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22.08.2026 - 16:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon

In 2024, images and footage shared by Human Rights Watch showed the munitions hitting residential buildings in the southern Lebanese border villages of Kafr Kila, Mays al-Jabal, Boustane, Markaba, and Aita al-Chaab.

Inhalation of white phosphorus fumes can cause respiratory injuries and asphyxiation, and inflict second- and third-degree burns to the skin.

In 2023, HRW revealed that Israeli forces had used the weapon on the densely populated Gaza Strip and on two rural areas along the Israel-Lebanon border.

20.08.2026 - 21:14 [ Middle East Eye ]

‘We are starving’: Palestinians besieged by settlers in West Bank homes run out of food

Palestinians trapped in their homes by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra are running out of food as the siege enters its 12th day.

20.08.2026 - 20:50 [ Anadolu ]

Gaza death toll exceeds 73,400 as Israel kills 10 more Palestinians in past 24 hours

Another 10 Palestinians were killed and 25 others wounded over the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll from Israel‘s genocide in the blockaded enclave since October 2023 to 73,417, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

19.08.2026 - 20:54 [ TheGuardian.com ]

The Guardian view on Israel’s death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so

(March 31, 2026)

Execution will be the default for Palestinians found guilty of lethal attacks deemed as terrorist acts in the West Bank’s military courts – which have a conviction rate of around 96%. Amnesty International says that the system routinely relies on evidence extracted through torture and abuse. The death sentence will be imposed even if prosecutors do not seek it. Convictions need no longer be unanimous. There is no possibility of pardon. Executions must take place within 90 days. Within Israeli civilian courts, the new law imposes the death penalty for deliberately killing a person with the intention of “negating the existence of the State of Israel”. Life imprisonment can only substitute in unspecified “special” circumstances.

There could hardly be a more shocking contrast with the near-total impunity of Israelis killing Palestinians in the West Bank, amid increasing – and increasingly systematic – state-backed settler violence.

19.08.2026 - 20:33 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners

“In this place, the terrorists will be executed,” Ben Gvir said in a video posted on Instagram, where he has around 150,000 followers.

In the video, Ben Gvir points towards what appears to be an active construction site and says the complex will include “viewing chambers where crime victims will be able to come and watch” Palestinians being hanged.

„We are fulfilling what we promised,“ the minister added.

19.08.2026 - 19:46 [ Middle East Eye ]

‚Violence, dispossession, and destruction‘: Israeli forces and settlers launch 467 West Bank attacks in one week

Israeli forces and settlers launched at least 467 attacks on Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank over the past week, the Palestinian prime minister’s office said.

In a post on X, the office said the violence damaged 75 Palestinian homes and other structures.

It described the attacks as part of a “relentless escalation of violence, dispossession, and destruction”.

19.08.2026 - 19:34 [ Wafa.ps ]

Nine killed, 15 injured in Israeli airstrike on Gaza City

GAZA, August 19, 2026 (WAFA) – At least nine Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.

WAFA correspondent, citing sources at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, reported that the bodies of nine Palestinians, most of them burned and dismembered, were brought to the hospital, along with 15 injured Palestinians, most of whom were in critical condition.

19.08.2026 - 19:14 [ Anadolu ]

Blast kills 2 in southern Lebanon‘s Mayfadoun amid ongoing Israel attacks: News agency

At least two people were killed on Wednesday when the town of Mayfadoun was rocked by an explosion amid ongoing Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon that have included airstrikes, artillery barrages and ground incursions.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) attributed the explosion to a “suspicious object” left behind from a previous Israeli attack.

NNA also reported that a fire had broken out in the nearby town of Mansouri after an Israeli drone dropped explosive ordnance in the area.

18.08.2026 - 18:53 [ Wafa.ps ]

Six killed, several others wounded in Israeli strike on Gaza City port

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since 7 October 2023, killing 73,399 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 174,310 others. It has destroyed 90% of the Strip’s infrastructure, with the cost of Gaza reconstruction estimated at $70 billion.

Since the Gaza ceasefire agreement went into effect on October 11, 2025, Israel has killed over 1,265 Palestinians and injured 4,198 others. The bodies of 813 slain Palestinians have been recovered during the same period.

In the last 24 hours, the bodies of five slain Palestinians along with 18 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

18.08.2026 - 18:09 [ Politico.eu ]

German lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Israel’s Ben-Gvir over Gaza killing remarks

From Merz’s conservatives to Alternative for Germany and the Left, condemnation cut across the Bundestag’s political spectrum.

