The head of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law says Gaza’s population has declined by more than 10% since October 2023 — an indicator that implies a death toll potentially exceeding 200,000, far beyond the 72,000 bodies recovered and confirmed.
More than 900 Palestinians have been displaced in the West Bank since January 1, with the UN documenting over 50 settler attacks in just two weeks. The displacement is accelerating alongside Israel’s new land registry plan condemned by 80+ UN member states as de facto annexation.
Khalid al-Saifi, a Palestinian prisoner held at Ramleh Prison Clinic with severe pulmonary fibrosis, died one week after being released from Israeli custody in critical condition — part of what prisoner rights groups call a pattern of ‘slow execution’ through deliberate medical neglect.
The UN reports that more than 37,000 Palestinians were displaced in the West Bank in 2025 — a record — driven by Israeli military operations, 1,800+ settler attacks, and demolitions. The pace has continued into 2026 as Israel advances plans to register occupied land.
The UN is calling the occupied West Bank’s current crisis the worst since 1967 — with 37,000+ Palestinians displaced in 2025, record settler violence, military operations destroying refugee camps, and a new land registry plan condemned by 80+ countries as de facto annexation.
The UN says 230,000 women and girls in Gaza — including 15,000 pregnant women — have almost no access to reproductive healthcare due to Israeli attacks on health facilities, forced displacement, and aid restrictions that continue despite a ceasefire.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem’s new report ‘Living Hell’ documents a systematic ‘network of torture camps’ in which 84 Palestinians — including one minor — have died in Israeli custody since October 2023, with abuse described as more extensive than ever.

Winter Is Killing People in Gaza. UNRWA Says the Consequences Are Man-Made.
Winter storms have flooded or destroyed more than 42,000 tents in Gaza, affecting 235,000 people. UNRWA’s chief says the consequences are ‘man-made’ — the result of two years of destruction and Israel’s continued refusal to allow aid at the agreed scale.