PALESTINE-ISRAEL CRISIS
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- As per Lancet, till June 2024, 186,000
- 286 Journalists killed in Israeli attacks
- 180 children among 453 people died in starvation
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West Bank and East Jerusalem
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Israel
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769 civilians, 307 soldiers, 57 police officers
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Lebanon
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Israel's Genocide in Gaza : LIVE UPDATES
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says Israeli settlement expansion undermines prospects for two-state solution
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (MNTV) - New Zealand expressed deep concern Tuesday over the deteriorating situation in the occupied West Bank, warning that escalating Israeli actions are jeopardizing prospects for lasting peace.
“There has been a marked escalation in Israel’s actions, jeopardizing the prospect of a durable peace,” Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement on the US social media platform X.
Peters said Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories violate international law and that their expansion undermines prospects for a two-state solution.
He also strongly condemned violence by Israeli occupiers against Palestinians and called for those responsible to be held accountable.
“New Zealand joins international partners in calling on the Government of Israel to end the expansion of settlements, prevent and address settler violence, and refrain from actions that further undermine the prospects for peace,” he said.
Peters also said that Wellington strongly opposes actions advancing annexation or threatening the forcible displacement of Palestinians, saying such measures are incompatible with international law.
He reiterated New Zealand’s support for a two-state solution, calling it “the best hope” for Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security.
Earlier Tuesday, the UK, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden announced steps to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says Israeli settlement expansion undermines prospects for two-state solution
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (MNTV) - New Zealand expressed deep concern Tuesday over the deteriorating situation in the occupied West Bank, warning that escalating Israeli actions are jeopardizing prospects for lasting peace.
“There has been a marked escalation in Israel’s actions, jeopardizing the prospect of a durable peace,” Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement on the US social media platform X.
Peters said Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories violate international law and that their expansion undermines prospects for a two-state solution.
He also strongly condemned violence by Israeli occupiers against Palestinians and called for those responsible to be held accountable.
“New Zealand joins international partners in calling on the Government of Israel to end the expansion of settlements, prevent and address settler violence, and refrain from actions that further undermine the prospects for peace,” he said.
Peters also said that Wellington strongly opposes actions advancing annexation or threatening the forcible displacement of Palestinians, saying such measures are incompatible with international law.
He reiterated New Zealand’s support for a two-state solution, calling it “the best hope” for Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security.
Earlier Tuesday, the UK, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden announced steps to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Francesca Albanese says Gaza debris contains human remains and material evidence that must be preserved before removal
GENEVA (MNTV) — A United Nations special rapporteur has warned that Israel’s large-scale removal, crushing and relocation of rubble in Gaza could destroy evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and prevent the recovery of thousands of human remains.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, raised alarm over debris-clearing operations in areas under Israeli military control.
She said the rubble contains physical evidence potentially relevant to investigations into alleged international crimes, including genocide.
Albanese said information received from multiple sources indicated that rubble was being deliberately and extensively removed, crushed and transported.
She warned that treating the remains of Gaza’s devastated buildings simply as construction waste could eliminate material that investigators may need to establish what happened during Israel’s genocide.
“Gaza’s rubble” contains both human remains and evidence relevant to investigations, Albanese said, according to the report, emphasizing that its significance extends far beyond reconstruction material.
Palestinian authorities estimate that more than 10,000 people remain buried beneath the debris, making the removal operation a potentially enormous obstacle to families seeking to locate and identify relatives killed during the war.
Recent recovery operations have demonstrated that bodies can still be retrieved from destroyed buildings.
Albanese said the rubble should be regarded as part of a crime scene and graveyard, as well as a physical record of the destruction inflicted on Gaza during two years of Israeli bombardment and ground operations.
She called for human remains to be recovered and identified with dignity before rubble is crushed or transported, while sites and materials potentially relevant to criminal investigations should be systematically documented and preserved.
She also urged independent international investigators to oversee the collection and preservation of evidence.
The warning carries particular significance because much of Gaza has been devastated by Israel’s ethnic cleansing measures.