17.08.2026 - 23:02 [ Middle East Monitor ]

EU faces criticism for secret police data talks with Israel: Report

(August 15, 2026)

The European Commission has been negotiating a secret agreement to share sensitive personal data with Israel’s police service, despite internal legal warnings that the deal could violate international law and put Palestinians at risk, according to a new report by civil rights group Statewatch published by Novara Media, Anadolu reports.

The draft agreement, originally negotiated with the European police agency Europol, would allow the exchange of biometric data, genetic information, location data, political views, and personal details.

Critical research indicates the deal has progressed despite a 2022 ruling by the Council of the EU’s Legal Service which deemed the proposal legally untenable.

17.08.2026 - 22:53 [ NovaraMedia.com ]

EU Moves to Share Data With Israel That ‘Could Be Used to Kill Palestinians’

(August 4, 2026)

Under the plans, the bloc’s law enforcement agency, Europol, would exchange sensitive personal information about Palestinians with Israel’s police force, which is headquartered in the illegally occupied West Bank.

There is also concern the deal could harm members of the Palestinian diaspora, with a risk that activists in Europe could be targeted.

The data would include names, identification numbers, locations, genetic and biometric information and details about people’s political views, beliefs and personal lives.

17.08.2026 - 21:40 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Extremist Israeli minister calls for killing ’30 to 40′ Palestinians in Gaza each night

“It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister,“ he said. “I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night,” said the far-right Israeli minister.

“Not just those who pose an immediate threat, there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people,” added Ben-Gvir.

Ben-Gvir also promised Braslavski that he would seek to allow him to personally take part if prisoners are executed under Israel’s recently enacted death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks on Israelis.

17.08.2026 - 21:34 [ UNB.com.bd ]

Israeli minister calls for hanging Palestinian prisoners ‚one by one‘

Speaking with former Israeli captive Rom Braslavski, Ben-Gvir said that hanging would be the primary method of execution under the death penalty legislation he has been actively promoting.

„I will do the impossible when the time comes,“ the minister remarked during the conversation. „I promise you that I will do everything in my power and turn the world upside down to make this happen“.

In addition to his comments on the death penalty, Ben-Gvir expressed satisfaction regarding the harsher conditions Palestinian prisoners are currently facing within the Israeli penal system.

17.08.2026 - 21:12 [ Wafa.ps ]

Gaza death toll rises to 73,399, injuries to 174,310 since October 2023

GAZA, August 17, 2026 (WAFA) — The death toll from Israel‘s war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,399, while the number of injured has reached 174,310 since October 7, 2023, according to medical sources.

The sources said Gaza hospitals received five fatalities over the past 48 hours, including two newly reported deaths and three bodies recovered from under the rubble, as well as 18 injured people.

17.08.2026 - 21:07 [ Al Jazeera ]

US giving Netanyahu free pass on Gaza plan: Palestinian politician

“Netanyahu is stalling, and he is abusing the whole situation, and he is continuing the bombardment,” Barghouti told Al Jazeera.

“Unfortunately, the Trump administration is not responding to the challenge that Netanyahu put on table. Netanyahu rejected the peace plan. He rejected what was proposed. He rejected what Palestinians accepted and has shown great flexibility towards. And the United States, instead of telling Netanyahu that he has to respect what he has accepted before and start implementing it, they’re giving him leeway,” he said.

16.08.2026 - 12:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Lebanese officials ‘have lost all leverage’ after putting ‘all their eggs in the US-Israeli basket’

The Lebanese government has been left at the “mercy” of the US and Israel after signing on to the Washington-brokered framework agreement, argues Ziad Abu Rish, an associate professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Bard College in the US state of New York.

He noted that Zawthar al-Gharbiya remains the only village Israeli forces have withdrawn from under the framework agreement and Israel has since publicly declared it is no longer interested in creating additional withdrawal zones.

16.08.2026 - 12:23 [ Al Jazeera ]

Photos: Aftermath of Israel’s deadly strikes in south Lebanon

A man reacts amid the rubble of a destroyed home that was hit by an Israeli air strike in the village of Ansar, southern Lebanon, Saturday [Mohammed Zaatari/AP]

16.08.2026 - 06:27 [ Foreign Ministry of Oman ]

Minister calls for new Gulf security policy

(July 14, 2026)

“One issue demands immediate attention. As widely reported, complex discussions are currently being held with the aim of devising a long-term arrangement for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. As one of the two states with territorial waters in the Strait, Oman has a special responsibility to work with both Iran – which is the other state whose territorial waters include part of the Strait – and the wider international community of Strait users to find a practical, durable and legal arrangement for free navigation. The international community needs a successful outcome from these consultations; free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is vital for the global economy

