Surging Israeli military, settler violence in the West Bank: By the numbers

Israeli military and settler attacks against Palestinians have surged across the occupied West Bank.

Here’s a look at the latest figures, according to the UN humanitarian office (OCHA):

Settlers attack homes in Kisan, east of Bethlehem

Israelis from illegal settlements opened fire on citizens’ homes in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Wafa news agency, citing security sources, reported that settlers under the protection of the army stormed Kisan, attacked Palestinian homes, and fired live ammunition. So far, no injuries have been reported.

Kisan has witnessed frequent assaults by Israelis from illegal settlements, including attacks on homes and the theft of livestock.

Israel kills 2 Palestinians at security checkpoint in Hebron

The Israeli army has announced two people have been killed in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, during “operation activity”.

In a short statement on Telegram, the army said two people accelerated their car towards soldiers at a security checkpoint. “The soldiers fired at the terrorists and eliminated them,” it said.

Hamas says Hebron incident reflects ‘growing anger’ in West Bank

The group says an alleged car-ramming incident in Hebron that saw the Israeli army fatally shoot two people reflects mounting anger over Israel’s occupation and “daily crimes” against Palestinians.

“The continuation of the criminal Zionist occupation in its oppressive practices, its continuous attacks on citizens, its desecration of holy places, and its attempts to annex and displace” will bring “more confrontation”, Hamas said.

Fighting between Israeli troops, Palestinians west of Ramallah

Fighting has broken out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The fighting came after Israeli soldiers stormed the town and fired stun grenades and tear gas. So far, no casualties have been reported, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli soldiers raid Hizma town near East Jerusalem

Israeli forces have stormed the town of Hizma, north of East Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.

Soldiers also set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town, checking the identity cards of Palestinian residents and searching their cars. So far, no arrests have been reported, according to the Wafa news agency.

Concerns rise over jailed Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti

Group urges Spain to arrest Israeli soldier accused of Gaza war crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) says it filed a criminal complaint in Spain requesting the “urgent arrest” of Benayau Nahum, an Israeli soldier it accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

HRF said Nahum served in the 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the 900th Kfir Brigade, which it said was involved in the destruction of northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon in late 2024 and early this year.

“The evidence in HRF’s possession places Benayau Nahum directly on the ground during these operations,” it said.

“It shows his participation in systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure, including homes and public buildings, at a time when Beit Hanoon was already largely depopulated and defenseless.”

The Hind Rajab Foundation has sought multiple international arrest warrants for Israeli military members, as well as political leaders, for alleged involvement in war crimes in Gaza.

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

Main events on December 6th

• At least seven Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza, including a 70-year-old woman and her son, who were stalked and then attacked by an Israeli quadcopter drone.
• At least 367 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the first full day of the truce on October 11, the Health Ministry announced.
• The Israeli army announced two “terrorists” were killed in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, after a vehicle raced towards a military checkpoint.
• Qatar and Egypt called for the swift deployment of the so-called Gaza stabilisation force after warning the truce is at a “critical moment”.
• Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said at the Doha Forum that the Rafah crossing will not become a “displacement gateway”, days after Israel said it would open the crossing “exclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza Strip to Egypt”.
• Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said the international community has continued to “neglect its responsibilities” as Israel maintains restrictions on the free-flow of aid to Gaza.

Israeli Billionaire: "Anti-Israel Americans DESERVE What Israel Did To Palestinians"

Jen Perelman and Peter Hager react to an Israeli billionaire who went on a rant against so called anti-Israel Americans, saying they deserve the same cruelty that Israel wrought on the Palestinians.

Norway’s Wealth Fund Just Changed Everything for Microsoft’s Israel Ties

Microsoft is facing investor pressure from Norway and regulator pressure in Ireland for it's Israel links, so will they be held to account? 

Microsoft has spent years telling the world it’s the sensible one in Big Tech, the adult in the room, the company that doesn’t get itself dragged into political mud fights because it’s too busy selling trust and responsibility by the terabyte. Yet here it is, knee-deep in a surveillance scandal tied to an occupation the world is now calling out in the strongest terms, and suddenly all that corporate calm looks like a very expensive illusion.

When the biggest sovereign wealth fund on Earth is voting against your own chief executive because you can’t explain what you’ve been doing with Israeli military data, you’re not managing a risk anymore — you’re managing fallout. And the thing Microsoft never imagined could happen to them is exactly what’s happening: the politics they thought they could ignore has turned around, pulled the evidence out of their own cloud, and asked them to explain why they ever thought neutrality covered any of this.

