The latest figures from the occupied West Bank

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have:

Three aid seekers killed in Khan Younis

Three Palestinians waiting for aid have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire near an aid centre southwest of Khan Younis, sources at Nasser Medical Complex told Al Jazeera.

The attack comes shortly after the Israeli army said it had established a so-called “humanitarian area” in Khan Younis.

The UN said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed GHF started operations at the end of May.

Six Palestinians died of starvation in 24 hours

Gaza’s Health Ministry said six people died of Israeli-induced starvation in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 382, including 135 children.

Global hunger monitor IPC confirmed on August 22 that famine is occurring in northern Gaza and spreading across the Strip. Since then, 104 deaths have been recorded, including those of 20 children, the ministry added.

Israeli army establishes yet another ‘humanitarian zone’

While issuing a forced evacuation threat of Gaza City, the Israeli army said it is establishing another so-called “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in Gaza’s south.

The military said the area will include infrastructure such as field hospitals, water pipelines, desalination facilities, and food supplies.

The tented encampment of al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, which is severely overcrowded, was designated a so-called “humanitarian”, or “safe”, zone early in the war but has been bombed multiple times, with hundreds of civilians sheltering there killed.


_{The aftermath of an Israeli attack on al-Mawasi}

Two people killed in so-called ‘humanitarian zone’

Our sources at Nasser Hospital are reporting that two Palestinians have been killed and many wounded in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.

This attack comes just hours after the Israeli army declared the area a so-called “humanitarian zone” and told Palestinians to move there as it continued its siege of Gaza City in the enclave’s north.

‘Wherever we go, death pursues us’

In response to the Israeli army’s forced evacuation threats, Gaza City residents said it made little difference whether they stayed or fled.

“Some say we should evacuate, others say we should stay,” said Abdel Nasser Mushtaha, 48, a resident of the city’s Zeitoun neighbourhood now sheltering in a tent in the Remal area.

“But everywhere in Gaza, there are bombings and deaths. For the past year-and-a-half, the worst bombings that caused massacres of civilians have been in al-Mawasi, this so-called humanitarian zone.”

“It no longer makes any difference to us,” said his daughter Samia Mushtaha, 20. “Wherever we go, death pursues us, whether by bombing or hunger.”

Israeli drone injures six Palestinians in Khan Younis

Six Palestinians, who had returned to the Amal neighbourhood in Khan Younis to inspect their damaged homes, have been wounded by an Israeli drone attack.

Israel continues to strike Khan Younis, where its army said it was establishing a so-called “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi area.

Israeli attacks on aid seekers continue

As we’ve been reporting, Israeli attacks on aid seekers in Gaza have continued, with at least 23 people killed in the last 24 hours. The total number of aid seekers killed since May has risen to 2,385, with more than 17,577 wounded.

Israel’s plan to push Palestinians out of Gaza puts Egypt in a ‘very delicate situation’

Israel’s plan since the outset of the war has been to push Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, Luciano Zaccara, a Middle East political analyst, has told Al Jazeera.

“What they want to do is to eliminate people, to get rid of the people, all the Palestinians they can from the Gaza Strip, with this idea that they can do it voluntarily,” he said, adding there is nothing voluntary about the move as Israel is pushing Palestinians into “concentration camps in the south”.

“Every time they go to search for food or whatever, they are also killed. So if you are given the opportunity to escape and run for your life, you will do it.”

Israel’s plan puts Egypt in a “very delicate situation in which, for humanitarian reasons, they should open the gate, because otherwise people will be eliminated physically at the border, but politically speaking, it’s something that Egypt doesn’t want to do”, Zaccara said.

Egypt says Israel’s description of Palestinians’ displacement as voluntary is ‘nonsense’

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says Israel’s description of the forced displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is “nonsense”.

On Friday, Netanyahu claimed there were “different plans for how to rebuild Gaza” and alleged that “half of the population wants to leave Gaza”, claiming it was “not a mass expulsion”.

