PALESTINE CHRONICLE: An Israeli airstrike on a café at Gaza City’s port killed six Palestinians and wounded 14, drawing condemnation from Palestinian factions.

Key Takeaways

• Six Palestinians were killed and 14 wounded, some seriously, when Israeli warplanes targeted a café at Gaza City’s port.
• The Gaza Health Ministry said the victims were brought to Al-Shifa Medical Complex following the attack on civilians along the coastline.
• The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement described the bombing as a “war crime against civilians” and part of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war.
• The PFLP said the attack demonstrated Israel’s disregard for the ceasefire agreement and warned of escalating violence ahead of Israeli elections.

Gaza Port Massacre: Israeli Strike Kills Six Palestinians, Wounds 14

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ansarallah struck an Aramco refinery in Jizan with drones, as Sanaa warned that continued Saudi escalation would trigger reciprocal military action.

Key Takeaways

• The Yemeni Armed Forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, targeted an Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region with several drones.
• Ansarallah said the strike responded to Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace over Saada and Hajjah and achieved direct hits.
• The operation followed an Ansarallah attack on a Saudi military landing ship and four accompanying military boats off Mokha.
• Sanaa has vowed to maintain its “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation” policy until Yemen’s demands are met.

Ansarallah Strikes Aramco Refinery in Jizan amid Escalation with Saudi Arabia

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the blockade and oil embargo end, while warning against renewed aggression.

Key Takeaways

• Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran would keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until the blockade and oil embargo are lifted.
• Ghalibaf warned that continued aggression or threats against Iran would result in a “more severe defeat” for its adversaries.
• IRGC Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mostafa Izadi said Iran’s defense and nuclear capabilities survived the war and cited Hormuz control as central to its deterrence.
• Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran rejected an earlier ceasefire and ultimately negotiated from a position of military strength.

Iran: Strait of Hormuz to Remain Closed until Blockade, Oil Embargo Lifted

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A senior German governing-party lawmaker has demanded EU sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir following his call for nightly killings in Gaza.

Key Developments

• Senior CDU/CSU lawmaker Jürgen Hardt called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir.
• The demand followed Ben-Gvir’s call for Israel to kill “30 or 40” people in Gaza every night.
• Hardt described the Israeli minister’s remarks as dehumanizing and said an Israeli government without him would improve relations with Europe.

‘Contemptuous of Humanity’: German Lawmaker Demands EU Sanctions on Ben-Gvir

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Trump’s approval fell to a presidency-low 33 percent as most Americans expect the Iran war to continue for months.

Key Takeaways

• Trump’s approval rating fell to 33 percent, the lowest of his current presidency and equal to his lowest first-term rating.
• 80 percent of Americans, including 71 percent of Republicans, believe US involvement in the Iran war will continue for an extended period.
• Only one in five Americans believes the war has been worth it, while rising gasoline prices are adding to economic concerns.
• Democrats now hold a narrow advantage over Republicans on the economy, while the Republican lead on immigration has fallen sharply.

Trump Approval Falls to Historic 33% Low as Americans Expect Long Iran War

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran turned demands for its unconditional surrender into negotiations, as diplomacy continues over Hormuz and the ceasefire.

Key Developments

• Abbas Araghchi said Iran had “won both the war and diplomacy” after resisting demands for unconditional surrender.
• His comments followed Donald Trump’s renewed call for Tehran to “raise the white flag.”
• Iran and Türkiye also discussed negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the ceasefire.

‘You Begged for Negotiations’: Iran Says It Won Both War and Diplomacy

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian homes remain under siege in Qusra as Israeli occupation forces conduct raids and arrests and settlers expand attacks across the West Bank.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers, protected by occupation forces, have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra for ten consecutive days.
• Israeli forces carried out widespread raids and arrests, including the detention of a Palestinian doctor in Ramallah.
• Settler attacks targeted electricity, water infrastructure, farmland and Palestinian property across several areas of the occupied West Bank.