Microsoft has spent years cultivating this image of corporate stability, the big name, the reassuring brand, the sort of company that can stand above the chaos of the tech sector because it doesn’t make reckless bets, it doesn’t chase controversy, and it doesn’t let itself get dragged into the kind of geopolitical mess that ends careers. Yet here it is, watching the consequences pile up because it decided to embed itself in Israel’s digital security apparatus and pretend that the politics wouldn’t follow them home.

That was the mistake. The politics always follows you home.  You don’t get to power the infrastructure of an occupation, you don’t get to process the communications of an entire population under military rule, and you don’t get to maintain the architecture of state surveillance without eventually finding yourself answering questions that no corporation wants to answer. Microsoft is now in that position, and the thing that makes the whole situation remarkable is that they walked into it thinking their size would protect them.

What’s happening in Gaza right now?

Child wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza City

A source at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza has told Al Jazeera that a child has been wounded by Israeli army gunfire outside the yellow line in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City.

UNRWA finds acutely malnourished children in Gaza screening

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has identified 508 acutely malnourished children among almost 7,000 children screened as part of the first round of an immunisation campaign in Gaza, which was carried out last month.

A famine was declared in Gaza City and its surrounding area in August, with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) saying at the time that more than 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip faced “catastrophic conditions”.


Gaza death toll rises

Gaza’s Health Ministry has said that at least 373 people have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October. The ministry added that the death toll in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023 has risen to 70,360, with another 171,047 people wounded.

It added that 52 percent of essential medicines were out of stock despite the ceasefire deal, as well as 70 percent of laboratory consumables.

Civil Defence teams carry out exhumation at Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital

_{Civil Defence personnel and relatives exhume graves inside al-Ahli Hospital to transfer the remains to official burial sites in Gaza City}

Six killed in Gaza over past day: Health Ministry

Gaza’s Health Ministry says the hospitals in the enclave also received 17 wounded Palestinians in the last 24-hour reporting period.

Syria’s president accuses Israel of using military action to divert attention

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has accused Israel of stoking regional tensions to divert attention from the “horrifying massacres” it has committed in Gaza.

Speaking at the Doha Forum, al-Sharaa said Israeli leaders “often exports crises to other countries” as they increasingly invoke security pretexts to expand military action.

“They justify everything, using their security concerns, and they take October 7 and extrapolate it to everything that is happening around them,” he said. “Israel has become a country that is in a fight against ghosts.”

International force in Gaza will be for peacekeeping, not imposing peace: Egypt’s FM

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has told Al Jazeera that an international force must be deployed in Gaza to ensure that both sides adhere to the ceasefire.

The force should be for peacekeeping, not imposing peace, he said, adding that there is a huge difference between the two.

He also stressed that weapons must be restricted in the Strip and that the Rafah crossing should be open to the entry of aid and the evacuation of medical patients requiring treatment abroad, not to become a gateway for the displacement of Palestinians.

No long-term alternative to the two-state solution: Norway’s FM

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told Al Jazeera that any future governance in Gaza must be Palestinian, and what Israel is doing in Gaza right now is very dangerous.

In the interview, he said:

General strike in Hebron after killing of 2 Palestinians

A general strike is taking place in Hebron after Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians in Bab az-Zawiya on Saturday evening.

Footage posted by local media and verified by Al Jazeera shows empty streets in the occupied West Bank city, with shops still shut.

The Israeli army said the two victims, identified as 17-year-old Ahmed Khalil al-Rajabi and 55-year-old Ziad Naeem Abdul-Jabbar Abu Daoud, accelerated their vehicle at a checkpoint and were shot by Israeli officers.

Four wounded in settler attack near Ramallah

An elderly Palestinian woman, her grandson and two international solidarity activists were wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, the Wafa news agency has reported.

The group of settlers attacked the family of Rizq Abu Naim, breaking his wife’s arm and hitting their grandson on the head. Two activists were also hit with sticks and stones while in the village.

Separately, Israeli settlers installed mobile homes between the towns of Burqa and Deir Dibwan, in an attempt to expand the Ramat Migron settlement, which is built illegally on Palestinian land.

Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of olive trees in West Bank village

Israeli bulldozers have uprooted hundreds of olive trees in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Olive trees have been cultivated across Palestine for thousands of years, serving as a source of livelihood, cultural heritage and resilience. More than 100,000 families rely on the harvest for their income. It runs through to November and brings together the entire community.

Olive trees generally live from 300 to 600 years, the oldest are up to 4,000 years old. It can take 10 years to regrow one to significant fruit production. Uprooting them has at least a 10 year impact on the harvest.

Israeli forces arrest West Bank ambulance crew

Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground and Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, report that soldiers arrested the crew after detaining their vehicle for several hours at the entrance to the city of el-Bireh.

Eyewitnesses told Wafa that the ambulance belonged to the municipality of Silwad, and that both paramedics on board, Ahed Smeirat and Mujahid Abu Aliya, were arrested after their detention.

