This is how the GHF weaponised food aid in Gaza

Dec. 31, 2025 - Thousands of Palestinians were killed or injured at or near food distribution sites in Gaza this year as families risked their lives to get aid. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Al Nuseirat refugee camp on how starving civilians became targets at GHF ‘deathtraps’.

Israeli troops kill six Palestinians, including a baby, sheltering in Gaza school

Dec. 20, 2025 - The Israeli military has killed six Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials said. Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line that they have withdrawn to, killing the Palestinians and wounding a number more, the Palestinian civil defence said in a statement. Dozens gathered at Gaza City hospital to mourn those killed, with five body bags placed outside the hospital and a man cradling the body of an infant wrapped in a white shroud. The attack brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since the October ceasefire took effect.....MORE

Israeli arms firms make record profits of the back of Gaza war

Dec. 22, 2025 - Israel’s defence industry is making record profits – with its weapons manufacturers marketing their products as “battle-tested”, using images of strikes on Gaza as proof of their purported success. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.

Voices of Gaza: The Great Omari Mosque’s 2,000‑year history lies in ruins

Dec. 22, 2025 - The Great Omari Mosque is one of Gaza City’s most significant landmarks, with origins dating back more than 2,000 years. It was destroyed in an Israeli strike in December 2023. Hatem Haniya, the mosque’s administrator, reflects on its history and its deep significance to the people of Gaza.

‘No More Military Aid for Netanyahu,’ Says Sanders as Israel Ramps Up West Bank Takeover

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to reporters during a news conference on November 5, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Dec. 22, 2025 - As Israeli settlers escalate attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank as part of a furious state-backed annexation push, US Sen. Bernie Sanders said it was yet another reason to suspend military aid to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“It’s not just Gaza,” the independent Vermont senator wrote on social media Sunday. “Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.”

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Israeli death penalty bill violates international law: Palestinian analysts

Palestinian lawyers have protested against an Israeli draft bill that would allow issuing death sentemces to Palestinians [Mosab Shawer/Al Jazeera]

Dec. 21, 2025 - Israel pushes death penalty for Palestinians, prompting accusations of racism and violations of global conventions.

Palestinian prisoners in Israel already face horrific conditions, with a rights group documenting the deaths of at least 94 of them in the past two years, and the rape of prisoners caught on camera.

The far-right Israeli minister responsible for prisons, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has proudly declared that conditions have gotten harsher for Palestinian prisoners under his watch. And in late October, he stood over Palestinian prisoners forced to lie face-down on the floor as he called for the death penalty to be introduced for those he termed Palestinian “terrorists”.

In early November, the Israeli parliament passed the first reading of a bill that would introduce the death penalty for those convicted of killing Israelis if they had “racist” motives or were doing it “with the aim of harming Israel”. The bill clearly targets Palestinians, even as Israelis carry out deadly attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and Israel continues its killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

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LIVE UPDATES 12/21/2025: Israel continues ceasefire violations; 1 Palestinian killed in Gaza

Gaza civil defence teams rescue 5 Palestinians trapped under rubble of collapsed house

December 21,2025

• One more Palestinian has been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in its latest violation of a ceasefire that came into effect in October.
• Five people have been rescued in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City after the roof of a three-storey building collapsed.
• Israel’s repeated violations of the ceasefire are “creating major risks for transitioning to the second phase”, Turkiye’s foreign minister says.
• Two Palestinians, including a child, have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,669 Palestinians and wounded 171,165 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.

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'Every border lasts until the next war': Israel’s illegal and immoral settlers gather to ‘raise flag' in Gaza

Israeli settlers light candles for Hanukkah on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in Sderot in southern Israel on 18 December (AFP/Ilia Yefimovich)

Dec. 19, 2025 - Settlers from the Nachala organisation gathered near Israel’s border with Gaza on Thursday for an event titled "Raising the Flag in Gaza".

As the name suggests, their aim is to establish Jewish settlements in the besieged territory, which has been razed to the ground by the Israeli army in over two years of bombing.

The event took place at the Sderot lookout point, a site overlooking the Gaza Strip from the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

The road leading to the lookout has become a popular tourist destination for ruthless Israelis wishing to watch in real time the destruction wrought by the Israeli army in Gaza.

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US sanctions more ICC judges, citing ruling on Israeli war crime probe

Dec. 18, 2025 - The United States has issued a new round of sanctions against staff members at the International Criminal Court, citing a recent ruling blocking Israel’s effort to halt a Gaza war crimes investigation.....MORE

Palestinians freezing in tents “as thin as a sheet of paper”

Dec. 19, 2025 - “Thousands of shelter trucks have been left siding and piled outside the borders, denied entry for a population who is already shelterless.”

Gaza resident Ahmad al-Najjar discusses the harsh winter conditions Palestinians have to suffer through while Israeli authorities refuse to allow the delivery of proper shelters.

Winter storms cause war-damaged buildings to collapse in Gaza

Dec. 17, 2025 - Winter storms cause war-damaged buildings to collapse in Gaza: Heavy rain and strong winds are causing buildings weakened by Israeli bombardment to collapse across Gaza. At least 17 buildings have fallen since the beginning of December, as hundreds of thousands Palestinians shelter in unsafe buildings or makeshift tents.

