The Israeli army claimed, on Wednesday evening, to have targeted a member of Hamas in the Gaza Strip during its attack on Khan Yunis, while its radio claimed that the attack 'was targeting a senior official in the Rafah Brigade of Hamas'.

This comes after the Israeli army killed, earlier on Wednesday evening, 5 Palestinians, including two children, and wounded others, as a result of shelling by Israeli drones targeting displaced persons' tents west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, in a new violation of the ceasefire.

This new violation came after Israel claimed, on Wednesday evening, that 5 of its soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in clashes with Palestinian fighters who it said 'came out of a tunnel in Rafah' south of the Gaza Strip.

Commenting on this news, Netanyahu threatened in a statement from his office to escalate attacks on Gaza in response to the incident in Rafah, claiming that 'Hamas continues to violate the ceasefire agreement and commit terrorist acts against our forces'.

He went on to threaten: 'Our policy is clear: Israel will not tolerate any harm to its soldiers, and will respond to it accordingly'.

The Israeli army claimed in a statement that it attacked, under the direction of military intelligence (Aman) and the General Security Apparatus (Shin Bet), and through the Air Force, a Hamas fighter in the southern Gaza Strip.

The army radio also claimed that the attack 'was targeting a senior official in the Rafah Brigade of Hamas' without further details.

Earlier on Wednesday, the official Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation said: 'The Air Force is bombing Khan Yunis after the Rafah incident and Netanyahu's threat'.

For its part, the Israeli army radio said: 'It seems that the Israeli response has begun', to what it called 'Hamas' violation of the ceasefire agreement'.

It pointed to Israeli raids in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.

Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, the mediators of the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on October 10, in addition to the United States, tried to reach a settlement for the exit of dozens of 'Hamas' fighters from the Rafah tunnels to areas not occupied by the Israeli army.

But Israel, the occupying power in the Palestinian territories, continues its intransigence and insists on the need for their surrender, which they refused.

In a related context, Channel 12 Hebrew (private) said that Netanyahu held, following the Rafah incident, 'a meeting with the security leadership, in which they discussed the Israeli response'.

It explained that the meeting included Defense Minister Israel Katz, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and other officials in the Israeli army and the security establishment.

According to the channel, Zamir explained during the meeting that 'the incident cannot be ignored', adding: 'It is unreasonable for saboteurs to come out of tunnels they were trapped inside, and while fleeing to hideouts, they carry out operations against Israeli army soldiers in the area'.

The channel quoted an unnamed Israeli official as claiming that 'this is a serious violation of the ceasefire agreement. We are coordinating with the Americans on this issue, and we have made clear to them the seriousness of the matter'.

Earlier on Wednesday, Channel 14 Hebrew, a private channel, reported that clashes broke out between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces in Rafah.

It added that the clashes broke out when 3 fighters came out of a tunnel in Rafah and fired anti-armor missiles at the Israeli forces.

It continued: 'Our forces responded by firing from attack helicopters'.

According to the channel, 'a face-to-face clash then broke out, resulting in the killing of two militants, while the third stuck an explosive device on a Namer armored vehicle and then fled back to the tunnel from which he came', without further details.

In a related context, the official Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation said that 3 fighters 'came out of a tunnel in Rafah, opened fire on Israeli army forces, and stuck an explosive device on a Namer armored vehicle'.

It added: 'The Israeli soldiers killed two of them, and an Israeli helicopter attacked the areas to which the other fled'.

For days, Hebrew media have been saying that about 200 'Hamas' fighters are trapped in a tunnel in Rafah, and Tel Aviv has not yet responded to the movement's and mediators' demands to allow them safe passage to areas under the movement's control in the Strip.

A ceasefire agreement reached under US auspices was supposed to end the war of extermination waged by Israel on Gaza, which left more than 70,000 Palestinians dead and 170,000 wounded, most of them children and women, but Israel violates it daily, killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians.

US President Donald Trump said that the second phase of the Gaza agreement "will begin soon." Axios correspondent Barak Ravid quoted Trump in a tweet on his X platform account as saying that "the second phase of the Gaza agreement is moving forward... and will be implemented soon."

