On September 2, 2025, Israeli forces conducted a large-scale military raid in Kafr Qalil, a village located south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The operation began around 1:00 a.m. and involved multiple Israeli military jeeps entering the village. During the raid, Israeli forces assaulted a Palestinian man, causing him to sustain injuries that required hospitalization. Additionally, over 5 Palestinians were detained, and several homes were searched and ransacked. The forces shoot tear canisters and threat journalists reporting on the ground by pointing their weapons at them. They prevent ambulances to reach the injured people. In a related incident, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man, Mufid Nofal, in the western plains of Kafr Qalil. Nofal was beaten and injured while on his own land, and he was subsequently transferred to the hospital for medical treatment The Palestinian Information Center

The Global Sumud Flotilla is the largest international civil attempt since 2010’s “Freedom Flotilla” to challenge the Gaza blockade. It's a a civil, non-violent flotilla initiative launched in mid-2025 to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, deliver humanitarian aid, and open a solidarity corridor. It's organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Global Movement to Gaza, Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, and Sumud Nusantara in order to unite Western activists and Arab/Muslim solidarity movements. Despite harassment, Israeli attacks, and political pressure, the flotilla has drawn major global attention to Gaza’s isolation. “Sumud” means steadfastness in Arabic. The activists, doctors, artists, and volunteers comes from ~44 countries. With notable figures: Greta Thunberg, Spanish politician Ada Colau, and activists from the Arab world. Different departure: from late August (31 in Barcelona) to current September 2025 from Genoa, Catania, Syros (Greece), Tunis, Lisbon. The flotilla planned to converge in the eastern Mediterranean en route to Gaza. **Previous attempts to break the siege by sea**  * *************************** ## **Israeli attacks and undetermined incidents** *************************** Drone attacks, explosions, GPS jamming reported during the journey (no casualties). Some vessels delayed or blocked by authorities citing “security risks” and rough seas. Israeli smear campaigns accused flotilla of aiding Hamas — organizers deny this. *************************** ## **International responses** *************************** **09 September 2025**, UN experts, including Franceska Alabanese, stand in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, demand full protection of all passengers, urging Israel to cease all threats of harm against the Global Sumud Flotilla and ensure it proceeds unhindered in its mission to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza: *“Any attempt to block the flotilla would constitute a grave violation of international law and humanitarian principles,”* the experts said. Belgium and other governments demanded a transparent investigation into attacks on the flotilla. Turkey, Arab states, and NGOs called for respect of international law and safety of civilian ships. Western coverage often emphasizes “risk and danger,” while Arab press frames it as resistance to the blockade and a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians. **On September 24, Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto** strongly condemned the overnight drone attack on the flotilla, which is trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. In a statement, Crosetto said he had redirected an Italian navy ship to head towards the flotilla to offer assistance to Italian citizens on board - and Israel had been informed : *"Regarding the attack suffered in recent hours by the Sumud Flotilla vessels, which also include Italian citizens, carried out using drones by currently unidentified perpetrators, we can only express the strongest condemnation. In a democracy, even demonstrations and protests must be protected when they are conducted in compliance with international law and without resorting to violence,” (...) “To ensure assistance to the Italian citizens on the ‘Flotilla,’ this morning at 3:50 a.m … I spoke with the Prime Minister and authorized the immediate intervention of the Italian Navy's multi-purpose frigate Fasan, which was sailing north of Crete as part of Operation Mare Sicuro. The frigate is already en route to the area for possible rescue operations. The Israeli Military Attaché in Italy, our Ambassador and the Military Attaché in Tel Aviv, and the Crisis Unit of the Farnesina have been informed of this decision.”* **On September 29**, Turkiye joined Spain, Italy and Greece in monitoring the Global Sumud Flotilla, flight data shows. Flight tracking websites showed that three long-endurance drones originating from Turkiye’s Corlu airbase have been circling over the flotilla for three days. **On october 3, 2025**, Two French lawyers, including Raphaël Kempf, lawyer for French nationals aboard the flotilla to Gaza, announces legal action. They state they will file a complaint in France for the harm caused by Israel against its nationals (33), whose boat was illegally boarded and seized, who were abducted and unlawfully detained. They will also request that France join the complaint before the ICJ for the obstruction of humanitarian aid. *************************** ## **Timeline of the incidents:** *************************** **Aug 30, 2025**: Italian convoy departs from Genoa. **Aug 31, 2025**: Spanish convoy leaves from Barcelona. Forced back to port due to bad weather. **Sept 1, 2025**: New attempt to sail from Barcelona after interruption by storms. **Sept 5, 2025:** French actress Adèle Haenel joins the flotilla from Tunis. Tunisian departure delayed. **Sept 7–10, 2025:** Multiple delays from Tunisian ports (Bizerte, Sidi Bou Said) due to weather and logistics. Tunisian authorities delay departures citing “security reasons.” Some activists accuse Israel of pressure. **September 8, 2025:** The lead vessel, Familia Madeira, carrying activists including Greta Thunberg, Ada Colau, and Thiago Ávila, is reportedly