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SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

The world is ‘watching us die under fire’

Al Jazeera spoke to Mohamed al-Salloul, a Palestinian man who witnessed the deadly Israeli attack on the Remal neighbourhood in the west of Gaza City.

“Suddenly the Israelis hit the building in front of us with two missiles,” he said from the scene of the strike.

“It is something beyond logic or humanity. Where is the entire world? They’re only watching us die under fire.”


Palestinians at the site of Israeli strikes on a house in besieged Gaza City


Displaced Palestinian describes ‘journey of death’ out of Gaza City

Khalil Abu Daher is a displaced Palestinian man from Gaza City pressured to evacuate his home by the deadly Israeli army assault.

“I was forced to leave my city because of the heavy bombardment,” he told Al Jazeera in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. “This was a journey of death. They have destroyed our houses and buildings and now here we are.”

Abu Daher said he made the entire journey on foot, hoping to find refuge from Israeli attacks, but found nowhere is safe. “Everywhere there will be attacks,” he added.


8 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike on Nuseirat camp

At least eight Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a tent housing displaced people in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, a source at al-Awda Hospital tells Al Jazeera.


‘We are piled on top of each other’

On the ground in Gaza, Palestinians struggle to meet their basic needs after nearly two years of bloody war that has left the territory devastated and bereft of basic goods.

“We just want the bare minimum to survive and here in al-Mawasi we don’t even have that,” said Khaled Abu Alba, 35, a Palestinian from Gaza City displaced to an Israeli-designated “humanitarian area” in southern Gaza.

“Even for water, we wait for hours just to get a single bucket.”

Um Youssef al-Shaer, 50, also displaced in al-Mawasi after fleeing northern Gaza, said the area has become overcrowded as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seek refuge there.

“We are piled on top of each other in a single tent – me, my husband, our six children, and my husband’s elderly parents – 10 people in a small tent. There’s no room to sleep in that cramped space … There’s no privacy.”



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SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Israel blocks desperately needed food in besieged northern Gaza

Since Israel shut a vital corridor into famine-stricken northern Gaza, community kitchens and health clinics have closed and vital flows of food have slowed.

The Zikim Crossing was shut on September 12, days ahead of an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza City in the north of the territory, prompting warnings from aid agencies.

Since then, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it hasn’t managed to bring any supplies through Zikim, previously the route for half its food deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza.

There has been a reduction of about 50,000 daily meals in northern Gaza compared to 109,000 daily meals before Zikim closed, as some kitchens in Gaza City serving free meals shut, according to Amjad al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network.

“The situation is becoming more difficult,” said Um Zaki, a mother of five who has stayed in Sabra, Gaza City. She described skyrocketing food prices and increasing scarcity. “People who sell things such as  food … have left to the south.”


Volunteer doctors in Gaza: ‘We can die at any time’

Dr Saya Aziz and Dr Nada Abu Alrub are Australian doctors risking their lives to provide crucial healthcare for Palestinian patients during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

The two doctors say Israeli forces could kill them at any time. “We’re doing this video because we know that we might die at any time, unfortunately.”

Gaza Ministry of Health updates official death toll from Israel’s war to 65,549

That is since the war began on October 7, 2023. The ministry added that 167,518 people had been injured.


Israel kills 51 in Gaza since dawn on Friday

That’s according to medical sources at hospitals in Gaza who have spoken to Al Jazeera. The dead include 30 people in Gaza City.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Israeli forces arrest 24 Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Israeli troops have arrested 24 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank.

Wafa news agency reported 22 people, including Palestinian journalists, were detained in dawn raids across Nablus governorate, in Nablus city, the Askar and Balata camps, and the towns of Zawata and Kafr Qallil.

Two others were arrested in the town of Attil in Tulkarem governorate.

While headlines are mainly focused on Israel’s bloody war on Gaza, violence is intensifying in the occupied West Bank. Since October 2023, there’s been a sharp rise in settler attacks, army raids, and forced displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.


2 Palestinians hospitalised after home catches fire during Israeli raid

A Palestinian home has burned down after Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters during an incursion in Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The Wafa news agency reports a man and a woman were hospitalised for smoke inhalation caused by the blaze.