Gaza health authorities say more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed during the genocide, while Palestinian officials estimate that thousands of people remain beneath destroyed buildings.
Albanese also warned governments and private companies participating in rubble-removal operations that destroying evidence of international crimes could expose them to international criminal responsibility.
She argued that Gaza’s reconstruction must not come at the cost of eliminating evidence needed to establish accountability.
She further insisted that any comprehensive rubble-removal operation should be based on a plan designed by Palestinians and supported by parties trusted by the Palestinian population, rather than imposed through Israeli control.
The UN expert’s intervention adds to growing international scrutiny of how the physical remnants of Gaza’s destruction are handled. For Palestinians, the debris is not merely an obstacle to rebuilding homes and infrastructure but also contains the remains of people whose families are still waiting for answers.
Israel has faced longstanding allegations from Albanese and other international experts over its conduct in Gaza, including allegations of war crimes and genocide.
Israel has rejected such accusations and has previously sharply criticized Albanese's statements. Israel did not immediately respond to the latest warning cited in the report.
Albanese said reconstruction should therefore proceed alongside, rather than at the expense of, the preservation of evidence and recovery of victims.
The warning places the burden on Israel, governments and companies involved in clearing Gaza to ensure that the physical destruction left behind by the war does not also become a means of obscuring how that destruction occurred.
Managua says proceedings concern Berlin’s own conduct, citing more than $1.7 billion in German military export approvals to Israel since Oct. 7, 2023
THE HAGUE (MNTV) — Nicaragua has urged the International Court of Justice to reject Germany’s attempt to halt a case accusing Berlin of facilitating genocide in Gaza through its political, financial and military support for Israel.
Presenting arguments Tuesday at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Nicaragua said the case concerns Germany’s own obligations under international law and can proceed without Israel being a party to the proceedings.
Carlos Arguello Gomez, Nicaragua’s representative before the court, said Managua was seeking a judgment only against Germany and that any ruling would bind only the two states.
Germany argued Monday that the ICJ could not rule on Nicaragua’s claims without first determining whether Israel had acted unlawfully in Gaza.
Because Israel is not a party to the case and has not consented to the proceedings, Berlin argued that the court lacks jurisdiction to proceed.
Nicaragua rejected that argument, saying Israel’s conduct has already been extensively documented by the ICJ and other international bodies and can be considered as factual context without making Israel an indispensable party.
Arguello said the case concerns Germany’s alleged violations of obligations related to genocide prevention, international humanitarian law, Palestinian self-determination, racial discrimination, segregation and apartheid.
He also argued that Germany could not have been unaware of Israel’s conduct because of the close political, military and commercial relationship between the two countries.
“Germany is the second-largest provider of weapons to Israel and second-largest business partner,” he told the court.
Nicaragua’s legal team said Berlin has authorized more than €1.5 billion, or about $1.74 billion, in military exports to Israel since Oct. 7, 2023.
Lawyer Daniel Muller said Germany approved more than €251 million in military exports between Oct. 7, 2023, and the ICJ’s provisional measures hearings in April 2024.
Further approvals included around €146 million in late 2024, nearly €205 million during 2025 and €63.6 million in the first three months of 2026.
Muller said approvals then surged to €735.8 million between April and June this year, including €508.8 million in equipment classified as weapons of war.
He said the licenses covered ammunition and other military components, as well as a major maritime defense project believed to involve a submarine.
Nicaragua filed its case against Germany in March 2024, accusing Berlin of “facilitating the commission of genocide” by supporting Israel.
Germany has rejected the allegations, maintaining that its arms exports comply with international law and undergo strict licensing reviews.
The ICJ declined in April 2024 to impose provisional measures requested by Nicaragua, finding that the circumstances did not justify such emergency orders.
The case, however, remained before the court and proceedings have continued over Nicaragua’s broader claims against Germany.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says reported warning was genuine and accuses Netanyahu of “criminal negligence”
TEL AVIV (MNTV) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly warned by the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was preparing a major attack shortly before Oct. 7, 2023, but did not relay the warning to senior Israeli security officials.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Tuesday that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu for about 45 minutes roughly a week and a half before the attack.