attacked by a drone dropping an incendiary device near the port of Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia. The fire is extinguished without injuries. **September 10, 2025: **Another vessel in the flotilla is targeted by a drone attack in the same area, but no injuries are reported. **Sept 24, 2025**: Drones and GPS jamming attack several flotilla vessels south of Greece. At least 13 explosions reported near the boats. Sept 24, 2025 Drone & GPS jamming attack south of Greece At least 13 explosions near flotilla vessels, drones overhead, communication systems disrupted.One Activist injured by chemical agent dropped on his vessel is hospitalized in Greece. **Sept 26–27, 2025:** Mechanical failure lead ship suffers engine breakdown in Crete, delaying final departure toward Gaza. Activists call it “sabotage.” **Sept 26–28, 2025:** Italy and Spain dispatch naval vessels for protection. **Sept 30, 2025**: Turkey dispatched a naval vessel for protection. An Italian military vessel and the Italian government urged the Flotilla to abandon the mission, stating that the vessel would not enter Palestinian territorial waters. The GSF released a statement about this withdrawal. **Oct 1st, 2025:** In the night 2 vessels faced intimidation: an Israeli military vessel circled the Alma and Sirius boats, launched a cyber attack, which created a lot of damage to equipements. **Until October 1, the vessels intercepted by the Israeli forces in International waters are:** **On October 2 in the evening**, the only vessel that reached the Palestinian territorial waters, the Mikeno, was finally intercepted y Israely Navy, at only 9 miles from the beaches of Gaza. **Oct 3th, 2025:** the last vessel, the Marinette, vas intercepted by Israeli Navy in the international waters. On 1st Oct 2025 1. Sirius — 19:31 UTC 2. Alma — 19:32 UTC 3. Adara — 19:54 UTC 4. Spectre — 20:06 UTC 5. Yulara — 20:30 UTC 6. Aurora — 20:50 UTC 7. Dir Yassine (Mali) — 21:14 UTC 8. Huga — 21:14 UTC 9. Grande Blu — 23:02 UTC On 2 Oct 2025 10. Otaria — 00:40 UTC 11. Morgana — 00:40 UTC 12. Hio — 00:41 UTC 13. Seulle — 00:50 UTC 14. Jeannot — 01:31 UTC 15. Mohammad Bhar — 03:20 UTC 16. Oxygono — 04:23 UTC 17. Karma — 04:54 UTC 18. All-In — 04:59 UTC 19. Florida — 05:02 UTC 20. Captain Nikos — 05:22 UTC *************************** ## **Israeli (and allies) incitement campaign against GSF** *************************** Ongoing (Sept 2025) Smear campaign Israeli officials accuse flotilla of aiding Hamas; organizers deny, insisting on humanitarian purpose. Elaph, Mada Masr 1. On September 29, Turkish filmmaker Necmi Sancak says his debut feature Ayse was pulled from theatrical release in Turkiye after he joined the Global Sumud Flotilla in protesting Israel’s blockade of Gaza.  **2. On September 30,** the X account of Israel Foreign Ministry released a framing reflects Israeli hasbara (propaganda) intended to delegitimize the Global Sumud Flotilla and justify future measures against it. Exposed (according to Israeli sources): Official Hamas documents allegedly found in the Gaza Strip — and revealed for the first time — are claimed to prove Hamas’s direct involvement in the funding and execution of the “Sumud” flotilla to Gaza. According to this narrative, the documents show links between flotilla leaders and the Hamas-aligned PCPA (Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad), which Israel designated as a terrorist organization in 2021. One document is described as a 2021 letter from Ismail Haniyeh endorsing the PCPA, while another allegedly lists PCPA operatives such as Zaher Birawi (UK) and Saif Abu Kashk (Spain). Israeli reports further claim that Abu Kashk, CEO of a Spanish company called Cyber Neptune, controls ships participating in the flotilla, presenting them as effectively owned by Hamas. The statement and attached pictures and documents were denounced by Muhammed Shehada (@muhammadshehad2), from the Middle East Human Rights Monitor, Post *"Israel's gov is putting a target on the back of @GretaThunberg; labelling her & the entire flotilla as "Hamas" ahead of the flotilla's imminent arrival to Gaza's sea space.Today, every single Israeli newspaper has published this faked doc to preempt Israel's planned attack on the ships.Reminder: Israel published 2 similar "Hamas documents" last year in Bild & the Jewish Chronicle only for us to learn that both documents were total fakes! Israel similarly published fake "Hamas documents" ahead of the assassination of Anas al-Sharif, Mahmoud Shabat & other journalists!"* 3. On October 4, while 328 activists remain in detention in the Prison fo Ketziot, Itamar Ben Gvir proudly admits on his Facebook account that the flotilla activists have been abused in Israel's Ketziot Concentration Camp. Full translation: *"This morning I see the claims in the world media about the conditions in which Greta Thunberg and the "flotilla activists" were imprisoned - and it is important for me to say it very clearly: I am proud of the Prison Service fighters who acted in accordance with the policy that Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and I outlined. I was there, on their ships - I saw neither aid nor humanitarians. I saw one baby formula and a big festival of people who masquerade as human rights activists, and in reality came to support terrorism and have fun at our expense. I came to visit Ketziot prison, and I was proud that we treat the "flotilla activists" as supporters of terrorism, anyone who supports terrorism is a terrorist, and deserves the conditions of terrorists. If any of them thought they would come here and receive a red carpet and trumpets - they were mistaken. They should get a good feel of the conditions in Ketziot prison, and think twice before they approach Israel again. That's how it works."