Translation: Fire breaks out in a house after Israeli forces fire tear gas bombs during a raid on the town of Beit Rima, northwest of Ramallah.


‘They’ve completely trapped us’: Israel’s West Bank encroachment

Palestinians in the West Bank have spoken of the struggles of living under Israeli occupation as they face mounting pressure in their daily lives.

Younis Aqel, a farmer from the southern city of Halhul, said the encroaching Israeli presence of illegal settlements has trapped his community. A journey that used to take a couple of minutes can now take more than an hour.

“They’ve completely trapped us between two illegal settlement outposts and two Israeli gates preventing us from reaching our land,” Aqel told Al Jazeera. “But the harassment doesn’t stop here. The Israeli army sometimes simply blocks us from returning to our own homes.”


Israeli settlers raid Palestinian town in occupied West Bank

Settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, have stormed the eastern outskirts of Tammun town in the occupied West Bank, sources tell Al Jazeera.

The Palestinian town is in Tubas governorate, 13km (8 miles) northeast of Nablus.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Trump vows to block Israel’s West Bank annexation, but expert urges caution

US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank has to be welcomed with some caution, says Mohamad Elmasry, professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

“The US administration sometimes does seemingly rebuke Israel or indicate their opposition to something Israel is doing, but then they end up allowing Israel to do whatever it wants,” Elmasry said, noting how former President Joe Biden had said that the US would not have allowed Israel to attack Gaza’s southern city of Rafah and then stood back when that happened.

But regardless of the US’s rhetoric, Elmasry said, “the reality is that Israel already exerts de facto control over the West Bank … In some ways, the whole annexation question is a bit academic.”

Since the war in 1967, Israel has set up hundreds of settlements and outposts across the West Bank, resulting in more than half a million Jewish Israelis living there and fragmenting the contiguity of the Palestinian territory.

“The two-state solution has been rendered effectively impossible already … I don’t see any viable path towards a Palestinian state there. You would have to dismantle hundreds of settlements and outposts, and Israel has indicated that it is not prepared to do that because it believes that this is their land that was promised to them by God, by biblical mandate.”


Germany backs Trump not allowing Israeli annexation of West Bank

Germany welcomes remarks by US President Donald Trump saying he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson says.

“An annexation of the West Bank, but also the construction of settlements in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, remains a major obstacle on the way to a two-state solution,” the spokesperson said.

Western countries have repeatedly voiced their opposition to the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements across the Palestinian territory, which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, but have rarely taken concrete measures to pressure Israel to comply with international law.



Crucial West Bank-Jordan crossing briefly opens – then closes

We reported earlier the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge connecting the occupied West Bank and Israel remains closed despite Israeli authorities saying on Thursday it would reopen.

Now the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings said the passage was opened for two and a half hours before being closed again until next Sunday. More than 2,035 travellers departed from the Palestinian side and 850 arrived from the Jordanian side.

Israel ordered the indefinite closure of the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge, stopping the passage of goods and people through the only gateway between the occupied West Bank and Jordan last week.

The move came after a Jordanian national travelling in a humanitarian aid truck killed two Israeli soldiers.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Israeli forces bomb eastern Lebanon despite ceasefire

A Lebanese security source has told Al Jazeera that Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at an open area near Jennata in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa region. The air strikes took place after an Israeli drone killed five people, including three children from the same family, earlier this week.

Israel has frequently targeted what it calls Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon despite a US-brokered truce that took effect in November following more than a year of conflict sparked by its war on Gaza.



Death toll in Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital rises to 9, say Houthis

Yemen’s Houthis have said the death toll from Thursday’s Israeli air raids on the capital, Sanaa, has risen to nine killed, including four children and two women. At least 174 others were wounded, among them 59 children, it said.

It added that civil defence and rescue teams are still searching through the rubble for victims.

The Houthis condemned Thursday’s strikes, which they said targeted residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure. The rebel group have controlled Sanaa since 2014. Yemen’s internationally recognised government is based in Aden.



