Key Facts

• Israeli forces installed steel beams over the Ibrahimi Mosque courtyard in Hebron and blocked the Muslim call to prayer for over a week.
• Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced completion of plans for three new settlements in northern Gaza, asking Prime Minister Netanyahu to approve them.
• Israeli forces moved cement markers westward along Gaza’s “Yellow Line,” increasing territory under Israeli control.
• Israeli authorities declared 0.465 square kilometers near Sinjil as state land to legalize the Givat Haroeh outpost and connect it to other settlements.
• Settlers built new roads and fences on private Palestinian land near Kobar and Beitillu, creating a new outpost between al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya and Kafr Malek.
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported nearly 65% of Gaza is “access-restricted” for Palestinians.
• The UN Commission found that Israeli forces deliberately killed at least 20,179 Palestinian children between October 2023 and October 2025, describing this as part of broader genocidal intent, though Israel denies the claims.
• Israeli human rights group B’Tselem documented the killing of 241 Palestinian children and teens in the West Bank from October 2023, highlighting lack of accountability.