Jerusalem governorate reports 144 Palestinians killed in 5 years

Israeli forces and settlers killed 144 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem between 2021 and 2025, according to a comprehensive report released by the Jerusalem governorate.

The report documents a sharp escalation in killings, with 2023 the deadliest year at 51 deaths, coinciding with Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. In 2024, 35 Palestinians were killed, and 23 in 2025.

The governorate also documented 6,528 injuries from Israeli forces and settler attacks over the five years, including 331 in 2025. The report describes the violations as part of a systematic colonial project targeting Palestinians in the occupied city.

Israeli army raids town near Bethlehem

Israeli troops have raided the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, leading to confrontations, according to local officials quoted by Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The raid took place near the town’s western entrance, where soldiers fired live rounds, tear gas and stun grenades, Wafa reported.

Concerns grow over Israel’s ‘unlawful’ changes at Hebron’s mosque

Hebron’s municipality and Hamas have condemned recent Israeli moves affecting the administration and structure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city, warning they represent an illegal shift in control over the religious site.

In a statement carried by Palestine’s Wafa news agency, the municipality said Israel’s approval of a project to build a roof over the mosque’s central courtyard, along with earlier land seizure measures, constitutes a “serious and unlawful violation” of the historic status quo and the authority of Palestinian bodies responsible for managing the site.

Lawyers representing the municipality and several Palestinian ministries have petitioned Israel’s High Court, arguing the decisions were issued without legal authority and could cause irreversible damage to the mosque’s character.

Hamas also issued a statement condemning the “dangerous step” which it said was aimed at strengthening Israeli control over the mosque and its surroundings, urging UNESCO, the Arab League and international bodies to intervene. The group said such measures will not change the mosque’s identity or its significance to Palestinians and Muslims.

The Ibrahimi Mosque and Hebron’s Old City are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in danger.

More than 200 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Israeli settlers have stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Jerusalem governorate, 201 settlers stormed the mosque compound in morning and evening incursions.

Israeli police and soldiers accompanied the settlers, offering them protection.


It's daily (was over 500 yesterday) but what's trespassing compared to genocide, ethnic cleansing and land stealing.

Although trespassing puts you in 'administrative detention' in the UK:

Imprisoned Palestine Action members have been on hunger strikes in prisons around the UK for more than 50 days.

The Palestine Action members are being held on remand in prisons over their alleged involvement in break-ins at the UK subsidiary of Elbit Systems in Filton near Bristol, where equipment was reportedly damaged, and at a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire, where two military aircraft were sprayed with red paint.

The prisoners deny the charges against them, which include burglary and violent disorder.

Of the four still on hunger strikes, three were imprisoned in November 2024 for their alleged involvement in break-ins at Elbit Systems’ Filton plant, where equipment was reportedly damaged. One has been in prison since July 2025 for alleged involvement in damage at the Oxfordshire airbase, where two military aircraft were sprayed with red paint.


_{From top left: Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, Heba Muraisi. From bottom left: Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello}

Child freezes to death in Nuseirat camp, local media report

A young girl has died in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza due to extreme cold inside displacement tents, as winter temperatures worsen and families remain without proper shelter or heating.

She has been identified as Malak Rami Ghoneim by several local media outlets.

Separately, local journalists say four Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire have arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, after being shot at two different locations in the southern Gaza city.

Rights group warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences as Israel blocks fuel entry

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has warned of “catastrophic” consequences as Israel continues to obstruct fuel deliveries into the Gaza Strip, saying the restrictions are crippling humanitarian operations and violating international law.

According to the group, fuel shortages have forced hospitals to scale back or halt services, putting patients in intensive care and operating rooms at immediate risk. The lack of fuel is also disrupting water, sanitation, telecommunications, bakeries and transport, worsening already dire living conditions.

The centre said the policy amounts to collective punishment prohibited under international humanitarian law. It urged the UN and the international community to pressure Israel to allow regular fuel entry at scale to prevent the total collapse of essential services.

A roundup of today’s reported ceasefire violations by Israel

Local media in Gaza have reported a series of Israeli ceasefire violations today. According to the Safa news agency, an Apache helicopter opened fire north of Rafah in southern Gaza, alongside gunfire from military vehicles in the area.

In central Gaza, shelling and machinegun fire were reported southeast of the Bureij refugee camp. Overnight, Israeli aircraft carried out a strike in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City and launched a series of attacks on Rafah.

There were also reports of heavy gunfire and artillery firing east of Gaza City, including the Tuffah area, as well as firing east of Khan Younis.

The incidents are part of a pattern of ongoing violations that have continued since the latest October 10 ceasefire took effect, with at least 415 Palestinians killed and 1,152 wounded in the breaches.

Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gaza

Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis.

Dr Bassam Zaqout explained that widespread flooding and lack of basic sanitation were making the war-ravaged Strip into a perfect breeding ground for the bacterial disease, also known as swamp or rat fever.

Israeli attorney general tells court Ben-Gvir interfering in work of police

Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told the country’s high court that she thinks PM Netanyahu should be made to explain why he continues to allow far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to continue his post in government.

“Minister Ben-Gvir is abusing his position to improperly influence the activities of the Israel Police in the most sensitive areas of law enforcement and investigations, violating fundamental democratic principles,” she said in a statement carried by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

According to her statement, since Ben-Gvir began his term, “the numerous manifestations of his improper interference in police work”, as well as other violations of the law and his disregard for court rulings, “paint a clear and severe picture of repeated violations of the principle of the independence of the police”.

According to Haaretz, this statement follows petitions early last month for Ben-Gvir’s dismissal.

Another Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody

A Palestinian detainee from the city of Rahat in the Negev has died in Israeli custody, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Hassan Issa al-Qashaleh, jailed for more than 13 months, died earlier today at Beersheba prison. He had been scheduled for release in six months, Wafa said.

His death comes amid mounting reports of detainees dying in Israeli prisons since the genocidal war on Gaza began, with Palestinian groups and rights organisations warning of deteriorating conditions, including overcrowding, lack of medical care and various forms of torture.

Palestinian prisoner groups say more than 100 detainees have died in Israeli custody or shortly after being transferred to hospitals since the war began. They say the identities of 86 have been confirmed so far, including 32 in the past year, while dozens of detainees from Gaza remain forcibly disappeared.

Israel is also said to be withholding the bodies of 94 detainees, 83 of them since the start of the war, according to the same groups.

Israeli forces detain Red Crescent Society ambulance in Jenin

Israeli forces detained a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.

According to the group, Israeli forces detained one of its ambulances at the entrance to the Martyr Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospital in Jenin, whilst it was transporting a patient.

Main events on January 1st

• Israeli forces detained a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.
• At least one person died and five others were wounded after a fire broke out in a tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, Wafa reported.
• A Palestinian child named Malak Rami Ghneim, who was living inside a tent for displaced people in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, froze to death due to the severe cold.
• In central Gaza, Israeli shelling and machinegun fire were reported southeast of the Bureij refugee camp.
• Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians could lose access to essential medical care as Israel’s revocation of licences for aid groups comes into effect.
• Armed Israeli settlers destroyed two agricultural structures and chased Palestinian residents in separate incidents in the Hebron area in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa.
• According to Israeli media, Israel is preparing to reopen the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from a visit to the United States.

Pro-Palestine activists storm office of Scottish weapons manufacturer

In Musselburgh, Scotland, unknown pro-Palestine activists stormed the headquarters of Bruntons Aero Products, a company specialising in manufacturing and exporting aircraft parts.

According to Scottish media, the targeted company collaborates with Leonardo, a global leader in manufacturing weapons and developing laser guidance systems for the F-35 aircraft, and supplies the Israeli army with various military equipment.

Al Jazeera verified the footage below of the activists smashing the facility using hammers and fire extinguishers, writing in red paint: “There is only one end to this” and “Abandon Leonardo”.

https://x.com/hussedogru/status/2006746012270932270

Why did Israel ban aid agencies in Gaza? Grok reveals truth on Trump, Netanyahu

The news of the Benjamin Netanyahu regime banning close to 40 internationally reputed aid agencies from operating inside Gaza has stunned the world fraternity. This comes amidst a new rage gripping the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The Elon Musk-owned AI platform, Grok, has inadvertently shared an unpalatable truth about Donald Trump and Netanyahu. The trend has become viral on social media. Rifat Jawaid explains the hidden motive of Netanyahu and his fellow members behind banning Aid agencies.

The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible


_{Displaced Palestinian Salah al-Mabhouh sits by the fire with his son Abdul-Razzaq next to their tent in al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip on December 24, 2025}

When rumours about a ceasefire started circulating in October, it felt like a distant dream. We clung to any thread of hope, even though deep inside we feared believing it. For two years, we had become accustomed to hearing about “ceasefires” that never lasted.

When the announcement was finally made, the streets erupted with ululations and cheers. Yet, fear crept into my heart that this calm might just be a pause before another round of attacks.

My fears were justified. Israel’s daily deadly attacks have continued; more than 400 people have been killed so far by its army. Many others have died in circumstances caused by Israel’s decimation of the Strip.

