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  LEES "THE WIRE" !

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Extreemrechts blijft groot in de Tweede Kamer, zo laat de voorlopige uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen zien. Maar er is ook goed nieuws: het blok van partijen die opkomen voor de rechten van Palestijnen boekte winst.

D66, Groen Links-PvdA, Partij voor de Dieren, SP, DENK en Volt hebben volgens de voorlopige uitslag negen zetels gewonnen. Samen komen ze nu, voorlopig, op 56 zetels. Dat is bepaald geen meerderheid, maar toch een stap in de goede richting! Hun steviger positie geeft ze de ruimte om hun strijd voor de Palestijnse zaak en voor het internationaal recht nog intensiever te voeren.

Die taak wordt alleen maar belangrijker nu het ook druk blijft op de extreemrechtse flank van de Kamer.

Wij roepen D66 en GroenLinks-PvdA op om bij eventuele regeringsdeelname hun principes niet verkwanselen, zoals ze eerder wel deden. Wij rekenen erop dat het CDA de lijn die het de afgelopen maanden heeft ingezet, namelijk steun voor rechtvaardigheid en gerechtigheid in Palestina en Israël, zal voortzetten.

Voor de nieuwe leden van de Tweede Kamer is onze vraag: willen jullie onderdeel zijn van het probleem of van de oplossing? Kies niet langer voor bezetting, onderdrukking, apartheid en genocide, maar voor gerechtigheid, gelijkwaardigheid, menselijkheid, vrede en mensenrechten.

Om de nieuwe Kamerleden daarbij te helpen hebben wij een lijst met 21 actiepunten opgesteld. Daarmee kan de Nederlandse politiek beginnen te bouwen aan een toekomst waarin de rechten van iedereen in Israël en Palestina worden gerespecteerd.

D66-leider Rob Jetten, een dag na de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen waarbij zijn partij als (gedeeld) grootste uit de bus kwam. © ANP via Alamy

VN-rapporteur Francesca Albanese stelt vast: ook Nederland medeschuldig aan genocide in Gaza

Nederland was één van de westerse landen die concrete acties om de genocide in Gaza te stoppen tegenwerkten, stelt de VN-rapporteur voor de Palestijnse Gebieden, Francesca Albanese, in haar nieuwe rapport.

Nederland deed dat door een ‘illusie van vooruitgang’ te creëren met mondelinge statements, om zich in de Algemene Vergadering van de VN vervolgens te onthouden van stemming of slechts slappe aftreksels van resoluties te steunen. Het rapport, getiteld ‘De Gaza Genocide: een collectieve misdaad’, noemt ook Nederlandse wapenexport en de doorvoer van wapens via Nederlandse havens als voorbeelden van medeplichtigheid aan genocide.

De toenmalige premier Mark Rutte ontvangt president Isaac Herzog van Israël op het ministerie van Algemene Zaken, 10 maart 2024. © ANP via Alamy

Het is het vijfde rapport van Albanese sinds het begin van de genocide. In eerdere rapporten documenteerde ze de eerste bewijzen van genocide in Gaza, plaatste ze deze in de context van ‘koloniale uitwissing’, en onderzocht ze de geldstromen die de genocide mogelijk maakten.

Frontlinie | Soldaten voor Israël

Waarom reizen duizenden christenen af naar Israël om het leger te steunen, ondanks de oorlogsmisdaden die het pleegt in de Gazastrook? In een nieuwe aflevering van Frontlinie (VPRO) ontrafelt Bram Vermeulen het internationale netwerk achter deze steun. Hij krijgt uitzonderlijke toegang tot soldaten van het Israëlische leger, spreekt spijtoptanten en ontmoet christenen die zich juist in willen zetten voor het lot van de Palestijnen.

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 1 november t/m zaterdag 8 november

DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES
 DEN HAAG ELKE DINSDAG EN DONDERDAG | Doorlopende stiltewake bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 MAASTRICHT ZA 1 NOV 16.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Markt, bij het standbeeld van J.P. Minckelers)
 HAARLEM ZO 2 NOV 14.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Grote Markt)
 ROTTERDAM MA 3 NOV 12.00 | Leg tijdelijk je werk neer voor Gaza (Erasmusbrug)
 HUIZEN WO 5 NOV 11.30 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)
 DEN HAAG DO 6 NOV 12.00 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 AMSTERDAM VRIJ 7 NOV 12.45 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Spui, bij ‘t Lieverdje)
 GRONINGEN ZA 8 NOV 13.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN
 AMSTERDAM DI 4 NOV 16.00 | Lezing. Ecocide, environmental governance, and justice in Palestine. (IISG, Cruquiusweg 31)

 DEN HAAG WO 5 NOV 20.00 | Crossing Borders Festival. We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth. (Spiegeltent, Lange Voorhout 74)

 ENSCHEDE VRIJ 7 NOV 20.00 | Concert Amsterdam Sinfonietta en Nai Barghouti. (Muziekcentrum, Grote Zaal, Noorderhagen 27)

Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. Bekijk de hele agenda

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Today's headlines

Palestinian scholar who wrote iconic book on Zionism reflects on the Gaza genocide and our duty to history

Louis Allday

Mondoweiss speaks to celebrated Palestinian scholar Sabri Jiryis about his life, Zionism, the genocide in Gaza, and the judgements of history.

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Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 9

30 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• The re-routing of all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road continues to limit cargo movements, expose convoys to increased risk of looting, and hinder further scale-up of humanitarian operations.
• The number of functional Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding sites rises to 20 in the north, with 133 sites operational across the Gaza Strip.
• Nearly one million people have been reached with food parcel distributions since 13 October across 44 distribution points in the Strip, including 11 in Gaza city, where two further UN-supported bakeries have also commenced operations.
• The Health Cluster distributed 800 post-partum kits for delivering mothers and other sexual and reproductive health medicines to hospitals in the south.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On 30 October, the bodies of two deceased Israeli hostages were handed over to the Israeli forces. The remains of another 11 hostages are believed to be still in the Gaza Strip.

On 29 October, the Site Management Cluster observed 6,200 new movements across Gaza, bringing the total recorded since 10 October to 629,150. Eighty per cent of these movements were from south to north. Eighty-nine per cent of active displacement sites in Gaza city have recorded new arrivals since the onset of the ceasefire.

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UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 29 October

According to preliminary information from the Logistics Cluster, on 29 October, 187 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, with at least 54 per cent of all offloaded trucks carrying food assistance.

On the same day, 98 United Nations-coordinated trucks with 1,535 pallets of aid were uplifted from Kerem Shalom for distribution inside the Strip. These contained 1,103 pallets of food supplies, including fresh and canned vegetables and food parcels; 181 pallets of dignity, menstrual health management, and hygiene kits; 170 pallets of winter clothes; 79 pallets of tarps; and two pallets of bags for Education. Two hundred twenty-six thousand litres of fuel were uplifted.

Ten trucks were offloaded by crowds while en route from Kerem Shalom to UN warehouses via the Philadelphi Corridor. For the fourth day, the re-routing of all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the highly congested and narrow Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road has been limiting cargo movements, exposing convoys to increased looting, and hindering further scale up of humanitarian operations.

Overall, in the week between 23 and 29 October, 823 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s southern crossings, for a total of 1,917 offloaded since the onset of the ceasefire. During the same week, at least 842 were collected into the Strip. Palestinian trucks loading aid from the crossings have a smaller cargo capacity compared to trucks offloaded on the Israeli side, so the collection ratio is not 1:1. Crossings in northern Gaza continue to remain closed.

Truck collections – 30 October (partial data)

Though data for aid cargo collection on 30 October is only partial at this stage, at least seven trucks with medical cargo, one double box truck with animal fodder, and 40 trucks with 286 pallets of tarpaulins, 85 of tents and fittings, 90 of winter clothes, 140 of hygiene kits and three with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/breathing assistance) machine spare parts, and consumables were collected from Kerem Shalom. Of two food cargo collection missions attempted, one from the Kissufim crossing was denied outright, while the second from Kerem Shalom was approved and fully completed despite facing protracted delays.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• Since food parcel distributions resumed on 13 October, 187,000 households (estimated 935,000 people) have been reached through 44 distribution points across the Gaza Strip, including more than 43,000 households via 11 points operational in Gaza city as of 29 October.
• Additional cooked meal supplies have been dispatched to the north to support the resumption of more kitchens and increase meal production capacities in the coming days. On 28 October, 1,047,000 hot meals were prepared and delivered across the Strip by Food Security Sector partners or with their support– 77,000 by 16 kitchens in the north and 970,000 by 157 kitchens in south-central Gaza.
• On 29 October, two additional UN-supported bakeries resumed bread production in Gaza city. Overall, around 100,000 two-kilogram bread bundles are now being produced daily at nine UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, and 30,000 bundles at eight UN-supported bakeries in Gaza city. Bundles are distributed either for free through partners across more than 400 sites or sold at a 3 NIS subsidized price via 43 contracted retailers, including 21 that joined the network in Gaza city on 30 October. Partners are enhancing bread quality by increasing fermentation time, improving storage and cooling practices and pickup schedules. One partner is also supporting a commercial bakery in Gaza city, where production has increased to around 100,000 loaves of bread for free distribution daily.

Nutrition

• Nutrition partners opened five new Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding (OTP) sites for the treatment of malnutrition in northern Gaza, bringing the total number of sites established since the ceasefire to 13.
• Due to high demand in the north, some sites previously operating in the south have also been relocated. Currently, there are 133 OTP sites across the Gaza Strip, 20 of them in the north and 113 in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.

Health

• As of 29 October, 21 Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) comprising 73 international staff were deployed in Gaza, delivering specialized care in major hospitals and other key health facilities. Since 1 October, EMTs have conducted 142,959 consultations, 880 emergency surgeries, and 450 trauma referrals, helping to fill critical service shortfalls. However, EMT deployment continues to be constrained by access restrictions, including denials of entry into Gaza of some international health personnel, which limits the scale and continuity of these lifesaving services. Over the last week, while a slight increase in the number of EMT personnel entering Gaza was recorded, the ratio of EMT personnel denial remained at 30 per cent.
• The Health Cluster distributed 800 post-partum kits to the Al Amal, Al Khair and UK MED hospitals in the south to support women who delivered in October and those who will deliver in November. 1000 ampoules of Dexamethasone 4mg were also delivered to the IMC field hospital to support sexual and reproductive health services.
• On 30 October, WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 20 critical patients, alongside 56 companions, from Gaza to receive specialized care abroad.

Protection

• Child Protection:
  • In North Gaza and Gaza city, limited child protection activities have resumed, including psychosocial support sessions, individual psychological counselling for 200 children and 150 caregivers, and the distribution of 8,000 diapers across more than 10 displacement sites. At the Al Yarmouk site in Gaza city, three safe spaces have recently reopened to support the gradual restoration of services.
  • In the south, Child Protection partners reached approximately 12,146 children and 2,440 caregivers with structured psychosocial support, psychological first aid, positive parenting, child protection awareness sessions, and counselling across displacement sites in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, including in the Al-Maghazi, Al-Burej and Al-Nuseirat camps. Around 787 children received case management services, including 14 unaccompanied and separated ones (UASC). In addition, over 900 children received nutritional support through milk distributions facilitated via referral mechanisms.
• Mine Action: Between 29 and 30 October, Mine Action partners conducted seven Explosive Hazard Assessments in support of humanitarian response efforts and provided explosive ordnance-related expertise during one inter-agency mission. Four partners conducted explosive ordnance risk education activities, reaching 2,820 people across Khan Younis, Deir al Balah and Gaza city.

Site Management

• Over the past two days, Site Management partners updated site-level information for 65 per cent of sites in Khan Younis. Of these sites, 25 per cent reported new arrivals and 5 per cent reported departures. In Deir Al-Balah governorate, reporting was more varied: 26 per of sites noted new arrivals, 22 per cent recorded both arrivals and departures, while another 22 per cent indicated departures only. One site became inactive, resulting in the departure of approximately 8,000 people. In Gaza governorate, 89 per cent of sites reported new arrivals, with 11 per cent reporting departures.
• Site management partners report that some operational challenges persist, particularly in Khan Younis shelters, some of which are facing severe sewage overflow, solid waste accumulation, and inadequate potable water supplies. At the At Mustafa Hafez Elementary School site, a major manhole remains blocked, and the municipality is unable to address the issue due to insufficient fuel for machinery. The Al Sha’er displacement site lacks toilet facilities, while at Al-Zu’rab site, the absence of gender-segregated exposes women and girls to increased risks of gender-based violence.

Shelter

• The Shelter Cluster distributed a set comprising four tarps, four thermal blankets, and hygiene kits to 537 households in Khan Younis.
• The distribution of 4,000 blankets to 1,000 vulnerable households referred by the Protection Cluster has commenced.

Education

• As of 29 October, one Education Cluster partner supporting the light rehabilitation of four public schools in Al-Nuseirat reported the completion of 21 classrooms, with the remaining 20 expected to be finalized in the coming days. Once completed, these classrooms will allow over 2,000 students to resume in-person learning - for many the first time in more than two years.
• The distribution of fortified nutrition products such as date bars and high-energy biscuits at Temporary Learning Spaces continues, with approximately 69,600 children reached thus far in 84 sites across south, central, and northern Gaza.

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Humanitarian Situation Update #336
Gaza Strip

31 October 2025

Displaced girls in southern Gaza walking from a temporary learning space they attend in Khan Younis, through funding by the occupied Palestinian territory Humanitarian Fund. Photo by War Child Holland

Key Highlights

• Humanitarian actors further increase the number of distribution points and meals served at community kitchens, reaching more people closer to where they reside.
• Shelter needs remain largely unmet, especially in northern Gaza, where many people are staying in severely damaged buildings at risk of collapse.
• According to the UN 2720 Mechanism, interception of aid supplies has fallen from 80 per cent of the cargo the UN and its partners collected from crossings before the ceasefire to five per cent since the ceasefire.
• Even with a modest rise in the number of international emergency medical team personnel in Gaza, entry denials remain high, at 30 per cent last week, according to the Health Cluster.
• Education partners are supporting the rehabilitation of 97 classrooms in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, out of over 2,000 classrooms that require rehabilitation across the Gaza Strip as assessed by the Ministry of Education.

Context Overview

• Over the past week, airstrikes and artillery shelling were reported across the Gaza Strip and were particularly intense on 28 and 29 October. Between 24 and 27 October, continued detonations of residential buildings were reported daily, in multiple areas where the Israeli military remains deployed, especially in eastern Khan Younis and eastern Gaza city. On the morning of 29 October, the Israeli military announced that, after a series of strikes, it has begun the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire.
• In a press release on 29 October, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, spoke of “a wave of Israeli airstrikes mainly on residential buildings, [internally displaced people] IDP tents and schools across the Gaza strip, following the death of an Israeli soldier.” He stated that the “laws of war are very clear on the paramount importance of protecting civilians and civilian infrastructure” and insisted that Israel must comply with its continuing obligations under international humanitarian law and is accountable for any violations. He stressed that all parties must act in good faith to implement the ceasefire.
• The intensification of bombing on the evening of 28 October until late morning on 29 October resulted, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, in the killing of 104 people, including 46 children and 20 women, and the injury of 253 people, including 78 children and 84 women. During this period, strikes resulting in fatalities were reported across all five governorates, including against vehicles, IDP tents, and residential buildings.
• In a statement on 29 October, Save the Children’s Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, Ahmad Alhendawi, noted that children comprised a third of the reported death toll during the strikes overnight on 28 October and stated: “After some weeks of cautious optimism and hopes of rebuilding Gaza, children and families are once again reliving scenes of fear and loss. This cannot become the new normal under a ceasefire. A lasting ceasefire must mean safety, relief, and recovery for children not continued suffering. It must be fully respected and upheld."
• According to the MoH in Gaza, between 22 and 29 October, 110 Palestinians were killed (including 104 between 28 and 29 October), one died of wounds sustained earlier, 282 were injured and 46 bodies were recovered from under the rubble. This brings the casualty toll among Palestinians since 7 October 2023, as reported by MoH, to 68,643 fatalities and 170,655 injuries. According to the MoH, the total number includes 32 and 220 fatalities who were retroactively added on 23 and 25 October, respectively, after their identification details were approved by a ministerial committee. MoH reported that since the ceasefire came into effect, 211 Palestinians were killed, 597 were injured and 482 bodies were retrieved from under the rubble.
• According to the Israeli military, between 22 and 29 October, as of noon, one Israeli soldier was killed in Gaza, bringing the casualty toll among Israeli soldiers since the beginning of the Israeli ground operation in October 2023 to 471 fatalities and 2,978 injuries. According to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,671 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. As of noon on 29 October 2025, it is estimated that the bodies of 13 deceased hostages remain in the Gaza Strip.

Humanitarian Access

• As of 28 October, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism, about 212,000 metric tons (MT) of aid, of which about 73 per cent are food supplies, are in the pipeline after being approved and cleared by the Israeli authorities. These supplies are positioned across the region, including Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and the West Bank, and are ready for dispatch, with some shipments already on the way to Gaza. Between 22 and 28 October, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism, 14 aid cargo requests submitted by three local and international NGOs were denied by Israeli authorities on the grounds that the organizations were not authorized to bring relief items into Gaza. The rejected requests comprised about 472 MT of relief materials and included supplies from the food security and shelter clusters. In total, since 10 October, 67 requests submitted by 27 local and international NGOs for the entry of over 3,200 MT of relief materials have been denied on the grounds that the organizations were not authorized to bring relief items into Gaza.
• Amid efforts by the UN and its partners to scale up the humanitarian response and bring in urgently needed supplies, on 26 October, Israeli forces announced that, beginning the following day, all humanitarian and commercial truck movements through Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem Crossing would be rerouted via the Philadelphi Corridor and Ar Rasheed (coastal) Road, replacing the previous routes through the Morag Corridor and Salah Ad Deen Road. This route, unused for cargo collection by the UN and its partners since May 2025, is considered unsuitable for high-volume transport because the road is narrow and heavily congested with traffic as it passes through densely populated areas. As of 29 October, congestion along this route has led to delays in aid movements from and to the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem Crossing. This further adds to the challenges already facing humanitarian aid delivery, including due to the ongoing closure of all crossings directly into northern Gaza since 12 September.
• As of 13 October, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement, coordination requests for humanitarian movements within these areas are no longer required. Coordination with the Israeli military continues to be required for convoy movements to Gaza’s crossings as well as in or near other areas where the Israeli military remains deployed.
• Between 22 and 28 October, humanitarian organizations coordinated 64 missions with the Israeli authorities, of which 42 were facilitated, eight were cancelled, 12 were impeded and two were denied. Movements included cargo collection from the two operational crossings (Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem and Kissufim), rescue and road repair missions, assessments, and the crossing of humanitarian personnel. Since the ceasefire took effect, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism, there has been a reduction in the interception of supplies collected by the UN and its partners from Gaza’s crossings. Between 10 and 28 October, five per cent of collected supplies were reportedly intercepted, compared with about 80 per cent between 19 May and 9 October.
• A press release issued by 41 humanitarian organizations operating in the Gaza Strip urged the Government of Israel to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire and international law and allow the free flow of aid. The press release highlights: ‘’Between 10 and 21 of October 2025, 17 [international] NGOs have had urgent shipments of aid, including water, food, tents and medical supplies denied entry into Gaza. 94 per cent of all rejections by Israeli authorities were given to [international] NGOs. Three-quarters of these denials were issued on the grounds that organizations are ‘not authorised’ to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza.” Nearly $50 million in humanitarian supplies remain stuck at crossings and warehouses, leaving many people without adequate shelter, clean water, or essential supplies ahead of the upcoming winter, the organizations reported. The press release urged that Israel’s new registration system (introduced in March 2025) be rescinded to allow aid to move freely, unimpeded and unrestricted.
• Physical access to essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure in Gaza has improved. According to WASH Cluster, 66 per cent (258 out 392) of water wells are now accessible, including 138 wells to which access was recently regained (following the withdrawal of Israeli forces), allowing for technical assessments and, in some cases, immediate repairs. Water distribution capacity has similarly been enhanced. Since the beginning of October, water and sanitation service providers received 28 new water trucks through bilateral donations, helping to reach more communities. Access to sewage pumping stations – which are critical for discharging wastewater to the sea and preventing sewage overflow in densely populated areas – has improved. Out of 70 wastewater pumping stations, 50 are now accessible, compared with only 18 in September – this marks a first step toward restoring basic sanitation services, the WASH cluster reported. Solid waste management remains critically constrained as there is no progress in accessing the two official landfill sites, which are essential for the safe disposal of domestic and medical waste. As these sites remain inaccessible, operations continue to rely on already-overcrowded temporary dumping areas and available space for establishing new ones is extremely limited, further compounding the environmental and public health risks.

Food Security and Nutrition

• As of 28 October, 21 Food Security Sector (FSS) partners are producing 1,047,000 daily meals through 172 kitchens across the Gaza Strip. To help families access bread more easily, partners are distributing more than 130,000 two-kilogramme bread bundles produced daily by 15 UN-supported bakeries – including nine in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis and six in Gaza city – at over 400 locations across the Strip. These include community kitchens, shelters and community points where bread is distributed for free, and in UN-contracted shops where bread is available for sale at a subsidized price of three NIS ($0.92). Concurrently, food parcel distributions continue to expand; as of 26 October, 43 general food distribution points are operational, compared with 26 points as of 21 October. Between 13 October (when general food parcel distributions restarted) and 26 October, partners have reached more than 110,000 households across the Strip, including more than 15,000 households in northern Gaza since the distribution restarted in the area on 22 October.
• To reach as many locations and people as possible, a rotation is implemented, meaning that bread may not be delivered daily to the same locations. According to FSS, partners have increased the number of contracted retailers from 22 to 43 shops in the bread distribution network to expand coverage and support the resumption of markets across the Strip. The 21 retailers in northern Gaza began selling bread at a subsidized price on 30 October. While there are efforts to further expand bread production, many bakeries were destroyed or severely damaged during the war and others are unable to operate due to a lack of spare parts.
• During the first two weeks of October, Nutrition Cluster partners screened over 53,000 children aged between six and 59 months across the Gaza Strip, at over 110 sites in central and southern Gaza and eight sites in northern Gaza. Of the total, more than 5,100 children were identified with acute malnutrition, including about 1,120 with the most severe form. Between 1 October and 28 October, Nutrition Cluster partners reached over 150,000 children between six and 59 months and pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) with blanket supplementary feeding for the prevention of malnutrition, including small quantity lipid-based nutrition supplements and high-energy biscuits. This represents about one third of the nearly 450,000 children between six and 59 months and PBW in need of essential nutrition support, according to the Nutrition Cluster. Nutrition partners continue to improve access to their services including through the deployment of 20 mobile health and nutrition teams in hard-to-reach areas, including 10 in northern Gaza.
• On 22 October the Nutrition Cluster issued a note highlighting the critical role of breastfeeding in providing infants with safe, nutritious and immune-boosting food that protects against malnutrition and infection; this is essential in Gaza as access to clean water, electricity and fuel remains limited. The Cluster estimates about 32,000 children aged 0-6 months need breast-feeding support; of these, 30 per cent are not breastfed and need ready-to-use infant formula support, and about 97,000 caregivers of children aged 6-23 months require infant and young child feeding support. To promote close contact, the Cluster notes the need for winterization packages to include simple breastfeeding support materials, such as breastfeeding covers, warm shawls, baby carriers or slings, thermal wraps and baby blankets.

Challenges to the Shelter Response

• People in the Gaza Strip continue to gradually return to their communities, wherever access is allowed. Since 10 October, more than 600,000 movements of people were recorded by Site Management Cluster (SMC) partners, including nearly 500,000 movements crossing from southern to northern Gaza, primarily through Al Rashid Road. Reverse movements to southern Gaza continue to be recorded, reportedly due to the lack of essential services in the north. More than 100,000 movements of people were recorded from western to eastern Khan Younis during the same period.
• Shelter needs remain largely unmet, as the Shelter Cluster continues to face significant challenges in bringing its supply pipeline into Gaza. Over the past week, three partners were able to distribute from available supplies only 2,300 tents, about 1,480 blankets and 1,480 tarpaulins to IDPs in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates. Ahead of the winter season, SMC partners are repurposing flour and rice bags originally distributed as food aid into sandbags to reinforce IDP shelters and provide protection against wind and rain, prioritizing 192 makeshift sites at risk of flooding, including nine in Gaza city, 74 in Deir al Balah and 109 in Khan Younis. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC’s) Economic Security Coordinator in Gaza, Amila Suriyarathne, highlighted that as winter approaches, “the limited access to shelter, hygiene and warm clothing are raising grave concerns.” She noted that while there has been a slight improvement following the implementation of the ceasefire, living conditions are still incredibly challenging and stressed that a “drastic increase in supplies” is required to meet the needs.
• In northern Gaza, based on field observations, the Shelter Cluster estimates that many people are taking shelter in severely damaged and unsafe buildings. On 24 October, the Palestinian Civil Defence (PCD) reported that its teams rescued people from a house that suddenly collapsed in Tal al Hawa area of southern Gaza city and issued a general warning against sheltering in buildings that had been bombed. PCD highlighted that many buildings are at risk of collapse, especially given the imminent onset of winter rains that heighten the risk of soil erosion and further damage to already unstable structures. On 25 October, according to PCD, a nine-year old girl was killed, and three others were injured, when a damaged house hosting IDPs collapsed in As Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza city.
• In addition to the unsafe shelter conditions, returning families face the risk of unexploded ordnance. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October, Mine Action partners have recorded two explosive incidents, both in Khan Younis, which resulted in six injuries. Service providers and aid workers are also exposed to the risk of unexploded ordnance. Between 10 and 28 October, Mine Action partners carried out 48 explosive hazard assessments to evaluate the safety of service facilities, including hospitals and offices of international NGOs, and provided explosive ordnance disposal support to 54 inter-agency missions.
• In his briefing to the press on 22 October following his visit to Gaza, Andrew Saberton, Deputy Executive Director for Management of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said that with little housing left in Gaza, “people are taking shelter anywhere they can, in destroyed buildings, [and] in rag tag tents by the side of the road.’ He noted that the impact is especially acute for 700,000 menstruating women and girls due to limited access to basic hygiene supplies compounded by overcrowded shelters, lack of privacy, and inadequate access to health care and water and sanitation services. According to the WASH Cluster, since 10 October, over one million baby diapers and several hundred thousand sanitary pads have been distributed. However, the distribution of full hygiene kits has been severely limited, with fewer than 10,000 kits delivered to affected populations since the beginning of the ceasefire. This is largely due to supply chain disruptions compounded by limited approvals for hygiene items linked to NGO registration processes.
• According to the Protection Cluster, the protection risks facing people returning to heavily damaged buildings, with no privacy or lighting, are highly concerning as they heighten vulnerability to physical and environmental hazards as well as the risk of exploitation, abuse, and exposure to gender-based violence. Jointly with other clusters, protection partners are working to mitigate the impact of these risks through debris clearance and lighting, winterization support, expanded mental health and psycho-social support, and community-based referral mechanisms.

Access to Health Care

• Since 10 October, the World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered over 840 pallets of life-saving medical supplies into Gaza, including insulin, assistive devices, essential medicines, cholera kits and surgical materials. WHO is also working with the Nutrition Cluster to develop specific nutrition guidelines for children aged 5-10, aiming to treat 2,500 children through the outpatient therapeutic programme and stabilization centres to ensure that this large and vulnerable age group is not overlooked in nutrition response.
• Gaza’s health system continues to face significant challenges in addressing the immense health needs, with only 34 per cent of health service points (223 out of 649) functional, including only 14 out of 36 hospitals, 10 out of 16 field hospitals, 65 out of 182 primary health care centres (PHC), and 134 out of 408 medical points and ambulance centres. The health workforce is severely overstretched to deliver essential trauma and non-trauma care. According to MoH in Gaza, as of 7 October 2025, more than 1,700 health workers have been killed. This death tolls represents about seven per cent of the health workforce in the Gaza Strip prior to the war, which according to the MoH 2022 annual report stood at about 25,000 health workers.
• Combined with massive destruction of civilian infrastructure and the health system, displacement and poor living conditions are creating the perfect storm for the spread of disease and people remain dangerously exposed to the elements as winter approaches, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza described the situation in southern Gaza as “utterly unacceptable,” as families “…are crammed into makeshift tents, packed into the few remaining schools, or sleeping in the open amid rubble, piles of garbage, animal waste, and overflowing sewage.” MSF medical data from 2025 shows that diseases directly linked to poor living conditions, such as skin, eye, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections as well as generalized aches and pains, account for 70 per cent of all outpatient consultations in MSF healthcare centres in southern Gaza. The collapse of water and sanitation systems has, furthermore, triggered a surge in waterborne diseases, particularly diarrhoeal illnesses. Over the past two years, MSF teams have treated more than 78,000 cases of diarrhoea, including over 24,000 cases since April 2025 alone. According to MSF, recovery from trauma is compromised by harsh living conditions: “We see many people with large open wounds, burns, or external fixators who are living in tents without proper hygiene, waste management, or climate control […] Infections that would normally be preventable are now common, leading to worsening health conditions and repeated hospitalisations.”
• Since October 2023, Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) have been deployed to the Gaza Strip to provide surgical, trauma, and emergency services and to support Palestinian health workers who have been working under extremely adverse conditions. According to the Health Cluster, as of 29 October 2025, 21 EMT partners (two national and 19 international), including 73 international staff, are deployed in Gaza, delivering specialized care in major hospitals and other key health facilities. Since 1 October 2025, EMTs have conducted 142,959 consultations, 880 emergency surgeries, and 450 trauma referrals, helping to fill critical service shortfalls. However, EMT deployment continues to be constrained by access restrictions, including the denial of entry into Gaza of some international health personnel, which limits the scale and continuity of these lifesaving services. Although the number of international personnel has started to slightly increase, the denial of entry of EMTs into Gaza remains a significant issue, with a 30 per cent denial rate over the past week, according to the Health Cluster.
• On 25 October, WHO, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) conducted a joint assessment to evaluate the operational status of, and access conditions at, Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, in North Gaza, where none of the six hospitals that were once operational are currently functional. Kamal Adwan, which went out of service on 27 December 2024, was the main paediatric and maternal referral facility in northern Gaza. The assessment found moderate structural damage, particularly to the emergency and rehabilitation wings, while several internal wards can potentially become functional. The facility urgently requires an electricity generator, a new submersible water pump, and portable sanitation units to restore electricity and basic access to WASH services. Overall, the assessment found that pending debris removal, installation of temporary infrastructure and the provision of medical supplies and equipment, reactivation of essential health services at Kamal Adwan is considered feasible in the short term through a phased PHC approach, allowing it to potentially provide critical health services to an estimated 20,000-30,000 people in northern Gaza.
• On 26 October, WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 55 patients and 158 companions to Jordan, United Kingdom, Spain, and Türkiye. This brings the total number of patients evacuated since 1 October 2025 to 96 patients, including 52 children, 26 men and 18 women. On 24 October, WHO’s Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) said in a press briefing that “Medevac is a flagship, priority programme of WHO. We are ready to scale up to a minimum of 50 patients per day plus companions, in line with the previous ceasefire.” He called for all medical corridors for patients to receive treatment outside of Gaza to be opened, emphasizing that the most important and cost-effective among them is the corridor to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where there is immediate capacity to receive patients. He also called for more countries to come forward to receive patients for treatment abroad.

Access to Learning

• Education Cluster partners are expanding their interventions where possible to restore minimum teaching and learning conditions for over 637,000 school-aged children who have had no sustained access to formal, in-person education and experienced significant learning regression over the two years of hostilities. As of 10 July 2025, 97 per cent of school buildings in the Gaza Strip had sustained some level of damage, the majority (92 per cent) requiring clearance of explosive contamination and either full reconstruction or major rehabilitation to be functional again. Many schools continue to be used as IDP shelters, including 103 government schools (see more below), due to severe shelter shortages. Restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on the entry of educational and learning supplies also hinder response efforts.
• On 21 October, the Ministry of Education (MoE) completed a rapid assessment of the 309 governmental schools in the Gaza Strip. Findings show that 56 schools (18 per cent) sustained moderate to medium damage, 27 (nine per cent) sustained significant damage, 46 (15 per cent) were partially destroyed, 144 (47 per cent) were fully destroyed, and 36 (12 per cent) remain inaccessible in Gaza and Rafah governorates. Currently, only 28 schools are operational in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and western Gaza city, with support from Education Cluster partners, of which 22 are used as IDP shelters. According to the MoE, 103 schools, some of which are partially damaged, continue to shelter displaced families and 203 schools require clearance and rubble removal before rehabilitation or reconstruction needs can be determined. The widespread presence of debris across school yards is preventing the use of these areas for the establishment of alternative learning spaces, which are currently being set up using available tents. The MoE also assessed that 2,090 classrooms require rehabilitation.
• Despite the challenges, in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, Education partners are supporting the rehabilitation of 97 classrooms across 10 schools, of which 40 have already been renovated, and are running 253 temporary learning spaces (TLS) serving about 138,331 children. In northern Gaza, rehabilitation efforts remain limited as all school buildings in North Gaza and most of those in Gaza city had been directly hit or severely damaged. At present, there are only three TLS operational in the area, serving about 833 children. Between 26 and 28 October, education partners visited 17 schools in northern Gaza, 13 of which were identified for the potential establishment of learning spaces in school playgrounds or yards. In total, as of 29 October 2025, there are 256 operational TLS serving 139,164 children, six of which have been newly established since 10 October. Of these, 42 are run by UNRWA, which on 18 October launched the new school year via e-learning, aiming to reach over 290,000 children through distance education. In addition, 250,000 students across the Gaza Strip have joined the distance learning programme, which was launched by the MoE on 8 September 2025. In collaboration with other clusters, Education partners are working to ensure that learning spaces provide children not only with education but also with access to fortified nutrition products, protection services, hygiene and sanitation awareness, and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education messages.

Funding

• As of 30 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately $1.4 billion out of the $4 billion (35 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2025, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totalling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by international NGOs, 38 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by international NGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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Humanitarian Situation Update #335
West Bank

31 October 2025

A displaced Palestinian boy next to what remains of his home that Israeli authorities forced his parents to demolish on 20 October, At Tur, East Jerusalem. Photo by OCHA

Key Highlights

• Three Palestinian men were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces and by an Israeli airstrike in Jenin. The UN Human Rights Office emphasizes that the use of airstrikes in the occupied West Bank is unlawful.
• Over the past week, 60 Israeli settler attacks were recorded across the West Bank, more than half in relation to the olive harvest, resulting in the injury of 17 Palestinians and extensive property damage.
• The 2025 olive harvest season has so far witnessed the highest level of damage and number of affected communities due to settler attacks since 2020, with 126 attacks recorded in 70 towns and villages and over 4,000 olive trees and saplings vandalized.
• Israeli settlers from newly established settlement outposts in the West Bank have increasingly imposed restrictions on Palestinians’ access to their olive groves, including in areas that were previously accessible without ‘prior coordination’ with Israeli authorities.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 21 and 27 October, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian young men in Nablus and Hebron governorates. One of the fatalities was a Palestinian man who, on 24 October, died of wounds sustained a day earlier when Israeli forces opened live fire during a raid in Askar Camp, in Nablus city, where stone throwing at Israeli army jeeps was reported. According to local community sources, the man was a bystander. Medical teams reported that Israeli forces stopped the ambulance for about 12 minutes before they were able to take him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The second fatality was a Palestinian man who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on 26 October near Ar Ramadin village, south of Hebron city, while attempting to cross the Barrier near an Israeli checkpoint to reach Israel. Since 7 October 2023, 14 Palestinians have been killed and about 197 injured by Israeli forces while attempting to cross the Barrier, reportedly to access workplaces in East Jerusalem and Israel.
• On 28 October, Israeli forces killed and withheld the bodies of three Palestinian men after reportedly surrounding a cave in which they were hiding on the outskirts of Kafr Qud village, in Jenin governorate. An exchange of fire reportedly took place between Israeli forces and the Palestinian men, and an Israeli airstrike hit the area. Referring to the incident, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) emphasized that the use of airstrikes in the occupied West Bank is unlawful: “1. The use of weapons and tactics developed for the conduct of warfare, such as airstrikes, is inconsistent with the standards of international human rights law applicable to civilian law enforcement. 2. Israeli security forces’ use of firearms and similarly lethal weapons must be restricted to situations where as a last resort it is strictly necessary for protection against an imminent threat of death or serious injury. 3.Extrajudicial executions, regardless of the target, are unlawful at all times.”
• Between 21 and 27 October, 52 Palestinians, including eight children, and five Israeli settlers, were injured. Of the injured Palestinians, 39 were by Israeli forces and 13 by Israeli settlers. Of note, these include seven Palestinians who were injured in the Jerusalem governorate while attempting to cross the Barrier to reach East Jerusalem and Israel. Another two, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured by live ammunition during a raid by Israeli forces on 26 October in Qabatiya town, in Jenin governorate, where, according to community sources, armed clashes between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians were reported.
• In Nablus governorate, Israeli forces carried out two consecutive raids between 21 and 22 October. On 21 October, during the evening hours, forces raided Burin village, southwest of Nablus city, and forcibly evacuated two residential buildings, converting them into military observation posts for around 24 hours. Two families, comprising six people, were temporarily displaced before being allowed to return the following day. Israeli forces closed the village’s entrance, forcing residents to take a 12 to 15-kilometre detour. As a result, school classes were cancelled, and many people were unable to reach their workplaces. On 22 October, Israeli forces raided Ras al Ein area of Nablus city, during which they fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters and Palestinian residents threw stones. As a result, 21 Palestinians were injured, including one child; 11 were hit by live ammunition and transferred to hospital and 10 suffered from tear gas inhalation. No arrests were reported.
• Between 21 and 27 October, OCHA documented the demolition of 11 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Ten structures were demolished due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain, and one was demolished on punitive grounds. In Area C, four of the nine demolished structures were homes, displacing 16 people, including seven children. In East Jerusalem, a Palestinian family was forced to demolish their own home in Beit Hanina to avoid additional fines and fees; three people, including a child, were displaced. In Salfit governorate, Israeli forces demolished one home on punitive grounds in Bruqin town. The house belonged to two brothers who are in Israeli custody and were accused of involvement in a shooting attack and killing an Israeli pregnant woman on 14 May 2025 near the town; her baby died two weeks later. According to a family relative, the house had been used as a military post by Israeli forces during repeated raids in the town.
• In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces continued to carry out large-scale operations across cities, towns, and villages as part of the ongoing operation that began in early 2025. On 26 October, Israeli forces detonated two residential buildings, each comprising two housing units, in the Al Manshiya neighbourhood of Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarm governorate, rendering them uninhabitable. The buildings had been vacant since their residents were displaced earlier this year as part of ongoing Israeli operations in the camp.

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 21 and 27 October, OCHA documented 60 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. These comprised 36 attacks related to the olive harvest season. The attacks led to the injury of 17 Palestinians (14 by Israeli settlers and three by Israeli forces), five Israeli settlers by stones thrown by Palestinians, and two international activists by settlers. In addition, over 680 Palestinian-owned olive trees and 19 vehicles were vandalized. On 22 October, a five-year-old girl fell and injured her hand while fleeing from settlers who had chased her school bus in Tuwani, in southern Hebron. The bus was forced to stop and drop the children off in Umm Fagarah, where settlers continued to chase the children; the girl fell and injured her hand.
• In one key incident in Al Mughayyir village, in Ramallah governorate, on 24 October, dozens of armed and masked Israeli settlers raided the village in the late evening hours, burnt four vehicles at a car repair shop, and attempted to set fire to an adjacent residential house. Palestinian residents gathered to protect their property and threw stones at the settlers. According to Israeli media sources, two Israeli settlers were injured by stones. Al Mughayyir village is surrounded by seven settlement outposts, including one established in 2023 south of Al Mughayyir near Kochav HaShachar settlement and four established since mid-2024, including one in Area B in the northwestern area of the village. So far in 2025, OCHA has documented 43 settler attacks against Palestinians in Al Mughayyir village that resulted in casualties (six incidents), property damage (30 incidents) or both (seven incidents), with an average of roughly four incidents per month. This is roughly equal to the number of incidents documented in the preceding two years combined, when 44 settler attacks documented in the village resulted in casualties, property damage or both.
• Another key incident took place in Mikhmas Bedouin community, in Jerusalem governorate, on 23 October, when settlers cut the water pipelines linking the community with Mikhmas village. Two days later, on 25 October, Israeli settlers from the surrounding outposts of Mikhmas Bedouin community launched a violent attack on the community, completely burning six structures, most of them uninhabited, following gradual displacement from the community (see below). Residents who were present managed to flee and two female activists providing protective presence were violently assaulted by settlers, sustaining injuries to the head and hands. Following the incident, Israeli forces arrived and closed all entrances to the community and transferred the injured activists to hospital in an Israeli ambulance.
• Recurrent attacks by Israeli settlers believed to be from five outposts that are now encircling Mikhamas Bedouin community have forced the community to gradually relocate children, women, the elderly and livestock to other areas over the past months. The outposts surrounding the community have been mainly established or expanded over the past two years. Since 7 October 2023, OCHA has documented about 30 settler attacks against Mikhmas Bedouins that led to extensive property damage, compared with almost no attacks recorded prior to 7 October 2023. These attacks entailed the burning of shelters, damage to residential and agricultural structures and solar panels, and injury to residents and activists volunteering to provide protection by presence in the community. This is in addition to incidents of harassment, such as settlers driving their motorbikes among shelters, intimidating children on their way to and from school and blocking the community’s entrances. Most recently, in October, settlers have repeatedly cut and damaged the water pipelines connecting the community to Mikhmas village, causing severe water shortages.

2025 Olive Harvest Season

• Between 1 and 27 October 2025, OCHA documented 126 olive-harvest-related settler attacks against Palestinians resulting in casualties, property damage or both. Incidents entailed attacks on farmers inside or on their way to olive groves, theft of crops and harvesting equipment, and vandalism of olive and other trees and saplings. This is compared with 110 attacks during the corresponding period in 2024, and up from a range of 30 to 46 attacks between 2020 and 2023. The geographic scope of attacks has also significantly increased, with 70 towns and villages witnessing olive-harvest-related attacks that resulted in casualties and/or property damage so far this year; this is nearly double the number of affected communities in 2023 and more than three times the number of communities affected during the same period in 2020. Incurred damage has also been the highest recorded over the past six years, with over 4,000 trees and saplings vandalized, more than double that recorded during the same period in 2024 (see chart).