For his part, Netanyahu renewed his threat to Hamas, saying that the second phase aims to disarm the movement and make Gaza without weapons, explaining, "I think there is a third goal, which is to de-radicalize the residents of Gaza."

In return, Hamas renewed its demand to the mediators and guarantor countries of the Gaza agreement to "restrain the occupation and not allow Netanyahu to evade the agreement and stop bombing civilians," considering that "the occupation's bombing of displaced persons' tents in Khan Yunis is a war crime and a disregard for the ceasefire agreement."

Netanyahu's office announced last Monday that Trump had extended an invitation to the Israeli Prime Minister during a phone call to hold a meeting soon at the White House, which may be on December 26.

The Kuwait Specialized Hospital in Gaza reported the death of five people, including two children, in a bombing by Israeli drones on displaced persons' tents in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.

Earlier, Israeli drones launched four raids west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in injuries.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation stated that the raids on Khan Yunis come in the wake of the Rafah incident, in which four soldiers from the Golani Brigade and the Gaza Division were injured, one of them seriously, in clashes with resistance fighters in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army said that the injuries in the Golani Brigade and the Gaza Division occurred in confrontations with gunmen who emerged from a tunnel in eastern Rafah.

Since taking office for his second term, Trump has provided strong support for Israel, which has been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 8, 2023, resulting in more than 70,000 martyrs and about 171,000 injured Palestinians, most of them children and women.

Syrian authorities said that forces of the Israeli occupation army carried out 3 incursions yesterday evening, Wednesday, in a number of villages in the southern Quneitra countryside, southwest of the country, in a new disregard for US President Donald Trump's calls for de-escalation.

The Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that an occupation patrol infiltrated from the Al-Adnaniyah point towards the villages of the southern Quneitra countryside, where it was stationed in the village of Umm Azam at the crossroads leading to the villages of Al-Mushairfa and Al-Saeeda and to the village of Ruwayhina, and set up a temporary checkpoint.

Earlier on Wednesday, Al Jazeera's correspondent quoted local sources as saying that an occupation drone targeted the Tal Bat al-Ward area in the vicinity of the town of Beit Jann in the Damascus countryside with three missiles, hitting vacant land without causing any casualties.

Last Friday, an Israeli patrol infiltrated the town of Beit Jann in the Damascus countryside, south of Syria, which led to an armed clash with the residents, resulting in the injury of 6 Israeli soldiers, including 3 officers.

Following that, Israel committed a massacre in retaliation against the people of the town who tried to defend their land, through an air aggression that resulted in the death of 13 people, including women and children, and the injury of about 25 others.

In an effort to de-escalate tensions between the two sides, Trump, in a tweet via his platform "Truth Social" last Monday, called on Israel to maintain a "strong and genuine dialogue" with Damascus, and to ensure that "nothing happens that would conflict with Syria's development into a prosperous state."

In recent months, Israeli-Syrian meetings have been held in an effort to reach security arrangements that guarantee Tel Aviv's withdrawal from the Syrian buffer zone, which it occupied in December 2024.

Although the Syrian government has not posed any threat to Tel Aviv, Israel continues to carry out ground incursions and air strikes that have killed civilians and destroyed military sites, vehicles, weapons and ammunition of the Syrian army.

Field developments in the Gaza Strip indicate that Israel is reproducing a familiar operational pattern under security pretexts, in an attempt - as analysts see it - to redefine the ceasefire agreement in line with its military and political objectives.

In this context, writer and political analyst Ahmed al-Tanani confirms that Israeli behavior has become understandable, as the "target bank" is focused on displaced families in tents, in light of the occupation's refusal to allow them to return to their homes.

According to al-Tanani, Tel Aviv is trying to turn the ceasefire agreement into a "surrender agreement" that allows it to continue the aggression without a field price or international cost.

On the ground, the Kuwait Specialized Hospital (south of the Gaza Strip) reported the death of 5 people, including two children, in a bombing by Israeli drones on Wednesday evening on tents of displaced people in the Mawasi Khan Yunis.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation stated that the raids on Khan Yunis come in the wake of the Rafah incident, in which 4 soldiers from the Golani Brigade and the Gaza Division were injured, one of them seriously, in clashes with resistance fighters in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

As for the objectives of this escalation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is employing Palestinian blood in his election propaganda - according to al-Tanani - and seeks to move to the second phase only "if he guarantees the disarmament of the resistance and the dismantling of its national structure."