Winter storms worsen Gaza humanitarian crisis as UN says aid still blocked

A woman gestures as a girl walks through a pool of water at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip [File: AFP]

Dec. 17, 2025 - Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli restrictions are preventing lifesaving shelter assistance from reaching people across the besieged enclave.

The United Nations has said it has tents, blankets and other essential supplies ready to enter Gaza, but that Israeli authorities continue to block or restrict access through border crossings.

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UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel allow aid into Gaza

A General Assembly meeting to vote on the Palestinian question at United Nations [File: Angela Weiss/AFP]

Dec. 12, 2025 - The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution demanding that Israel open unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, stop attacking UN facilities, and comply with international law in line with its obligations as an occupying power.....MORE

LIVE UPDATES 12/13/2025: The Genocide Continues Dispite The Ineffective Ceasefire

December 13, 2025

• The Israeli military says it has killed senior Hamas leader Raed Saad in an attack on Gaza City. There was no immediate confirmation by the Palestinian group, which slammed the attack as an attempt by Israel to “undermine and sabotage” the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
• The Israeli authorities continue to block the entry of basic shelter materials, fuel and water infrastructure, leaving people in Gaza “exposed to entirely preventable harm” after Storm Byron, says Oxfam.
• The storm has swept across the Gaza Strip over the past few days, killing at least 14 people and injuring others as harsh winds, relentless rain and collapsing structures crush families already displaced by Israel’s devastating assault on the enclave, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,654 Palestinians and wounded 171,095 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.

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Muslim scholar says staying vocal about Gaza matters amid Israeli assaults

Dec. 7, 2025 - As Gaza fades from world headlines, Muslim scholar Omar Suleiman tells Al Jazeera that abandoning the Palestinian struggle now would repeat the very failures that enabled Israel’s genocidal war.

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LIVE UPDATE 12/05/2025: Israel sets military budget at $34bn as it keeps attacking Gaza

Funerals are held at Nasser Hospital as relatives mourn six Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike on tents in the al-Mawasi "humanitarian zone" area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, in another Israeli ceasefire violation, on December 4, 2025 [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu]

December 5, 2025

• Eastern and northeastern parts of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis have come under Israeli attack by artillery shelling, gunfire and a helicopter gunship, despite the October 10 ceasefire, according to our colleagues on the ground.
• Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud says people in the enclave fear the resumption of the full-scale genocidal war as ceasefire violations persist.
• Israel’s military budget for next year has been set at 112 billion shekels ($34bn), the defence minister’s office says, up from 90 billion shekels ($27bn) budgeted in an earlier draft.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,125 Palestinians and wounded 171,015 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks and about 200 were taken captive.

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Gaza university resumes in-person classes

Islamic University of Gaza resumes in-person classes after two years amid war damage and displacement.

December 3, 2025

The Islamic University of Gaza has taken an important step towards reopening amid the ceasefire that has paused Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.

The university resumed in-person classes on Saturday for the first time in two years, during which displacement, power cuts, and the destruction of university facilities made only limited attempts at online learning possible.

The gradual return to in-person learning takes place inside buildings damaged by air strikes and partly reduced to rubble, after two years of forced interruption to studies by a conflict that has destroyed the enclave’s educational infrastructure.

“Today is a historic day. We are returning to education despite the tragedy and cruelty left behind by the genocide,” said Islamic University President Asaad Yousef Asaad.

“Palestinians, as everyone knows, love life and education,” he added.

Large numbers of students from the faculties of medicine and health sciences returned to their classrooms on Saturday, the president said.

A phased plan for a full return of the university’s functions is under way in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, he continued.

Overall, 4,000 students graduated during the war through remote learning, and the university is now receiving new students in person for the first time since October 2023.

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, some 165 educational institutions were destroyed by Israeli strikes over the past two years or so, while another 392 sustained partial damage.

Parts of the Islamic University of Gaza’s buildings continue to shelter hundreds of displaced families. The institution’s administration has appealed to authorities to find urgent solutions and provide alternative housing.

Students interact with an educator at the Islamic University after classes resume. [AFP]

The camp for displaced Palestinians at the Islamic University of Gaza. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

Students walk past the damaged gate of the university campus. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

Overall, 4,000 students graduated during the war through remote learning, according to University President Asaad Yousef Asaad. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

On Saturday, the university resumed in-person classes. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

Students from the faculties of medicine and health sciences were among the first to return to their classrooms. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, 165 educational institutions were destroyed by Israeli strikes, while 392 sustained partial damage, crippling Gaza’s education sector. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

Students attend classes at the Islamic University of Gaza. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

~ Al Jazeera ~

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli forces continue demolition, destruction around Gaza City

Children forced to take up jobs to help their families survive in Gaza

December 2, 2025

• Israeli forces carry out demolition and destruction on residential buildings behind the so-called yellow line in the eastern areas of Gaza City.
• Israeli army vehicles have opened fire east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
• Two Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank after the Israeli army claimed they carried out car-ramming and stabbing attacks.
• Israeli forces stormed the vicinity of three hospitals in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,100 Palestinians and wounded 170,965 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.

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