The airstrike on Nasser Hospital on Wednesday night continues a pattern of Israeli attacks on hospitals, killing patients and doctors, and destroying essential medical facilities. The airstrike killed six, including a 13-year-old boy and a surgeon.  

Nasser Hospital is one of the few remaining in Gaza after years of relentless Israeli bombardment that left the healthcare system in tatters. According to initial reports, the strike used three missiles, only one of which exploded, leaving civilians, including patients and medical personnel, at risk of unexploded ordnance. Israeli forces last attacked Nasser Hospital in August 2025 when three airstrikes killed 22 Palestinians, including five journalists.  

A 2024 UN Human Rights report examined the pattern which had already destroyed most hospitals in Gaza by then and said the Israeli military “has not provided sufficient information to enable independent substantiation of its statements, when made, that the hospitals, ambulances, and personnel attacked had lost their special protection and constituted military objectives.”  

Direct attacks against hospitals, medical personnel and the sick and wounded amount to a war crime. 

Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian boys,16-year-old Khalil Shihadeh and 17-year-old Omar Al Nassaan, in Al Mughayyir during a reported settler attack. Israeli forces and settlers have now killed 9 Palestinians in the town since December 2024, including 5 boys.  

Surrounded by 8 settler outposts, Al Mughayyir has been a target for incessant settler and state violence to force Palestinian residents to leave. This included more than 50 settler attacks in 2026 alone, according to OCHA, with an average of 7 attacks per month, with the acquiescence, support, and participation of Israeli forces. 

While outposts expand around Al Mughayyir, settler and state violence has already purged entire surrounding communities of Palestinians, including the villages of Ein ar Rashash, Ras al Tin, and Ein Samya. 

Israel must meet its international law obligation to end its unlawful presence and evacuate all settlers from the occupied West Bank.

Almost a year since a ceasefire was announced and nowhere and nobody in Gaza is safe. Twenty-four Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the five days between 28 August and 1 September, including four children and a woman. Twenty-one were killed in airstrikes.

Palestinian armed elements’ operations with the reported support of Israeli forces are causing civilian harm. On 1 September, according to initial information, the Israeli military conducted a raid into Al-Katiba area in West Gaza city accompanied by Palestinian armed elements under the cover of multiple airstrikes, killing a 3-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, and a 31-year-old man.
The fourth victim was a 49-year-old woman, the wife of 51-year-old Moein Al Arbeed, a colonel with the de-facto Internal Security Agency who has been detained by Israeli forces during the raid.

Israel’s stated pursuit of individuals that it alleges to be lawful targets does not suspend its international humanitarian law or international human rights law obligations, including in relation to Palestinians’ right to life. Nor does it justify the daily terror Palestinians are subjected to in Gaza. This bloodshed must finally come to an end. There must be justice and accountability for all the unlawful killings and other violations in Gaza.

The IDF Chief of the General Staff in the Gaza Strip has stated that: “The pursuit of the terrorists from October 7th continues – everyone who took part in the massacre will live on the run until they are eliminated”. Allegations of criminal conduct must be addressed in accordance with international human rights standards, through independent, impartial, and lawful processes that fully respect due process guarantees and the presumption of innocence.

The targeted killing of persons on the basis of allegations of criminal conduct amounts to extrajudicial executions and a war crime. Anyone ordering, soliciting or encouraging such acts is criminally liable under international law.

Four-month-old Ahmed Marouf Zaid died yesterday after Israeli soldiers refused to open a gate blocking the main entrance to his village west of Ramallah, delaying his access to urgent medical care. An ambulance was waiting on the other side.

"Last month, 7-month-old Sam Abu Haykal was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint. Yesterday, a critically ill 4-month-old was forced to wait for urgent medical care just steps from an ambulance. Both deaths are senseless, and both are emblematic of an occupying power continuing to show utter disregard for the humanity and rights of Palestinians living under occupation," said Ajith Sunghay, Head of UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

According to OCHA, road gates like the one closed to Ahmed’s family make up 41% of the 925 Israeli movement obstacles that permanently or intermittently restrict the movement of 3.4 million Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

We are increasingly concerned about repeated reports of violent activity by Palestinian armed elements in Gaza that appear to be backed by Israeli forces.
Tuesday morning, 9 June, members of these armed elements established a checkpoint near Wadi Gaza on Salah Al Dein Street in central Gaza and detained several Palestinians, including seven ambulance crew members from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Five were released later. The remaining two were taken to an unknown location. As of today, their fate and whereabouts remain unknown according to PRCS.  
This is unacceptable, and these healthcare workers must immediately be released.
As an occupying power, Israel has obligations to ensure public order and safety in Gaza, and to refrain from, as well as prevent, such violations of international law, including the obstruction of medical services.
 

Settlers’ rampages targeting Palestinians and their property are intensifying in the occupied West Bank unchecked, unabated, and with complete impunity. 
Settlers shot and killed 19-year-old-Nasrallah Abu Siam on the outskirts of Mikhmas outside of Jerusalem on 18 February. No arrests were made despite widely circulating video evidence identifying perpetrators. 
Since 17 February, at least 39 Palestinian families were forced out of their homes by settlers including:

The last 10 families in Al Burj area, northern Jordan Valley, thus completing the clearing of Al Burj community of all Palestinian residents.

Four families from Ein Siniya village, continuing the alarming increase of settler activity and forced displacement in Area B.

Thirteen families from Al Khalayil area in Al Mughayyir village, Ramallah, including from Area B.

Twelve refugee families from Rammun village, Ramallah.

Occupation must end. Settlement expansion must stop. Settlers must be removed from the West Bank.