‘Military Zone’: Families Trapped as Israeli Raids, Settler Attacks Spread across West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: US President Donald Trump said Israel should stop striking Gaza as Jared Kushner sought to revive the stalled Hamas disarmament and withdrawal plan.

Key Takeaways

• Trump said Israel should not continue striking Gaza, arguing that Hamas has agreed to ultimately surrender its weapons.
• Kushner met Hamas officials in Egypt before holding more than three hours of talks with Netanyahu and other Board of Peace officials.
• Israel continues to insist that Hamas disarm before Israeli forces withdraw, while Hamas wants Israeli strikes halted and troops withdrawn as weapons are surrendered.

Trump Tells Israel to Halt Gaza Strikes as Kushner Meets Netanyahu

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***Whoever wins, this is not going to affect the slow and steady degradation of Israel’s standing in the US, accompanied by ultimately steady and increasing cuts in the steroids of arms supplies and economic aid.***

The obese, sweaty Ben-Gvir, physically more repulsive than Goering, more bloodthirsty than Himmler, is now demanding that 30-40 Palestinians be killed every day because they are “not worthy of life,” a phrase that comes out of Nazi Germany and, in reality, sums up the genocide in Gaza.

In Israel’s case, the Palestinians are not worthy of life because they are human animals or the insects and snakes that Zionist rabbis, politicians and generals have described them as being over decades. Once put in that category, it is easier to kill them, to squash them, to bury them beneath tons of concrete so they die unseen and alone in the dark.

Bishop Desmond Tutu used to say that Zionism was worse than apartheid, but no one should hesitate in going further and comparing it to Nazism. Many of the Nazis were gentlemen compared to murderous trash like Ben Gvir and the gangsters around him in the cabal known as the ‘government’ of Israel.

Read the latest article by Jeremy Salt.

The Mouse that Wants to Be an Elephant: Israel and the Steroids of US Aid

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: An Israel-backed operation has created a fake American think tank publishing seemingly neutral reports designed to influence AI responses about Palestine.

Key Takeaways

• The Hanover Institute presents itself as an American public-policy think tank but discloses that it was created for an Israeli government agency.
• Its contractor, Piro, Inc., received $900,000 for the work and openly markets techniques for creating content optimized for AI systems.
• More than 100 reports on Israel and Palestine have been published since August 6, using citations, statistics and ostensibly neutral language that experts say appeal to AI chatbots.

Israel Creates Fake Think Tank to Influence AI Chatbots – Report

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Florida congressional candidate Oliver Larkin described Israel’s war on Gaza as genocide during a heated exchange with a television anchor.

Key Takeaways

• Democratic congressional candidate Oliver Larkin described Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, citing UN findings and reports by Amnesty International and B’Tselem.
• WPLG Local 10 anchor Glenna Milberg interrupted Larkin and called his characterization “factually inaccurate,” prompting a heated exchange.
• Larkin later stood by his position and called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest, citing the International Criminal Court warrant.
• Larkin is challenging incumbent Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 25th Congressional District.

‘It Is Genocide’: Florida Democrat Clashes with TV Anchor over Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

For more than two years, Palestinian journalist Mohammed Arab disappeared from public view inside Israel’s prison system.

On Monday, an image emerged.

Arab appeared via video link during a hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court, his face visibly changed from the photographs taken before his detention in March 2024.

The image, reportedly the first of the journalist to emerge from Israeli detention, quickly circulated among Palestinian journalists and activists, many of whom placed it alongside older photographs of Arab.

The contrast became the story.

Arab was detained while working as a journalist during the Israeli military’s second raid on Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex in March 2024. He has remained imprisoned ever since, separated from his family and profession.

According to his lawyers, he has been detained for more than two years without trial.

‘I Want to See My Face’: First Photo of Mohammed Arab after Two Years in Israeli Detention

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says US officials are discussing nuclear weapons against Iran, warning of catastrophic global consequences.

Key Takeaways

• Marjorie Taylor Greene says nuclear weapons against Iran are being discussed in US strategy meetings.
• Though Greene offered no public evidence for the claims, she insisted: “I’m not speculating, I know.”
• She warned that lowering the nuclear threshold could trigger a wider global war and called for an immediate end to hostilities.