* *************************** ## **Verified Participants** *************************** Greta Thunberg – Swedish climate activist, Ada Colau – Former mayor of Barcelona, Spain, Adèle Haenel – French actress, Liam Cunningham – Irish actor (Game of Thrones), Eduard Fernández – Spanish actor, Thiago Ávila – Brazilian activist, Yasemin Acar – Turkish-German activist, Robert Martin – Australian activist, Tony La Piccirella – Australian activist, Cele Fierro – U.S. activist, Sofia Aparício – Portuguese activist, Zwelivelile Mandela – South African activist, grandson of Nelson Mandela, Tadhg Hickey – Irish activist, Mariana Mortágua – Portuguese politician, Bruno Gilga – Brazilian activist, Phillip Tottenham – U.S. veteran, Veterans for Peace member, Bob Suberi – U.S. activist, Braedon Peluso – U.S. activist, Alexis Deswaef – Belgian activist, Bénédicte Linard – Belgian politician, Enissa Amani – German-Iranian actress *************************** ## **Global Sumud Flotilla – Steering Committee** *************************** 1. **Kleoniki Alexopoulou** (Greece / Global Movement to Gaza) – Historian and activist in leftist and humanitarian initiatives, involved in pro-Palestinian solidarity in US campuses. 2. **Yasemin Acar** (Turkey–Germany / Freedom Flotilla Coalition) – Human rights organizer, co-founded Berlin Arrival Support, longtime Palestine solidarity activist, crew member of the Madleen. 3. **Thiago Ávila** (Brazil / Freedom Flotilla Coalition) – Socio-environmentalist, communicator, veteran solidarity activist; imprisoned and deported after the Madleen mission. 4. **Maria Elena Delia** (Italy / Global Movement to Gaza & Freedom Flotilla) – Physicist and humanitarian, founding member of Free Gaza Movement, board member of Vittorio Arrigoni Foundation. 5. **Saif Abukeshek** (Palestine–Spain / Global Movement to Gaza) – Palestinian activist in Barcelona, organizer in European solidarity networks, chair of the Global Coalition Against the Occupation. 6. **Muhammad Nadir Al-Nuri** (Malaysia / Cinta Gaza Malaysia) – Humanitarian leader, raised over $20M for Gaza, founder of CGM, prominent public voice with 500k followers. 7. **Marouan Ben Guettaia** (Algeria / Jil Tarjih Leadership Academy) – Political activist and trainer, mobilizes Maghreb civil society for Palestine, member of Sumud Convoy. 8. **Wael Nawar** (Tunisia / Sumud Convoy) – Former student union leader, ex-political prisoner, veteran activist, co-founder of Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine. 9. **Hayfa Mansouri** (Tunisia / Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine) – Sociologist and activist, involved in boycott campaigns and civil society coalitions for Palestine. 10. **Torkia Chaibi** (Tunisia / Million Rural Women and the Landless, La Via Campesina) – Peasant movement leader since 1985, represents rural women and La Via Campesina on the flotilla steering committee. *************************** ## **Human right violation against crew's members:** *************************** 1. Pro-Palestine advocate **Ayman Al-Bubhiri**, who joined the Global Sumud Flotilla, has stepped back from the journey and was moved to a hospital in Greece after medical tests revealed he had inhaled toxic chemicals, along with other supporters. He was trying to document the Israeli attack on the fleet, which was carried out in an attempt to stop it from sailing and ultimately breaking the blockade on the Gaza Strip. 2. 4 Italian ativists abducted by Israeli Navy was reported mistreated during their detention. 3. On October 2, Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has filmed himself visiting the captured members of the Gaza flotilla and deriding them as "terrorists". Footage released on X showed Ben Gvir in the detention centre where the members of the Global Sumud Flotilla were being held following their capture in international waters off the coast of Gaza, verbally assaulted them. *"There are the flotilla terrorists, they are terrorists," "Look at them, supporters of murderers. By the way, in their ships it was a total mess. They didn't really come, not for the flotilla, not to help."* Some of the flotilla's activists can be heard chanting "Free Palestine" as they sit together on the ground. 4. Acording to Adalah (Palestinian legal Human Rights ONG) Israeli authorities began deportation proceedings for activists on board without allowing them to receive legal advice, the legal and human rights organisation Adalah said. "These proceedings were initiated without prior notice to their lawyers and while denying participants access to legal counsel," the group said. "This constitutes a grave violation of due process and a denial of the participants’ fundamental rights. Adalah will continue to seek access and will take legal action as necessary." 5. Itamar Ben Gvir published a footage of himself presenting the Ketziot Prison as the detention center where the abducted women activist are detained: “We are at Ketziot Prison, & as I promised, the women who support terrorism are here. There are no games here, they (flotilla members) receive the same conditions as terrorists.” He proudly shows off the high-security facility where Palestinian prisoners are held in cells, making clear the flotilla activists, including parliamentarians & journalists, will be treated the same way. 6. A plane carrying 137 activists from the flotilla, including 36 Turkish citizens, landed in Istanbul On October 4. A Turkish activist, Ersin Celik, described shocking abuse against climate campaigner Greta Thunberg during Israel’s raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla. “They dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” Deported to Turkey hold American, Italian, British, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Libyan, Algerian, Mauritanian, Malaysian, Bahraini, Turkish, Moroccan, Swiss, and Tunisian nationalities. 7. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) prepared redacted summaries after meeting Australians detainees: Australian detainees held by Israel after attempting to breach the Gaza blockade have alleged serious mistreatment. According to diplomatic reports, they described being beaten, deprived of sleep, humiliated, and having their medication confiscated. One detainee claimed he was slapped, had his arm dislocated, and his head slammed into the ground, while another said she was sprayed with a water cannon and left soaked for hours without ventilation or clean water. Several reported being confined in large cages as Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shouted abuse and called them “terrorists.” Others alleged being forced to “dance like a monkey,” having their passports destroyed, and being made to watch videos of Hamas’s October 7 attacks played repeatedly at high volume. 