• Nearly half (48 per cent) of all olive-harvest-related settler incidents this month occurred in the central West Bank, with Ramallah governorate alone accounting for 40 per cent of all cases. Another 38 per cent took place in the northern West Bank, mainly in Nablus governorate (17 per cent), while about 14 per cent were recorded in the southern governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron.
• Despite the formal start of this year’s mechanism regulated by Israeli authorities for Palestinians to access agricultural lands located in or near Israeli settlements and those isolated by the Barrier, access remains highly restrictive and inconsistently implemented. For example, on 22 October, nearly 50 Palestinian families from Awarta town, in Nablus governorate, obtained prior coordination with Israeli authorities through the Palestinian District Coordination and Liaison Office (DCL) to access their olive groves for only two days, on 22 and 23 October. The land is located between Awarta and Yanun, in proximity to the Israeli settlements of Alon Moreh and Itamar. Although Palestinians were granted two days of access, Israeli settlers, reportedly from nearby outposts, gathered at the main road gate leading to the area and blocked the passage of farmers. Israeli forces then redirected farmers to an alternative 15-kilometre detour. Only five families managed to reach their groves and harvest olives, while the rest were unable to do so due to the long route and fear of further settler harassment along the way.
• The establishment of new settlement outposts has further undermined Palestinian farmers’ ability to reach their lands, including areas that were previously accessible without any coordination, including in Areas A and B. Already in December 2024, Peace Now and Kerem Navot, two Israeli NGOs, reported that Israeli settlers living in shepherding outposts are estimated to control approximately 786,000 dunums of land, representing nearly 14 per cent of the West Bank’s total area. As a result, some communities in the West Bank have been altogether denied access to their agricultural land, as illustrated in the three examples below:
  • In Al Mazra’a ash Sharqiya and the nearby villages of Sinjil, Silwad, and Kafr Malik in Ramallah governorate, Palestinian farmers have been increasingly denied access to their agricultural lands following the establishment of at least four new settlement outposts between April and June 2025 in the area among these villages. The affected area, comprising thousands of dunums of privately-owned olive groves across Areas A, B, and C, had been fully accessible in previous years but has since been rendered largely off-limits due to repeated settler attacks and intimidation. On 20 October, groups of armed settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, prevented farmers from reaching their lands and stole the harvested olives from those who were able to reach their groves. On 27 October, settlers from one of the outposts launched another attack, again seizing crops and damaging agricultural equipment.
  • In Kobar village in Ramallah governorate, Palestinian farmers have been denied access to their agricultural lands following the establishment of a new Israeli settlement outpost on the village’s western outskirts in early March 2025. The affected area, encompassing thousands of dunums of privately-owned olive groves, had been fully accessible in previous years but has since been rendered off-limits due to repeated settler harassment and attacks. It was further blocked in May 2025, when settlers installed a metal gate on the road leading to the agricultural area. Although this area was not previously subject to ‘prior coordination’ requirements, settlers from the outpost, often accompanied by Israeli forces, have demanded that Palestinian farmers first coordinate their access through the settlement’s guard and repeatedly intimidated farmers attempting to reach their groves. In one incident during the current olive harvest season, Israeli settlers, some wearing military uniforms, expelled farmers trying to reach their olive groves and refused to open the gate. Settlers then withdrew, reportedly firing live ammunition in the air. Israeli forces subsequently arrived and fired rubber bullets and tear gas cannisters, injuring a 55-year-old man in the chest by a tear gas canister. In another incident over the past week, Israeli settlers stole harvesting equipment from Palestinian-owned vehicles. Of note, four Palestinian herding families, comprising 29 people including 19 children, from Kobar Bedouins community were displaced in June 2025 following repeated attacks and access restrictions imposed by Israeli settlers from the same outpost.
  • In Kafr Ra’i and Ya’bad towns in Jenin governorate, Palestinian farmers have increasingly been denied access to their agricultural lands following the establishment of a new Israeli settlement outpost near Mevo Dotan settlement earlier this year. The affected areas, which were previously fully accessible without ‘prior coordination’ with Israeli authorities, have since become sites of repeated settler attacks and intimidation. While Palestinians coordinated their access through the Palestinian DCL, over the past week, settlers physically assaulted farmers and their families while they were harvesting olives and stole harvested crops and agricultural tools. In one incident on 20 October, settlers opened fire and sound grenades in the direction of families harvesting olives, causing panic and forcing them to flee. In another incident on 21 October, settlers physically assaulted farmers and injured a 78-year-old man in the head after he refused to give them his sacks of harvested olives. Israeli forces then arrested 20 Palestinian farmers, reportedly after settlers claimed that they posed a threat, before releasing them the following day.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and September 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank September 2025 Snapshot.

Funding

• As of 30 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.4 billion out of the $4 billion (35 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian responses in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totaling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs, and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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Today's headlines

Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations are part of its strategy to keep waging war on Gaza

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Here’s Israel's strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill dozens of civilians and fighters, stop fire and claim you’re honoring the ceasefire. Then do it again.

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Last night, Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians, including at least 46 children, as it renewed its bombardment of Gaza.

The attacks came after Netanyahu announced he ordered the Israeli military to “carry out forceful strikes in the Gaza Strip” on Tuesday, breaking the precarious ceasefire negotiated by the Trump administration. This escalation demonstrates what we have known all along – Israel has no intention of stopping its deadly campaign against Palestinians. Even prior to yesterday’s strikes, Israel had failed to adhere to the ceasefire since its onset, killing at least 93 Palestinians since October 11 prior to the latest attacks, and continuing to block life-saving aid from entering Gaza.

We are at an urgent crossroads. We must keep fighting to block the bombs. And now, we must also fight against elites who are attempting to determine the future of Gaza to serve their own financial and political interests. 

The Trump administration has claimed that the ceasefire was finally going to end more than two years of genocide and starvation, that homes will be rebuilt, and Palestinians in Gaza would finally be able to begin to heal. But behind these claims lies a more sinister agenda. Since the beginning, this ceasefire had little to do with facilitating humanitarian aid and saving Palestinians lives. 

The superficial humanitarian language primarily serves as a cover for an exploitative business model: control the flow of aid, win reconstruction contracts, and lock Gaza’s economy into permanent dependency. Whoever directs and funds the estimated $50 billion reconstruction will decide the future of Gaza. Everything we have seen so far suggests Palestinians will be excluded from meaningful input.
 

One of the major architects of this model is Israeli-American businessman Michael Eisenberg. He is not a general or a minister, rather a venture capitalist and one of Israel’s most powerful tech investors. Eisenberg co-founded Aleph, a venture capital fund based in Tel Aviv that has invested $850 million since 2013 across more than 50 Israeli startups, including Lemonade, Freightos, and Honeybook. Eisenberg helped incubate the idea of a private, contractor-led aid distribution system in a closed meeting of the Mikveh Yisrael Forum, a gathering of Israeli military leaders, tech investors, and political figures who first met in December 2023.

It was through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), of which Eisenberg was also a main architect, that he was able to solidify his foothold in Gaza. Backed by the U.S. and Israel, GHF placed Gaza’s relief under direct Israeli control and allowed billionaires and mercenaries to stake a claim in Gaza under the pretense of humanitarianism, But instead of providing life-saving aid to desperate families, GHF lured hundreds of Palestinians to their demise at aid distribution sites that functioned as death traps.

Eisenberg has only risen in the ranks since. Earlier this month, Netanyahu appointed him as his civilian representative to the U.S. Army Civil-Military Coordination Center, a U.S.-led command hub in Israel overseeing security, aid, and reconstruction efforts in Gaza. This puts a Zionist private financier with deep ties to surveillance tech at the center of Gaza’s “stabilization” process.

Venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg at a New York City conference he co-hosted in February 2025, promoting investment in Israel amid ongoing genocide and displacement in Gaza.

This isn’t reconstruction; it’s recolonization, superpowered by tech. Billionaires, technocrats, and ideologues are attempting to entrench a new dystopian global regime where they are both the architects and masters, and private corporate interests supersede international law. U.S. figures like Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and JD Vance have all made recent visits to Israel, lobbying Netanyahu to keep the ceasefire intact so that “rebuilding” can begin. “Humanitarianism” becomes the new occupation, governing Palestinians’ access to food, medicine, and movement while denying them political rights.

Their vision is clear: to turn Gaza into a profit zone, where Palestinians become the cheap labor to rebuild the very infrastructure that has suffocated them for decades. Gaza is a testing ground and model, a place where humanitarian rhetoric masks private rule, where aid becomes a lever for political and economic domination, and where labor and land are reconfigured to feed global capital.

This same model is expanding across the occupied West Bank, where armed settlers, many organized and financed under Finance Minister and extremist settler Bezalel Smotrich, are carrying out near-daily attacks to drive Palestinians from their land.

This exchange of technology and ideology is not abstract, nor limited to Palestine. Israeli surveillance companies are building tools to monitor and restrict Palestinian movement while testing facial recognition and predictive policing software, and exporting them internationally.

The same companies that perfect surveillance in Hebron and Gaza market their systems to ICE and U.S. police departments like the NYPD. They brand it as “public safety,” but it’s the same logic of occupation: control through data, containment through force. The same U.S. politicians funding Israel’s war machine are pushing anti-protest laws, criminalizing dissent, and expanding border militarization here at home.

Gaza and the United States are two fronts in the same authoritarian project. They build walls in Palestine and prisons in America. Their vision is a world ruled by profit and fear. A world where the poor, the displaced, and the dissident are managed, not liberated.

We are at an inflection point, not just for Palestine, but for the world. If we cede this moment, the blueprint they are writing for Gaza will be exported everywhere, ushering in a new normal of privatized governance and surveillance disguised as relief.

That is why our struggle must be global. To fight for Gaza is to fight for ourselves. We cannot allow them to continue to profit from genocide or turn occupation into an industry. We must expose and disrupt their networks, divest from their power, and refuse their narratives. We must reject their claim to speak for humanity while they commodify it.

The architects of empire are betting that the world will stay silent. We must keep speaking up and taking action to prove them wrong.

In shared struggle,

Sandra Tamari
Adalah Justice Project

P.S. As Israel resumes its bombardments of Gaza, it’s critical that we push our politicians to stop the weapons. Keep the pressure on by contacting your representative in Congress today and everyday to demand they co-sponsor the Block the Bombs Act. We can’t let up.

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From tragedy to accountability: HRF brings Hind’s killers before international justice

Brussels, October 2025

The name Hind Rajab has become a global symbol — a child’s voice echoing through the ruins of Gaza, asking for help where the world looked away. Her story embodies the innocence destroyed and the courage that now drives a worldwide pursuit of accountability.

Last week, the Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a 120-page submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) naming 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders responsible for Hind’s killing, her family’s execution, and the targeting of the paramedics who tried to save her. It is a case that stands not only for one child, but for every silenced victim of this genocide.

At the same time, HRF has lodged a criminal complaint in Germany against Shimon Avi Zuckerman, a German-Israeli combat engineer turned “genocide influencer”, who glorified the destruction of Palestinian homes and villages on social media — mocking justice while crimes unfolded in plain sight. His run of impunity must now come to an end.

Her Name Was Hind: Her Foundation Takes 24 Israeli Soldiers and Commanders to the ICC for Her Murder

Game Over Israel: How Israeli Football Culture Became a Weapon of Genocide

The Hague, 21 October 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation has submitted a new 120-page Article 15 filing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, naming 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders responsible for the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, her family members, and two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics who tried to rescue her.

This landmark submission builds on months of investigation and evidence collection by HRF’s legal and research teams. It establishes a direct chain of command within the 401st Armoured Brigade and presents clear proof of deliberate targeting of civilians — acts amounting to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide under the Rome Statute.

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Karlsruhe, 24 October 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint with the German Federal Prosecutor General against Shimon Avi Zuckerman, a German-Israeli dual national who served as a combat engineer in Israel’s 8219 Engineer Battalion during the assault on Gaza.

The complaint accuses Zuckerman of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide under Germany’s Code of Crimes Against International Law. It is supported by extensive visual and digital evidence showing Zuckerman personally participating in and celebrating the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including the complete demolition of the town of Khuza’a.

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Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations prove it has no desire for peace; accountability is the only path to justice

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) strongly condemns, in the strongest possible terms, Israel’s blatant violation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement brokered by the Trump Administration, together with Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.

In just two days, and less than three weeks after the ceasefire took effect, Israel’s resumed bombardment has killed more than 104 Palestinian civilians. From the very first day of the ceasefire, Israel has sought pretexts to evade its commitments and to continue its genocidal campaign against Gaza, a campaign that has raged for more than two years, leaving hundreds of thousands dead or wounded and the Gaza Strip almost entirely destroyed. 

AJP Action calls on the Trump Administration to hold Israel accountable to the terms of the agreement and to stop offering excuses for its repeated violations. Over the past three weeks, and every other time a ceasefire has been declared, Israel has undermined the deal daily by restricting humanitarian aid to a mere fraction of what was agreed and carrying out continuous killings of Palestinians under fabricated justifications. These systematic violations have rendered the ceasefire effectively meaningless and continue to expose Israel’s utter disregard for Palestinian human life and international law. 

Washington has been complicit in a brutal war of extermination against the people of Gaza since its start in October 2023. This disgraceful complicity and enablement must end. Selective humanity is a moral stain on all who practice it. Beneath Gaza’s rubble lie not only a handful of Israeli prisoners but also thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel’s relentless assaults. Each of those victims deserves to be recovered and laid to rest with dignity. Gaza urgently needs heavy equipment and international recovery teams to carry out this humanitarian task, an effort that Israel continues to obstruct.

The United States must cease acting as Israel’s apologist and enabler. Together with the other ceasefire guarantors (Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey) and the broader international community, the U.S. must take immediate action to halt Israel’s ongoing crimes, enforce the ceasefire, ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid, begin reconstruction, and uphold the Palestinian people’s right to determine their own future free from coercion or foreign dictates.

In solidarity,

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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29 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Palestinian women share how Israeli forces used them as human shields in Gaza and the West Bank 

Majd Jawad

Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers.

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Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 7

28 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• Israeli airstrikes carried out across the Gaza Strip following a reported attack on Israeli troops beyond the “Yellow Line” resulted in casualties.
• The re-routing of all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road continues to limit the UN and partners’ ability to bring in the required volumes of aid.
• Hygiene items have been distributed to 7,600 school-aged children across two schools and 16 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. 1,440 available handwashing stations are also being installed in shelters, child-friendly spaces, and TLSs to mitigate the spread of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On the evening of 28 October, Israeli airstrikes were conducted across the Gaza Strip.  These followed a reported attack on Israeli troops beyond the Yellow Line in Rafah in which a soldier was killed, and the result of forensic tests which revealed that the remains handed over by Hamas on 27 October did not belong to one of the 13 deceased Israeli hostages still in the Strip.  Both were cited as alleged violations of the ceasefire.

According to the latest update by the Palestinian Civil Defense as of the morning of 29 October, at least 50 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed and 200 injured in the airstrikes.

On 27 October, Site Management partners observed over 12,700 new movements across the Gaza Strip, bringing the total recorded since 10 October to more than 611,600. Eighty percent of the movements were from southern to northern Gaza. Fatal incidents have been reported as returnees attempt to clear rubble from damaged homes in the north, underscoring the urgent need for emergency shelter materials to provide families with a safe alternative.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 27 October

According to preliminary information by the Logistics Cluster, on 27 October 153 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom crossing. More than half (51 per cent) of all offloaded trucks carried food assistance.

Also on 27 October, at least 52 United Nations-coordinated trucks with 849 pallets of aid were uplifted from the crossing for distribution inside the Strip. These contained 372 pallets of ready-to-eat rations, 211 pallets of health supplies, including gauze and medical equipment, 172 pallets of hygiene kits, and 93 of tarps, alongside 355,000 litres of fuel.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 28 October

For 28 October, 177 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry via Kerem Shalom. Though comprehensive data for aid cargo collection is not available yet, at least 17 trucks with tarpaulins, winter clothes, hygiene kits, medicines, medical consumables, and MMR, IPV and Rota vaccines were collected from Kerem Shalom, alongside five fuel trucks with 204,000 liters of diesel. A food aid collection mission also took place, with details pending.

For the second consecutive day, humanitarian partners had to limit aid cargo collections due to high congestion of both humanitarian and commercial trucks on the narrow Coastal Road. A large hole in the road further slowed down movements but has now been repaired by the UN World Food Programme.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• As of 27 October, around 130,000 two-kilogram bread bundles continued to be produced daily at the nine UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis and the six that resumed operations in Gaza city on 23 October.  Beyond free distribution by partners across hundreds of community sites, kitchens and shelters, the number of contracted retailers selling the bread at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle has now doubled from 20 to 43 to expand coverage and support the resumption of markets across the Strip.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• Across the Gaza Strip, 39 WASH Cluster partners are collectively delivering up to 17,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day through 1,885 water points.
• A total of 1,440 handwashing stations were collected into Gaza and are currently being installed in shelters, child-friendly and temporary learning spaces. These facilities are intended to promote hand hygiene and reduce the spread of WASH-related diseases.

Protection

• Protection partners are actively operating in the Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates, including in Al-Zawayda, Al-Nuseirat and Al-Mawasi, with operations in Gaza city and North Gaza under progressive reactivation. One major center in Gaza city has already resumed full-service delivery, while a partner completed site assessments in preparation for expanding protection activities in Al-Yarmouk Camp and other northern displacement sites.
• On 28 October, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection Areas of Responsibility (AoRs) took part in an inter-agency rapid assessment mission at two severely affected sites in Khan Younis. Key findings include the lack of GBV services and hygiene materials; rising fears of early/forced marriage among adolescent girls, and reports of domestic violence with no access to confidential support. The findings will guide mobile service delivery and scale-up of GBV interventions. Children exhibited acute psychological distress, with no access to education or safe spaces; urgent child protection interventions are required, including psychosocial support, life skills programming, and the establishment of safe environments for peer interaction and structured social activities.
• Gender-Based Violence (GBV):
  • GBV partners reached 512 women and girls with psychosocial support and Psychological First Aid (PFA) sessions, 12 women with legal awareness and counselling on family law, inheritance rights, domestic violence, and early marriage, and 712 people with community-based GBV prevention messaging.
  • Partners distributed 478 menstrual hygiene management kits within Women and Girls Safe Spaces to mitigate health and dignity-related protection risks.
• Child Protection:
  • On 27 October, Child Protection partners reached 1,500 children and 700 caregivers with mental health and psychosocial support activities and awareness sessions on child protection risks, services and practical steps to prevent family separation during displacement.
  • Over 550 highly vulnerable households, identified through the child protection case management process, were referred for family tent support.
• Mine Action:
  • Mine Action partners conducted four Explosive Hazard Assessments and supported two inter-agency missions by providing technical expertise on exploded ordnance risks.
  • Explosive ordnance risk education reached 1,706 people across Gaza city, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.

Shelter

• A total of 250 tents and 1,475 shelter kits, including tarpaulins, thermal blankets, jerrycans and hygiene supplies, were distributed across three sites in Khan Younis, targeting recently displaced households with no form of shelter.
• Forty protection referral cases across the Gaza Strip were supported with tents.
• Shelter Cluster partners received nearly 40,000 tarpaulins and 7,400 thermal blankets on 26 and 27 October. Assessments are ongoing to prioritize the most vulnerable households, and distributions are planned to begin next week.

Education

• Partners distributed hygiene items to 7,600 school-aged children across two Palestinian Authority schools and 16 partner-supported TLS located in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.
• Three TLS have reopened in the northern Al Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza city, providing learning opportunities for 833 children. The lack of teaching and learning materials, however, continues to hinder effective education delivery and a more rapid scale up of TLS, with hundreds of thousands of children remaining unable to enroll.

Fuel

• On 28 October, UNOPS distributed 209,864 litres of fuel to partners, of which approximately 180,364 in the south and 29,500 in the north, to support critical WASH, health, food security, logistics, rubble removal, telecommunications, education and protection operations.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.

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28 oktober 2025

We hebben weinig woorden nodig als inleiding: Ga. Stemmen.
Voor Palestina en voor het klimaat.

Daarnaast is de beweging voor Apartheidvrije Zones goed aan het groeien. Lees hieronder verder.

Een strijdbare groet van het docP team; blijf BDS-en!

Stem voor Palestina

Morgen 29 oktober 2025 zijn de lang verwachte Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Laten we de extreemrechtse fracties in de Kamer naar huis sturen en een betere volksvertegenwoordiging kiezen. The Rights Forum heeft een Gaza Kieswijzer gemaakt waarin het de relevante standpunten van partijen heeft vergeleken.

Palestina is ook een zaak van klimaatrechtvaardigheid. Hoe langer de bezetting en genocide voortduren, hoe groter de klimaatschade. De partijen die zich hard maken voor Palestina zetten zich tevens in voor het klimaat.

31 Apartheidvrije zones

Deze week hebben 31 organisaties die een Apartheidvrije Zone willen worden een starterskit gekregen met de post. Een aantal organisaties zijn al naar buitengekomen als Apartheidvrije Zone. Daaronder het HipHopHuis in Rotterdam en het BijlmerParkTheater in Amsterdam Zuidoost en koffieketen Wakuli. Ook de faculteitsraad van Geesteswetenschappen aan de UvA heeft zich een AFZ verklaard.

Dit weekend is er in het van Abbemuseum een bijeenkomst op initiatief van de feministische groep The Wave uit Eindhoven. Het zou geweldig zijn als een belangrijke culturele speler als het Van Abbe de volgende stap zet in hun solidariteit.

Dat alles naast de meer dan 464 organisaties en meer dan 1465 kunstenaars die de culturele boycot Israël nu al ondertekenden!

Voor het eind van het jaar maakt de campagne bekend wie er verder allemaal meedoen.

Ken jij een bedrijf of organisatie waarvan je denkt dat ze geinteresseerd zijn een Apartheidvrije Zone te worden? Als je goede banden hebt, pols intern en geef ze sowieso door aan info@apartheidvrijezones.nl

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• Our Co-Director Rula Shadid will present the case of Palestine at The People's Tribunal judging genocide and ecocide cases from all over the world.
• As part of the People’s Summit, the grassroots and people-powered space outside of the official meetings at COP30, we are organizing an event on Palestine and Climate Justice: Connected Struggles + Palestine Virtual Reality (Palestina e Justiça Climática: Lutas Conectadas + Realidade Virtual Palestina). 
• Alongside Marielle Franco and Lauro Gomes Foundation at the UFPA decentralized campus, we're leading an even to discuss energy embargo in the light of the exploitation of the Amazon fund for oil and its impacts on local communities. 
• At the event Colonial Practices of Exploitation and Strategies of Resistance in the Territories we will discuss the interconnectedness of colonial practices through land grabbing and exploitation in the Global South, linking settler colonialism, militarism, and the climate crisis.

1910.

28 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Israel seeks redemption in the Gaza ruins

Abdaljawad Omar

Throughout the Gaza war, Israel has debated what to call it. The military says “October 7 War,” while Netanyahu wants “War of Redemption.” What's clear is that Israel believes it can only resolve its ongoing cycle of crisis through genocidal violence.

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28 oktober 2025

Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 6

27 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• The decision by Israeli forces to re-route all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the Philadelphi Corridor and congested Coastal Road is resulting in delays of aid cargo uplifts.
• Drinking water distribution in northern Gaza is expanding, with 4,600 cubic metres now being delivered daily across 585 water points in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates.
• Over two days, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) partners distributed 400,000 baby diapers, 11,706 water buckets, 6,661 household-level hygiene kits, 42,520 jerrycans, and 18,144 sanitary pads to communities.
• As of 25 October, 4,389 acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) received targeted supplementary feeding for treatment, while more than 134,000 PBW and under-five children were reached with blanket supplementary feeding for malnutrition prevention.
• Site Management partners are supporting displaced communities to repurpose flour and rice bags originally distributed as food aid into sandbags to reinforce shelters and protect them against wind and rain.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On the evening of 27 October, the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage were reportedly transferred to the Israeli authorities. The bodies of another 12 Israeli hostages are believed to still be in the Gaza Strip.

Families continue to move across Gaza. Since the onset of the ceasefire, Site Management partners have observed over 483,700 movements from the south to Gaza city. Many are continuing further north toward Jabalya and Beit Hanun in the North Gaza governorate, and nearly 100,500 movements were towards eastern Khan Younis. Many people are sheltering in makeshift displacement sites, often in open areas or damaged buildings.
 

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

According to preliminary information by the Logistics Cluster, between 24 and 26 October, a total of 277 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry into Gaza, of which 227 offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossing platforms. At least 37 per cent of all offloaded trucks carried food assistance. On 26 October, none of the 40 World Food Programme trucks manifested from Egypt were offloaded, while 91 partner trucks from the backlog at Nitzana were offloaded. A 15-truck Back-to-Back convoy dispatched from Jordan, of mainly hygiene kits and medical items, offloaded at Kerem Shalom on the same day. Food cargo via this route, however, remains on hold due to escort requirements imposed by the Israeli authorities, who currently lack the capacity to provide the necessary escorts.

Overall, since the onset of the ceasefire, and as of 26 October, 1,456 United Nations-coordinated trucks had been offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, out of 1,856 initially manifested. For 27 October, another 224 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry by the UN Logistics Cluster.

Regarding collections, on 26 October, at least 65 trucks with 1,069 pallets of aid were uplifted from the crossings - 47 from Kerem Shalom and 18 from Kissufim. Trucks contained 316 pallets of food supplies, including wheat flour, fresh and canned vegetables; 327 pallets of winter clothes, blankets, tent pipes and fittings; 247 pallets of hygiene kits and baby diapers; 161 pallets of post-partum kits, and 18 pallets of eco pellets, alongside 333,000 litres of diesel fuel.

On 26 October, the Israeli forces notified humanitarian partners that, starting on 27 October, all humanitarian and commercial truck movements to and from Kerem Shalom - which had hitherto taken place first through the Morag Corridor and then through Salah Ad-Deen Road - would be rerouted through the Philadelphi Corridor and Coastal Road until further notice. This route, which had not been utilized for cargo collection since May 2025, is not deemed suitable for the movement of large volumes of goods, as it is quite narrow, passes through highly crowded areas, is heavily congested, and in the past has been prone to significant looting. A holding point has also been positioned in a narrow area of the Coastal Road, which is not suitable to accommodate large convoys. A request to re-position the holding point further south has so far been rejected by the Israeli authorities.

In light of this development, several agencies scaled down their aid collection plans for 27 October by reducing the number of trucks in their convoys, pending a first assessment of conditions on the road. While comprehensive data is not available yet, at least 17 trucks with hygiene kits, tarpaulins, medical supplies, and cold chain medicines were uplifted and safely delivered to UN and partner warehouses.  Six fuel trucks with 200,000 litres of diesel and 55,000 litres of petrol were also delivered. Details remain pending on food supplies which were collected.

Although aid uplift movements were facilitated by the Israeli forces, congestion and heavy traffic along the route are severely limiting collections.
 

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• On 26 October, the Health Cluster distributed three Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits (IARHKs) for rape treatment to two Ministry of Health clinics in Deir al Balah and to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. These kits are expected to serve approximately 114 cases.
• In addition, 1,500 post-partum kits were dispatched to the Nasser Medical Complex to support women who delivered in October and those expected to deliver in November.

Nutrition

• Between 1 and 25 October, partners reached 134,149 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) and under-five children with blanket supplementary feeding for the prevention of malnutrition, and 4,389 malnourished PBW with targeted supplementary feeding for active treatment.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• The WASH Cluster has launched a comprehensive assessment of critical public WASH facilities across the Gaza Strip to identify urgent repair needs and support planning for longer-term rehabilitation.
• Water distribution in the north continues to expand, with 18 Cluster partners presently delivering around 4,600 cubic metres of drinking water per day across 585 water points in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates.
• With support from partners, one water quality laboratory has resumed operations in Gaza city, enabling the resumption of water safety monitoring and testing.
• In North Gaza governorate, secondary and functional primary water wells in Beit Lahia and Jabalia received fuel last week and will continue to receive it this week, enabling increased domestic production.
• The implementation of winterization activities is underway, including the cleaning of gullies and stormwater drainage systems in all accessible municipalities in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Gaza governorates, as well as the clearing of key wadis. Notably, work has started on Wadi Al Qashash in recent days. Repairs are also ongoing at vital infrastructure points, including Pumping Station 7B in Az-Zaytoun, Gaza city, which suffered significant damage to its pressure line.
• WASH partners are supporting the transfer of nearly 2,500 cubic metres of solid waste per day to temporary dump sites across the Strip.
• Over the past two days, the Cluster distributed 400,000 baby diapers, 11,706 18-litre water buckets, 6,661 hygiene kits, 42,520 jerrycans and 18,144 sanitary pads.

Protection

• Gender-Based Violence (GBV): 
  • On 27 October, GBV frontline staff provided Psychological First Aid (PFA) to 23 women and girls at the two reception points set up on population movement routes between north and south and referred them to the available Women and Girls Safe Spaces.
  • In Deir al Balah, GBV partners identified 173 vulnerable people, including 52 newly displaced women and girls, through GBV outreach services, referring them for specialized support.
  • A Focus Group discussion with 17 displaced women was held in Khan Younis, to better assess safety concerns, access to GBV services, and receive feedback on referral pathways.
• Child Protection: 
  • During the past two days, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) sessions reached more than 1,500 children, while structured recreational and therapeutic activities were conducted in small groups to support emotional well-being and address trauma-related needs.
  • Family tracing and reunification efforts continued, with 85 children successfully reunified with their caregivers. Follow-up for another 76 unaccompanied and separated children was completed, ensuring safe placement, continuous support, and ongoing family tracing. To strengthen reunification efforts, 197 identification bracelets were distributed to children assessed as being at risk of separation.
  • Nearly 2,200 children were referred to essential services, including health, education, and shelter, reflecting the continued integration of child protection within multi-sectoral responses.
  • In parallel, 111 caregivers participated in child safeguarding consultations, reinforcing protective practices across service delivery and community-level interventions.
  • Child Protection partners are being mobilized to develop and coordinate distribution plans for incoming winter clothing and blankets.
• Mine Action: 
  • Mine Action partners conducted four Explosive Hazard Assessments and supported one inter-agency missing by providing technical expertise on exploded ordnance risks.
  • Explosive ordnance risk education reached 3,053 people across Gaza city, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.

Site Management

• The Site Management Cluster updated demographic data for 106 displacement sites across Khan Yunis and Deir Al Balah which are now hosting approximately 140,000 people. Of these, 85 sites have an active site management presence, and winterization activities have been initiated to address seasonal risks. Despite these ongoing efforts, shelter needs remain acute at these sites, as access to humanitarian assistance is still severely limited and essential services are largely unavailable. Site focal points continue to report increasing vulnerability among displaced populations, with limited protection from the elements, especially as winter approaches.
• In collaboration with the Food Security Cluster, Site Management partners have initiated community-led winterization efforts. Given the scarcity of conventional shelter materials, displaced populations are repurposing flour and rice bags originally distributed as food aid into sandbags to reinforce shelters and protect them against wind and rain. This initiative reflects the resilience of affected communities and underscores the importance of continued inter-cluster coordination. Site Management teams are supporting these efforts by mobilizing site populations for collective action and providing technical guidance on flood mitigation.

Education

• On 26 October, the rehabilitation of seven classrooms at a Palestinian Authority school in the An Nuseirat area of Deir al Balah began. Works are being expedited to create additional learning spaces for children, many of whom have not attended any form of schooling since the start of the war. However, limited access to teaching and learning supplies, due to ongoing restrictions on their entry, and the lack of furniture, continue to hinder the establishment of a conducive learning environment, particularly with the onset of winter. In addition, restrictions on the entry of shelter materials are delaying the vacation of classrooms currently occupied by displaced families, as they continue to lack viable shelter alternatives.
• One partner has reopened its Temporary Learning Space (TLS) in the Al Rimal area of Gaza city, with enrolment currently underway. This TLS is among the more than 100 that were closed following the displacement orders issued in September. As families gradually return to parts of Gaza city, partners are progressively re-establishing learning spaces to provide children not only with education but also with access to protection services, hygiene and sanitation awareness, and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education messages. These efforts also extend to families, helping to amplify life-saving information across communities.
• The distribution of fortified nutrition products to school-aged children in TLSs is expanding. As of 27 October, 29 TLSs across the Gaza Strip were being targeted, with approximately 47,000 children reached since the onset of the ceasefire.

Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance

• Between 10 and 27 October, at least 25,713 families were reached with multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA), prioritizing newly displaced families and those identified as highly vulnerable through partners’ assessments.
• According to the Gaza Chamber of Commerce, based on monitoring of 34 items, the discrepancy between digital and physical payments has narrowed significantly, now ranging between 0–50 per cent, with digital payment prices remaining higher. This narrowing gap is seen as a positive development, reflecting improved market and enhanced digital payment acceptance compared to the 21–61 per cent range difference observed the previous week.

Fuel

• On 27 October, UNOPS distributed 304,730 litres of fuel to partners, of which 232,677 in the south and 72,053 in the north to support critical WASH, telecommunications, health, food security, logistics, education and protection operations.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.

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27 oktober 2025

Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 5

25-26 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• A joint UN-NGO team visited Gaza city and North Gaza to identify the most urgent needs among returnee communities. 
• 110,000 households have received general food parcel distributions since 13 October through 43 points across the Gaza Strip, including ten in the north. 
• The World Health Organization facilitated the medical evacuation of 55 critical patients and 158 companions from Gaza. Health partners conducted an assessment of Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

• Between 22 and 25 October, a total of 42,781 population movements were recorded, 38,786 from southern to northern Gaza, 95 from north to south, and 3,900 from western to eastern Khan Younis. Overall, since 10 October, more than 473,000 people have been observed moving towards the two northern governorates, while more than 100,000 have crossed to eastern Khan Yunis. Displacement sites in the north are grappling with severe shortages of clean water, food, and essential services, compounded by widespread infrastructure damage. Some displaced families are attempting to return to their destroyed homes amidst unstable structures and unexploded ordnance.
• On 25 October, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and OCHA visited Gaza city and North Gaza, accompanied by the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). The team met with the Gaza Chamber of Commerce to discuss the status of the private sector and coordination with humanitarian efforts to enhance communities’ resilience, and with the Mayor of Gaza city on municipal challenges and on how humanitarian actors can best support urgent needs on the ground. The delegation also visited the Sheikh Radwan Lagoon, where sewage waste is filling the lagoon due to the complete destruction of storage motors and sewage networks. Without quick action, there is a risk of overflow or flooding which would release contaminated water into surrounding residential areas. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster is planning to support repairs based on an assessment undertaken after the ceasefire.  The team also engaged with returnee communities in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, where a significant number of families are living in damaged and unsafe buildings and urgently need shelter and non-food items (NFIs), particularly blankets, mattresses, and winter clothes, and WASH assistance. The delegation then travelled to Jabalya Camp in North Gaza, which was inaccessible prior to the ceasefire, visiting the Fakhura School, which hosts approximately 42 families.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

While on 25 October, both the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings remained closed for truck offloads for Shabat, the UN Logistics Cluster manifested a total of 249 UN and partner trucks for entry on 26 October.

Regarding collections, between 24 and 25 October, at least 348 United Nations-coordinated trucks with 6,037 pallets of aid were uplifted from the Palestinian side of the crossings for distribution inside Gaza – 302 from Kerem Shalom and 46 from Kissufim. These comprised 3,510 pallets of food assistance - mainly wheat flour, hot meal supplies, canned food and rice; 1,387 pallets of hygiene kits, baby diapers and jerrycans; 660 pallets of health supplies, including medical equipment, post-partum kits, medicines and assistive devices, and 480 pallets of tarps, shelter kits, tents and winter clothes.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 26 October is available yet, at least 574 pallets of hygiene kits and shelter supplies were uplifted from Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, alongside 161 pallets of post-partum kits. A food aid collection mission was also facilitated, on which details are pending. For the second time, a UN attempt to load one truck of animal fodder was denied by Israeli customs authorities, with efforts ongoing to resolve the administrative issue.

Concerning fuel, UNOPS collected eight trucks with 333,000 litres of diesel from Kerem Shalom, while two trucks returned empty as no petrol was received from the Israeli side of the crossing.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• As of 26 October, 1,061,000 meals were being prepared and delivered daily by 21 partners through 170 kitchens – 76,000 meals by 15 kitchens in the north and 985,000 meals by 155 kitchens in south-central Gaza.
• Since Food Security Sector partners resumed general food parcel assistance on 13 October after a six-month hiatus, distributions have progressively increased.  Forty-three distribution points are now operational, including 10 in the north, and more than 110,000 households reached (estimated more than 550,000 people) across the Strip as of 26 October. Partners are setting up more distribution points so as to enable people to collect food closer to their locations.
• More than 140,000 two-kilogram bundles of bread are being produced per day by 15 UN-supported bakeries across the Strip - around 100,000 bundles at nine bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, and 40,000 bundles at six bakeries in Gaza city which resumed functionality on 23 October. The bread is distributed either for free through partners across hundreds of sites, including community kitchens and shelters, or sold via more than 20 contracted retailers at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle. Partners are focusing on enhancing bread quality by altering the pace of production and improving storage practices and pickup schedules. They are also working on contracting new retailers in the bread distribution network to expand coverage and support the resumption of markets across the Strip. One NGO partner also resumed its support to a commercial bakery in Gaza City on 22 October, producing more than 50,000 loaves of bread (around 5,000 kilograms) daily for free distribution, in addition to ongoing daily production and distribution of more than 100,000 loaves of bread (around 10,000 kilograms) in the south.

Health

• On 25 October, the Health Cluster conducted a rapid assessment of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza; findings are forthcoming. The team also attempted to assess the Al Awda and Indonesian Hospitals in the same governorate, but access to those facilities was denied.
• On 26 October, WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 55 patients and 158 companions to Jordan, UK, Spain, and Türkiye. 
• The total number of injuries reported across health facilities has declined. In October, so far, 1,600 injuries/trauma cases were reported compared to 8,100 in September and 13,000 in August.

Protection

• Across Khan Younis, Deir al Balah and gradually in Gaza city and North Gaza, partners are resuming field operations at different scales as access and mobility improve. Between 22 and 25 October, response highlights included:
  • Women’s Protection and Gender Based Violence (GBV) services: GBV partners reached at least 180 women and girls with GBV awareness sessions, distributed hygiene supplies and 2,000 adult diapers to elderly women, managed GBV cases, and provided hot meals to female-headed households, reaching approximately 700-800 people in these households per week.
  • Child Protection: 90 children with disabilities or exposed to high protection risks received case management follow-up and referrals to specialized services.
  • Cash assistance: 135 vulnerable women and girls were referred for Cash for Protection assistance, while 973 were referred for multiple-purpose cash assistance.
  • Disability inclusion: 62 children with disabilities were integrated in group counseling; seven mobility devices were provided.
  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS): Approximately 1,095 women and children received group and individual counseling, alongside continued speech therapy for children and “Helping the Helpers” sessions for frontline humanitarian staff.
  • Protection Monitoring & Reception points: Protection actors continued to operate at two reception points in Gaza city, providing Psychological First Aid, psychosocial support, rapid screening and referrals, and distributing hygiene kits, tarpaulins, mattresses, blankets and food parcels. Mobile community support points were also established in central and southern Gaza.
  • Mine Action: Between 25 and 26 October, Mine Action partners conducted four Explosive Hazard Assessments (EHAs) to gauge the structural integrity of hospitals and INGO offices in northern Gaza, took part in three inter-agency missions to provide technical expertise on explosive ordnance risks, and conducted one Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) training, in collaboration with UNDSS, for UN and INGO staff.
  • Explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) activities continued, with over 80 facilitators reaching nearly 3,200 people in central and southern Gaza. Since October 2023, Mine Action partners have recorded a total of 150 explosive incidents in Gaza, which claimed 53 fatalities and 278 injuries, underscoring the critical importance of EORE as population movements intensify.

Education

• Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) that had closed before the ceasefire are gradually reopening. One partner reopened a TLS in Khan Younis Camp, which had been closed in June due to a displacement order, allowing 348 students (126 boys and 222 girls) to access in-person learning. The resumption of classes offers children a critical chance to recover lost learning, and to access MHPSS and structured recreational activities to address trauma.
• For the first time in several months, distribution of nutritious snacks such as date bars and high-energy biscuits is resuming at TLSs. So far, 18 TLSs are being targeted daily, with at least 24,000 children reached since the onset of the ceasefire.
• Ongoing light renovation works are progressing in 21 schools, and 40 chalkboards have been installed in nine learning spaces in Deir al Balah. These efforts aim to restore the minimum teaching and learning conditions to improve service delivery and support children facing significant learning regression.
• The Education Cluster is conducting site assessments this week to identify operable schools and map areas suitable for establishing additional TLSs in Gaza city. Coordination with Mine Action partners is underway to support this process, including initial visits to more than 100 sites.

Fuel

• On 26 October, UNOPS distributed nearly 329,000 litres of diesel and 665 litres of petrol to support health, food security, telecommunications, WASH and other critical humanitarian operations. 
• A new fuel station has been opened in northern Gaza, with two fuel storage facilities now functional in the north and south. Efforts are ongoing to identify additional storage facilities and fuel stations closer to partner locations to enhance accessibility.

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Today's headlines

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Gaza genocide transformed U.S. public opinion

Adrienne Lynett and Mira Nabulsi

Two years into the Gaza genocide, public opinion on Israel, Palestine, and U.S. policy has undergone a profound shift. A close examination of poll data shows Palestine is no longer a niche issue but one with real electoral consequences.

‘I’m happy and sad to see you’: The paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide

Hassan El-Nabih

A chance encounter with one of my past students at the Islamic University of Gaza highlighted the paradox of surviving the Gaza genocide: feeling joy in surviving the war and sorrow in witnessing what our survival has cost us.

1905.

26 oktober 2025

The Trump administration is desperate to rein in the Israeli government

The ceasefire in Gaza remains mostly in place, despite repeated Israeli violations that have killed more than a dozen Palestinians. The exchange of captives continues. Israel this week returned 195 Palestinian bodies to Gaza. Many of them were bound and had signs of torture. Hamas has returned the bodies of several captives, but that effort is slow because of the enormous amount of destruction Israel caused across Gaza.

The Trump administration is desperate to rein in Netanyahu and the Israeli government. The Vice President arrived in Israel to apply pressure to Netanyahu, only to have the Knesset vote to move forward with the annexation of the West Bank. Vance said he took that vote as a personal insult, voicing much stronger criticism of the Israeli government than virtually any national Democratic Party figure has done in decades, if ever. This reminds me of the time that Joe Biden, as Vice President, arrived for a visit to Israel and was surprised by the expansion of 1,600 settlement units in East Jerusalem. He voiced some tepid disappointment, but remained in Israel for the trip. The settlements stayed too.

This week, we published some exclusive reporting from Tareq Hajjaj on the violence in Gaza between Hamas and the armed gangs that have been collaborating with Israel for some time, hoarding humanitarian supplies and carrying out operations for and with the support of the Israeli military. This violence is happening, and it’s being used for various propaganda purposes. Our reporting on it helps put it into much-needed context. Nicki Kattoura wrote a reflection on the limitations of statistics in the face of such widespread slaughter. “The only confirmed fact is that there is no confirmed death toll in Gaza,” they write.

