Palestine News Today: Storms Deepen Gaza Misery as Settler Attacks and War Crimes Cases Mount
7 November 2026. Heavy rains have flooded displacement camps across Gaza, compounding a humanitarian crisis already marked by shortages of shelter materials and a rising death toll. Elsewhere, new legal and political pressure is building over Israel's conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, from a Dutch war crimes complaint to record settler violence during the olive harvest.
Flooding engulfs Gaza's displacement camps
Al Jazeera reports that a storm swept through Gaza's displacement camps, with Civil Defence receiving 1,500 distress calls within 10 hours. The UN's OCHA warned that displaced families face 'immediate risk' as emergency supplies remain insufficient, according to Anadolu Agency, and called for the urgent entry of winter materials and additional funding. Middle East Eye reports that Israeli authorities have blocked the entry of shelter materials, leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians exposed for a fourth consecutive winter without adequate tents or fuel.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera
Rain-triggered collapse injures two in Gaza
Middle East Monitor and Anadolu Agency report that two Palestinians were injured in northern Gaza after heavy rain caused a wall to collapse in a building previously damaged by Israeli strikes. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that flooding near Gaza City's port has worsened the hardship facing displaced families living amid widespread destruction.
Sources: Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Agency
Gaza death toll continues to climb
Middle East Eye reports that Gaza's death toll has risen to 74,640, with a further 175,947 people wounded, after hospitals recorded ten deaths and 22 injuries in 48 hours. Citing medical sources, the outlet reports that around 1,610 Palestinians have been killed and 5,819 wounded since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, while rescue teams have recovered roughly 849 bodies from the rubble.
Sources: Middle East Eye
Dutch complaint targets former Israeli soldier
Middle East Eye reports that the Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint in the Netherlands against a former US-Israeli soldier, named as Noam Himmelman, over alleged involvement in attacks on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians, mass detentions and the destruction of residential buildings in Gaza. The complaint was submitted to the Dutch National Public Prosecutor's Office earlier this month.
Sources: Middle East Eye
Record settler violence hits West Bank olive harvest
The United Nations' OCHA says Israeli settlers have carried out 377 attacks on the West Bank olive harvest since September, the highest number recorded since the UN began tracking such incidents in 2006, according to Middle East Eye. The attacks have left one Palestinian dead and more than 200 injured, while over 3,850 olive trees have been damaged or destroyed. Separately, Middle East Monitor and Anadolu Agency report that Israeli forces and settlers carried out further attacks across the West Bank, detaining foreign activists, expelling journalists and torching tents, farmland and property.
Sources: Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Agency
West Bank raids continue, several Palestinians detained
Middle East Monitor and Anadolu Agency report that Israeli forces arrested six Palestinians in renewed raids across the occupied West Bank, including in Jenin, Nablus, Salfit, Tubas, Tulkarm and Ramallah. Middle East Eye separately reports further raids in Salfit and Nablus, during which a Palestinian man was detained in the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp.
Sources: Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye
Italy presses for release of detained citizens
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italians detained by Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank had 'done nothing' and called for their return to Italy, according to Middle East Monitor and Anadolu Agency. The citizens were reportedly detained during the olive harvest season.
Sources: Middle East Monitor, Anadolu Agency
Activists target tech firms over alleged Gaza links
The Guardian reports that leaked documents show Cisco deepened its ties with Israel's military during the Gaza war despite internal worker protests over the company's role in the conflict. Separately, Middle East Eye reports that several hundred activists occupied the construction site of a planned Microsoft data centre in Amsterdam, organised by climate and justice groups who argue the facility would help facilitate what they describe as genocide in Gaza.
Sources: The Guardian, Middle East Eye
UNRWA funding crisis and global accountability calls grow
Middle East Monitor reports that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed his support for UNRWA as the Palestinian refugee agency faces an $80 million funding shortfall. Separately, Middle East Monitor reports that a French presidential candidate has pledged to enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu if elected, while a rights group is preparing to urge the ICC to seek arrest warrants against Trump and other US officials over their role in the conflict.
Sources: Middle East Monitor, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Monitor
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