Israeli army claims Hamas commander killed in Gaza on Monday

The army says it killed Talal Mustafa Saleh Badawi on Monday, who it claims was a Hamas commander in Gaza City.

It added that the strike also killed Momo Saeed Mohammed Hawari, another alleged Hamas member.

US says it seized over $560,000 in alleged crypto currency 'donations for Hamas'

The US Justice Department says the FBI seized more than $560,000 in crypto currency donations it claims were intended for Hamas.

The department added that it had taken control of web domains and communication platforms it alleged were used for fundraising and recruitment, and had obtained information about thousands of people who had contacted Hamas with the goal of donating money to the group.

No withdrawal from Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’, says Netanyahu

Israel will not retreat from the so-called “Yellow Line” in Gaza, says Netanyahu on his visit to a military outpost in the besieged enclave, Ynet reported.

“We control the territory and are staying on this line,” the Israeli PM was quoted as saying.

The “Yellow Line” is the demarcation line where the Israeli army withdrew under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire that came into effect in October 2025.

Israeli army maps indicate the line extends 1.5km to 6.5km (0.9 to 4 miles) inside Gaza from its eastern boundary with Israel and covers roughly 58 percent of the enclave.

Five wounded by Israeli attack in southern Gaza

Five Palestinians have been wounded by an Israeli strike on a tent in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza,

One person killed by Israeli attack west of Khan Younis

At least one person has died from wounds he sustained during an Israeli attack on a tent housing displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency reports.

The report identified the man killed as Mohammed Mahmoud Murshed Al-Qadi, 39, who was transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles ablaze in Nablus

Israeli settlers set fire to two Palestinian vehicles in Beita, south of Nablus, as violent rampages continue in the occupied West Bank.

The illegal settlers attacked the area and then set fire to the parked vehicles in front of the residents’ homes, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli settlers carried out 628 attacks in the West Bank last month, 137 in Nablus.

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in west Bethlehem

Israeli forces have demolished a Palestinian home in Nahalin, Bethlehem, Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

Israeli forces stormed the town with military vehicles and bulldozers and demolished the house that has been inhabited for more than 15 years.

Israelis using various reasons to push Palestinians out of their homes in West Bank

Nida Ibrahim reports:

"This morning, Israeli bulldozers came to Khirbet at-Tabban and began demolishing 12 homes belonging to 10 families, including shacks for their livestock. This area has been under threat, alongside many other villages, because Israel wants to push Palestinians out of their lands.

However, the mayor tells us that Palestinians have been there since before the Israeli occupation. Today, this is the firing zone, but wherever you look in the occupied West Bank, Israelis are using different reasons to push people out of their homes.

We are at al-Eizariya, near a Bedouin community called Jabal al-Baba, and people here are also facing potential forced displacement. Behind us, there is the illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim that is inside the occupied West Bank.

What the E1 project is trying to do, which is a plan that has been in the works since the 1990s, is connect the illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim with the other settlements inside occupied East Jerusalem and basically connect them to Israel proper.

That area will cut the occupied West Bank in half, making Palestinians go through very difficult and long detours to get from one place to another."

Palestinian issue ‘should never be overlooked or marginalized’: China’s Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo.

In the talks, Xi backed Middle East nations in building a new security architecture and said the Palestinian issue should not be marginalized, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency.

“China supports regional countries in building a new security architecture for the Middle East,” Xi said, calling for a “comprehensive solution for common security” in the region.

The Palestinian issue “remains the core of the Middle East question, should never be overlooked or marginalized”, he added.

He also called for support for the UN’s “effective role” in the region and urged external powers to abandon “double standards” in the Middle East.

Amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war, Xi said China was “ready to work” with the Middle East countries to “safeguard the security of international shipping lanes”.

Xi arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a two-day state

Water wells, greenhouses destroyed by Israeli bulldozers in Hebron

Israeli forces have demolished four water wells and several greenhouses in the al-Thaghra neighborhood of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Activist Muhammad Awad told Palestinian news agency Wafa that Israeli forces used a bulldozer to demolish the wells, which were used to irrigate crops and for other agricultural purposes.

The report added that the Israelis demolished several greenhouses in the same area because they claimed the Palestinians lacked permits.

The financial losses from the demolitions are estimated at more than 200,000 shekels, according to residents.

Palestinian landowners confront Israeli bulldozer using their hands

A video has emerged showing Palestinians using their bare hands to try to defend their property against a bulldozer as Israeli forces tore up their land and used pepper spray in the town of Deir Ballut in the occupied West Bank.

Two Palestinian teenagers shot dead in occupied West Bank

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in a pogrom in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah.

That’s according to WAFA news agency, which quoted the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

The deceased were identified as Omar Mohammad Na’ssan and Khalil Abu Aliya. Both were 19. One of them was shot in the neck and the other in the back.

They were killed by Israeli snipers during an attack by settlers and Israeli troops in Al-Mughayyir village.

Village head Amin Abu Aliya, told WAFA that settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, stormed the village center and attacked two houses near the Grand Mosque. They also stole a number of sheep.

As residents tried to confront the settlers, Israeli soldiers opened fire on the residents, critically wounding two young men, he said. They later succumbed to injuries in a hospital.

The village of Al-Mughayyir and its surrounding area have seen a recent escalation in settler attacks and Israeli incursions.

Palestinians recount coordinated army, settler attacks on mosques in the occupied West Bank

Naim Ahmed Faraj, along with dozens of worshippers, was standing for the evening (Isha) prayers, when Israeli forces threw tear gas canisters inside their mosque in Madama village near Nablus. Faraj, 66, who suffers from joint and heart ailments, collapsed due to suffocation.

Faraj’s son, Mohammed Naim, says his father fell semiconscious and his condition deteriorated after inhaling tear gas. The 66-year-old regained consciousness gradually after he was rushed home inside a car as there were no ambulances available, according to Naim.

“The mosque is supposed to be a safe haven where people can pray without being attacked. But lately – and for a long time now – the mosque has become a source of anxiety,” Naim said, adding that worshippers now fear going to mosques for prayers amid escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.

Israel: Military exercise in northern West Bank on Thursday

The Israeli military announced a military exercise in the northern occupied West Bank area for Thursday.

“As part of the exercise, there will be noticeable active movement of security forces in the area. There is no fear of a security incident,” the military said in a social media statement.

The activity is set to take place in the Ephraim and Menashe Brigade areas, which include cities and villages such as Jenin, Tuba, and Tulkarem “starting from the morning hours until noon”.