In the U.S., Michael Arria examined the growing trend—let’s call it that now—for Democratic politicians to refuse AIPAC money or even return it. Democratic consultant Peter Feld says AIPAC is now “radioactive.” Michael also looked at an effort by elected officials in Portland to investigate the city’s ties to Israeli weapons. “Our choices at the local level matter in the global fight for justice,” explained Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos. “Silence and neutrality are not options in the face of oppression.”

David Reed, Publisher

Must read: Israel returns 195 dead bodies to Gaza, many mutilated with hands bound, signs of torture

Tareq Hajjaj: The Gaza Ministry of Health published photos of the mutilated bodies of Palestinian prisoners. Most of them showed clear signs of torture — hands and feet bound, blindfolded, bodies showing marks of tank tracks, burns, fractures, and deep wounds.

The Gaza Government Media Office said the mutilated bodies of Palestinian prisoners were received by the Ministry of Health with hands and feet bound with zip ties, some with blindfolds over their eyes, and others bearing the marks of tank tracks, burns, fractures, and deep wounds, October 22, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

Genocide in Gaza

 Tareq Hajjaj: Hamas plans to expand its ongoing crackdown on gangs backed and funded by the Israeli army. The renewed effort “will be on multiple fronts” where these groups operate, a security source from the movement tells Mondoweiss.

 Nicki Kattoura: The death toll in Gaza remains unknown, and statistics have become a contested tool to understand the scale of the genocide. However, even if we had an accurate number of deaths, we would still not fully understand the depth of its meaning.

Catch-up

 Michael Arria: Half of Portland’s City Council has pledged to investigate the city’s connections to Israel, including the manufacturing and transportation of weapons intended for the country.

 Qassam Muaddi: Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.

 Malek Abisaab, Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Michelle Hartman: In a 114-8 vote, the McGill Association of University Teachers endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The win came after years of organizing, demonstrating the collective power of professors, librarians, and students against genocide.

 Michael Arria: As support for Israel plummets among U.S. voters, Democrats are distancing themselves from AIPAC, and the Israel lobby group is on the defensive.

1904.

26 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ traps Gaza in limbo

Mitchell Plitnick

Gaza is now trapped in the limbo of the uncertainty surrounding the Trump plan. The U.S. might prevent Netanyahu from resuming Israel’s genocide, but unless Palestinians gain full control over Gaza’s future, it’s just a slower form of killing.

Film Review: Reporting under fire in Gaza

Yousef M. Aljamal

The new documentary "Gaza: Journalists Under Fire" honors the remarkable bravery and work of Palestinian journalists reporting on the Gaza genocide, including those who have been killed by Israel simply for sharing the truth.

1903.

26 oktober 2025

In solidarity,

Mattan Helman
Refuser Solidarity Network

1902.

25 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Trump’s push to uphold Gaza ceasefire is creating a political crisis in Israel

Qassam Muaddi

Israel isn’t a vassal state of the U.S., JD Vance said. But when it comes to the ceasefire in Gaza and annexing the West Bank, Israeli decision-making is deeply intertwined with Washington’s current priorities.

1901.

25 oktober 2025

Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 4

24 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• The rate of malnutrition in children screened by Nutrition partners decreased from 14 per cent in September to 10 per cent in the first two weeks of October. 
• Between 11 and 25 October, 17,741 vulnerable households were reached with Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance.
• The Site Management Cluster is supporting service scale up and winterization interventions at six newly activated displacement sites in the Mawasi area of Rafah, where access was restricted prior to the ceasefire.
• Forty classrooms in southern Gaza have been rehabilitated, and student enrollment is ongoing.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 23 October

On 23 October, 130 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings. At least 54 per cent of all trucks comprised food supplies.  

On the same day, at least 131 United Nations-coordinated trucks were collected for distribution inside Gaza – all from Kerem Shalom. These include 1,239 pallets of wheat flour and supplies for hot meals, food parcels and fresh vegetables; 389 pallets of shelter items – blankets, shelter kits, family tent pipe and fitting, high-performance tents and winter clothes; 338 of hygiene kits; 289 pallets of medical items, as well as 115,850 litres of diesel fuel.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 24 October

For 24 October, 28 UN trucks with wheat flour were manifested for entry by the Logistics Cluster, all dispatched from Ashdod to the Kissufim crossing, while Kerem Shalom remained closed for offloads.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 24 October is available yet, UNICEF uplifted 16 trucks with 432 pallets of hygiene kits and water jerrycans, and UNFPA collected five double trucks with 174 pallets of post-partum kits. At least two food cargo uplift missions were also facilitated, but details remain to be confirmed.
 

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• On 23 October, 1,033,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 20 partners through 171 kitchens – 72,000 meals by 14 kitchens in the north and 961,000 meals by 157 kitchens in the south. 
• Fifteen UN-supported bakeries are baking bread daily across the Strip – nine in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, which are collectively producing more than 100,000 two-kilogram bread bundles, and six in Gaza City which resumed production on 23 October after receiving fuel and flour from partners during the past two days. The bread is distributed either for free through partners across hundreds of sites, including community kitchens, shelters and community sites, or sold via more than 20 contracted retailers at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle. In addition, on 22 October, one FSS partner resumed support to a commercial bakery in Gaza city, producing more than 50,000 loaves (approximately 5,000 kilograms) of bread per day for free distribution.
• General food parcel distributions continue across 38 distribution points, of which nine in the north. Partners are working to open more points.

Nutrition

• During the first two weeks of October, Nutrition Cluster partners screened 51,995 children across the Gaza Strip. Of the total, 4,994 were identified with acute malnutrition, including 1,053 with the most severe form. While the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition remains high, the detection rate among those screened has decreased from 14 to 10 per cent compared to September. This reduction may be attributed to the improved availability of food in some areas.
• The Cluster continues to support partners through the provision of therapeutic food, critical in the treatment of acute malnutrition. During the first two weeks of October alone, 4,172 boxes of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) were dispatched, sufficient to meet the needs of all children admitted for treatment during that time.

Shelter

• On 23 October, the Shelter Cluster distributed 1,200 tents in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. The distribution was based on field assessments, targeting households identified as the most vulnerable, both in terms of urgent shelter needs and social conditions.

Site Management

• On 23 October, the Site Management Cluster recorded 9,430 people moving from southern to northern Gaza, with approximately 100 reverse movements from north to south also observed.
• Partners continue to implement site management activities across 245 displacement sites, out of more than 800 active sites throughout the Gaza Strip which are hosting close to 1 million people. This includes six newly activated sites in the Mawasi area of Rafah, where humanitarian access was severely restricted prior to the ceasefire. Efforts by partners are ongoing to link the newly established sites with service providers, while advancing critical site improvement works focused on winterization, including flood mitigation, slope stabilization, and coordination with Shelter/NFI partners to distribute essential items such as bedding, tarpaulins, and tents.

Protection

• Child Protection: Over the past week, partners reached daily, on average:
  • 1,000–1,500 children and caregivers through structured psychosocial support, recreational activities, case management, and awareness-raising sessions in Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, Al-Maghazi, and Al-Bureij camps.
  • approximately 900 children and caregivers through child protection awareness sessions across the southern governorates.
  • around 250–300 caregivers through awareness sessions on positive parenting, child safeguarding, and psychosocial wellbeing, enhancing their capacity to support children’s emotional recovery and resilience.
  • 25–30 at-risk children, including unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), children with disabilities, and others facing heightened protection risks, through case management and specialized protection services.
• Mine Action: On 24 October, Mine Action partners provided technical assistance in an inter-agency mission and continued to deliver explosive ordnance risk education sessions in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.

Education

• The Cluster is supporting the rehabilitation of 97 classrooms across 10 schools in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah to restore their use as learning spaces. So far, 40 classrooms have been rehabilitated, with student enrollment ongoing. At least 103 schools are currently hosting IDPs, with their use as shelters limiting cleaning, renovation and repurposing efforts.

Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance

• Between 11 and 25 October, Cash Working Group (CWG) partners distributed Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to 17,741 households, prioritizing newly displaced families and those identified as highly vulnerable through partner databases. Each household received 1,250 NIS (approximately US$378), delivered via payment codes or direct transfers to digital wallets.
• This brings to at least 270,000 the number of households in Gaza that have received at least one MPCA installment thus far in 2025, and 403,200 households since the beginning of October 2023.
• CWG members also identified an additional 44,000 households for potential response.

1900.

24 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Israel returns 195 dead bodies to Gaza, many mutilated with hands bound, signs of torture

Tareq S. Hajjaj

The Gaza Ministry of Health published photos of the mutilated bodies of Palestinian prisoners. Most of them showed clear signs of torture — hands and feet bound, blindfolded, bodies showing marks of tank tracks, burns, fractures, and deep wounds.

Portland’s City Councilors pledge to investigate city’s ties to Israel

Michael Arria

Half of Portland's City Council has pledged to investigate the city's connections to Israel, including the manufacturing and transportation of weapons intended for the country.

1899.

24 oktober 2025

Israël is verplicht om humanitaire hulp toe te laten tot de Palestijnse gebieden, inclusief Gaza. Het land moet VN-organisaties in staat stellen om hun werk te doen. Dat oordeelde het Internationaal Gerechtshof deze week.

UNRWA
Ook de VN-organisatie voor Palestijnse vluchtelingen UNRWA, die al decennia een belangrijke rol speelt in het verschaffen van hulp aan de Palestijnse bevolking, moet zijn werk kunnen voortzetten. In oktober 2024 verbande Israël de organisatie, na een jarenlange desinformatiecampagne tegen de organisatie en beschuldigingen van banden met Hamas. Daarvoor bestaat geen bewijs, oordeelt het Hof nu. Israëls besluit om UNRWA te verbieden was ongegrond en roekeloos.

Israël heeft direct laten weten het oordeel van het Hof naast zich neer te leggen. In een verklaring noemt het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken het ‘de zoveelste politieke poging om onder het mom van het “internationaal recht” politieke maatregelen tegen Israël in te stellen’.

Lees meer over de uitspraak van het hof >

Palestijnen in Gaza-stad op weg voor de begrafenis van hun geliefden op 20 oktober 2025. Ondanks het staakt-het-vuren volhardt Israël in zijn aanvallen op de Gazastrook. © Abed Rahim Khatib / dpa / Alamy

Hongersnood in Gaza
Intussen waarschuwen Internationale hulporganisaties dat de toevoer van voedsel en medische hulp nog altijd onvoldoende is voor de uitgehongerde bevolking van Gaza. Volgens organisaties als het Wereldvoedselprogramma van de VN laat Israël slechts bevoorrading toe via twee grensovergangen, waarbij veel vrachtwagens om willekeurige redenen worden tegengehouden. Daardoor komt minder dan de helft van de onder het staakt-het-vuren afgesproken dagelijkse hulp daadwerkelijk in Gaza terecht. De hongersnood blijft dan ook catastrofaal.

Israël gaat door met vermoorden van Palestijnen
Tegelijkertijd blijft het Israëlische leger doorgaan met het vermoorden van Palestijnen in Gaza. Sinds het ingaan van het als ‘vredesplan’ gepresenteerde bestand, dat sinds 10 oktober van kracht is, heeft Israël in Gaza minstens 88 Palestijnen gedood.

Het gaat om gruwelijke aanvallen. Vrijdag vermoordde Israël elf leden van één familie. Onder hen een man, drie vrouwen en zeven kinderen onder de veertien. De jongste was vijf. Een Israëlische tank beschoot het busje waar de familie in zat, op weg terug naar hun huis in de wijk Zaytun in Gaza-stad om te kijken wat daar nog van over was.

Lees meer over het aanhoudende geweld in Gaza >

Familieleden verwelkomen een vrijgelaten Palestijnse man, Ramallah, Palestina, 13 oktober 2025. © UPI via Alamy

Vrijgelaten Palestijnen jarenlang ernstig gemarteld
Ook wordt er steeds meer duidelijk over de ernstige mishandeling van Palestijnse gevangenen in Israëlische detentie. Als onderdeel van de gevangenenuitwisseling die vorige week plaatsvond kwamen bijna 2000 Palestijnen vrij, en daarmee ook hun verhalen.

Die verhalen, over de omstandigheden in de detentiecentra en gevangenissen, zijn bloedstollend. Ze geven een beeld van mentale, fysieke en seksuele mishandeling. Systematisch en wijdverspreid toegepast op Palestijnen die veelal zonder vorm van proces - als gijzelaars dus - werden vastgehouden.

Behalve de vrijgelaten overlevenden, werden er ook stoffelijke overschotten vrijgegeven. Vorige week werden er daarvan 120 naar Gaza teruggebracht. Het is niet duidelijk of dit gaat om Palestijnen die werden gedood in gevangenschap of lichamen die door Israël werden meegenomen uit graven in Gaza. Wel duidelijk is dat veel van de lichamen sporen van marteling vertonen.

Israël-liefde van rechtse partijen wordt niet gedeeld door hun kiezers

Nederland heeft niet ingegrepen om de Israëlische genocide in Gaza te voorkomen of stoppen, tot onvrede van veel Nederlanders. De coalitie van PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB – in de Tweede Kamer gesteund door de ChristenUnie, SGP, JA21 en wisselende andere partijen – heeft Israël ongehinderd zijn gang laten gaan.

Maar hoe zit het eigenlijk met de meningen van de achterban van die partijen? Is er daadwerkelijk sprake van een mandaat voor hun radicale pro-Israëlkoers?

Om dat te peilen legde onderzoeksbureau Motivaction, in opdracht van The Rights Forum, 17 stellingen voor aan ruim 2.000 potentiële kiezers

En wat blijkt? Zelfs binnen de PVV en JA21 wordt substantieel genuanceerder gedacht dan hun partijen doen voorkomen. Binnen de VVD en vooral het CDA bestaat meer kritiek dan steun ten aanzien van Israël; de roep om een hardere opstelling is in beide partijen onmiskenbaar en kan in veel gevallen zelfs rekenen op een meerderheid.

In een overzicht op onze website lichten we tien van de gepeilde stellingen uit. Het hele onderzoek is hier te lezen.

Meld je aan ! | The Rights Forum Academy

Denk jij graag mee over één van de meest urgente vraagstukken van onze tijd? En ben je een young professional of masterstudent (20-35 jaar oud)? Dan is The Rights Forum Academy misschien iets voor jou!

The Rights Forum Academy is een nieuw leertraject voor jonge, gedreven professionals met een sterk moreel kompas. Tijdens dit programma verdiep je je kennis over Palestina en Israël, wissel je ervaringen uit met gelijkgestemden en bouw je aan een waardevol netwerk binnen het maatschappelijke en politieke veld.

Meer informatie over het programma, de sprekers en de aanmeldingsprocedure vind je op rightsforum.org/academy. Aanmelden kan tot en met 26 oktober, dus wees snel!

Kijk terug | Symposium over christelijke Palestinapolitiek in Nederland

Op zaterdag 11 oktober organiseerde The Rights Forum samen met Christelijk Collectief het jaarlijkse Henri Veldhuis-symposium over christelijke Palestinapolitiek in Nederland.

Het symposium is nu in zijn geheel terug te zien op YouTube.

Bezoek onze website voor meer informatie over het Henri Veldhuis-symposium, het programma en de sprekers.

Actie | Steun Palestijnse boeren via Pieter Pot!

Pieter Pot, de duurzame online supermarkt bekend om hun verpakkingsvrije producten, is een mooie actie gestart om Palestijnse boeren te ondersteunen. Door producten uit Palestina aan te bieden, dragen ze direct bij aan de lokale economie en aan boeren op de Westoever die juist nu extra steun kunnen gebruiken.

Via Fairtrade Palestina werkt Pieter Pot samen met lokale producenten zoals Palestine Gardens en de Palestinian Soap Cooperative. In de webshop vind je nu al Palestijnse olijfolie en olijfoliezeep. Binnenkort volgen ook Medjoul dadels, en er wordt gewerkt aan het verpakkingsvrije aanbod van andere Palestijnse lekkernijen zoals Za’atar en Tahini.

Met elke aankoop help je boeren in Palestina om hun werk voort te zetten en hun gemeenschappen te versterken – én geniet je van eerlijke, duurzame producten.

 Ontdek meer over de actie op de website van Pieter Pot.

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 25 oktober t/m zaterdag 1 november
DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES

 DEN HAAG ELKE DINSDAG EN DONDERDAG | Doorlopende stiltewake bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 GRONINGEN ZA 25 OKT 13.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)
 NIJMEGEN ZA 25 OKT 14.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Mensen in het Zwart (Koningsplein - Marienburg)
 HUIZEN WO 29 OKT 11.30 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)
 DEN HAAG DO 30 OKT 12.00 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 MAASTRICHT ZA 1 NOV 16.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Markt, bij het standbeeld van J.P. Minckelers,)


GETUIGEN VAN GAZA

 AMERSFOORT T/M ZO 26 OKT | Getuigen van Gaza. Amersfoorters lezen dag en nacht namen voor van Palestijnse en Israëlische slachtoffers in Gaza. Dag en nacht, vijf dagen achter elkaar. (Langestraat, voor de Amersfoortse Zwaan)

 LANDELIJKE ACTIE 25 OKT | Getuigen van Gaza. Op 25 oktober, vier dagen voor de verkiezingen, slaan Getuigen van Gaza de handen ineen. Deze zaterdagmiddag lezen worden in minstens tien steden de namen voorgelezen van de slachtoffers van de genocide in Gaza. De actie vindt plaats in onder andere Leiden, Leeuwarden, Amsterdam, Amersfoort, Arnhem, Doetinchem, Lelystad, Nijmegen, Oss en Utrecht.


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN

 AMSTERDAM ZO 26 OKT 12.30 | Palestine Café. Een maandelijkse bijeenkomst, met ruimte voor thematische gesprekken en lezingen over de voortdurende genocide in Gaza. De derde editie staat in het teken van de aankomende verkiezingen.

 UTRECHT MA 27 OKT 19.30 | Palestine Book Club: Mornings in Jenin. Maandelijkse boekenclub rondom het thema Palestina, door Savannah Bay, Z. Raschid en Podium voor Palestina.


Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld.

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Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 3

23 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food Security Sector partners are now distributing over 1 million hot meals daily across Gaza. In the north, partners have commenced general food parcel distribution, and six UN-supported bakeries have resumed bread production.
• Since the ceasefire began, the Nutrition Cluster has opened over 20 new nutrition sites in Gaza, with 150 now functional across the Strip.
• In the past two days, WASH Cluster partners distributed approximately 600,000 baby diapers, 11,000 jerry cans, 5,800 household-level hygiene kits, 3,000 buckets, and 280 disability kits to displaced communities.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 22 October

On 22 October, 199 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings. Over 50 per cent of all trucks comprised food supplies.

On the same day, at least 127 United Nations-coordinated trucks were collected from the crossings for distribution inside Gaza – 104 from Kerem Shalom and 23 from Kissufim. These include 1,136 pallets of wheat flour and other food supplies; 473 pallets of baby diapers; 198 of stoves, eco pellets and pots for community kitchens; 76 of shelter items as tents and tarps; 18 of health supplies, and 11 of lipid-based nutrient supplements, as well as 340,500 litres of diesel fuel.

Overall, according to the Logistics Cluster, in the 12-day period between 11 and 22 October, 1,098 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 23 October

For 23 October, 178 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry by the Logistics Cluster, of which: 116 trucks with food items – mainly wheat flour, rations, date bars, canned vegetables, rice, and bulk supplies for kitchens; 38 with tarps, tent fittings, blankets and winter clothes; 12 with hygiene kits; 11 with medical supplies and equipment, and one with non-food items for community kitchens.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 23 October is available yet, UNICEF uplifted 20 trucks with tent pipes and fittings, hygiene kits, winter clothes and medical equipment, including ventilators, incubators, monitors and Mother & Child Health kits. WHO also collected eight flatbed trucks with 238 pallets of medical supplies, including cholera kits and insulin. Both missions waited over five hours at Kerem Shalom to start the unloading of aid.

With regard to fuel, UNOPS successfully collected three trucks with 115,850 litres of diesel from Kerem Shalom and distributed 113,670 litres for critical humanitarian operations.
 

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• Main Food Security Sector (FSS) partners continue to scale up general food parcel distributions, with 38 distribution points now operational and about 64,000 households (estimated 320,000 people) reached across the Strip as of 22 October. In the north, parcel distributions have commenced thanks to food supplies transported from the south.
• As of 22 October, 1,020,000 meals were being prepared and delivered daily by 20 partners through 171 kitchens – 72,000 meals by 14 kitchens in the north and 948,000 meals by 157 kitchens in south-central Gaza.
• Around 100,000 two-kilogram bread bundles are being produced daily at nine UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. In the north, six additional bakeries will start production over the night of 22 October after receiving fuel and flour. The bread is distributed either for free through partners across over 230 locations or sold via more than 20 contracted retailers at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle.
• Between 15 and 22 October, 150 mt of concentrated animal fodder was collected from the Kerem Shalom crossing. The fodder for small ruminants - mostly sheep, goats, cattle and donkeys supporting humanitarian service delivery - is being repackaged into 50-kilogram bags for distribution to over 1,700 herders in Deir al Balah.

Nutrition

• Nutrition partners are actively scaling up their response efforts. Since the ceasefire began, over 20 new nutrition sites have been opened, including six in Gaza city, bringing the total number of functional sites to over 150, 12 of which are located in the north. To support the reopening of these sites, the Cluster has provided 53 high-performance tents to partners.
• Additionally, 20 mobile health and nutrition teams are being deployed across the Strip to deliver life-saving nutrition interventions in hard-to-reach areas — doubling the number compared to pre-ceasefire levels.
• This week, the Cluster dispatched 885 boxes of therapeutic food, sufficient to treat over 1,200 children suffering from acute malnutrition, as well as more than 32,000 jars of baby food to support dietary diversity for approximately 760 infants and young children for two weeks.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• In the past two days, WASH Cluster partners distributed approximately 600,000 baby diapers, 11,000 jerry cans, 5,800 household-level hygiene kits, 3,000 buckets, and 280 disability kits to support affected communities.
• A total of 142 water tanks with a 2,000-litre capacity have been collected into Gaza to expand water community points and reduce water distribution at the back of the trucks. Around 240 handwashing stations to be installed in Child Friendly and Temporary Learning Spaces have also safely reached warehouses.
• The Cluster has begun constructing household latrines for the most vulnerable families utilizing a new kit designed to enable the rapid set up of safe and dignified household sanitation facilities. Presently, 4,000 kits are available.
• Preparations are ongoing to discharge the Al-Amal stormwater basin pond in Khan Younis, which is full of accumulated wastewater, to prevent overflow into residential areas.
• On 22 October, water leakage was reported at two locations along the Mekorot pipeline in Khan Younis. Repairs will commence in the coming days.
• The Cluster assessed the Az-Zaytoun stormwater basin and associated infrastructure, revealing severe damage.

Shelter

• Two Cluster partners are continuing assessments to identify the most vulnerable households to inform the distribution of 1,600 tents. In parallel, another partner is conducting assessments and preparing beneficiary lists for the planned distribution of 6,700 blankets.

Site Management

• On 22 October, the Site Management Cluster observed nearly 10,500 movements of people across the Strip, of which 82 per cent were from south to north. Over the past week, most displacement sites in Gaza city recorded an increase in population, with over 435,000 people arriving in the north from Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis since 10 October.
• To ensure effective site management and improve living conditions for displaced families, partners have been conducting field visits to sites in Khan Younis, Deir al Balah, and Gaza city, providing orientation sessions for site representatives on core site management roles and responsibilities and foster community participation in ongoing winterization activities. Key recommendations and observations were documented to inform future interventions and enhance operational strategies, with a focus on protection and accountability to the affected populations. In addition, community mobilizers were deployed to displacement sites managed by the Cluster to bolster support for Site Management Committees, improve coordination, and ensure consistent on-site service monitoring.

Protection

• On 23 October, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Area of Responsibility conducted an orientation session for five specialized GBV partners on the updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cash assistance under case management, to strengthen their capacity to provide prompt and effective cash support to vulnerable GBV survivors. The SOP was revised in response to liquidity challenges faced by many GBV survivors, particularly women and girls returning to Gaza city and who remain displaced elsewhere in the Strip and require immediate support.

Education

• On 23 October, a Cluster partner completed a rapid assessment of community-led education initiatives and Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) in northern and southern Gaza to support the resumption of learning activities.
• Two more TLSs are ready to commence educational and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) activities, while five additional TLSs (two in Khan Younis and three in Deir al Balah) are being established as part of the Cluster’s scale-up response plan. However, shortages of supplies and tents continue to constrain the expansion of TLSs to serve more children, particularly in northern Gaza.
• A total of 45 teachers and facilitators were trained on emergency teaching and learning strategies, social-emotional learning, and basic service delivery skills within learning spaces.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.

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24 oktober 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #334
Gaza Strip

23 October 2025

Children in Gaza take part in social and emotional learning sessions at Temporary Learning Spaces established under the “Healing Through Learning” project. Photo by War Child Holland

Key Highlights

• Two years of hostilities have more than doubled the need for mental health care in the Gaza Strip, from around 485,000 to over one million people, according to the World Health Organization.
• Only 10 per cent of all internally displaced people reside in collective centres, including UNRWA-designated emergency shelters, while the majority remain in overcrowded, makeshift sites, many of which were set up spontaneously in open or unsafe areas, the Site Management Cluster reports.
• On 22 October, the first medical evacuation from Gaza since 29 September was facilitated by the World Health Organization, with 41 patients and 145 companions exiting via Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing.
• The UN and its partners continue to scale up operations where possible as outlined in the 60-day plan, expanding their presence in areas that were previously inaccessible and increasing assistance to meet enormous needs.

Context Overview

• On 19 October, following an incident in Rafah in which two Israeli soldiers were killed, the Israeli military carried out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties (see more information below). About 5,000 displacement movements were subsequently recorded from the eastern areas of Khan Younis, many of whom reportedly returned the following day.
• The renewed enforcement of the ceasefire, which initially came into effect at noon on 10 October, was announced on 19 October, after which a general calm was reportedly observed across the Gaza Strip. On 20 October, the Israeli military, which maintains presence in more than 50 per cent of the Gaza Strip, announced that works began to demarcate the Yellow Line separating the ceasefire zone from the Israeli military-controlled area.
• Between 13 and 21 October, according to official reports cited in the media, 20 Israeli hostages and the bodies of 15 deceased Israeli hostages were returned from Gaza to Israeli authorities, and 1,968 Palestinian detainees were released from Israeli detention centres. According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, as of 22 October, the bodies of 195 Palestinians were returned to the Gaza Strip, of which only 57 were identified. MoH reported that many bodies were mutilated, with some handcuffed, blind-folded, bearing signs of being run over by military vehicles, or disfigured beyond recognition.
• According to MoH in Gaza, between 15 and 22 October, 151 Palestinians were killed, and 204 were injured, and 77 bodies were recovered from under the rubble. This brings the casualty toll among Palestinians since 7 October 2023, as reported by MoH, to 68,234 fatalities and 170,373 injuries. MoH reported that since the ceasefire came into effect, 88 Palestinians were killed, 315 were injured and 436 bodies were retrieved from under the rubble. On 20 October, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) spokesperson reported that although an estimated 10,000 bodies remain buried under destroyed buildings, their teams continue to face critical shortages of heavy and specialized equipment, along with grave risks from unexploded ordnance, that hinder retrieval efforts. The handling of decomposed bodies also exposes rescuers to serious infection and health risks, PCD spokesperson added.
• According to the Israeli military, between 15 and 22 October, as of noon, two Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, bringing the casualty toll among Israeli soldiers since the beginning of the Israeli ground operation in October 2023 to 470 fatalities and 2,967 injuries. According to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,670 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. As of noon on 22 October 2025, it is estimated that the bodies of 13 deceased hostages remain in the Gaza Strip.
• Over the past week, airstrikes and artillery shelling were reported across the Gaza Strip, particularly on 17 and 19 October. On 17 October, a bus carrying internally displaced people (IDPs) was hit, killing 11 Palestinians, including seven children, two women and two men, who were reportedly heading to check on their homes in Az Zaytoun area in eastern Gaza city. According to PCD, its teams initially recovered nine bodies when they were able to reach the area the next day, following approval by Israeli authorities. On 19 October, at least four Palestinian children were reportedly killed and several others were injured when an UNRWA school-turned-shelter was shelled by Israeli forces in An Nuseirat refugee camp, in Deir al Balah, according to UNRWA. Other key incidents on 19 October mainly took place in Deir al Balah, including: a strike at the entrance of a coffeeshop that reportedly killed six Palestinians; a strike on a chalet that served as the main office of the Palestinian Media Production (PMP) company that reportedly killed a journalist and the son of another journalist; a strike on an IDP tent that reportedly killed six Palestinians; and a strike on a house that reportedly killed four Palestinians.
• As of 21 October, according to the UN 2720 mechanism, about 199,000 metric tons (MT) of aid, of which about 73 per cent are food supplies, are in the pipeline after being approved and cleared by the Israeli authorities. These supplies are positioned across the region, including Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and the West Bank, and are ready for dispatch, with some shipments already on the way to Gaza, as daily deliveries continue. Between 10 and 21 October, according to the UN 2720 mechanism, 43 aid cargo requests submitted by 12 local and international NGOs were denied by Israeli authorities on the grounds that the organizations were not authorized to bring relief items into Gaza. The rejected items comprised about 2,712 MT of relief materials and included supplies from the food security, health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and shelter clusters.
• As of 13 October, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement, coordination requests for humanitarian movements within these areas are no longer required. Coordination with Israeli authorities continues to be required for convoy movements to Gaza’s crossings as well as other areas that remain under Israeli military control. Between 15 and 21 October, aid organizations coordinated with the Israeli authorities to collect cargo from the two operational crossings (Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem and Kissufim), as well as to conduct rescue and road repair missions, carry out assessments, and for the crossing of humanitarian personnel; out of 59 missions, 31 were facilitated, 10 were cancelled, 15 were impeded, and three were denied. Since the ceasefire took effect, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism, there has been a reduction in the interception of supplies collected by the UN and its partners from Gaza’s crossings. Between 10 and 21 October, nine per cent of collected supplies were reportedly intercepted, compared with about 80 per cent previously.

Displacement Movements and Shelter Conditions

• According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), movements of people across the Gaza Strip continue to be fluid, as people attempt to return to their hometowns if accessible or seek to settle in areas that have relatively better access to essential services. Since 10 October, about 546,000 movements of people were recorded by SMC partners, including nearly 435,000 movements crossing from southern to northern Gaza, primarily through Al Rashid Road. Some reverse movements to southern Gaza were recorded, reportedly due to the lack of essential services in the north, and over 96,000 movements were observed from western to eastern Khan Younis.
• Since 10 October, SMC partners have documented the (re-)establishment of 12 displacement sites in northern Gaza (mainly in Gaza city), with an estimated population of about 10,000 people. Over the past week, field assessments by humanitarian partners in the area indicate that most people in these sites report that drinking water, adequate shelter and food aid are their key priorities. Based on Shelter Cluster partners’ observations, many people in Gaza city are living in unsafe buildings that have been fully or partially damaged, noting that extensive destruction and massive rubble obstruct access to homes and neighbourhoods and limit the amount of land available for setting up displacement sites.
• In southern Gaza, an SMC partner recently gained access to, and conducted an assessment at, six displacement sites hosting about 6,500 people in Al Mawasi area of Rafah. These sites had largely been isolated and underserved due to their proximity to former Israeli military operation zones. While families have shown strong self-organization through informal committees and local solidarity networks, the assessment identified acute humanitarian needs, including fragile shelter conditions, limited water delivery, lack of sanitation, high flood risk, and limited access to healthcare.
• The SMC estimates that, as of 21 October, around one million people are residing in about 800 displacement sites across the Gaza Strip, noting that these figures fluctuate daily as people move in response to changing conditions. The vast majority of IDPs are in makeshift and scattered sites in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, where severe overcrowding persists. Many of these sites were spontaneously established by displaced families along roads, in open areas, agricultural lands, or along the coast. Some displaced families have been forced to set up shelters in hazardous areas, where soil erosion poses severe risks, especially with the imminent onset of rain. SMC estimates that only about 10 per cent of IDPs live in collective centres, such as former schools, markets, and health facilities, including UNRWA-designated emergency shelters, many of which have sustained significant damage during recent military incursions, further constraining available capacity. According to UNRWA, as of 16 October, about 70,000 people are estimated to reside in over 70 designated UNRWA shelters and surrounding areas.
• Overall, according to the Shelter Cluster, access to adequate shelter remains a top priority, with about 1.5 million people estimated to require emergency shelter items. Between 10 and 21 October, tents and other shelter items entered the Gaza Strip, mainly through bilateral donations. Shelter Cluster partners continue to face major limitations in bringing into Gaza their supply pipeline, with only four out of 18 partners currently approved by Israeli authorities to bring shelter items into Gaza. According to the Shelter Cluster, since shelter items were approved for entry into Gaza on 16 September, more than 4,700 tents, about 25,000 blankets and 5,000 tarpaulins were distributed by partners in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah. According to the Shelter Cluster, partners are gradually reestablishing their presence in northern Gaza, including by addressing logistical challenges related to securing office spaces and identifying suitable distribution points and warehouses.

Food Security

• Food Security Sector (FSS) partners continue to expand efforts to address the urgent food security situation in the Gaza Strip through a combination of daily hot meals, bread production and food parcel distribution. As of 21 October, daily meal production had reached 945,000 across Gaza, with 165 kitchens in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates providing 872,000 daily meals and 14 kitchens in Gaza Governorate providing 73,000 daily meals. Days before the ceasefire, the World Food Programme (WFP) restarted nine bakeries it once supported, which are producing more than 100,000 two-kilogramme flatbread bundles. Partners are focusing on enhancing bread quality by adjusting production hours and improving storage practices and pickup schedules. Food parcel distribution, which resumed on 13 October, has reached more than 30,000 households as of 20 October. Food parcels are available at 27 distribution points in neighbourhoods where people live in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis and seven distribution points in Gaza city, with plans underway to expand to 145 sites since, according to WFP, this is a central pillar of pushing back hunger by ensuring that families have a steady supply of food and begin rebuilding a minimum level of food security.
• It has been more than 40 days since humanitarian food convoys directly entered northern Gaza and on 21 October, WFP reported that there had not been large scale convoys into northern Gaza since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October; this is the area where the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed a famine in August. FSS notes that it is taking more time for partners to resume their operations compared with the previous ceasefire due to the level of destruction and the resupply challenges, but partners are working this week to send more food supplies to the north to resume general food parcel distribution and bread production as well as expand cooked meal delivery. FSS stresses that the opening of direct crossings to the north is vital to ensure that sufficient aid reaches people as soon as possible. According to the IPC global initiative, due to the highly volatile conditions in recent weeks and significant population movements, it has not been feasible to conduct a reliable analysis. The next IPC analysis for the Gaza Strip is tentatively planned for November, with the aim of capturing the latest developments more comprehensively, it reported.
• Between 15 October and 20 October, 150 MT of concentrated animal fodder was collected from Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing. The fodder for small ruminants (mostly sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys supporting humanitarian service delivery) is being repackaged for distribution to animal herders in Deir al Balah. FSS underscores the importance of protecting surviving livestock to improve access to a diversity of foods, resuming local production of milk and dairy products, and securing animal transport which supports “last mile” delivery of water and other essential supplies. This is especially critical given widespread destruction of agricultural lands, severe soil contamination with war remnants, and hindered access to arable land, making large areas either inaccessible, dangerous or unsuitable for agricultural use and the expansion of local food production.

Protection Risks

• According to a protection monitoring exercise conducted by Protection Cluster teams between 24 September and 15 October, communities continue to report major protection risks across the Gaza Strip. Stressors driving expanding risks include the prolonged loss of income and lack of food, and are resulting in negative coping mechanisms, especially affecting female-headed households, forcing families to sell their belongings and depend on scarce humanitarian aid. Many families continue to live in overcrowded makeshift shelters that offer little privacy or protection from weather elements. The lack of secure, lockable spaces is causing heightened anxiety and risks of harassment, particularly for women and girls. Communities also expressed limited access to safe and dignified WASH facilities, increasing risks of harassment and disease, in addition to widespread psychological distress and heightened risks of gender-based violence (GBV) amid displacement and poor living conditions.
• Heightened protection risks in Gaza affect all segments of the population, according to the Protection Cluster’s monitoring report. Women and girls bear the heavy burden of caregiving under unsafe conditions, facing increased risks of harassment and GBV, compounded by chronic stress and exhaustion. Older persons and persons with disabilities struggle to access basic services and depend heavily on caregiver support due to mobility and infrastructure barriers. Men, traditionally viewed as family providers, report severe psychological distress as displacement and loss of livelihoods undermine their ability to care for their families, eroding their sense of dignity and purpose. Children remain among the most affected, exposed to unsafe environments, poor hygiene, and disrupted education, with growing risks of child labour and early marriage.
• To enable safe service delivery, the Protection Cluster is working to mainstream awareness on explosive remnants of war (ERW) across the humanitarian response, noting that that the risk of exposure to explosive ordnance (EO) is heightened as people return to areas that witnessed heavy military presence and have become newly accessible. Since 10 October, partners have continued to carry out EO risk education sessions and mine action partners have continued to conduct explosive hazard assessments to enable partners to safely open roads and conduct repairs to damaged infrastructure.
• In parallel, protection partners are seeking to expand assessments and targeted service delivery to meet the specific needs of various vulnerable groups across the Gaza Strip. For example, a new safe space for women and girls was established within Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Younis, to provide integrated GBV services. Service points were additionally reactivated in places that were previously inaccessible, especially in Gaza city, where offices, safe spaces and community help points have reopened and assessments have been conducted. Assessments and services remain limited in North Gaza due to safety, access and infrastructure constraints although some partners have resumed activities in the governorate, including one child protection partner who has reached children with case management services, including for separated and unaccompanied children.

Access to Health Care

• Health Cluster partners continue to restore services and expand capacity of health facilities in line with the 60-day response plan. Between 10 and 22 October, five new health service points were established, including a primary health centre and a medical point in Deir al Balah, two medical points in Khan Younis, and one medical point in Gaza city. Also in Gaza city, an international emergency medical team (EMT) was deployed to Al Shifa Hospital to boost capacity for orthopaedic surgery and trauma care and set up two new operating theatres, and construction began on a new field hospital in Al-Kateeba area, which will comprise 100 beds and is expected to be operational next month. In southern Gaza, 10 neonatal ventilators were installed across three hospitals to expand neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) capacity. In parallel, since 10 October, health partners have been able to bring into Gaza much needed diagnostic and curative medical supplies, while other critical shortages continued to be reported by partners. This week, one partner was forced to suspend rehabilitation outreach activities due to a lack of medical consumables for dressing wounds, including gauze. Elective surgeries were also suspended at St John’s Hospital and the Kuwaiti Specialist Hospital amid shortages of essential drugs, disposables, and IV solutions.
• On 22 October, the first medical evacuation since 29 September was facilitated by WHO, with 41 patients and 145 companions exiting via Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing. According to WHO, about 15,600 patients, including 3,800 children, urgently require medical care unavailable in Gaza and are awaiting medical evacuation. On 21 October, in an open letter calling on world leaders to ensure that the ceasefire leads to a scale up of medical evacuations, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stressed: “Today, a patient with complex trauma-related injuries, or life-threatening and chronic conditions, such as cancer or kidney failure, faces the same impossible reality as before the ceasefire. For these patients, medical evacuation is their only chance of survival.”
• Mental health care needs in the Gaza Strip are equally immense, more than doubling from about 485,000 to over one million people following two years of hostilities, according to WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), repeated exposure to trauma, displacement, loss, and the destruction of essential infrastructure, including healthcare facilities, have deepened the crisis, affecting children, women, the elderly, people with disabilities, IDPs, frontline workers, and survivors of detention and torture. The report found that the prevalence of mental health disorders has sharply increased, with higher rates of depression, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms. Children and adolescents are particularly affected, showing widespread distress such as nightmares, aggression, and fear. Over 80 per cent of displaced people report anxiety, despair, and helplessness, while vulnerable groups face heightened psychological risks due to the loss of social networks, disruption of routines, and lack of specialized care.
• Since October 2023, WHO has trained over 1,000 health workers to strengthen mental health support at all levels of care. However, as people in Gaza attempt to rebuild their lives, mental health is at an all-time low and related services remain limited, WHO added.
• UNRWA, one of the largest providers of emergency learning and psychosocial support (PSS) in the Gaza Strip, has maintained and expanded its interventions. Since October 2023, and with 236 school counsellors and over 300 assistant counsellors, UNRWA has conducted more than 330,000 PSS sessions for approximately 730,000 displaced persons, including over half a million children, and supported 240,000 displaced persons through psychological first aid, case management, and family and individual activities. This included 2,793 survivors of GBV, 5,409 children (of whom 2,245 were unaccompanied), and 28,901 persons with disabilities. Between 16 and 22 October 2025, UNRWA’s health teams, including 49 psychiatrists, counsellors and supervisors, continued to provide MHPSS services in Gaza city, Deir al Balah, and Khan Younis, responding to 3,266 cases through individual consultations, psychological first aid, and awareness sessions.

Water and Sanitation

• According to the WASH cluster, partners are working to address critical needs generated by widespread damage to WASH infrastructure. Over the past 10 days, key achievements include: 500 metres of damaged pipes were replaced at Al Samer Sewage Pumping Station, in Gaza city; Al Rawda water wells in Az Zawaida, in Deir al Balah, were rehabilitated; and repairs were completed on one of the lines connected to the Mekorot pipeline coming from Israel to Gaza city, allowing an additional water filling station to become operational. In Gaza city, partners have prioritized the repair of two out of six destroyed wells in Al Zahra and Al Mughraqa areas. As of 20 October, partners are distributing water through trucked operations to 1,870 collection points across the Strip.
• On 19 October, the Gaza Municipality reported that severe damage to Ash Sheikh Radwan stormwater collection pond and its associated facilities included damage to the drainage pipelines connecting it to the sea and to the pumping systems and power generators, resulting in a complete halt in drainage operations. The Municipality indicated that the rising water level is caused by the infiltration of wastewater due to the destruction of sewer networks and pumping stations, warning that the failure to drain the accumulated water could pose serious flooding risks to nearby residents as the winter approaches. The Municipality further reported that the extensive damage sustained by the B7 wastewater pumping station in Az Zaytoun neighbourhood of eastern Gaza city has exacerbated the city’s sanitation crisis, characterized by sewage overflows and environmental contamination.