‘Nuclear Holocaust’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Says US Discussing Nuclear Weapons Use against Iran

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian sources say Hamas rejected reopening the Gaza agreement during talks with Jared Kushner, with Washington now awaiting Israel’s response.

Key Takeaways

• Khalil al-Hayya’s delegation met Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov in El Alamein, Egypt.
• Hamas said the existing agreement would not be reopened or renegotiated.
• Palestinian sources said Kushner acknowledged that Israel must now respond on moving to the second phase.

‘The Ball Is in Israel’s Court’: What Happened in the Kushner-Hamas Meeting

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran says US forces will not be allowed to restore their former regional presence as commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapses.

Key Developments

• Iran’s army chief said US forces would no longer be permitted into the Gulf, Sea of Oman or Strait of Hormuz.
• Kpler data showed five commodity vessels crossing Hormuz Saturday and none detected Sunday.
• Tehran says negotiations with Oman over a navigation mechanism are progressing, but an agreement would not automatically reopen the strait.

‘We Will Not Allow It’: Iran Says US Bases Cannot Return to Pre-War Status

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli forces and settlers carried out attacks, arrests, land seizures and a home demolition across the occupied West Bank, displacing 15 Palestinians.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian doctor near Bethlehem and attacked Palestinians around Nablus.
• Israeli forces carried out arrests and raids across Jenin, Tubas, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron.
• A two-story Palestinian home was demolished near Jerusalem, displacing 15 people.

Doctor Beaten with Stones, Sticks as Israeli Raids, Arrests Sweep West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Pope Leo XIV called for an end to repeated violence against West Bank Palestinians and renewed his appeal for a just and lasting peace.

Key Takeaways

• Pope Leo XIV called for an end to the “repeated acts of violence against the Palestinian population of the West Bank.”
• He urged the international community to ensure progress toward a two-state solution and a “just and lasting peace.”
• The Holy See has consistently maintained that two states within internationally recognized borders represent the only viable path toward lasting peace.
• Leo also invoked peace and fraternity while marking the opening of the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy.

‘Just and Lasting Peace’: Pope Leo Calls for End to West Bank Violence

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Itamar Ben-Gvir called for killing dozens of Palestinians nightly, described Gazans as less than human, and demanded settlements throughout the Strip.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Israel should carry out “30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night” in Gaza.
• Ben-Gvir said some Palestinians “don’t deserve to live” and declared, “They are not even people.”
• The far-right minister called for Israeli settlements “throughout Gaza” and encouraged Palestinian emigration, saying “the more the better.”

The Gaza Center for Human Rights described the statements as direct and public incitement to genocide and urged ICC action.

‘Not Even People’: Ben-Gvir Calls for Killing 30-40 Palestinians Every Night in Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

***Ramaphosa’s controversial meeting with the leader of the World Zionist Organization coincides with extreme repressive measures against Palestinians by the Netanyahu regime.***

Following the outrage caused by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to meet the family of the late Captain Daniel Perez, a South African-born citizen who served illegally in the Israeli Defense Force, EFF MP Carl Niehaus has submitted a series of questions in Parliament, seeking answers and accountability.

Earlier, in his critical commentary published by Media Review Network, Niehaus took issue with the South African government’s active role in facilitating the repatriation of Perez’s remains, calling it an act of profound hypocrisy that must be condemned without reservation.

“It is a betrayal of the law, a betrayal of South Africa’s stated solidarity with the Palestinian people, and a betrayal of the very principles the government claims to uphold when it speaks of justice and opposition to genocide.”

Daniel Perez was a South African citizen. He was born in Johannesburg, raised in Glenhazel, and later moved to Israel with his family. He served as a tank commander and platoon commander in the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade.

Read the latest article by Iqbal Jassat.

Ramaphosa Faces Scrutiny over Meeting Family of South African Serving in Israeli Army

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Artificial intelligence is neither neutral nor immaterial: it absorbs our biases, our knowledge, our labor, and our resources before concentrating that power in a few hands. From facial recognition to Gaza, from cognitive pillaging to the algorithmic warfare of consciousness, it reveals less the advent of a sovereign machine than that of a new architecture of power.

