Countries demand Israel lift Gaza aid restrictions as Palestinians suffer

A Palestinian woman, Nanaa Abu Jari, cooks outside her tent after it was flooded by heavy rainfall in central Gaza's Nuseirat on January 2, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Jan. 2, 2026 - Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.

In a statement on Friday, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia warned that “deteriorating” conditions in Gaza had left nearly 1.9 million displaced Palestinians particularly vulnerable.

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U.S. Gifts Israel BILLIONS Of Dollars In Fighter Jets

Dec. 30, 2025 - President Trump announced a new U.S. tax-payer funded contract with Boeing to build F-15s for the IDF. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

Former Israeli prime minister accuses government of backing 'murderous' settler violence

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says 'Jewish terrorists', who are waging a 'war' against West Bank Palestinians, are backed by Israeli officials, the police and the army

Former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert takes part in an 'Is Peace in Gaza possible?' roundtable during the La Toja Forum in Galicia, Spain, on 4 October 2025 (Miguel Riopa/AFP)

Jan. 2, 2026 - Israel's former prime minister has accused the Israeli government of actively enabling "murderous" settler violence in the occupied West Bank, days after Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to downplay the surge in attacks amid growing US scrutiny.

In an article published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Friday, Ehud Olmert said that violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians wasn't just the work of fringe extremists but a coordinated campaign enabled by politicians, police and military authorities.

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Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion

Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies.

A man drives a pick-up truck loaded with furniture as residents from the Nur Shams refugee camp return to their homes on December 17, 2025 to retrieve belongings before the Israeli military's demolition of residential buildings in the camp, near Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [File: Zain Jaafar/AFP]

Jan. 1, 2026 - Israeli forces have begun demolishing dozens of buildings housing Palestinian families in the northern occupied West Bank, forcing mass displacement as winter sets in, and leaving communities scrambling for shelter.

Israeli military bulldozers and cranes tore through residential blocks in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Wednesday, flattening homes that housed about 100 families. Thick clouds of dust rose over the camp as residents watched from a distance, according to an AFP news agency journalist at the scene.

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Somali president: Israel deal with Somaliland tied to genocide of Palestinians

Jan. 1, 2026 - In an exclusive interview, Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Al Jazeera that the breakaway region of Somaliland has agreed to accept displaced Palestinians being relocated there in exchange for recognition. Somaliland officials have rejected the allegations.

Israel's New Rules For Non-profits Violate "Duty Of Care"

Jan. 2, 2026 - Oxfam’s Bushra Khalidi explains how Israel’s new rules for aid groups conflict with their obligations, after Israel said it will suspend organisations that fail to comply.

So Many Elements To Genocide!

Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gaza

Jan. 1, 2026 - Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis. Dr. Bassam Zaqout says widespread flooding and lack of basic sanitation make the devastated strip a perfect breeding ground for the bacterial disease also known as swamp or rat fever.

The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible

Mass death in Gaza continues and yet the world no longer pays attention, having been convinced that the genocide is over.

Displaced Palestinian Salah al-Mabhouh sits by the fire with his son Abdul-Razzaq next to their tent in al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip on December 24, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]

Jan. 2, 2026 - When rumours about a ceasefire started circulating in October, it felt like a distant dream. We clung to any thread of hope, even though deep inside we feared believing it. For two years, we had become accustomed to hearing about “ceasefires” that never lasted.

When the announcement was finally made, the streets erupted with ululations and cheers. Yet, fear crept into my heart that this calm might just be a pause before another round of attacks.

My fears were justified. Israel’s daily deadly attacks have continued; more than 400 people have been killed so far by its army. Many others have died in circumstances caused by Israel’s decimation of the Strip.

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Somaliland denies agreeing to host Israeli bases, resettle Palestinians

Residents celebrate Israel's recognition of Somaliland in downtown Hargeisa [File: Farhan Aleli/AFP]

Jan. 1, 2026 - Somaliland has rejected accusations that it agreed to host Israeli military facilities and resettle displaced Palestinians from Gaza in exchange for recognition by Israel.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday dismissed the claims as baseless, saying its engagement with Israel was “purely diplomatic” and conducted “in full respect of international law”.

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Israel to block dozens of aid groups working in war-battered Gaza

Aid groups facing bans include MSF and Oxfam as European countries sound the alarm over dire humanitarian situation.

Palestinians wait to receive meals distributed by a charity in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp [File: Moiz Salhi/Anadolu]

Dec. 30, 2025 - Israel says it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules for aid groups working in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

Organizations facing bans starting on Thursday didn’t meet new requirements for sharing information on their staffs, funding and operations, Israeli authorities said.

MSF – one of the largest medical groups operating in Gaza, where the health sector has been targeted and largely destroyed – said Israel’s decision will have a catastrophic impact on its work in the enclave, where it supports about 20 percent of the hospital beds and one-third of births. The organisation also denied Israel’s accusations about its staff.

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