Funding

• As of 22 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.3 billion out of the $4 billion (32 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2025, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totalling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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23 oktober 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #333
West Bank

23 October 2025

Olive trees cut and vandalized by Israeli settlers on 11 October 2025 in Al Mughayyir village, in Ramallah governorate. Photo by OCHA

Key Highlights

• Forty children have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025, including a nine-year-old boy in Hebron governorate on 16 October.
• Israeli forces have continued to carry out large-scale raids across the northern West Bank, especially affecting Jenin governorate where 65 Palestinians have been killed, or about a third of all fatalities in the West Bank in 2025.
• OCHA has documented 86 settler attacks related to the olive harvest season against Palestinian farmers and families across 50 villages and towns since early October, disrupting harvesting activities, injuring some 112 Palestinians, and vandalizing more than 3,000 trees and saplings.
• More than 90 education-related incidents in the West Bank disrupted learning for more than 12,000 students between July and September 2025, the Education Cluster reports.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 14 and 20 October, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including one child, across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. During the same period, 81 Palestinians, including 10 children and 11 women, and two Israeli soldiers were injured. Of the injured Palestinians, 59 were by Israeli forces and 22 by Israeli settlers. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:
  • On 16 October, Israeli forces killed a nine-year-old Palestinian child in Ar Rihiya village, south of Hebron city, during a raid in which Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at Palestinians and Palestinians threw stones at the forces. According to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the boy was shot by Israeli forces while playing football. According to Israeli media sources, the Israeli military has opened an investigation into the incident. This fatality brings to 40 the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2025 across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, accounting for one in every five Palestinians killed during this period (40 children out of 198 Palestinians killed).
  • On 16 October, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid in Qabatiya town, south of Jenin city. After he was shot, the man was treated on site by medical teams and then transported to the town’s clinic, where he was pronounced dead. According to the Israeli military, its troops shot at a man who threw an explosive device at them. No casualties were reported among Israeli forces. Since the beginning of the year, 65 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin governorate, the highest number among all governorates and representing about one-third of the 198 Palestinian fatalities in the West Bank so far in 2025.
  • On 19 October, during the early morning hours, undercover Israeli forces raided Ein Beit al-Ma’ refugee camp in Nablus city, surrounded a residential building and opened fire. According to community sources, a Palestinian man, a father of four, was fatally shot by Israeli forces inside his home in another building. According to medical sources, Israeli forces delayed medical teams trying to reach the shot man and physically assaulted a paramedic. A female relative of the killed Palestinian was also physically assaulted by Israeli forces. Another man was shot, injured and arrested by Israeli forces.
• On 19 October, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner from Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin governorate, who had been detained since February 2025, died in Israeli custody. As of early October 2025, according to data provided by the Israel prison service (IPS) to Hamoked, an Israeli human rights NGO, there were 11,056 Palestinians in Israeli custody, including 1,461 sentenced prisoners, 3,378 remand detainees, 3,544 administrative detainees held without trial, and 2,673 people held as “unlawful combatants”. These figures do not include Palestinians from Gaza who have been detained by the Israeli military since 7 October 2023. According to OHCHR, between 7 October 2023 and 17 October 2025, at least 77 Palestinians, including a 17-year-old child, died in Israeli detention, including 49 from the Gaza Strip, 26 from the West Bank and two Palestinian citizens of Israel.
• On 15 October, a Palestinian man from Az Zababdeh town, in Jenin governorate, died after being detained by Israeli forces while attempting to cross the Barrier near Ar Ram town in East Jerusalem. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. His body was later handed over to Palestinian medical teams and transferred to a hospital in the West Bank. During the reporting period, nine Palestinians were injured across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, while they were attempting to cross the Barrier to reach East Jerusalem and Israel, including one in Hebron governorate, seven in Jerusalem, and one in Qalqiliya. Since 7 October 2023, when Israeli authorities revoked or suspended most permits issued for Palestinian workers and others to gain access to East Jerusalem and Israel, OCHA has documented 153 incidents in which Palestinians were killed or injured while trying to cross the Barrier, reportedly to access workplaces in East Jerusalem and Israel. These incidents, which resulted in the killing of 14 Palestinians and the injury of about 190 others by Israeli forces, have occurred against the backdrop of a severe economic downturn in the West Bank.
• According to OHCHR in OPT, between 7 October 2023 and 20 October 2025, 1,001 Palestinians, including 213 children (206 boys and seven girls), 20 women, and at least seven persons with disabilities, have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This figure represents 43 per cent of all Palestinians killed in the West Bank over the past two decades. The Office attributed most of these fatalities to “the systematic and excessive use of lethal force by Israeli forces, often involving live fire, airstrikes, and shoulder-fired missiles in densely populated areas, resulting in numerous civilian deaths, including children.” It also reported that 331 of these killings raise serious concerns of extrajudicial executions, and in at least 244 cases, Israeli forces delayed or obstructed medical assistance to the injured. The report further highlighted that settler attacks have reached unprecedented levels, with 33 Palestinians, including three children, killed by settlers or by settlers and Israeli forces acting together. The Office noted that Israeli authorities have rarely initiated or concluded investigations into incidents involving the use of lethal force or settler violence, perpetuating a pattern of impunity and raising grave concerns about the protection of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
• During the reporting period, OCHA documented the demolition of five Palestinian-owned structures due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain, displacing five people, including a child. These included an under-construction two-storey residential building and three agricultural structures in Area C and one home demolished by its owners in East Jerusalem. Since the beginning of 2025, OCHA has documented the demolition of over 1,300 structures, including more than 300 inhabited residential structures, in the West Bank due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits.

Operations in the Northern West Bank

• In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces continued large-scale operations across cities, towns, and villages as part of the ongoing operation that began in early 2025. These raids have involved extensive search operations, detention, property damage, and restrictions on movement.
• In Jenin governorate, Israeli forces have intensified operations since 25 September, conducting frequent daytime patrols and raids in Jenin city and surrounding areas, including searches of commercial and residential buildings. On 14 October, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian woman in the leg during a raid in Qabatiya town, south of Jenin city. The woman was transferred to hospital for treatment. During the operation, Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters, while Palestinians threw stones. On 20 October, at night, Israeli forces detained six Palestinian youths, between 16 and 18 years of age, in the Jabriyat area, between Birqin village and Jenin refugee camp. The six were held overnight and released the following evening, including five who were transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
• In Qalqiliya governorate, on 16 October, Israeli forces conducted a 17-hour operation in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqiliya city. Late at night, forces raided the town, closed all its entrances with military vehicles, searched several homes, and took over two houses, turning them into military posts without evacuating their residents. Movement of people within the town was restricted throughout the operation, and several Palestinians were reportedly physically assaulted by Israeli forces, including two who received medical treatment on site. Five Palestinians were arrested. On the same day, during the daytime, Israeli forces carried out multiple raids in Qalqiliya city, searching homes and interrogating residents. Confrontations ensued, during which Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters, while Palestinians threw stones. One Palestinian was treated for tear gas inhalation, and four others were arrested.
• In Tubas governorate, on 18 October, an explosive device detonated in the centre of Tubas city, injuring two Israeli soldiers during a raid by forces. Following the explosion, Israeli forces, accompanied by two military bulldozers, carried out an 11-hour raid in the city, searching at least five homes, damaging roads, water infrastructure and other property, and blocking two main roads linking Tubas city and Tammun town with earth mounds. The closures disrupted movement and water supply for about 24 hours, affecting more than 10,000 residents. During the operation, Israeli forces detonated an explosive device inside an apartment in a residential building after ordering residents to evacuate. The explosion caused partial damage to the apartment, but no displacement was reported. The operation concluded with the arrest of a Palestinian man.
• In Tulkarm governorate, on 19 October, nearly 35 families residing in three residential buildings in northern Tulkarm city returned to their homes after they were informed by Israeli authorities, through the Palestinian District Coordination Liaison (DCL), that they could do so. These families had been displaced by Israeli forces since March 2025, amid ongoing operations in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. Since that time, the three residential buildings had been used by Israeli forces as military observation points.

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 14 and 20 October, OCHA documented 49 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. More than 65 per cent of the attacks (32) occurred in the context of the olive harvest season, which officially started on 9 October, affecting Palestinians in 25 villages and towns. The attacks led to the injury of 49 Palestinians and two international activists accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters. Of the injured Palestinians, 26 were injured by Israeli forces, mostly due to tear gas inhalation, 22 by Israeli settlers, and one woman was injured while trying to escape a settler attack. Over 200 Palestinian-owned olive trees and 18 vehicles were vandalized. Moreover, according to Israeli media reports, on 17 October, Palestinians shot live ammunition at an Israeli motorcycle travelling along Road 60, in Ramallah governorate, causing damage.
• Key incidents of Israeli settler attacks that caused injuries, damage to property and displacement between 14 and 20 October include:
  • On 18 October, settlers physically assaulted and injured with sticks and stones a Palestinian couple (aged 64 and 58 years) while they were working on their land near Susiya village, in Hebron governorate.
  • On 18 October, Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian Bedouin community on the outskirts of Deir Nidham village, in Ramallah governorate, and threw stones at residential houses, damaging glass windows. According to village residents, following the establishment of a settlement outpost near the village in late July 2025, attacks by Israeli settlers have escalated, including frequent raids into the village, stone throwing at houses at night, and restrictions on Palestinian access to nearby agricultural lands and pastures.
  • On 20 October, Israeli settlers from a newly established settlement outpost broke into Palestinian homes and other structures in Furush Beit Dajan, in Area C of Nablus governorate, stole belongings and damaged solar lights. The structures belonged to four out of 29 herding families – comprising 139 people including 66 children – who were displaced on 8 October due to frequent settler attacks and intimidation; the families had dismantled most of their structures and relocated to several areas in Jericho, Ramallah and Nablus governorates. Following the 20 October incident, four families went back to their community to dismantle what remains of their structures and collect belongings, but they were forced to leave by Israeli settlers who set up an outpost in the community on 19 October. Since October 2023, more than 3,200 Palestinians, including over 1,600 children, have been forcibly displaced due to settler violence and access restrictions, mainly affecting Bedouin and herding communities in Area C of the West Bank.

2025 Olive Harvest Season

• Since the beginning of October 2025, some 86 olive-harvest-related settler attacks resulting in casualties and/or property damage have been recorded, including several incidents reported in the days before the official start of the season on 9 October. Incidents entailed attacks on farmers inside or on their way to olive groves, theft of crops and harvesting equipment, and vandalism of olive trees. In total, 50 villages and towns have been affected by a range of attacks that resulted in the injury of 112 Palestinians (including 50 by Israeli settlers and 62 by Israeli forces) and vandalism of over 3,000 trees and saplings, mainly olives. This is compared with 80 incidents in 48 villages and towns that led to the injury of 50 Palestinians (including 44 by Israeli settlers and six by Israeli forces) and vandalism of more than 1,000 trees and saplings during the corresponding period in 2024.
• Palestinian DCLs have been submitting to Israeli authorities the requests of Palestinian farmers for permits to access olive groves in the so-called “Seam Zone” areas located between the Barrier and the 1949 Armistice Line. For areas where permits have already been issued, farmers reported limited opening days and hours of Barrier gates, long waiting times, extensive searches, and occasional denials of access at the gates by Israeli forces. Access to lands near Israeli settlements has followed a similar pattern of restrictions. For instance, in the Ramallah governorate, some farmers were granted access to their lands for a limited number of days, such as farmers from Ein Yabrud village who were granted access to their lands near Ofra settlement only between 20 and 22 October and others from Sinjil village who are scheduled to access their lands near Ma’ale Levona settlement between 27 and 30 October. In the northern West Bank, similar to the situation over the past two years, no requests for access to Palestinian land inside or within 100-200 metres of settlement boundaries have been approved through “prior coordination” with Israeli authorities. In the southern West Bank, initial information indicates that no prior coordination requests for accessing agricultural lands near settlements have been approved to date. Overall, the coordination schedule for agricultural access is still pending finalization and this process is expected to continue through mid-November.
• In the past week, the majority of olive-harvest-related settler attacks occurred in the central West Bank, with 17 recorded incidents in 14 villages and towns, the majority in the Ramallah governorate. In one attack carried out by masked settlers on 19 October in the area between the villages of Turmusa’yya, Al Mughayyir and Khirbet Abu Falah, settlers attacked families with stones and sticks while they were harvesting olives, set two olive trees and four vehicles on fire, and stole at least three bags of harvested olives. They chased two men in their vehicle and attacked them with sticks, injuring one in the head, then set the vehicle on fire. Another group of settlers approached families and hit a 71-year-old woman with a club on the head, causing her to lose consciousness. A foreign activist who attempted to assist the woman was also attacked and physically assaulted.
• Incidents in the northern West Bank accounted for the second-largest number of attacks, with 12 recorded incidents across 10 villages in Salfit, Tulkarm, Nablus, Jenin and Qalqiliya governorates. The incidents resulted in the injury of 19 Palestinians, including 11 due to tear gas inhalation by Israeli forces and others due to physical assaults by Israeli settlers or forces, and damage to 10 olive trees. In one attack on 17 October, dozens of Israeli settlers, some of whom were armed, raided the eastern side of Qabalan village, southeast of Nablus, where 12 Palestinian families were harvesting olives, and opened fire. Settlers then physically assaulted and injured three people, including a 10-year-old child, and vandalized four Palestinian vehicles.
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and September 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank September 2025 Snapshot.

Challenges facing Access to Education

• As of 20 October, 85 schools across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are under pending demolition or stop-work orders, of which 55 face full demolition, while 30 are subject to partial orders affecting specific structures, according to the Education Cluster. These orders, if implemented, threaten the education of over 13,000 students, including 6,557 girls, who are supported by 1,089 teachers, 649 of whom are female, the Cluster added. In addition, numerous other schools, although not under active demolition orders, remain at serious risk due to being located in Area C communities that face the threat of forced displacement.
• Between July and September 2025, the Education Cluster documented 93 education-related incidents, the majority of which entailed access impediments (40 per cent) and the entry of military forces into schools (38 per cent) and took place inside or around school premises and on the way to or from schools. Access incidents include those where operations by Israeli forces have forced school closures and shifts to remote learning. In total, the incidents affected 68 schools, including 63 government schools and five UNRWA schools, 12,020 students, and 700 teachers. About 41 per cent of the incidents took place in Areas A and B, 34 per cent in Area C, 23 per cent in the H2 area of Hebron city, and two per cent in East Jerusalem. The Hebron governorate accounted for more than half of all incidents (48 out of the total 93 education-related incidents), particularly in the H2 area, where 21 incidents were documented. The Education Cluster further notes that “reporting from East Jerusalem remains limited due to access restrictions, security concerns, and threats faced by schools from Israeli authorities, which continue to hinder comprehensive data collection in the area.”
• Furthermore, access to education has been interrupted this year for more than 4,000 students at 10 UNRWA schools in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps which remain closed due the ongoing Israeli forces’ operation that began in January 2025. Most of the affected students are instead relying on alternative education modalities, including remote learning, self-study materials, and temporary learning spaces. In addition, out of four government schools near Jenin camp that were closed, two schools serving more than 1,100 secondary-level students were re-opened, following coordination between the Palestinian District Coordination and Liaison Office (DCL) and Israeli authorities, and two remain closed, forcing about 1,130 students to be temporally reallocated to different schools. In Tulkarm, all government schools near Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps have re-opened.

Funding

• As of 22 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.3 billion out of the $4 billion (32 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian responses in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totaling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs, and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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No amount of repression will stop the growing movement for Palestinian liberation

This year, we made history together!

Over 600 advocates from across the country, from New York all the way to Hawai’i, gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest coordinated advocacy effort for Palestine in U.S. history, a powerful demonstration of what people power looks like when guided by truth, conviction, and unwavering solidarity. And we did it during a government shutdown, while facing relentless attacks from Zionists and far-right extremists who tried to silence, smear, and intimidate us for daring to demand justice.

But we refused to be intimidated. We demonstrated that our movement cannot be shaken. Not by smear campaigns, not by fear, and not by a political establishment that continues to fund genocide while ignoring its own citizens.

Instead, we filled the halls of Congress with courage, discipline, and moral clarity. Our delegation held more than 200 meetings with both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, an unprecedented show of organized, grassroots pressure in defense of Palestinian human rights.

Together, we urged members of Congress to:

• End U.S. military aid to Israel, including offensive aid through the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565);
• Oppose displacement and annexation, and sanction extremist settlers committing violence with impunity;
• Reinstate humanitarian assistance to UNRWA; 
• Defend the free speech rights of Americans advocating for Palestinian freedom;
• Hold Israel accountable for killing and kidnapping Palestinian-Americans, like 16-year-old Mohamed Ibrahim, who the apartheid state has unjustly detained since February 2025.

Our collective advocacy sends an undeniable message: we will not back down. No amount of repression, fear-mongering, or political posturing will stop this growing movement for Palestinian liberation. The movement for Palestinian rights is no longer in the minority; it now represents the American majority, as confirmed by consistent and credible public opinion polls. Just as we refuse to be a silent majority, we will never accept violations of our constitutional rights or attempts to silence us through defamation.

This week was not the culmination of our movement; it was another beginning. The struggle for Palestinian freedom continues, and what we built together in Washington must ripple outward into every state, every district, and every community. Every call, every meeting, every act of civic resistance pushes us closer to a future rooted in justice, freedom, and equality for all.

Thank you for standing fearlessly for Palestine, for showing up when it matters most, and for proving once again that our movement cannot and will not be silenced.

We urge every single one of you to continue the vital work of advancing justice in Palestine and to demand accountability for all those complicit in the genocidal war on Gaza. As Americans, we reject every attempt to intimidate us or suppress our constitutional rights. We call on you to stand with us—support our efforts, amplify our voices, and join this historic movement to liberate Palestine and to free the United States from the grip of foreign lobbies that place their agendas above the will and welfare of the American people.

With resolve,

Dr. Osama Abu IrshaidExecutive Director, AJP Action

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Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 2

22 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• Rapid assessments of IDP shelters in Gaza city’s Az Zaytoun area highlight urgent need for safe drinking water provision, hygiene supplies, latrine and sewage network rehabilitation.
• WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 41 critical patients and 145 companions outside of Gaza. Two new field hospitals are being established in the northern and western parts of Gaza governorate.
• New Stabilization Center for the treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition opens in Khan Younis.
• First WFP convoy with food parcels dispatched from southern to northern Gaza will commence distribution imminently. Six WFP-contracted bakeries in northern Gaza are now repaired and ready to start bread production.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported receiving 30 bodies of deceased Palestinian detainees on 21 October, bringing the total since the start of the ceasefire to 195.

On 21 October, the Site Management Cluster counted nearly 9,400 displacement movements across the three Population Flow Monitoring Points set up to assess displacement patterns across the Gaza Strip. Overall, nearly 58,000 movements were observed in the last three days - 25,600 from western to eastern Khan Younis, with the remainder from southern to northern Gaza.

On 22 October, an inter-cluster team conducted multisectoral rapid assessments at two collective centers sheltering IDPs in the Az Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza city which are now hosting 205 newly returned families. This area was inaccessible prior to the ceasefire. Both communities reported a high prevalence of skin diseases due to poor hygiene conditions and lack of clean water. Residents at the first site reported consuming domestic water while those at the second travel back and forth multiple times to the nearest water point which is two kilometres away due to lack of sufficient jerricans. In both sites, there is a critical need to repair latrines and sewage systems to stop or avert sewage leakages. Services are extremely limited, with no medical point, mobile health services, or nutrition screening available. Beyond the urgent need for food, safe drinking water, hygiene materials, and equipment to repair water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, the community stressed the need for cash assistance to purchase winter clothing, shoes, tarpaulins, and kitchen sets.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 21 October

On 21 October, 177 UN and partner trucks were manifested through the Logistics Cluster. Of these, 147 were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings. Approximately 67 per cent of all cargo offloaded was food aid, followed by WASH items – mostly diapers and hygiene kits (29 per cent) – and tarps for emergency shelter assistance (3 per cent). Only 5 out of 11 convoys with shelter items dispatched from Jordan via the Back-to-Back modality offloaded, while six others were rejected due to metal bars used to secure the tent pallets.

During the same timeframe, at least 80 United Nations-coordinated trucks were collected from the crossings for distribution into Gaza. These include 803 pallets of food supplies – mostly rations, fresh vegetables, rice, and wheat flour; 380 pallets of WASH items – water tanks, handwashing stations, hygiene kits, buckets and latrine slabs; 98 pallets of eco pellets and stoves for community kitchens, as well as 340,500 litres of diesel collected via Kerem Shalom.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 22 October

A total of 222 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry under the Logistics Cluster on 22 October. These comprised 108 trucks with food supplies – wheat flour, rations, date bars, high-energy biscuits, yeast, canned vegetables and bulk supplies for kitchens; 51 with shelter items – tarps, tent fittings, ropes, blankets, clothes and shoes; 24 with WASH items as water jerrycans, hygiene kits and diapers; 14 with medical supplies, medicines and medical equipment, including monitors, ventilators, and incubators; 14 with post-partum kits, and 11 with non-food items for community kitchens.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 22 October is available yet, UNICEF safely uplifted 20 trucks with 473 pallets of baby diapers from Kerem Shalom. Two WFP food cargo uplift missions from Kissufim and Kerem Shalom also took place, but details remain unavailable.

With regard to fuel, UNOPS successfully collected four trucks with 159,000 litres of diesel from Kerem Shalom and distributed 118,084 litres of diesel and 1,231 litres of petrol for critical humanitarian operations.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• Through a south-to-north convoy, WFP dispatched food parcels to newly functional general food distribution (GFD) points in Gaza city, where they aim to resume household-level food parcel distributions.
• Between 15 and 20 October, 150 mt of concentrate fodder was collected into the Gaza Strip. The distribution to livestock holders started in Deir Al Balah on 21 October. More fodder is expected to enter in the coming days.
• On 21 October, 103,960 2-kilogram bread bundles were produced at the nine WFP-supported bakeries. Six additional contracted bakeries in northern Gaza are now repaired and ready for production, a further two bakeries have been assessed and ready for contracting.

Nutrition

• A partner opened a second Stabilization Center (SC) for the treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complications in Khan Younis, bringing the total number of SCs across the Gaza Strip to six—two sites per governorate in Gaza, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• The Al-Samer pumping station in Gaza city has completed the testing phase and is now operating normally, discharging directly to the sea after being repaired yesterday.
• The rehabilitation of Al-Sawarah sewage pumping station in Al-Zawaida, Deir al Balah, has been completed as the pressure pipeline clogged. The station is now operating normally.
• Maintenance of the Mekorot water pipeline in Nuseirat, northern Deir al Balah, was completed, with damaged sections of the main pipeline replaced to ensure continuous water supply and improve access for residents.

Health

• On 22 October, the World Health Organization facilitated the medical evacuation of 41 critical patients and their 145 companions outside of Gaza; this was the first medical evacuation since the onset of the ceasefire.
• The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is initiating a new field hospital in the northern part of Gaza city. The facility will initially consist of an out-patient department, in-patient department, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating theatre. In parallel, work by IMC continues to establish a field hospital in the Kaateba area, in the west of the Gaza governorate.
• Two Health Cluster partners conducted a family planning training session for 27 doctors, midwives, and nurses from local and international NGOs, UNRWA, and the Ministry of Health.

Shelter

• On 21 October, the Cluster distributed 300 tents to prioritized households in Khan Younis.

Protection

• Between 18 and 21 October, protection actors supported an estimated 21,000 people in displaced and returnee communities – key highlights:
  • Child Protection: Across all governorates, 3,000 children and caregivers were provided with psychosocial first aid, psychosocial support, case management and follow-ups for at-risk children, including those with disabilities.
  • Women’s Protection and GBV: Approximately 5,000 women and girls were provided with case management, psychosocial counseling, GBV/PSEA awareness, dignity and hygiene kits, life-skills sessions in safe spaces, as well as legal aid and mediation support.
  • On 22 October, GBV partners provided another 337 dignity kits and 512 menstrual hygiene items to women and girls across Gaza through Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSSs).
  • Currently, seven WGSSs are functional in Gaza city, 12 in Deir al-Balah, and 14 in Khan Younis, all providing essential GBV response services, including case management and psychosocial support to displaced women and girls.
  • Disability inclusion: About 370 children with disabilities received psychosocial and speech-therapy services, with nutritional-support components for over 300 children. Assistive devices and adult-care items were provided to 30 people.
  • Emergency relief: Partners distributed approximately 250 food parcels and emergency tents/hygiene kits to protection cases.
  • Legal aid: Over 300 legal consultations were provided and documentation cases supported, with family-mediation sessions also conducted ensuring child-parent reunification and custody support.
  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Approximately 900 participants engaged in therapeutic, support activities, group and individual counseling, including through mobile Mental Health and Psychosocial Support teams. “Helping the Helpers” sessions were conducted for over 140 frontline staff to mitigate burnout.
  • Mine Action: Mine Action partners provided technical expertise in three inter-agency missions. In parallel, 58 explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) facilitators delivered EORE sessions, reaching a total of 2,008 people across affected communities.

Education

• Distribution of hygiene kits is currently ongoing across 32 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, with 6,800 school-aged children reached thus far. The kits play a vital role in promoting good hygiene practices and supporting children’s health, dignity, and well-being within the TLS learning environment.
• WFP has begun distributing nutrition supplies – High-Energy Biscuits and fortified date bars – to school-aged children across 18 TLSs in Gaza. The aim is to address the nutritional needs of children amidst food shortages and encourage enrolment and attendance.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.

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Today's headlines

AIPAC has become so politically toxic that even centrist Democrats are abandoning the group

Michael Arria

As support for Israel plummets among U.S. voters, Democrats are distancing themselves from AIPAC, and the Israel lobby group is on the defensive.

In a landslide vote, McGill University professors and librarians endorse the academic and cultural boycott of Israel

Malek Abisaab, Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Michelle Hartman

In a 114-8 vote, the McGill Association of University Teachers endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The win came after years of organizing, demonstrating the collective power of professors, librarians, and students against genocide.

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The Broken Ceasefire.

Tell Congress: Block the Bombs.

For two years, the U.S. government has sent the Israeli military billions of dollars in weapons and bombs that it has used to carry out its mass slaughter of the people of Gaza. Today, more U.S. congresspeople than ever before support legislation to block the bombs.

With a ceasefire in place that cements Israeli impunity, now is the time to grow bolder in our demands. Use this tool from our sister organization JVP Action to email your reps today and tell them to stop arming Israel.

Tell Delaware AG: Investigate NGO responsible for aid massacres.

The Voice Memo

The Voice Memo, a resource focused on the evolving landscape of the Palestine solidarity movement from the perspective of JVP Executive Director Stefanie Fox, takes you behind the scenes to offer analysis and insight into what the current political moment means for our day-to-day work within JVP, within the broader movement, and beyond.

Stefanie’s latest post, “NSPM-7: Project Esther in Overdrive,” is out now.

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Waarom wij onze genocideposter maakten?

Ten tijde van een genocide moeten we ons uitspreken. Ook als dat ongemakkelijk is.

Sinds de uitspraak van het Internationaal Gerechtshof in januari 2024 is er de plicht voor landen om genocide te voorkomen. 

Het overgrote deel van de genocide-experts wereldwijd heeft geconcludeerd dat er in Gaza genocide heeft plaatsgevonden.

Tienduizenden kinderen gedood of verminkt.
Verhongerd. Overleden aan te voorkomen ziekten.
Omgekomen onder het puin. Platgereden door tanks.
Honderdduizenden voor het leven getraumatiseerd.

Bij Pauw & De Wit schoof gisteren Caroline van der Plas aan, samen met ons Raad van Advies-lid Sylvana Simons. Simons: “Mensen worden hier aangesproken op hun stemgedrag dat de genocide steunde. En dat is een feit.”BBB en sommige andere partijen bleven er desondanks voor kiezen om Israël in woord en daad te steunen en niet in te grijpen terwijl duizenden Palestijnen in Gaza werden vermoord. 

Wij vinden: dan koos je dus voor genocide.

De poster is naar onze mening scherp en duidelijk. Toen Caroline van der Plas de Klare Taalprijs ontving zei ze: ‘Geen gelul, zeg het zoals het is’. Dat hebben wij met deze poster ook gedaan.

Ons Raad van Advies-lid Jan Pronk zegt vandaag in de Volkskrant:

‘Nederland is medeplichtig aan genocide in Gaza en iedere politicus die zich zo heeft opgesteld dat dit kon doorgaan is daar dus ook medeverantwoordelijk voor. Dat is ook een vorm van medeplichtigheid, ja.’

Onze vrijheid van meningsuiting én de verplichtingen onder het Genocideverdrag komen in het geding als we ons ten tijde van een genocide niet meer scherp mogen uitlaten over de positie die politici hierover volgens ons innemen.

Over genocide en de Nederlandse bijdrage daaraan mogen we niet zwijgen.

Wie mensenrechten serieus neemt, moet de moed hebben genocide te benoemen. Ook als dat ongemakkelijk is.

The Rights Forum blijft doen wat het altijd doet: strijden voor een rechtvaardig Palestina-beleid. 

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Gaza Humanitarian Response
Situation Report No. 1

21 October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

• Inter-Cluster team conducts first multi-sectoral rapid assessments in North Gaza governorate to identify priority needs and inform assistance scale-up.
• Over 30,000 households reached with general food parcel assistance across 27 distribution points in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis since 13 October; nine distribution points ready to start operations in Gaza city.
• Seven shelters connected to main water network in Deir al Balah, with four new solar-powered desalination plants also installed in southern Gaza to expand safe drinking water access for internally displaced persons.
• New Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) established within Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis to provide multisectoral and integrated gender-based violence (GBV) services.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On the evening of 21 October, the bodies of two further Israeli hostages were handed over to the Israeli forces. At present, the remains of 13 hostages are believed to remain in the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported receiving 15 bodies of deceased Palestinian detainees on 21 October, bringing the total since the start of the ceasefire to 165.

Population movement towards areas within the ceasefire zone that were previously off-limits continues. Since the onset of the ceasefire on 10 October, Site Management Cluster partners have recorded over 533,000 displacement movements, 425,254 of them from southern to northern Gaza through Al Rasheed and Salah al Deen roads and another 93,660 from western to eastern Khan Younis. Over 14,340 people were also observed moving back from east to west within the Khan Younis governorate.

On 21 October, an inter-cluster team conducted multisectoral rapid assessments in a makeshift displacement site in Jabalya and in two schools sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Beit Lahiya – two areas of the North Gaza governorate which were previously inaccessible due to military operations - to identify priority needs and inform the scale-up of assistance. Of the 120 families who had previously been residing in the Jabalya makeshift site, just 45 families returned during the past week. They have solely received domestic water support, with no other services available in the vicinity. Key priorities identified by the community include access to drinking water, bedding kits, latrines, hygiene items, and repair of the sewage system to avoid potential sewage overflow during the winter, as occurred last year.

The two schools-turned-shelters in Beit Lahiya currently host 100 families who returned over the past 10 days. Services in the area remain extremely limited. Beyond the urgent need for latrines, food, drinking water, water tanks, hygiene kits, and clothing, the community requested assistance to address mosquito and other insect infestations.

UN-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 20 October

On 20 October, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism dashboard, 105 UN and partner trucks of 158 trucks initially manifested under the UN Logistics Cluster were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings. The trucks contained 1,604 metric tons (mt) or 2,299 pallets of aid. Overall, approximately 43 per cent of all cargo offloaded was food aid, with the other largest categories being water, sanitation and hygiene items (19 per cent), nutrition supplies (14 per cent), shelter (10.5 per cent), and health (7 per cent).

During the same timeframe, at least 145 UN-coordinated trucks with 1,464 mt or 2,232 pallets of aid were collected from the crossings for distribution into Gaza. This included inter alia 1,085 mt of food supplies – representing 74 per cent of all uplifted aid - as well as 131 mt of shelter materials, 118 mt of WASH items, 30 mt of concentrated fodder for animals, and 12 mt of health supplies.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 21 October

A total of 174 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry under the Logistics Cluster on 21 October. These included 102 trucks with food and nutrition supplies – mainly wheat flour, food parcels, food rations, essential staples as rice, bulgur and canned vegetables, Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements and High-Energy Biscuits; 45 with hygiene kits, diapers and water jerricans; 24 with shelter supplies – mostly tarps and blankets; 2 with medicines and medical consumables, and one with concentrated animal fodder.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 21 October is available yet, UNICEF safely uplifted 13 trucks from the Kissufim crossing with 162 pallets of water tanks, 86 pallets of hygiene kits and 62 pallets of buckets. Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) attempted to collect one double-trailer truck of animal fodder, but it was turned back at Kerem Shalom crossing due to customs issues on the Israeli side. A World Food Program (WFP) food cargo uplift mission from Kerem Shalom was facilitated, but no details are available yet.

With regard to fuel, on 21 October, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) collected eight trucks with 340,500 litres of diesel from Kerem Shalom and distributed 179,162 litres to partners for critical humanitarian operations. Overall, since the onset of the ceasefire on 10 October, UNOPS uplifted 1,634,260 litres of diesel into Gaza, while no petrol was procured yet.

Restrictions on international NGO aid cargo

On 20 October, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) rejected four aid cargo submissions by three international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) through the UN 2720 Mechanism dashboard, on the basis that these organizations are not authorized to bring aid into Gaza. Rejected items included hygiene and cleaning kits and wooden batons for shelter. Overall, between 16 and 20 October, requests by seven INGOs were rejected with the same explanation provided, affecting the entry of food, WASH, shelter, and health supplies.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• Since resuming on 13 October, food parcel distributions by Food Security Sector partners have continued to expand in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, with 27 food distribution points now operational and more than 30,000 households reached as of 20 October. Partners are working to dispatch food supplies from southern to northern Gaza to also resume general food parcel distribution there, with nine distribution points in Gaza city ready to resume operations.
• On 20 October, over 100,000 2-kg bread bundles continued to be produced at the nine WFP-supported bakeries in central and southern Gaza and distributed through partners across over 230 sites or sold via 22 contracted retailers at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle. Partners are focusing on enhancing bread quality by altering production speeds and improving storage practices and pickup schedules.
• As of 20 October, WFP alone had over 162,000 mt of food supplies destined for Gaza stored, under procurement, or in transit in the region. This includes over 40,000 mt already available at Ashdod Port, more than 11,000 mt in Egypt, nearly 9,000 mt in Jordan, and over 100,000 mt in transit or under procurement to corridors.

Nutrition

• Since 1 October, WFP partners reached an estimated 107,472 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) and under-five children with blanket supplementary feeding for the prevention of malnutrition, and 2,850 malnourished PBW with targeted supplementary feeding for active treatment. These figures are the highest since famine was confirmed declared in the Gaza governorate in August and replicate the scale of coverage that WFP partners achieved in the previous ceasefire in January-February 2025.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• Seven IDP shelters in Deir al Balah were connected to the main water network by the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) and a WASH Cluster partner. The ongoing intervention aims to enhance access to water supply and safe water collection and is part of the sectoral strategy to reduce dependence on water trucking.
• Four solar powered desalination units, each providing IDP shelters with 12 cubic metres of drinking water per day, were installed in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, to be operated by CMWU.
• On 20 October, UNRWA removed 266 tons of solid waste and distributed 1,371 cubic metres of water, accompanied by water quality testing and disinfection, across its accessible Designated Emergency Shelters (DES). In addition, UNRWA staff conducted 55 hygiene promotions sessions across southern Gaza and implemented six rodent and insect control campaigns.
• The WASH Cluster repaired the Hesbit El Samak sewage pressure line in Khan Younis. Testing, however, has identified an additional underground leak, which requires further intervention.

Health

• On 20 October, World Health Organization(WHO) reported dispatching four pallets of medical supplies from its southern warehouse to key health facilities and partners to ensure the continuity of life-saving health services across the Strip. These include medicines for diabetes and other chronic conditions, treatments for infections and malnutrition, and pain management medication.

Shelter

• The distribution of 29,000 blankets to 16 prioritized displacement sites in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis is nearing completion; thus far, 24,764 have been distributed, including 10,000 on 20 October.
• On 20 October, a Shelter Cluster partner recorded the entry of 540 tents; 300 of these are planned to be distributed on 21 October to the most vulnerable households.

Site Management

• Eleven Site Management Cluster partners continue to visit displacement sites in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis to assess the functioning of site committees, track population movements, verify population figures, assess urgent needs, review the status of community-led projects, and address other site-level issues.
• In Gaza city, several displacement sites have experienced a steady increase in population following the recent ceasefire. A field assessment conducted at Al Yarmouk Stadium revealed that, while the site did not undergo full-scale displacement during the intensified Israeli military operation commenced in mid-August in the north, there were notable fluctuations in resident numbers: the site housed about 425 families before the escalation, dropped to 180 families during the peak of the military operations, and rose again to 382 families after the ceasefire. The site management team has remained strong and effective, supported by nine active committees and ongoing training initiatives, and there is additional capacity to accommodate up to 40 more families.
• A Site Management partner recently gained access to Al Mawasi area of Rafah and assessed six displacement sites, which together host 6,525 people. These sites, which were largely isolated and underserved due to their proximity to former military operation zones, remain home to displaced families from Rafah, as well as groups from Khan Younis, Gaza city, and North Gaza. While communities have shown strong self-organization through informal committees and local solidarity networks, the assessment identified dire humanitarian needs requiring urgent response, including fragile shelter conditions, limited water delivery, lack of sanitation, high flood risk, and full reliance on the distant ICRC Field Hospital for healthcare.

Protection

• Over the past two days, Protection partners reached approximately 1,200 people with psychosocial support, rehabilitation, and protection services in central and southern governorates. Activities included group and individual counseling, trauma-focused interventions for children, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for persons with disabilities, and case follow-ups for highly affected families. In the north, operations are focused on assessment and preparatory work, rather than direct service delivery.
• Between 19 and 21 October, about 3,809 women and girls received psychosocial support through group therapeutic sessions, while another 229 received individual counseling sessions.
• During the same period, 1,300 women and girls were supported with dignity kits and menstrual hygiene management items in Deir al Balah and the Mawasi area of Khan Younis.
• One new Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) has been established within the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis to provide multisectoral and integrated GBV services.
• On 19 October, a training session on GBV in Emergencies was conducted for 40 GBV partners to strengthen their capacity to deliver quality GBV prevention and response interventions.
• Mine Action: On 20 October, Mine Action partners provided technical expertise during seven Inter-Agency Missions (IAMs) - three with OCHA, including an assessment of Al Yaman Al Saeed Hospital in Jabalya, one with UNOPS to support a fuel convoy to Khan Younis, and five at sites in Gaza city. Eighty-two facilitators reached 2,973 people through Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) sessions. An EORE Training-of-Trainer session was also provided to one local partner.

Education

• On 20 October, two high-performance tents were delivered to a Palestinian Authority (PA) school in Deir al Balah to support the expansion of MHPSS interventions at the school. These interventions aim to help school-aged children cope with trauma and are scheduled on alternate days to regular learning activities. This approach allows one group of learners to attend classroom lessons while another participates in MHPSS, ensuring that enrolled children attend school almost every day and maintain a stable routine. However, the scale-up of these services remains constrained due to limited supply availability amid continued restrictions on the entry of education supplies into Gaza.
• A Cluster partner launched animation and theatre activities at another PA school in Deir al Balah, aiming to reach 5,418 children, with each participating three days a week for eight weeks. These activities are designed to promote psychosocial well-being and provide children with creative, interactive spaces for self-expression and recovery.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.

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Hello. Nearly two weeks after the fragile ceasefire aimed at ending Israel’s war on Gaza came into effect, we look at how the truce is holding up — and why it’s not all good news for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Separately, we unpack how a group of robbers stole precious Napoleonic jewels from the Louvre in Paris.

And we take a closer look at a leaked Telegram chat filled with racist, misogynistic and white supremacist content shared by young American Republicans. We examine the consequences of the leak, which led to widespread condemnation and resulted in some individuals losing their jobs.

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Today's headlines

Exclusive: New Hamas crackdown on Gaza militias will be ‘largest yet,’ security source says

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Hamas plans to expand its ongoing crackdown on gangs backed and funded by the Israeli army. The renewed effort “will be on multiple fronts” where these groups operate, a security source from the movement tells Mondoweiss.

Israel’s war on Palestinians in the West Bank intensifies after Gaza ceasefire

Qassam Muaddi

Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.

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Since the ceasefire deal, there have been more questions than answers about the future of Gaza.

One thing is for certain: this agreement, as flawed and fragile as it is, would not have come to be if it weren’t for international public pressure. This outcome came after two years of organized protests, divestment, and boycott campaigns.

Our reporters in the United States and Palestine have followed and amplified grassroots efforts to expose those profiting from genocide, from private corporations to members of Congress. We center the stories that connect the dots, that show how struggles are linked and local action matters.

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20 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Book Review: Haidar Eid’s literary ode to resisting the settler colonial genocide in Gaza

Jo Bluen

Amid devastating personal accounts from the Gaza Holocaust, Haidar Eid's "Banging on the Walls of the Tank" delivers a message of hope in defiance.

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19 oktober 2025

Gaza is still under fire, and dissent in the United States is under attack

This week, the major stories were the ceasefire in Gaza and the increasing crackdown on dissent over Israel in the United States. For the past several weeks, I’ve sent you a must-read article about developments in Palestine. This week, I sent you Michael Arria’s piece about recent examples where the media elite are leaning harder into their support for Zionism. Bari Weiss taking over the CBS News division is a blatant attempt to turn one of the oldest U.S. news outlets into a state-aligned propaganda machine, and we’re already seeing the results. However, as Michael catalogs, there are numerous other examples.

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This is why independent media, like Mondoweiss, is so important. We’re not going to give Bari Weiss $150 million to publish some nonsense and call it news. Our entire annual budget is 1% of what the new billionaire owners of CBS paid Bari for her right-wing propaganda outlet. We are in the final half of our Fall Fundraising Campaign, and we need your support to keep publishing and grow our newsroom. 

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In Gaza, Tareq Hajjaj reports on Hamas security operations against armed gangs that worked with the Israeli army during the war. As I write this today, the Israeli military has launched a large wave of bombings across southern Gaza, in violation of the ceasefire. They claim Hamas fighters targeted Israeli troops, but without any evidence being presented. What they are not talking about is that the Israeli military is supporting and protecting violent gangs that have been stealing aid and collaborating with the Israeli’s during this brutal war. The Israeli government simply cannot be trusted. It is working to undermine the ceasefire and return to the slaughter its carried out for over two years. I don’t think Trump has the strength or clout to force Israel off this track, but we’ll see. He really wants that gold disk.

Qassam Muaddi wrote a piece about the 9,000 Palestinian captives still held by Israel, who face torture, hunger, and isolation in terrible conditions. He also published an article on how Western backing for a two-state formula served to preserve the Palestinian Authority, not create independence. As the consensus shifts, so do views about the future of the PA.

Our politics coverage examines what comes after the so-called peace process. Mitchell Plitnick argues that Democrats have one honest path after Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan: support Palestinian rights in clear terms. Anything less is just support for occupation, apartheid, and genocide.

Culture and movement work are outpacing politicians. William Johnson tracks thousands of film workers pledging to end complicity with the assault on Gaza. Irfan Kovankaya explains how activists in Türkiye face repression, despite leaders claiming to support them. As always, it is the people in the streets who force change.