15.08.2026 - 21:39 [ Amnesty International ]

Israel/OPT: Siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra marks relentless escalation in state-backed settler violence

(August 14, 2026)

“The three families under siege have been threatened, harassed and attacked by Israeli settlers from nearby outposts for several months. They have been confined to their homes since Sunday 9 August, are running out of food, and lack access to basic necessities, including running water. The homes targeted in these attacks are located in Area B of the West Bank, supposedly under Palestinian administrative control and Israeli military control, according to the classification of the Oslo Accords. Yet Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances trying to deliver food and water to the homes were also attacked by settlers. Despite these violent attacks, Israeli forces allowed the settlers to remain close proximity to the Palestinian families’ homes.

“For far too long, the world has ignored the immense, unfathomable suffering of Palestinians being uprooted and erased from land they have inhabited for generations. The international community must stop treating such incidents as ‘isolated’ and instead hold Israel accountable.”

15.08.2026 - 21:32 [ NBC News / Youtube ]

Palestinian families still under siege by settlers in Qusra in the West Bank

(August 14, 2026)

Palestinian families near Qusra in the occupied West Bank say they remain trapped in their homes, six days after far-right Israeli settlers moved into the area. Despite U.S. pressure on Israel to disperse the settlers, residents say some still remain, while the IDF continues to be present — for now. NBC News‘ Matt Bradley reports.

15.08.2026 - 21:10 [ Wafa.ps ]

Colonists attack Qusra municipal crew as Israeli forces detain three

NABLUS, August 15, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli colonists on Saturday attacked a team from the Qusra municipality south of Nablus as it attempted to restore electricity to homes that have been under siege for about a week, while Israeli forces detained three members of the crew.

Local sources told WAFA that the municipal crew headed to the homes after receiving coordination to restore electricity, which colonists had cut off more than a week ago. The colonists attacked and surrounded the crew before Israeli forces intervened and detained three of its members.

Meantime, colonists continued to besiege the homes of three Palestinian families in Qusra amid a deployment of Israeli forces in the area, the sources said.

15.08.2026 - 20:57 [ NPR.org ]

U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‚horrific act of terror

(August 13, 2026)

Huckabee‘s post on X was an unusually sharp rebuke from a U.S. official, even as he defended the Israeli military‘s response. Huckabee is a longtime ally of Israel‘s settler movement and in the past has expressed support for Israeli control over the occupied West Bank while condemning settler violence.

15.08.2026 - 20:51 [ United Nations ]

Occupied West Bank: Settler siege of Palestinians marks a new low

(August 13, 2026)

Three Palestinian families – around 15 people in total, including at least two children – have remained confined to their homes “in a state of terror” in the Ras al Ein area of Qusra village, south of Nablus, OHCHR said, alleging that the settlers had cut their power and water.

“These criminal actions by the settlers, supported or acquiesced to by Israel, the Occupying Power, are making life unbearable for these Palestinian families and are clearly aimed at forcing them to leave their homes and their land,” the UN office said. “Time is running out for these three families before they are forcibly displaced”.

15.08.2026 - 20:31 [ Wafa.ps ]

Gaza death toll rises to 73,391 since October 2023

GAZA, August 15, 2026 (WAFA) — The death toll from Israel‘s ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,391 Palestinians, with 174,280 others injured, since October 7, 2023, according to medical sources.

15.08.2026 - 20:24 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Deadly dawn in south Lebanon: 11 killed in Israeli strikes on Ansar and Deir el-Zahrani

Since 3:30 a.m., southern Lebanon has woken up to one of the deadliest days since the large-scale fighting ended last June.

Inside a house in Ansar, two families who had been displaced from their areas during the previous war were seeking shelter in what they hoped would be a safer location.

The strike killed seven people, including children and two women, and wounded others, turning their displacement from war into death in a place of refuge.

The strike on Ansar was not the only attack.

14.08.2026 - 13:27 [ JordanNews.jo ]

Death Toll in Gaza Rises to 73,389 Since the Onset of Israeli Aggression

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The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday that the death toll from the Israeli occupation‘s aggression on the Strip has risen to 73,389 martyrs and 174,266 injured since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023.

14.08.2026 - 13:23 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Israeli forces carry out large explosion in Markaba town- Marjeyoun district, Fires break out in Bani Hayyan due to Israeli artillery shelling ofTown

NNA – Marjeyoun – Israeli enemy army carried out a large explosion in the town of Markaba, Marjeyoun district.

NNA correspondent reported that fires broke out in the town of Bani Hayyan, Marjayoun District, as a result of ongoing Israeli artillery shelling of the town.