Palestine News Today: Gazans Forced to Rent Generators by the Hour
12 September 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: people in Gaza are forced to rent generators by the hour, and the West Bank's checkpoints continue to choke the economy. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
Generators Rented by the Hour
With homes and infrastructure destroyed, people in Gaza are forced to rent generators by the hour.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Checkpoints Choke the West Bank Economy
Israeli checkpoints are choking the West Bank economy, devastating businesses and daily life.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settlers in Uniform Seize Land
Armed settlers in military uniforms are seizing land and attacking communities with near-total impunity.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settlers in Uniform Seize Land With Impunity
Armed settlers in military uniforms are taking over land and attacking Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank with almost no consequences, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Strikes Kill and Injure Dozens
Israeli air strikes killed and injured dozens of people across Gaza in recent days, with families in displacement camps among those hit.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Only 12 of 34 Oxygen Stations Still Work
Just 12 of Gaza's 34 oxygen-generation stations are still running, leaving hospitals rationing supplies for patients who depend on cylinders to breathe.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Hospitals Ration Power as Fuel Runs Short
Fuel and engine oil shortages are forcing Gaza's hospitals to ration electricity, switching off equipment in some wards to keep intensive care running.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Rebuilding With Mud Bricks and Scrap
With more than 90 percent of Gaza in ruins, thousands of people are rebuilding homes with mud bricks, rubble and whatever materials they can salvage.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Context: Gaza and the West Bank
A year of ceasefire has brought Gaza no rebuilding. Strikes continue, entry restrictions remain, and humanitarian agencies say the shortages of fuel and equipment are now the main obstacle to recovery. More than 73,900 Palestinians have been killed and over 174,000 wounded in Gaza since October 2023, according to the health ministry, with well over a thousand of those deaths recorded since the truce.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
Across the occupied West Bank, the UN counts 275 communities hit by settler attacks in 2026, a pace that has almost equalled last year's record with months still to run. Demolitions continue alongside the attacks: over 1,100 structures have been torn down this year for lacking permits that Israel rarely grants, displacing more than 1,500 people. UNICEF says 98 per cent of Gaza's schools were destroyed or damaged during the war, and more than 90 per cent of the territory lies in ruins, leaving families sheltering in buildings that engineers have assessed as unsafe.
Sources: OCHA
The UN has warned that the risks facing Gaza's civilians grow sharper as winter approaches, with flooding expected in areas where families are living in tents and damaged buildings and where sanitation has already broken down. Accountability efforts continue in parallel: cases before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, national investigations in several countries, and growing calls for arms embargoes and trade restrictions.
Sources: OCHA
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