Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 108 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, of which 93 were in northern Gaza; 7 aid seekers were killed. In total, Israel has killed at least 2,504 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
The total known number of Palestinians who have died from malnutrition stands at 432, including 146 children.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, go here.
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this.To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)
Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion
Israel has launched its long-planned ground assault on Gaza City, and its troops have pressed deep into the densely populated city, which has been subjected to intense bombardment for weeks, triggering the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.
A large number of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were seen advancing toward Gaza City, with the Israeli army saying a third division will soon join the ground invasion. Israel’s decision to seize the city – home to more than a million people – has drawn global condemnation.
The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory has condemned the Israeli military’s “wanton destruction” of Gaza City as “tantamount to ethnic cleansing”.
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Israeli army deploys booby-trapped armored vehicles into Gaza City amid heavy bombardment
The Israeli army on Tuesday deployed booby-trapped armored vehicles into Gaza City as part of a phased plan to destroy infrastructure and push nearly one million Palestinians into forced displacement, local media said.
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN said old M113 armored personnel carriers, packed with tons of explosives, were remotely driven into the city to detonate inside residential areas. Powerful explosions were heard overnight and into the morning across central and southern Israel as the vehicles went off in Gaza City.
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More than 1 million Palestinians remain in northern Gaza: Authorities
The Gaza media office said out of 1.3 million people in Gaza City and towns to its north, about 190,000 have fled to the south while 15,000 returned to the north due to the dire conditions in the areas that the Israeli army had designated as “safe zones”.
The local authorities noted that Israel has been regularly attacking Rafah and al-Mawasi near Khan Younis, which it claimed were “safe zones,” and that the areas lack any essential services, “such as water, food, shelter, electricity or education, making living there almost impossible.”
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Gaza City evacuation orders constitute ethnic cleansing, war crimes: Israeli rights groups
Israeli human rights organizations have called on Israeli officials to cancel the mass evacuation threat for Gaza City, saying such an order constitutes forced displacement and ethnic cleansing.
Israeli news outlet Haaretz reported that the organizations, which include the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Physicians for Human Rights, Gisha, and Adalah – the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, said the threats are intended to “displace an exhausted and starving population that has nowhere to flee”.
It posited that the orders “do not stem from military necessity” and are “contrary to international law” and therefore should not be accepted.
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN inquiry commission finds
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Israel bombs Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital three times in close succession
Dr. Muneer Al Bursh reports that Al-Rantisi Specialized Children’s Hospital in Gaza was struck three times in rapid succession, leaving 80 patients trapped across its departments, including four in pediatric intensive care and eight newborns in neonatal care.
As Gaza’s only specialized hospital, Al-Rantisi houses irreplaceable units, including oncology, dialysis, and specialized respiratory and gastrointestinal care.
The bombing forced 40 patients to flee under fire, while 40 others remained inside with their companions, alongside four critical care cases, eight fragile newborns, and 30 medical staff.
Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, described the dire conditions facing premature infants in the city’s neonatal units, where six babies are being kept in a single incubator.
He warned that there is no capacity to accommodate them elsewhere in the Strip and stressed the real danger to their lives.
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Only 534 aid trucks of estimated 3,000 entered Gaza in 5 days: Media office
Aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip remain far below needs, with just 534 trucks of estimated 3,000 entering over the past five days, the Government Media Office said Monday.
The office said trucks that did make it through “were looted in the midst of deliberate chaos orchestrated by the Israeli occupation to manufacture famine and instability and undermine the resilience of the Palestinian people.”
According to the office, a total of 3,188 trucks have reached Gaza over the past 35 days, representing less than 15 per cent of the estimated 21,000 trucks required to meet basic humanitarian needs.
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GAZA HEADLINES:
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Undercover Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians In Qalqilia
Tuesday: Israeli Invasions, Violations in West Bank
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Get a glimpse inside Israel and the turmoil within its government. Often, our news items and headlines are taken from Israeli media.)
‘Real estate bonanza’: Smotrich says Israel in discussion with U.S. over dividing Gaza
“The Gaza Strip is becoming a real estate bonanza,” and the plan is “on President Trump’s desk,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said at the “Real Estate Center” conference. According to Smotrich, negotiations have begun with the U.S. regarding a business plan for Gaza.
“We paid a lot of money for the war, so we need to decide how to divide the percentages of the land in Gaza. The demolition phase is always the first phase of urban renewal. We did that, now we need to start building.”
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After Bombing 6 Countries This Year, Netanyahu Pins Blame For Israeli Isolation on Muslims
In a rare admission on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is facing isolation on the world stage after nearly two years of its genocide in Gaza — but didn’t acknowledge his own government’s role in the situation.
At the “Fifty States — One Israel” economic conference hosted by Israel’s Finance Ministry, Netanyahu blamed foreign countries and Muslims for Israel’s isolation.
He blamed “unlimited immigration to Western European nations by Muslim minorities,” and repeated false, bigoted statements about Muslim populations replacing non-Muslims to become the “majority” in the region.
Placing the blame of Israel’s isolation on the existence of Muslims is one of many blatantly Islamophobic statements made by Netanyahu and the state of Israel amid its genocide in Gaza (continue reading here).