Citing Israeli and foreign sources, recordings, documents and correspondence, the newspaper said bin Zayed warned Netanyahu that then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation against Israel.
Netanyahu reportedly believed any operation would target the occupied West Bank and told the UAE leader that Israel was prepared for any scenario.
Haaretz said Netanyahu did not inform the heads of the Shin Bet domestic security service or Mossad intelligence agency, or the Israeli military chief of staff, about the conversation.
A senior Shin Bet official told the newspaper that receiving such information “could have changed our entire assessment picture.”
The report said bin Zayed later raised his concerns with then-CIA Director William Burns, telling him that he had warned Netanyahu that “something there is about to explode.”
According to Haaretz, the alleged UAE warning was among several indications received by Israeli authorities before Oct. 7.
A Palestinian intermediary reportedly conveyed a message from Sinwar in September 2023 referring to an approaching “huge surprise” and “earthquake.”
That warning reached Shin Bet on Sept. 15 and led then-agency chief Ronen Bar to brief Netanyahu, the newspaper reported.
Haaretz also said then-Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel had warned Netanyahu’s office that Hamas was preparing “something unusual.”
Netanyahu’s office rejected the report, saying he did not speak with the UAE president during the period in question and calling the allegation an “absolute lie.”
The UAE has not publicly commented on the report.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, however, said the report about the UAE warning was “true” and accused Netanyahu of “criminal negligence.”
“Netanyahu bears personal and direct responsibility for the failure that led to the deaths of thousands of Israelis on his watch,” Bennett wrote on X.
Opposition politician and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot also accused Netanyahu of ignoring repeated warnings before Oct. 7.
Israel launched its war on Gaza following the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. More than 73,000 Palestinians have since been killed and over 174,000 injured, while much of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure has been destroyed.
Gaza Health Ministry says Israel’s genocide caused 5,000 amputations while 10,000 patients need long-term rehabilitation
A medical source said a 69-year-old man died of injuries he sustained from Israeli gunfire targeting tents of displaced people southwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Another Palestinian was injured in the attack.
Another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli drone strike west of Khan Younis on Friday,the source said.
In northern Gaza, a Palestinian was moderately injured in Israeli artillery shelling that targeted a home in the Al-Faluja neighborhood west of Jabalia refugee camp, another medical source said.
In central Gaza, eyewitnesses and local sources told Anadolu that several Israeli military vehicles made a limited advance in the Abu al-Ajin area east of Deir al-Balah, amid heavy gunfire and artillery shelling.
The sources said Israeli vehicles, including a bulldozer, advanced dozens of meters west of the Yellow Line in the area and carried out bulldozing operations on residents’ land.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israel’s genocide has caused 5,000 amputations, 300 neurological and spinal injuries, and left 10,000 patients in need of intensive and long-term rehabilitation.
In a statement marking World Physiotherapy Day, the ministry said physical therapy and medical rehabilitation services in Gaza have become “a decisive lifeline” and “the first line of defense” against permanent disabilities among thousands of wounded Palestinians.
“The direct targeting of health facilities has forced most specialized rehabilitation centers out of service, while thousands of patients face the risk of severe health complications due to shortages of medical supplies, prosthetics and assistive devices, as well as restrictions on travel for treatment outside Gaza,” the ministry said.
It called on international organizations and UN bodies to urgently coordinate and intervene to bring in rehabilitation supplies, equipment and prosthetics, and to open crossings for critical cases requiring advanced rehabilitation and high-tech prosthetic limbs.
Despite the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, Israel has killed 1,352 Palestinians and injured 4,511 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Israel has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000 in a brutal war that has destroyed or damaged much of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure.
Four journalists have been injured in recent Israeli attacks, exposing continuing dangers facing reporters covering conflicts
AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon have injured at least four journalists in recent weeks, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, underscoring the failure of fragile ceasefires to provide even basic protection for media workers reporting from areas under attack.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was alarmed by the latest escalation in Israeli attacks, documenting injuries to three journalists on September 6 alone.