“I can open Rafah for them, but it will be closed immediately by Egypt,” he said.

In response, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it reiterated its “categorical rejection of forcibly or coercively displacing Palestinians from their land”.

“[Egypt] stresses that these practices represent a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and amount to war crimes that cannot be tolerated,” the ministry added.

The statement affirmed that Egypt will never be complicit in such practices nor act as a conduit for Palestinian displacement, describing this as a “red line” that cannot be crossed.

Unpacking Israel’s plan to forcibly displace Palestinians

The destruction of Gaza City and Israel’s war of words with Egypt are all signs that Israel is moving ahead with its plan to annex the Gaza Strip with as few Palestinians in it as possible, regional analyst Luciano Zaccara has said.

“It is clear that Israel is not interested in having [Gaza City] remain a city that can be used to declare a Palestinian state,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The goal is now to blame Egypt for not allowing people to [cross the border],” he said, underscoring the irony in Netanyahu’s claim that Palestinians have a basic human right to choose where to live – besides Gaza.

“Claiming that this [displacement] can be done voluntarily is also a joke, because Palestinians are not going to the south because they want to, but because they are being removed forcibly,” the analyst added.

“They will be [forced] to cross the border, and this is the problem we are going to face. It’s going to happen.”

Israel aiming for ‘maximal collective punishment’ in Gaza

The destruction of the Mushtaha Tower, a high-rise tower in a densely populated part of Gaza City, is yet another sign of Israel’s willingness to punish a whole community indiscriminately, observers say.

“It is very clear that Israel is hell-bent on causing maximal destruction and maximal collective punishment and has made no secret of that,” Tahani Mustafa, analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Al Jazeera.

“I don’t think anything Israel has done over the past two years now speaks of a disciplined military operation, and certainly not this,” she said in reference to the destruction of the 12-storey building surrounded by hundreds of makeshift tents for the displaced.

The management of the Mushtaha Tower has rejected Israeli claims that the building was being used by Hamas fighters.

_{The Mushtaha Tower, located in the western part of Gaza City, was surrounded by hundreds of makeshift tents for the displaced}

Chaos in Gaza City after Israel issues evacuation threats ahead of strikes

There are reports of chaotic scenes in Gaza City after Israel issued forced evacuation threats for two high-rise buildings.

One of them is the Soussi Tower, a 15-floor building in front of the UN headquarters. On the same street, there are also universities and an education centre. The other one is the six-floor Al-Ruya building, also in the centre of Gaza City.

Both are located near the Mushtaha Tower, which was bombed yesterday.

Israel’s war has destroyed ‘90% of Gaza’s infrastructure’

Gaza’s Government Media Office has issued a statement on what it says is the 700th day of Israel’s “war of genocide, forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, amid shameful international complicity and silence”.

“This war resulted in the near-total destruction of 90 percent of the infrastructure and initial losses exceeding $68bn, with the occupation controlling more than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip through military force and forced displacement,” the statement read.

During its war, Israel “committed bloody massacres” that resulted in the deaths and disappearances of 73,731 people, including more than 20,000 children and 12,500 women, according to the statement.

“The occupation also wiped out 2,700 families from the civil registry, and killed 1,670 medical personnel, 248 journalists, 139 civil defence personnel, and 173 municipal employees. More than 162,000 people were injured, including thousands of amputations, paralysis, and blindness,” it said.

Israeli army bombs Gaza City residential building

Protesters in London demand lifting of Palestine Action ban


_{A National March for Palestine calling for an end to all arms sales to Israel and to the starvation of the people of Gaza is held in central London}

Protesters have gathered in London calling for the lifting of the ban on Palestine Action.

The group was banned days after claiming responsibility for a break-in at an air force base in southern England, which the government claims caused an estimated 7 million pounds ($9.3m) in damage to two aircraft.