Read the latest article by Mohamed El Mokhtar.

From Algorithmic Bias to Gaza: AI as a New Architecture of Power

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hamas has agreed to a roadmap for the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, seeking permanent calm and full Israeli withdrawal.

Key Takeaways

• Hamas announced its approval of the roadmap for the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan.
• The roadmap was presented by Peace Council coordinator Nikolay Mladenov and mediators following talks with a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya.
• Hamas said its approval was aimed at achieving a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
• The movement said the Palestinian resistance had fulfilled its commitments under the first phase while accusing Israel of violations and renewed military escalation.

Hamas Accepts Second-Phase Gaza Roadmap, Calls for Israeli Withdrawal

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Yemeni forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi military buildups in Mokha and Marib, reporting casualties and destroyed weapons depots.

Key Takeaways

• The Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Saudi military buildups in Mokha and Marib with ballistic missiles and drones, according to Saba.
• A military source said the strikes achieved direct hits, causing deaths and injuries and destroying Saudi weapons and storage facilities.
• Days earlier, Yemeni forces said two drones struck an Aramco refinery in Jizan in response to Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace.

Ansarallah Strikes Saudi Military Buildups in Mokha, Marib with Missiles, Drones

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s army announced a $30,000 reward for capturing or killing US soldiers, while warning American forces to leave the region.

Key Takeaways

Iranian Army commander Major General Amir Hatami announced a reward equivalent to $30,000 for anyone who captures or kills a US soldier.

Hatami said women carrying out such an action would receive double the amount, according to AFP’s account of his remarks.

The army chief also said US forces would not be permitted to re-establish regional bases threatening Iran or freely enter strategic waters.

‘Americans Must Leave’: Iran Offers $30,000 Bounty for US Soldiers

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: For eight days, Palestinian families in Qusra have faced a settler siege that has evolved into an Israeli military occupation of their neighborhood.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra for eight days.
• Families have faced blocked roads and cuts to water and electricity as settlers seek to establish an outpost nearby.
• Israeli forces intervened but subsequently seized Palestinian homes, with 16 reportedly converted into military positions.

Siege of Qusra: Settlers Surround Palestinian Homes as Israeli Army Moves in

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Khalil al-Hayya will lead a senior Hamas delegation to Cairo for talks with Egyptian intelligence officials on consolidating the Gaza ceasefire.

Key Developments

• Khalil al-Hayya is leading a senior Hamas delegation to Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials.
• The delegation includes Khaled Meshaal, Mohammed Darwish, Zaher Jabarin and Basem Naim.
• Talks will focus primarily on efforts to consolidate the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

First since Taking Hamas Leadership: Al-Hayya Heads to Cairo for Gaza Talks

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinians were shot, beaten, arrested and forced from homes amid Israeli military raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank.

Key Developments

• Two Palestinians were shot and eight beaten during an Israeli settler attack in Hebron.
• Israeli forces carried out raids and arrests from Ramallah and Nablus to Hebron and Jenin.
• In Qusra, settlers besieged Palestinian homes before Israeli forces seized others for military use.

Palestinians Shot, Beaten and Driven from Homes as Israeli Attacks Sweep West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian and wounded seven others as airstrikes, artillery fire, shootings and demolitions continued across the Gaza Strip.

• Key Developments
• Israeli forces killed Mohammed Bashir Abu Armana in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
• Palestinians were wounded in attacks across Khan Yunis, Gaza City and Deir al-Balah.
• Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,260 Palestinians since the October ceasefire.

Gaza: Israel Kills Palestinian as Airstrikes, Shelling and Demolitions Continue

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian Authority forces extended Alaa al-Araj’s detention as his pregnant wife awaited childbirth, reviving memories of his 103-day hunger strike.

