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<article data-history-node-id="433355" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-kill-palestinian-child-northern-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-kill-palestinian-child-northern-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli military kill Palestinian child in northern Gaza </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian child in northern Gaza&nbsp;on Thursday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The child's name is Youssef Ahmed al-Shandagli and he was killed in the Jabalia al-Nazla area.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433313" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-denied-drinking-water-israeli-prisons-report-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-prisoners-denied-drinking-water-israeli-prisons-report-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian prisoners denied drinking water in Israeli prisons, report says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A report by the public defender’s office of the Israeli justice ministry said that Israeli&nbsp;authorities denied Palestinian detainees access to drinking water for periods up to 12 hours as a form of collective punishment.&nbsp;</p> <p>Haaretz newspaper reported that Palestinian “security prisoners” were prevented from accessing drinking water in some cases for half a day.</p> <p>The findings were based on three visits by public defender representatives to Ketziot Prison in southern Israel in May, June and September 2024.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433317" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-man-then-shoot-rescuer-four-times" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-man-then-shoot-rescuer-four-times" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces attack Palestinian man, then shoot rescuer four times</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli gunfire wounded two Palestinians on Thursday, south of Nablus, local media reports said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wafa news agency reported that the two young men were shot by Israeli forces at the village entrance on the main road between Ramallah and Nablus.</p> <p>The head of the Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village council, Yaqoub Awais, said that one of them was in critical condition and the second wounded man was taken to Salfit Hospital after being shot four times while trying to rescue the first.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433319" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/guterres-says-israeli-rules-blocking-unrwa-violate-international-law" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/guterres-says-israeli-rules-blocking-unrwa-violate-international-law" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Guterres says Israeli rules blocking Unrwa violate international law</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that Israel seeks to further impede Unrwa's ability to&nbsp;operate in Gaza, adding that Israeli regulations are inconsistent with the international legal framework.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The Law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable to Unrwa and must be immediately repealed," Guterres said in a statement, according to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.</p> <p>The UN agency&nbsp;is covered by the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the UN, which extends to its assets, property, officials and personnel, Guterres said.</p> <p>"Unrwa's continued operations in Gaza contribute to the effective implementation of Security Council resolution 2803 (2025) and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict on the ground," he added.</p> <p>On Monday, the Israeli Parliament approved a bill to cut electricity and water supplies to the Unrwa offices.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.

<article data-history-node-id="433321" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-says-it-killed-one-palestinian-and-shot-two-others-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-says-it-killed-one-palestinian-and-shot-two-others-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army says it killed one Palestinian and shot two others in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Thursday killed one Palestinian and shot two others, the military said in a statement on Telegram.&nbsp;</p> <p>Soldiers from the 636 Nitzan reconnaissance unit stationed near Luban al-Sharqiyah, between Ramallah and Nablus, fired at three Palestinians, who the army says were "throwing rocks".</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433042" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-and-demolitions-reported-north-and-south-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-and-demolitions-reported-north-and-south-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes and demolitions reported in north and south Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="370" data-start="199">Emergency and ambulance services reported multiple injuries caused by Israeli fire in and around Jabalia and Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.</p> <p data-end="519" data-start="374">The reports came as Israeli forces carried out wide-scale demolition operations east of Khan Younis, following artillery attacks on the area.</p> <p data-end="691" data-start="523">Al Jazeera’s correspondent said Israeli troops conducted extensive demolitions and ground raids inside their deployment areas east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="695">The operations coincided with Israeli air raids targeting areas east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="695">Israeli warplanes also carried out several strikes within areas where forces are positioned in Rafah, in the south of the enclave.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="695">In central Gaza, the eastern edge of the Bureij refugee camp came under intense artillery fire and heavy gunfire from Israeli military vehicles.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="695">Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said a child was wounded by Israeli gunfire outside Israeli deployment zones near the al-Maghazi refugee camp, also in central Gaza.</p> </div> </div> </article>