We also published two fascinating pieces looking back in time. Sarah Prager tells how Catherine Hodes, once a teenage hostage of the PFLP, became an anti-Zionist activist. William Youmans marks forty years since the bombing that killed Palestinian American leader Alex Odeh. No one has been charged.

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Must read: As support for Israel drops, the mainstream media is becoming even more Zionist

Michael Arria: Support for Israel is plummeting among the U.S. public, but Zionism dominates mainstream media more than ever. Several recent high-profile examples show the staggering disconnect between the media establishment and its viewers.

Bari Weiss on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Genocide in Gaza

 Tareq Hajjaj: Hamas’s wide-ranging security campaign to eliminate armed gangs that collaborated with the Israeli army during the war is escalating. “Our operations will root them all out, without exception,” a Hamas security source tells Mondoweiss.

 Qassam Muaddi: As world leaders celebrate the release of Israeli captives, over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners still face torture, hunger, and isolation behind bars. Half of them are held by Israel without charge or trial.

 Tareq Hajjaj: Beloved journalist Saleh Aljafarawi was murdered as chaos spread across Gaza following the ceasefire, and Hamas cracked down on Israel-backed armed clans and militias that looted aid during the war. Here’s how these stories are connected.

Catch-up

 Qassam Muaddi: Western support for a two-state solution was never intended to create Palestinian statehood — it was meant to justify the existence of the Palestinian Authority. Now that the Western consensus is shifting, so are thoughts about the need for the PA.

 Mitchell Plitnick: Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support Palestinian rights.

 William Johnson: Despite repression and retaliation, the Gaza genocide has pushed an unprecedented wave of artists across the entertainment industry to back the cultural boycott of Israel.

 Irfan Kovankaya: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often highlights his government’s support for the Palestinian people, but activists in the country face mounting repression for challenging Turkiye’s ongoing diplomatic, trade, and intelligence ties with Israel.

 Sarah Prager: Catherine Hodes was taken hostage by the PFLP at age 13 while traveling from Israel to the U.S. The experience sparked a lifelong commitment to Palestinian liberation.

 William Youmans: On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been filed. The unresolved case remains an open wound.

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19 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Democrats finally seem ready to address the Gaza genocide, but it won’t matter if they don’t support Palestinian rights

Mitchell Plitnick

Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support Palestinian rights.

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19 oktober 2025

Support Refusers

That hour at the border mattered. It wasn’t symbolic, it was an interruption in the chain of annihilation. It was people putting their bodies in the way of genocide. The activists who crossed the fence acted with the same courage as those aboard the flotilla now imprisoned and tortured in Israeli jails. They include refusers who you’ve supported in the past, like Itamar Greenberg, who spent 197 days in prison, Roman Levin, who spent 82 days in jail in 2019, and others.

The Gaza border action came amid global escalation as people rose up against the genocide in full force. And while we celebrate the news of the ceasefire and release of all hostages, we must not let the ceasefire aim to quiet our resistance to Israeli colonialism. We need the global movement in solidarity with Palestine to see this ceasefire through, and to insist on ending the occupation. Recent action in support of Palestine suggests that we have the necessary international front to do so. As Israeli activists crossed the Gaza border, the Sumud flotilla attempted to break the siege on Gaza, and Italians marched and rioted on the streets of major cities across Italy as part of a nationwide general strike against the genocide. They blocked trains, highways, ports and more in order to shut down the country. We are seeing a convergence of energies across the world. While the ceasefire seemingly came from above, it was in direct response to global resistance, an attempt at quelling solidarity.

Support Refusers

At Resistance Solidarity Network, we are committed to making sure these acts of resistance reach the world. We tell the stories the state tries to bury. 

In solidarity,

Atalya Ben-Abba
Media Coordinator
Refuser Solidarity Network

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18 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

The Palestinian Authority may become a casualty of the Trump plan and the new Western consensus

Qassam Muaddi

Western support for a two-state solution was never intended to create Palestinian statehood — it was meant to justify the existence of the Palestinian Authority. Now that the Western consensus is shifting, so are thoughts about the need for the PA.

As support for Israel drops, the mainstream media is becoming even more Zionist

Michael Arria

Support for Israel is plummeting among the U.S. public, but Zionism dominates mainstream media more than ever. Several recent high-profile examples show the staggering disconnect between the media establishment and its viewers.

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18 oktober 2025

Today, Runners for Justice in Palestine are heading to Reebok headquarters in Boston. They will deliver a letter from 367 Palestinian sports teams calling on Reebok to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA).

Two weeks ago, Reebok actually called for its logo to be removed from the IFA, only to immediately backtrack on its decision, saying it continues to “proudly” sponsor the IFA despite its well-documented complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

We need to pressure Reebok, as we did PUMA, Adidas, and Erreà before them, to end its contract with the IFA.

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Join Runners for Justice in Palestine and deliver the letter to Reebok!

The IFA is directly complicit in Israel’s decades-long apartheid regime and military occupation, and more recently, its Gaza genocide. The IFA includes in its official leagues teams based in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land and advocates, together with the Israeli government, to maintain them.

Israel’s national team, the public face of the IFA, has dedicated matches, and IFA clubs have sent care packages, to Israeli soldiers committing genocide in Gaza.

The fragile ceasefire in Gaza, while bringing desperately needed relief to Palestinians in Gaza, will not end Israel’s genocide or its 77-year apartheid regime oppressing all Palestinians.

Only by holding complicit companies like Reebok accountable can we help end Israel’s grave crimes against Palestinians.

Take the Boycott Reebok pledge!

Boycotts work. We’ve proven that over and over. Boycott campaigns just forced US running shoe brand Saucony to withdrew as sponsor of Israel’s so-called Jerusalem marathon over its route through Israeli occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem and the fact that it featured as race “ambassadors” Israeli soldiers who have served in Israel’s Gaza genocide.

Join the Boycott Reebok Global Day of Action on November 22, 2025.

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17 oktober 2025

Deze week stond in het teken van de vrijlating van Palestijnen en Israëli's, als onderdeel van het staakt-het-vuren tussen Israël en Hamas. Nederlandse en Europese politieke kopstukken, én media over het gehele politieke spectrum, besteedden met name veel aandacht aan de terugkeer van de Israëli's, en hun ontvangst door familie en vrienden.

Over de ongeveer tweeduizend vrijgelaten Palestijnen bleef het echter pijnlijk stil. Waar zij wel werden genoemd, ging het enkel om het aantal vrijgelaten Palestijnen en werd er gesproken over 'gevangenen' of 'terroristen'.

Palestijnse gegijzelden
En dat terwijl het overgrote deel van de vrijgelaten Palestijnen tijdens de genocide door Israël gevangen is genomen in de Gazastrook. Zij werden vastgehouden in wat door mensenrechtenorganisaties en overlevenden wordt omschreven als martelkampen of ‘slachthuizen’.

Vrijgelaten Palestijnen komen aan in Khan Yunis, Gaza, 14 oktober. © UPI via AlamyDaar zaten ze vast zonder proces of aanklacht, met als doel ze als onderhandelingsfiches te gebruiken en om terreur en angst onder de Palestijnse bevolking te zaaien. Het zijn dus, inderdaad, gegijzelden. Onder hen zijn ook 55 zorgverleners – door Israëlische troepen ontvoerd uit ziekenhuizen in Gaza.

Dubbele standaard
Toch blijven westerse politici én media consequent het onderscheid maken: Israëliërs zijn gegijzelden, Palestijnen gevangenen. Die woordkeuze legt de dubbele standaarden en de ontmenselijking van Palestijnen bloot en verklaart hoe Nederland twee jaar lang actief een genocide heeft gesteund.

Medeleven is voorbehouden aan twintig Israëli’s en hun families. De twee miljoen Palestijnen in Gaza die alles hebben verloren in de genocide blijven onbenoemd.

Lees hier meer over de Palestijnse gegijzelden >

Meld je aan ! | The Rights Forum Academy

Denk jij graag mee over één van de meest urgente vraagstukken van onze tijd? En ben je een young professional of masterstudent (20-35 jaar oud)? Dan is The Rights Forum Academy misschien iets voor jou!

The Rights Forum Academy is een nieuw leertraject voor jonge, gedreven professionals met een sterk moreel kompas. Tijdens dit programma verdiep je je kennis over Palestina en Israël, wissel je ervaringen uit met gelijkgestemden en bouw je aan een waardevol netwerk binnen het maatschappelijke en politieke veld.

Tijdens de Academy kun je rekenen op:

• Vier opleidingsdagen in november en december 2025;
• inspirerende bijdragen van vooraanstaande sprekers en experts;
• afwisselende werkvormen: minicolleges, paneldiscussies en werkbezoeken;
• en een gezamenlijk eindproject: een adviesrapport over een rechtvaardig Nederlands beleid ten aanzien van Palestina en Israël.

Onder de sprekers zijn Aisja Hamed (oprichtster van Fikra Magazine), Lotfi El Hamidi (redacteur bij De Groene Amsterdammer), Arjan El Fassed (schrijver en voormalig Tweede Kamerlid) en Berber van der Woude (voormalig diplomaat en bestuursvoorzitter van The Rights Forum). Klik hier voor de volledige lijst van sprekers.

Meer informatie over het programma, de sprekers en de aanmeldingsprocedure vind je op rightsforum.org/academy. Aanmelden kan tot en met 26 oktober, wees er snel bij!

Campagne ‘Nooit meer is nu’ roept kiezers op voor Palestina te stemmen

Met de campagne ‘Nooit meer is nu!’ zet The Rights Forum samen met Oxfam Novib, Save the Children en met individuele Nederlanders alles op alles om de genocide in Palestina voor zo veel mogelijk mensen mee te laten wegen in het stemhokje.

De campagne doet een beroep op de verantwoordelijkheid en menselijkheid van stemgerechtigden. Door op partijen te stemmen die zich inzetten vóór het internationaal recht en tégen de genocide in Gaza en de bezetting van Palestina, kan de politiek gedwongen worden te doen wat ze moet doen: een einde maken aan medeplichtigheid en straffeloosheid. Alleen op die manier kan de belofte van na de Holocaust worden waargemaakt: Nooit meer. Nooit meer is niet iets van toen, nooit meer is nu!

De campagne sluit aan op de vorige week gelanceerde Palestina-Israël Kieswijzer van The Rights Forum, die inzicht geeft in de Palestina-standpunten van politieke partijen.

Onze F35-rechtszaak | What's next?

In 2023 sleepten The Rights Forum, Oxfam Novib en PAX de Nederlandse regering voor de rechter om een verbod af te dwingen op de export van F35-onderdelen naar Israel. Nu, twee jaar later, draagt de Hoge Raad de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken op de exportvergunning van F35-onderdelen met eindbestemming Israël te toetsen aan humanitair recht. Daar heeft Minister van Weel nu zes weken de tijd voor.

Het is een ingewikkeld en langdurig proces. Hoe zat het ook alweer, wat is er precies gebeurd? En wat betekent deze uitspraak nu voor Nederland, mensenrechten en natuurlijk voor Palestijnen in Gaza? Wat maakt deze rechtszaak zo bijzonder? En vooral: what’s next?

Op dinsdag 21 oktober komen de directeuren van The Rights Forum, Oxfam Novib en PAX en een van onze advocaten van Prakken d’Oliveira samen om hierop te reflecteren. Er is ruimte voor vragen vanuit het publiek. We nodigen je uit hierbij te zijn, je moet je wel van tevoren aanmelden.

Opinie | Hoog tijd voor journalistiek zelfonderzoek

Internationale journalisten zouden veel uitdrukkelijker stelling moeten nemen tegen het Israëlische verbod om verslag te doen uit Gaza. Nog komen de schaarse nieuwsberichten uit verwoest Gaza vrijwel uitsluitend tot ons via Israël, schrijven Jos van Noord en Taco Slagter in een opiniestuk.

'Als wij berichten zien uit Gaza dan zijn die veelal doorgelaten met toestemming van de bezettingsmacht. Alles komt uit Israël. Daar zijn journalisten welkom, zolang zij het liedje van de illegale zionistische bezetter maar meezingen. Want zo niet: dan gooit Israël je er uit, als je geluk hebt. Liever schieten ze je dan meteen ‘per ongeluk’ dood.'

Documentaire | Zo wordt Big Tech slapend rijk van Israëls wapenindustrie

Israëls geavanceerde wapens vernietigen Gaza. Volgens auteur en onderzoeksjournalist Antony Loewenstein is niet alleen Gaza een laboratorium voor wapens, maar is heel Palestina een lab voor de surveillance industrie.

In een Tegenlicht-aflevering legt Loewenstein uit hoe dat zit. Ook de Europese en Nederlandse betrokkenheid bij de Israëlische wapenindustrie komt in de uitstekende aflevering aan bod.

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 18 t/m zaterdag 25 oktober

DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES

 DEN HAAG DAGELIJKS | Doorlopende 24-uurs stiltewake bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 DEN BOSCH ZA 18 OKT 12.00 | Wake voor Palestina (Burgemeester Loeffplein)
  AMSTERDAM ZO 19 OKT 17.00 | Wekelijkse stiltewake tegen genocide, georganiseerd door Gate48 en DAG Amsterdam (Spuiplein)
 HUIZEN WO 22 OKT 11.30 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)
 DEN HAAG DO 23 OKT 12.00 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 NEDERLAND DO 23 OKT 18.00 | Wekelijks lawaaiprotest op treinstations door heel Nederland (bekijk onze agenda voor de locaties)
 GRONINGEN ZA 25 OKT 13.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)
 NIJMEGEN ZA 25 OKT 14.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Mensen in het Zwart (Koningsplein - Marienburg)


GETUIGEN VAN GAZA

 UTRECHT ELKE MA EN DO 16.00-20.00 | Getuigen van Gaza. Burgers lezen in september en oktober de namen voor van hen die in Gaza zijn omgekomen. Maandag 20 oktober op het Moskeeplein (Lombok, achter CS). Donderdag 23 oktober op de Stadhuisbrug (Centrum).

 AMERSFOORT WO 22 (08.00 UUR) T/M ZO 26 OKT | Getuigen van Gaza. Amersfoorters lezen dag en nacht namen voor van Palestijnse en Israëlische slachtoffers in Gaza. Dag en nacht, vijf dagen achter elkaar. (Langestraat, voor de Amersfoortse Zwaan)


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN

 AMSTERDAM ZA 18 OKT 18.00 | Fundraiser for Gaza. Een avond met Palestijns eten, een kledingmarkt, verhalen, kunst, muziek en samenzijn (Plantage Doklaan 8).

 DEN HAAG ZO 19 OKT 14.00 | No Right To Life. Straatperformance met dans, zang, muziek en stilte over het leven in Gaza met danscollectief Raj'een + friends

 AMSTERDAM DI 21 OKT 20.00 | Na de Uitspraak: What’s Next? Nagesprek over de F35-Rechtszaak. (Podium Mozaïek, Bos en Lommerweg 191)


Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. Bekijk de hele agenda

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Today's headlines

Hamas is hunting down groups in Gaza that collaborated with the Israeli army, one by one

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Hamas’s wide-ranging security campaign to eliminate armed gangs that collaborated with the Israeli army during the war is escalating. “Our operations will root them all out, without exception,” a Hamas security source tells Mondoweiss.

As solidarity with Palestine grows, thousands of film workers pledge to end complicity with genocide

William Johnson

Despite repression and retaliation, the Gaza genocide has pushed an unprecedented wave of artists across the entertainment industry to back the cultural boycott of Israel.

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17 oktober 2025

This past year alone, Mondoweiss hit 114 million views across social media:

• 73.9M views on Instagram – interactions up 100%
• 34.9M views on Facebook – reach up 988%, interactions up 511%
• 5.8M views on YouTube – down 79%

See the pattern? We’re breaking through where millions gather—and being suppressed where we can’t control the algorithm. The backlash is here.

While our Facebook reach increased nearly 10X’d and Instagram engagement doubled, we are still fighting YouTube crushing our visibility by nearly 80%. We know platforms are choosing sides. Accounts vanish. Reach gets throttled. Many outlets soften their coverage under pressure.

We don’t.

We know the power of our content. We know it resonates with audiences. We know we can fight the algorithm with powerful videos and images.

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16 oktober 2025

Humanitarian Situation Update #332
West Bank

16 October 2025

Training provided to residents of the West Bank on emergency medical response, to prepare for instances where ambulances are obstructed, delayed or attacked. Photo by WHO

Key Highlights

• Two Palestinians were killed between 7 and 13 October, including one in an attack by Israeli settlers; overall, settlers carried out 71 attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank over a period of one week, resulting in injury to 99 people, property damage, and displacement of a family.
• Over 3,200 Palestinians have been injured across the West Bank so far in 2025.
• Upon the commencement of the olive harvest season, half of this week’s settler attacks were linked to the season, affecting Palestinians in 27 villages across the West Bank.
• One in three of over 55,800 patient permit applications to access medical treatment in East Jerusalem and Israel has been denied or delayed between January and September 2025, according to the World Health Organization.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 7 and 13 October, two Palestinian men were killed, one by Israeli forces and one either by Israeli forces or settlers. During the same period, 156 Palestinians, including 12 children and three women, were injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem: 111 by Israeli forces, 43 by Israeli settlers, and two by either Israeli forces or settlers. The following are details of the incidents that resulted in fatalities:   
  • On 8 October, a 26-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed, and two others were injured with live ammunition fired by Israeli forces and settlers during a daytime Israeli settler attack in Deir Jarir village, in Ramallah governorate. According to local sources, the incident began when settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near the village’s western entrance, damaging at least one. As residents gathered in the area, mutual stone-throwing ensued, during which both Israeli settlers and forces opened fire at Palestinians. One man was killed after sustaining multiple live-bullet wounds, and two others were injured with live ammunition. This is the second Palestinian fatality reported in the same area during settler attacks in less than two months.
  • On 10 October, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured a 15-year-old child during a raid in Jenin city centre. According to the Israeli military, its troops shot and killed a person who threw an explosive device towards them. This brings to 64 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jenin governorate since the beginning of the year, comprising nearly a third of Palestinian fatalities by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025. It is also the second fatality since 25 September, when Israeli forces have intensified their presence in Jenin city and its surroundings (see more information below).
• The above-mentioned settler attack in Deir Jarir village comes amid a marked rise in attacks since early 2025, following the construction of a new road connecting a nearby Israeli military base to Deir Jarir’s western entrance and the establishment of a nearby settlement outpost near Ofra settlement. Between January and 13 October 2025, OCHA has documented 12 settler attacks in Deir Jarir that resulted in Palestinian casualties or property damage – a three-fold increase compared with the annual average of about four incidents recorded between 2020 and 2024. Settlers believed to be from the new outpost have repeatedly raided agricultural and residential areas in Deir Jarir, assaulted farmers and families working their land and caused extensive property damage, including vandalism of at least eight homes and 12 vehicles, damage to dozens of olive trees, agricultural equipment and livestock shelters, and theft of livestock. So far in 2025, these attacks have resulted in the killing of two Palestinians and the injury of 28 others, including four children and three women. Of the injured, 13 were by Israeli forces, 10 by Israeli settlers, and five where it remains unknown if they were injured by Israeli forces or settlers. 
• In the northern West Bank, and as part of ongoing Israeli forces’ operations since January 2025, Israeli forces continue to carry out operations across cities, towns, and villages in the area.  
  • In Jenin governorate, since 25 September, there has been a marked intensification of operations in Jenin city and its surroundings, with Israeli forces carrying out frequent daytime patrols and raids into commercial and residential buildings, further heightening residents’ sense of insecurity. Over the past week, Israeli forces injured six Palestinians, including three children, during multiple daytime and overnight raids in Arraba, Qabatiya, Ya’bad, and Al Yamun towns. These raids involved the use of live fire, physical assaults, and the takeover of residential buildings, some of which were temporarily converted into military posts by Israeli forces while families remained inside. 
  • In Tulkarm and Salfit governorates, Israeli operations intensified over the past week. On 10 October, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated two residential buildings in the Dhinnaba area, east of Tulkarm Camp, for approximately 13 hours, displacing seven families before allowing them to return later the same day following coordination with the Palestinian District Coordination Liaison Office (DCL). On 12 October, Israeli forces raided Deir Istiya town, in Salfit governorate, searched homes, and arrested 12 Palestinian men and physically assaulted several of them, including the head of the municipality.
• Between 7 and 13 October, one home was demolished on punitive grounds by Israeli forces but there were no demolitions carried on the grounds of lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. In an overnight 10-hour operation on 10 October, Israeli forces detonated with explosives on punitive grounds a residential apartment in Area B of Qatanna village, in Jerusalem governorate. The demolished apartment was located on the second floor of a three-storey building and belonged to one of the two Palestinians who carried out a shooting attack at a bus station in Ramot Allon settlement, in East Jerusalem, on 8 September 2025, killing six Israelis, before they were shot and killed. A family of five people living in the apartment had been already displaced after the apartment was sealed off by Israeli forces on 12 September. 

Access to Health Care

• So far in 2025, more than 3,200 Palestinians have been injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, representing an increase of about 28 per cent compared with the same period in 2024, when over 2,500 such injuries were recorded by OCHA. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of early September, only 42 per cent of health facilities in the West Bank were fully functional, with functionality dropping to 36-39 per cent in Hebron, Nablus, and Ramallah governorates, where several health facilities sustained damage during Israeli forces’ operations. Ambulances continue to face obstructions, delays, and, in some cases, physical assaults by settlers or soldiers. In response to these challenges, WHO and partners have expanded training and preparedness initiatives, including bleeding control, psychological first aid, and mass-casualty management, training over 140 residents across seven villages, with plans to extend the training to 30 additional communities. A WHO field visit to Al Jaleel Rehabilitation Center in Jenin city further highlighted ongoing gaps in assistive device availability, emergency preparedness, and referral systems.
• According to WHO, one in three of over 55,800 patient permit applications submitted to Israeli authorities between January and September 2025 to access medical treatment in East Jerusalem and Israel was denied or delayed beyond the day of the appointment. In total, 55,853 Palestinians applied for patient permits during this period, with 34 per cent of applications either denied or remaining pending. Most applicants were adults (74 per cent), with Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem receiving 57 per cent of approved patients. Although the overall approval rate for patient referrals has gradually improved in 2025, it remains significantly lower than levels recorded prior to October 2023.

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 7 and 13 October, OCHA documented 71 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. At least 36 of these incidents occurred in the context of the olive harvest season, which officially started on 9 October. As a result, one Palestinian man was killed (see above on Deir Jarir village) and 99 were injured, including 54 injured by Israeli forces, 43 by Israeli settlers, and two by either Israeli forces or settlers. In addition, over 1,430 Palestinian-owned trees and saplings (mostly olive) and 40 vehicles were vandalized. In one incident in the early morning hours of 9 October, Israeli settlers threw Molotov cocktails and destroyed a residential tent in Al Jwaya village in southern Hebron, displacing a family of five, including a child. At the time of the incident, the family members were working on their land nearby.
• On 8 October, at about noon, Israeli settlers carrying rifles and sticks raided the surroundings of a house near the entrance to Atara village, in Ramallah governorate – the second raid by Israeli settlers to cause injuries this month. Settlers vandalized the house’s windows and a vehicle and attacked Palestinian vehicles passing through the village’s entrance with sticks. In one instance, settlers tried to open the door of a Palestinian car and pull a child out, but the father managed to flee with his son after residents gathered and threw stones at the settlers. While withdrawing in their vehicle toward an outpost established in August 2025 in Area B of the village, settlers opened fire at residents, injuring three Palestinian men with live ammunition, leaving two in critical condition, including a 74-year-old man. Following the attack, Israeli forces raided Atara village, closed the main entrance for about six hours, fired teargas canisters, before leaving at 23:00.
• Since the establishment of a new Israeli settlement outpost in Area B on the outskirts of Atara village in early August 2025, settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage have sharply increased, with eight such attacks documented by OCHA in the last two months compared with only one such incident recorded between January 2020 and July 2025. In the first two weeks following the outpost’s establishment, settlers initiated three attacks, vandalizing surveillance camera equipment, seizing water tanks, setting fire to four vehicles, and spraying anti-Arab graffiti on two residential walls. In the following weeks, settler attacks expanded to the village’s agricultural areas, where settlers assaulted residents, damaged at least six agricultural structures and nine vehicles, destroyed furniture and equipment, and grazed their livestock on cultivated lands, causing damage to dozens of olive and fruit trees.
• On 13 October, armed Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, attacked a Palestinian family harvesting grapes in the Wadi Saif area of Beit Fajjar town, in Bethlehem governorate, injuring four Palestinians, including a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance driver. The settlers, believed to be from a nearby newly established settlement outpost, assaulted six family members with dogs, stones and Molotov cocktails, and set fire to and destroyed their van. When a PRCS ambulance arrived, settlers physically assaulted the driver, forcing the ambulance to withdraw. According to the affected family, the settlers did not allow them to collect and carry the harvested grapes, estimated at about 100 kilogrammes. During the recent grape harvest season between July and October, in the southern West Bank, OCHA documented at least 19 settler attacks against Palestinian farmers, resulting in the injury of 15 people. Sixteen of these attacks occurred in Halhul village in Hebron governorate. Local sources estimate that hundreds of dunums of vineyards were left unharvested due to settler attacks, causing significant financial losses for farming families who rely on this seasonal income.

2025 Olive Harvest Season

• Of the 71 settler attacks documented by OCHA across the West Bank between 7 and 13 October, half (36 attacks) were related to the ongoing olive harvest season, which officially began on 9 October, affecting Palestinians in 27 villages. The incidents included attacks on harvesters, theft of crops and harvesting equipment, and vandalism of olive trees, resulting in casualties, property damage, or both.
• In the northern West Bank, 16 settler attacks were reported, affecting people in 12 villages across Salfit, Tulkarm, Nablus and Qalqiliya governorates. In one of the incidents, in Beita village, in Nablus governorate, on 10 October, Israeli settlers, reportedly from a nearby settlement outpost and accompanied by Israeli forces, attacked Palestinian farmers and international activists harvesting olives on Qamas Mount area – access to which does not require “prior coordination” with the Israeli authorities. Israeli forces opened fire and used tear gas after farmers refused to leave, while settlers threw stones and physically assaulted several people, including three journalists. Sixty Palestinians were injured, including: one by live ammunition, two by stones, at least eight due to physical assault, and the rest (including a paramedic) received medical treatment due to tear gas inhalation. Settlers also burned 12 vehicles, damaged seven others and seized harvesting tools belonging to about 10 farmers.
• In the central West Bank, 15 settler attacks were reported, all in Ramallah governorate, affecting people in 10 villages. In one large-scale attack on 12 October, assailants believed to be from the Ramat Migron settlement outpost raided agricultural lands in Burqa village, cutting down over 800 saplings, including at least 170 olive saplings, 500 small citrus trees, and 145 grapevines. They also punctured nine water tanks used for domestic and agricultural purposes, damaged a water pump, tore down an agricultural tent, dismantled three fences and two gates, and injured a donkey in the neck. Video footage shows settlers seizing two vehicles parked near homes and attempting to set fire to a tractor. In another incident on 11 October, and for the second time in a week, Palestinian farmers discovered that at least 200 olive trees had been chopped off belonging to residents of Khirbet Abu Falah and Turmus’ayya, reportedly by Israeli settlers believed to be from settlement outposts in the area between Turmus’ayya, Al Mughayyer, and Khirbet Abu Falah village. 
• In the southern West Bank, five settler attacks were reported, affecting five villages in Bethlehem and Hebron governorates. On 13 October, Palestinian farmers near At Taybe community in Hebron governorate were forced off their land by Israeli settlers and Israeli forces, which they had been unable to access since October 2023, intimidated by the presence of the settlers in the area. Israeli forces physically assaulted the farmers, confiscated vehicles, and ordered them not to return without “prior coordination”. During the same period, settlers vandalized about 130 olive trees and took over approximately 1,000 kilogrammes of harvested olives from Palestinian-owned lands in two communities in Hebron and Bethlehem governorates
• For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2005 and September 2025, please refer to the OCHA West Bank September 2025 Snapshot.

Funding

• As of 15 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.3 billion out of the $4 billion (31 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian responses in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totalling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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Vorige week lanceerden we onze Gaza Kieswijzer.

Wij laten zien:

Welke partijen kiezen voor rechtvaardigheid
en welke partijen kiezen voor onrecht?

Op 29 oktober zijn de verkiezingen.
Onze boodschap moet zo veel mogelijk mensen bereiken.

Daarom hoor je ons vanaf deze week op de radio
zie je ons volgende week in dagbladen
en delen we onze boodschap via videos op social media.

In de huidige Tweede Kamer kiest de meerderheid de kant van Israëls bezettingsbeleid.

Samen kunnen we dat veranderen.

Na de verkiezingen kan er een meerderheid voor rechtvaardigheid komen.

Voor échte maatregelen tegen bezetting, apartheid en onderdrukking.

Dat is hard nodig.

Het broze staakt-het-vuren geeft hoop op een einde aan Israëls genocide in Gaza, maar niet op de beëindiging van de illegale bezetting, kolonisering, apartheid en onderdrukking van de Palestijnse bevolking.

Daarom is het belangrijk dat zoveel mogelijk mensen onze boodschap zien.

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Humanitarian Situation Update #331
Gaza Strip

16 October 2025

A Palestinian boy in Gaza following the declaration of a ceasefire. Photo by UNICEF

Key Highlights

• A ceasefire came into effect in Gaza at noon on 10 October, and ICRC facilitated the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees and the transfer of bodies on 13 and 14 October.
• The UN Relief Chief Tom Fletcher outlined a 60-day plan to deliver vital aid to people in Gaza, stressing that full implementation requires more crossings, rapid and unimpeded access, sustained fuel entry, restored infrastructure, protection of aid workers, and adequate funding.
• The ceasefire has allowed many humanitarian partners to gradually resume operations in areas that were previously inaccessible and begin scaling up the delivery of humanitarian aid and services.
• More than 390,000 movements of people were observed since 10 October, mainly from southern to northern Gaza, the Site Management Cluster reports.

Context Overview

• On 8 October, an agreement was announced to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. According to the Israeli military, the ceasefire agreement came into effect at noon on 10 October and Israeli forces redeployed along new operational lines in accordance with the agreement. On 10 and 14 October, the Israeli military stated that the movement of people from southern to northern Gaza was permitted via Al Rashid and Salah ad Din roads. It warned that it is dangerous for people to approach areas where Israeli forces remain deployed, including Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun, and Ash Shuja’iyyeh in northern Gaza, the Rafah Crossing, the Philadelphi Corridor, and where Israeli forces remain positioned in Khan Younis. On 10 October, the military cautioned that there is a high risk associated with fishing, swimming, or diving along the Gaza coastline, and warned of entering the sea in the coming days.
• On 13 October, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the return of 20 Israeli hostages to Israeli authorities and 1,809 Palestinian detainees to Gaza and the West Bank, and the transfer of four deceased hostages to Israeli authorities. In total, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, 1,968 Palestinian detainees were released from Israeli detention centres; this figure includes the 1,809 detainees whose release was facilitated by ICRC. On 14 October, ICRC facilitated the transfer of four additional bodies from Gaza to Israeli authorities and the transfer of 45 deceased Palestinians to Gaza. On 15 October, the Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that it received the bodies of 45 Palestinians released by the Israeli authorities through the ICRC, bringing the total number of received bodies to 90. On 15 October, the Israeli military reported that the National Institute of Forensic Medicine concluded that only three of the four bodies were deceased hostages.
• In a statement on 13 October, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General welcomed the continued implementation of the ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinians detainees. With the ceasefire in effect, he noted that the UN and its partners are rapidly scaling up operations and reaching people in areas that had been cut off for months, underscoring that the needs are vast and sustained access and funding are critical. Earlier, a number of humanitarian organizations issued statements welcoming the ceasefire announcement and urging full, unhindered and sustained access for humanitarian workers and supplies to enable the safe delivery of aid at scale to people in need. The ICRC, NRC, Save the Children, and Plan International all expressed hope that the pause in hostilities would mark a turning point toward a lasting and definitive ceasefire.
• On 9 October, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, outlined a 60-day plan to deliver vital aid to people in Gaza, noting that supplies and staff are in place. The plan entails reaching 2.1 million people with food assistance and 500,000 with nutrition support through in-kind rations, cash assistance, and livelihood restoration. It aims to revive Gaza’s health system, delivering essential medical supplies, supporting evacuations, and expanding emergency, maternal, and mental health care. Water and sanitation services will reach 1.4 million people through the restoration of water networks, repair of sewage systems, and provision of hygiene items. A massive shelter scale-up will help displaced families prepare for winter, while education support will provide temporary learning spaces and materials for 700,000 children. The UN Relief Chief further highlighted essential requirements for an effective humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip, including: the sustained entry of at least 1.9 million litres of fuel weekly; the resumption of cooking gas; the opening of multiple relief corridors supported by functional crossings equipped with additional scanners; security guarantees to enable the collection of supplies from crossings; restoration of basic infrastructure; protection of humanitarian workers; rapid and unimpeded passage of aid across Gaza; and adequate funding. He additionally stressed that the UN cannot operate effectively without its partners, noting that facilitation of NGO access is crucial, including through ensuring that NGOs are not de-registered.
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 8 and 15 October, 68 Palestinians were killed, and 328 were injured, and 347 bodies were recovered. This brings the casualty toll among Palestinians since 7 October 2023, as reported by MoH, to 67,938 fatalities and 170,169 injuries. According to MoH, the total number includes 320 fatalities who were retroactively added on 11 October 2025 after their identification details were approved by a ministerial committee. MoH further noted that, as of 10 October, the number of casualties among people who were trying to access aid supplies reached 2,615 fatalities and more than 19,182 injuries. According to MoH in Gaza, as of 11 October, 463 malnutrition-related deaths, including 157 children, were documented since October 2023.
• According to the Israeli military, between 8 and 15 October, two Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, bringing the casualty toll among Israeli soldiers since the beginning of the Israeli ground operation in October 2023 to 468 fatalities and 2,967 injuries. According to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,668 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. As of noon on 15 October 2025, it is estimated that the bodies of 21 deceased Israeli hostages remain in the Gaza Strip.
• In a statement on 15 October, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) highlighted ongoing risks to civilians in the Gaza Strip, including due to unlawful conduct by Palestinian armed groups, intensification of internal armed clashes, extrajudicial executions, and the killing of civilians around Israeli military redeployment lines. In one incident on 13 October, OHCHR reported that published video footage apparently showed the public summary execution of eight blindfolded and handcuffed men from the same family in Gaza city. Moreover, since 10 October, OHCHR has recorded 15 Palestinians killed in cases where they were reportedly in close proximity to, or crossed the “withdrawal line,” noting that the Israeli military maintains control of more than 50 per cent of the Gaza Strip, including almost all of Rafah and large parts of Khan Younis, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun, as well as parts of Gaza city.
• Between 10 and 14 October, more than 392,000 movements of people were recorded by Site Management Cluster (SMC) partners, primarily through Al Rashid Road. According to the SMC, most movements (93 per cent) occurred from southern to northern Gaza, mainly of single men without belongings, and more than 22,000 movements were recorded from western to eastern Khan Younis. SMC partners reported movements from northern to southern Gaza, as people reportedly returned after checking their damaged homes or due to limited availability of services.
• The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) recently estimated, based on satellite imagery collected on 8 July 2025, that widespread destruction across the Gaza Strip has generated more than 61 million tons of debris. This is equivalent to about 169 kilogrammes of debris for every square metre. UNEP noted that field validation of these estimates is essential to inform the development of a comprehensive debris management plan for the Gaza Strip. The estimate does not include the impact of the most recent military operations in Gaza city in August and September 2025. According to the Gaza Debris Management Working Group, co-chaired by UNEP and UNDP, debris removal is critical in this period following the ceasefire as it enables the reopening of blocked roads, facilitates the movement of people and goods, reduces potential hazards, and supports the resumption of essential services and the delivery of humanitarian aid. High levels of debris carry a specific risk for people with disabilities, creating a significant impediment for those with mobility issues to access services and humanitarian aid and for outreach services to be provided. Debris and rubble removal is complicated by explosive ordnance contamination and asbestos, which require attention to facilitate the dignified management and documentation of the many thousands of bodies estimated to be buried under the rubble, the Gaza Debris Management Working Group highlights. According to the Debris Management Working Group, debris removal is a key component of the enabling environment for humanitarian response and recovery, and necessitates the sustained entry of heavy machinery, spare parts, reliable and stable supplies of fuel, and access to land appropriate for debris storage and processing.

Humanitarian Access and Operations

• After the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October, the UN and its partners offloaded aid supplies from Gaza’s crossings on 10, 12 and 15 October. The crossings were closed for cargo offloading on 13 October with priority given to the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees, and on 14 October for the Jewish holiday. Through the UN 2720 mechanism and via UN Logistics Cluster coordination, only 15 humanitarian partners are currently authorized by Israeli authorities to bring into Gaza aid trucks carrying food, hygiene, shelter and health supplies. The UN 2720 mechanism reports a possible reduction in the rate of interception of supplies collected by the UN and its partners from Gaza’s crossings, from the previous 80-per-cent interception rate documented between 19 May ad 9 October. As of 14 October, according to the UN 2720 mechanism, 190,000 metric tons (MT) of aid are in the pipeline after being approved and cleared by the Israeli authorities. These supplies are positioned across the region, including Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, and the West Bank, and are ready for dispatch, with some shipments already on the way to Gaza, as daily deliveries continue. Government-to-Government convoys from Jordan have not restarted since 18 September, when two Israeli soldiers were killed at Allenby Bridge by a Jordanian truck driver transporting cargo for the Gaza Strip.
• Between 7 and 12 October, out of 94 attempts to coordinate planned movements with Israeli authorities across the Gaza Strip, 50 (53 per cent) were facilitated, 18 (19 per cent) were impeded, 19 (20 per cent) were denied, and seven (7 per cent) were withdrawn by organizers for logistical, operational, or security reasons. As of 13 October, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement, coordination requests for humanitarian movements within these areas are no longer required. Coordination with Israeli authorities continues to be required for convoy movements to Gaza’s crossings as well as other areas that remain under Israeli military control. On 13 and 14 October, coordination requests by aid organizations to collect cargo from the two operational crossings (Kerem Shalom and Kissufim) were largely facilitated by Israeli authorities; out of 11 missions, six were facilitated, four were cancelled, one was impeded, and none were denied.
• On 14 October, a joint mission led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners, including the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and MoH was conducted to reallocate intensive care unit equipment, mechanical ventilators, incubators and anti-cancer medications from the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, which remains non-functional, to Nasser Medical Complex, also in Khan Younis. According to the Health Cluster, the priority is currently to reallocate functional equipment and supplies to already functional health facilities, where they are critically needed.
• The ceasefire has allowed many humanitarian partners to gradually resume operations in areas that were previously inaccessible. For example, at least nine partners providing protection services and support have gradually resumed services in Gaza city and parts of North Gaza to reach displaced families and returnees, providing inter alia child protection case management, mental health and psycho-social support for children and caregivers, conducting community awareness sessions, and distributing assistive devices to people with disabilities. Four child-friendly spaces and three women and girls’ safe spaces (WGSS) have re-opened in recent days, bringing the overall number of these spaces across the Gaza Strip to 61 child-friendly spaces and 32 WGSS. The Protection Cluster has mobilized safeguarding teams from the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) network and emergency protection responders to address protection concerns across the Strip. Protection partners are prioritizing the most vulnerable groups and coordinating field movements, toward strengthening coordination for return movements, expanding access to psychosocial support, and ensuring the continuity of legal assistance and civil documentation services. The Cluster is also enhancing protection monitoring efforts to safeguard the safety, dignity, and rights of returnees and displaced people and reinforcing peer-support mechanisms to sustain morale and operational continuity.
• The widespread presence of explosive ordnance (EO) continues to pose life-threatening risks to people across Gaza. According to data from the Mine Action (MA) Area of Responsibility (AoR), since 7 October 2023, 147 EO-related incidents have been recorded, resulting in 324 fatalities, including 91 children. Based on trends observed during the 42-day ceasefire earlier this year, this figure is expected to increase further as people return to damaged buildings and previously inaccessible areas, MA partners report. This underscores the urgent need to scale up EO risk education efforts and ensure improved access for MA partners to conduct the full spectrum of essential mine action activities, including EO clearance, which requires specialized personnel and equipment. As Mine Action is both a life-saving intervention and a critical enabler of wider humanitarian response, MA partners are scaling up operations across the Gaza Strip to ensure that civilian infrastructure can be repaired and schools and health facilities can be safely re-opened. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October, MA partners have responded to five requests for explosive hazard assessments, supported 16 inter-agency missions, and delivered risk education sessions to about 11,000 people across the Gaza Strip.
• As of 13 October, 949,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 21 partners through 176 kitchens; these include 59,000 meals by 12 kitchens in northern Gaza and 890,000 meals by 164 kitchens in central and southern Gaza. Since 12 October, and for the first time in seven months, a limited amount of cooking gas has begun to enter the Gaza Strip. Owing to renewed access, partners are working to scale back operations in northern Gaza, including by re-opening offices and facilities where feasible, and preparing to scale up overall food security response efforts to reach people across the Gaza Strip.
• Since 10 October, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) partners have continued and reprogrammed water delivery operations across the Gaza Strip. In Gaza governorate, 15 partners are currently delivering about 2,980 cubic metres of water per day across 351 collection points. To support operations in newly accessible areas, water trucks have been relocated from southern to northern Gaza, where water delivery has expanded. Overall, water is now being distributed at 1,440 collection points across the Strip – an increase from about 1,200 points recorded a week before the ceasefire. Partners are providing water to people on the move along Al Rashid and Salah ad Din roads. Infrastructure repairs are underway at key sites, including the Sheikh Radwan Basin pumping station in Gaza city, the Mekorot water line in the north, and the Al Satar well in Khan Younis. Waste management activities have expanded, with an additional 400 cubic metres of waste collected daily in North Gaza since 12 October, and ongoing primary and secondary waste collection in the south.
• Following the ceasefire, Education Cluster partners have begun to scale up non-formal education in temporary learning spaces (TLS) across the Gaza Strip. These efforts are designed to ensure continuity of learning by providing additional safe areas, as most schools have been damaged or continue to host displaced families. In the last few days, TLS are being established across 18 new sites, primarily within government schools located in the municipalities of Al Qarara and Khan Younis Camp (in Khan Younis) and Deir al Balah city and An Nuseirat (in Deir al Balah). To support this effort, 36 high-performance tents have been dispatched and are being installed to serve as alternative learning spaces for students.

Funding

• As of 15 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.3 billion out of the $4 billion (31 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian responses in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. During September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totalling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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Today's headlines

The 9,100 Palestinians left behind in Israeli prisons after the ‘peace’ deal

Qassam Muaddi

As world leaders celebrate the release of Israeli captives, over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners still face torture, hunger, and isolation behind bars. Half of them are held by Israel without charge or trial.

