Military seeks to seize more land in Gaza and push the Yellow Line further west towards the coast, Israeli media reports

Rights groups demand freedom for Abu Safiya, held by Israel without charge and subjected to torture

<article data-history-node-id="433058" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-wound-palestinian-baby-west-bank-attack" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-wound-palestinian-baby-west-bank-attack" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers wound Palestinian baby in West Bank attack</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers on Thursday attacked homes and wounded a Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank, Bedouin rights group al-Baydar said.</p> <p>The 8-month-old baby was wounded and hospitalized after Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes and property with stones late Wednesday in the al-Rabia area of Sa’ir town, northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank,&nbsp;the rights group said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Settlers also uprooted dozens of olive trees in the town of Dayr Balut, west of Salfit in the central West Bank, according to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa, which said the attack caused extensive damage to farmland and local livelihoods in the area.</p> <p>Israeli settlers also plowed around 1 acre of land planted with olives in Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah.&nbsp;On Wednesday, settlers plowed around 1.2 acres of farmland in the same town.</p> <p>Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 1,102 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and detained around 21,000 since October 2023.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432864" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/children-gaza-dying-cold-says-medical-group" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/children-gaza-dying-cold-says-medical-group" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Children in Gaza dying from cold, says medical group</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said children in Gaza are dying from the cold weather, urging Israel to allow more aid into the enclave.</p> <p>"A 29-day-old baby died at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, just two hours after arriving at the paediatric ward supported by MSF," the group said.</p> <p>"Despite all treatment efforts, the child could not be saved. He died from severe hypothermia."</p> <p>MSF added that "the harsh winter weather, coupled with already dire living conditions, is exacerbating health risks".</p> <p>It said it has recorded "high rates of respiratory infections, and these cases are expected to increase throughout the winter, posing a serious threat to children under five".</p> <p>"As Gaza is experiencing heavy rains and severe storms, the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in makeshift, dilapidated tents that are flooded continues."</p> </div> </div> </article>

We get an update from the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla ship sailing to Gaza with vital humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, one of 12 people on the ship, says “spirits ...

<article data-history-node-id="423570" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-icc-judges-sanctioned-us-palestine-and-afghanistan-work" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-icc-judges-sanctioned-us-palestine-and-afghanistan-work" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">The four ICC judges sanctioned by the US for Palestine and Afghanistan work</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a>&nbsp;State Department&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-sanctions-four-icc-judges-over-israel-and-afghanistan-investigations" target="_blank">announced</a>&nbsp;sanctions on Thursday against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), targeting them over investigations involving the United States and its ally&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>.</p> <p data-end="516" data-start="359">The move follows the designation of ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in February, under an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump shortly after he was reinaugurated.</p> <p>The governments of the Netherlands, Belgium and Slovenia have been among the first to denounce the sanctions as an attempt to obstruct the work of the court.&nbsp;</p> <p>The sanctioned judges are: ICC Second Vice-President Reine Alapini-Gansou (Benin), Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda), Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza (Peru) and Beti Hohler (Slovenia).</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/profile/four-icc-judges-sanctioned-trump">Here are the profiles of&nbsp;the four judges sanctioned by the Trump administration on 5 June 2025</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

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May 15, 2025 marks the 77th year of al-Nakba inflicted upon the Palestinian people in 1948. #palestine