8. Saverio Tommasi, an Italian journalist, described being beaten repeatedly upon arrival, with blows to his back and head. He noted that Israeli soldiers laughed during the abuse and punished detainees who failed to keep their eyes down by hitting them. 9. Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, reported that when detainees requested medical attention, they were told, "that was for humans." 10. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, was reportedly subjected to unsanitary conditions, including being held in a bedbug-infested cell. Eyewitnesses claimed she was dragged by her hair, hit, and made to kiss or be wrapped in the Israeli flag, allegedly to humiliate her publicly. 11. Unnamed detainees, including parliamentarians and lawyers, reported being deprived of sleep and medication, having automatic rifles pointed at them, being threatened with dogs, forced to sleep on the floor, subjected to insults, and made to watch footage of the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023. 12. David Adler, US Jewish activist,said the naval interception had been violent, that an Israeli barge had fired water cannons at the flotilla, tried to ram them and that in the end Israel had stolen all the ships. Taken in international waters, the activists were abducted and brought to the Israeli port of Ashdod: "From the first moment we stepped onto that tarmac after interception, we were violently forced onto our knees into positions of submission," He said that once in positions of submission in the detention centre at Ashdod, he and the other Jewish member of the flotilla "were taken by the ear and ripped from the group for a photo op with Ben Gvir staring at the flag of the state of Israel", "our belongings and boats were stolen from us". Before they left Ashdod, he said that the activists were "stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded and sent to an internment camp in a police van without any access to food, to water or to legal support". Over the next five days, he said the group was "psychologically tortured" at Keziot Prison in the Negev desert. If a detainee made a request for necessities such as insulin for the treatment of diabetes, they were "taken individually out of their cells and regularly beaten, handcuffed and ankle cuffed and left in solitary confinement". The flotilla activist said that in the prison, which is close to the border with Egypt, detainees could hear Israeli F-16s and F-35s travelling overhead every night "going to bomb Gaza, with the sound of German Shepherd dogs around us". "Riot groups would come to our cells with tear gas, and riot gear and German Shepherds that would come and seek to terrify and terrorise us,".

On August 27, 2025, Israeli forces raided Nablus town at dawn, besieging the Old City with dozens of military vehicles, deploying snipers, and forcing families in neighborhoods like al-Qadhba to evacuate their homes informing them to return on Wednesday afternoon.. They injured at least 80 people, including several hit with live ammunition. Medical teams treated dozens for tear gas inhalation. The raid began around 3 a.m., involving snipers and armored vehicles disrupting the Old City. with soldiers storming and searching homes and shops in the Old City, even transforming some into military posts. Clashes occurred at the eastern entrance where youths threw stones and were met with tear gas and live rounds.This extended raid exceeding nine hours, with Israeli forces injuring at least 80 Palestinians—some by live fire and many others from tear gas inhalation. They deployed throughout the city's neighborhoods, deploying snipers in the Sufyan Street area and Martyrs' Square in the city center. They also raided several shops in the Ras al-Ain area. Palestinian Authorities, the Nablus governor Ghassan Daghlas, told AFP.described the operation as a “The assault on Nablus is merely a show of force with no justification”. Israeli soldiers blindfolding and detaining a boy child from the crowd before taking him into a military transport vehicle. On Thursday, a video filmed by a soldier circulated, showing the child being psychologically terrorized and threatened with “discipline.” The boy was identified as Imran. **Victims:** According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 80 people were injured. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a child had to receive surgery after being hit by live fire. Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the raid. Democracy Now! highlights that this raid took place while U.S. Senators were visiting the West Bank. Meanwhile, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley visited the West Bank Tuesday and stopped at a Palestinian church in Taybeh that was attacked by Israeli settlers. Senator Van Hollen called for an end to settler violence. Sen. Chris Van Hollen:*“Well, we’re here, overall, because we want to focus on the really terrible situation throughout this area, including the war in Gaza. And one of our messages, we need to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home. But we also need to end this continued settler violence on the West Bank, which people here in this town of Taybeh witnessed and experienced firsthand.”*

