Indonesia says it could send 8,000 soldiers to Gaza

A proposed multinational peacekeeping force for Gaza could total about 20,000 troops, with Indonesia estimating it could contribute up to 8,000, according to President Prabowo Subianto’s spokesman.

The spokesman added that no deployment terms or areas of operation had been agreed.  Prabowo has been invited to Washington later this month for the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace.

Last year, Indonesia committed to readying 20,000 soldiers for deployment for a Gaza peacekeeping force, but it has said it is awaiting more details on the force’s mandate before confirming deployment.

“We are just preparing ourselves in case an agreement is reached and we have to send peacekeeping forces,” presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi told journalists.

He added that there would be negotiations before Indonesia paid the $1bn being asked for permanent membership of the board.

UNIFIL to withdraw most troops from Lebanon by mid-2027

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon plans to withdraw most of its troops by mid-2027, its spokesperson has told the AFP news agency.

UNIFIL has acted as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon for decades and has been assisting the Lebanese army as it dismantles Hezbollah infrastructure near the Israeli border, after a recent war between Israel and the Lebanese group.

Under pressure from the US and Israel, the UN Security Council voted last year to end the force’s mandate on December 31, 2026, with an “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal” within one year.

Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said “UNIFIL is planning to draw down and withdraw all, or substantially all, uniformed personnel by midyear 2027”, completing the pullout by year-end.

After UNIFIL operations cease on December 31 this year, she said, “we begin the process of sending UNIFIL personnel and equipment home and transferring our UN positions to the Lebanese authorities.”

What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?

Israeli forces to remove electricity network in occupied West Bank town west of Hebron

Israeli forces have notified residents of Idhna town in the West Bank’s Hebron governorate of a plan to remove the electricity network, according to the Wafa news agency.

Idhna Mayor Jaber Tmaizi told the outlet that this was part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to displace Palestinian residents from the area.

Israeli authorities had previously confiscated land in the eastern part of the town for illegal settlement expansion, with the aim of creating a contiguous settlement bloc south of Hebron.

At least 30 Palestinians arrested in Israeli army raids across West Bank

At least 30 Palestinians, including children, have been arrested across the occupied West Bank in raids by Israeli forces today, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has told Al Jazeera.

Palestinian child with cancer in West Bank barred from entering Israel for treatment

The Jerusalem District Court has dismissed a petition for a five-year-old Palestinian cancer patient to enter Israel for treatment.

A statement by Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement released on Monday said the petition was filed by the organisation, and the boy currently resides in the occupied West Bank but is registered as a resident of Gaza. “The petition sought to facilitate the boy’s entry into Israel in order to receive life-saving medical treatment at Tel Hashomer Hospital,” it said.

“The decision was made despite the severity of the boy’s condition and an expert opinion by an Israeli physician recommending treatment available to him nearby and warning of the risks in transferring him abroad for treatment.”

Gisha, which has been representing him since November 2025, said the child moved from Gaza to the West Bank in 2022 to receive medical care not available in the Strip. According to the statement, after treatment options in the West Bank were exhausted, his doctors determined that he urgently requires antibody immunotherapy, followed by a bone marrow transplant – available in Israel.

Palestinian citizens of Israel demand government do more to stop crime

Palestinian citizens of Israel make up approximately 21 percent of Israel’s overall population. They are the descendants of Palestinians who were not forced out in the Nakba of 1948, when 750,000 people fled following the establishment of the State of Israel.

The Palestinians who remain in Israel largely live separate lives from the rest of the population in isolated towns and villages, suffering from a lack of government funding and living as de facto second-class citizens.

To many that live in those communities, it is not that the state is actively working against them, rather it is entirely absent.

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Iran warns of ‘destructive’ influence on diplomacy before Netanyahu’s US trip

Iran has warned of “destructive” influence on diplomacy before PM Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran.

“Our negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to the region,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.

“The Zionist regime has repeatedly, as a saboteur, shown that it opposes any diplomatic process in our region that leads to peace.”

Netanyahu leaves for the US for Trump meeting

PM Netanyahu has departed for the US, saying he would discuss Gaza, Iran and other regional issues when he meets President Trump in Washington this week.

“On this trip we will discuss a range of issues: Gaza, the region, but of course first and foremost the negotiations with Iran. I will present to the president our views regarding the principles for the negotiations,” Netanyahu said.

“This is my seventh visit to meet with US President Trump since he took office, and I believe this reflects the depth of the relationship between Israel and the United States.”

Their meeting comes days after Iran and the US held talks in Oman last week, after which Trump said another round of negotiations would follow.

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France calls on Israel to reverse West Bank measures

The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has “strongly condemned” Israel’s recent measures to strengthen control over the occupied West Bank, saying they violate international law.