But the Palestinian resistance and the mediators are aware of this strategy, and are pressing the US administration to ensure a halt to daily violations and adherence to the agreed-upon path, so as to turn the agreement into a real ceasefire and not a cover for a new aggression.

For his part, Professor of Political Science at Al-Najah Palestinian University, Raed Nsairat, links the escalation to Netanyahu's personal calculations, noting that the latter's call with US President Donald Trump carried a "clear trade-off": Netanyahu wants American pressure to extract a pardon from the Israeli president, while Trump insists on establishing a ceasefire.

Nsairat believes that Netanyahu's bets on a "surrender image" of Rafah fighters turned against him, as reflected in Israeli articles and analyses that accused him of taking Israel's security hostage to his internal conflicts.

Regarding the American approach, Nsairat says that Washington wants a lasting agreement, but it lacks sufficient will to pressure Netanyahu to curb his threats, despite the apparent coordination regarding what Tel Aviv described as the "Rafah incident."

He warns against mortgaging the future of the agreement and the blood of the Palestinians to the internal Israeli crises, from Netanyahu's trial to the battle to recruit ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim).

As for al-Tanani, he confirms the resistance's "full" commitment to the terms of the agreement, from handing over the living prisoners to completing the complex file of the dead bodies, despite the obstruction of the occupation.

He points out that the resistance is working on two parallel tracks: restraint so as not to give Israel an excuse to return to the war of extermination, and pressure through mediators to implement the second phase, especially opening the Rafah crossing and handing over the administration of the sector to an independent Palestinian committee.

He believes that these steps would remove the card that Tel Aviv is waving and deprive it of turning the next stage into a new aggression under the cover of an "aggressive" international force, stressing that maintaining the agreement represents a supreme Palestinian interest and prevents the imposition of dangerous strategic realities on Gaza.

On the ground, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted security sources as saying that the Israeli army is attacking weapons depots, command centers and manufacturing workshops belonging to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in various parts of Gaza.

In a related context, Israeli Channel 12 quoted an Israeli official as saying that the Rafah incident constitutes a "serious violation," adding that Tel Aviv is coordinating with the US administration on how to deal with the incident, and has conveyed to it a picture of the "seriousness of the situation."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that the Hamas movement "cannot remain in Gaza," indicating that getting rid of it will be "either through an international force or the hard way."

During his statements, Netanyahu outlined a three-stage path to reach the ultimate goal in the Strip: The second stage: its goal is to disarm Hamas and make Gaza weapon-free.

The "proposed" third stage: is to de-radicalize the residents of Gaza, according to his description.

German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Giese said on Wednesday that Berlin is concerned about the high death toll in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10.

Giese added, at a press conference in Berlin, "It is necessary for all parties to abide by the agreement and not jeopardize it. This is what our diplomatic efforts are focused on."

He pointed to his country's welcome of plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing and considered it a "positive sign."

Giese called for border crossings to be opened further to enable more humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.

With American support, Israel has waged a war of extermination in Gaza since October 8, 2023, leaving more than 70,000 dead and about 171,000 injured Palestinians, most of them children and women.

The ceasefire agreement was supposed to end the war, but Israel violates it daily, killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians.

Israel also prevents the entry of sufficient food and medicine into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians live in catastrophic, inhumane conditions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote by the United Nations General Assembly, in its 80th session, in favor of the draft resolution on the settlement of the question of Palestine by peaceful means.

The resolution calls for Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and reaffirms the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them their right to self-determination.

The ministry affirmed that the broad support for the resolution, which was supported by 151 countries, with 11 opposing and 11 abstaining, reflects a renewed international consensus on the justice of the Palestinian cause.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday affirming the UN's responsibility towards Palestine and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and supporting a two-state solution.

The draft resolution was prepared by Djibouti, Jordan, Mauritania, Qatar, Senegal, and Palestine, and was presented for a vote in the UN General Assembly.

151 countries voted in favor of the draft resolution, while 11 countries opposed it, led by Israel and the United States, and 11 countries abstained from voting.