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Israeli Gov’t Says It Will Cut Israel Film Academy Funding After Film ‘Depicting Israel Negatively’ Wins
Funding for Israel’s top film awards will be suspended after the Culture and Sports Ministry claimed the winning film, about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank trying to see the sea for the first time, “defames” the IDF and Israel.
“The Sea” won the category for Best Film at the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards, which is the leading award ceremony for Israel’s film and television industry. The movie will go on to be considered at the Academy Awards in March 2026.
Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sports added the film “presents the Palestinian perspective and depicts the IDF and Israel in a negative light”, calling the win “outrageous” and claiming, without citation, that it angered “many Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers who dedicate their lives to defending the homeland,” prompting him to announce the withdrawal of government funding for the “embarrassing ceremony.”
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NETANYAHU SAYS TRUMP INVITED HIM TO WHITE HOUSE AGAIN: Several Israeli media outlets have cited Netanyahu as saying that he will be heading to Washington, DC, after his speech at the UN General Assembly later this month. This would be the Israeli prime minister’s fourth visit to the White House since Trump took office in January and his first since Israel attacked Qatar.
HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI PAPERS:
Ha’aretz: Netanyahu – the Resounding Failure – Is Marching Israel Deep Into the Abyss
Ha’aretz: Abandon the Hostages and Wipe Out Gaza? Okay. Israel Ousted From Eurovision? The Horror
Ha’aretz: ‘Will Blow Up in Our Faces’: IDF, Shin Bet Using Gazan Militias for Military Operations in Exchange for Pay and Territory
Ha’aretz: Israel Sees Net Loss of 28,000 as Emigration Outpaces Immigration
Jerusalem Post: HRW accuses Israel of war crimes in Syria over forced displacement
Jerusalem Post: More Israelis emigrated than arrived over past year, CBS report reveals
Jerusalem Post: Two British Labour MPs denied entry to Israel, escorted to Jordan
Times of Israel: Tel Aviv shares plunge again as EU mulls cutting trade over Gaza offensive
FLOTILLA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Read about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2025 missions here and here; learn about the deadly mission in 2010 here; and find out about the global flotilla here. Get live updates on the Global Flotilla from Al Jazeera here.)
Flotilla reaches international waters on its way to Gaza
The Global Sumud Flotilla has reached international waters and has been joined by additional ships from North Africa leaving from Tunisian ports, bringing its number to about 40 vessels.
The flotilla’s management told Al Jazeera that the flotilla will be joined by an Italian fleet before making the journey towards Gaza.
About 400 activists from 50 countries are taking part.
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NINE SHIPS ON THEIR WAY TO BREAK ISRAELI BLOCKADE: A Gaza-bound aid flotilla said Tuesday that it has dispatched nine ships to the besieged territory to break a months-long Israeli siege. The Maghreb Sumud Flotilla said it is also preparing to send six more vessels later in the day for the Palestinian enclave (continue reading here).
OTHER NEWS:
UN report highlights responsibility of other states in Gaza genocide
The UN Commission of Inquiry, which today concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, underscored in its report that countries across the world have a responsibility to stop the Israeli atrocities.
The report said the International Court of Justice’s ruling in January 2024 that found it plausible that Israel was committing genocidal acts in Gaza put “all states on notice”.
“As such, the duty to prevent genocide was triggered,” it said. “Responsibility may be incurred if a State Party ‘manifestly failed to take all measures to prevent genocide which were within its power, and which might have contributed to preventing the genocide’.”
RELATED: Irish president suggests UN exclude Israel, countries that supply weapons to Tel Aviv
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UN commission recognizes historical context of October 7th
Navi Pillay, head of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, said Tuesday that while the genocide report refers solely to October 2023 – July 2025, the commission is seriously concerned that Israel intends “to destroy the Palestinians as a whole.”
“It is also important to note that the events in Gaza since October 7 have not occurred in isolation,” she said, adding, “They were preceded by decades of unlawful occupation and oppression under an ideology requiring the removal of the Palestinian population from their lands and their replacement.”
NOTE: Pillay’s recognition of the historical context of October 7th is a breath of fresh air to Palestinians and their allies. Israel supporters ignore the background, and imply that history began on October 7th, as though the Hamas fighters attacked Israel for no reason. In fact, Israel has been oppressing Palestinians since its creation in 1948, and even before that.
The people of Palestine have many legitimate grievances for which resistance is an appropriate response. Israel is, according to the International Court of Justice, plausibly committing genocide, illegal occupation, apartheid, extermination, and a targeted campaign of starvation – to name a few.
International law supports the efforts of resistance groups against an occupying power, even to the point of armed resistance.
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Pope: Gaza ‘requires another solution’ as people flee city
Pope Leo XIV spoke briefly with reporters on Tuesday evening, where he was asked about the mass flight from Gaza City. The Pope said he had spoken by phone with the local community and the parish priest, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli.
“Many have nowhere to go, and so it is a concern,” he said. “I have also spoken with our people there, with the parish priest. For now they want to stay; they are still holding on, but we really need to look for another solution.”
