Gaza

One Palestinian killed, another injured in Israeli air attack on Gaza City

At least one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli air attack on Gaza City on Tuesday morning, according to sources at al-Shifa Hospital cited by our colleagues on the ground.

Another person was injured in the same attack, the sources added.

Israeli attacks kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza Strip

At least three Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis so far today, medical sources tell our colleagues on the ground.

We earlier reported an Israeli air attack on Gaza City that killed one person and injured another.

UN chief marks anniversary of October 7 with call for permanent ceasefire and peace

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the “horrors” of the Hamas-led October 2, 2023, attack on Israel “must never be repeated” in a message marking the anniversary of the assault.

In a post on X, Guterres said the devastating hostilities that followed have inflicted “untold suffering” on Palestinians in Gaza, “including massive loss of life, displacement, and destruction. Civilians continue to endure intolerable conditions. Their suffering, too, demands an end, now.”

Last year’s “ceasefire” in Gaza brought some relief, Guterres said, but he added that it has yet to deliver security, adequate humanitarian aid or a credible path to recovery and peace.

“It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent,” he said. “It is time to allow humanitarian assistance at scale. And it is time to respect international law.”

The anniversary, he said, should mark a renewed determination to build a different future for the region, “one in which Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace and security, with their rights, dignity, and aspirations fulfilled”.

Jerusalem

Israeli forces demolish home in East Jerusalem

Israeli forces began demolishing a residential building in the town of at-Tur in occupied East Jerusalem, and

West Bank

Israeli forces raid Birzeit University, demolish memorial honoring Palestinian students

Israeli forces raided Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, demolishing a memorial honoring at least 38 Palestinian students killed by Israeli forces or settlers and replacing it with a plant.

Students say the move is part of a broader Israeli campaign to suppress collective Palestinian identity on campus, alongside repeated raids, threats and restrictions on political activity, including ahead of a January protest supporting Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli forces storm Bethlehem localities

Israeli forces have stormed multiple areas in the Bethlehem governorate of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Citing a security source, it said Israeli forces entered the areas of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, as well as the areas of ad-Doha, al-Khader, Irtas, Jabal al-Mawaleh, Hindaza, Rakhma, Jannatah, Harmala and Rafidia.

Colonists set house in flames

Settlers burned a house in the village of Burqa in the Ramallah governorate.

Israeli settlers set vehicles on fire near Nablus as army raids West Bank towns

Israeli settlers have set four vehicles ablaze near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, where they spray-painted racist slogans calling for revenge, Wafa is reporting.

Settlers set fire to a house belonging to a family of five in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, the Palestinian news agency said.

The Israeli military meanwhile raided the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Qalqilya, making one arrest and searching homes for about five hours.

In Beit Ummar, soldiers ransacked a home before arresting one of its occupants, the agency said.

Raids were also reported in the Tulkarem suburbs of Dhannaba and Iktaba, as well as the al-Mahjar neighborhood of the Nur Shams refugee camp. No arrests were reported.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are facing rising settler and military violence, with the pattern of the attacks fitting the definition of a pogrom, experts say.