Palestine News Today: B'Tselem Warns of an 'Elimination Project' in the West Bank
14 September 2026. Your daily round-up of the most important news about Palestine, compiled from international and regional sources. Today: a major new report on the West Bank, calls for a UK inquiry into Britain's role in Gaza, an attack on a displacement camp and families struggling to get children back to school. Below, each story in brief, with links to the reporting it is based on.
Calls for a UK Inquiry Into Britain's Role in Gaza
In an opinion piece for Al Jazeera, a Queen Mary University of London law professor argues that Prime Minister Andy Burnham should establish an inquiry into the UK's role in the Gaza war, warning that delaying scrutiny will not make questions about complicity go away.
Sources: Al Jazeera
B'Tselem: Israel Is Working to Erase Palestinian Presence
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has published a report titled the "Elimination Project", describing five mechanisms it says Israel uses to dismantle Palestinian collective life in the occupied West Bank, including violence, movement restrictions and land seizures.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Strike Hits Displacement Camp in Gaza City
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least one person and injured several others. Residents told Al Jazeera they were hit outside their tents in a displacement camp in Gaza City.
Sources: Al Jazeera
School Costs Weigh on Families in Gaza
With classes due to start on 19 September, Gaza families face a hard choice between tent schools with few resources and private schools they can barely afford. Many, like one family displaced from Sheikh Radwan to Deir el-Balah, have lost everything.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Israeli Minister Targets Award-Winning Gaza Film
Israel's culture minister Miki Zohar called the documentary NAZA "vile" after it won the Special Jury Prize in Venice and threatened the Israeli filmmakers' citizenship, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Israeli Minister Targets Venice-Winning Gaza Film
Israel's culture minister called the documentary NAZA "vile" after it won the Special Jury Prize in Venice and threatened to revoke the Israeli filmmakers' citizenship, accusing them of harming the country.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Journalist's Home Raided in Jenin
Israeli forces raided the Jenin home of Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi and beat his son, ordering him to turn himself in. He was previously held for a year without charge.
Sources: Al Jazeera
More Than 1,100 Structures Demolished This Year
The UN reports that more than 1,100 Palestinian structures have been demolished for lacking building permits in 2026, displacing over 1,500 people, more than a third of all those displaced this year.
Sources: OCHA
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
In the occupied West Bank, the UN reports that settler attacks have affected 275 Palestinian communities so far in 2026, nearly matching the 279 recorded across all of 2025, the highest annual figure since records began in 2006. 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
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