Earlier in the day, Pope Leo had called Fr. Romanelli, pastor of the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza, to check on the 450 people taking refuge in the church compound as Israel intensifies its ground campaign in the city.
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Family of US teen Mohammed Ibrahim, detained by Israel, demands action from Washington
The family of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American from the state of Florida, detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, is pleading for urgent US action to secure his release as his health deteriorates.
The teen, who spent his 16th birthday behind bars in March, has been held for seven months without contact from his parents. Relatives said he was arrested in February while visiting family in the West Bank.
He was charged with throwing stones at illegal Israeli settlers, an accusation his family said he denies (continue reading here).
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The Doha attack: Exposing the collapse of international order
On 9 September 2025, Israel conducted its first-ever direct military strike on Qatar, targeting Hamas negotiators in Doha’s diplomatic quarter while they were reviewing a US-brokered ceasefire proposal.
The attack exposes the fundamental collapse of the international order established after World War II and demands urgent reconsideration of how global diplomacy and security function in the 21st century.
The Doha attack was not just its breach of sovereignty, but an assault on the very foundations of international mediation. Qatar has hosted Hamas diplomats at the explicit request of the United States, serving as a crucial mediator between Israel and Hamas throughout the Gaza conflict, and at the moment they were discussing a US ceasefire proposal (continue reading here).
RELATED: After Doha strike, Netanyahu steps up verbal attack on Qatar
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‘Game Over Israel’ Campaign Demands Boycott of Israeli Soccer Clubs Over Government’s Killing of Palestinian Players
A group of pro-Palestine and labor organizations, fan associations, athletes, celebrities, and human rights organizations is demanding that national soccer federations boycott Israel over its killing of hundreds of Palestinian athletes in Gaza.
The #GameOverIsrael campaign, which launched on Tuesday with a billboard in Times Square, calls on the soccer federations of Belgium, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, and Spain to refuse to play against Israel’s national and club teams and bar Israeli players in an effort to build pressure on FIFA and UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) to suspend the country (continue reading here).
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Tuesday marks 43rd anniversary of Sabra and Shatila massacre:
ISRAEL LAUNCHES SERIES OF STRIKES ON YEMEN’S RED SEA PORT OF HODEIDAH: Israel has confirmed it launched an attack against Yemen’s port of Hodeidah in its latest round of strikes against the country, which it says is targeting the Houthis. Dozens of Yemeni civilians were killed in these strikes. The Israeli army claimed they were a response to the Houthis’ military activities there.
MORE HEADLINES:
Families of Americans killed by Israeli forces, settlers demand accountability in Washington
US ambassador: Israel is our only true partner in the region
Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist
Spain cancels $1.1B worth of Israeli arms deals
Luxembourg declares that it will recognize Palestinian statehood
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
Israel’s defense chief Katz boasts Gaza City ‘is burning’ as army begins ground invasion
Israel says UN’s investigation of genocide in war on Gaza ‘fabricated’
Sixteen nations warn Israel not to attack Global Sumud Flotilla
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025*:
- At least 66,105 Palestinians killed, 174,927 injured – including:
- at least 65,062 killed in Gaza (~20,000 children)
- at least 1,043 killed in the West Bank (~212 children)
- at least 165,697 injured in Gaza
- at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
- at least 432 have died from malnutrition in Gaza, including 146 children
At least 2,504 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.
Since the Israeli army unilaterally broke the January ceasefire on March 18, 2025, it has killed at least 12,511 people. 56 Israeli soldiers (most recent Sept. 8) have been killed during the same time period.
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble. Additionally, the numbers of injured and starved are very conservative estimates.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 16, 2025: ~1,629 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 460 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 267 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 201 and 319 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- NYTimes: This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies
- Faith, politics and armed resistance: A Palestinian-Christian perspective
- Israel carries out systematic erasure of Gaza’s historical landmarks and cultural heritage
- ’A Man With 10 Children Who Worked in Israel for More Than 30 Years – How Can Soldiers Kill Him So Easily?’
- People in 100 cities around the world to go on hunger strike for Gaza
- The Disappearance of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
- I Helped Israel Propagandize American Christians
- New York state sends police chiefs to Israel for ‘counterterrorism’ training
- New owner of CBS coordinated with former Israeli military chief to counter the country’s critics, according to leaked emails
- Local JCRC’s Latest IRS Filing Shows 100% Increase in Revenue – and over $5 Million Spent On Pro-Israel “Program Activities”. Why Isn’t This Considered Lobbying?
- ‘God loves Gaza’: US Christians gather in rare display of solidarity with Palestine
- Charlie Kirk refused Netanyahu funding offer, was ‘frightened’ by pro-Israel forces before death, friend reveals
- Netanyahu’s Crude Exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s Death to Get the American Right Back into Line
- Western media’s pre-existing condition? Gaza atrocity denialism
- BBC Ignored Internal Request to Correct Claim Anas Al-Sharif Worked With Hamas
- Israel drops incendiary and explosive bombs on Gaza City homes and tents
- The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
- BBC: Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
- Israel Is Definitely Held to a Different Standard – Just Not the Way It Thinks