The press freedom organization accused Israeli forces of continuing attacks that endanger journalists despite ceasefire arrangements and called on Israel to immediately stop actions that put reporters at risk.
In southern Lebanon, Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Chbib and cameraman Mohammed Barjawi were injured when debris struck them following an Israeli drone strike on a parking area in Nabatieh on September 6.
The two journalists were covering Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon for their evening news broadcast and were later discharged from hospital.
The same day in Gaza City, Palestinian journalist and producer Ali Jahjouh, who works for Al-Mayadeen, was wounded while walking to an assignment near the Al-Shati refugee camp. Jahjouh told CPJ that an Israeli drone strike hit nearby, sending shrapnel into his body.
Another Gaza journalist, Ezaldin Albtesh of the Hamas-affiliated Al-Rai newspaper, was injured about two weeks earlier in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City after an Israeli drone dropped an explosive close to him.
He suffered wounds and bruising across his body and was initially treated at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital before being transferred to Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
The latest injuries add to a deeply disturbing record of danger faced by journalists covering Israeli military operations.
CPJ said the incidents demonstrate that ceasefires have done little to shield reporters in Gaza and Lebanon from attacks while they perform basic journalistic duties.
The organization’s regional director, Sara Qudah, said journalists must be able to work without fearing that they will be targeted or killed, while calling on Israeli forces to halt attacks that place media workers in danger and take concrete measures to protect them.
The attacks are particularly alarming because journalists are among the civilians most dependent on the continuation of ceasefires to report safely from conflict zones.
The repeated strikes against areas where journalists are working have raised serious questions about Israel’s adherence to its obligations to protect civilians and the press.
The latest incidents also follow the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and the wounding of freelance journalist Zeinab Faraj in an Israeli attack on April 22, only six days after a ceasefire began.
Amnesty International subsequently found reasonable grounds to believe that the strike was a direct attack on civilians and said it should be investigated as a possible war crime.
The continuing attacks have intensified criticism of Israel’s conduct toward journalists, particularly in Gaza, where Palestinian reporters have continued documenting the consequences of Israeli military operations despite extraordinary risks.
CPJ has previously described Israel’s strikes on journalists in Gaza as the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that it has documented.
Israel’s military has not provided a response to the latest incidents. CPJ said it contacted the Israeli military for comment before publication but received no response.
The injuries in Gaza and Lebanon illustrate how the supposed protection offered by ceasefires remains precarious for journalists and civilians alike, while Israel continues military operations despite agreements intended to reduce hostilities.
Francesca Albanese says reconstruction must not come at cost of recovering Palestinian remains or preserving evidence needed for future investigations
GENEVA (MNTV) - A UN expert has warned that large-scale rubble clearance in Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza could destroy evidence of alleged war crimes and other international crimes, while making it harder to recover and identify thousands of Palestinians believed buried beneath destroyed buildings.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, said Monday that rubble should not be removed, crushed or relocated before human remains and potential forensic evidence are systematically recovered and documented.
“The ongoing removal, crushing and relocation of rubble in Gaza must not destroy evidence of international crimes or prevent the recovery and identification of human remains in the besieged enclave,” she said.
Her warning comes as Gaza faces one of the largest debris-clearing operations in recent history.
The UN Development Programme estimated late last year that roughly 80% of buildings in Gaza had been destroyed, generating about 57.5 million tons of debris.
A subsequent UN-EU-World Bank assessment estimated reconstruction and recovery needs at $71.4 billion over the next decade, with more than 371,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
Thousands believed buried beneath rubble
Albanese stressed that Gaza’s ruins are not simply construction waste.
They contain human remains as well as physical evidence that could be relevant to investigations into alleged violations of international humanitarian and criminal law, including genocide.
More than 10,000 Palestinians have long been estimated to be buried beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian authorities cited by the UN.
