Palestinians pay $2,000 to leave Gaza

More Palestinians have been told by Al-Majd Europe that they can leave Gaza, but there are many questions about this organisation.

There is coordination with the Israeli authorities to make the Palestinians leave, where these Palestinians are taken on a bus and moved through the yellow line and to the international airport.

Palestinians are paying $2,000 to leave, and they are paying without knowing where they are going, but if we ask what is pushing them to do this, it is the unbearable situation in Gaza, two years of relentless bombardment, including losing their homes and everything they own.

They know the education system is collapsing, and Palestinians believe there is no future for their families after everything they have gone through.




Displaced woman describes desperate conditions in Gaza

A displaced Palestinian woman sheltering in a flooded tent in Gaza says the worsening weather has pushed her “to exhaustion”.

Aid agencies warn that Israel is continuing to block tents and temporary housing from entering the Strip.  “I have been crying since morning… How can I get rid of this water inside the tent? How can I deal with my problems? I am young, and I just need help,” she said.  “I am a widow. I don’t have a father, brother, sister, or anyone else. I don’t have anyone to turn to. I am a stranger here. There is no one to help me.”

Heavy downpours have drenched makeshift shelters across Gaza, with families reporting rising water levels, soaked bedding and collapsing structures. Aid groups say the flooding is worsening living conditions for thousands of displaced Palestinians and raising fears of waterborne disease.

“We are exhausted from everything we’ve been through during this war. Look, I don’t have a mattress or a blanket. My children are young. They need winter clothes,” the woman said. “I just want my message to reach the whole world. My body is exhausted from all this.”

Profound despair’ driving Palestinians to seek a safe haven outside Gaza

The controversial transfer of Palestinians on a flight to South Africa is not a “random event” but rather “a new face of ethnic cleansing”, Oroub el-Abed, an associate professor in international migration and refugee studies in the West Bank, has told Al Jazeera.

“This is very much part of a long colonial pattern, a very systematic dispossession of Indigenous Palestinians that has been perpetuated by Zionist Israelis who want to empty the land of its Indigenous people, using multifaceted approaches,” el-Abed said.

Speaking on the reasons that prompted the Palestinians on the flight to South Africa to leave, el-Abed said that after being exposed to two years of “systematic killing”, people in Gaza have suffered assaults against their humanity and their land, and have been subjected to a war of starvation.

“We know that there is nationalism. We know that they [the Palestinians] are attached to their land. But this war has cornered them to a point where they are experiencing profound despair, seeking a new safe haven. And sadly, the international media, often led in particular by Zionist power, is presenting this as voluntary migration, which we know very well it is not.

“Palestinians are reaching a point of exhaustion after constant siege, trauma and despair.”

Nearly 4,000 children in Gaza still await evacuation for urgent medical care: WHO

The WHO chief says his agency is working inside Gaza to rebuild shattered health services and move critically wounded patients out of the territory one month after the ceasefire was agreed.

In a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked the 30 countries that have so far accepted patients and called on others to join, saying “more than 16,500 patients, including almost 4,000 children, are awaiting evacuation to receive urgent care outside of Gaza.”

Tedros also called for all evacuation routes to be opened, “particularly to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem”.

Israeli helicopters bomb northern Rafah

Israeli helicopters have bombed northern areas of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, our colleagues on the ground are reporting. The attacks took place inside the so-called yellow line demarcating areas under the control of the Israeli military.

Israeli strikes hit east of Khan Younis, in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood

The Israeli army continues to target locations inside the so-called yellow line in areas still under its control. It has carried out multiple air strikes – one east of Khan Younis in the south and the other in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.

The situation is getting much more dire for families who live near this yellow line, including my own. We live a few metres away from the yellow line, and the situation is going from bad to worse as the Israeli military continues to demolish residential buildings and spread panic with attacks in those areas.

On top of this, winter conditions are adding extra suffering to the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who are still living in fear and in a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing east of Khan Younis

Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli bombing east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a source at the Nasser Medical Complex tells Al Jazeera.


One Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Gaza City

A Palestinian man has been killed when Israeli forces fired on civilians in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood, a source at al-Ahli Arab Hospital tells Al Jazeera. The attack happened behind the “yellow line” demarcating territory under Israeli military control, the source said.

Gaza death toll rises

The death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks since October 2023 has risen to 69,483, the majority of whom are women and children, Wafa news agency is reporting.

Another 170,706 people have been wounded, with many victims still trapped under the rubble. In the last 72 hours, Gaza’s hospitals have received the bodies of 17 individuals: Two new victims and 15 bodies retrieved from the rubble, as well as three wounded people.

Since the start of the ceasefire agreement last month, at least 266 people have been killed and 635 wounded by Israeli attacks.

Palestinians repair tents damaged by wind and rain in central Gaza

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Displaced Palestinians forced to move due to strong winds and rain

Footage shared on Instagram, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows displaced Palestinian families being forced to move their tents in an effort to find shelter from the strong winds and rain that have battered Gaza in recent days.

The video shows Palestinian families trudging along a road carrying their possessions as they are lashed by rain and strong winds.

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Civil Defence responds to floods in Gaza

The rescue organisation says its crews have responded to reports of flooding of tents belonging to displaced people south of Khan Younis.

“Our teams evacuated several displaced families after their tents were also flooded,” a statement from the Civil Defence said.

It added that they “provided assistance to a number of displaced families whose tents were flooded in the vicinity of Bir 22 and helped them resecure the damaged tent pegs”.

Winter weather arrived in full force in Gaza this week, subjecting thousands of displaced families to cold, wind and rain as they live in makeshift shelters after their homes were destroyed in Israel’s war.

Israeli forces kill young Palestinian during raid on West Bank refugee camp

As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli army has killed a young Palestinian man during a raid on the Old Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

The Red Crescent told Al Jazeera that Hassan Sharkasi was killed after being shot by Israeli forces. Medics said another young Palestinian man was also shot during the raid.

According to the Red Crescent, Sharkasi was shot in the abdomen. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate him while transporting him to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Israeli forces raided the Askar camp overnight, deploying infantry units across its neighbourhoods. The Red Crescent said live ammunition and stun grenades were fired at Palestinians.

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What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?

As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli army has killed a young Palestinian man during a raid on the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus and wounded one more. Additionally:

Israeli ministers insist there will be no Palestinian state

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar have reiterated the government’s stance that it will not accept a Palestinian state.

“Israel’s policy is clear: There will be no Palestinian state,” Katz said on X, adding that Gaza would be “demilitarised down to the last tunnel”, and Hamas disarmed by the Israeli military in parts of Gaza under its control and by the international stabilisation force or the Israeli military in the rest of the enclave.

In a separate post on X, Saar said Israel “would not agree” to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The comments came after two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, called on Netanyahu to assert that Israel would never accept the establishment of a Palestinian state.

They made their demands after the release of a US-organised joint statement on Friday by nations including Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that asserted US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza offered a pathway to Palestinian statehood.

Netanyahu seen as main ‘obstacle’ to Trump’s Gaza plan

Netanyahu is “openly signalling” that he is opposed to moving to the second stage of the Gaza ceasefire, an analysis piece in Israeli news outlet Haaretz says.

This comes as the UN Security Council is expected to vote on the adoption of a draft resolution on Gaza on Monday, which could approve Trump’s Gaza plan.

The Haaretz analysis said the US’s Arab partners see Netanyahu as “the biggest obstacle to Trump’s efforts to advance Gaza plans” and “as someone who will not allow any progress towards a Palestinian state”.

A defence official told Haaretz last week that senior political leaders remain adamant about keeping the Rafah crossing closed, even though reopening this border point – the only one not fully controlled by Israel – was supposed to be part of the agreement’s initial phase.

According to Haaretz, promises reportedly conveyed to Hamas by the US, and which were said to be linked to the return of Israel’s soldier Hadar Goldin’s body, have not led to any progress on resolving the situation of the armed Hamas fighters stranded east of the yellow line.

Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Palestinian state

Netanyahu has again rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state and insisted that Gaza will be “demilitarised” and Hamas “disarmed”.

“Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory has not changed. Gaza will be demilitarised, and Hamas will be disarmed, the easy way or the hard way. I do not need affirmations, tweets or lectures,” Netanyahu said at a government meeting.

“Even in [Trump’s] 20-point plan and in everything else, this territory will be demilitarised, and Hamas will be disarmed.

“And regarding a Palestinian state: Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory west of the Jordan River, this opposition is existing, valid and has not changed one bit.”

Israel pressing US to alter UN draft on Gaza multinational force: Report

Israel is exerting last-minute pressure on the US to change the wording of a draft UN Security Council resolution concerning the planned deployment of a multinational force in Gaza, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Kan.

The broadcaster reported that close associates of the PM, along with senior officials in the Foreign Ministry, have been holding intensive talks with US counterparts before the vote expected tomorrow.

What do we know about the Gaza stabilisation force?

As we’ve been reporting, the UN Security Council (UNSC) is poised to vote tomorrow on a draft resolution for the deployment of the international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza, a key tenet of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. Here’s what we know so far:

Not a single mention of any Palestinian representation being involved in any of this....

Hamas, other resistance factions reject Gaza stabilisation plan

Palestinian resistance factions are calling on Algeria – a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council – to reject the plan for stabilisation forces to be deployed in Gaza.

The UNSC is slated to vote on a draft tomorrow that would allow roughly 20,000 foreign troops – empowered to use force – to secure Gaza’s borders, train Palestinian police and demilitarise police.

In a statement, the resistance factions called the efforts “a new attempt to impose another form of occupation on our land and people, and to legitimise foreign trusteeship”.

“We direct a sincere and fraternal appeal to the Algerian Republic, government and people, to continue adhering to its principled positions supporting Palestine, and its steadfast rejection of any projects targeting Gaza’s identity and our people’s right to self-determination,” the statement added.

The leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Maher al-Tahir, separately said the current plan’s danger “lies in turning the Gaza Strip into an area outside Palestinian governance” with a transitional phase that “may last for years, which poses a significant danger and keeps the Gaza Strip under a new occupation”.

Israeli-Estonian citizen is behind shadowy organisation arranging flights out of Gaza: Report

Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting the identity of a person with alleged links to Al-Majd Europe.

As we’ve been reporting, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians landed near Johannesburg Thursday, confusing South African officials and prompting a wave of scrutiny into the organisation that arranged the flight – in exchange for hefty fees that passengers paid to personal accounts.

Using a previous version of the Al-Majd website, Haaretz found the logo of another company – Estonian Talent Globus – that advertised “conditions for voluntary emigration from the Gaza Strip”.

Talent Globus was registered last year by Tomer Janar Lind, an Israeli-Estonian citizen who previously registered four companies in the United Kingdom and has a UK phone number.

When reached by Haaretz, Lind “did not deny his involvement in arranging the departures from Gaza but refused to say who is behind the organization”, the outlet reported.

Israel announces ‘independent’ inquiry into October 7 attacks, avoiding state commission scrutiny

The Israeli government has announced the establishment of an independent investigative committee – and not a state commission of inquiry – to look into the failures that led to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel in 2023.

According to Israeli media, Netanyahu is expected to name a special ministerial panel that will be in charge of formulating the commission’s mandate, what it will investigate and the timeframe that will be probed. By contrast, members of a state commission of inquiry are appointed by the president of the Supreme Court and not by politicians.

The panel will have 45 days to deliver its recommendations to the government.

Since the attacks, responsibility for the failures that led to the killing of about 1,200 Israelis has been a thorny issue for Netanyahu, who, contrary to other senior officials, has not admitted any share of the blame. The prime minister maintains that it was the security establishment, rather than the political echelon, that was responsible for preventing the attacks.

