News roundup for Sunday, September 6, 2026, Day 1,067 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA:
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The number of Palestinians being killed in Gaza is lower since the October 2025 “ceasefire” began, over 320 days ago – about 4 per day, vs. over 100 per day during the 733 days of the “war.” But Israel is actively working (with Trump’s “Board of Peace“) to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its Palestinian population, even as the low-level killing continues. Genocide experts, along with organizations like the United Nations and Amnesty International, maintain that the genocide is ongoing.
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed five Palestinians, including two children, in the past 24 hours, medical sources told Anadolu on Sunday.
Gaza holds funeral for 100 Palestinians, including 60 children, recovered from rubble of destroyed homes: Remains recently recovered from homes destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
Kushner downplays Gaza suffering, blaming Hamas disarmament*, Israeli politics for stalled Gaza talks: Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Kushner said disarming Hamas would not be easy, describing the group’s “militarization” in the Palestinian territories as “beyond our comprehension”.
*NOTE: While Trump and the negotiators have been insisting all along that Hamas must disarm, and even claiming that Hamas agreed to disarm – the facts are different. See video, or read Israel’s Best-Kept Secret: Palestinian Resistance Never Agreed to Disarm
Digital Freelance Work Is a Lifeline for Gazans. Israel Is Cutting It Off: Freelance workers in Gaza contend with devastated infrastructure and incapacitating Israeli restrictions.
GAZA DEATH TOLL (tentative) since “ceasefire” began Oct. 11, 2025:
- 1,344 (35% of those killed, 49% of those wounded were children, women, and the elderly)
- 5 Israeli soldiers – one by friendly fire, and four others in incidents during the first three weeks of the ceasefire.
- More statistics below
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM:
Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. 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.)
Israeli occupiers kill Palestinian, injure others in West Bank attacks:
Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers killed a Palestinian young man and injured two others, one critically, on Sunday night, in the village of Hajjah, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the young man Omar Muhammad Tubasi (20 years old), was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli colonizers.
An Israeli colonizer was seriously wounded Sunday morning in a stabbing incident near Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports.
Israeli army raids 2 West Bank schools on first day of academic year: Israeli forces threaten school administration south of Nablus, demand removal of Palestinian flag, local sources say.
Israeli occupier spits at entrance of Christian monastery in occupied East Jerusalem
Sunday: Invasions, Abductions, and Injuries Across West Bank
Israel orders demolition of 5 Palestinian homes north of occupied Jerusalem
Gaza Education Crisis Deepens Amid Israeli Destruction, Violations
Israel issues 800 al-Aqsa expulsion orders since start of 2026
Israeli Forces Shoot 2 Palestinians in Qalqilia and Jenin
Army Continues Bulldozing Palestinian Farmland Near Jenin
DEATH TOLL SINCE OCT. 7, 2023 – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM ISRAEL:
Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel news accurately. IAK gets the facts – sometimes from Israeli media sites, where we can get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions, and that receives $63 million a day from America.
Israel loses 1,370 doctors in three years as brain drain intensifies: Study: Research flags departure of experienced specialists as health system faces growing retirement pressure.
Inside the ‘academic apartheid’ silencing Palestinian students in Israel: Israeli universities are imposing academic apartheid on Palestinian students over Gaza and Palestinian expression, Adalah has found.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Annexed the Golan Heights* 45 Years Ago. Most of the World Still Rejects Its Sovereignty: Forty-five years after the annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights, only two of 193 UN member states recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the plateau. Trump opened the door, but it took seven years for another country to join the U.S.
*NOTE: Israel seized the Syrian Golan Heights during the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981. The United Nations and most of the international community regard the area as occupied Syrian territory and do not recognize Israel’s annexation. In 2019, Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the territory, reversing decades of US policy.
The “annexation” of the Golan Heights was specifically condemned by the UN Security Council in Resolution 497 (more here and here).