In a speech before the General Assembly prior to the vote, Turkey's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ahmed Yildiz, reaffirmed his country's strong support for peaceful efforts to resolve the Palestinian issue, urging all member states to work seriously to implement the provisions of the resolution.

Yildiz described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as 'extremely concerning,' noting that the number of deaths resulting from Israeli attacks has exceeded 70,000.

He also 'strongly' condemned the assaults by Israeli settlers and their seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, emphasizing that achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East can only be through a two-state solution based on the borders of 1967.

The resolution calls on Israel to withdraw from all territories it has occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and to realize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

The Central Bureau of Statistics stated that approximately 42,000 people in the Gaza Strip suffer from severe life-changing injuries, with their number nearly doubling in just one year.

The "Statistics" report issued today, Wednesday, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, based on estimates from the World Health Organization, indicated that 22,500 injuries were recorded until July 2024.

The most common injuries include: complex limb injuries, amputations, burns, spinal cord and brain injuries, and severe trauma leading to permanent loss of movement or sensation functions.

The report also documented more than 5,000 amputation cases, with an estimated 75% occurring in the lower limbs, in addition to thousands of serious injuries to the spinal cord, brain, burns, and complex limb injuries.

The "Statistics" highlighted that children make up a large proportion of these injuries, with more than 10,000 children suffering from severe disability-causing injuries, while they constituted 51% of medical evacuations outside the Gaza Strip from May 2024 to June 2025.

It confirmed that these figures reflect a sharp collapse in rehabilitation services, which have decreased by 62% due to the destruction of facilities, lack of equipment, and the martyrdom of more than 1,700 health personnel, including 42 specialists in physical and occupational therapy, amid a severe shortage of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and prosthetics.

The statistics indicated that children are among the most affected groups; more than 10,000 children suffer from severe disability-causing injuries, according to World Health Organization estimates until September 24, 2025.

Reports from Médecins Sans Frontières indicated that 70% of burn patients who underwent surgeries are children, most of whom are under five years old, reflecting the severity of the injuries they face in the absence of medical supplies and the lack of essential assistive devices for recovery.

The statement showed that data from the Ministry of Health regarding medical evacuations from May 2024 to June 30, 2025, constitutes an additional indicator of the scale of the crisis, as 749 patients with severe injuries were evacuated for treatment outside the sector, with children making up 51% of them.

The data clarified that major limb injuries constitute the largest proportion of cases, along with a high percentage of amputation cases reaching 22%, and complex neurological and brain injuries that currently lack adequate rehabilitation services within the sector.

The statistics confirmed that rehabilitation services, which the World Health Organization considers an essential part of healthcare and necessary to prevent complications, are facing a significant collapse in the Gaza Strip due to the destruction of health facilities, loss of personnel, and disruption of supply chains.

It indicated that the level of rehabilitation services has decreased by 62%, according to Ministry of Health reports until November 27, 2025, due to widespread destruction, lack of medical equipment, and the martyrdom of more than 1,700 health personnel, including 42 specialists in physical and occupational therapy.

The statement noted that current estimates are limited to injuries resulting from direct trauma and do not include the increasing needs arising from deteriorating health conditions due to aggression, such as malnutrition, chronic diseases, displacement, and the absence of essential assistive devices, making the actual burden on rehabilitation services much greater than the announced figures.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that the results of forensic examinations showed that the remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday do not belong to either of the last two remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip.

The official statement clarified that what was found among the "remains" returned from Gaza does not belong to the intended missing persons.

The office mentioned that the occupation forces in Gaza had received what they described as "samples," which were immediately transferred to inside Israel for precise laboratory tests, revealing that they did not match.

The International Committee of the Red Cross had previously indicated that Hamas handed over remains on Tuesday believed to belong to one of the last hostages, in accordance with the terms of a ceasefire agreement reached last October.

This concerns the bodies of two hostages that Tel Aviv continues to demand, namely: Ron Givli, an "Israeli," and Sudthesak Renthal, a Thai. It is noted that both were captured during the attack on October 7, 2023.

The eastern regions of the Gaza Strip witnessed an intensified Israeli military escalation on Wednesday, concentrated within the area known as the "yellow line," where the incursion and military operations take place. The occupying forces combined aerial bombardment with ground demolition operations.

