Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 112 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including at least 33 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 2,339 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
Among those killed on Tuesday were at least 21 people, including seven children, who were struck by an Israeli drone while queuing for water in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza – an area which Israel had previously declared a so-called “safe zone.”
Israeli also killed a pregnant woman and her unborn baby, as well as another child, in an attack on Gaza City.
Three more journalists, Ayman Haniyeh, Iman Al-Zamli, and Rasmi Jihad Salem, were also killed Tuesday.
In addition, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank.
The total known number of Palestinians who have died from malnutrition stands at 367, including 131 children.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, go here.
GAZA NEWS:
(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.)
Six months on, ‘lifesaving aid’ still banned from Gaza: UNRWA
Since Israel stopped all deliveries of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza on March 2, “lifesaving aid” – including food, medicines and hygiene supplies – is still being banned from entering the Strip, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says.
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New data reveals Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ of Palestinian cultural heritage
Newly released data compiled by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, with help from other organizations including UNESCO, has revealed the extent to which culture and heritage in the Gaza Strip have been “systematically” targeted by Israel during its genocidal war.
According to the compiled data, 25 registered cultural institutions and over 80 unregistered cultural centers were destroyed; seven cultural collectives were eradicated and their members displaced; dozens of poets, artists, and musicians have lost their lives to the genocidal war that began on 7 October.
An estimated 87 libraries were also destroyed by Israel, including the Omari Mosque Library, which held centuries-old manuscripts; 146 historic homes were also destroyed, as well as 12 museums (continue reading here).
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM 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.)
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank raid, demolish 2 homes near Bethlehem
Israeli forces issue demolition orders for Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank
Israeli Forces Demolish Three Palestinian Homes in the West Bank
Israeli Army Abducts Many Palestinians In Occupied West Bank
Israeli Settlers Assault a Palestinian Near Nablus, Seize a Citizen’s Home in Hebron
Occupation forces demolish minaret near Hebron
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
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Israeli army warns Gaza city occupation may take a year, cause 100 soldier deaths
Israeli army estimates suggest that occupying Gaza City could take up to one year and result in the deaths of around 100 soldiers, Channel 13 reported.
The army warned that such an operation would put the lives of Israeli captives at risk and would not bring a decisive victory over Hamas, unless Israel occupied the entire Gaza Strip and imposed full military rule.
These assessments were presented during a lengthy cabinet meeting on Monday night, which ended with a decision to move toward occupying Gaza instead of a prisoner exchange deal, even though Mossad chief David Barnea openly backed the deal (continue reading here).
RELATED: Israel calls up 60,000 reservists for Gaza City occupation
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Israel holds 360 Palestinian children in prisons – 41% have not been charged – and over 11,000 total prisoners
A record 360 Palestinian children are detained in Israeli prisons as of June 30, the latest data available from the Israel Prison Service (IPS), which is the highest number since early 2016. 147 children, or 41 percent of the total, are held in administrative detention without charge or trial.
This is both the highest number and the highest proportion on record since Defense for Children International – Palestine began monitoring these numbers in 2008.
“Every month since October 2023, Israeli forces have rapidly expanded their use of administrative detention to target Palestinian children,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “These children are languishing in overcrowded Israeli prisons, fed rotten food, and beaten on a daily basis by Israeli guards, all while they are completely isolated from the outside world, including from their families and lawyers. They must all be released immediately” (continue reading here).
As of September 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities are holding 11,040 Palestinian prisoners, including 3,577 administrative detainees imprisoned without charge or trial, according to figures published Tuesday by the Israeli human rights organization HaMoked (continue reading here).
ISRAEL HEADLINES:
IAEA discovers traces of depleted uranium at Syrian sites bombed by Israel
Under the Cover of War, Netanyahu Undermines the Rule of Law, One Check a Time
FLOTILLA NEWS:
Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza
Activists ‘honored’ to be part of Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza
Participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international maritime initiative launched to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and to deliver humanitarian aid, have begun gathering in Tunisia. (“Sumud” is an Arabic word meaning steadfastness.)
Vessels in the flotilla, which set sail from Spain and Italy, will meet ships joining from Tunisia in Tunisian waters before proceeding toward Gaza.
“The Global Sumud Flotilla is, in fact, a continuation of earlier attempts that began with the Mavi Marmara, followed by the Madleen and Handala ships. This time, nearly 1,000 activists from 44 countries are attempting once again to break the blockade. As the Turkish delegation, we are proud to be part of this blessed initiative,” Aycin Kantoglu, a member of the Turkish delegation, told Anadolu (continue reading here).
FLOTILLA HEADLINES:
Italian dockworkers threaten to block ports if Israel halts Gaza-bound aid flotilla
OTHER NEWS:
Buoyed by AIPAC dollars, Wesley Bell pushes AIPAC lies
For nearly two years, Israel lobby group AIPAC has championed Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza.
The group heavily funded the 2024 congressional campaign of Wesley Bell in St. Louis, Missouri against Congresswoman Cori Bush who had been outspoken in her support of Palestinian rights. Approximately $9 million went from AIPAC’s super PAC – political action committee – to mailers and ads unrelated to Israel to help Bell defeat Bush.
The National Black Empowerment Action Fund, led by Darius Jones and Richard St. Paul, both of whom have worked for AIPAC, chipped in $1 million for ads and mailers to undercut Bush’s campaign. The so-called Democratic Majority for Israel, with its Gaza genocide advocate Archie Gottesman (at that time still on its board), added close to another half a million dollars (continue reading here).
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2025*:
- At least 64,778 Palestinians killed, 170,475 injured – including:
- at least 63,746 killed in Gaza (~18,500 children)
- at least 1,032 killed in the West Bank (~210 children)
- at least 161,245 injured in Gaza
- at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
- at least 367 have died from malnutrition in Gaza, including 131 children
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
At least 2,339 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 resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, 2025 it has killed at least 11,615 people. 52 Israeli soldiers (most recent Aug. 29) 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 2, 2025: ~1,629 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 456 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. (72 soldiers have reportedly died due to “operational incidents.”)
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 241 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 197 and 316 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.
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