Palestine activists fight the Gaza genocide and government suppression in Turkiye 

Irfan Kovankaya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often highlights his government's support for the Palestinian people, but activists in the country face mounting repression for challenging Turkiye’s ongoing diplomatic, trade, and intelligence ties with Israel.

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West Bank Monthly Snapshot
Casualties, Property Damage and Displacement

September 2025

• This report reflects information available as of the time of publication. The most updated data and more breakdowns are available at ochaopt.org/data.
• In Israel, 14 Israelis were killed by Palestinians from the West Bank in attacks that also resulted in the killing of 6 Palestinians (January 2024 - September 2025); and a Palestinian was killed in an attack by Israelis in West Jerusalem in May 2025. These are counted separately, as this report covers incidents that took place in the West Bank.
• Casualties in the West Bank have been documented by OCHA since 2005, settler violence since 2006, and demolitions and displacement since 2009.
• Palestinians or Israelis whose immediate cause of death or the perpetrator’s identity remain disputed, unclear, or unknown, are counted separately, so are casualties as a result of “friendly fire” and Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank who have died in Israeli custody. Figures also do not include UXOs, mishandling of weapons, hit-and-run incidents, internal Palestinian clashes, and incidents where the perpetrator's nationality is disputed.

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5 takeaways from the ceasefire.

Join millions at NO KINGS mobilizations.

Demand investigation of the NGO responsible for aid massacres.

Tell your member of Congress to block the bombs.

For two years, the U.S. government has sent the Israeli military billions of dollars in weapons and bombs that it has used to carry out its mass slaughter of the people of Gaza. Today, more U.S. congresspeople than ever before support legislation to block the bombs.

With a ceasefire in place that cements Israeli impunity, now is the time to grow bolder in our demands, not back down. Use this tool from our sister organization JVP Action to email your reps today and tell them to stop arming Israel.

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Gaza Humanitarian Response Update

28 September - 11 October 2025

Medical evacuation of a newborn baby within the Gaza Strip amid hostilities, before the ceasefire was agreed. Photo by WHO, October 2025.

Food Security

Response

• As of 11 October, 954,000 meals were being prepared and delivered daily by 21 partners through 177 kitchens across the Gaza Strip – 59,000 meals by 12 kitchens in the north and 895,000 meals by 165 kitchens in central and southern Gaza. Compared with late September, meal production rose by 47 per cent in the south. Partners are working to further scale up meal production in the north, while meal production in central and southern Gaza continues to increase. 
• Since 5 October, nine UN-supported bakeries in central and southern Gaza resumed daily bread production, collectively producing more than 100,000 2-kilogramme (kg) bundles of bread daily. To ensure safe access, bakery windows remain closed, and bread is distributed through partners at hundreds of locations, including community kitchens, camps, shelters, and other community sites. In addition, some bread is available for purchase at select UN-contracted retailers at a fixed price of 3 NIS per 2-kg bundle. This approach aims to ensure that people across different areas can access bread in a safe and organized way.
• As part of efforts to scale up the food response during the ceasefire period, partners are working to expand distribution and storage capacities. This includes deploying surge teams, identifying additional implementing partners, as well as rehabilitating damaged distribution points and establishing new ones to reach vulnerable populations across Gaza. 
• Since 12 October, limited quantities of cooking gas have begun entering the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven months. Demand for cooking gas is expected to rise as food supplies increase through humanitarian and private sector channels during the ceasefire period and as the winter season approaches.

Challenges

• As of 14 October, it has been more than 30 days since the last food aid convoy dispatched under the UN-coordinated mechanism directly entered northern Gaza through the now-closed Zikim Crossing on 11 September. The anticipated opening of Zikim and Erez as direct border crossings in the north will be critical for large-scale entry of food supplies to address the needs of thousands of people who are returning to northern Gaza.  
• International NGO partners continue to face registration challenges, limiting their ability to operate at scale and restricting the entry of essential food items.
• The Food Security Sector (FSS) continues advocating for the safe access of fishers to the sea and the entry of agricultural supplies – including animal fodders, seed kits, organic fertilizers, and nylon sheets for greenhouses – through both humanitarian and private sector channels, as imports continue to face constraints and challenges. Resuming agricultural activities, including the revival of vegetable and fruit cultivation, small-scale animal rearing at the household level, restocking livestock, and supporting non-agriculture livelihoods through conditional assistance (either cash-based or in-kind), is key to enhance diet diversity and narrow food gaps in Gaza.

Nutrition

Response

• Since 28 September, WFP collected into Gaza 262 metric tons of Medium-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (LNS) to restart the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programme (BSFP), which had remained paused since July due to the lack of supplies. The available LNS can support 62,000 children for a 15-day period, with distribution currently ongoing. Prior to the entry of these critical supplies, to partially mitigate the gap, UNICEF had distributed Small-Quantity LNS to 23,357 children - just eight per cent of the 290,000 in need of preventative supplementary feeding - and Ready-to-Use Complementary Food to 9,045 children in the month of September. 
• Four Stabilization Centers (SCs) for the treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complications remained operational during the reporting period.  Patient’s Friends Hospital in Gaza city is the only facility in the north, with limited functionality within the pediatric ward.  
• The military operations during the month of September and large-scale population displacement disrupted the Nutrition Cluster programme and activities.  As of 8 October, only seven nutrition sites remained functional in Gaza city, compared to 36 in mid-September, and none was operational in the North Gaza governorate. During the same timeframe, as many people moved south, 29 new sites opened in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. In response to the increased number of people returning north after the announcement of the ceasefire, partners are working on re-opening sites in Gaza governorate.
• Based on reports from approximately 90 per cent of partners, September data indicates a net decline in malnutrition screenings. A total of 95,000 children under the age of five were screened across the Strip in September - 11,657 in the north and 83,789 in central and southern Gaza - compared to 110,000 in August and 148,000 in July. The malnutrition rate however remained high: 11,195 children, or 12 per cent of those screened, were identified with acute malnutrition and enrolled for treatment – of whom 2,515 were with the most severe form.

Challenges

• During the reporting period, partners remained unable to increase the number of SCs due to lack of beds, other essential equipment, and limited supplies, including shortage of F-100 therapeutic milk. The quantity of malnutrition prevention supplies was equally insufficient to cover all needs. 
• The Nutrition Cluster has continued receiving reports of partners conducting general distribution of infant formula. It is critically important to adhere to Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) guidelines specific to the State of Palestine for the utilization of Breast Milk Substitutes (BMS). The uncontrolled donations of infant formula and other milks in emergencies are dangerous and increase infant morbidity and mortality. Instead of BMS distribution, the nutrition status of breastfeeding women should receive priority attention. Infants and young children in need of BMS should receive it from trained practitioners and in a controlled and monitored programme. Additionally, provision of BMS should be accompanied by other activities such as counselling and provision of BMS kits.

Health

Response

• As of 12 October, 14 of 36 hospitals, 10 of 16 field hospitals, 64 of 181 primary healthcare centres, and 109 of 359 medical points remained partially functional across the Gaza Strip.
• During the reporting period, partners continued to provide essential health services, reaching about 400,000 people across 195 functional health service points.
• Médecins du Monde-France, International Medical Corps, and the Patient's Friends Benevolent Society (PFBS) also continued to expand health service delivery points in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah in response to the increasing population inflow following north-to-south displacement. Since the announcement of the ceasefire, efforts are also underway to scale up services in the north given the rapid population returns. 
• During the reporting period, WHO collected 20 trucks with 427 pallets of WHO and partner medical supplies. These included hemodialysis items, medicines, assistive devices, and cold chain laboratory supplies, as well as 23,991 vials of insulin, 5,700 blood units to support transfusion services, and 300 COVID-19 RDT kits that were all distributed to health facilities. 
• UNFPA distributed Sexual and Reproductive Health supplies to hospitals in Gaza city and the southern governorates sufficient to support 60,610 people. Distributions included nine types of Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits (IARHKs), individual oral and injectable contraception pills, clean delivery supplies, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, intrauterine device kits, drugs and equipment for obstetric surgery and its complications, as well as 2,500 menstrual hygiene management (MHM) kits for postnatal cases.
• WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 39 patients and their 147 companions outside of Gaza through Kerem Shalom.

Challenges

• Chronic shortages of essential medical equipment, medicines and consumables, including gauze, external fixators, and insulin pose a severe challenge to continued health service delivery. According to the Ministry of Health, around 55 per cent of essential medicines, 66 per cent of essential consumables, and 68 per cent of laboratory reagents and supplies were at zero-stock by end of September 2025. 
• Key tasks by the Health Cluster at this critical point remain the protection of health care workers and facilities, safe and unimpeded access for humanitarian health service delivery, and resumption of medical evacuations from Gaza to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Response

• During the reporting period, over 35 WASH Cluster partners continued water trucking operations to supply safe drinking water across the Gaza Strip; WASH partners are implementing an urgent scale up of water trucking in northern Gaza. 
• The UNICEF-led Subsidized Water Scheme continues providing drinking water to WASH Cluster partners to enable them to expand coverage. The six private desalination plants in southern Gaza remain fully operational. The number of functioning plants in Gaza city dropped to seven before the ceasefire agreement but increased to eight as of 12 October.
• Water distribution from the trunkline connecting the UAE-funded seawater desalination plant on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to southern Gaza continues to increase.  The installation of branch lines and storage tanks is enabling supply to displaced communities in Al Mawasi, and an extension line to Khan Younis is helping to reduce the trucking burden. 
• The Al Amal dump site is accessible and being prepared for solid waste collection in Deir al Balah. The Municipality is supporting IDPs that had moved into the temporary dump site to find new locations.
• The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and UNICEF completed repair works on the Bani Said Mekorot line in Deir al Balah. It is now being tested at 30 per cent capacity while joints are verified, and downstream leaks are identified and repaired. In Gaza city, the Mekorot line in Al Muntar  continues to operate at an estimated 50 per cent capacity due to leaks, while the Mekorot line in Bani Suhaila remains functional, supplying Khan Younis.

Challenges

• The Sheikh Radwan lagoon is critically full and is contaminated with wastewater and sewage. A rapid assessment indicates that the storm water tunnel has collapsed, and the pump station has suffered significant damage and requires repair, with a technical assessment ongoing.  Repairing the pump station and the drainage system are now an urgent priority before the winter season and require relevant materials and equipment such as pumps, generators, spare parts and pipes to enter Gaza. 
• Repair of the Samar sewage line is still waiting for relevant materials to be recovered from the North Gaza desalination plant. 
• The UNICEF supported Southern Gaza Desalination Plant remains operational but urgently requires antiscalant to ensure that treatment membranes are unclogged and fully operational.  
• Supply chain constraints persist, reducing the response capacity of WASH actors. The entry of reverse osmosis membranes, cartridge filters, oil, generators, pipes, and other essential electro-mechanical components is of critical importance. Equally critical are the spare parts and consumables for maintaining the fleet of water trucks and solid waste vehicles, with urgent needs for new vehicles, tires, batteries, and spare parts.

Protection

Response

• Protection monitoring teams conducted 27 observation missions, 33 key information interviews, and nine focus group discussions across Khan Younis, Deir al Balah, and Gaza city. UNRWA Protection Teams facilitated 252 referrals for specialized services and provided in-kind assistance to 35 people, including dignity kits, sanitary pads, water cans, and soap. UNRWA supported other Protection Cluster activities, including awareness-raising sessions on child protection, Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA),reaching 1,875 displaced people.
• Mine Action – Mine action partners provided support to two inter-agency missions, conducted 28 Explosive Hazard Assessments (EHAs), and delivered two EORE sessions for 21 humanitarian staff. In addition, 236 Explosive Ordnance Risk Education & Conflict Preparedness and Protection (EORE-CPP) sessions were conducted, reaching 4,997 people (1,427 women, 1,271 men, 1,251 girls, 1,048 boys) in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates.  
• Legal Task Force – Partners supported approximately 150 IDPs through legal counseling and assistance related to lost civil documents, including birth and death certificates, IDs, and Sharia deeds at the Reception Point set up on Al Rasheed Road.
• The Legal Task Force (LTF) provided awareness sessions on civil documentation to 2,100 people in central Gaza, legal counselling to approximately 430 people, and support in obtaining civil documents to 250 people. The Women’s Affairs Center (WAC) mediation committee handled 35 family dispute cases across shelters and camps, operating within an Alternative Dispute Resolution framework to address divorce, childcare, and guardianship issues in the absence of functioning civil courts. Partners also piloted an emergency cash-for-protection (C4P) project targeting 40 vulnerable women, with post-distribution monitoring scheduled for mid-October. Legal aid projects providing cash for protection are supporting 190 urgent cases with US$250 per case covering legal fees and transportation costs. The LTF also facilitated 45 lease agreements in central Gaza to mitigate risks of unlawful eviction amid rising rental prices and increasing reports of forced evictions.  
• Gender-Based Violence (GBV) – During the reporting period, four Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) remained operational in Gaza city, and 25 in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, offering multisectoral GBV services including case management, psychosocial care, and access to clinical management of rape (CMR). Since the announcement of the ceasefire, three further WGSSs have already reopened in Gaza city. Partners are monitoring conditions to further scale up activities in northern areas.
• Group therapeutic sessions reached 3,809 women and girls, while 229 received individual counselling. GBV helplines responded to 122 calls, and 150 women and girls, including GBV survivors, received emergency cash assistance. Legal awareness services were provided to 1,224 people, 89 per cent of them women, and included 10 family mediation sessions and six follow-up interventions. GBV awareness and prevention activities engaged 1,556 participants (974 women and girls and 582 men and boys), and 400 women and girls, including persons with disabilities, participated in recreational and group activities.
• Through UNFPA support, 4,088 women and girls received dignity and hygiene kits across Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.
• GBV case managers provided psychological first aid, safety planning, and confidential referrals at reception centres, reaching 367 women and girls.
• Child Protection (CP) – Most CP services continue to operate, prioritizing the most vulnerable children, including unaccompanied and separated ones (UASC), children with disabilities, and newly displaced families in the southern governorates. Five mobile child protection teams are providing essential outreach, psychosocial support, and case follow-up for displaced populations in shelters and host communities in northern Gaza. Due to the destruction of infrastructure and safe spaces, over 150 child-friendly spaces and/or child protection service points remain non-functional, particularly in northern Gaza. Following the recent ceasefire agreement, five additional partners reached northern Gaza and began assessing conditions to resume activities, while another five are preparing to restart operations pending logistical and access clearances.
• To support response scale-up and winterization efforts, the Child Protection AoR completed a warehouse capacity assessment confirming readiness to receive and distribute over 100,000 winter kits once supplies arrive. With UNICEF support, two partners received activity tents, and eight additional partners are expected to receive theirs within the week. 
• During the reporting period, 620 children received child protection case management including family tracing support, referrals for specialized care, family interventions, and cash for protection. Of these, 198 were UASC, including seven with disabilities. 
• A total of 2,850 children and 1,000 caregivers participated in structured and semi-structured MHPSS activities, including art, play, storytelling, positive parenting, individual and group therapy sessions.
• Community-level engagement remained a core component of the response, reaching 4,842 children and caregivers through awareness sessions on child protection, parenting, positive discipline, non-violent caregiving, and stress management during displacement. Ten community protection committees were reactivated or newly established to support referrals, feedback, and awareness-raising on child protection risks and available services.
• With many children and families returning to areas affected by recent hostilities, risk mitigation, EORE and other awareness related to child protection significantly increased, reaching 4,015 individuals (2,154 women, 1,424 men, 275 girls, and 162 boys), 97 per cent of whom were internally displaced. A total of 526 brochures and 15 posters were distributed to reinforce safety messaging.

Challenges

• Limited availability of specialized MHPSS providers at the clinical level resulted in prolonged waiting times for children and caregivers in need of advanced care. Rising child protection case management caseloads linked to growing displacement have overstretched staff capacity and impacted the quality of follow-up. Fuel shortages inhibited mobility and outreach, while repeated displacement and returns disrupted ongoing programming. Overcrowded shelters leave minimal space safe for psychosocial or child protection activities. 
• Protection services in northern and central Gaza operated at minimal capacity due to the destruction of infrastructure and displacement of personnel. The absence of functioning facilities for women, girls, and children increased the risks of family separation, child labour, exploitation, and GBV, particularly among newly displaced households. 
• Legal remedies in Gaza city have largely collapsed, with Sharia Courts suspending operations and the Ministry of Interior halting the issuance of essential civil documents in northern Gaza. U.S. sanctions have also impacted the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), resulting in the freezing of its bank account and requiring vendors to open accounts in Jordanian Dinars instead of USD. This poses a major challenge as PCHR is the leading local NGO providing legal aid services on the ground, including child registration, custodianship of unaccompanied children, replacing lost ID cards, and ensuring housing, land and property inheritance rights for the most vulnerable, namely widows and orphans. 
• Large-scale displacement since mid-September forced all major legal aid partners to relocate operations to central Gaza, where staff face housing challenges, and courts are overwhelmed by the influx of displaced populations. 

Shelter

Response

• During the reporting period, 4,870 tents were collected into Gaza under the Shelter Cluster framework, with 3,874 intercepted en route. The other 996 tents were successfully distributed, alongside another 984 which had been safely uplifted just prior to the reporting period. A total of 39,550 bedding items were also distributed to affected families, drawing on both newly entered supplies and existing partner stocks, alongside 3,900 tarpaulins.
• Household selection followed the Shelter Cluster’s targeting and prioritization criteria, ensuring assistance reached the most vulnerable families, including referrals from Protection partners.
• During the reporting period, the Cluster published three documents providing strategic, safety, and operational guidance to support the ongoing shelter response: Winterization Recommendations for Gaza 2025-26, IEC on Temporary Occupancy of Damaged Buildings, and Technical Guidance on Tent Assistance. 
• Shelter partners will continue conducting assessments prior to distributions to target the most vulnerable individuals. This approach aligns with guidance on targeting and prioritization, highlighting tailored shelter assistance for different caseloads and displacement contexts.

Challenges

• Partners remained unable to respond to shelter needs in the north due to rejections on the entry of shelter materials.
• Insecurity within Gaza and a lack of safe routes resulted in supplies being intercepted by crowds and looted. Of the 15,840 tents that reportedly entered Gaza since 16 August when the Israeli authorities lifted the ban on the entry of shelter items, only 8,240 were successfully collected, while 7,600 were intercepted; nearly half of all incoming tents did not reach their intended recipients. All 75,210 bedding items and 16,160 tarpaulins that entered during the same timeframe were safely uplifted and their distribution is ongoing.
• The fluid situation in Gaza — from mass displacement to the central and southern areas, to recent return movements toward Gaza city — exacerbates needs.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance

Response

• During the reporting period, Cash Working Group (CWG) partners distributed Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to 28,000 households, prioritizing newly displaced families or those identified as being highly vulnerable through their individual programme databases. Each household received 1,000 NIS (approximately US$295), delivered via payment codes or direct transfers to their digital wallets. This brings to at least 250,000 the number of households in Gaza that received at least one MPCA installment thus far in 2025, with 325,000 payments issued in total by CWG members since the start of the year. 
• During the first week of October, the CWG and partners continued to strengthen operational readiness for a ceasefire scenario, including monitoring Financial Service Provider capacity, tracking population movements and market functionality, and coordinating closely with the Gaza Market Monitoring Committee (GMMC), Gaza Chamber of Commerce, and the Protection and Site Management Clusters to ensure that future cash assistance can be delivered safely, efficiently, and accountably once conditions allow.

Challenges

• Findings from the Gaza Market Monitoring Committee reports for late September and early October indicate that markets in southern Gaza remain fragile but operational. The availability of key commodities, including flour, pulses, and sugar, has modestly improved following intermittent commercial entries. However, affordability remains a critical concern. While some prices have eased slightly since mid-year, household purchasing power continues to deteriorate amid widespread unemployment and growing indebtedness. Movement restrictions and damaged infrastructure have been driving significant price disparities between localities.
• Liquidity constraints persist: digital transactions via e-wallets have expanded, yet physical cash inflows remain blocked. Many families continue to rely on informal brokers and high-cost withdrawal channels, further eroding the real value of assistance. Partners are maintaining advocacy for improved financial access and continue to monitor price gaps between electronic and cash-based payments.

Site Management

Response

• Site Management partners continue to monitor population movements across the Gaza strip. Until 5 October, efforts focused on tracking displacement towards the south as a result of the Gaza city offensive. Since 10 October, monitoring has shifted to observe return movements toward the north and east following the ceasefire. Data collected on displacement trends is promptly shared with other Clusters to inform humanitarian response planning.
• Since the onset of the Gaza city offensive, partners have been conducting a comprehensive joint exercise to track and record population movements in and out of displacement sites. This initiative aims to maintain an up-to-date mapping of site populations.  To date, data has been updated for 593 sites, covering a total of 963,000 people. The exercise is ongoing, with new sites added daily and continued tracking planned. A dashboard has been developed to present the collected data.

Challenges

• During the reporting period, insecurity, movement restrictions, and damaged infrastructure continued to limit access to populations in displacement sites in Gaza city. Partners reported difficulty reaching areas near active conflict zones or heavily damaged neighborhoods, resulting in gaps in site-level data and hindering response planning. Despite efforts to maintain remote engagement through focal points, the lack of physical access remained a major barrier to assessing needs and delivering timely assistance.
• Limited space in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis forced displaced families to reside in increasingly unsafe conditions. The lack of alternative spaces and restrictions on bringing in site improvement materials further constrained Site Management efforts to address risks and improve living conditions. 

Education

Response

• At least 57 new Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) were established during the reporting period, roughly half in the Deir al Balah area and the remainder in Khan Younis, collectively serving 33,968 children with the support of 707 teachers as an effort to expand in-learning possibilities for children for the new academic year that started in September.  As of end September, 751 TLSs had been established across the Gaza Strip; however, only 252 were operational, providing learning opportunities for 136,000 children supported by 3,889 teachers.
• Despite the shortage of supplies, partners continued to deliver innovative structured recreational activities for 2,300 children and provided MHPSS to 880 children to address trauma. 
• A total of 29,389 students sat for the Tawjihi exams on 11 October. Exams are scheduled to conclude on 16 October, with only 71 per cent of the expected candidates currently participating. The Ministry of Education (MoE), with support from partners, plans to organise supplementary sessions by year end for students who missed exams from both the current and previous cohorts Students who complete the exams will have the option to progress into tertiary institutions.

Challenges

• Between 28 September and 9 October six UNRWA, three Palestinian Authority (PA), and one private school in Gaza city were impacted by airstrikes. Despite significant aid contributions, the entry of learning, recreational, and MHPSS materials continued to face severe limitations, with tons of essential supplies awaiting approval for entry. 
• As of the end of September, nearly 150 TLSs had closed due to the lack of funding. Additional resources are urgently needed to expand and maintain learning spaces, as local material costs remain high. The absence of funding for teacher salaries has further strained partners, who are struggling to provide incentives to sustain teacher recruitment, availability, and commitment.

Emergency Telecommunications (ETC)

Response

• Following the recent ceasefire agreement, ETC is coordinating with the World Food Programme (WFP), relevant authorities, and stakeholders to expedite the approval processes for critical communications equipment by the Israeli authorities. These items are essential for scaling up ETC services in Gaza. The team is also working to fast-track clearance for equipment that has already received approval, aiming to restore and expand connectivity for humanitarian operations.
• Between 7 and 10 October, Deir Al Balah, Gaza city, and Khan Yunis experienced repeated internet outages due to fiber cable damage caused by the hostilities, that led to switchboard malfunctions. While connectivity intermittently resumed, full restoration was not possible, highlighting the fragility of Gaza’s communication infrastructure and its impact on staff safety and humanitarian coordination.
• For more information on ETC activities, please visit: Palestine: Conflict | Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) (etcluster.org).

Challenges

• Throughout the reporting period, connectivity in the Gaza Strip remained unstable due to damaged infrastructure, restrictions on importing essential telecom equipment, and limited access for repair and maintenances. 
• These issues disrupted humanitarian operations and prevented communities from accessing vital information. Major funding shortfalls affecting the Cluster further delayed planned services and the rollout of secure communication tools, including radio systems.

Logistics

Response

• Between 28 September and 11 October, the Logistics Cluster collected 578 pallets of shelter items from the Kerem Shalom crossing on behalf of two partners. 
• Through the Jordan route, four Back-to-Back (B2B) convoys were facilitated and 47 trucks carrying health, shelter and WASH items offloaded at Kerem Shalom on behalf of three partners. 
• In response to the ceasefire agreement, the Cluster is coordinating with partners to support the manifesting and delivery of around 250 trucks of aid cargo per day, five days a week, to Gaza crossings. 
• Aid items continue to be restricted to pre-cleared food, health, nutrition, shelter, and WASH items, approved on a case-by-case basis. There are currently no indications that the registration requirement and restrictions on international NGO partners authorised to send cargo will change. 
• Aid routes remain unchanged with Egypt, Israel (including Ashdod), West Bank and Jordan (only for “Back-to-Back” convoys) authorised.
• Updates are anticipated on which crossings can be utilised considering the surge in aid flow into Gaza, with discussions ongoing about the opening of northern Gaza crossings.

Challenges

• Logistics Cluster-facilitated transport service inside Gaza continued from Kerem Shalom, but persistent security incidents led to significant commodity losses. Collections from Kissufim crossing were still hampered by severe insecurity  around it.
• Direct aid delivery to northern Gaza remained halted  since the closure of the Zikim crossing on 12 September. All requests to use alternative routes including the Fence Road to northern Gaza were denied. 
• Delivering humanitarian aid through the Jordan route is still disrupted. Government-to-Government (G2G) convoys are still not authorised to be dispatched since the security incident at King Hussein/Allenby Bridge on 18 September. B2B convoys resumed with the first trucks offloaded on 29 September through Kerem Shalom. From that point, only health and shelter items have been transported to Gaza from Jordan as Israeli authorities now require Israeli escorts for trucks carrying food items through this modality.
• The West Bank route continues to face extreme restrictions and long closures. Since 29 September, only one truck was permitted to cross from the West Bank and offload, as the crossing was closed for the whole week over the Jewish holiday period. During the reporting period, four organisations offloaded only 39 trucks carrying food, and health items at Kerem Shalom.
• The flow of aid from Ashdod continues to be severely affected by the Israeli authorities’ requirement for deep scanning (physical inspection) of containers, which reduces the volume of aid cleared to move to Gaza each day.

Fuel

• Fuel collection and distribution remained at the core of the humanitarian response. During the reporting period, UNOPS collected 29 fuel trucks, with 1,053,870 litres of diesel and 37,000 litres of benzine from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing. 
• A total of 1,194,112 litres of diesel and 16,836 litres of benzine were distributed to different clusters including Logistics, WASH, Protection, Health, Education, Site Management, Food Security, and ETC to support humanitarian operations. Of the total distributed fuel, UNOPS transferred 131,800 litres of diesel to northern Gaza, including 61,000 to Al Shifa Hospital and 70,800 litres to the Garage desalination facility.

Protection against sexual abuse and exploitation (PSEA) remains a cross-cutting priority for all clusters. Aid distribution must be delivered with dignity and respect. Any wrongdoing can be reported through SAWA’s toll-free number 164. SAWA will assist and provide services free of charge and with the utmost confidentiality.

The AAP Working Group is currently reconfiguring the Humanitarian Service Directory which provides information on aid services, helplines, and key messages, and is available via hyperlink and QR code. Approvals for the piloting phase of the Interagency Humanitarian Radio Station have been obtained. The station is hosted by UNICEF in coordination and support from the AAP Working Group, and technical support from Amplifying Voices-UK and Rapid Response Radio.

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15 oktober 2025

Israel is racing to entrench permanent colonial domination over Palestine. The ceasefire in Gaza doesn’t change that.

When Israel launched its latest onslaught on Gaza City in early September, the plan was brutally simple: wipe that ancient city off the map and bet that the world would look away. Instead, after two years of a genocidal war on Gaza, Israel is finally being treated like a pariah state. Even Netanyahu now speaks of turning Israel into an isolated “super Sparta” — a rogue project unbound by the world’s conscience.

A ceasefire does not mean safety. Aid is strangled and used as leverage, at the same time that Israel is empowering armed militias, with the final goal of destroying the social fabric. The Zionist strategy continues.

We need your help to keep reporting the truth about it.

We are days from the end of our Fall campaign and still need to raise $137,000. If our newsroom’s reporting has helped you see through the fog — if you’ve shared our investigations, relied on our dispatches, or learned from voices you won’t hear elsewhere — please donate today.

From day one of the genocide, we’ve been shaping the narrative and providing firsthand testimony from the ground in Gaza and the West Bank. At the Palestine Bureau, that meant reporting on the genocide of our own people and grappling with the enormity of the pain and the loss that we felt on a personal level, even as we tried to translate it to our readers.

Our work is critical to the movement. Public opinion is shifting. Our stories are breaking through — not because institutions want them to, but because readers insist on it.

Israel’s propaganda machine will seize every headline around the captive exchange to launder its crimes and lock in "facts on the ground." Our task is to be faster, clearer, and relentless — to amplify Gazan voices and prevent this from happening in silence.

Give now to keep this coverage alive. Help us close the gap and meet the moment.

With gratitude,

Faris Giacaman
Palestine News Director

1864.

15 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

How the murder of Gaza journalist Saleh Aljafarawi and Hamas’s crackdown on Israel-backed militias are connected

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Beloved Gaza journalist Saleh Aljafarawi was murdered amid a Hamas crackdown on Israel-backed armed clans and militias that looted aid and sowed chaos during the war. Here’s how they’re all connected.

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15 oktober 2025

Israel and Hamas reached a fragile ceasefire proposed by the US over the past week. The truce brought some relief to Gaza, where residents have endured months of devastating air attacks and shortages of food, water, and medicine.

President Trump travelled to Israel and Egypt in visits that coincided with the release of 20 Israeli captives and the beginning of the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, as part of the ceasefire’s terms. We focused on the human implications of the ceasefire.

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14 oktober 2025

Right now, Google is running propaganda ads from the Israeli apartheid regime attempting to hide Israel's crimes, discredit international bodies, and vilify activists.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a scale developed and adopted by national governments and international agencies to analyze food security, has confirmed and declared that Israel is creating an "entirely man-made" famine in Gaza.

Israel knows that it is losing the PR battle, and in a desperate attempt to save face and evade accountability for its crimes in Gaza, the Israeli Government has entered into a $45 million contract with Google to run ads discrediting the IPC, the Sumud Flotilla, and the Hind Rajab Foundation.

Demand Google & YouTube stop platforming Israeli propaganda ads

Google and YouTube entered into this deal with full knowledge of its purpose: to actively enable Israel's crimes against humanity by casting doubt on the starvation and suffering in Gaza.

Under Article 25 of the Rome Statute, these ads could be considered public incitement of genocide — a blatant violation of international law.

Now is the time to escalate pressure on Google and its complicity in genocide.

Google workers with No Tech for Apartheid have pushed internally to have these ads taken down and get answers from Google leadership about why these atrocious, false and potentially illegal ads that whitewash genocide and forced starvation remain active on Google and YouTube.

They are now asking for our help in getting these ads removed by mass-reporting and flooding Google's internal reporting systems.

Almost 51,000 reports have been submitted so far — we’re already half of the way to Googlers’ goal of 100,000.

It takes 5 minutes to report these ads using the page built by Google workers.

In Solidarity,

Audrey Bruner
Adalah Justice Project

1861.

14 oktober 2025

Today, genocidal Israel is playing a football match that shouldn’t be happening.

UEFA and FIFA should have banned Israel years ago over its apartheid regime and its teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Now, given its genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, Israel should be immediately banned by FIFA and UEFA as a legal, not just ethical, obligation.

The Italian men’s national team should have refused to play the World Cup qualifier match with a team representing an apartheid regime committing genocide, including sporticide.

Where states and institutions are failing, the people are rising up.

In the Italian city of Udine, twice as many demonstrators will be protesting outside the match as fans inside, as ticket sales have flopped despite discounts and offers.

300 sports, grassroots, student, labor and Palestine solidarity groups have endorsed the mobilization to shout no sports as usual with Team Genocide. In a recent poll, 80% of Italians who expressed an opinion called for excluding Israel from international sports.

Join them now!

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Pledge No Rest for UEFA until it bans genocidal Israel

The fragile ceasefire agreement is bringing some desperately needed respite for our people in Gaza. However, we know all too well that only continued pressure and serious accountability measures, including lawful sanctions, will help stop Israel’s genocide and end its 77-year regime of settler-colonialism and apartheid.

Israel’s genocide continues, albeit more quietly. Israel’s imposed famine continues. Israel’s grave crimes against Palestinians continue.

Never have there been as many voices calling on FIFA and UEFA to ban Israel from world football, from the 47-member Asian Football Confederation, to the Turkish Football Federation, eight UN Experts, Norwegian Football Association President Lise Klaveness, Bohemian FC, Amnesty International, former footballer Eric Cantona, the Italian Football Coaches Association, Ireland Men's National Team Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson, former Secretary of the South African Football Players Union Sipho Ndzuzo, 45 members of the Italian and European Parliaments, dozens of fan clubs and 1.5 million petition signatories.

This list must continue to grow and only our people power can make that happen.

Join Italians protesting today. And continue tomorrow to pressure football players, staff, teams and sports bodies in your area to support the growing calls to isolate apartheid Israel, just as apartheid South Africa once was.

Excluding Israel from international sports has begun … from below. We can do it.

1860.

14 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Palestinians freed from Israeli prison denied reunion with families as Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace

Qassam Muaddi

Palestinians gathered in the West Bank to reunite with loved ones set to be released as part of the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. But many were devastated to learn that Israel had deported them instead.

Trump ignores Palestinians in Knesset speech intended as a victory lap for the Gaza war

Mitchell Plitnick

In a speech to the Knesset, Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza over and tempted Israel with economic riches through regional normalization, while almost completely ignoring the Palestinians.

1859.

13 oktober 2025

The BDS movement is calling on you to join the Week of Action against F-35s from 13-18 October. Let’s escalate pressure, including peaceful disruptive actions, against states, companies, and institutions complicit in the F-35 program. They have to exclude genocidal Israel from the F-35 sales, maintenance and supply chain.

F-35 fighter jets are crucial for apartheid Israel to carry out its genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. The many countries involved in building and purchasing the US-produced F-35 jets are complicit in Israel’s genocide, apartheid and illegal occupation.

During this week of action, grassroots movements, trade unions and other civil society organizations will escalate pressure through peaceful disruptions, email storms (details below), and/or mass protests against complicit ministries, members of parliaments and manufacturing companies.

Will you join them? Send an email to your elected officials now.

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Click here for a template letter prepared by the BDS movement.

Parts specifically made for F-35 jets are manufactured in 13 states – US, UK, Australia, Canada, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Israel. The components they produce are then sent to Lockheed Martin and Pratt and Whitney factories in the US and UK, where they are assembled. From there, the F-35Is, specially made for Israel, are sent to the genocidal state. These components are part of the F-35I jets that enable Israel to murder Palestinian women, men and children on a daily basis, and destroy their homes, hospitals, schools and other vital infrastructure.

At least 19 states are currently using F-35 fighter jets, and several states have recently signed deals to purchase them. These include the US, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, Greece, Germany, South Korea, Singapore, Poland, Romania and Switzerland.

1858.

13 oktober 2025

Our Work Has Only Begun

A ceasefire was reached, and our brothers and sisters in Gaza can have their much-needed respite. However, this should not make us complacent. That is why you cannot miss the 18th Palestine Convention, where we come together as one community, one people, in pursuit of justice. This is where we put our ideas into action and transform them into reality, and the setting where our collective efforts produce meaningful and desirable change.

Our work for Palestine in the United States didn’t start on October 7th, 2023, and it doesn’t end today. The Palestinian people have sacrificed far too much for us to stop now.  The Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and liberation is our goal, so our work must persist until those aims are achieved.

This so-called “peace plan” still leaves Gaza in pieces. The American people have awakened to the reality on the ground, that what they witnessed over the last 2 years was not an aberration but rather an intensification of an already existent oppressive regime.

The tide is shifting in America, and more people are growing in their awareness of the Palestinian struggle. We must utilize this moment and take that growing awareness to new heights. The 18th Palestine Convention from November 27-29 in Tinley Park, IL, is the place to do just that.

While Gaza receives its much-needed rest, we in the U.S. must never rest until there’s a free Palestine.

Onwards,
American Muslims for Palestine
Palestine Convention Team

1857.

13 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

She was taken hostage by Palestinians 55 years ago. Now she’s an anti-Zionist activist.

Sarah Prager

Catherine Hodes was taken hostage by the PFLP at age 13 while traveling from Israel to the U.S. The experience sparked a lifelong commitment to Palestinian liberation.

1856.

13 oktober 2025

Het Palestijnse maatschappelijk middenveld reageert op het genocidale plan van Trump en NetanyahuNiets minder dan vrijheid, gerechtigheid en zelfbeschikking

In reactie op het illegale, koloniale Israëlisch-Amerikaanse “Trump-plan” dringt het Palestijnse maatschappelijk middenveld aan op volledige Palestijnse rechten en roept het op tot escalatie van de BDS-druk om een einde te maken aan alle medeplichtigheid van staten, bedrijven en instellingen aan het Israëlische regime van kolonialisme, militaire bezetting, apartheid en genocide.

Bezet Palestina, 9 oktober 2025 – In reactie op het zogenaamde Trump-plan, een plan dat voornamelijk is ontworpen door de fascistische regering van Israël om haar te redden van haar huidige ongekende wereldwijde isolatie, temidden van de voortdurende, gelivestreamde genocide door de VS en Israël op miljoenen Palestijnen in Gaza, en rekening houdend met de diversiteit aan politieke standpunten onder Palestijnse partijen, blijft de consensus van het Palestijnse volk en het maatschappelijk middenveld over de volgende vijf fundamentele punten recht overeind staan:

Lees verder op onze website

Nu Israël steeds meer internationaal geïsoleerd raakt, wordt BDS belangrijker dan ooit

Benjamin Netanyahu kwam terug op zijn beweringen over het internationale isolement van Israël nadat hij een beurscrash had veroorzaakt, maar hij had gelijk: de genocide in Gaza heeft de reputatie van Israël ernstig geschaad. We moeten dit isolement versterken door middel van boycots en sancties. Maandag zorgde de Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu voor een daling

1855.

12 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Gazans march north again, returning to homes made of rubble

Tareq S. Hajjaj

As Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes, the effects of the genocide are being felt amid heightened social unrest. “This war broke us," one returnee to Gaza City told Mondoweiss. "It damaged our souls. We need decades to heal.”

40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable

William Youmans

On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been filed. The unresolved case remains an open wound.

1854.

12 oktober 2025

Upon release, Ayana stated: "I had the privilege of regaining my freedom and control over my life after one month in military prison. Millions of people do not know a reality in which their freedom is in their own hands. Freedom should not be a privilege! People must immediately get back the freedom that belongs to them – the freedom that the State of Israel never had the right to take away from them."

As someone who was in her place, I can imagine how happy she and her loved ones are now that she has been released after having her freedom taken away from her just for refusing to take part in a genocide. We must remember why refusers are going to prison:They go to prison because they want people to hear about what is happening in Gaza, they want people to know they dont have to comply with the genocide, and to show that another way is possible through refusal, resisting.

The movement does not end with Ayana’s release. We must support those like Ayana, anyone contemplating refusal, in order to put a stop to the genocide in Gaza and to build a lasting movement against war and occupation. Help Ayana and the refuser movement by inviting three people to join our community to resist the genocide.

In solidarity,

Mattan Helman
Refuser Solidarity Network

1853.

11 oktober 2025

A ceasefire has been declared, but will it be the end of the genocide?

After two years of brutal genocide, a ceasefire is finally on the table in Gaza. The deal reached in Egypt pauses the bombardment, pulls Israeli forces back somewhat, opens the crossings to more aid, and swaps prisoners, but without any binding terms that actually end the war. There’s no written guarantee Israel won’t break the pause after the captive exchanges, as it did in March. Instead, Hamas, the Arab governments, and other international actors are counting on the U.S. government, led by Donald Trump, to guarantee Israel will adhere to the agreement.

Even as the deal was announced, Israeli strikes continued, and tanks fired on displaced families trying to go back to their homes. The first phase of this agreement says people should be allowed to return to Gaza City and the north, yet those areas were systematically destroyed over the past two years, and anyone attempting the trip risks being killed by Israeli forces. A ceasefire that exists on paper but not in reality is a trap, not a path. The Israeli captives are expected to be released starting on Monday. It will take several more days to see how this agreement manifests on the ground.

Our Gaza Correspondent, Tareq Hajjaj, captured the mood of celebration filled with trepidation. After two years of mass death, families want to believe the worst is over; they also know how quickly “pauses” have been followed by resumed bombardment. People are daring to breathe, and in the same breath, bracing for the other shoe to drop.

And then there’s the “secret clause.” Israeli media floated an undisclosed appendix that would let Israel restart the war if Hamas can’t locate every captive, alive or dead, within seventy-two hours. Hamas denies that such a clause exists. Whether or not the text is real almost misses the point. Its circulation serves as a political cover for Netanyahu to blow up the deal if he so chooses. The risk that this pause is merely a holding pattern for the next round is not paranoia; it’s a pattern we’ve already seen.

Which brings us to Washington’s role. Mitchell Plitnick lays out how Trump’s “20-Point Plan” sketches a pathway to ending the genocide, but it’s vague, top-down, and ultimately depends on the U.S. actually enforcing limits on Israel. That history is not encouraging. The plan installs foreign-managed administration over Gaza’s future and punts the core questions of sovereignty, disarmament, and reconstruction into a hazy “later.” Without sustained pressure, the incentives still point toward indefinite control by force, with Palestinians paying the price.

It is also important to say that the reason this deal is happening at all is due to the sustained pressure people worldwide have exerted on their governments to act over the past two years. This deal is being described as a victory for Trump. But he was forced to put pressure on Netanyahu and the Israeli government, in part because his political base is moving away from supporting Israel. Democrats, too, are starting to break with the pro-Israel status quo because the U.S. populace is becoming overwhelmingly opposed to the so-called “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel. This ceasefire is a response to the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We must maintain the pressure, even if the ceasefire remains in place in the long term, which, of course, I hope will be the case.

Any pause in a genocide is a moral good. It gives children a night to sleep and parents a chance to plan for their future. We should welcome it and refuse to mistake it for peace. Netanyahu has made a career out of manufacturing “security crises” to keep Palestinians dispossessed and his coalition intact. Expect attempts to keep Gaza destabilized by baiting confrontations, tightening movement, slow-walking aid, and then pointing to the inevitable friction as justification to reopen the skies. That’s the logic of colonialism and siege. Our job is to name it while insisting on the only durable outcome that actually prevents a return to mass killing: a binding end to the war, an end to the blockade, and real freedom for Palestinians.

