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The UN human rights office added 61 companies to its database of businesses linked to Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank, bringing the total to 214. The update also removed companies after reassessment, while Israel’s UN mission rejected the mechanism and accused it of bias.
The United Nations has added 61 companies to a database tracking entities involved in business activities linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The UN mechanism is based on human rights standards and reviews sectors including construction, real estate, financial services, transport and the exploitation of natural resources.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet said they targeted a network that included dozens of money changers in Gaza and other countries and had transferred more than $1 billion to Hamas. They added that operations since the outbreak of the war had killed 16 people whom they described as among the movement’s leading money-transfer operatives.
Most people in the Gaza Strip are facing increasing difficulty accessing water as desalination output falls, most wells remain out of service and distribution networks are damaged. UN and official data show that 82% of households face water insecurity, while groundwater pumping and the discharge of untreated wastewater threaten the quality of the coastal aquifer.
UNRWA continues to operate extensive health, education and essential services in the Gaza Strip despite being publicly excluded from the Peace Council’s reconstruction plans. Officials revealed that the council and the Palestinian technocratic committee held meetings with the agency amid disagreement over its future and whether its programmes and staff can continue under new vetting conditions.
The gap between the needs of Gaza Strip residents and the aid reaching them is widening amid Israeli restrictions and the closure of crossings. The Network of Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations says the response meets no more than 25% of actual needs, while hundreds of thousands lack food, water, shelter and essential services.
Two Israeli reserve soldiers were killed after a drone they were operating crashed and exploded as they approached it at a military site in northern Gaza. The Israeli army opened an investigation that includes the possibility that the aircraft was jammed, and suspended the operation of attack drones and drones used to drop munitions until the cause of the incident is clarified.
Users circulated an image of a Palestinian child sheltering behind the base of an electricity pole while returning from school, as Israeli forces entered the town of al-Zawiya, west of Salfit. The image prompted anger and distress across digital platforms, with comments focusing on children’s right to travel safely and reach their homes without fear.
Settlers burned two vehicles belonging to a Palestinian family and wrote racist slogans and threats of displacement on homes in Atara village, north of Ramallah, after monitoring the area with a drone, according to the family. The attack coincided with the burning of agricultural land and an attempt to break into homes in Burqa village, east of the city.
Jerusalem and the West Bank witnessed incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, arrests and raids carried out by Israeli forces on Thursday, alongside settler attacks, the demolition of a house and land levelling. Palestinian bodies also announced a tender for the construction of 400 settlement units and the issuance of orders targeting the removal of trees and vegetation from hundreds of dunams.
Israeli police announced that a Palestinian was killed and a soldier seriously injured in a car-ramming attack near the Beit Horon settlement, west of Ramallah. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the victim was 29-year-old Mahmoud Mohammed Mahmoud Suleiman, and that Israeli forces were holding his body.
The Council of Peace, led by US President Donald Trump, plans to announce a six-month plan to revive the Gaza Strip, comprising 66 projects costing $2.45 billion. The plan covers temporary housing, infrastructure, services and security, while its implementation depends on cooperation from Israel and Hamas and the mobilisation of international funding.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet announced the killing of Mohammed Abu Alwan, whom they described as head of Hamas’s finance department, in a strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli statement said targeting the movement’s leaders and funding sources aims to prevent it from rebuilding its capabilities, while Hamas has not commented.
Palestinian clubs have resumed organised competition through the Thousand Martyrs Cup after a suspension lasting about 3 years, with more than 200 clubs taking part in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, amid movement restrictions, damage to sports facilities and financial pressures facing players and clubs.
Foreign ministers from eight Arab and Muslim countries called for adherence to the ceasefire in Gaza and implementation of the comprehensive plan in all its phases, including the delivery of aid, restricting weapons and a full Israeli withdrawal. They also rejected forced displacement and settlement expansion, and called for sustained US engagement to ensure all parties fulfil their commitments.
Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza resumed in-person schooling as the 2026–2027 academic year began, after an interruption lasting nearly three years. Classes are being held in temporary schools and centres, including tents and metal and wooden structures, amid damage to 98 per cent of school buildings and acute shortages and rising prices of stationery.
The isolation of Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley is continuing after a trench was dug and the last access route to the area was closed, restricting the movement of 47 families and thousands of livestock. Foreign solidarity activists reached the community carrying food supplies and water, amid acute shortages of water, fodder and medicines.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir and groups of settlers entering the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and performing Talmudic rituals there, while the developments coincided with the closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque, clashes in Jerusalem and the killing of a settler in the West Bank.
The West Bank saw an escalation on Sunday after a settler was killed in a shooting near the Halamish settlement and a Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces near Jenin. The events were accompanied by arrests, the closure of checkpoints and roads, military reinforcements and a curfew in neighbourhoods of Hebron, as well as Israeli calls to demolish the shooter’s home and execute him.
Thousands of displaced people in the Gaza Strip face the risk of buildings they have taken refuge in collapsing, amid warnings that rain and soil erosion could worsen the situation. Civil Defence says more than 2,000 buildings require urgent intervention, while the lack of safe alternatives and restrictions on bringing in tents and heavy equipment have prevented their evacuation.
Two Palestinians were injured in a settler attack in the Wadi al-Shaer area, while Israeli forces arrested Palestinians during raids in several West Bank governorates. The developments coincided with the Israeli security establishment raising its alert level ahead of Yom Kippur and examining possible scenarios on several fronts.
Children in Gaza have resumed limited education in tents and temporary spaces amid acute shortages of desks, books, water and transport. Preparations for the school year include 359 temporary learning spaces, as teachers try to combine shortened curricula with psychosocial support for children affected by war, displacement and loss.
At least three Palestinians, including Basir al-Barsh, the son of the director-general of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, were killed and seven others injured in Israeli strikes and gunfire in different parts of the Strip, while the Ministry of Health said the cumulative toll since the war began had risen to 73,910 killed and 174,914 injured.
Nasser Medical Complex has resumed cochlear implant surgeries after the service was suspended in the Gaza Strip when the war began, targeting 50 children in the current phase. Palestinian medical teams and a Russian medical delegation have completed 10 successful operations, with plans to treat about 100 additional cases and restore early hearing screening for newborns.