Key Takeaways

• Palestinian Authority security services extended the detention of released prisoner and engineer Alaa al-Araj for another 15 days, according to Lawyers for Justice.
• His wife was awaiting the birth of their child in a Nablus hospital, while al-Araj remained unable to be with his family.
• Al-Araj previously spent periods in Israeli prisons and staged a 103-day hunger strike in 2021 against his administrative detention without charge or trial.
• His family says Israeli imprisonment prevented him from attending the births of two previous children, while his current PA detention is preventing him from attending another birth.

PA Extends Detention of Former Hunger Striker Alaa al-Araj as Wife Gives Birth

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***While American foreign policy relies on aggressive military posturing, economic strangulation, and unconditional alignment with Israel, the structural incentives for Iran to surrender its nuclear potential will remain non-existent.***

In international relations, security is not an absolute. It is a relative calculation.

For the Islamic Republic of Iran, a nuclear deterrence posture is a reasonable, if not necessary, response to decades of jingoism and the ongoing war instigated by Israel and the United States.

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, during commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the city’s current mayor called nuclear weapons an “absolute evil” that can never coexist with humanity.

That has been the position of Iran’s leadership since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1979-1989) refused to authorize the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War, citing Islamic principles, and when his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989-2026), officially voiced a religious prohibition (haram) against nuclear weapons in 2003.

The relentless, unprovoked US-Israel air wars, culminating in the devastating February 28, 2026, missile strikes that assassinated the Supreme Leader and his family, as well as dozens of senior military and security officials, have shattered any remaining illusions of diplomatic restraint. Every air strike, targeted assassination, and expansion of the war has intensified a growing consensus across Iran that the ultimate guarantor of national survival is nuclear deterrence.

Read the latest commentary by Dr. M. Reza Behnam

Iran’s Nuclear Shield: Why Deterrence Has Become a Matter of Life or Death

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***The strategic question is whether Palestinians can enter these different electoral arenas without losing sight of the larger struggle: the struggle to dismantle the structures of colonial domination.***

It is difficult, and even unacceptable, for a Palestinian to view the elections to be held separately in Israel and the 67-occupied territories in the coming months outside the context of the monstrous Zionist regime, especially following its ongoing genocidal crime.

These elections carry deep paradoxes, contradictions, and existential questions: how can Palestinians reconcile their understanding of the genocidal regime and the constraints it imposes on the electoral process with their immediate need for protection from an unprecedented level of barbarism being perpetrated—not as a reaction, but as a strategy to eliminate Palestinians politically and physically?

The approach of boycotting the elections, and potentially deepening Israel’s international illegitimacy, may have been valid and legitimate years ago. Today, however, it could seem to many Palestinians like a luxury—and even counterproductive. Participation in elections is driven by the fact that avenues for political mobilization have drastically shrunk, as the Israeli regime increasingly applies many of the repressive tactics routinely used against Palestinians in the West Bank to Palestinians inside Israel who hold Israeli citizenship since 1948.

Read the latest commentary by Awad Abdelfattah.

The Search for a Decolonial Way Out: The Electoral Impasse Between the River and the Sea

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***Iran is systematically targeting US regional assets and alliances, tightening pressure as Washington confronts mounting military, logistical and political strains.***

While the US Trump administration insists that the very much closed Strait of Hormuz is in fact open and grapples with domestic pushback against his war losses, Iran has been busy pursuing a military strategy that is placing a chokehold on their opposition.

Although the ongoing regional war has been experiencing a lull in direct confrontations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US-Israeli alliance, a series of other fronts have become the focus of Tehran’s recent efforts.

Contrary to what you would be led to believe by the corporate media, Iran’s ballistic missile and drone fire has not ceased. Instead, officials belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have made it clear that there is no ceasefire in effect and that their operations are therefore being carried out in a coordinated fashion.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

Burning America’s Cards One by One: What is Iran’s Strategy? – Analysis

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iranian attacks on a key US base in Bahrain have created supply problems for the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, operating against Iran.

Key Takeaways

• Iranian strikes heavily damaged the US naval base in Bahrain, forcing the Navy to shift a major logistics operation thousands of miles away to Diego Garcia.
• The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for nearly nine months without a liberty port, amid reported supply shortages and concerns about crew mental health.
• Despite mounting logistical pressures, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insist the US can sustain its naval operations indefinitely.