Independent, who are you trying to fool.

Critics slam Israeli gov’t for setting up its own probe into October 7 failures

As we just reported, the Israeli government decided to appoint a committee, rather than a state commission of inquiry, to investigate what happened on October 7, 2023. As the news emerged, criticism poured in.

“The government is doing everything it can to escape the truth and evade responsibility,” said opposition leader Yair Lapid. “There is a broad public consensus on a state commission of inquiry. This is what the country needs, this is what the public demands and this is what will happen.”

The cabinet’s “refusal to investigate its failures endangers national security, constitutes an insult, and is an evasion of responsibility toward the soldiers and families who have sacrificed so much since October 7.”

The Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a government watchdog NGO, also joined the criticism: “Let’s call [the committee] by its real name: Cover-up Committee.”

“The government will investigate itself. Those people responsible for the failure will determine who will investigate them, what they will investigate and to what extent. This is a transparent attempt to evade a real investigation of the greatest failure in the history of the state,” the prominent group said on X.

Israel’s October 7 inquiry is a ‘cover-up’, says coalition of Israeli families

The October Council, a group representing family members of captives and those killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, has rejected Israel’s announcement earlier today that a government-appointed investigative committee – rather than a state commission of inquiry – will examine the 2023 events.

In a statement carried by The Times of Israel, the coalition accused the Israeli government of “trying every cheap trick in the book” and called the inquiry a “cover-up”.

“We want to again clarify that the prime minister of Israel will be the first investigated in the state commission of inquiry that will be formed, just as the State of Israel’s law states,” the group said.

“Do you think we are stupid?” it added in a Facebook post addressed to the government. “Do you want the perpetrators to appoint the investigators?”

The group joined a chorus of critics slamming the government’s decision, including Israeli watchdog The Movement for Quality Government and opposition leader Yair Lapid.

UN peacekeepers say Israeli forces shoot at them in southern Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says Israeli soldiers have fired at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in southern Lebanon.

In a statement, UNIFIL said the Israeli military “fired on UNIFIL peacekeepers from a Merkava tank from near a position Israel has established in Lebanese territory”.

It said heavy-machinegun rounds struck about 5 metres (5.5 yards) from the peacekeepers’ location.

In September, UNIFIL said Israeli drones had dropped four grenades close to its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon with one landing within 20 metres (22 yards) of UN personnel and vehicles.

Israel says its soldiers fired on UN peacekeepers due to ‘poor weather conditions’

Israel says its soldiers who fired at UNIFIL peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in southern Lebanon did so due to “poor weather conditions” and mistook the UN patrol for “suspects”.

UNIFIL said the Israeli army fired on its peacekeepers this morning “from a Merkava tank from near a position Israel has established in Lebanese territory”.

In a statement, the Israeli army said “two suspects were identified in the Hammis area in southern Lebanon”, “the forces fired shots to disperse them and the suspects fled, without any casualties.”

“After an investigation, it emerged that the suspects were UN soldiers who were patrolling the area and were classified as suspects due to poor weather conditions. The incident is being investigated.”

Lebanese army condemns Israeli attack near UN peacekeepers

Lebanon’s army has condemned an attack by Israeli forces that nearly struck UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon, calling it a “dangerous escalation”.

In a statement carried by the National News Agency, Lebanon’s army said the targeting of the UNIFIL patrol was the latest in a string of “violations of Lebanese sovereignty, causing instability in Lebanon and hindering the completion of the army’s deployment in the south”.

It said that the army command was “working in coordination with friendly countries to put an end to the ongoing violations and breaches by the Israeli enemy, which require immediate action as they represent a dangerous escalation”.

CNN is Selling Israeli Books Now

CNN also declares the "war" over...

The war in Gaza is over, but the fight in Israel for accountability has barely begun
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-accountability-gaza-intl

ISRAEL’S LOBBY IN PANIC — Kirk’s Letter LEAKS!

Trump is going hard against MTG recently. I wonder why?

https://www.trackaipac.com/states/georgia