On 26 August, 2025, armed settlers raided Qawawis community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, threw stones at homes, broke into one house, damaging windows and belongings, and destroyed 16 solar panels and six surveillance cameras. They also physically assaulted and pepper-sprayed residents, injuring three Palestinians and three foreign activist. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams dealt with four injuries, including three female activists and a young Palestinian man, who sustained bruises and wounds after being assaulted. They were transferred to hospital for treatment. Activist Osama Makhmara reported that Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet al-Qawawis in Masafer Yatta, where they attacked residents and international activists who were present in solidarity. He added that they physically assaulted them, leaving several with visible injuries. Activist Tair Kaminer, one of the three activists who were injured in the incident, was beaten many times with clubs and underwent surgery on her hand this week. She was left with three fractures: in the shoulder, in the elbow, and in the arm, as well as a head wound that was closed with staples. **Context :** Qawawis (Quwawis) is a tiny Bedouin herding community situated in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli civil and military control. The hamlet lies within Firing Zone 918, an area designated by Israeli authorities that effectively prohibits development and undermines the community’s stability. Residents face persistent demolition orders, restrictions on infrastructure and frequent attacks or harassment from nearby illegal outpost and settlements. see also : [Raids by settlers on Qawawis (Masafer Yatta)](https://tiktokgenocide.com/manage/resources/events/1416)

On August 26, 2025, Israeli forces carried out a large-scale raid in Ramallah. It began with a sudden incursion by a Mist’arvim unit, which triggered panic among civilians. When armored vehicles stormed the heart of the town, firing tear gas canisters, stun grenades, and live bullets, young Palestinians responded by throwing stones. The raid lasted 3.5 hours before the forces withdrew. **Timeline of Events:** Around 12:00 p.m. local time, Israeli armored vehicles entered the center of Ramallah during peak daytime hours. Forces immediately began firing live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters into the crowded city center. Civilians were present in cafés, markets, and businesses at the time. Israeli soldiers broke into a major money exchange business (Ajjouli) in the heart of Ramallah and according to local sources, they stole nearly one million shekels (approximately $270,000 USD); and the Arab Bank headquarters in Manara Square. Eyewitnesses reported soldiers taking sniper positions on rooftops, with one soldier perched above the Arab Bank aiming into the square. Armored vehicles blocked the central streets, cutting off access. Tensions reamin high as dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers break into the Al-Manara Square in downtown Ramallah, sparking confrontations with residents. Forces went very close to Al-Muqata'a, the headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Café patrons saw armored vehicles outside the Arab Bank, soldiers stationed by entrances, and rifles trained on civilians in the square. **Dozens of Palestinians were injured:** 8 by live bullets. 14 by rubber-coated bullets including a 71-year-old man 5 by shrapnel: One student trapped in a cosmetics store with 12 others (men, women, children) described panic, explosions, and shared scarce food (dates). An elderly woman inside remarked: “May God help the people in Gaza,” linking their suffering to the famine in Gaza. Another 31 Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation, including two pregnant women: Tear gas and stun grenades were fired into local businesses, including a barber shop, a popular coffee shop, the vegetable market, several storefronts,... Witnesses inside shops reported suffocating from gas even after doors and windows were shut. Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian women inside a beauty salon and fired stun grenades at them. Victims included a 12-year-old child hit by live fire. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said he underwent surgery after being wounded in the abdomen. Another injured is a 71-year-old elderly man. A witness saw a young man shot in the leg, bleeding heavily before being carried to an ambulance. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported their ambulances were blocked from reaching at least one injured person. Al Jazeera speaks about 58 Palestinians wounded by Israeli army raid including a child. **Aftermath:** Israeli troops were seen arresting several men, including two elderly ones. **Palestinian authorities statement:** The Palestinian Authority has strongly condemned the Israeli military's raid on Ramallah on August 26, 2025, describing it as a "dangerous escalation" and "acts of aggression" against the Palestinian people. The Presidency held the Israeli government fully responsible for the violence and destruction, urging the United States to intervene and halt these actions in the occupied West Bank. The Presidency emphasized that such attacks aim to force Palestinians from their land and displace them, warning that the situation could lead to a major explosion in the region. The Palestinian leadership reiterated that Palestinians will not leave their land or relinquish their holy sites, calling for international action to end these Israeli practices and prevent further escalation. Local officials, condemned the raid and Leila Ghannam, Ramallah governor, called it “organized state terrorism.”. She tried to stop the Israeli soldiers by standing in their way peacefully. But in vain. **IDF spokesman spin:** The IDF presented the Ramallah raid as a counter-terrorism operation targeting a money exchange business allegedly funneling funds to Hamas, under the broader Operation Iron Wall launched in January 2025. They claimed to have confiscated “hundreds of thousands of shekels” and arrested five suspects, framing the strike as part of a campaign to degrade Palestinian terrorist infrastructure. The IDF emphasized that such operations have led to an 85% reduction in terrorist attacks in 2025 and vowed to continue targeting financial networks and operational capabilities of West Bank militant groups. **Broader Context: ** Ramallah and al-Bireh (twin cities) are officially classified as Area A under the Oslo Accords, meaning they should be under exclusive Palestinian Authority security control. Israeli forces raid more rarely this city than the northern camps in the West Bank after the Second Intifada ended (2006). In December 2023: They launched a large raid, killed a 23-year-old and confiscated $2.8M from money exchanges. In May 2024, they raided the city, fired tear gas fired into the vegetable market, causing a fire that destroyed 80+ businesses.

