to Israel's enemies.
The European Commission is negotiating a secret agreement to share sensitive personal data with Israel's police service despite internal legal warnings about potential international law violations. Separately, Europe's data protection watchdog has raised concerns about a proposed €3 billion Europol expansion that would add non-suspect fingerprints to cross-border police databases.
Israeli settlers have surrounded and attacked Palestinian family homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, cutting off water and electricity, prompting condemnation from Amnesty International, the US and UK. The siege has sparked international calls for Israeli government action and debate over transferring law enforcement from the IDF to police.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the IDF to prepare transferring civilian law enforcement in the occupied West Bank to police, following a week-long siege by settlers of Palestinian homes including one owned by a Palestinian American family. The move, described by critics as de facto annexation, comes after the U.S. ambassador condemned the settler violence as a 'horrific act of terror.'
The Israeli Defense Forces carried out military operations in Gaza, including an airstrike that critically wounded a Palestinian man identified as a Hamas commander allegedly planning attacks, and opened fire on a suspected Hamas sniper near the Yellow Line in northern Gaza.
Israeli military forces clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while attempting to remove them from an outpost near the Palestinian village of Qusra, where settlers have been blocking two families in their homes since Sunday. The troops withdrew after failing to clear the area, with witnesses reporting settlers dismantling fences and blocking roads.
Israeli forces demolished the home of Farouk Ramadan in the West Bank town of Tal on August 11, less than three weeks after he was killed during a July 24 clash that erupted when Israeli settlers approached the town, leaving one settler and one Palestinian dead. The demolition comes amid continued Israeli raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank, with the UN warning the territory is at a 'breaking point.'
Israeli prosecutors have charged settler Yinon Levi with killing Palestinian activist Awdah (Odeh) Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair village in the occupied West Bank. This marks the first indictment of an Israeli for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank since the October 7, 2023 attacks, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the allocation of 113 million shekels ($37 million) to develop and take control of more than 70 historical and archaeological sites across the occupied West Bank, expanding Israeli control over Palestinian heritage locations amid intensified settlement expansion.
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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected a US-backed peace plan for Gaza, stating Israel will not withdraw from current positions until Hamas is completely disarmed. The statement contradicts terms proposed by the Board of Peace and threatens to derail Trump administration efforts to broker a Gaza settlement.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to pause a $655.5 million judgment that Palestinian authorities must pay to American victims of attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004. The Palestinian Authority and PLO had argued that paying the judgment could destabilize government services in the West Bank.
Israeli military forces conducted widespread raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining at least 14-28 Palestinians including children in areas near Nablus, Tubas, Bethlehem, and other cities. The operations coincided with escalating settler violence, including attacks on Palestinian villages and the closure of an IDF investigation into a brutal 2023 settler assault without charges.
The United Nations human rights office issued a warning about worsening violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling for international action as settlement construction reaches record levels.
Israel's security cabinet voted on July 26, 2026, to allow the 200-member International Stabilization Force into Gaza under Trump's ceasefire framework, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir casting the sole dissenting vote, one day before Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to Washington.
Following a deadly clash near Tell in the occupied West Bank that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an extensive military operation in Nablus and accelerated legalization of unauthorized settler outposts.
The Dutch government announced it will prohibit the import and sale of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories beginning September 22, 2026, joining Ireland, Belgium, and Spain in imposing such restrictions. The ban, announced in May but only now dated, is intended to reflect the Netherlands' obligations under international law, though enforcement is expected to be challenging due to inadequate product labeling.
Satellite imagery shows that Israel has constructed a network of earthen barriers totaling more than 23 kilometers in the area of Gaza’s “yellow line”, separating more than half of the territory under Israeli military control from the rest of the enclave. The project has heightened Palestinian fears that the temporary boundary could become permanent as implementation of the U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement remains stalled.
Hamas has elected Khalil al-Hayya as its new overall leader, replacing Yahya Sinwar who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in October 2024. Al-Hayya previously served on Hamas's five-member leadership council and won the position after a run-off with Khaled Meshaal.
Israeli forces demolished five inhabited Palestinian homes in the Bethlehem governorate on July 22, 2026—four in Nahhalin and one in Za’atara—according to WAFA and local reports. IMEMC separately reported that Israeli authorities demolished a home, a carwash facility, and two livestock farms in Rafat, northwest of Jerusalem. Anadolu Agency documented that the four Nahhalin homes were demolished on the grounds that they lacked building permits.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and at least one other Palestinian was wounded during clashes in Deir Jarir on Sunday night after settlers entered the village to retrieve livestock they claimed had been stolen. The IDF said troops entered to prevent friction and evacuate the settlers and opened fire after stones and concrete blocks were thrown, while Palestinian residents accused the military of protecting and coordinating with the settlers.
An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, while three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank following a reported stabbing incident. The deaths occurred amid ongoing tensions and ahead of Israel's scheduled October elections.
Israeli strikes killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over a 48-hour period, including six police officers in an attack on a police post in Jabaliya refugee camp, as violence continues despite a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that has been in place for months.
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.
Amnesty International released a report on June 10, 2026, accusing Israel of conducting a state-led campaign of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank through accelerated settlement expansion, forced displacement of Palestinians, and annexation measures. The human rights organization characterized these actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