Before you go: we’re in our Fall Fundraising Campaign and need to raise $145,000 in the next two weeks to keep this coverage coming. Right now, every donation is matched, dollar for dollar, so your gift has double the impact. If you value our independent reporting that cuts through the spin and centers Palestinian life, this is the moment we need you to step up with financial support. Thank you for having our back.

David Reed, Publisher

Must read: What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next

Qassam Muaddi: The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas includes halting military actions, an Israeli withdrawal, increased humanitarian aid, and a prisoner swap. But it doesn’t guarantee an end to the war or that Israel won’t resume the genocide.

Smoke rises as Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians attempting to return north on al-Rashid Street, October 09, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

Genocide in Gaza

 Mitchell Plitnick: Donald Trump’s “20-Point Plan” could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

 Tareq Hajjaj: Gaza erupted in celebration as a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached on Thursday. But while there has been an outpouring of joy over the prospect of an end to the genocide, many are skeptical that it’s truly over.

 Qassam Muaddi: Hebrew-language Israeli media reports say there is a “secret clause” buried in the Gaza ceasefire agreement that would allow Israel to resume the war. Palestinians worry this is the pretext Netanyahu needs to get out of completing the deal.

 Hamza Abu Al-Tarabeesh: I never imagined my mission would be this painful: to write the stories of my neighbors, friends, and family erased in Gaza’s genocide.

Catch-up

 Michael Arria: As Gaza flotilla activists share stories of abuse in Israeli detention, Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the State Department take action.

 Qassam Muaddi: Taybeh, a small West Bank village known for its Christian heritage, is far from Gaza. But in the two years since October 7, life has changed dramatically as the genocide and Israeli occupation have affected all Palestinians.

 Michael Arria: Politico recently declared, “An Entire Generation of Americans Is Turning on Israel.” To the surprise of some, this massive political shift includes the Republican Party.

 Abdaljawad Omar: Two years on, the memory of October 7 returns as both catastrophe and possibility, reminding us that both resistance and surrender are choices haunted by loss. But two years on, we also learned something else: they are defeatable.

 Taraq Hajjaj: Many in Gaza believe that Trump’s “peace” plan is a ploy to get the Israeli captives released and then resume the genocide. However, despite deep skepticism, the desperation to end the war outweighs everything else.

 Michael Arria: The Trump administration’s crackdown on dissent started with its targeting of Palestine protesters. Two years into the Gaza genocide, we are now seeing these attacks expand to all critics, regardless of their connection to Palestine.

1852.

11 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

The Israeli media is reporting on a ‘secret clause’ in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about

Qassam Muaddi

Hebrew-language Israeli media reports say there is a "secret clause" buried in the Gaza ceasefire agreement that would allow Israel to resume the war. Palestinians worry this is the pretext Netanyahu needs to get out of completing the deal.

Now that a Gaza ceasefire has been reached, will Trump force Israel to end the genocide?

Mitchell Plitnick

Donald Trump’s “20-Point Plan” could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

Democratic lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration on detained flotilla activists

Michael Arria

As Gaza flotilla activists share stories of abuse in Israeli detention, Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the State Department take action.

1851.

10 oktober 2025

History is not written by the despairing. Glory is not attained by the disheartened. The future belongs to those who act—and victory is never achieved by those defeated in spirit.

Today, as Israel wages a horrific campaign of extermination in Gaza—with full complicity from the U.S. government—we stand at a moral crossroads. We can either surrender to despair and become complicit through silence, or we can honor the immense sacrifices of the Palestinian people by transforming grief into action.

Which path will you choose?

Over the past two years, despite relentless violence and repression, the Palestinian people have shown legendary resilience. Their courage, combined with tireless advocacy across the U.S. and around the world, has begun to shift public opinion. Credible polls now show that a majority of Americans view Israel negatively. The Zionist lobby no longer controls the narrative—its falsehoods have been exposed.

For years, we’ve been among the most influential voices defending Palestinian rights and challenging blind U.S. support for Israel. Today, we see the impact:

• A dramatic shift within the Democratic Party toward justice for Palestine
• A generational transformation of public opinion in favor of Palestinian liberation
• Unprecedented fractures within Republican ranks over U.S. complicity

The truth is simple: the Palestinian cause is just. It only needs to be voiced, named, and carried forward with clarity and conviction.

Palestine Advocacy Days, September 24, 2024, Washington, DC

From October 19–21, over 600 advocates from more than 30 states will gather in Washington, D.C. for Palestine Advocacy Days 2025—a historic moment for our movement.

Together, we will meet with lawmakers, demand an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, and push for real accountability in the aftermath of genocide.

This event has come a long way. What began as a small gathering in 2015 has grown into one of the most powerful advocacy efforts for Palestine in the United States. Now more than ever, we need these voices to be heard—and that can only happen with your support.

Your donation today will help cover lodging for student advocates, print materials, and ensure our message of justice and liberation echoes through the halls of power.

Every contribution fuels this effort and strengthens our collective voice.

Because while the bombs may stop falling, our fight for justice continues—until every Palestinian lives free on their land.

Join us. Be a partner in the struggle. Help us amplify the truth.

With resolve,

Dr. Osama Abu IrshaidExecutive Director, AJP Action

1850.

10 oktober 2025

Deze week bereikten Israël en Hamas een akkoord over een staakt-het-vuren in Gaza. De overeenkomt omvat de terugtrekking van het Israëlische leger uit een deel van de Gazastrook; toelating van humanitaire hulp tot Gaza; vrijlating van de door Hamas 48 gegijzelde Israëli’s, van wie er nog 20 in leven zouden zijn; en de vrijlating van bijna 2.000 Palestijnen in Israëlische gevangenschap.

Overleven in Gaza in beeld. Het nu bereikte staakt-het-vuren moet massale humanitaire hulp op gang brengen. © ZUMA Press / Alamy

Het staakt-het-vuren is in Gaza, Israël en over de hele wereld met vreugde en opluchting ontvangen. De hoop is dat het een einde maakt aan de slachting op de Palestijnen in Gaza en aan de wanhoop van veel Israëli’s en Palestijnen over het lot van de gegijzelden.

De beelden van lachende en dansende Palestijnse kinderen en ouderen in Gaza, en van een Palestijnse journalist die live op televisie zijn kogelwerende vest af deed, zijn hartverwarmend. Ze doen de hoop opleven dat aan het onnoemelijke leed in Gaza nu eindelijk een einde komt. 

Al Jazeera-journalist Anas al-Sharif verwelkomt de aankondiging van een staakt-het-vuren in Gaza door zijn kogelwerende vest en helm af te doen. 

Scepsis
Tegelijkertijd is het staakt-het-vuren slechts een eerste stap in het twintigpuntenplan dat Trump recent presenteerde. En juist dat plan is reden tot grote scepsis. Bij de totstandkoming van het plan werden de Palestijnen namelijk niet betrokken. Hun recht op zelfbeschikking wordt er niet in genoemd, laat staan erkend: hun toekomst wordt ingekleurd door hun bezetter en diens bondgenoten.

Met andere woorden: het staakt-het-vuren biedt nog geen uitzicht op het einde van de illegale bezetting en kolonisering van Palestina, apartheid, en de onderdrukking van de Palestijnse bevolking. Het nu bereikte akkoord is zonder meer welkom, maar biedt geen enkele garantie op gerechtigheid, laat staan vrede.

Maatschappelijke druk
Het is daarom van levensbelang dat wij de maatschappelijke druk op onze politici blijven opvoeren. De petities en demonstraties – denk bijvoorbeeld aan de geweldige Rode Lijn-demonstratie van afgelopen zondag – hebben tot nu toe zonder twijfel bijgedragen aan veranderd beleid, maar zullen onverminderd nodig zijn in de strijd voor rechtvaardigheid en vrijheid voor de Palestijnen.

Gaza Kieswijzer
Op 29 oktober, bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen, heeft u opnieuw de kans om uw stem te laten gelden voor rechtvaardigheid en om op die manier bij te dragen aan een beter Palestina-beleid. Om u te helpen bij uw stemkeuze lanceerden wij deze week de Gaza Kieswijzer.

De Kieswijzer vergelijkt de standpunten en het stemgedrag van politieke partijen met betrekking tot Palestina-Israël en maakt op die manier zichtbaar welke partijen het internationale recht respecteren, en welke medeverantwoordelijk zijn voor de instandhouding van bezetting, apartheid en de genocide in Gaza.

Landelijk Israël-Palestina Verkiezingsdebat
Vanavond (18.00 tot 20.00 uur) organiseert The Rights Forum samen met partners een verkiezingsdebat over Israël-Palestina in Nieuwspoort in Den Haag. Daarvoor zijn nog enkele kaartjes beschikbaar. Aanmelden kan via de website van mede-organisator PAX.

Symposium: Wat zit er achter de anti-Palestijnse politiek van CU & SGP?

Eind vorige maand publiceerde The Rights Forum de documentaire Een stap dichter bij het einde. Daarin wordt onthuld hoe Israël christelijke overtuigingen over het einde der tijden gebruikt om de steun te verwerven van protestants-christelijke politici overal ter wereld, en hiermee parlementen naar hun hand te zetten. In Nederland zijn het met name de SGP en ChristenUnie die in deze context optreden als pleitbezorgers van Israël.

Aanstaande zaterdag 11 oktober organiseert The Rights Forum in Utrecht een bijeenkomst over de documentaire en de daarin vertoonde christelijke Palestina-politiek in Nederland. Dat gebeurt in het kader van het jaarlijkse Henri Veldhuis-symposium.

Na vertoning van de film gaan we dieper op het onderwerp in met Janneke Stegeman (bijbelwetenschapper en publiek theoloog, foto links) en David Wertheim (directeur van het Menasseh ben Israel Instituut voor Joodse Studies, foto rechts).

Andere sprekers zijn Meta Floor (Vrienden van de Tent of Nations) en Rasha Hilwi (schrijfster, journaliste, en verhalenvertelster), en het symposium wordt gemodereerd door Naeeda Aurangzeb (presentatrice en auteur).

Er zijn nog enkele kaarten beschikbaar. Wees snel, want het symposium is bijna uitverkocht!

 Datum: zaterdag 11 oktober
 Tijd: 12.30 – 17.00
 Locatie: Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht

 Meld je aan voor de bijeenkomst

‘Close your eyes Hind’ wint Gouden Kalf voor Beste Korte Film

De film Close your eyes Hind heeft vorige week het Gouden Kalf voor Beste Korte Film gewonnen. The Rights Forum feliciteert regisseur Amir Zaza en het hele team van harte met de verdiende erkenning. Wij zijn trots dat wij bij hebben kunnen dragen aan de totstandkoming van deze indrukwekkende, belangrijke film.

Close your eyes Hind vertelt het verhaal van het Palestijnse meisje Hind Rajab. Eind januari 2024 werd ze op zesjarige leeftijd in Gaza-stad vermoord. De Kia Picanto waarin zij en zes familieleden zich bevonden werd doorzeefd met 335 kogels, afgevuurd door een Israëlische tank.

 Bekijk hier de toespraak van regisseur Amir Zaza bij de uitreiking van de prijs.

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 11 t/m zaterdag 18 oktober
DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES

 DEN HAAG DAGELIJKS | Doorlopende 24-uurs stiltewake bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 UTRECHT MA-VR 08.30 | Stilteprotest voor Palestina (Neude, langs het fietspad)
 GRONINGEN ZA 11 OKT 13.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)
 MAASTRICHT ZA 11 OKT 12.00 - 16.00 | Herdenkingsprotest voor gedode Palestijnse kinderen, georganiseerd door Plant een Olijfboom (Vrijthof)
  AMSTERDAM ZO 12 OKT 17.00 | Wekelijkse stiltewake tegen genocide, georganiseerd door Gate48 en DAG Amsterdam (Spuiplein)
 DEN HAAG DO 16 OKT 12.00 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8
 DOETINCHEM VR 17 OKT 10.00 | Wekelijks protest (voor het Gemeentehuis)


GETUIGEN VAN GAZA

 UTRECHT ELKE MA EN DO 16.00-20.00 | Getuigen van Gaza. Burgers lezen in september en oktober de namen voor van hen die in Gaza zijn omgekomen. Maandag 13 oktober op het Moskeeplein (Lombok, achter CS). Donderdag 16 oktober op de Stadhuisbrug (Centrum).


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN

 AMSTERDAM 9-12 OKT | Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam. Bekijk het volledige programma van het filmfestival, dat dit jaar het thema 'Virtual Remains' heeft, hier.

 UTRECHT ZA 11 OKT 12.30-17.00 | Henri Veldhuis Symposium 2025. The Rights Forum organiseert het jaarlijkse Henri Veldhuis Symposium over christelijke Palestina-politiek in Nederland. Tijdens het symposium vertonen we onze documentaire ‘Een stap dichter bij het einde’ over de rol van de SGP en ChristenUnie in hun steun aan Israël.

 AMSTERDAM ZA 18 OKT 18.00 | Fundraiser for Gaza. Een avond met Palestijns eten, een kledingmarkt, verhalen, kunst, muziek en samenzijn (Plantage Doklaan 8).


Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. Bekijk de hele agenda

1849.

10 oktober 2025

New map highlights the impact of settler attacks in the West Bank since 2023

10 October 2025

Today, we are sharing a new map produced by OCHA, which highlights the impact of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians between January 2023 and June 2025. The map documents casualties, property damage and displacement resulting from these incidents.

We hope you find this resource informative and useful.

Best regards,

The OCHA OPT team

1848.

10 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next

Qassam Muaddi

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas includes halting military actions, an Israeli withdrawal, increased humanitarian aid, and a prisoner swap. But it doesn't guarantee an end to the war or that Israel won't resume the genocide.

‘Once the war ends, we’ll be able to weep’: joy and trepidation in Gaza as ceasefire goes into effect 

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Gaza erupted in celebration as a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached on Thursday. But while there has been an outpouring of joy over the prospect of an end to the genocide, many are skeptical that it’s truly over.

The Gaza Health Declaration

Open Letter

Prominent health workers and professionals sign the Gaza Health Solidarity Declaration, a pledge to stand with Palestinian health workers.

1847.

9 oktober 2025

Last night, after more than two years of Israel’s unrelenting genocide in Gaza, the first phase of a ceasefire was announced, bringing about much needed reprieve from the bombings for millions of Palestinians in Gaza who took to the streets to celebrate.

At least 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel using U.S.-funded weapons, a number that even official counts acknowledge is a vast undercount of the real death toll. Thousands more remain buried beneath the rubble. Those who survive are starving, displaced, and exhausted, physically and spiritually, after enduring round-the-clock bombardment, disease, and siege. For them, this ceasefire brings a small measure of relief. It is a moment to search for missing family, to safely access food, to breathe in relative silence for the first time in months.

We hold that humanity close. But we also know better than to mistake a pause in bombing for the end of a genocide.
 

This tentative ceasefire agreement is the first phase of Donald Trump and Netanyahu’s larger plan for Gaza, and does not offer guarantees to permanently end the genocide or pursue any true justice for Palestinians. It does not end Israel’s military occupation or the siege that has strangled life in Gaza for decades.

Israel’s leaders have been clear about their ambitions: to fully ethnically cleanse Gaza by any means possible and to deny Palestinians any future of self-determination or liberation. These ambitions have not changed. Just hours after yesterday’s ceasefire announcement, Israel resumed attacks on Palestinians attempting to return home, counting on the world to turn its attention away so it can continue its atrocities.

Now more than ever, we must remain vigilant, and keep pushing to end U.S. complicity in genocide and ethnic cleansing. This moment proves what we have known all along: that the United States can force Israel’s hand to stop its campaign of annihilation whenever it chooses. Our government had the opportunity to leverage its power to stop this genocide from day one.

We must also recognize that this genocide is not only fueled by government policy but also by billionaire and technocratic interests that profit from war, surveillance, and the colonization. These same profiteers are on standby to benefit from Gaza’s reconstruction just as they have from its devastation.

In the days, weeks, and months to come, we must demand our government  stop approving billions in new weapons deals and shielding Israel from accountability. We must keep up the pressure on our institutions - educational, cultural, and civic – to divest from the genocidal Israeli state and refuse to whitewash Israel’s crimes.

Real peace will not come through foreign dictates or temporary pauses. It will come when the U.S. stops bank-rolling Israel’s apartheid and ethnic cleansing, when food and medicine flow freely through agencies like UNRWA, and when Palestinians are granted what has always been their right: freedom, dignity, and self-determination.


In struggle and hope for a liberated Palestine,

The Adalah Justice Project Team

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Humanitarian Situation Update #330
West Bank

9 October 2025

A Palestinian from Kafr Qaddum standing in his grove, which was vandalized by Israeli settlers. "The olives were ready, the groves abundant, now they're gone," he said. Photo By OCHA

Key Highlights

• Since 7 October 2023, 999 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers, and 41 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians in the West Bank.
• During the same period, 13 Palestinians have been killed and about 170 injured while crossing the Barrier amid suspended work permits, as the West Bank faces its worst economic downturn in decades.
• As the 2025 olive harvest season begins, over 60 communities mainly in Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, and Salfit governorates remain at high risk of settler attacks and restrictions while trying to access their agricultural land.
• Over 10,000 Palestinians have been displaced by demolitions, settler attacks and access restrictions since 7 October 2023.

Humanitarian Developments

• Between 30 September and 6 October, one Palestinian man was killed in a ramming attack against Israeli forces. On 2 October, two Palestinian men allegedly attempted to ram their vehicle into Israeli soldiers stationed at Beit ‘Ur al Fauqa checkpoint near Route 443 in Ramallah governorate. Israeli forces opened fire, killing one man and injuring and arresting the other. No Israeli injuries were reported. The body of the deceased remains withheld by Israeli authorities, bringing the total number of Palestinian bodies withheld by Israeli authorities from the West Bank since 7 October 2023 to 201, of which seven have been handed over and 194 remain withheld. Later the same day, Israeli forces raided Kafr Ni’ma village, in Ramallah governorate, the hometown of the killed man, and arrested his mother and brother, who were released on the same day.
• Between 7 October 2023 and 6 October 2025, 999 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, including two who died of wounds sustained prior to 7 October. Of the total, 967 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, 20 by Israeli settlers, and 12 where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli forces or settlers. About half of the 967 fatalities caused by Israeli forces were recorded in Jenin and Tulkarm governorates. During the same period, Palestinians killed 41 Israelis, including 22 members of Israeli forces, in the West Bank. In Israel, attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank resulted in the killing of 17 Israelis and nine Palestinian perpetrators, in addition to a Palestinian killed in an attack by Israelis in West Jerusalem.
• On 6 October, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner from Adh Dhahiriya town in Hebron governorate, who had been detained since May 2024, died in Israeli custody. As of October 2025, according to data provided by the Israel prison service (IPS) to Hamoked, an Israeli human rights NGO, there are 11,056 Palestinians in Israeli custody, including 1,461 sentenced prisoners, 3,378 remand detainees, 3,544 administrative detainees held without trial, and 2,673 people held as “unlawful combatants.” These figures do not include Palestinians from Gaza who have been detained by the Israeli military since 7 October 2023. According to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), between 7 October 2023 and 31 August 2025, at least 75 Palestinians, including a 17-year-old child, died in Israeli detention, including 49 from the Gaza Strip, 24 from the West Bank and two Palestinian citizens of Israel.
• Between 30 September and 6 October, two Israeli settler children were injured in the West Bank. On 30 September, a Palestinian man carried out a ramming attack on Road 60 near Husan junction in Bethlehem governorate, injuring two Israeli settler children. Israeli forces shot and injured the driver after he exited his vehicle. Following the incident, Israeli forces raided his home, carried out a search operation, and imposed movement restrictions across nearby villages, disrupting residents’ access to basic services for about two hours. Since 7 October 2023, 22 Israelis, including 18 Israeli settlers and four members of Israeli forces, were killed and 98 Israelis, including 84 Israeli settlers and 14 members of Israeli forces, were injured in attacks by Palestinians against Israeli settlers in the West Bank. These include 12 Israelis killed and 40 injured in attacks by Palestinians against Israeli settlers so far in 2025.
• During the same reporting period, 38 Palestinians, including five children and two women, were injured across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Among the injured were eight Palestinian men who were attempting to cross the Barrier to reach East Jerusalem and Israel, including five in Bethlehem governorate, two in Jerusalem, and one in Hebron. Since 7 October 2023, when Israeli authorities revoked or suspended most permits issued for Palestinian workers and others to gain access to East Jerusalem and Israel, OCHA has documented 126 incidents where Palestinians were killed or injured while trying to cross the Barrier, reportedly to access workplaces in East Jerusalem and Israel. These incidents, which resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians and the injury of about 170 others by Israeli forces, have occurred against the backdrop of a severe economic downturn in the West Bank.
• In a report issued on 29 August, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that the West Bank economy witnessed an unprecedented shock in the aftermath of 7 October 2023, whereby “Israel intensified long-standing movement restrictions, imposed widespread closures, and conducted military and security operations.” “Concurrently, Palestinian workers were barred from their workplaces in Israel and settlements, and Israel further continued and intensified unilateral deductions from Palestinian clearance revenues,” UNCTAD added. Consequently, between the third and fourth quarters of 2023, employment in Israel and settlements fell sharply from 171,700 to just 25,000 workers. In 2024, GDP per capita fell by 21 per cent and unemployment surged to 32 per cent (nearly three times the rate recorded in September 2023). By the end of 2024, GDP regressed to 2014 levels, with per capita GDP dropping to figures last seen in 2008.
• On 6 October, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported that, in September 2025, it provided assistance to vulnerable people across the West Bank as part of its emergency response to the ongoing crisis. More than 116,000 people received emergency food vouchers under WFP’s shock response plan, in addition to over 183,000 people supported through the programme’s regular voucher scheme, providing ILS 50 (about US$14.5) per person to enhance food security and dietary diversity. WFP also delivered cash assistance to about 4,000 workers from Gaza stranded in the West Bank to enable them to purchase food from local shops. In parallel, more than 1,900 people (395 households) displaced by Israeli forces’ operations across the West Bank received a second round of cash transfers, valued at ILS 1,680 (US$450) per household, to help meet their essential needs.

Lack-of-Permit and Punitive Demolitions

• Between 30 September and 6 October, OCHA documented the demolition of 13 Palestinian-owned structures for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain. Of the total, 12 structures were in Area C and one in East Jerusalem, including seven residential structures and six agricultural and livelihood structures. The demolitions led to the displacement of 14 people, including six children, and affected the livelihoods of at least 30 people.
• Five people, including a child, were displaced on 6 October in East Jerusalem after a family was forced to demolish its house in the Bab az Zahira area of the Old City of Jerusalem, to avoid the payment of additional fines to the Israeli authorities. Earlier on 30 September, Israeli authorities demolished three houses in Bruqin, in Salfit governorate, displacing nine people, including five children. Also in Area C, Israeli authorities demolished five structures, including two animal shelters and three under- construction residential structures, in An Nabi Musa Bedouin community, in Jericho governorate, four of which had been recently built by a family from Al Hathroura Bedouin community in preparation for their seasonal relocation next month.
• Separately, on 6 October 2025, Israeli authorities used explosives to demolish on punitive grounds an apartment located in a five-story building near Farsh Alhawa area in Area A of Hebron city. The demolished residential apartment belongs to the family of a Palestinian man accused of supporting two other Palestinians in carrying out a shooting attack in Jaffa city, in Israel, on 1 October 2024 that killed six Israelis and a foreigner and injured 16 others. The man had been detained by Israeli forces and remains in custody. During the operation, Israeli forces raided Hebron city at about midnight, closed off the area near the house, and evacuated at least 20 families from the surrounding buildings. As a result, a family of three people, including a child, was displaced. This is the fourth house to be punitively demolished in Hebron city in relation to same attack in Jaffa. Other apartments in the same building sustained damage (mainly furniture and electrical appliances).
• Between 7 October 2023 and 6 October 2025, Israeli authorities destroyed, confiscated, sealed or forced the demolition of about 3,590 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 7,100 Palestinians, including about 3,000 children. These include more than 3,400 Palestinians displaced due to the destruction of homes during operations by Israeli forces, more than 3,200 Palestinians displaced by lack-of-permit demolitions, and more than 400 people displaced by demolitions on punitive and other grounds.

Operations in the Northern West Bank

• Israeli forces continued to carry out operations across cities, towns, and villages in the northern West Bank, with a marked intensification since 25 September in Jenin city as part of the ongoing Israeli forces’ operation in the area since January 2025. Over the past week, Israeli forces carried out daytime patrols in the city centre and areas adjacent to Jenin refugee camp and repeatedly raided commercial shops, pharmacies and residential homes, contributing to a prevailing sense of insecurity among residents. On 2 October, Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians, including a child, during a raid in Jenin city (counted under injuries above) and on 6 October, Israeli forces detained the crew of Palestine TV channel. The reporter, cameraman, and driver were blindfolded, handcuffed, and physically and verbally assaulted by Israeli forces before being released several hours later.
• On 1 and 2 October, Israeli forces carried out several raids in Al Yamun village, west of Jenin city, during which they obstructed medical access and converted a residential building into a temporary military post. On 1 October, Israeli forces raided the village and took over a house, turning it into a military post without evacuating the residents. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) dispatched an ambulance after being informed that the homeowner, who suffers from a heart condition, required urgent medical evacuation. Israeli forces assaulted the ambulance crew and seized the ambulance, PRCS reported. The patient was only permitted to be transferred to the hospital the following morning, according to community sources. The following day, on 2 October, Israeli forces took over another residential building in Al Yamun village centre, confined its occupants to one room, and stationed sniper units on the rooftop for about 14 hours before withdrawing.
• According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 1 January and 15 September 2025, more than 200 attacks on health care were documented across the West Bank, 22 per cent of which occurred in Jenin governorate, the second highest after Nablus (30 per cent).

Israeli Settler Attacks

• Between 30 September and 6 October, OCHA documented 25 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both, at least 13 of which were in the context of the olive harvest season (more details below). These attacks led to the injury of eight Palestinians, six were physically assaulted by Israeli settlers and two shot by Israeli forces, and the vandalism of about 400 Palestinian-owned olive trees and saplings and four vehicles.
• The following are key Israeli settler attacks documented during the reporting period, excluding those related to the olive harvest season (which are detailed in the next section):
  • On 29 September and 5 October, in two Palestinian Bedouin communities in Jerusalem governorate, settlers were recorded on camera breaking into a livestock shelter and stealing 58 heads of sheep in Al Muntar, and stealing a water tank near a residential structure in Mikhmas Bedouin community. Al Muntar is one of 18 Palestinian Bedouin communities in eastern Jerusalem governorate directly affected by the E1 settlement plan, which if implemented would heighten the risk of forced displacement of these communities.
  • On 4 October, settlers, some armed, raided Deir Jarir village, in Ramallah governorate, gathering near homes and intimidating residents, including children. They damaged trees and plant pots at the entrance of one house, where children were playing, and threw stones at Palestinian homes, damaging the windshield of a parked vehicle. When Palestinians gathered to encounter the settlers, Israeli forces intervened and opened fire with live ammunition toward the Palestinian residents and their houses. During the raid, two Palestinians were injured, one shot in the chest and another in the leg by Israeli forces, and two houses, one vehicle and a water tank sustained damage.
  • In two incidents on 4 and 6 October, Israeli settlers physically assaulted and injured two elderly Palestinian women, one during a raid in Umm al Kheir herding community in Hebron governorate, and another in Ibziq herding community in Nablus governorate.
• Settlers continue to attack Palestinian water-related infrastructure:
  • On 1 October, settlers raided the water wells unit in the spring area of Ein Samiya, causing damage to the surveillance system connected to the central monitoring system at the Jerusalem Water Undertaking (JWU), thus disrupting the functioning of the water stations and wells. As a result, the primary water supply for about 20 villages, serving an estimated population of approximately 100,000 Palestinians, was cut off for a day before repairs were made and services were restored. So far in 2025, OCHA has documented nine attacks in which settlers infiltrated the spring area in Ein Samiya, damaged surveillance cameras, stole equipment belonging to the Jerusalem Water Undertaking (JWU), and assaulted maintenance staff who arrived to carry out repairs.
  • In three incidents in Duma village, in Nablus governorate, Israeli settlers, some armed, believed to be from a newly established outpost erected about two months ago, raided the two Palestinian herding communities of Ejwar/Shajara and Shakara. On 2 October, in Ejwar/Shajara, where families from Ein Ar Rashash Bedouin community moved following their displacement due to settler attacks in October 2023, settlers emptied the families’ water tanks and cut down water pipelines, forcing the community to depend on water trucking for five days. On 4 and 6 October, in Shakara, settlers emptied the families’ water tanks, leaving the community without water for three days, and vandalized a gate, about 50 metres of fencing provided as humanitarian assistance, and water meters.
• During the first nine months of this year, OCHA documented over 1,200 attacks by Israeli settlers in 246 Palestinian communities across the West Bank, resulting in casualties, property damage, or both. More than 60 per cent of these incidents occurred in the Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron governorates, which remain the main hotspots of settler violence. The marked rise in incidents is also reflected in casualty data: 13 Palestinians have been killed in settler-related incidents so far this year, including seven by Israeli settlers, five by Israeli forces, and one where it remains unknown if the perpetrator was a member of Israeli forces or settlers. In addition, 785 Palestinians have been injured, including 556 by Israeli settlers, 220 by Israeli forces, and nine where it remains unknown if they were injured by Israeli settlers or forces. June and July 2025 recorded the highest monthly records of injuries of Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2005, with about 100 Palestinians injured per month.
• About 42 per cent of Palestinian injuries in 2025 in attacks by Israeli settlers (327 out of 785) and nine out of 13 fatalities within the same context were in Ramallah governorate, particularly in towns in the eastern and northeastern parts of the governorate between Road 60 and Road 458 (also known as the Allon Road), including Al Mazra’a al Sharqiya, Al Mughayyir, Deir Dibwan, Deir Jarir, Kafr Malik, and Sinjil. Additionally, attacks by Israeli settlers in Ramallah governorate accounted for about 29 per cent of the overall number of settler attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or both across the West Bank in 2025, and for more than half of Palestinians displaced due to settler attacks and access restrictions so far this year (about 700 out of more than 1,200 people displaced).
• Between 7 October 2023 and 6 October 2025, OCHA has documented 3,112 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which 311 led to casualties, 2,474 led to damage to Palestinian property, and 327 led to both casualties and property damage. Since 7 October 2023, 3,095 Palestinians, including 1,544 children, have been displaced, mostly from Bedouin and herding communities, across the West Bank, citing attacks by Israeli settlers and access restrictions.

2025 Olive Harvest Season

• The annual olive harvest is a key economic, social and cultural event for Palestinians. Over the past five Olive Harvest seasons (2020–2024), settler-related attacks against Palestinians have steadily increased, despite differing contextual factors, including COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and widespread denials of access to agricultural lands near settlements or behind the Barrier in 2023. In 2024, more than 200 attacks were recorded, nearly double those in 2023 and more than three times higher than in 2022. While most incidents resulted in property damage, such as the destruction of trees, crop theft, and vandalism of agricultural tools, a growing proportion of incidents led to casualties, with the number of Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers during the Olive Harvest season more than doubling in 2024 compared with the previous year. The geographic scope of violence also expanded, with over 80 villages and towns affected in 2024, compared with an average of about 40 between 2020 and 2023. More than 60 per cent of the affected communities were concentrated in the Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron governorates. Moreover, analysis of over 150 affected communities shows that nearly one-third experienced overlapping incidents of settler attacks and access restrictions by Israeli forces, underscoring the range of risks facing Palestinian farmers during the Olive Harvest season.
• In general, settler violence during the Olive Harvest season is concentrated in a recurring set of hotspot communities across the West Bank, many located near settlements, bypass roads, or newly established settlement outposts. OCHA, together with the Protection Cluster and humanitarian partners, has identified more than 60 communities at high risk of facing violence or harassment due to settler attacks or access restrictions during the upcoming 2025 harvest. The most affected villages and towns include parts of the Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, and Salfit governorates, which have experienced recurrent settler raids, vandalism of trees, theft of crops, intimidation of farmers and movement restrictions in previous seasons, affecting their livelihoods and physical safety.
• In light of the worsening situation, the Protection Cluster issued a Call-to-Action on 8 October, warning of a rapid deterioration in the protection environment as settler violence reaches unprecedented levels ahead of the 2025 Olive Harvest. The Cluster emphasized that the Olive Harvest season, vital to Palestinian livelihoods, income and cultural identity, has become increasingly dangerous amid expanding settlements, land-grabbing, and movement restrictions. It urged Israel, as the occupying power, to protect Palestinians from settler attacks and ensure safe humanitarian access, while calling on Member States and donors to apply diplomatic pressure, provide international presence in at-risk communities, and strengthen community protection mechanisms.
• Over the past week, at least 13 settler attacks were recorded, ahead of the official start of the season on 9 October; these incidents included attacks on harvesters, stealing crops and olive harvesting equipment and chopping off trees:
• In the northern West Bank, seven settler incidents related to the Olive Harvest were documented. In Nablus, settlers vandalized 15 olive saplings and 15 trees in Asira al Qibliya on 1 October; and on 4 October, settlers physically assaulted two Palestinian harvesters, injuring one, and stole collection sheets, olive-harvesting tools, and 200 kilogrammes of crops in Madama village. In Salfit, settlers expelled Palestinian farmers while harvesting in Farkha and Qarawat Bani Hassan villages. Two additional incidents were recorded in Qalqiliya governorate, where settlers damaged 50 olive trees in Kafr Qaddum and assaulted a Palestinian harvester and stole his two donkeys in Jinsafut village.
  • In the central West Bank, five settler incidents related to the Olive Harvest were documented in Ramallah governorate on 5 and 6 October. In three of these incidents, settlers accompanied by Israeli forces expelled Palestinians harvesting olives near Rantis and Beit ‘Ur at Tahta villages and stole their crops. In two additional incidents, settlers chopped down hundreds of olive trees belonging to residents of Turmus’ayya, Al Mughayyir, and Khirbet Abu Falah villages.
  • In the southern West Bank, one incident was recorded in Umm al Khair community in Hebron governorate, where on 6 October armed settlers wearing military uniforms raided privately-owned land, uprooted and destroyed about 150 olive trees, and dismantled a 150-metre fence surrounding the property.

Funding

• As of 8 October 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately US$1.14 billion out of the $4 billion (28 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2025, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. Moreover, during September 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 95 ongoing projects, totalling $57.1 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 43 are being implemented by INGOs, 38 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 32 out of the 57 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

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9 oktober 2025

11 Days Until Palestine Advocacy Days: The Work for Justice and Accountability Begins Now

Yesterday, a “peace plan” was agreed on to end the war in Gaza. Like so many around the world, we cautiously welcome any step that brings an end to the relentless bombing of Gaza and relief to a people who have endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of the apartheid state. But one thing must be made clear: this “peace plan” is not justice, it’s merely the beginning. As it doesn’t address or resolve the root cause of the issue, which is a. Israel’s occupation of Palestine, b. the United States’ consistent support of Israel. 

Even if Israel keeps its end of the bargain, our work is far from over. Gaza’s reconstruction, the return of displaced families, accountability for war crimes, and the right of Palestinians to determine their own future all hang in the balance. True peace will only come when U.S. complicity ends, when our government stops arming, funding, and shielding apartheid, and when the Israeli state and its leaders are held fully accountable for two years of genocide and over 77 years of occupation, apartheid, and settler colonialism.

With Palestine Advocacy Days just 11 days away, this is our moment to keep the pressure on and ensure that no one mistakes a ceasefire for justice. We cannot allow our leaders to grow complacent while Gaza remains in ruins and Palestinians continue to live under apartheid and occupation. This is our time to show up in the halls of Congress, remind lawmakers that the world is still watching, and that their constituents demand real, lasting, and principled action.

Join us in Washington, D.C., October 19–21. Together, we will continue to fight for issues like: 

• An end to U.S. complicity: no more weapons or military aid to the apartheid state.
• Accountability after genocide, because the suffering doesn’t end here; destruction, famine, displacement, and siege persist.
• No annexation of the West Bank and complete protection of Palestinian land and sovereignty.
• Justice for Americans killed, injured, or imprisoned by the Israeli government and U.S. accountability for enabling it.
• Protection of our First Amendment rights and an end to the repression of Palestine advocacy in the U.S.
• Restoration of funding to humanitarian organizations like UNRWA, which provide lifelines to millions of Palestinians.

Be sure to save your spot before registration closes on October 15th

Together, we’ll ensure that this moment of fragile hope turns into real, sustainable change rooted in justice, accountability, and freedom for all Palestinians. 

With determination and hope,
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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9 oktober 2025

A Pause in Killing Is Not an End to Genocide

Brussels, 9 Octobre 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation welcomes the Gaza ceasefire as a hopeful pause in the killing but asserts that the genocide continues through blockade, deprivation, and systematic destruction. It argues, on legal grounds under the Genocide Convention, that the deliberate creation of conditions making life impossible constitutes an ongoing genocidal act. The Foundation stresses that impunity perpetuates the crime, calls for prosecution of all perpetrators from commanders to accomplices, and urges intensified global mobilization for justice, accountability, and the lifting of the blockade, declaring that true peace cannot exist without justice for Gaza.

Read the Full Statement

Spain: HRF Files Appeal Before Audiencia Nacional to Uphold Spain’s Duty Under International Law

Game Over Israel: How Israeli Football Culture Became a Weapon of Genocide

Barcelona, 2 October 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation has appealed to Spain’s Audiencia Nacional after its complaint against Israeli soldier Tameer Mulla for genocide and war crimes in Gaza was rejected. The Foundation argues that Spain is legally obliged to prosecute or extradite Mulla, who is currently in Barcelona, under international and Spanish law. The appeal emphasizes Spain’s duty to uphold justice and warns that failure to act would make the country a refuge for war criminals.

More Information

Brussels, 27 September 2025

The Hind Rajab Foundation’s report reveals how In Gaza, soldiers use football symbols to mock destruction, posing with club flags amid ruins. The foundation argues this is a systemic fusion of sport and genocide, not isolated incidents. It calls for Israel’s suspension from FIFA, UEFA, and other international federations, asserting that “football and genocide cannot coexist.”

View the Report 

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Humanitarian Situation Update #329
Gaza Strip

9 October 2025

An aid worker supporting the medical evacuation of an injured child in the Gaza Strip. Photo by WHO

Key Highlights

• Welcoming the ceasefire announcement, the United Nations Secretary-General said that the UN will scale up the delivery of sustained and principled humanitarian relief, urging the unimpeded entry of humanitarian supplies and essential commercial materials.
• Over the past two years, nearly 42,000 Palestinians have suffered life-changing injuries in Gaza, one in four are children and including more than 5,000 amputations, according to the World Health Organization.
• Four aid workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip on average every week so far in 2025 and at least 565 aid workers have been killed since 7 October 2023.
• About 2,400 patients have been medically evacuated from the Gaza Strip so far in 2025. This is an average of less than 10 patients evacuated per day.
• Most people in Gaza reside in inadequate shelters that fail to meet basic emergency standards, leaving them exposed to the winter conditions, the Shelter Cluster reports.

Humanitarian Developments (before the declaration of a ceasefire)

• Over the past week, Israeli forces have continued to carry out heavy bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza governorate. Israeli strikes on residential buildings, tents sheltering internally displaced people (IDPs) and people seeking aid have continued to be reported, alongside reports of controlled detonations. Rocket fire by Palestinian armed groups into Israel was reported on 7 October.
• On 4 October, the Israeli military stated that Gaza city remains a dangerous battlefield that should be vacated, which came three days after announcing that Ar Rashid (coastal) Road will be closed for movement from the southern area to the north, but remained open for movements from Gaza city towards the south. A couple of hundred thousand people are believed to remain in the north, where access to basic services is severely constrained, as numerous humanitarian organizations have been forced to relocate or suspend operations due to displacement orders and heightened insecurity. Access to North Gaza remains severely restricted and protection partners report significant disruption to communication channels across the governorate, hindering efforts to verify information and assess the gravity of the situation for civilians who remain in the area.
• In a statement on 7 October 2025, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres marked two years since 7 October 2023, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages, an end to the hostilities, a permanent ceasefire and a credible political process to prevent further bloodshed. Echoing the Secretary-General’s call for the hostages to be released, Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs underscored the need for all civilians to be protected and for humanitarian aid to flow freely at the needed scale.
• Calling for the rapid and unimpeded entry and passage of humanitarian assistance to be allowed and facilitated across the Gaza Strip, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sub-delegation in Gaza, Sarah Avrillaud, said on 5 October: “For two years, the civilian population has endured death, forced displacement, and the denial of dignity on a devastating level. We have seen humanity hollowed out in Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians have been separated from their families, and many remain missing. The toll of the past two years is visible on the exhausted faces of people trying to make it hour by hour. Remaining essential services cannot adequately meet the needs of civilians. Many people do not have regular access or safe access to water, hygiene facilities or medical services.”
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 1 and 8 October, 315 Palestinians were killed, and 1,125 were injured. This brings the casualty toll among Palestinians since 7 October 2023, as reported by MoH, to 67,183 fatalities and 169,841 injuries. According to MoH, the total number includes 720 fatalities who were retroactively added on 4 October 2025 after their identification details were approved by a ministerial committee. MoH further noted that the number of casualties among people trying to access aid supplies has reached 2,613 fatalities and more than 19,164 injuries since 27 May 2025. Moreover, according to MoH in Gaza, as of 7 October, 461 malnutrition-related deaths, including 157 children, were documented since October 2023.
• According to MoH in Gaza, between 7 October 2023 and 7 October 2025, 67,173 Palestinians were killed and 169,780 were injured. MoH’s breakdowns, published on 7 October 2025, indicate that among the fatalities were 20,179 children (30 per cent), 10,427 women (16 per cent), 4,813 elderly people (seven per cent), and 31,754 men (47 per cent). Moreover, according to MoH, injuries include 44,143 children (26 per cent), 23,769 women (14 per cent), 11,885 elderly people (seven per cent), and 89,983 men (53 per cent). Of the children reported killed, 1,029 were under the age of one, and 5,031 were under five years old, the ministry noted.
• According to the Israeli military, between 1 and 8 October, as of noon, there were no Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza. The casualty toll among Israeli soldiers since the beginning of the Israeli ground operation in October 2023 stands at 466 fatalities and 2,956 injuries, according to the Israeli military. According to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,666 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. As of 8 October 2025, it is estimated that 48 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are being withheld.