Khan Younis: Eastern bombardment in the southern sector. Field sources reported that the occupying aircraft launched a series of violent airstrikes targeting objectives "within the yellow line" east of Khan Younis city, resulting in rising columns of smoke and the sound of massive explosions in the area.

Al-Tuffah neighborhood: Demolition of buildings. In northern Gaza City, eyewitnesses reported that the invading Israeli forces were "demolishing residential buildings" within the yellow line in the "Al-Tuffah" neighborhood east of the city.

Two citizens were martyred and others were injured this evening, Tuesday, in an Israeli occupation artillery shelling of a house in Gaza City.

A reporter stated that the occupation's artillery shelled a house in the "Snafoor" area of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, resulting in the martyrdom of two citizens, one of whom was a child, and the injury of 15 others.

Several citizens, including children and women, were also injured due to the shelling of Al-Daraj School, which shelters displaced persons in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, in the center of Gaza City.

In the southern Gaza Strip, a citizen was injured by occupation fire in the cemetery area, west of Khan Younis.

Medical sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported that 5 martyrs have fallen due to the ongoing violations of the Israeli occupation since dawn today.

The occupying state announced on Tuesday that it received "samples of remains" transferred via the Red Cross, which are believed to belong to one of the two prisoners whose bodies it claims are still inside the Gaza Strip. However, the Israeli forensic department stated that they do not belong to any of its prisoners.

The office of the occupying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a statement that "Israel received samples of remains transferred from the Gaza Strip via the Red Cross and handed over to the army and the internal security agency within the strip."

Later, the occupying authorities announced that the remains samples do not belong to either of the two prisoners it claims "are still in the strip." This was according to what was announced by the forensic institute on Tuesday evening, according to the Hebrew broadcasting authority.

The institute stated that "the samples sent from Gaza do not belong to the remains of any of the remaining deceased abductees."

Tel Aviv conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase of the ceasefire agreement on receiving all the bodies of the prisoners, while there are 9,500 missing Palestinians killed by the Israeli army, and their bodies remain under the rubble of homes destroyed during the genocide, according to the government media office in Gaza.

On October 10, the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Tel Aviv came into effect, which was supposed to end the Israeli genocide that left more than 70,000 Palestinian dead and about 171,000 injured.

However, Israel repeatedly violated the agreement, resulting in martyrs and injuries among Palestinian civilians, while Hamas announced its commitment to the terms and demanded that mediators compel Tel Aviv to implement them.

The "Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital" in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip received 5 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on Tuesday, according to the prisoners' office affiliated with Hamas.

This comes as part of periodic releases of prisoners from the Gaza Strip, who have been held for months in Israeli prisons that lack the minimum humanitarian standards, where they are subjected to torture, according to documented testimonies.

The prisoners' office stated in a post on the "Telegram" platform that "the occupation forces released 5 prisoners who arrived at the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip."

It noted that the released prisoners were transferred to the hospital by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The office did not provide details about the health condition of the released prisoners, but former detainees reported that many of the prisoners are released suffering from malnutrition and injuries due to severe physical torture inside Israeli prisons.

Israel released about 1,700 prisoners from Gaza on October 13, as part of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement signed by Hamas and Israel.

The agreement came into effect on October 10, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and sponsored by the U.S. president as part of a multi-phase plan.

Most of those released at that time arrived in a deteriorating health condition, and several of them spoke about being subjected to torture, starvation, and humiliation inside Israeli prisons.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including children and women, remain imprisoned in Israeli jails, suffering from torture, starvation, and medical neglect that has led to the deaths of many detainees, according to Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations.

The ceasefire agreement ended an Israeli genocide in Gaza that lasted for two years since October 8, 2023, supported by Washington, resulting in more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths and about 171,000 injuries, most of whom are children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around $70 billion.

Hebrew reports revealed that the occupation recorded an unprecedented increase in attempts to smuggle weapons into the occupied territories via drones coming from Sinai over the past week.

The Hebrew radio "Imis" reported that surveillance forces detected 87 drones along the border with Egypt in just one week, 26 of which managed to breach the fence, while 18 drones were shot down, and the path of 43 others was not tracked, believed to have fallen inside Egyptian territory before crossing the border.