US Aircraft Carrier Problems Tied to Iran’s Early Strikes on Bahrain Base – NYT

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah condemned Israel’s killing of 11 civilians in southern Lebanon, warning that continued attacks would face an appropriate response from the Resistance.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah condemned Israeli strikes on Ansar and Deir Zahrani that killed 11 people, including women and children, and wounded 12 others.
• The movement accused Netanyahu of escalating attacks to strengthen his domestic political position and appeal to Israel’s extreme right.
• Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government to abandon “humiliating direct negotiations” and called reliance on US mediation and guarantees a “losing bet.”

The movement warned Israel that attempts to impose a new reality in Lebanon “cannot continue” and would face an appropriate response.

Hezbollah Condemns Israeli Massacre in Lebanon, Warns Attacks ‘Cannot Continue’

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Greek activists rallied at Piraeus Port against an Israeli cruise ship, demanding an end to the Gaza genocide and Athens’ ties with Israel.

Key Takeaways

• Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Greece’s largest port on Friday as the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris arrived carrying Israeli tourists.
• Protesters waved Palestinian flags, condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza and demanded that the Greek government sever its political and military ties with Israel.
• The Piraeus demonstration was the latest in a series of protests that have followed the Crown Iris to ports across Greece since 2025.

‘Unwanted in Our Country’: Protesters Confront Israeli Cruise Ship in Greece

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread West Bank raids, shooting Palestinians, detaining residents and storming homes, refugee camps and a wedding hall.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli forces carried out raids across at least ten areas of the occupied West Bank, storming Palestinian towns, homes and refugee camps.
• Two Palestinians were wounded in Beit Fajjar, while a Palestinian child was shot in the foot during an Israeli raid near Qalqilya.
• Israeli forces detained Palestinians in Qalqilya and Jenin and used live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades during several incursions.
• In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces raided Qalandia refugee camp and stormed a wedding hall in al-Eizariya, assaulting people inside.

Child Shot, Palestinians Detained as Israeli Raids Sweep Occupied West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Reporters Without Borders called for the release of arbitrarily detained Palestinian journalists after Israel arrested freelance reporter Mohammed Awad near Ramallah.

Key Takeaways

• Reporters Without Borders called on Israel to release all arbitrarily detained Palestinian journalists.
• The appeal followed the arrest of freelance journalist Mohammed Awad at his home near Ramallah.
• The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says 40 Palestinian journalists are currently held by Israel.

‘Without Evidence’: RSF Demands Release of 40 Palestinian Journalists Held by Israel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Twenty-two oxygen stations are out of service across Gaza, while health officials warn the remaining system risks complete shutdown under Israeli restrictions.

Key Developments

• Twenty-two of Gaza’s 34 oxygen stations are out of service, according to the Health Ministry.
• Only four of 30 devices used to fill oxygen cylinders remain operational.
• The ministry warned the remaining facilities could shut down without urgently needed spare parts and equipment.

‘Could Stop at Any Moment’: Gaza Warns Oxygen Supply is Near Collapse

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Seven people, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike on Ansar as warplanes launched eight raids on Ali al-Taher.

Key Takeaways

• Seven people, including children, were killed when an Israeli strike hit an inhabited residential building in Ansar, southern Lebanon.
• The attack marked the first Israeli airstrike on Ansar since the ceasefire came into effect.
• Israeli warplanes simultaneously carried out eight strikes on the strategic Ali al-Taher Hill in the Nabatieh district.
• Al Mayadeen reported that the strikes followed a failed Israeli attempt to advance into and occupy Ali al-Taher amid resistance on the ground.

Seven Killed, Including Children, as Israel Strikes Residential Building in Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran rejected Trump’s claim that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, insisting Tehran alone determines access to the strategic waterway.

Key Developments

• Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the Strait of Hormuz “was Iranian, is Iranian and will remain Iranian.”
• His remarks followed Trump’s declaration that he would soon designate the strategic waterway as US territory.
• Gharibabadi said Iran would continue imposing its blockade as long as Washington refused to acknowledge what he called its “strategic defeat.”