IRAN, LEBANON, & SYRIA – NEWS & HEADLINES:
IRAN
It can not be overemphasized that Israel is the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades, using lies and deception. Under President Trump, he got his wish.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright suggested the White House may never reach a deal to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program. “There may not be a nuclear agreement,” Wright told ABC News on Sunday, “it may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it. An agreement may await the next administration in Iran. We simply don’t know that.”
Iran airs footage purporting to show missile strikes on US warships
LEBANON
Israel has invaded Lebanon seven times in the last half century. Between 1978 and 2000, Israel maintained an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon — Hezbollah was formed to fight that occupation.
7 killed, over 20 injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon despite US deal
1 killed, 2 injured in Israeli strike on ambulance in southern Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes completely destroyed hospital in southern Lebanon: Health Ministry: 17 hospitals damaged by Israeli strikes since March 2, ministry says.
Israeli army issues evacuation warning to residents in south Lebanon ahead of planned strike
SYRIA
Although Israel is not at war with Syria, the Israeli army has reportedly carried out over 1,600 violations inside Syrian territory since August 2025, and demanded the demilitarization of southern Syria – but also vowed to permanently occupy some areas.
Israeli army shells Quneitra in latest violation of Syria’s sovereignty
New Gaza Flotilla Mission is Underway: All You Need to Know
DEATH TOLL – WARS ON IRAN & LEBANON (tentative):
- United States: 18 since Feb. 28, 2026
- Iran: at least 3,636 since Feb. 28, 2026
- Lebanon: at least 4,352 people since March 2, 2026
- Arab states: at least 154 (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon)
- Israel: at least 60 people (Iran killed 20 civilians; Hezbollah killed 40 soldiers, 4 civilians)
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Adidas faces boycott calls over campaign featuring former Israeli soldier: Activists slam campaign showing soldier while more than 5,000 Palestinians faced amputations due to Israeli attacks in Gaza.
RELATED: 1 in 5 amputees in Gaza is a child, UN warns amid prosthetic care crisis
Former US congresswoman criticizes political and church leaders over Gaza: Marjorie Taylor Greene warns of divine judgment for those silent over mass child casualties.
Susan Sarandon says she is losing movie roles because of her support for Palestine: Oscar-winning actor says she and other outspoken critics of Israel have found it ‘impossible’ to get hired by major studios.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket
Gaza’s destroyed sewage system may be linked to ‘rare’ algae bloom shutting Israeli desalination plants
US senator John Fetterman faces scrutiny about Senate duties, Israel advocacy
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2026*:
- At least 74,841 Palestinians killed, 187,575 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 73,651 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 174,575 injured.
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,190 killed (~251 children), 13,000 injured
*NOTE: Thousands of remains in Gaza have yet to be identified, and as many as 15,000 more are still buried under rubble; others are reportedly missing.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 5, 2026: ~1,663 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 472 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel (these numbers do not include deaths from the conflicts with Lebanon or Iran).
**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)
- ‘What About Gaza’s Amputees?’ Adidas Under Fire Over Israeli Soldier’s Disability-Inclusive Shoe Ad
- ‘They Keep Beating Me’: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Gives New Testimony from Israeli Prison
- Palestinian American returns to besieged West Bank home but Israeli settlers remain
- US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel
- Israeli Defense Minister Ben Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent
- “Board of Peace” Billionaire Backs AIPAC Fund Targeting Pro-Palestine Candidates
- What do you do when you can’t hear the bombs? Being deaf during the Gaza genocide.
- ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt says ADL doesn’t exist “for some universalist ideal, we exist to protect the Jews”
- Appeal to Pope Leo XIV: To Organize a Global Leaders Summit to Address the Questions of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
- Haley Stevens Smears Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed, Calls Anti-Zionism a ‘Sickness’
- ‘They destroy, we build’: Gazans rebuild their homes out of mud and rubble
- Israeli Raid Forces Gaza Kindergarten to Frantically Evacuate 200 Children
- US army secretary resigns amid signs of Pentagon unease with Iran war
- Israel targets identity of Palestinian students in Jerusalem