The radio stated that the occupation forces carried out two operations during the same period against smuggling networks operating in the border area, one of which ended with the arrest of a smuggler who had set up a large launch platform near the border fence.

According to the report, initial investigations revealed that the smuggling operations are not limited to individual weapons but also include hazardous materials and advanced weapons, indicating an "intention to enhance the capabilities of active cells inside Israel," as claimed.

The radio also clarified that a special military force has been placed on high alert to confront this threat, in order to act quickly in the event of detecting drones.

"Imis" quoted a senior security official as saying: "We are preparing for this scenario seriously and for all possible contingencies."

The radio noted that air surveillance systems detected a drone crossing the border from the east last Wednesday night, which was immediately intercepted.

Its wreckage was later found on Thursday morning, revealing that it was carrying 10 pistols, which were transferred to the relevant security agencies for examination of their source and the distribution networks associated with them.

The Israeli Central Fund was established by the couple Hadassah and Arthur Marcus in New York City in 1979 as a non-profit organization, and it is now headed by their son Guy.

The fund annually transfers 100 million dollars to right-wing organizations in Israel and supports more than 504 associations whose activities range from settlement and immigration to religious education.

The fund's money is used to support extremist religious education and assist families of settlers convicted of crimes against Palestinians.

The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that 5 Palestinians were injured, including two women and two children, as a result of the Israeli army firing towards homes in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, outside the areas it occupies in the city.

The Civil Defense stated in a statement: "Our teams were able to evacuate 5 injured individuals, including two women and two children, who were shot by the Israeli army in the Al-Sanfour area of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood."

It added: "Our teams also managed to evacuate dozens of families that were besieged by the occupation in their homes under fire from its tanks and drones."

Despite the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel, the latter continued its violations and targeted Palestinians outside the areas it withdrew to under the agreement, resulting in casualties and injuries, while the agreement was supposed to end the genocide that Israel began on October 8, 2023.

This genocide has resulted in more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths and around 171,000 injuries, most of whom are children and women, along with massive destruction, with the cost of reconstruction estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars, while the agreement came into effect on October 10 amid ongoing violations by Tel Aviv.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the death of a young man shot by the Israeli army near the entrance of the "Atarot" settlement in the occupied West Bank.

The ministry stated in a statement that the General Authority for Civil Affairs (the body communicating with the Israeli side) informed it "of the martyrdom of the young man Muhammad Ruslan Mahmoud Asmar (18 years old) from the town of Beit Rima, as a result of being shot by the Israeli army north of Ramallah, and the detention of his body."

This comes as two Israeli soldiers were injured on Tuesday in a stabbing attack near the entrance of the "Atarot" settlement north of Ramallah, according to a statement from the army, which announced the death of the assailant.

For its part, the official Hebrew broadcasting authority reported that two soldiers were lightly injured in the central West Bank, while Israeli forces shot at the assailant "which led to his death."

In this context, eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli army closed all entrances to the city of Ramallah following the attack, causing a severe traffic jam and preventing thousands of Palestinians from reaching their jobs.

Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of the boy Muhannad Tarek Muhammad Al-Zughair (17 years old) shot by the Israeli army in the city of Hebron in southern West Bank.

The developments come at a time when the West Bank is witnessing an unprecedented escalation in attacks by the army and settlers against Palestinians and their properties, since the onset of the Israeli massacre in Gaza on October 8, 2023.

The Israeli escalation in the West Bank has resulted in the deaths of at least 1,085 Palestinians and injuries to more than 10,000, in addition to the arrest of over 21,000, according to official data.

Hebrew media reported on Tuesday morning that a stabbing incident occurred near the settlement of "Atir" built on citizens' lands in the Ramallah district. The incident resulted in the injury of two Israelis, while the occupation army announced the martyrdom of the assailant after shooting him.

The occupation army's radio confirmed the injuries among the settlers. It quoted the "Israeli ambulance" crews as saying they provided first aid to the injured at the scene, describing their wounds as "minor."