‘Hormuz Was Iranian and Will Remain Iranian’: Tehran Fires Back at Trump

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***Journalists are killed in their homes with their families, in marked press cars, while live-streaming from hospital courtyards, while sheltering in media offices that Israeli officials had been informed were civilian.***

One year ago this week, the Israeli military killed Anas Al-Sharif. He was a young Palestinian journalist working in Gaza, one of the many who continued to report under bombardment, displacement, and the constant knowledge that the camera itself had become a target. His death was not an accident of war. It was one act in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza — a genocide that has included, as a deliberate and central component, the systematic elimination of those who document it.

Al-Sharif’s killing joins a list that has grown so long it has become a statistic rather than a series of individual lives. Since October 2023, close to three hundred Palestinian and now Lebanese journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces. The Committee to Protect Journalists documents at least 209 killed by Israel in Gaza and in Israeli detention centers. Palestinian press associations and the International Federation of Journalists put the figure higher, in the mid-to-high 260s. These were not combatants. They were reporters, camera operators, producers, and fixers — many of them wearing clearly marked press vests, working for local outlets or international networks, trying to show the world what was happening to their cities, their schools, their mosques, their hospitals, and their families as the genocide unfolded.

This is not merely the deadliest conflict for journalists in the modern era. According to analyses from Brown University’s Costs of War project, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in the US Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including Cambodia and Laos), the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan — combined. The comparison is not rhetorical flourish. It is a measure of the scale of a genocidal campaign that has treated the press as an enemy to be erased. What took place across the major industrial wars of the twentieth century, across continents and decades, has been surpassed in a single strip of land in less than three years. That fact alone should end any pretense that these deaths are the ordinary hazards of covering combat.

Read the latest analysis by Michael Leonardi.

Anas Al-Sharif One Year Later: The Systematic Killing of Palestine’s Journalists

***If the West Bank resistance gets their hands on FPV drones, this means small teams can run covert operations that target settlements and checkpoints.***

Israeli army-backed settler militia assaults across the occupied West Bank are driving renewed speculation that the unbearable violence could lead to a significant escalation. Although there has clearly been an effort by the Israeli authorities to drum up violence, they also understand that there is a major risk involved in continuing on this trajectory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has ordered his military to draw up plans to officially hand over control of Israeli illegal West Bank settlers to the police. This would make hardline Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir responsible for managing security matters in the occupied territory, a man who just last month advocated for turning West Bank cities into Gaza.

Previously, the majority of Israel’s efforts at ethnically cleansing the territory were focused on what is known as Area C, constituting roughly 60% of the occupied West Bank. Area C is under full Israeli military occupation and is home to over 500,000 illegal settlers, whose “security” is provided by the Army. Around 300,000 Palestinians also live in this zone, created by the controversial Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early to mid-1990s. The total Palestinian population of the West Bank is currently around 3.5 million.

This system has been in place for decades now, during which the Palestinian Authority (PA) was supposed to have security and civil control in Area A (18% of the land) and civil control in Area B (22% of the land). What this enabled over time was for Israel to create a system, working hand in glove with their PA allies, to divide the occupied territory into dozens of isolated enclaves that were separated from one another.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

Israel’s Greatest Fear is FPV Drones in the Hands of West Bank Fighters

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel is preparing to transfer law enforcement powers over illegal West Bank settlements from the military to police under far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Key Developments

• Israel is moving law enforcement powers over West Bank settlers from the military to Israeli police.
• The police fall under the ministry of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
• Palestinian factions and officials condemned the measure as another step toward de facto annexation.

‘De Facto Annexation’: Israel Moves Settlement Enforcement from Army to Police

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Yemeni forces launched ballistic missile strikes on Saudi military deployments and warboats in Mokha, reporting dozens of casualties and extensive damage.

Key Takeaways

• Ansarallah military spokesperson Yahya Saree said ballistic missiles targeted Saudi military deployments, weapons and warboats in the Mokha area.
• Saree reported dozens of casualties and said warboats and weapons were destroyed, describing the strikes as “precise.”
• Sanaa vowed to continue targeting Saudi military deployments under its “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation” policy.