And yet the level of global attention began to decline. In November, I noticed that engagement with what I wrote about Gaza started to diminish, whether on social media or media outlets – something other Palestinian journalists and writers also observed. The world’s interest waned because the global public was easily convinced that the war had ended.

It became clear to me that the real goal of the ceasefire was not to stop the violence or death, nor to protect people or limit bloodshed and genocide. The real goal was to stop the world from talking about Gaza, about the crimes being committed there, and about the daily suffering of people.

Gaza has now become mostly invisible, as other news and other “hot spots” have taken the global media spotlight. Meanwhile, mass death continues.

A little more than two weeks after the ceasefire was announced, on October 28, the Israeli army carried out a huge bombing campaign, killing 104 people. The overwhelming fear for the future and for my loved ones returned.

On November 20, Israel struck closer to my heart. The Israeli army attacked the home of the Abu Shawish family in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. My friend Batoul Abu Shawish lost her whole family – her sisters Habiba, 11, and Tima, 16; her brothers Youssef, 14, and Mohammed, 18; and her mum, Sahar, 43, and dad, Rami, 50. They were massacred despite the fact that the family had no political affiliation; they were all civilians. Batoul now has to face the genocide alone.

The Israeli attacks continue, and so does mass death by other means: Collapsed buildings, unexploded bombs, floods, hypothermia, starvation and illness – all creations of the Israeli genocidal strategy. We continue to struggle with no proper shelter or food, no heating, electricity or potable water.

The situation is so bad that winter itself is killing people.

We just had another storm. Tents were flooded and blown off again. Thirty-year-old Alaa Juha was killed by a wall that the rain collapsed onto her. Two-month-old baby Arkan Musleh died from hypothermia. In total, 15 have died from the cold weather this month. My family’s tent was flooded again; it is hard to describe the feeling of helplessness that overwhelms you when you can find no escape from the water and the freezing cold.

Israel continues to violate the ceasefire not only with its attacks but with its refusal to comply with its obligation to allow in the negotiated number of aid trucks, a full supply of necessary medicines and tents, shelter materials and mobile homes.

Israel is also curbing access to international organisations that try to provide some relief for the people of Gaza. New rules are making it hard for NGOs to register, including some as big as Save the Children. This, along with Israel’s continuous denial of requests to bring in aid by NGOs, is stifling international efforts to provide some relief to us.


Meanwhile, Palestinian organisations that try to ease our suffering are facing a collapse of donations. For example, the Samir Project, a donations-based initiative that provides material support for impoverished families and students, has lost a large number of individual donors and followers after the ceasefire was announced. Dr Ezzedine al-Lulu, the project’s director, confirmed to me that the decreased flow of donations has hindered their ability to provide essential assistance.

Israel is also keeping the Rafah border closed. There is no opportunity to travel outside unless you pay an exorbitant amount of money to Israeli-linked war profiteers and agree to never return. More than 16,000 people who urgently need medical evacuation are prevented by Israel from leaving; more than 1,000 have died waiting to be allowed to leave.


Gaza has entered a new stage of genocide – low-grade mass killing which does not make headlines because it is not as explosive as carpet-bombing campaigns. But the ultimate result is the same: The extermination of Palestinian life in Gaza. It is no wonder that Israeli politicians have not stopped talking about colonising our land. They still see Gaza free of Palestinians as a very real possibility that is within reach.

Angelina Jolie visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing that’s delivering aid to Gaza

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza, speaking with volunteers delivering aid to the enclave. The former special envoy for the UN refugee agency also met with Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Belfast rallies for Palestine hunger strikers as memories of 1981 return


_{Activists take part in the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally as it makes its way along Royal Avenue to Donegall Place before reaching Belfast City Hall}

On New Year’s Eve, as fireworks lit the Belfast sky, the city’s streets were abuzz — and not only in celebration.

Hundreds gathered in solidarity with activists from the Palestine Action group who are on hunger strikes in prison. Their chants echoed past murals that do not merely decorate the city, but testify to its troubled past.

Along the Falls Road, Irish republican murals sit beside Palestinian ones. The International Wall, once a rolling canvas of global struggles, has become known as the Palestinian wall. Poems by the late Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer, killed in an Israeli air strike in December 2023, run across its length. Images sent by Palestinian artists have been painted by local hands.

More recently, new words have appeared on Belfast’s famed walls. “Blessed are those who hunger for justice.” Painted alongside long-familiar images of Irish republican prisoners like Bobby Sands are new names now written into the city’s political conscience: the four pro-Palestinian activists currently on hunger strike in British prisons, their bodies weakening as the days stretch on.

“This is not a city that will ever accept any attempt to silence our voice or our right to protest or our right to stand up for human rights,” said Patricia McKeown, a trade union activist who spoke at the protest.