In an initial statement, the occupation army claimed that it "received a report about the incident." It alleged that the Palestinian youth "attempted to stab soldiers at the site," prompting its forces to shoot him and "neutralize him immediately." Following this, the occupation army deployed "additional reinforced forces to the site of the incident," announcing that the details of the incident are still "under investigation."

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society revealed that the occupation forces imposed a security cordon around the injured Palestinian assailant. The Red Crescent confirmed that the occupation soldiers "prevented its crews from reaching the injured near the Atir settlement north of Ramallah" to provide him with the necessary treatment.

The Israeli occupation forces continue, for the second consecutive day, to invade the city of Tubas and the town of Aqaba north of Tubas.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces raided several citizens' homes, searched them, and turned some into military barracks, in addition to raiding some shops and forcing their owners to close their doors.

The director of the Prisoners' Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, stated that the occupation detained 18 citizens in Tubas and Aqaba, of whom seven were released.

Patrol movements of the occupation forces continue in Tubas and Aqaba, with the deployment of infantry units in some neighborhoods.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education decided, for the second day, to cancel in-person attendance in all public and private schools and kindergartens in the Tubas governorate, while the suspension of work also continues in official and private institutions, coinciding with the ongoing imposition of a curfew by the occupation in Tubas and Aqaba.

Stefan Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, stated that the congestion on the roads leading to Gaza to deliver aid exposes the convoys to security risks and looting.

He pointed out that the other routes available for the convoys are insufficient, causing traffic jams and putting the convoys at risk of looting and security threats.

He noted that 1.5 million people are still in urgent need of support, and that the needs are extremely high.

He mentioned that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continues its operations throughout the Gaza Strip, despite the extremely dire humanitarian conditions.

He added that efforts to expand access to health services are still facing difficulties due to the severe shortage of essential materials and the significant damage to infrastructure during the war.

The Israeli genocide war in Gaza, which began on October 8, 2023, and lasted for two years, left more than 70,000 Palestinian casualties and about 171,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, along with massive destruction, with the UN estimating the cost of reconstruction at around $70 billion.

Israeli settlers began establishing a new settlement outpost in the town of Mukhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, on Monday.

The rights organization "Al-Baydar" stated in a press release that groups of Israeli settlers started building a new settlement outpost on the lands of citizens east of the town of Mukhmas this evening.

It clarified that the settlers set up facilities at the site "in a move that is part of the attempts to expand settlements that threaten agricultural lands and population centers in the area."

It pointed out that "the continuation of such actions increases tension, undermines the stability of the residents, and limits their ability to access their lands."

"Al-Baydar" called for the intervention of human rights and international bodies to monitor "this illegal expansion and to work on protecting the lands and local populations from the dangers that threaten them."

According to data from the Palestinian Authority's Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, settlers established 114 settlement outposts during the years of the genocide war on Gaza, up until October 5, 2025.

Since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, successive Israeli governments have established hundreds of settlements, housing more than 700,000 settlers.

The United Nations confirms that this settlement is "illegal" and undermines the chances of implementing the two-state solution principle (Palestinian and Israeli) as stipulated in international resolutions, calling for its cessation for decades, but to no avail.

Five Palestinians were injured during the Israeli occupation army's incursion into the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank. The occupation forces also renewed their incursion into the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank, a continuous operation that has lasted for about 20 hours, including an aerial drop.

The Palestinian Red Crescent stated in a statement that its crews provided field medical assistance to two children who were injured by rubber bullets during the occupation forces' incursion into the Surfa Marhaba area in Al-Bireh.

In a subsequent statement, the Red Crescent clarified that its crews also dealt with three injuries from tear gas in the area, including two girls who were transferred to the hospital, while one injury was treated on-site.

In this context, a large force from the occupation army stormed the Al-Shurfa neighborhood in Al-Bireh and imposed a siege on residential buildings.

Eyewitnesses explained that the forces closed the entrance to the neighborhood and spread out in its main and secondary streets before beginning to besiege several buildings and preventing movement in their vicinity, amid clashes erupting.

Witnesses indicated that the army fired metal-coated rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinians who threw stones at the forces.

In the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank, a reporter stated that the Israeli occupation surrounded the city, isolating it from its surrounding towns and launched a wide arrest campaign after imposing a curfew.