On 25 August, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, raided the Jaba’ Bedouin community (Jaba’ Tajamu’ Badawi) in Jerusalem governorate, breaking into residents’ houses. Settlers physically assaulted a Palestinian child, while Israeli forces ransacked homes and beat residents, injuring one man. Israeli forces also prevented an ambulance from reaching the injured man for about 20 minutes.

Around 10:10 am, an Israeli strike targeted the upper floors of the Al-Yasin buildings at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where several journalists were gathered to access internet to perform their work. As rescue teams and journalists arrived at the scene less than 10 minutes later, Israeli artillery struck them. The massacre led to the killing of 6 journalists who were important sources of documentation in Khan Younis, one doctor, one Civil Defense member, in addition to several relatives of patients. Three other journalists were wounded, including Reuters' Hatem Omar, Jamal Badah who lost his right leg and sustained shrapnel throughout his whole body, and Mohammed Fayq who requires medical evacuation for treatment outside Gaza. In addition, at least 7 members of the Civil Defense were injured. **Israeli spin:** Israeli media sources reported that there was a camera on the hospital roof that Hamas used to film IDF troops. After initially deciding to carry out a drone airstrike, the IDF's artillery shelled the hospital twice. In stark contrast, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the massacre was a "tragic mishap". This elicited outrage from the Golani Brigade who demanded an pology for misrepresenting their strongly coordinated assault auhtorized by their chain of command. **Investigation:** Invetsigative journalist Younis Tirawi uncovered that the IDF perpetrated the massacred after being informed by a an Israeli OSINT enthusiast named Rafael Hayun about his suspicion of a camera being installed on the 4th floor of the hospital. The Sayeret Golani unit received the information which was taken by IDF Lt. Col. Bar Veakart to order a tank from the 36th Division to shell the hospital twice. However, the suspicous object was in fact a camera apparently used by Reuters and other media teams for live broadcasts from Khan Younis. Younis found that Reuters had aired live coverage only four days prior from the exact spot. It was simply covered in white to protect the equipment from heat. Investigative journalist Aric Toler from the New York Times also confirmed that not only Reuters but also the Associate Press streamed from the same staircase location. Subseqent investiations published by AP, Sky news, and CNN all corroborated Younis Tirawi's findings. **Foreign medical staff warned:** American nurse Amanda Nasser who was volunteering at the hospital, as well as Dr. Mimy Sayed who previously volunteered multiple times in Gaza's hospitals both confirmed that international volunteers were **pulled out from the hospital by the WHO prior to the Israeli massacre to attend a mandatory training**. Given that the training was about gender-based violence, they deemed the timing to be peculiar noting this is training they would typically receive before their arrival, rather than in the latter half of their mission. Even volunteers whose mission was ending the next day were also pulled out to attend the same training. **Names of the martyrs: 1. Maryam Riyad Muhammad Abu Farhana "Abu Dagga" (journalist) 2. Moaz Abu Taha (journalist) 3. Muhammad Saber Ibrahim Salama (journalist) 4. Hussam Atiya Abdurahman Al-Masri (journalist) 5. Imad Abdulhakim Ali Al-Shaer (firefighter) 6. Muhammad Mansour Jumua Al-Ajili (nurse) 7. Ahmad Muhammad Suleiman Abu Is'haq 8. Hisham Tayseer Ibrahim Quweider 9. Muhammad Mahmoud Ismail Al-Habibi 10. Salahuddin Yusuf Mohsen Barbakh 11. Jum'a Khaled Jum'a Al-Najjar 12. Muhammad Ahmad Salem Abu Haddaf 13. Ahmad Hazem Ahmad Shaheen 14. Ayman Mustafa Hamdan Fseifes 15. Abdullah Ahmad Amer 16. Ahmad Abu Aziz (journalist) 17. Muhammad Jalal Muhammad Abu Anza 18. Tahreer Adel Abu Jamii 19. Yusuf Sameer Abu Latifa 20. Omar Kamal Abu Teim

Around 8:20 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Amr ibn al-Aas school located in the Abu Iskandar area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest Gaza City. Footage from the school indicated that the tents of displaced families were specifically targeted and showed several children and at least one woman among those killed.

