Palestine News Today: Ben-Gvir Mocks Palestinian Women Prisoners
30 August 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: Ben-Gvir taunts Palestinian women prisoners over harsh conditions, a three-year-old is killed in Deir el-Balah, and protests greet Israeli soldiers at the Sydney Marathon. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
José Andrés Renews Call for Investigation
World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés renewed his call for an independent investigation into the Israeli strikes that killed his staff.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Ben-Gvir Taunts Women Prisoners
Israel's Itamar Ben-Gvir praised harsh conditions for Palestinian women prisoners in footage that Palestinian groups condemned as humiliation.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Three-Year-Old Killed in Deir el-Balah
A strike on Deir el-Balah killed two Palestinians, including a three-year-old child.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Protests as Israeli Soldiers Run Sydney Marathon
Protesters waved Palestinian flags and criticised Australia for issuing visas to 40 Israeli soldiers who took part in the Sydney Marathon.
Sources: Al Jazeera
A Mother's Grief After a Strike Kills Her Son
Footage from Gaza captured a mother's grief after an Israeli attack killed her son, one of a series of strikes that continued through the weekend despite the ceasefire.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settler Rabbi: Non-Jews Have No National Rights
Video shows a settler rabbi telling peace activists that non-Jews in Israel have no national rights and that Palestinians should leave the occupied West Bank.
Sources: Al Jazeera
What Lies Behind Netanyahu's Condemnation
Israel's rhetorical outrage over settler attacks masks a calculated, well-funded campaign to erase the prospect of Palestinian statehood, Al Jazeera's analysis argues.
Sources: Al Jazeera
The War's Toxic Waste Reaches Israel
The environmental damage caused in Gaza cannot be contained at the fence, an Al Jazeera piece argues, with toxic waste and pollution from the war now affecting Israel itself.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Where Things Stand
The ceasefire announced in October 2025 has never fully taken hold. Strikes have continued almost daily, and the machinery, fuel and spare parts needed for repairs are still largely barred from entering Gaza. According to Gaza's health ministry, more than 73,900 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023 and over 174,000 wounded. At least 1,381 people have been killed since the ceasefire came into force.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
The UN has recorded settler attacks affecting 275 Palestinian communities in the West Bank this year, close to the record set in 2025 and far above the levels seen a decade ago. Israeli authorities have demolished more than 1,100 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank this year, displacing over 1,500 people, most of them for building without permits that are almost never issued. More than 90 per cent of Gaza is destroyed or damaged. UNICEF puts the figure for schools at 98 per cent, and thousands of people now shelter in buildings at risk of collapse.
Sources: OCHA
Funding has become its own crisis. UN agencies have cut food aid in both Gaza and the West Bank as Western donations fall, at a moment when humanitarian organisations say needs are at their highest since the war began. Diplomatically, the year has been marked by recognition of the State of Palestine by the UK, Canada and Australia in September 2025, followed by the first Western trade measures against illegal settlements, which Israel has answered with retaliatory steps of its own.
Sources: OCHA
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