Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 79 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, including at least 17 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 2,356 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
Among the dead were 10 members of the al-Jarisi family, killed when Israel targeted their home north of Gaza City.
The total known number of Palestinians who have died from malnutrition stands at 370, including 131 children.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Wednesday, go here.
NOTE: The Gaza Media Office reports: 401 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics of martyrs, whose data has been completed and approved by the Judicial Committee following up on the reports and missing persons file.
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.)
Amid ‘unprecedented’ rise in respiratory disease in Gaza, famine is making routine infections life-threatening
Dr. Ahmad al-Farra, the head of pediatrics at Nasser Hospital and a representative of the Ministry of Health at the medical complex, told Mondoweiss that seasonal diseases had never become this life-threatening for patients before the war.
But under current conditions, especially famine and widespread malnutrition, have turned routine illnesses into life-threatening conditions, al-Farra said, especially for children and the elderly, and those with preexisting conditions.
“Usually, we see about ten people per day complaining of a viral infection during the flu season,” al-Farra said. “But today, on September 2 alone, Nasser Hospital received over 140 patients in the pediatrics department, all of them with viral infections” (continue reading here).
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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WAR-RELATED INJURIES, DISABILITIES AMONG GAZA CHILDREN: At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on 7 October 2023, a United Nations committee said on Wednesday. About 40,500 children have suffered “new war-related injuries” in the nearly two years since the war began, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (more here).
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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.)
Wednesday in the West Bank: Abductions, Injuries, and Demolitions
Israeli colonists graze their sheep on Palestinian-owned land in northern Jordan Valley
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.)
Israel plans to annex 82% of occupied West Bank, far-right minister says
Israel plans to annex 82% of the occupied West Bank to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday.
He told a press conference in Jerusalem, “It is time to apply Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and remove once and for all the idea of dividing our small land,” he saiid, adding that the main principle of the annexation is “the maximum land with minimum Arab population.”
“There will never, and can never be, a Palestinian state in our land,” he claimed. “If the Palestinian Authority dares to rise up and try to harm us, we will destroy them just as we do to Hamas.”
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Construction intensifies at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear program*, satellite photos show
Construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility key to Israel’s long-suspected atomic weapons program, according to satellite images analyzed by experts. They say it could be a new reactor or a facility to assemble nuclear arms — but secrecy shrouding the program makes it difficult to know for sure.
The work at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near the city of Dimona will renew questions about Israel’s widely believed status as the Mideast’s only nuclear-armed state.
It could also draw international criticism, especially since it comes after Israel and the United States bombed nuclear sites across Iran in June over their fears that the Islamic Republic could use its enrichment facilities to pursue an atomic weapon. Among the sites attacked was Iran’s heavy water reactor at Arak (continue reading here).
*NOTE: Israel is not a member of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and is well-known to possess nuclear weapons, although it has never admitted it outright.
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Israeli attacks on Lebanon are a “blatant violation” of ceasefire: Lebanese PM
Following Israeli strikes on Lebanon Wednesday, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wrote on X that such strikes constitute a “blatant violation of the ‘cessation of hostilities’ declaration of last November, UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and the principles and provisions of international law.”
In his post, Salam wrote, “The credibility of the international community is at stake… It must take immediate action to force Israel to stop these attacks and respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and the safety of its citizens.”
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported 4 were killed and 17 wounded, including four children, following Wednesday’s Israeli strikes.
A ceasefire was reached in November, but Israeli forces have conducted near-daily attacks in southern Lebanon, claiming to target activities of the Hezbollah group.
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Israel’s Shin Bet says it thwarted attack on far-right minister Ben Gvir
Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and that members of a Hamas cell had been arrested.
The planned Hamas attack against the far-right cabinet minister would have involved use of explosive drones, the Shin Bet said.
The Shin Bet said members of a Hamas cell from the Hebron area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been arrested and that drones had been seized, adding that an investigation was under way, it said (continue reading here).
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ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS NEW SURVEILLANCE SATELLITE IN ORBIT: Israel’s Defense Ministry says its “Ofek 19” observation satellite is now in orbit and sending back data after being launched yesterday. Defense Minister Israel Katz used the announcement to issue a threat, saying the satellite – capable of high-resolution surveillance – was a warning to Israel’s enemies.