The Israeli security cabinet’s measures “contribute to advancing the logic of annexing the West Bank and, in that way, constitute a serious threat to the two-state solution”, the ministry said in a statement, adding, “We call on Israel to immediately reverse these decisions and reaffirm our firm opposition to any form of annexation.”

Netanyahu’s plane flies over Greece, Italy, France despite ICC arrest warrant

The plane carrying Israel’s prime minister to the US has passed through the airspace of Greece, Italy and France, Flight Radar data shows, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over suspected war crimes in Gaza.

The three European country are all members of the ICC and have been signatories to the Rome Statute – the treaty that established the court – since 1998.

More than 120 countries that are part of the ICC are obliged to enforce its arrest warrants. In spite of that, many of Israel’s allies – including the European Union – have ignored the court’s decision.

Palestinian envoy to UN condemns Israeli cabinet decision on West Bank

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, says Israel’s recent move to cement control over the West Bank amounts to “the annexation of the land of the Palestinian people”.

“We are gathered here today in order to express our outrage and condemnation for what the Israeli cabinet decided,” Mansour said alongside the envoys of several Arab and Muslim-majority states at UN headquarters in New York.

Mansour said a letter has been circulating at the UN detailing the countries’ opposition to Israel’s measures.

“I gave it in person to the president of the Security Council yesterday,” the Palestinian envoy said, adding that he expects the council to “shoulder its responsibility” and pressure Israel to “reverse this illegal step”.

He added: “We hope and expect that the powerful partners … [will] stop Israel in its track[s], from getting away with this very violation of international law and the will of the entire community of nations.”

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— Gabriel Elizondo (@elizondogabriel) February 10, 2026

Muslim countries condemn Israel’s West Bank push ‘in strongest terms’

As we’ve been reporting, a group of Arab and Muslim-majority countries has spoken out against Israel’s push this week to deepen control over the West Bank.

Ahmet Yildiz, the Turkish ambassador to the UN, read out a statement today on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) group.

🇹🇷 on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation:

“The OIC Group condemns in the strongest terms the illegal Israeli decisions and measures aimed at imposing unlawful Israeli sovereignty, entrenching settlement activity, and enforcing a new legal and administrative… pic.twitter.com/MY9LO39v2B

— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) February 10, 2026

Iran warns against Israel’s ‘destructive role’ ahead of Trump-Netanyahu talks

Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, has urged the Trump administration to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from negatively influencing continued diplomacy between Washington and Tehran.

Larijani wrote on social media that the US “must remain alert to the destructive role” of Israeli officials.

Netanyahu earlier said he hoped to discuss the “principles” underlining US-Iran negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme, during a planned meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday.

The Israeli prime minister has pushed the US to adopt a hardline stance towards Iran for years, including by advocating for US military attacks against the country.

Netanyahu is now on his way to the United States. Americans must think wisely and not allow him, through posturing, to imply before his flight that 'I want to go and teach Americans the framework of the nuclear negotiations.'
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— Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی (@alilarijani_ir) February 10, 2026

What happens when Netanyahu visits Trump?

No other world leader has visited the US in an official capacity over the past year more than Benjamin Netanyahu.

And the Israeli prime minister is set to break his own record when he embarks on yet another trip to the US this week – his sixth since Donald Trump returned to the White House early in 2025.

The visit comes at a tense moment for the region.

Israel is tightening its illegal grip over the occupied West Bank; the bombardment and siege of Gaza are continuing despite a US-brokered “ceasefire”; and US and Iranian officials are holding indirect talks to stave off a war that appeared imminent a few weeks ago.

The Iran file is expected to top Netanyahu’s agenda in Washington, DC, as he pushes for a hardline US approach towards Tehran.

Israeli forces to demolish sports field near occupied West Bank’s Hebron

Israeli authorities have delivered a demolition order for a sports field that serves as a recreational outlet for children in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

The field was opened two years ago with foreign support and funding as part of projects to serve the children of the village.

The notice comes after an “incitement campaign” to demolish the sports facility by Israeli settlers and the pro-settlement organisation Regavim, which described the stadium as an “obstacle to colonial expansion” in the area, Wafa reported.

PLO official urges global community to pressure Israel to drop West Bank plans

Hussein al-Sheikh, vice chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, is urging world governments to pressure Israel to reverse its plans to deepen control over the occupied West Bank.

Al-Sheikh made the appeal after a meeting with Arab and Western representatives in Ramallah, the Wafa news agency reported.

“He affirmed that continued international silence encourages [Israel] to persist in its aggressive and colonial policies, noting that mere condemnation and denunciation are no longer sufficient,” the news agency said.

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem


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Israeli forces detain two Palestinians amid demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem

The Israeli military has detained two Palestinians from the Silwan neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Wafa news agency, amid ongoing demolitions of Palestinian property.

One man was severely beaten as he returned his house in the al-Bustan area of Silwan.

The Palestinian neighbourhood has become a focal point in the ongoing tensions over house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem.

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