• The following are key incidents resulting in fatalities across the Gaza Strip over the past week, mainly in Gaza city and Deir al Balah:
  • On 1 October, at about 13:30, six Palestinians, including three females, were reportedly killed and others injured (including children) when a residential block was hit in Ash Shati' (Beach) Camp, in western Gaza city.
  • On 1 October, at about 14:50, four Palestinians, including a woman, her five-month-old infant and her 10-year-old son, were reportedly killed and others injured when a vehicle was struck on Ar Rashid Road in Deir al Balah.
  • On 1 October, at about 14:55, seven Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when an IDP tent was struck in northwestern Deir al Balah.
  • On 1 October, at about 21:45, nine Palestinians, including seven women and a three-year-old boy, were reportedly killed and others injured when a residential building was hit in eastern Deir Al Balah.
  • On 2 October, at about 10:45, four Palestinians were reportedly killed in a strike on a group of people collecting firewood in Al Bureij Camp, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 2 October, at about 12:45, at least 10 Palestinians were reportedly killed when a community-run kitchen (Tekiyya) was hit in Al Mawasi, in Khan Younis.
  • On 3 October, at about 12:00 noon, at least six Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured in a strike on Al Mughrabi street, south of Gaza city.
  • On 4 October, at about 18:40, the Palestinian Civil Defence (PCD) reported that at least 17 Palestinians, including at least seven children aged between two months and seven years, were reportedly killed and over 40 others were injured when a residential building was hit in At Tuffah in eastern Gaza city, a few of hours earlier. PCD added that the rescue and search operations to locate the missing people were ongoing, noting that more than 15 people were estimated to be under the rubble.
  • On 5 October, at about 12:30, five Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured in a strike near Al Lababidi junction, in northwestern Gaza city.
  • On 5 October, at about 12:45, five Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured in a strike near a restaurant, in western Gaza city.
  • On 6 October, between 9:00 and 10:00, two Palestinians were reportedly killed when fire was opened toward people seeking aid in southern Khan Younis.
  • On 7 October, before noon, one Palestinian was reportedly killed when fire was opened toward people seeking aid in southwestern Khan Younis.
  • On 7 October, at about 9:00, seven Palestinians were reportedly injured when fire was opened towards people seeking aid near a militarized supply site in northwestern Rafah.
• According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), since October 2023, 252 journalists and media workers have been killed, including 34 female journalists. These include 102 journalists killed in 2023, 91 in 2024, and 59 in 2025. PJS added that over 150 media offices were destroyed. On 3 October 2025, the Secretary-General of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Anthony Bellanger, said: “For 24 long months now, Gaza has become the most dangerous place in the world to practise [sic] our profession. Israel prohibits foreign journalists from entering the territory, so the truth relies exclusively on Palestinian reporters – almost all of whom are members of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate, affiliated to the IFJ. Too often they work without protection and without refuge for their families.”
• According to PCD, since October 2023, 140 PCD staff have been killed, 355 have been injured, and 31 have been detained, of whom 11 were released. In addition, 14 PCD facilities and over 40 vehicles were destroyed, and their teams have been directly or indirectly hit at least 50 times, PCD reported. During the same period, PCD teams have received over 635,000 emergency calls, including 52,000 that could not be reached due to the lack of fuel or access restrictions, mostly in northern Gaza.
• On 7 October 2025, a security officer working at Al Awda Health and Community Association succumbed to wounds sustained when the hospital’s western gate was hit a week earlier. On 2 October, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed one MSF staff member and seriously injured four others, all wearing MSF vests, while they were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah. The killed staff member was an occupational therapist at the MSF clinic in Gaza city and was displaced to Deir al Balah on 13 September. The injured included a physiotherapist, an orthopaedic surgeon, a supply officer, and a finance assistant, one of whom succumbed to his injuries on 5 October and is the third MSF staff member killed in Gaza in less than 20 days, MSF reported. “While hundreds of thousands of people continue to be pushed from north Gaza to the south, for their so-called safety, they continue to be attacked and killed everywhere across the Strip. Nowhere in Gaza is safe. People have been starved and besieged for almost two years,” MSF stated.
• Since 7 October 2023, at least 565 aid workers, including 183 women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip, of whom 557 were Palestinian aid workers and eight were international aid workers. These include 376 UN staff and team members, 131 aid workers with national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 54 staff and volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and four ICRC staff. Of the total, 211 were killed in 2023, 185 in 2024, and 169 so far in 2025. On average, about four aid workers have been killed in Gaza every week in 2025.
• As of October 2025, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service to Hamoked, an Israeli human rights NGO, there are 11,056 Palestinians in Israeli custody, including 1,461 sentenced prisoners, 3,378 remand detainees, 3,544 administrative detainees held without trial, and 2,673 people held as “unlawful combatants.” These figures do not include Palestinians from Gaza who have been detained by the Israeli military since 7 October 2023. According to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), between 7 October 2023 and 31 August 2025, at least 75 Palestinians, including a 17-year-old child, died in Israeli detention, including 49 from the Gaza Strip, 24 from the West Bank and two Palestinian citizens of Israel.
• Two years into the war, the Gaza Strip has sustained extensive and severe damage to both infrastructure and agricultural land. Based on a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery collected by the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) on 22–23 September 2025, between 8 July and 23 September 2025, there was a seven-per-cent increase in the number of destroyed, severely or moderately damaged, and possibly damaged structures for a total of 41,221 newly affected structures. During the same period, there was a 16-per-cent increase in the number damaged housing units. The neighbourhoods of Az Zaytoun and At Turukman - Ijdeedeh in Gaza city experienced the largest increases in damage compared with July 2025, with approximately 2,568 newly affected structures in Az Zaytoun and 1,440 in At Turukman - Ijdeedeh. According to UNOSAT, approximately 83 per cent of all structures in Gaza city are damaged. Based on satellite imagery from July 2025, UNOSAT had identified 192,812 affected structures across the Gaza Strip, about 78 per cent of all structures, reported a significant decline in the health and density of 86 per cent of permanent cropland, and estimated that approximately 77 per cent of the total road network was damaged.

Constrained Humanitarian Space and Protection Risks

• The UN and its partners continue to face physical and bureaucratic impediments preventing them from providing lifesaving assistance at scale in the Gaza Strip. Complex authorization and inspection procedures, limited clearance capacity at various crossings, often unpredictable rejection of entry of pre-cleared cargo types, and denials or impediments to humanitarian movements by Israeli authorities hinder operations. The closure of Zikim crossing since 12 September by the Israeli authorities has resulted in the humanitarian community losing direct access to channel aid into northern Gaza. Inside Gaza, humanitarian cargo faces looting – including by armed groups.
• Delays and impediments to humanitarian movements also persist, including for missions between southern and northern Gaza. Between 1 and 6 October, out of 99 attempts to coordinate planned movements with Israeli authorities across the Gaza Strip, 35 were facilitated (about 36 per cent), 16 were impeded (16 per cent), 34 were denied (34 per cent) and 14 had to be withdrawn by the organizers for logistical, operational, or security reasons (14 per cent). Out of 34 denied movements, 27 were to or in northern Gaza and involved fuel transfer to Gaza city and the retrieval of critical life-saving equipment from Rantisi Hospital in Gaza city. Moreover, out of 41 facilitated and impeded but fully accomplished movements, 12 were in or to northern Gaza and involved solar panel installation for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in Deir al Balah, ambulance deployment to Khan Younis, medical supply distribution in Gaza city, and a mission to evacuate the intensive care unit of Al Helou Hospital in Gaza city. Since the closure of Zikim crossing on 12 September and until 6 October, the denial rate of movements in and to northern Gaza has increased to 55 per cent, up from 11 per cent in the preceding period, between 16 August and 11 September. Overall, out of more than 2,700 planned movements coordinated with Israeli authorities in the first nine months of 2025, 36 per cent were denied.
• On 3 October, the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) announced the resumption of operation of the Israeli Mekorot water pipeline, which supplies Deir al Balah governorate, after more than nine months of shutdown. Following repair works, water flow was restored to Al Maghazi, Al Bureij, An Nuseirat, Deir al Balah, and Az Zawaida, serving about one million people, PWA reported. According to the WASH Cluster, the pipeline is able to provide 12,000 cubic metres of water per day, however due to distribution network damage only an estimated 40 per cent can reach the population. In September, water trucking significantly increased to address growing water needs with the large influx of IDPs from northern Gaza into Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, where partners have established 300 new water delivery points. These developments will help to partially address the immense needs in the Gaza Strip. According to the third household WASH assessment carried out by WASH partners between 17 August and 5 September in Gaza, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates, almost half of the population in the Gaza Strip receive less than the emergency standard of six litres of drinking water per day, about a quarter receive less than the emergency standard of nine litres of domestic water per day, 77 per cent of the population collect water directly from trucks, 62 per cent lack basic water containers, and half report overcrowding at water points. Moreover, in about 15 per cent of households, children are the primary water collectors, raising protection concerns.
• According to the Child Protection (CP) Area of Responsibility (AoR), for two years now, children under the age of 18, about half of the population in the Gaza Strip, continue to be highly affected by the hostilities and extreme levels of deprivation. This has left thousands of children maimed and an entire generation traumatized. From January to September 2025, CP AoR partners have registered and provided case management services to at least 18,000 children with protection concerns, including children without parental care and unaccompanied or separated children (UASC). Thousands more have lost their family members and other figures essential to their emotional well-being and sense of security. Like other people in Gaza, they have endured cyclical shocks of displacement and family separation, and many have been killed in strikes while sheltering in makeshift tents, in their homes or in schools-turned shelters. They have also suffered from overcrowding, poor living conditions, and a lack of access to nutritious food, clean water, hygiene kits and sanitation facilities. A recent community-level survey, conducted in mid-August by Ground Truth Solutions and Arab World for Research and Development, reflects the ongoing erosion of a protective environment for children; about 43 per cent of surveyed people reported sending their children out to work and look for food, an alarming increase compared with 13 per cent in 2024.
• According to the CP AoR, most child-friendly spaces in northern Gaza are now closed or inaccessible, and there are continued reports of family separation and UASC. Since 9 September, CP help desks established along Ar Rashid Road provided vital support to more than 43,000 people, including over 26,000 girls and boys. The response combined immediate needs, such as hot meals and water, psychological first aid, awareness-raising, case management, family tracing and reunification and referrals to specialized care. As of 7 October, only 74 child-friendly spaces remain functional across the Gaza Strip, including 48 in Deir al Balah governorate and 26 in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, 98 child-friendly spaces/child protection service points in Gaza city and North Gaza remain suspended due to ongoing airstrikes and insecurity.
• Interruptions to child protection services continue due to staff displacement, limited mobility, and critical resource shortages, all of which are undermining consistent service delivery – especially for case management and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services. Notwithstanding the ongoing challenges, in September, CP AoR partners reached over 105,000 children (of whom 54 per cent were girls) with essential protection and psychosocial support, despite the deteriorating security situation. A total of 2,762 children received case management services addressing complex protection concerns, including violence, abuse, psychosocial distress, and family separation. Due to mass displacement and movement of people, many children became separated from their families. Through family tracing and reunification, 838 children were reunited with their families in September, while 158 UASC were provided with temporary alternative care. In addition, 4,788 children and their families benefited from emergency cash support to address protection needs (cash-for-protection), while 38,212 children engaged in mental health and MHPSS activities. Another 50,338 caregivers participated in child protection awareness sessions and risk mitigation activities. However, the mass displacement to southern Gaza, particularly in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, has resulted in severe overcrowding, limiting privacy, safety, and access to child-friendly and safe spaces for affected children.
• According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners, reported incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) in Gaza city rose by 26 per cent between July and August, with increases across physical, sexual, emotional and economic violence, including sexual exploitation and domestic violence. The UNFPA report highlights that the increase underscores “that the crisis is not only worsening but also becoming more dangerous for those already at greatest risk. The escalation highlights the urgent need for sustained funding, strengthened protection mechanisms, and immediate access to life-saving services to safeguard the rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls.’’ The renewed offensive in Gaza city has contributed to the collapse of referral systems for gender-based violence in the area, leaving women and girls without safe access to life-saving protection and support services.

The Shelter Crisis

• According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), displacement movements from northern to southern Gaza have slowed significantly, with roughly 6,700 movements recorded on 1 October and less than 200 movements per day recorded by 6 October, down from an average of about 9,000 per day the previous week. Those who remain in Gaza city are either unable to afford the journey or are too vulnerable to move, the World Food Programme (WFP) reports. SMC partners emphasize that this includes people with disabling injuries and those who see no viable shelter options elsewhere. SMC estimates that there are more than 31,000 people taking shelter in 49 informal settlements and collective centres in Gaza city.
• According to the UN Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) spokesperson, James Elder: “The south – the so-called ‘safe zones’ – are also places of death. Al Mawasi, now one of the most densely populated places on earth, is grotesquely overcrowded and stripped of the essentials of survival. Eighty-five per cent of families live within ten meters of open sewage, animal waste, piles of garbage, stagnant water or rodent infestations. Two-thirds have no access to soap. I spoke with dozens of people in Gaza city who all said the same thing: they have no money to move; no space nor tent to move into, and the south too is dangerous.’’
• People across the Gaza Strip are highly vulnerable to the harsh effects of the upcoming winter season, which, according to SARI Global, is “forecast to bring 450–500 mm [millimetres] of rain, strong winds, and coastal surges to an environment where sewage ponds are already overflowing, half a million tons of waste (including hazardous medical waste) lie uncollected, and fragile tents are pitched on bare, flood-prone ground.” With most people in Gaza now residing in a range of inadequate shelter types that fail to meet basic emergency standards, including makeshift tents and partially or heavily damaged buildings, or in the open air, the Shelter Cluster notes that these offer minimal protection and heighten people’s vulnerability to extreme weather events, increasing their exposure to health and safety risks. This is compounded by limited access to sanitation and other basic services; a recent assessment by WASH partners found that only half of households have access to basic private sanitation, while the rest rely on shared or unsafe facilities, and 57 per cent are exposed to sewage and fecal matter within 10 metres of their homes.
• In Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, the SMC has records of at least 904,000 people living in displacement sites, primarily informal sites, amid severe overcrowding and scant sanitation and other services. Many families have also been forced to stay in particularly unsafe and flood-prone areas, such as on the beach. On 7 October, at about 2:00, according to OHCHR, a pregnant woman and a girl were reportedly killed and others injured when sand dunes reportedly collapsed on IDP tents near Al Qarara Port, in northwestern Khan Younis. In northern Gaza, the situation is believed to be even more acute; for example, a humanitarian mission to Gaza city on 1 October reported that multiple displaced families, including pregnant women and children, are sheltering in the parking lot of Al Shifa hospital, with some staying there for over two weeks, without access to any services.
• Multiple displacement waves combined with the blocked entry of shelter items for more than five months between March and the beginning of September, have left the Gaza Strip in a severe shelter crisis, reports the Shelter Cluster. Following authorization by Israeli authorities, between mid-September and as of 6 October 2025, about 16,000 tents, 16,000 tarps, and 75,000 bedding items have been collected through UN coordination from Gaza’s crossings, amounts that fall short of meeting the needs of the 1.5 million people currently in need of shelter assistance. According to the Shelter Cluster, while the cluster pipeline is enough to support 300,000 households, delivery has been restricted by the limited number of partners who received approvals to bring shelter items into Gaza, customs procedures, and the collapse of public order and safety amid scarcity that has resulted in the looting of almost half of the tents that partners were able to collect from crossings through UN coordination.
• With winter approaching, the cluster calls for immediate and consistent approvals and access to enable a life-saving winterization response, including the entry and distribution of shelter materials by humanitarian partners at scale. Heating is another matter compounding the impacts of this upcoming winter, the Shelter Cluster stresses, amid the absence of cooking gas, severe fuel shortages and Israeli authorities’ ban on bringing heaters into Gaza. Last winter, people resorted to coping mechanisms such as using clay ovens, metal stoves, or burning wood, cloth, and even trash to cook and get warm. Lacking safe energy options, people are increasingly likely to resort to these unsafe practices this winter, including to risk their lives to collect unaffordable firewood.

Food Insecurity and Malnutrition

• Food access remains a challenge, although the increase in the amount of food entering Gaza has helped to significantly reduce the percentage of households with a poor food consumption score from 88 per cent in July to 46 per cent in September, according to WFP. Moreover, Food Security Sector (FSS) partners have been able to significantly expand the preparation and delivery of meals in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis; as of 7 October, partners prepared 903,000 meals at 173 kitchens, which is the highest number of daily meals produced by partners in five months, since the end of April. Bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis also received deliveries of wheat flour from WFP this week and are now operating 22 hours a day, producing about 100,000 bundles (two kilogrammes per bundle) of bread daily. To reach as many families as possible, WFP and partners are distributing bread through community kitchens, shelters, community points, and retailers across different areas. However, production levels are still limited compared to the needs of the population, FSS reports.
• In northern Gaza, where famine was declared two months ago, the situation remains catastrophic. Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been displaced from northern Gaza since mid-August, but to meet the needs of those who remain in the area, partners continue to call for unimpeded access to the north. The area has been virtually cut off from food aid since the closure of the Zikim crossing on 12 September; partners report that only 11 kitchens are functioning, preparing about 53,000 meals a day, while no UN-supported bakeries have operated since April.
• In general, while access to staple foods has improved and price spikes have somewhat eased across the Gaza Strip, people continue to face imbalanced and nutrient-deficient diets, with limited availability of meat, vegetables, fruits and dairy products, WFP notes. As a result, children are “facing extreme and life-threatening food deprivation,” the Nutrition Cluster cautioned, whereby children between six and 23 months are consuming 1.3-1.4 food groups on average compared with the recommended eight food groups. According to the UNICEF, children who consume, at most, two of eight defined food groups are considered to be in severe food poverty and are up to 50 per cent more likely to experience severe forms of malnutrition. The FSS and the Nutrition clusters continue to call for the increased commercial entry of nutritious foods, including fresh produce and items fortified with nutrients.
• Since January 2025, the monthly average of malnutrition screening steadily increased from 33 per cent of all children under five to 73 per in June, before dropping again to 36 per cent in August, according to the Nutrition Cluster. During the same period, 43 per cent of about 50,000 admissions of children into malnutrition management programmes were reported in Gaza governorate; of these 50,000 admissions, 40,000 were cases of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 10,000 were cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Among the severe cases, five per cent (about 500 cases) required inpatient care, the Nutrition Cluster added.
• Screening and detection of malnutrition was severely disrupted during September as partners were forced to suspend or relocate their services from Gaza city due to the Israeli military offensive and forced displacement orders. While there were 44 nutrition sites in Gaza city and 1 in North Gaza as of 1 September, only 36 were still active by 15 September and the number has declined to only seven as of 8 October. During the same period, partners have expanded services in southern Gaza, from 45 to 63 sites in Deir al Balah, and from 40 to 56 in Khan Younis. As of 8 October, five stabilization centres for the admission and treatment of SAM cases with complications are available across the Gaza Strip, including one in Gaza city and four in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. Mass displacement of people from northern to southern Gaza also put at risk the continuity of treatment for outpatient cases, risking to compromise the recovery of children under treatment. Partners responded to these challenges by increasing the number of service points in the south and using mobile phones and SMS to link individual cases to their nearest treatment sites as they arrive in the south.
• The WFP Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programme (BSFP), which is critical to preventing malnutrition at a large scale, had been suspended since mid-July, but for the first time, collection of medium-quantity, lipid-based nutrition supplements (MQ-LNS) have recently been successful. WFP reported that following two delivery trials on 28 and 30 September, and a third one on 2 October, WFP successfully delivered 157 metric tons of large quantity of lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS-LQ) for treatment and medium quantity of LNS for prevention to Deir al-Balah, using four closed box-trucks via a convoy through Kerem Shalom crossing, with the target of reaching 325,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) and children monthly. This first delivery in more than two months will enable partners to restart the BSFP. In the meantime, UNICEF was able to only partially compensate for shortages in September by providing supplements (small-quantity LNS) for almost 30,000 children. According to the Nutrition Cluster, an uninterrupted supply pipeline of both preventative nutrition commodities (LNS, and micronutrient supplements) and treatment (ready-to-eat therapeutic food, therapeutic milks or LNS) are needed to address the needs of about 290,000 children between six and 23 months and 150,000 PWB who are at greatest risk of malnutrition.

Challenges Facing the Health-Care System

• Health service provision in northern Gaza remains extremely limited, with significant gaps in availability and functionality. While eight hospitals, one field hospital and 22 medical points remain partially functional in northern Gaza, they continue to operate amid extreme insecurity and strained resources. Additionally, with the influx of IDPs into southern Gaza, the strain on health services in the area has been overwhelming. According to the Health Cluster, the number of outpatient daily consultations in September has increased by 15 per cent across health facilities in southern Gaza, following large-scale displacement to the south, compared with July 2025.
• On 3 October, the World Health Organization (WHO) transferred three critically ill newborn babies from Al Helou Hospital in Gaza city to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah to receive life-saving care that could no longer be provided at Al Helou, including for one infant on critical oxygen therapy. According to WHO, a fourth baby, who had been scheduled for transfer, died on the same morning before the mission’s arrival. “Al Aqsa itself is overwhelmed and facing severe shortages of medical supplies, as more people flee south from the north,” noted WHO’s Director-General, calling for the protection of health care and for unhindered access to aid into and across Gaza.
• Health partners have been seeking to expand service provision in southern Gaza. For example, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, originally located in the north, has relocated to Deir al Balah in the south and has re-established prioritized rehabilitation and hearing services. Furthermore, Saint John Hospital, which similarly relocated from the north, has salvaged part of its equipment and began providing primary-level eye care services on 30 September.
• On 5 October, Dr. Ahmed Al Farra, Director of the Children's and Maternity Centre at Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Younis, described the overwhelming burden on the health system, particularly following the influx of IDPs into southern Gaza, noting that the situation is catastrophic. He said that three newborns are now sharing a single incubator and warned that if even one of the infants has sepsis or a bloodstream infection, it could quickly spread and risk the lives of the other infants.
• On 2 October, WHO released a report highlighting the urgent demand for trauma and rehabilitation-related services in the Gaza Strip. WHO estimates that nearly 42,000 people in the Gaza Strip have sustained potentially life-changing injuries, or 25 per cent of more than 167,000 people who according to MoH have suffered conflict-related injuries as of 24 September 2025. Although age disaggregated data remains limited, the report indicates that about a quarter of those with potentially life-changing injuries are children. Of the total number of life-changing injuries, more than 22,000 are extremity injuries, more than 5,000 are amputations, 3,300 are major burns, over 2,000 are spinal cord injuries, and more than 1,300 are traumatic brain injuries. The report describes a rehabilitation system under immense strain, without sufficient specialized staff, equipment or supplies and unable to deal with the current demands. In the first year of escalation of hostilities, WHO reported that at least 42 physiotherapists and occupational therapists were killed, citing Healthcare Workers Watch, with the current figure unknown. Less than one third of rehabilitation services are providing any services and none are fully functional due to long-standing restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of essential supplies, including many assistive devices. Protection partners note that the lack of assistive devices (such as wheelchairs, walkers, hearing aids, glasses, crutches, prosthetic limbs, and toilet chairs) can lead to significant loss of independence and can create a cascade of protection concerns including a heightened risk of neglect, exploitation and abuse, reduced access to critical information including on the evolving security situation, and significant barriers to accessing humanitarian aid and essential services. Calling for the immediate strengthening of the rehabilitation system, WHO notes that this requires urgent protection of health care, unhindered access to fuel and supplies, and the removal of Israeli-imposed restrictions on the entry of assistive devices. It warns that failing to “address the gap in rehabilitation services will have devasting consequences for individuals, families, and Gazan society as a whole.”
• Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip continue to face extreme difficulties in accessing adequate care. The only hospital specialized in treating cancer patients in Gaza was the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, which became non-operational in November 2023 after its fuel supply was depleted and it sustained heavy damage. The situation has further deteriorated following the closure in mid-May 2024 of the European Gaza Hospital, which was the main referral centre for oncology patients in the southern governorates. According to the MoH in Gaza, there are over 11,000 cancer patients in the Gaza Strip. According to WHO

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Two years of genocide from a little corner in Palestine

Qassam Muaddi

Taybeh, a small West Bank village known for its Christian heritage, is far from Gaza. But in the two years since October 7, life has changed dramatically as the genocide and Israeli occupation have affected all Palestinians.

Inside the GOP’s generational divide on Israel

Michael Arria

Politico recently declared, "An Entire Generation of Americans Is Turning on Israel." To the surprise of some, this massive political shift includes the Republican Party.

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Trump's Peace Plan Must End Genocide, Not Rebrand It

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) cautiously welcomes President Trump’s announcement of an agreement between Hamas and Israel on the first phase of a proposed “peace plan.” However, we remain deeply concerned about Israel’s tactics and the deceptive maneuvers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government repeatedly signals that its sole priority is the return of Israeli prisoners—followed by a resumption of genocidal warfare in Gaza.

This skepticism is well-founded. Israel previously reneged on a U.S.-brokered agreement reached in January under the Biden administration, with support from then-President-elect Trump. That agreement outlined three phases leading to a permanent ceasefire. Yet Netanyahu withdrew from the deal at the end of the first phase in early March and resumed brutal military operations in Gaza, including a systematic campaign of starvation targeting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

AMP emphasizes that the core issue is not prisoner exchange—it is the urgent need for a permanent end to the genocide.

We assert the following principles:

• The final agreement must include a complete and unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, without delay or obstruction.
• Palestinians alone have the right to determine their future.
• Any Palestinian technocratic government must be rooted in national Palestinian legitimacy.
• Humanitarian aid must enter immediately, without restrictions, and in quantities dictated by actual need—not by Israel’s punitive calculations.
• Reconstruction of Gaza must proceed without the displacement of its residents. This is non-negotiable.
• President Trump must honor his commitments to securing a permanent ceasefire and must not allow Netanyahu to manipulate him again.

For over two years, Palestinians have endured one of the most horrific genocidal campaigns in modern history, and the United States has been a full partner in this Israeli crime. Nothing can erase this complicity, and it will remain a stain on America’s moral record.

The very least President Trump can do now is to restrain Israel and its blood-soaked leadership from continuing this atrocity—an extermination campaign that has killed well over 70,000 Palestinians and wounded tens of thousands more. The world watches as an entire population is starved, with infants dying on camera from hunger. This is a shame upon all humanity—one that no apology or justification can cleanse.

"History did not begin on October 7, 2023, and it certainly did not end there. For over a century, the Palestinian people have endured injustice, dispossession, occupation, displacement, repression, genocide, defamation, and the stripping of their humanity," said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, AMP's Executive Director.

It is overdue for the Palestinian people to reclaim their full national and human rights.
It is overdue for the world to stop ignoring Palestinian suffering.
It is overdue for the United States to end its complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

And it is far overdue for Palestinians to enjoy their full, undiminished rights on the land of their ancestors, from which they have never been severed.

In Solidarity,
American Muslims for Palestine

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Hell on earth: Two years of genocide.

Act now: Demand investigation of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Act now: Block the Bombs.

For two years, the U.S. government has sent the Israeli military billions of dollars in weapons and bombs that it has used to carry out its mass slaughter of the people of Gaza. Now, more U.S. congresspeople than ever before support legislation to block the bombs.

We're not letting up. Use this tool from our sister organization JVP Action to email your reps today and tell them to stop arming Israel’s genocide.

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Last week, Donald Trump unveiled a so-called “peace plan” outlining his vision for the future of Gaza. In truth, this plan is rooted not in aspirations for peace, but for domination.

Trump’s proposal to “end the war in Gaza” was co-authored by Israel, billionaires, technocrats, and ideologues who have no connection to our land or feel an iota of our grief. They see Gaza not as the rightful home to millions of Palestinians, but as a project, a blank slate for profit and control, where they can live out their fantasies of supremacy and domination.

They write of “reconstruction” and “stability,” but what they mean is ethnic cleansing and erasure. They speak of “peace,” but what they mean is subjugation. This plan does not seek to repair what has been destroyed. It seeks to level Gaza and the people who remain in order to erect their own imperialist haven atop the bodies of our loved ones still buried under the rubble.

To them, Palestinians are a problem to be managed, not a people with history, memory, and rights. Our struggle for liberation is reduced to “savagery,” while the architects of occupation and genocide are absolved of their crimes.

Now more than two years into the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, our demands remain the same. Permanent ceasefire now. Stop arming Israel now. End the occupation and siege now.
 

Demand that your Representatives in Congress cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act to stop weapons to Israel now.

Trump’s vision is the same vision that has haunted us for generations: “peace” imposed through violence, negotiated by those who have made millions off of our blood. Gaza, they say, will be governed by foreign powers, secured by international troops, rebuilt by investors. A colony reimagined as a humanitarian mission.

We are not fooled.

The only people who have the right to determine the future of Palestine are Palestinians. To demand that Palestinians first “prove” their worthiness for freedom is to repeat the oldest lie of empire: that the oppressed must bow their heads to their oppressors, concede to their control, and do it with a smile. We must earn basic rights by deferring to domination. No justice can grow from that soil.

The plan attempts to exploit the hunger and fear of millions of Palestinians in Gaza who are desperate for the bombs to stop, while laying the groundwork for permanent displacement. In remarks in Hebrew following the announcement of the plan, Netanyahu claimed it as a victory, and openly reaffirmed that he has no intention to withdraw the Israeli military from Gaza.

There can be no peace while the machinery of war is still humming. Tell your Members of Congress to stop the genocide by cosponsoring H.R.3565, the Block the Bombs Act, to stop weapons to Israel.

Since 2023, at least 67,000 Palestinians – about 1 out of every 33 people – have been killed in Gaza, at least 20,000 of them children. We know that this is a massive undercount, with the true number of those killed is in the hundreds of thousands.

The scope of Israel’s atrocities against the Palestinian people have resulted in a fundamental shift globally. A new generation is rising that refuses to be subjugated or propagandized.

In the United States, 72% of Democratic voters say Israel is committing genocide, 75% want to end weapons funding, and 62% say Israeli officials should not be welcomed here. Opposition to Israel’s apartheid regime is no longer relegated to the fringes of society – it is mainstream.

Americans are sick and tired of their tax dollars being used to massacre Palestinian families in Gaza and further the diabolical, dystopian plans of genocidal billionaires. We must take action now for Palestinians in Gaza and for our communities here at home against genocide and militarism.

Tell Congress to Block the Bombs to Israel NOW

War profiteers and ideologues are moving swiftly, trying to seal the fate of Gaza in their favor. But we have seen before how our resistance can break through the cracks of empire.

Even now, in the face of growing repression, people are choosing to act, to speak up, and to fight for a better future that is still within our reach.

Join us. Push back against those who build their empires on our ashes. Let us make something living from the wreckage.


Until we are all free,

Alia El-Assar
Adalah Justice Project

1839.

8 oktober 2025

1838.

8 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

‘They’re all liars’: Gazans react to Trump’s ‘peace’ proposal and potential ceasefire

Tareq S. Hajjaj

Many in Gaza believe that Trump's "peace" plan is a ploy to get the Israeli captives released and then resume the genocide. But despite the deep skepticism, desperation to end the war is outweighing everything else.

Two Years of Genocide: Trump’s war on free speech began with Gaza

Michael Arria

The Trump administration's crackdown on dissent started with its targeting of Palestine protesters. Two years into the Gaza genocide, we are now seeing these attacks expand to all critics, regardless of their connection to Palestine.

Remember to forget October 7

Abdaljawad Omar

Two years on, the memory of October 7 returns as both catastrophe and possibility, reminding us that both resistance and surrender are choices haunted by loss. But two years on, we also learned something else: they are defeatable.

1837.

8 oktober 2025

Amid mounting hopes for peace, Gaza has entered its third year under Israel’s devastating assault, which more and more experts — including a UN commission — are describing as a genocide.

We look at the impact of the war on Gaza, both by the numbers and in turns of the actual human cost, seen on the faces of more than a thousand Palestinians, in our coverage over the past week. We dissect what the war has meant for Israel.

We also turn our attention to the protests in India’s Ladakh, and how their leader has gone from a celebrated national icon to being labelled a traitor; and we look at why US President Donald Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to send troops to American cities.

1836.

7 oktober 2025

Two years ago today, Israel launched its current ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. This assault came after an additional 75 years of Israel’s violent colonialism to steal native Palestinian land.

Our Palestinian people have endured an endless nightmare, fighting for their very survival and existence, ever since. Israel has wiped out an estimated hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza through both direct killings and deliberately engineered genocidal conditions.¹

Palestinian doctors like Ali Tahrawi have kept working under unfathomably devastating conditions, determined to save every life they can.

"What keeps my exhausted body moving is the thought of what I’ve done to help, and what more I can still do," Ali wrote in a recent post.² "Yet it is unbearably tiring. Watching patients sink deeper into agony shatters my soul; but even shattered, my soul keeps giving everything it has."

Meanwhile our U.S. government has armed Israel with endless weapons each step of the way, totaling over $30 billion of our tax dollars since October 2023, in violation of U.S. and international law.³

Each of us has a role in keeping up the fight—to stop the genocide, to protect our marginalized communities under attack here at home, and to free us all.

On this two year anniversary, we’ve revamped our Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit to equip you with the latest effective resources for taking action. Check out the toolkit now.

USE THE STOP GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT

1835.

7 oktober 2025

Nieuwe campagnefase

MELD JE AAN; REGISTER

Al meer dan een jaar negeert Albert Heijn onze oproep. Ze verkopen nog steeds schaamteloos Israëlische apartheidsproducten. Eerder deze maand zei AH tegen de pers dat ze Israëlische producten zullen blijven verkopen “zolang Den Haag en Brussel dat toestaan”. Ze zeggen dat geen van hun producten afkomstig is uit illegale nederzettingen - dat is een leugen.

Hetzelfde zeiden ze over Outspan-sinaasappelen uit Zuid-Afrika. Begin jaren 80 zorgde een boycotcampagne ervoor dat Outspan-sinaasappelen uit de schappen verdwenen.

Brussel heeft de apartheid niet gestopt. Collectieve actie wel.

Het is tijd om een stap verder te gaan en de directie van AH ter verantwoording te roepen.

Doe je mee? Kom dan naar de online briefing over de escalatie van onze campagne.

 WAT: We vertellen je wat het plan is en hoe je mee kunt doen.
 WANNEER: woensdag 8 oktober van 19.30 tot 20.15 uur.
 WAAR: MS Teams online meeting [registratieformulier hieronder ]

TIJD OM DE DRUK OP TE VOEREN :

 Actie bij het hoofdkantoor - we zullen niet te negeren zijn

 solidariteit met AH-werknemers

 Een onderzoeksrapport en mediacampagne om hun medeplichtigheid en hypocrisie aan de kaak te stellen

 “Business as usual” verstoren totdat AH actie onderneemt

KIES JE ROL:
-  Onderzoeksteam - breng aan het licht op welke manier AH medeplichtig is aan mensenrechtenschendingen en het profiteren van de illegale landbouwkolonisatie
-  Media & communicatie - breng AH in de schijnwerpers en maak #albertheijn_apartheidvrij trending
-  Actieteam hoofdkantoor - coördineer acties op het hoofdkantoor en in de winkels
-  Solidariteit met AH-werknemers - bouw interne weerstand op. Weiger apartheidsproducten te verwerken.

Onthoud: de anti-apartheidsbeweging wachtte niet op toestemming. Wij ook niet.

Geef je op! https://tinyurl.com/AHapartheidvrij

 FROM AH STORE TO HQ: ENOUGH WAITING 

Time to turn up the pressure - will you join us?

For over a year, Albert Heijn has ignored our call. They still shamelessly sell Israeli apartheid products. Earlier this month, Albert Heijn told the press that they will continue to sell Israeli products "as long as The Hague and Brussels allow it." They say none of their products come from illegal settlements - that's a lie.

They said the same about Outspan oranges from South Africa. In the early 1980s, a boycott campaign caused Outspan oranges to disappear from the shelves.

Brussels didn't stop apartheid. Collective action did.

It's time to take a step further and hold Albert Heijn's management accountable.

Want to get involved? Then join the campaign escalation online briefing.


 WHAT: We'll tell you what the plan is and how you can get involved.
 WHEN: October 8nd from 7:30 PM to 8:15 PM.
 WHERE: MS Teams online meeting [registration form below ]

TIME TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE:

 Action at the AH HQ - we will not be ignored

 Solidarity with AH employees

 An investigative report and media campaign to expose their complicity and hypocrisy

 Disrupt "business as usual" until AH takes action

CHOOSE YOUR ROLE:
 Investigative Team - expose how AH is complicit in human rights violations and profiting from illegal agricultural settlements
 Media & Communications - put AH in the spotlight and make #albertheijn_apartheidvrij trending
 HQ Action Team - coordinate actions at headquarters and in stores
 Solidarity with AH workers - build internal resistance. Refuse to handle apartheid products.

Remember: the anti-apartheid movement didn't wait for permission. Neither will we.

 REGISTER NOW: https://tinyurl.com/AHapartheidvrij

1834.

6 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Two Years of Genocide: The guilt we live with from the miserable safety of exile

Tareq S. Hajjal

Every day, when we turn on the news, we thank God we survived the genocide. And every day, we regret it.

A short history of the UN’s complicity in Israel’s mass rape propaganda since October 7 

Feminist Solidarity Network for Palestine

Why the UN Secretary-General’s recent decision to blacklist Hamas, and not Israel, as perpetrators of sexual violence flies in the face of the UN’s own evidence.

1853.

6 oktober 2025

Wat een dag.
Wat een mensen.
Wat een eenheid.

Met 250.000 mensen stonden we gisteren schouder aan schouder in Amsterdam – van kinderwagens tot rollators, van studenten tot grootouders, uit alle delen van Nederland.

Met één stem riepen we: er moet een einde komen aan de genocide en aan de Nederlandse medeplichtigheid.

Het was de grootste en meest diverse manifestatie voor Palestina ooit. Terwijl de regering en een meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer zwijgen, liet Nederland zijn stem horen – voor rechtvaardigheid en menselijkheid.

De Rode Lijn was een krachtig signaal: de Nederlandse bevolking accepteert niet langer dat onze regering wegkijkt.

Opiniepeilingen laten zien dat de meerderheid van de Nederlanders meer maatregelen tegen Israël wil, en dat Gaza voor velen bepalend is bij hun stemkeuze.

Gisteren lieten we samen zien dat Nederland wél een geweten heeft.Blijf met ons opstaan voor vrede, rechtvaardigheid en het einde van bezetting, apartheid en genocide.

1832.

6 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

‘North Gaza Massacres’: Telling the stories of the everyday heroes of Jabalia refugee camp

Hamza Abu Al-Tarabeesh

I never imagined my mission would be this painful: to write the stories of my neighbors, friends, and family erased in Gaza’s genocide.

1831.

6 oktober 2025

Communicating Palestine: Your go-to guide to engage with Palestine ethically and responsibly

Two years of relentless genocide have exposed that silencing and disinformation are not abstract injustices. They manufacture consent for our people’s oppression—making responsible communication a matter of survival.

That’s why we are launching Communicating Palestine, a go-to guide to narrate and engage with Palestine ethically.

Explore the guide

Building on the movement’s collective work, we provide a one-stop timeless resource with 360° analysis and tools. Whether you are an activist, artist, journalist, or policymaker, it empowers you to counter harmful narratives, visualize ethically, center Palestinians with dignity, and challenge propaganda and fallacies.

This resource is movement-owned and evolving—a collective space for learning, dialogue, and practice. We rely on your support to sustain this platform and strengthen our collective power.

Support this work by:

 Sharing the platform via email/whatsapp/signal with anyone who can make use of this
 Donating for the next steps of this project

1830.

5 oktober 2025

Today's headlines

Filipinos reject Israeli tourism amid the Gaza genocide

Vernadette Gonzalez

Siargao, a small island in the Philippines’ Mindanao region, might seem far from the Gaza genocide. But as the island becomes a popular spot for Israelis completing their military service, local Filipinos are starting to reject Israeli tourism.

Jake Tapper is worried about efforts to ‘infringe’ on free speech, except when the speech is about Palestine

James North

Jake Tapper and other mainstream U.S. media figures will wax poetic about free speech, but they ignore when advocates for Palestine are targeted, or even jailed, for speaking out.

Hamas just accepted Trump’s ‘peace’ plan. Here’s what it didn’t accept.

Qassam Muaddi

Hamas just accepted Donald Trump’s “peace” plan. Here’s what Hamas didn't accept, how Trump reacted, and why Netanyahu was blindsided.

1829.

4 oktober 2025

Global Sumud Flotilla exposes Israel as a rogue state & the possibility of a ceasefire

Over the past 48 hours, there has been significant movement toward a possible ceasefire in Gaza. As you are likely aware, Hamas has accepted the core elements of the plan proposed by Donald Trump. He, surprisingly, reacted positively to Hamas’s response, reportedly without consulting Netanyahu. Trump also ordered Israel to stop all bombing immediately, which they did not do. The ball is back in Israel’s court. We’ll be covering all of this extensively in the coming days, so stay tuned…

Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters this week, detaining hundreds and seizing more than 40 boats. The mission did not break the siege, but it exposed the illegality of the blockade, drawing condemnations from governments and reigniting protests—most visibly in Italy, where dockworkers refused to service Israeli-owned container ships. Global civil society is demanding accountability, and the political ground is shifting. I am channeling Phil Weiss’s perpetual optimism that, after two years of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, change is imminent. The lesson for the global movement is that now is the time to escalate nonviolently and capture the momentum.

This week, we published a lengthy investigation into the shipment of weapons components through New York’s JFK Airport. Drawing on bills of lading, export records, and carrier logs, the report shows that the civilian hub doubles as a key transit point for U.S.-made materiel bound for Israel’s war machine, including aircraft munitions racks, missile-launcher parts, and ammunition components, moved by major cargo airlines under Commerce Department licenses. The documents trace consignments from U.S. manufacturers through JFK to Israeli military end users, with routings consistent with deliveries to air bases supporting operations in Gaza. The piece details the volume and cadence of shipments since the escalation, the multiple agencies that touch the cargo, and the striking absence of public oversight from New York officials. In short, it connects a local logistics pipeline to the destruction in Gaza and names those who enable it.

Inside Gaza, Israeli leaders have dropped the pretense of distinguishing civilians from combatants. Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a “final warning” to the roughly half-million people still in Gaza City, saying those who remain will be treated as “terrorists or terrorist supporters.” Meanwhile, Donald Trump is promoting a U.S.-backed plan that offers Palestinians uncertainty if they accept it and further devastation if they refuse. Benjamin Netanyahu has embraced it while proposing changes widely seen as poison pills. As Qassam Muaddi argues, the proposal consolidates Israeli control rather than advancing peace. And don’t even get me started about Tony Blair being installed to run the “Board of Peace” overseeing Gaza’s administration and reconstruction.

In the United States, Mitchell Plitnick tracks dueling letters in the House of Representatives that signal growing Democratic support for Palestinian statehood and a notable decline of AIPAC’s influence. Texas prosecutors are pressing hate-crime charges over anti-Israel graffiti, a dangerous attempt to turn criticism of a state into a protected-class offense. And from Ireland, Declan Kearney, the National Chairman of Sinn Féin, reminds us that Palestine is now a litmus test for whether international law and self-determination are practiced or merely invoked.

Next week, we host a Frontline Briefing with Editor-in-Chief Yumna Patel and Palestine News Director Faris Giacaman on October 9. Donors are invited to join. If you are not yet a donor, become one today, and we will send your registration link to join the discussion.