The occupation forces had sent military reinforcements to the city and the town of Aqaba, converting several homes into a military barracks, amid the presence of helicopters and drones.

In an interview, Tubas Governor Ahmad Al-As'ad stated that the occupation imposed a curfew on the entire Tubas governorate and closed all entrances with military checkpoints and earth mounds.

He added that the occupation is conducting raids on homes in the city of Tubas and the town of Aqaba.

Meanwhile, during a field tour that included Tubas and the town of Tamoun, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir stated that the army launched Operation "Five Stones" in the northern West Bank following attempts to form an armed organization.

He added that the army is continuously working to enhance defense and security in the settlements of the West Bank.

On another note, the Palestinian Information Center reported that a number of occupation soldiers were injured in a traffic accident that occurred near the Tayaseer checkpoint in Tubas governorate.

In the southern West Bank, a reporter stated that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Al-Dhahiriya south of Hebron and raided several homes.

The reporter also noted that the occupation forces stormed the home of martyr Walid Sabarnah in the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron.

In the town of Qusra southeast of Nablus, clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces.

In Jenin, a reporter stated that the occupation army forced families to evacuate their homes in the Al-Jabriyat neighborhood southwest of Jenin.

The occupation forces closed shops in the town of Qabatiya south of Jenin as part of their military campaign in the area.

The popular committee in the Jenin camp stated that the occupation demolished, destroyed, and burned more than 1,600 homes in the camp, displacing more than 20,000 Palestinians from the camp and its surroundings.

The Israeli occupation forces closed shops in the town of Qabatiya south of Jenin as part of their military campaign in the area.

The Israeli occupation army has been conducting a military aggression against the camps in the northern West Bank since January 21, which began in Jenin camp and then expanded to include the camps of Tulkarm and Nur Shams east of Tulkarm.

Since the start of the genocide war in the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, more than 1,085 Palestinians have been martyred in the West Bank by the bullets of the occupation army and settlers, and about 11,000 have been injured, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000.

A Palestinian woman was injured on Monday evening due to gunfire from Israeli drones targeting the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, in a new violation of the ceasefire.

Medical sources stated that a Palestinian woman was transferred to the Baptist Hospital in downtown Gaza after being shot by an Israeli drone of the 'Quadcopter' type. The sources did not clarify the nature of her injury or disclose her identity.

In turn, a reporter indicated that the Israeli gunfire occurred in areas from which the Israeli army had previously withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10.

This constitutes a new violation of the ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and sponsored by the United States.

The reporter noted that Israeli drones of the 'Quadcopter' type fired and dropped bombs towards citizens' homes near the Al-Sanfar intersection in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, coinciding with artillery shelling targeting the vicinity of the area.

No immediate comment has been issued by the Israeli army regarding the incident.

Israel continues its violations of the ceasefire it signed with 'Hamas', having committed approximately 591 violations since October 10, killing more than 357 Palestinians and injuring 903 others, according to the government media office in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday evening, amid Washington's efforts to ease tensions between Tel Aviv and Damascus, according to Hebrew media.

Netanyahu's office stated: "The Prime Minister spoke shortly before with President Trump."

It added: "The two leaders emphasized in their conversation the importance and commitment to disarming Hamas and stripping the Gaza Strip of weapons, and discussed expanding peace agreements."

Trump invited Netanyahu to "meet at the White House in the near future," according to the same source.

While Netanyahu's statement did not mention Syria, the official Hebrew broadcasting authority reported that the phone call between the Israeli Prime Minister and Trump came against the backdrop of U.S. efforts to ease tensions between Israel and Syria following the Israeli incursion into the town of Beit Jann in the south of the country.

The authority added: "The United States is seeking to calm tensions between Israel and Syria after the incident that occurred last weekend, in which 6 Israeli soldiers were injured by gunfire directed at them in the village of Beit Jann in southern Syria."

For its part, the Hebrew newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" reported that the Netanyahu-Trump call "came one day after he (Netanyahu) submitted a request for pardon to President (Israeli) Isaac Herzog, and shortly after Washington sent a clear message to Israel amid the tensions with Syria."

Repeatedly, Trump has urged Herzog to grant Netanyahu a presidential pardon to end his trial on corruption charges against him in Israel.