<article data-history-node-id="432745" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/fewer-1-percent-palestinians-killed-israel-ceasefire-are-fighters-hamas" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/fewer-1-percent-palestinians-killed-israel-ceasefire-are-fighters-hamas" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Fewer than 1 percent of Palestinians killed by Israel since the ceasefire are fighters, Hamas official says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A senior Hamas representative said on Tuesday that fewer than 1 percent of all the Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect have been actual fighters.</p> <p>Ghazi Hamad said in video remarks that only 10 Palestinian fighters from across all factions are known to have been killed among the nearly 400 casualties since 10 October of this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>Producing a map of the Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza, Hamad said Israel has been killing civilians well beyond Israel's "yellow line" boundaries on Gaza's eastern and southern borders.&nbsp;</p> <p>He added that the mediators - Qatar and Egypt - can attest to Hamas not having incurred a single ceasefire violation in that time.</p> <p>Israel has also yet to produce any evidence to back up its allegations of Hamas' ceasefire violations, Hamad said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Several prominent figures were dragged into prison yards and assaulted with batons 'until they bled'

<article data-history-node-id="432727" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settler-kills-palestinian-teenager-after-funeral-another-teen" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settler-kills-palestinian-teenager-after-funeral-another-teen" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Jewish settler kills Palestinian teenager after funeral of another teen killed by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="124" data-start="0">A Palestinian teenager was&nbsp;shot dead by an Israeli settler in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, in the latest lethal attack on civilians in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.</p> <p data-end="467" data-start="341">Local officials identify the victim as 16-year-old Muheeb Ahmed Jibril, who was killed on Tuesday by live fire from a settler.</p> <p data-end="651" data-start="469">Muhammad al-Badan, the mayor of Tuqu’, says the killing took place shortly after mourners dispersed following the funeral of another slain Palestinian teenager, Ammar Sabah, also 16.</p> <p data-end="820" data-start="653">Al-Badan says a small group of young men remained near the town’s northern entrance when a settler exited his vehicle and opened fire directly at them, killing Jibril.</p> <p data-end="980" data-start="822">He says Jibril’s killing marks the second death in Tuqu’ in less than 24 hours, as Israeli military operations and settler violence intensify across the area.</p> <p data-end="1362" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1196">Rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of enabling settler violence through impunity, as attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="1362" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1196"><img alt="Martyr Muhib Ahmed Jibril" src="https://www.wafa.ps/image/NewsThumbImg/Default/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B9.jpg-15851ffb-ccf2-4218-8533-8538480e4690.jpg"></p> </div> </div> </article>

An FBI procurement document inquires about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on protests.

The Philippines dismissed allegations that the country was being used for terrorist training.

<article data-history-node-id="432717" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-family-home-near-ramallah-latest-west-bank-raid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-family-home-near-ramallah-latest-west-bank-raid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes family home near Ramallah in latest West Bank raid</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="121" data-start="0">Israeli occupation soldiers&nbsp;carried out a pre-dawn demolition in the village of Deir Qadis, west of Ramallah, intensifying their campaign of home destruction across the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="513" data-start="351">Local sources told Wafa that Israeli soldiers, backed by a military bulldozer, raid the village and tear down the home of Nader al-Khawaja, leaving a large family displaced.</p> <p data-end="691" data-start="515">The demolished house has two storeys and sheltered more than 10 people. Residents say the family had lived there for around 15 years before Israeli forces reduced it to rubble.</p> <p data-end="861" data-start="693">The incident forms part of a wider pattern of punitive demolitions carried out by Israel, which rights groups describe as collective punishment under international law.</p> <p data-end="1067" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="863">Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli occupation bulldozers also destroyed a Palestinian home in the town of Rafat, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, extending the wave of demolitions to another area of the West Bank.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432718" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-israel-demolitions-threaten-nur-shams-refugee-camp" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-israel-demolitions-threaten-nur-shams-refugee-camp" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa warns Israel demolitions threaten Nur Shams refugee camp</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="362" data-start="159">The head of Unrwa affairs in the occupied West Bank warns that Israeli occupation forces are escalating their campaign against refugee camps in the north, with a new demolition order targeting Nur Shams.</p> <p data-end="608" data-start="364">Roland Friedrich says Israeli authorities have issued an order that places around 25 homes in the camp at immediate risk of destruction from December 18, threatening hundreds of Palestinian refugees who have already been forcibly displaced.</p> <p data-end="790" data-start="610">Friedrich says satellite imagery shows the scale of the damage inflicted even before the latest order, with nearly half of all structures in Nur Shams already damaged or destroyed.</p> <p data-end="1074" data-start="792">“This falls within a recurring pattern witnessed in the region this year, whereby Israeli forces demolish homes with the aim of imposing long-term control over the camps in the northern West Bank, which would lead to a permanent change in the geographical character of these camps.”</p> <p data-end="1224" data-start="1076">He says Israeli authorities justify the demolitions under claims of “military necessity”, but stresses that such actions “do not make anyone safer”.</p> <p data-end="1491" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1226">Friedrich warned that the forced displacement of more than 32,000 Palestinian refugees across the northern West Bank must not become permanent, saying families have waited anxiously for 11 months to return home, only to see that hope eroded with each new demolition.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432719" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rain-floods-gaza-camps-displaced-palestinians-battle-winter-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rain-floods-gaza-camps-displaced-palestinians-battle-winter-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Rain floods Gaza camps as displaced Palestinians battle winter: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="147" data-start="0">Heavy rain is deepening the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are struggling to survive in flimsy, makeshift shelters in storms that have killed at least 14 people.</p> <p data-end="373" data-start="149">“The situation is extremely grim on the ground,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Gaza City on Tuesday, as downpours batter displacement sites where families live in tents made from plastic sheets, fabric and scrap materials.</p> <p data-end="676" data-start="375">Rainwater has flooded large areas, turning the ground to mud and seeping into tents, destroying what little people have left. Displaced residents say shelters provide “very little protection against the rain”, with almost no access to waterproof materials and no drainage systems to divert floodwater.</p> <p data-end="1135" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="853">Aid agencies warn that the weather is accelerating an already dire crisis, while Israel continues to block the entry of tents and mobile homes. As a result, some displaced Palestinians are forced to shelter in partially destroyed buildings, risking collapse as the rain intensifies.</p> </div> </div> </article>

KSPI leader Said Iqbal said the regulation on the provincial minimum wage was drafted without meaningful consultation with labor groups.

<article data-history-node-id="432720" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/qatar-condemns-israels-approval-19-west-bank-settlements" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/qatar-condemns-israels-approval-19-west-bank-settlements" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Qatar condemns Israel’s approval of 19 West Bank settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="375" data-start="157">Qatar strongly denounces Israel’s decision to approve the construction of 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the move as a clear breach of international law and a direct assault on Palestinian rights.</p> <p data-end="607" data-start="377">In a statement, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the expansion violates multiple international resolutions, including UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which deems Israeli settlements illegal under international law.</p> <p data-end="802" data-start="609">Doha urged the international community to meet its legal and moral obligations by taking concrete steps to force Israel to end its settlement policy across the occupied Palestinian territories.</p> <p data-end="951" data-start="804">The ministry reiterated Qatar’s “firm and unwavering position” in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432656" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-palestinian-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="253" data-start="83">The Israeli army says it killed a Palestinian near the so-called yellow line in northern Gaza, an area where Israeli forces have redeployed under the ceasefire agreement.</p> <p data-end="630" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="400">Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinians who approach the unmarked demarcation line, a pattern that has resulted in the killing and wounding of civilians, including women and children, since the October ceasefire.</p> </div> </div> </article>