The issue remains acute. Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday buried the remains of around 100 people recovered from destroyed buildings in Gaza City, including dozens of children, while thousands more are still believed missing beneath collapsed structures.
Albanese said the recovery and identification of bodies, forensic documentation and preservation of evidence should take place before debris is crushed or permanently removed.
She called for international criminal investigators to be involved in overseeing evidence collection.
“Destroying evidence of atrocity crimes is illegal,” she said.
Reconstruction and accountability
The warning highlights a difficult tension between Gaza’s urgent reconstruction needs and the preservation of potential crime scenes.
Removing debris is essential for reopening roads, restoring water and electricity networks, rebuilding homes and allowing humanitarian operations to function.
UNDP said by July it had cleared nearly 630,000 tons of debris and crushed more than 231,000 tons of concrete for reuse in roads, shelters and public facilities.
But UN agencies have also recognized that rubble clearance must take account of human remains, unexploded ordnance, asbestos and other hazards.
A new EU-UNDP project launched in July specifically combines debris removal with support for Palestinian forensic capacity and the dignified recovery and identification of human remains.
Albanese said any future clearance operation should therefore be based on a plan developed by Palestinians themselves and implemented by actors trusted by the affected population.
“Any removal must happen in the context of a plan designed by Palestinians and supported by actors who have the trust of Palestinians,” she said.
Warning to governments and companies
Albanese also warned governments, contractors and private companies involved in clearing Gaza’s ruins that participation could carry legal consequences if evidence of international crimes is knowingly destroyed.
She said reconstruction should not be allowed to erase the physical record of what happened during Israel’s assault on the enclave.
Gaza’s devastation has already become central to multiple international legal proceedings and investigations concerning the conduct of Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups.
For Albanese, preserving the ruins is therefore not simply a question of archaeology or documentation, but of future accountability.
Gaza’s reconstruction, she said, must not be “conditioned upon the erasure of its past and the evidence required to secure justice for its victims.”
Nickolay Mladenov says progress toward Israeli withdrawal, Hamas disarmament and Gaza reconstruction remains stalled despite months of negotiations
ABU DHABI (MNTV) - Israel must carry out its commitments under the US-backed Gaza roadmap before the peace process can move forward, a senior official overseeing the initiative said Monday.
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, said that while some progress had been made over the past year, Palestinians in the enclave had yet to see the meaningful changes promised under the agreement.
“We are still at the point at which we need to make sure that what has been agreed is going to be implemented and is going to change significantly the lives of the people in Gaza,” Mladenov said at the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi.
“Unfortunately, we’re not there yet.”
He said discussions were continuing with Israel over implementation of its obligations, including a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces as Hamas disarms and reconstruction begins.
The roadmap published by the Board of Peace in July calls for Israel to complete its remaining commitments, including ending military operations, while Hamas and other Palestinian factions are required to cease military activity and place weapons under Palestinian control as Israeli forces withdraw.
Months of talks over Hamas weapons
Mladenov said negotiations with Hamas over its weapons had lasted seven months and described the talks as “very intense” and “very difficult.”
He credited Türkiye, Egypt and Qatar with playing a central role in those negotiations, while also acknowledging support from the UAE and other regional governments.
Under the roadmap, Hamas and other armed groups are expected to place their weapons under the authority of the Palestinian National Committee for the Administration of Gaza rather than surrender them directly to Israel.
The process is supposed to proceed alongside a phased Israeli withdrawal, with international monitors verifying implementation.
However, the sequencing of those steps has remained a major point of contention.
Israel has demanded that Hamas fully disarm before completing its withdrawal, while Hamas has insisted that Israel first halt military operations, withdraw troops and allow greater humanitarian access.
Palestinians still living in ‘terrible conditions’
Mladenov said Gaza’s civilian population continued to endure severe hardship despite the diplomatic process.
People in the enclave were living in “terrible conditions,” he said, warning that they could not be expected to endure another winter under the same circumstances.