Dozens of protesters also surrounded a small group of officers in Parliament Square. A number of people have been detained already and police say anyone attending the rally will be acting unlawfully and could face arrest.

Elsewhere in London, hundreds of protesters are also marching to show solidarity with people in Gaza, calling on the UK government to take meaningful action and stop arming Israel.


_{Protesters hold up their placards in support of Palestine Action at a “Lift The Ban” demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action, calling for the recently imposed ban to be lifted, in Parliament Square, central London}

Police detain demonstrators at London rally

Police have started arresting protesters who have gathered in central London in support of Palestine Action, the group that was banned days after claiming responsibility for a break-in at an air force base in southern England.

The crowd in Parliament Square chanted “shame on you” as one man was taken away by officers, and police were later seen collecting elderly protesters who were sitting in a line behind placards that said: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”

Further chants of “Met Police, you can’t hide – you’re supporting genocide” echoed across the square.

The Metropolitan Police have said that those showing support for the group face arrest.

_{Police officers detain a demonstrator on the day of the ‘Lift The Ban’ rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of Palestine Action in London, Britain}

Thousands demonstrating in central Paris to show their solidarity with Palestinians

You’ve got people from all walks of life. There’s a man with his baby in a stroller. We’ve also just seen some people with a banner that reads, “French Israelis for an end to genocide”.

We spoke to a young Palestinian woman who said that she will continue to take to the streets as much as she can to raise her voice. She talked of her disappointment in the international community.

President Macron has been increasingly vocal in his criticism of Israel’s war. He has talked about the situation in Gaza being intolerable and unacceptable, which has undoubtedly angered the Israeli government.

France says it will recognise a Palestinian state later this month. It is urging others to do the same. Many people here are saying, despite all of that, they still feel that France and the EU are simply not doing enough. What they want is the EU to sever all ties to Israel.


_{A march against Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip is held in Paris, France}

Israel-Premier Tech cycling team modify kit after Vuelta protests

Cycling team Israel-Premier Tech has removed its name from its kit at the Vuelta a Espana after the three-week grand tour was hit by antiwar and pro-Palestine protests.

Organisers had been pressuring Israel-Premier Tech to pull out for safety reasons. While the team, owned by Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams, refused to do that, it instead modified its kit to retain only the team’s logo.

There were several protests during the neutralised start of Saturday’s stage 14 in Aviles, following a brief disruption to Friday’s race as protesters stopped the leaders.

Earlier in the race, Israel-Premier Tech riders were delayed by protesters during the team time trial in stage five, while the 11th stage of the race was cut short because of protests at the finish line in Bilbao.

_{Police observe a protest during the 11th stage of the La Vuelta a Espana cycling race to Bilbao, Spain, September 3, 2025}

Aoun calls on the US to pressure Israel to withdraw from Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has met with the commander of the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, at the Baabda Presidential Palace.

During their meeting, Aoun called on the US to pressure Israel to withdraw from Lebanon and stressed the importance of continued US support for the Lebanese army to enable it to carry out missions.

Cooper announced that a committee overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire in Lebanon will meet on Sunday to discuss the situation.

Aoun also announced that the Lebanese army has completed its deployment in 85 percent of the area south of the Litani River. The deployment is part of the ceasefire, which also calls for the withdrawal of Hezbollah and Israel from the area in southern Lebanon.

Israel maintains a military presence at five locations in southern Lebanon and has given no timeline for a withdrawal.

Israeli forces detain 3 children near Hebron

Israeli forces have detained three Palestinian children in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Mohammed Awad, a local activist, told the agency that troops raided the Wadi al-Sheikh area near the town’s entrance and detained the children while they were working with a farmer.

The children were identified as Saif Mohammed al-Alami, 15; Mahmoud Sabarneh, 15; and Oday Raed Awad.

Israeli forces routinely raid Palestinian towns and villages across the West Bank, often arresting and assaulting residents. According to Addameer, a prisoners support group, at least 450 children are being held by Israel, many held without charge or trial.