Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
A Palestinian was reportedly killed and another injured in an Israeli drone strike in Rafah, Gaza on Wednesday despite the ceasefire agreement. The Israeli army confirmed targeting two Palestinians in southern Gaza for allegedly assembling a drone.
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) says some 2,369 children have been treated for acute malnutrition in Gaza since January 1.
801 trucks deliver critical humanitarian aid Wednesday to Gaza amid ceasefire: UN
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday reported efforts to ramp up aid to the people in the Gaza Strip, with at least 801 trucks entering Wednesday.
“The UN and its partners seize every opportunity afforded by the ceasefire to scale up the provision of water, food, shelter, health, sanitation, hygiene, clothing, education and other assistance to the people of Gaza,” OCHA said in a statement, adding that 801 trucks entered the enclave “through interactions with the Israeli authorities and the guarantors for the ceasefire deal.”
Noting that the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) “reached 1.2 million people with food” in the first two weeks of the ceasefire, OCHA said: “The agency opened 37 new shelters for people returning to the north, providing tents, blankets, plastic sheeting and warm winter clothing.”
“As of last week, UNRWA was hosting about 120,000 people in 120 shelters, including more than three dozen that opened since the ceasefire,” it added.
According to OCHA, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has also provided ready-to-use complementary foods to more than 10,000 children under the age of 2 since the ceasefire began.
Israeli ministers warn of ‘new war,’ call for brutal and disproportionate force’ against Gaza
Israel will restart its war on Gaza if Hamas fails to release Israeli captives, only this time it will be more devastating, its defense minister warned.
“The new Gaza war will be different in intensity from the one before the ceasefire, and it will not end without the defeat of Hamas and the release of all the hostages,” Israel Katz said in a statement.
“It will also allow the realization of US President Trump’s vision for Gaza,” Katz said, referring to the American leader’s plan for the United States to take over the Palestinian territory.
‘Time to open the gates of hell’ on Gaza, “without any restrictions” on Israeli occupation forces, Israel’s Communications Minister, Shlomo Karhi, said this week.
In a post on X, Karhi backed US President Donald Trump’s call to “let hell break out” on Gaza if all the remaining Israeli captives are not released by Saturday.
“It is time to open the gates of hell on Hamas – and this time, without any restrictions on our heroic fighters,” he wrote.
The response must be exactly as President Trump has suggested: completely halt humanitarian aid, cut off electricity, water, and communications, and use brutal and disproportionate force until the abductees return.
He went on to support Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian inhabitants, saying: “At the same time, clear Gaza of all “uninvolved.” The immigration plan must begin immediately.”
Last week Trump said the US would own Gaza and Palestinians would be moved to Egypt and Jordan while the enclave was rebuilt and turned into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.
Trump’s plan has faced widespread rejection from Palestinians, Arabs, and the international community while receiving significant political support within Israel.
Israel is establishing facts on the ground in the West Bank
Israel’s ongoing deadly assault in the occupied West Bank has nearly emptied several refugee camps.
Some 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced since Israel’s military operation dubbed “Iron Wall” launched in the northern Jenin refugee camp on 21 January. Since then, Israel expanded its assault to Tulkarm refugee camp and Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, also in the north. Al-Faraa refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley, south of Tubas, was also targeted.
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, said the deadly and destructive assault “is now the single longest in the West Bank since the second intifada.”
Israel’s operation follows a series of assaults on refugee camps in the occupied West Bank which have left them “uninhabitable,” according to UNRWA, forcing their residents into a state of “cyclical displacement.”
This was “a spillover of the war in Gaza,” the agency said.
Indeed, Israel’s ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza was met with strong opposition from the right-wing camp in the coalition. This compelled the Israeli government to frame the large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank as an extension of the war in Gaza.
MORE HERE: Ongoing Aggression And Widespread Destruction In Jenin
Israeli Forces Execute a Palestinian in Tulkarem
The Ma’an News Agency quoted the Israeli Channel 12 reported that “A young man was killed in Tulkarem, the equipment in his possession was confiscated, and his body was detained.”
Media sources said that occupation forces assassinated the young man, Khaled Mustafa Amer, 23, a resident of the town of Allar, during an ambush operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), mourned the loss of the slain young man, Amer, 23, and confirmed that he was a resistance fighter.
According to the Shireen Observatory, occupation forces have killed 47 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 5 children, 2 women, and 2 elderly citizens, since the beginning of Israel’s “Iron Wall” assault against the governorates of Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas, on January 21.
Jerusalem bookstore owners released, placed under house arrest
Palestinian bookstore owners Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmad Muna were placed under house arrest for five days yesterday following a raid on their East Jerusalem bookshop.
Israeli police stormed the Jerusalem Educational Bookshop on Sunday, arresting the two over allegations of selling books that promote “incitement and support for terrorism”. Israeli occupation officers handcuffed them, ransacked the store and confiscated numerous publications.
The bookstore, well-known among diplomats, researchers and expats, is recognized for its wide selection of English-language books on Palestinian identity and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli authorities cited a children’s coloring book titled ‘From the River to the Sea’ as evidence against them.
After his release, Ahmad described the arrest as “brutal and harsh” with no clear justification. He and his uncle have been banned from entering any of the bookstore’s locations for the next 20 days (continue reading here).
‘More majestic’ for Palestinians to be moved from Gaza, Trump says
“The king would much prefer that the Palestinians stay in place,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a news briefing. “But the president feels it would be much better and more majestic if these Palestinians could be moved to safer areas.”
Jordan King Privately Tells Trump No to Ethnic Cleansing
After King Abdullah II of Jordan left the White House on Tuesday with the impression he was open to President Donald Trump’s idea to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, the king took to X to say he had instead categorically rejected the idea in private with Trump.
“I reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank,” Abdullah wrote. “This is the unified Arab position. Rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians and addressing the dire humanitarian situation should be the priority for all.” The king said:
“Achieving just peace on the basis of the two-state solution is the way to ensure regional stability. This requires US leadership. President Trump is a man of peace. He was instrumental in securing the Gaza ceasefire. We look to US and all stakeholders in ensuring it holds.”
But during his opening remarks in the Oval Office earlier on Tuesday, before his substantial talks with Trump, Abdullah displayed extreme deference to the president in the face of pressure to participate in an historic crime which could destroy his throne (continue reading here).
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Israel plotting strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, seeks Trump’s backing
A US intelligence report from the final days of the Biden administration says Israel is preparing to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities before the year’s end, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sources familiar with the document said Israel sees Iran as vulnerable and aims to secure support from the incoming Trump administration for an attack.
The report also says Israeli officials fear they are running out of time to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
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Israeli occupation forces commandeered mosque minarets in Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and used the loudspeakers to demand all Palestinian residents of the camp immediately leave their homes ‘or… pic.twitter.com/TMBdXKNNJv
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) February 12, 2025
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – FEBRUARY 12, 2025 (ongoing count):
At least 63,303 Palestinians killed, 118,638 injured – including:
- at least 62,403 killed in Gaza (~20,600 children)
- at least 900 killed in the West Bank (~180 children)
- at least 111,638 injured in Gaza
- at least 7,000 injured in the West Bank
WAR STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 (Hamas attack) – JANUARY 19, 2025 (Ceasefire):
Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 19, 2025: at least 48,143 – including at least 47,283 in Gaza (~20,600 children), and 860 in the West Bank (~177 children). Palestinian injuries: at least 118,472 – including at least 111,629 in Gaza, and 7,000 in the West Bank.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 11,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 19, 2025: ~1,616 (or 1,590) – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 436 (or 405) military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
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