The humanitarian crisis continues even though a US-brokered ceasefire has formally been in place since October 2025. Israeli forces have continued carrying out military operations in Gaza, while both Israel and Hamas accuse the other of violating the agreement. More than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began, according to figures cited by Reuters.
Mladenov said the parties now faced three broad choices: allow the present situation to continue, return to wider Israeli military operations and reoccupation, or implement the Board of Peace roadmap.
He described the final option as the only reasonable path.
That would involve Hamas weapons being decommissioned through an agreed process, Israeli forces withdrawing and Gaza’s reconstruction proceeding with international and regional support.
Two-state solution at risk
Mladenov warned that continued failure to implement the agreement could make a future Palestinian state increasingly unattainable.
“The only way that we can build back to that is if we have transitional governance, if we have decommissioning of weapons, if we have withdrawal in Gaza,” he said.
The roadmap states that its longer-term objective includes Palestinian self-determination and statehood, alongside reconstruction and the restoration of Palestinian governance in Gaza.
Those ambitions face growing political obstacles inside Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced pressure from far-right members of his coalition who oppose Palestinian statehood and have instead advocated continued Israeli control of Gaza.
With Israeli elections approaching on Oct. 27, senior far-right figures have renewed calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has promoted a plan for mass “voluntary emigration,” while other officials have also supported measures aimed at encouraging Palestinians to leave the enclave. Palestinians and rights advocates have warned that such proposals amount to plans for forced displacement.
Asked whether a future Israeli government could abandon commitments made under the current process, Mladenov acknowledged that election campaigns often produce political posturing and “knee-jerk reactions.”
But he argued that both societies ultimately needed a political settlement.
“Neither Palestinians nor Israelis are going anywhere. Nobody is going to leave their homes,” he said.
Board tasked with Gaza transition
The Board of Peace was established in January as part of President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza and is chaired by Trump.
Its role includes overseeing Gaza’s transition, reconstruction, security arrangements and the transfer of civilian administration to a Palestinian technocratic body.
The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza was established to assume responsibility for public services and civilian governance.
The July roadmap envisages a broader transition involving the committee, an international stabilization force, the decommissioning of Palestinian armed groups, phased Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction.
But implementation remains uncertain, particularly because Israel has not fully accepted the sequencing set out in the plan and key members of its government remain openly opposed to major elements of the proposed post-war settlement.
For Mladenov, the immediate issue is less about drafting another agreement than enforcing the one already reached.
Without implementation, he warned, Gaza risks remaining trapped between continued military confrontation, prolonged humanitarian suffering and an increasingly distant prospect of a political solution.
Jerusalem Governorate says Al-Aqsa exclusion orders reach 800 after 15 new bans in first 6 days of September
RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) - Israeli authorities have ordered the demolition of five Palestinian homes north of occupied Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Governorate said Sunday.
One of the homes is located near the Jaba military checkpoint, while four others are in the Coptic neighborhood of Al-Ram, according to the governorate.
The owner of the house near the checkpoint was given 24 hours to leave before demolition, while residents of the other four homes were ordered to evacuate within two days.
The governorate said Israeli forces carried out 40 demolition and land-clearing operations targeting Palestinian structures in Jerusalem during August.
In a separate statement Sunday, it said Israeli authorities issued around 15 orders barring Palestinians from Al-Aqsa Mosque during the first six days of September alone.
The new orders brought the total documented since the beginning of 2026 to 800.
That figure is already close to the 23 exclusion orders recorded during July and August combined, including 17 in July and six in August.
By the end of August, the governorate had documented 785 such orders since the start of the year, including 762 during the first half of 2026.
Most targeted Palestinians were barred from Al-Aqsa Mosque particularly in the period leading up to and during Ramadan, the governorate said.
It said the sharp rise in September reflected an intensified use of exclusion orders ahead of the Jewish holiday season, which runs from mid-September into early October.
Around 750,000 Israeli occupiers live in 194 illegal settlements and 400 outposts across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. They carry out almost daily attacks aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land.
Since Israel launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023, the occupied West Bank has witnessed daily raids by the Israeli army and attacks by Israeli occupiers.
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