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Palestinian students in Masafer Yatta are starting the school year under the shadow of demolition threats to their only school. Israeli forces have already partially destroyed the facility, and residents live in fear of further action.
A wave of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian communities in the West Bank, often with Israeli military support, increasingly fits the definition of a pogrom. Experts say the violence is systematic, state-backed, and aimed at displacing Palestinians.
A Palestinian family in the West Bank is sleeping outdoors in extreme heat after their home was demolished by Israeli forces despite a Supreme Court order. The family says they were given only five minutes to leave, and their lawyer calls the demolition a repeated violation of court orders.
Israeli settlers are increasingly using violence and racist graffiti to intimidate Palestinians in the West Bank, with researchers saying the attacks reflect an extreme ideology aimed at displacing them. Villages like Jalud have seen repeated assaults, with slogans threatening expulsion and calling for genocide. The graffiti is often carried out with impunity, signaling a shift toward mainstream acceptance of these views since the Gaza war.
Israel's rejection of a US-backed 15-point plan to end the Gaza war has drawn skepticism and disappointment from Palestinians, who doubt lasting peace without an Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction. Residents express frustration over continued attacks and uncertain prospects for a durable ceasefire.
In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, Palestinians face daily pressure from Israeli settlers and military forces, including attacks, arrests, and demolition threats. The community, already mourning a leader killed by a settler, is pushing back against efforts to seize land and erase their presence as displacement rates reach record levels.
An 18-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza gives her phone to her mother every night, a ritual that underscores how the family relies on the device as a lifeline. Amid the war, the phone is both a connection to the world and a source of parental concern.
Israeli military barriers cause hours-long delays for Palestinians, forcing women to give birth outside hospitals and leading to a fetal death before reaching emergency care. Ambulance drivers and medical workers describe severe movement restrictions in the West Bank as a form of collective punishment, with the health system collapsing under checkpoints and attacks.
Medical sources report that eight more Palestinians have died in the latest attacks, raising the total death toll in the Gaza Strip to 73,051 since the conflict erupted. More than half of the victims are women and children, and thousands remain missing under the rubble.