Palestinian prisoners’ group says 275 children in Israeli jails

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) has said 275 Palestinian children were in Israeli jails as of September, some awaiting trial and others having been given harsh sentences.

The ages of those held in detention range from 14 to 17, the monitor group said.

Palestinians of all ages are subject to Israeli military law in courts run by Israeli soldiers and officers, meaning a large number of Palestinians are imprisoned without basic due process.

NGOs have repeatedly called on the Israeli government to respect international law and end the prosecution and detention of children under military law.

Group sounds alarm over deteriorating condition of two Palestinian prisoners

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has warned that the health of Faisal Sabana, 65, from Qabatiya, south of Jenin, and Ali Abu Atiya, 29, from Ramallah, is rapidly deteriorating amid medical neglect in Israeli prisons.

Sabana has been held without charges or trial since October 25, 2023, and is currently confined in Ramla prison clinic after being transferred from Nafha prison following a heart attack on November 1, 2025. The Wafa news agency said he reportedly experienced symptoms days before the attack and requested medical attention, which was denied.

Abu Atiya was apprehended on November 4 near his workplace in Ramallah and shot at close range in his left thigh. He was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, where he underwent two consecutive surgeries and now needs assistance to walk.

German chancellor’s visit welcomed in Israel as opportunity to end international isolation

Israelis are welcoming the German chancellor’s visit as a sign that their country’s international isolation is beginning to lift, former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas has told Al Jazeera.

Friedrich Merz’s first visit since taking office is “viewed as an important visit somehow extricating Israel from this ring of isolation”, Pinkas, who is based in Tel Aviv, said. “I doubt that that is going to happen, but this is how it is viewed here.”

Pinkas said that while Germany remains a staunch Israeli supporter, compared with other European countries that have long been critical of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the historical bond between the two countries was changing.

“We are seeing first signs that it is now OK to criticise Israel and have different political views,” he said. “I think once that crack is widened, you will see criticism in Germany in terms of how it relates to human rights.”

Merz, who has said he does not consider Israel’s actions in Gaza to be genocide, is scheduled to meet Netanyahu to discuss bilateral relations, the ceasefire in Gaza, and other matters.

His visit comes just days after Germany decided to lift a three-month suspension on arms exports to Israel that it said could be used in the Gaza Strip. Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier after the US and its fifth-largest export partner, long standing as one of Israel’s staunchest supporters.

Germany remains supportive of Israel despite moderate criticism

Germany’s support for Israel is still very strong. During his visit to Israel, German Chancellor Merz signed a $4.5bn deal to buy Israeli weapons.

Merz’s visit is not without controversy, even in some quarters in Berlin. He is meeting Netanyahu, a man wanted by the ICC for potential involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Now, Germany is more interested in talking about the way forward in Gaza rather than what has happened in the past two years. Merz has talked about allowing more aid into Gaza and a commitment to the two-state solution, which Netanyahu and his government have repeatedly said they oppose.

He also talked against the annexation of the occupied West Bank, but those words really do not resonate on the ground. We just drove from Bethlehem to Ramallah, and what we saw is more expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and the roads on which settlers drive.

Israel might be facing criticism, but right now, that doesn’t translate into much.

Activists demonstrate in Berlin to condemn Israeli genocide

While the German chancellor is on a visit of Israel, activists in the German capital Berlin are holding a demonstration to condemn Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, to demand a halt to arms exports to Israel and to express their support for Palestine.

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Israeli president rejects Trump’s request to pardon Netanyahu

Israel’s president has rejected Trump’s formal request to pardon Netanyahu, who has been on trial for more than five years on corruption charges.

Herzog said in an interview with US news outlet Politico that “I respect President Trump’s friendship and his opinion”, but stressed that Israel is a sovereign country and that its legal system must be fully respected.

“This is certainly an extraordinary request, and above all, when dealing with it, I will consider what is the best interest of the Israeli people. The wellbeing of the Israeli people is my first, second and third priority.”

Last month, Trump sent Herzog a letter in which he slammed the corruption charges against Israel’s PM as “political” and “unjustified”.

Jerusalem court accepts Netanyahu’s request to postpone hearing

The Jerusalem District Court has accepted Netanyahu’s request to cancel his cross-examination scheduled for tomorrow for an “emergency” diplomatic meeting and a debate in the Knesset, The Times of Israel has reported.

Netanyahu had also asked President Herzog to pardon him for bribery and fraud charges to end his five-year corruption trial following a letter that Trump wrote to Israel’s president.

Critics have accused the Israeli leader of using the genocidal war on Gaza to deflect attention from the corruption case and avoid hearings.