Ein al-Hilweh is a small shepherding community in the northern Jordan Valley, east of the occupied West Bank, located near Route 90, below the Israeli settlement of Maskiot, in the Wadi Malha area, close to Tubas. Around 5 families (≈60 people) living mainly from sheep and cattle herding in an isolated environment. Area faces growing Israeli settlement expansion with illegal outposts, privatization of common grazing land, and declaration of “nature reserves” used to expropriate Palestinian land. Settlers erect fences and restrict Palestinian movement, often with backing from military forces. Residents, especially shepherds, experience harassment, threats, property damage, livestock theft, and restricted access to water and grazing land. **According to ACRI (Association for Civil rights in Israel)** "The residential area of the Ein al-Hilweh shepherding community in the northern Jordan Valley consists of five extended families, about 70 residents, who make their living from herding sheep and cattle. A number of years ago, settlers came to the area with the stated goal of expelling the community and taking over its lands and resources. For years Palestinian residents of the area dealt with harassment from the settlers, but since the outbreak of the war there has been a major escalation of settler violence. In some cases, they even act with the overt backing of the military—or those appearing to be military—and law enforcement that turns a blind eye to the violence. The grazing areas are sites of frequent violence, and Palestinians who go to the area are subject to threats, harassment, property damage. They are also often blocked from grazing, which has led to the gradual restriction of their access to grazing areas. Additionally, residents of the outpost settlement constantly (day and night) show up where the Palestinians live to steal sheep and cattle; damage water tanks and solar panels; make noise; drive recklessly on ATVs; and intimidate and threaten the men, women, and children of the community—sometimes while armed. Over the past two months the situation has become unbearable, and the community faces displacement." ### Timeline of the events: **On March 31, 2025:** Human rights organization ACRI (Association for Civil Rights in Israel) issued an appeal to Israeli authorities, warning of escalating settler violence—including harassment, property damage, and threats to livelihoods—targeting the Ein al-Hilweh shepherding community. They demanded protection and dismantling of nearby violent outposts. **On April 14, 2025:** Israeli settlers stormed Ein al-Hilweh after midnight, attempting to steal livestock. The theft was prevented by local residents and activists. **On May 23, 2025:** Settlers erected barbed-wire fences on privately owned Palestinian land in Ein al-Hilweh, cutting off access to grazing lands despite residents holding land deeds (“Tabu”). **On May 30, 2025:** Settlers expanded fencing operations, continuing a steady campaign of land appropriation. Local sources reported that the fencing was carried out near settler encampments, cutting off access to crucial grazing areas relied upon by Palestinian herding communities. **On June 30, 2025:** The UN OCHA reported that six Palestinian households (28 people, including nine children) began dismantling their own homes and livestock structures in Ein al-Hilweh due to repeated settler attacks and intimidation including restricted access to water sources and grazing areas. **On July 3, 2025:** Israeli occupation forces issued stop-work orders against all homes and livestock pens in the Ein al-Hilweh community of the northern Jordan Valley, giving residents until July 16 to comply under threat of demolition. The orders affect about 13 families, whose longstanding structures are now at risk, amid recent settler violence including tent raids, attempted livestock theft, and blocked access to grazing land. **On August 20, 2025:** Settlers placed Israeli flags near the tents and homes of Ein al-Hilweh residents in a provocative display amid ongoing displacement threats. **On Augustus 21, at 7 a.m**., soldiers and a representative of the Civil Administration arrived in Ein al-Hilweh, in the northern Jordan Valley, and used a bulldozer to demolish the entire compound — houses and a barn — belonging to the Kadri Darajma family, as well as the barn of the Fathi Darajma family, who have lived there for about 60 years. The soldiers refused to accept or even look at the demolition delay orders issued by the court, valid until 3 September 2025. **On Augustus 22, during the night**, a reservist jeep driver claimed to an Israeli Activist he didn’t want to harass Palestinians but followed orders, reflecting emotional turmoil after long service in Gaza. Later, the same unit detained an elderly Palestinian man, blindfolded and zip-tied him, then abandoned him at night 21 km from his home. Main sources reporting: Middle East Eye, ACRI, B’Tselem, WAFA, Palestine Chronicle.

**Rashash Bedouins ethnically cleansed for the second time since October 7th** Bedouin Palestinians community Rashash was expelled from its original location in the south Jordan Valley in late 2023 (October). ON Augustus 2025, they have been expelled again, from their encampment near Duma (Nablus Governorate). The few remaining individuals, as well as Israeli and international human rights advocates are under continued assault from settlers. A 35-year-old Palestinian man, Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, was shot dead by Israeli settlers in an attack in Duma on Augustus 13, 2025. Since Aug ’25 all the children and women no longer live there, while the men remain alongside human-rights activists who guard them 24/7. **On Augustus 15,** Illegal Israeli settlers established a new settlement outpost only 400 meters from the Shakara Bedouin community, east of Duma town, south of Nablus city, according to Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights. **On Augustus 17,** Al-Baydar Organization noted that bulldozing work took place in the evening at the new outpost, which was established Friday. Meanwhile, illegal settlers pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones near the settlement of Shavei Shomron on the road linking Jenin and Nablus, causing damage to some cars, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. **On Augustus 22**, since the morning, many settlers have invaded the town and its lands with their ATV. **On Augustus 29,** in the evening, a group of Israeli settlers has attacked a Bedouin gathering in the town of Duma in the occupied West Bank, about 25km (15.5 miles) southeast of Nablus, assaulting one man, smashing his phone and carrying out acts of vandalism, according to the Wafa news agency. **On August 30th**, according to the ONG Herd of Justice, "The settlers come 10-12 times per day, destroy property, attack people", says Adele Shoko, one of the activists. Along with two other activists, Adele was physically assaulted by the settlers on August 30th. Three settlers on an ATV surrounded her, stole her phone, pushed her to the ground and dragged her over the rocks with the