‘Precise Strike’: Ansarallah Targets Saudi Military Deployments, Warboats in Mokha

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel, calling the framework a surrender of sovereignty to US-Israeli demands.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese government to abandon direct negotiations with Israel, describing the process as “failed” and “humiliating.”
• Qassem said the so-called framework agreement amounted to Israeli dictates and challenged the government to identify a single achievement from seven rounds of talks.
• He insisted that the November 27, 2024 agreement remains valid and accused the Lebanese government of targeting the Resistance’s weapons while failing to hold Israel accountable for its violations.
• His remarks came as Israeli occupation forces carried out fresh artillery attacks, drone strikes and explosive demolitions across south Lebanon on Friday.

Qassem Rejects ‘Humiliating’ Israel Talks as Attacks Continue across Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel, calling the framework a surrender of sovereignty to US-Israeli demands.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese government to abandon direct negotiations with Israel, describing the process as “failed” and “humiliating.”
• Qassem said the so-called framework agreement amounted to Israeli dictates and challenged the government to identify a single achievement from seven rounds of talks.
• He insisted that the November 27, 2024 agreement remains valid and accused the Lebanese government of targeting the Resistance’s weapons while failing to hold Israel accountable for its violations.
• His remarks came as Israeli occupation forces carried out fresh artillery attacks, drone strikes and explosive demolitions across south Lebanon on Friday.

Qassem Rejects ‘Humiliating’ Israel Talks as Attacks Continue across Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s parliament approved the principles of legislation barring US, Israeli and other hostile states’ equipment from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Key Takeaways

• Iran’s parliament approved the principles of a bill aimed at strengthening Tehran’s security measures governing the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf.
• The proposed legislation would prohibit the transit of equipment and supplies belonging to the United States, Israel and other states designated as hostile.
• The move follows Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters’ declaration that the Strait remains under Iran’s full control despite US claims of normalized shipping.
• Tehran maintains that unrestricted maritime traffic cannot resume simply on the basis of Washington’s declarations.

Iranian Parliament Advances Bill to Ban US, Israeli Equipment from Strait of Hormuz

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: American tech worker Alex Mitkov tells FloodGate how Gaza transformed his worldview and ultimately drove him to walk away from Dell.

Watch the full conversation with Alex Mitkov on The FloodGate, hosted by Robert Inlakesh.

‘I Couldn’t Be Complicit’: Alex Mitkov Opens Up to FloodGate about Leaving Dell

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: CIA analysts reportedly doubted Israeli intelligence about an Iranian assassination threat that prompted extraordinary security measures during Trump’s departure from Türkiye.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli intelligence warning of an Iranian assassination threat against Trump was relayed to the CIA ahead of his July departure from Türkiye.
• CIA analysts reportedly viewed the Israeli-derived intelligence as “low confidence” and communicated their skepticism to administration officials.
• Trump secretly left a legacy Air Force One, crossed the airport in a catering truck and boarded a C-32A for Britain.
• Some US intelligence officials told the Post they believed Israeli intelligence reporting was intended partly to influence US decision-making.

CIA Questioned Israeli Intelligence behind Trump’s Secret Flight from Türkiye – Report

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel is advancing 2,300 settlement units south of occupied Jerusalem as settler attacks and attempts to seize Palestinian property intensify.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli occupation authorities are preparing to advance approximately 2,300 new units in the illegal Gilo settlement on 195 dunams of Palestinian land.
• The project would connect Gilo with Givat Hamatos and Har Homa, further separating occupied Jerusalem from Bethlehem and the southern West Bank.
• At least 28 dunams targeted by the project were reportedly seized through Israel’s so-called Absentee Property Law and subsequently designated for settlement expansion.
• Meanwhile, illegal Israeli settlers continued their siege of three Palestinian families in Qusra for a sixth consecutive day amid fears that their homes could be seized.

Israel Pushes 2,300-Unit Gilo Expansion as Settlers Maintain Siege of Qusra Families