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In the West Bank a Palestinian teenager was killed in a clash with Israeli settlers, with rights group Yesh Din warning that settler violence is moving from rural areas into larger Palestinian cities as settlement expansion continues; about 3 million Palestinians live under Israeli military rule in the West Bank alongside around 560,000 Israeli settlers, highlighting the escalating and long-running conflict.
Israel’s far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video of a gallows construction intended to execute Palestinians convicted of terror under a newly enacted military-courts death-penalty law, a move critics say targets Palestinians and undermines due-process safeguards; international actors including the UN, UK, France and Germany condemned his rhetoric, while Israel pushes the policy amid other controversial measures like settlement expansion.
A taped interview with Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, features him calling for killing 30–40 Palestinians in Gaza each night and urging mass emigration of Gaza residents, arguing Gaza should be treated as Israeli territory; the remarks—condemned by many and cited as genocidal by some—come as Gaza casualties exceed 100,000 and Ben-Gvir’s security-power influence grows, despite not commanding strikes, amid Israel’s election season.
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told a podcast that Israeli forces should kill 30–40 Palestinians in Gaza each night and push for a permanent exodus, arguing for broader lethal action beyond those posing an immediate threat. Though he sits on Israel’s security cabinet and influences policy, he cannot order military strikes. The remarks, part of a long pattern of hardline rhetoric, drew international criticism and sanctions while casualties in Gaza continued to rise past 1,250 since the October ceasefire.
Activists tried to deliver water and food to Palestinian families trapped in homes in Qusra, West Bank, after settlers blocked access and the area was declared a closed military zone; direct delivery to residents was blocked, with aid left outside, while Israeli forces and settlers clashed and tents were set up and removed. The broader context includes ongoing settler violence and displacement in the area, highlighted by UN displacement figures.
Israeli troops forced two Palestinian families to leave their homes in Qusra during a days-long siege linked to a settler campaign, with several houses briefly occupied and property damaged as settlers remained, despite a top commander’s pledge to evacuate them and growing international criticism.
Palestinian families in Qusra, West Bank, have been besieged by Israeli settlers for four days, with water and electricity cut off and security forces failing to fully disperse them; clashes have continued as Israel expands settlements, drawing UN warnings of a breaking point amid rising casualties and displacements.
Palestinian families in Qusra, West Bank, have been besieged by settlers since Sunday, with water and electricity cut and food running low; Israeli forces briefly withdrew from the outpost, and a Palestinian ambulance later delivered aid after a child was treated. The UN warns the West Bank is at breaking point amid rising settler violence and displacement, as rights groups call for protection and accountability.
A prominent rights group says Israeli policies are pushing the West Bank’s healthcare system toward collapse, citing shortages of medicines and supplies, reduced access to clinics and hospitals, and mounting strain on public health services that could endanger Palestinian patients seeking care.
Israeli prosecutors charged Yinon Levy, a settler, with reckless manslaughter for the July 2025 killing of Odeh Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair; the indictment also accuses him of armed trespassing and property damage after settlers used an excavator in a confrontation. Hathaleen, a teacher and activist who appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was a prominent voice against settler violence. If convicted, it would be the first Israeli indictment for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank in almost three years. Levy denies firing the fatal shot; prosecutors say he fired at residents and then into the air as footage circulated widely.
Thousands gathered in Gaza City for a mass funeral for 112 Palestinians—mostly women and children—killed when an Israeli strike hit a Sabra residential block in November 2023; the bodies were recovered after a two-week operation with Civil Defence and ICRC support, marking Gaza’s largest funeral of its kind as the war’s toll in Gaza continues to rise.
BBC interviews Yehuda Shimon at the Havat Gilad outpost where he defends attacks on Palestinian villages as revenge for the killing of a settler, arguing a biblical right to the land. The report highlights radical settler rhetoric and settlement expansion, while UN data show Palestinian casualties and injuries linked to settler violence, illustrating the West Bank's asymmetric conflict.
A fatal confrontation near Nablus left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead, triggering a surge in attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank. Both sides blame the other as the violence spreads, amid far-right government moves to accelerate new settlement outposts. Israel’s army says it condemns nationalist violence and is working to prevent incidents. BBC’s Lucy Williamson reports from Palestinian villages around Nablus.
Palestinian officials say Israeli settlers overnight torched two mosques, vandalized cars, and burned farmland in the occupied West Bank, with hate graffiti found on walls, in attacks that followed a deadly clash near Tal; the IDF conducted raids and arrests as Netanyahu pledged strong action amid international condemnation and rising violence.
Israel says it detained more than 70 suspects overnight across the occupied West Bank after clashes that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians dead, with reports of a heavy raid on Nablus’s hospital that frightened patients. Authorities say more than 80 Palestinians were arrested in the broader operation. In Gaza, Israeli strikes killed several Palestinians and wounded others, underscoring a renewed cycle of violence amid ongoing tensions over settlements.