Palestine News Today: Israel Orders UK to Close East Jerusalem Consulate Within 30 Days
9 September 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: Israel gives the UK 30 days to close its East Jerusalem consulate, Prime Minister Burnham defends the settlement ban, and a four-year-old misses her first day of school because of a settler siege. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
Israel Orders UK Consulate Closure
Israel told the UK to close its East Jerusalem consulate within 30 days, one of four countermeasures after Britain's sanctions.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Burnham Defends Settlement Ban
Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended the ban on settlement trade; campaigners called it an overdue first step.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Gaza Students Trapped Despite Offers
Students in Gaza with university offers and scholarships abroad remain trapped by immigration rules as the new term begins.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Four-Year-Old Misses First Day of School
Four-year-old Kinda Hassan missed her first day of school because of a month-long settler siege.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Gaza's Oxygen Crisis
Only 12 of Gaza's 34 oxygen-generation stations are still working.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Strike Devastates Home in al-Shati Camp
An Israeli strike destroyed a home in Gaza City's al-Shati refugee camp and heavily damaged surrounding houses, one of several attacks on densely populated areas.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Israeli Parties Submit Lists for October Election
Israeli political parties submitted their candidate lists for the 27 October Knesset elections before the deadline, setting up a tight contest.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Protest in Slovenia Over New Israeli Embassy
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Slovenia's capital to oppose the opening of Israel's first resident embassy there.
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. Health officials in Gaza record more than 73,900 people killed and over 174,000 injured since October 2023. The figures include those killed in the months since the ceasefire was announced.
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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