“These young people are being held unjustly and in ridiculous conditions – and they have taken the ultimate decision to express their views … and most particularly on what’s happening to people in Palestine – why would we not support that?” she asked.

Palestinian weather service warns of flash floods amid cold conditions

The Palestinian Meteorological Department has warned of cold and unsettled weather across Palestine, with a risk of flooding in some areas.

On Friday, conditions are expected to be cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to very cold, with scattered showers continuing until the evening. Westerly to northwesterly winds will be moderate to brisk, and sea conditions are forecast to be moderate to rough. Very cold temperatures and a chance of further showers are expected overnight.

The department cautioned that heavy rainfall could cause flash floods in valleys and low-lying areas, while strong winds may lead to slippery roads and reduced visibility.

Weather conditions are expected to stabilise over the weekend. Saturday is forecast to be clear and cold to very cold, with a slight rise in temperatures and calmer sea conditions. On Sunday, skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy, with another slight increase in temperatures.

By Monday, temperatures are expected to rise again, though conditions will remain cold under partly cloudy skies.


_{Palestinians living in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, where infrastructure has been severely damaged and a water crisis has emerged as a result of Israeli attacks, carry water distributed by water tankers to their living areas in jerry cans, in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on January 01}

‘Trapped between two fears’: Winter storms hit displaced families in Gaza

Displaced from northern Gaza to the centre of the territory, Ahmad is now living in a tent with his daughter after losing their two homes.

“I no longer remember how many times I have been forced to flee,” he said, in a post on X by UNRWA.

As winter conditions worsen, he described a daily struggle to keep his child safe.

“I am trapped between two fears: The cold that seeps into my daughter’s small body at night, and the fear for my own life when the rain comes and the tent can no longer protect us.”

The update comes as the Palestinian Meteorological Department warns of cold, unsettled weather and flooding across Gaza.

The United Nations said a Palestinian boy drowned after floodwaters engulfed a tent camp, highlighting the growing dangers facing displaced families sheltering in makeshift tents.

Displaced from northern to central #Gaza, Ahmad speaks with the weight of everything he has lost.

Living in a tent with his daughter, fear is constant:

“I am trapped between two fears — the cold that seeps into her small body at night, and the rain when the tent can no longer… pic.twitter.com/LRd9R2sXq0

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) January 2, 2026

Daily struggle of Palestinians in Gaza under harsh winter conditions

_{Palestinians deprived of basic needs struggle to survive under harsh winter conditions, at Shujayea district in Gaza City, Gaza on January 2, 2026}

Israel prepares for possible return to intense fighting in Gaza: Report

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to prepare for the possibility of a return to intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to The Jerusalem Post newspaper.

The report said the Israeli security establishment has clarified that it has not received instructions from political leaders to prepare for the reopening of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

According to a security source quoted by The Jerusalem Post, there is only a slim chance that Israel will allow goods to enter Gaza under current conditions. The source said doing so would amount to enabling reconstruction while key Israeli demands remain unmet.

These include the return of the remains of Staff Sergeant Major Ran Gvili, described as the final Israeli captive, as well as the demilitarisation of the Gaza Strip and the disarmament of Hamas.

Israeli officials have repeatedly linked any easing of restrictions on Gaza to progress on these issues, the report added.

Medical charity MSF says Israel ignored meeting requests over registration issue

Claire San Filippo, Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF’s) emergency coordinator for Palestine, has said Israel’s move to ban dozens of international aid organisations from operating in Gaza under new registration requirements is a “cynical and calculated attempt” to block humanitarian assistance at a time of immense need.

As we’ve reported, the Israeli government has issued new guidelines for NGOs operating in Gaza, including a requirement to supply information on Palestinian staff. Israel said 37 organisations that failed to comply, including MSF, will be deregistered.

San Filippo said MSF, which has lost 15 staff members to Israeli attacks in the enclave, has “legitimate concerns about the absence of clarity as to how such sensitive data will be used, stored and shared”.

Israeli authorities have ignored repeated MSF requests for a meeting on the issue, Filippo said.

“Conditioning access to a territory on the submission of staff lists is outrageous, is an outrageous overreach,” she added. “Allowing humanitarian aid is not a luxury or a favour. It is an obligation under international humanitarian law.”

Israeli forces raid occupied West Bank’s Hebron, Bethlehem: Report

Israeli forces have carried out early-morning raids in several areas of the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Forces stormed Hebron, searched numerous homes and arrested three people, the report said.

Elsewhere, forces raided and took positions in Bethlehem and the nearby town of Beit Sahour, without making any arrests, it added.