ISRAEL HEADLINES:
Netanyahu Slams Police Failure to Crack Down on Protesters Who Act ‘Like Fascist Militias’
Netanyahu slams Belgium PM as ‘weak’ after Palestinian state support
FLOTILLA 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.)
Italian dockworkers threaten to block ports if Israel halts Gaza-bound aid flotilla
4 Italian lawmakers to join Gaza aid flotilla
‘Civil Activism’: Gaza Flotilla Pushes through Heavy Storms, Drone Surveillance
PROTEST, BOYCOTT, & OTHER NEWS:
The Voice of Hind Rajab gets record 23-minute ovation at Venice premiere
With tears and chants of “Free, Free Palestine” and the waving of Palestinian flags, the true-life drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, recounting the final plea of a six-year-old Gaza girl who was brutally killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza City last year, received a more than 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere at the iconic Venice Film Festival.
At Wednesday’s premiere, the emotional docu-drama focuses on recordings from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which tried for hours to reassure six-year-old Rajab as she lay trapped in a car where her aunt, uncle and three cousins were killed by Israeli fire (continue reading here).
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TURKEY BANS CONCERT BY FRENCH SINGER OVER SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL: Turkish authorities have announced they will ban a planned concert in Istanbul by Enrico Macias after calls to boycott the French singer over his pro-Israel views.
SCOTLAND BANS ARMS COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY IDF FROM RECEIVING GRANTS: The Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for trade with Israel.
PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL’S PARTICIPATION IN SPAIN CYCLING EVENT: Protests against Israel’s participation in Spain’s La Vuelta cycling race are growing, with the Israel-Premier Tech team targeted along the route. Thousands of protesters waved Palestinian flags, carried banners reading “No to genocide”, and attempted to block riders from the Israeli team. Police intervened and security was tightened.
NETHERLANDS UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS: The Netherlands’s prestigious Utrecht University has announced a boycott of Israeli institutions due to the Israeli government’s genocidal policies against Palestinians. The university’s rector stated, “We have effectively stopped or suspended all institutional collaborations with Israeli parties and will not start any new collaborations; a boycott is in place until further notice.”
Columbia punished our kids for protesting against the genocide in Gaza. We condemn the university’s cowardice
By now, 23 million American college and university students will mostly be back on campus. Undergraduates have stuffed suitcases and crammed one more thing into already bursting backpacks, and moved into dorm rooms and apartments. Graduate students have scrambled to prepare for seminars and their work in classrooms and laboratories and started the new academic year.
But not our children.
Our children are among the more than 100 students at Columbia University who have been arrested, suspended or expelled for protesting against the most documented genocide in human history. While Israel starves 2.1 million Palestinians to death with US support, Columbia University has worked diligently to suspend dozens of students for pro-Palestine activism (continue reading here).
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2025*:
- At least 65,265 Palestinians killed, 170,813 injured – including:
- at least 64,231 killed in Gaza (~18,500 children)
- at least 1,034 killed in the West Bank (~210 children)
- at least 161,583 injured in Gaza
- at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
- at least 370 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 11,699 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 3, 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.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- Negotiations for next U.S.-Israel aid deal faces uphill battle with changing political tides
- Global appeal: Gaza’s journalists need urgent protection
- Is Hamas A Terrorist Organization?
- In Gaza City, I Have Surrendered to an Unknown Fate
- Israeli settlers illegally seize land belonging to Doctors Against Genocide co-founder
- How disability can become a death sentence in Gaza today
- Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
- Report: Internal IDF Document Concludes Months-long Gaza Offensive Failed
- Largest Gaza aid flotilla sets sail as famine deepens
- Israel blocking outside journalists from Gaza doesn’t help its cause
- South Africa Vs. Israel, And Power Without Competence
- Netanyahu’s delusion: If you don’t support me you’re not ‘MAGA’
- How Karim Khan’s Israel war crimes probe was derailed by threats, leaks and sex claims
- Gaza genocide: ‘There is nothing to occupy. The city itself no longer exists’
- Palestinian Liberation From Israeli Colonization Will Liberate the United States, Too
- U.S. Support for Israel Comes at a Staggering, Multifaceted Price
- The CIA, Mossad, and Epstein: Unraveling the Intelligence Ties of the Maxwell Family
- ‘Starvation Is Everywhere’: Virtual Tours of Gaza Clinics Expose the Scale of the Horror
- The Palestine Chronicle Case: When Truth Becomes the Crime