Last-minute Israeli demand for land corridor in Suwayda jeopardises Israel-Syria talks

An Israeli demand that it have access to a land corridor in Syria’s southwestern province of Suwayda has derailed plans to announce a security agreement between the two countries this week, reports the Reuters news agency.

Israel had previously demanded the corridor, but it was rejected by Syria as a breach of sovereignty. The US had believed that a deal was close, but the Israelis have recently reintroduced the demand, causing the current deadlock.

The Israelis say the land corridor is necessary to provide aid, but Syria is unlikely to accept that argument, considering the repeated Israeli attacks on its territory in recent months, and fears that Israel is trying to establish control over Suwayda, where a large Druze community live.

Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly in his speech on Friday that a deal with Damascus could be reached, but a Syrian official told Reuters that no conversations had been had with Israeli officials this week.

Israel has bombed Syria heavily and occupied more territory since the fall of the latter’s longtime President Bashar al-Assad in December, saying that a 1974 security agreement between the two neighbours was void following the president’s overthrow.



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SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Flotilla pushes forward to Gaza despite lead ship’s damage

The Global Resilience Flotilla has announced that despite a mechanical failure affecting one of the lead ships, Gaza activists will continue their mission.

Crew members of the disabled Family Boat will assist other vessels with their experience in navigation, communication, and diplomatic coordination, a statement said. The flotilla’s steering committee will remain on board the Alma to provide field command.

Organisers emphasised the activists’ morale is high and all are safe and ready to sail. They noted the weather conditions are favourable.

The flotilla includes doctors, artists, religious leaders, lawmakers, and humanitarians who aim to break the punishing Israeli blockade on Gaza and deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid.



Greece backs aid flotilla to Gaza with naval ship providing safe passage

A Greek naval warship has reached the Global Sumud Flotilla to guarantee the safe sailing of the boats currently in its waters, Greece’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said.

Gerapetritis said Athens has informed Israel that Greek citizens are among the dozens of activists on board the flotilla. Italy and Spain also dispatched naval vessels to support the aid boats after repeated attacks, including a drone attack early on Wednesday.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper thrown out by UK court


Members of Northern Irish rap group Kneecap, including Liam Og O hAnnaidh, centre, leave London’s Crown Court

A terrorism charge against a member of Irish hip-hop group Kneecap for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert has been dismissed by a London court because of a technical error.

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who is also known as Liam O’Hanna and performs as Mo Chara, was charged following a London concert last year. Hezbollah is a “proscribed” organisation in the UK.

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said the case should be thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against the rapper was brought. “These proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null,” he said.

Kneecap’s manager, Daniel Lambert, wrote on X: “We have won!!!!!! Liam Og is a free man. We said we would fight them and win. We did (Twice). Kneecap has NO charges OR convictions in ANY country, EVER.

“Political policing has failed. Kneecap is on the right side of history. Britain is not. Free Palestine.”


Kneecap case an ‘attempt to silence’ people over Gaza genocide

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill says she “strongly” welcomes the dropping of a terrorism case against a member of rap group Kneecap by a UK court.

O’Neill said the case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh was “part of a calculated attempt to silence those who stand up and speak out against the Israeli genocide in Gaza”.

“Kneecap have used their platform on stages across the world to expose this genocide, and it is the responsibility of all of us to continue speaking out and standing against injustice in Palestine,” she said.




SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Kneecap’s Mo Chara: ‘It was always about Gaza’

Kneecap member Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs as Mo Chara, has given a statement after a terrorism case against him was thrown out by a court in London over a technical error.

He thanked his lawyers and translator and said: “This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public and never about ‘terrorism’, a word used by your government to discredit people you oppress.”

Mo Chara continued: “It was always about Gaza. About what happens if you dare to speak up.”

He said the rap group will continue to speak up for Gaza. “If anyone on this planet is guilty of terrorism, it is the British state. Free Palestine!”

Eurovision to vote on Israel’s participation over Gaza war

The European Broadcasting Union, which organises the Eurovision Song Contest, says its members will vote in November on Israel’s participation next year amid calls to boycott the country over its genocide in Gaza.