ATV for several meters. After the attack, the settlers remained in the area, invading repeatedly every 20 minutes, further damaging the fence and water tanks. When the activists tried evacuating Adele to provide medical assistance, the settlers blocked the activist car with their ATV for half an hour. Occupation police and army were called six times, but refused to arrive on the scene. Later that day, another activist was choked, pushed and scratched by a settler. During the night, the settlers attacked once more, assaulting activists again. Multiple people were injured. **On September 2:**, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who defends the Bedouin communities near the village of Duma, was arrested again today on vague and unclear suspicion, on the eve of Yom Kippur. Arrest comes against the backdrop of long nights in which repeated calls were made to the police by Palestinian residents, the Rabbi, and other activists. In these calls, the police did not respond to the residents’ and activists’ requests to come and prevent settlers from invading the area. **On September 10**, The Israeli army and police broke down the gate of the Palestinian community near Duma, to open the path for settler attacks. They also removed human rights advocates, to prevent documentation of the war crime. This comes after weeks of daily invasions of the community. Then Settlers managed to break in and cause extensive damage. **On September 23**, Terrorist Settlers from the Mal'chei HaShalom (“Peace Angels”) settlement infiltrated the village of Duma. During hours, their herd destroyed crops on private Palestinian land, while a heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers protects them and refuses to remove them from the area. The Israeli police arrived to provide a variety of excuses for not removing the terrorists. The landowner was too afraid for the settlers to see his face, and activists are showing maps—but the police officer does nothing. **On September 26,** Israeli police arrested HR activist while he was protecting the local community. **On September 28,** Masked settlers invaded private Palestinian land on Saturday, dressed in holiday clothes. They harassed, threatened, and sowed terror. **On October 2**, Settlers respond to activists’ calls to police by falsely accusing them of sexual harassment. **On October 3,** For Yom Kippur, settlers from the ‘Giv’orei David’ outpost attempt to invade the private lands of Palestinian residents in Duma. **On December 16,** Israeli settlers storm the center of the village of Duma with their weapons and sheep. **On January 2, 2026:** Notorious settler thug assaulted an activist while invading a Palestinian yard. The police let them continue their harassement. **On January 14, 2026:** Settlers are currently building a new outpost near a Bedouin community. The nearest outpost—Heroes of David—from which dozens of violent attacks were launched, during which large amounts of property were stolen and destroyed, seems not to have had its fill. Its settlers now want to impose terror from a distance of 20 meters, because 50 wasn’t enough. **On January 15, 2026:** The settler-terrorists laid infrastructure for the terror outpost. One of the leaders of the settler violence brutally assaulted a human-rights activist. He knows he’s being filmed and doesn’t care. To add crime upon crime, it appears they are using equipment they stole on various occasions from residents of the Bedouin community over recent months. **On January 26, 2026**, settlers attacked Palestinian property in the village of Duma, south of Nablus. The head of the village council, Suleiman Dawabsheh, reported that colonists stormed the Shakara neighborhood in the south of the village and attacked international solidarity activists and Palestinian property. **On February 6, 2026** settlers groups stormed the “Shakara” area of Duma, south of Nablus, attacking families, invading homes, and terrorizing residents in an effort to push them off their land. Since January, this specific place in the West Bank has become the “place to be” for far-right Israeli influencers such as Mordechai David, Roi Star, and Benyahu Ben Shabbat (who is part of Im Tirtzu (אם תרצו), a right-wing organization that supports settlers). Their goal is to provoke activists from protective presence groups in order to create incidents. They then call the police or the army, claiming that Palestinians are terrorists and that activists are assisting them. This leads to several arrests among Palestinians as well as activists. Settlers are almost never arrested or sanctioned for their violent harassment, showing what observers describe as open collaboration between settlers and the army.. During the nights, settlers from the nearby illegal outpost Giborei David (גיבורי דוד), meaning “David’s Heroes,” attack the activists’ house, breaking windows, spraying pepper gas, or attempting to destroy the barracks. **On 1 March 2026**, Around 11:00, settlers invaded a Bedouin community with their goats, all the while Iranian missile are flying overhead. They were armed with guns, batons and pepper spray. They attacked residents of Duma, south of Nablus, specifically targeting the ash-Shajara area east of the village.More armed settlers arrived to the scene. Around 12:00 They claimed they were attacked and called the army and police, who were looking to arrest Palestinians, instead of the settler attackers. During the assault, a Palestinian man, Ali Zawahra, was injured, and four young men, including members of the al‑Nawaj’ah family, were detained by Israeli forces. The village council head, Suleiman Dawabsheh, told WAFA that ambulance crews were prevented from reaching the injured and that settlers carried out the attacks while Israeli forces were present. He added that the main entrance to the village was blocked with a military roadblock, effectively imposing a closure during the incident. Dawabsha emphasized that attacks by settlers in the area have sharply escalated in recent weeks, often taking advantage of global attention being focused elsewhere. Among the most recent violations, he noted, was cutting electricity to the Shakara neighborhood, which is home to more than 80 residents. Adele Shoko was arrested after the far-right activist Benyahu Ben Shabbat called the authorities. Around 13:30, the Army detained an 18 years old activist who were pepper sprayed by settlers. She was later released. A male activist was also injured, while a Palestinian was kicked in the head by a settler armed with sticks. The scene was, as usual, filmed by both sides. Israeli far-right influencers attempted to depict the Palestinians and the protective presence as terrorists attacking settlers, while blatantly violating Palestinian property. Impunity remains: In the end, none of the settlers who invaded the community were arrested, but instead four Palestinians. One of them is a child. **Broader context:** The village of Duma itself is being surrounded by settler outposts, with the goal of launching further terror attacks against the community. Urgent coverage and international intervention is needed.