9 stories for 2026-02-27 · Armed conflict, civilian harm & humanitarian access · Israel/Palestine
Israeli security forces shot and killed 14-year-old Jad Jadallah during a military raid in the Fara refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on 16 November 2025. Footage shows the forces remained present as the boy bled out.
Israeli restrictions on relief services risk forcing the closure of World Central Kitchen and other major humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza. The Gaza Government Media Office has warned that such closures would affect thousands of Palestinians facing food insecurity. Dozens of international aid workers are leaving Gaza following Israel's decision to revoke licenses for 37 humanitarian organizations.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that Israel is seeking to create permanent demographic change in the West Bank and Gaza. According to the commissioner, Israeli procedures in these territories, including military operations causing displacement, are aimed at achieving this demographic shift. Amnesty International separately reported that since December 2025, Israeli authorities have implemented unlawful measures designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to make annexation irreversible, representing an unprecedented escalation in Israel's illegal settlement expansion.
Doctors Without Borders has called for an investigation into killings of its staff members and their relatives by the Israeli army.
Al-Azhar has condemned an arson attack on a mosque in the West Bank, characterizing it as a terrorist crime.
Israeli military operations have recently extended to towns and villages in the West Bank that were previously classified as relatively calm and had not experienced significant security incidents.
Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting separate areas of Gaza on Friday morning, according to Gaza's Civil Defense. The strikes occurred as mutual accusations continued between Israel and Hamas regarding ceasefire violations, with Israel maintaining ongoing military operations in the enclave since October 2024.
A water official in Gaza City reported that the water shortage crisis remains acute, with water deficit reaching approximately 90% compared to daily needs before the conflict. A UN water official stated that water infrastructure in Gaza has experienced widespread destruction, with accusations that water has been used as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the territory.
Amnesty International has documented alleged war crimes by Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank. An art exhibition titled "At the Same Time" features works by 22 artists documenting genocide in Palestine and the region as part of a broader colonial trajectory.