According to spokesperson Dave Goodman, the board of the EBU, which brings together public broadcasters and runs the event, has sent a letter to members indicating the vote will take place at an extraordinary general meeting held online in early November.

The vote will be on whether Kan, the Israeli public broadcaster and member of the EBU, will participate, Goodman said. An “absolute majority” would be required for an exclusion to pass.

“This is one of the biggest crises that Eurovision has ever faced because it has the potential to really cement division within the organisation,” said Dean Vuletic, an expert on the history of Eurovision.

“If we have two blocs – one which is threatening a boycott and another which is remaining steadfast in its support of Israel – then this is potentially the most serious crisis that the contest has faced.”

Germany and Austria have backed Israel’s participation.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

Dozens of companies blacklisted over ties to Israeli settlements

The UN has added 69 companies to a blacklist of entities accused of being complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The list includes an array of firms such as vendors of construction materials and earth-movers, as well as providers of security, travel and financial services.

With today’s addition, the database now contains 158 companies – the vast majority Israeli. The others are from the United States, Canada, China, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Newcomers to the list include German building-materials company Heidelberg Materials, Portuguese rail systems provider Steconfer, and Spanish transportation engineering firm Ineco. Among those still on the list are travel-sector companies US-based Expedia Group, Booking Holdings Inc and Airbnb.

The UN’s main human rights body passed a resolution nearly a decade ago to create the list, and Israel has sharply criticised it since.


Airbnb, Booking.com among 150 businesses in UN database with ties to illegal West Bank settlements

A report (PDF) issued by the UN’s human rights office listed more than 150 businesses with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, 68 more than when it was last published in 2023.

The firms include travel businesses Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, and TripAdvisor, as well as the US tech company Motorola Solutions.

“Where business enterprises identify that they have caused or contributed to adverse human rights impacts, they should provide for or cooperate in remediation through appropriate processes,” the report said.

“This report underscores the due diligence responsibility of businesses working in contexts of conflict to ensure their activities do not contribute to human rights abuses,” UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said.

One new addition to the database, German cement maker Heidelberg Materials, disputed the listing, telling Reuters it was no longer active in the West Bank.

Other firms were removed from the list, having been present in the 2023 version, including the travel companies eDreams and Opodo.

The occupation of the Palestinian West Bank is illegal under international law, and the International Court of Justice said in July 2024 that Israel should remove settlers from the West Bank, as well as occupied East Jerusalem, and pay reparations to Palestinians.



SvennoJ on 26 September 2025

‘Put an end to this hell’

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu will soon address the UN General Assembly – just days after another 10 countries recognised a Palestinian state. His visit comes amid mounting international pressure on Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza.

Below are the latest international responses:

  • Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president: “I want to see Netanyahu and those responsible for the genocide against the Palestinian people brought before an international court of justice.”
  • Natasa Pirk Musar, Slovenia’s president: “We did not stop the genocide in Rwanda. We did not stop the genocide in Srebrenica. We must stop the genocide in Gaza. There are no excuses any more.”
  • David Lammy, UK deputy prime minister: “There can be no answers to these horrors but concerted diplomatic action to keep the hope of peace alive.”
  • Donald Trump, US president: “We will get something done because it’s gone on too long and we want it to end.”
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister on those who voted for Palestinian statehood: “I will condemn those leaders. This will not happen.”
  • Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner: “There is a short message – put an end to this hell.”

Netanyahu’s speech to UNGA to be played on speakers across Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader’s speech to the UN General Assembly will be broadcast over loudspeakers blared throughout the Gaza Strip.

It said in a statement the speech will be played from large speakers mounted on trucks on the Israeli side, and Netanyahu ordered that the activity not endanger Israeli soldiers.

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said the move is an attempt at “psychological warfare”.

Families of Israeli troops have criticised the move, saying it placed the lives of Israeli military members in Gaza in jeopardy, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported.

Israeli army takes over mobile phones in Gaza for Netanyahu speech

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the military was not just broadcasting his speech at the UN using loudspeakers in Gaza, but has also taken over mobile phones belonging to Palestinians living in the enclave to forcibly carry the prime minister’s words.

Netanyahu called the action an “unprecedented operation”.