Situation Report #53: Occupied Palestine (8 September - 15 September 2025)
Situation Report #53: Occupied Palestine
8 September - 15 September 2025 (until 10:00 AM)
The Government Communication Center at the Palestinian Prime Minister's Office issues the Situation Report on a weekly basis. The next Situation Report will be issued on 22 September 2025.
Key Developments
DAY 710: ISRAEL'S ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA
The occupying Power continues its genocidal aggression against the Gaza Strip amid increasing Israeli military operations in Gaza City, while the humanitarian crisis worsens and Palestinian and international warnings of an approaching disaster increase.
After boasting about destroying Gaza City's high-rise towers and demanding that Palestinians leave their city, Netanyahu discussed Israel's ethnic cleansing plan of the Strip in a meeting held last Thursday with senior military officials and government ministers. Additionally, the Israeli occupation army pledged to continue targeting the city's towers.
The ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza City has caused extensive destruction to infrastructure and residential areas. In addition to destroying +600 tents that provided shelter for at least 6,000 displaced Palestinians, available data indicate that the occupation has completely or partially destroyed +600 residential buildings. Another ten schools and five mosques were also completely destroyed. As a result, more than 50,000 people in Gaza City have lost their homes and shelters in less than a week.
And while UNOCHA confirmed that nearly one million people in Gaza City face shelling and hardships that threaten their survival, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continue to commit horrific massacres in an attempt to force them out. This includes targeting the courtyard of al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital and three UNRWA schools that further displaced thousands of people seeking shelter there.
As described by UNOCHA's Olga Cherevko, Israel has imposed "a death sentence" on Gaza City. Until yesterday, medical sources confirmed the death of 422 Palestinians from starvation, including 145 children.
At the aid distribution centers of the Gaza "Humanitarian" Foundation (GHF), the IOF has continued to target starved Palestinians seeking aid, killing 2,494 Palestinians and wounding around 18,135 others since 27 May 2025.
NEW HEALTH THREAT IN GAZA: MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA
Amid relentless bombing, forced starvation, and a severe shortage of medical and humanitarian supplies, a new study published in the world-leading journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases revealed that the Gaza Strip is facing a new health threat.
The study, based on over 1,300 primary samples from al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, found that two-thirds of the samples contained multidrug-resistant bacteria, which increases the risk of severe illness, death, and amputation amid a near-total lack of effective antibiotics caused by Israel's ongoing aggression and siege on the Gaza Strip.
Bilal Irfan, one of the study's authors, described the results as "extremely worrying," noting that "it is difficult to determine the extent of the disaster due to the destruction of most laboratories and the deaths of medical personnel."
ISRAEL-MADE FAMINE IN GAZA: 1 IN 5 CHILDREN IN GAZA CITY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN AUGUST 2025
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the use of starvation as a weapon of war against children in Gaza, urging countries worldwide to take decisive action ahead of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. The committee highlighted the worsening manmade famine in Gaza and the alarming rise in malnutrition, which threatens the lives of more children.
According to UNICEF, recent data show malnutrition rates among children in the Gaza Strip are increasing rapidly, with an unprecedented number of children screened for severe malnutrition in August. UNICEF stated that the rate across Gaza climbed to 13.5% last month, up from 8.3% in July. In Gaza City, the number of children treated for malnutrition was even higher, at 19%, compared to 16% in July.
ISRAEL IS DETAINING MORE MAYORS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK
After detaining the mayors of Hebron, Qubeiba (Jerusalem), and Hares (Salfit), the IOF also arrested Abdel Fatah Abu Ali, the Mayor of Silat al-Dhahr (Jenin).
In Qubeiba, the IOF arrested Mayor Nafez Hamouda after storming and searching his home. The head of Hares village council, Sheikh Omar Samara, was also arrested along with 13 others in the village.
On 9 September, the occupation's intelligence issued an administrative detention order against the Mayor of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sneineh (71 years old), for a period of four months.
LAST WEEK IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK: MILITARY ASSAULTS, ARRESTS, CURFEWS, CLOSURES, LANDLEVELING, UPROOTING TREES, AND MORE
With the ongoing incitement campaign against the Palestinian leadership and people, led by Israeli ministers and senior officials—including Ben Gvir, Smotrich, and MK Zvi Sukkot, who said that the fate of Ramallah is like that of Jabalia, and the fate of Nablus and Jenin is like that of Shuja'iyya and Beit Hanoun—and Netanyahu, who recently signed the plan for "E1" settlement expansion and stated, "There will be no Palestinian state,"—the IOF has intensified its attacks on Palestinian cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps across the West Bank.
Over the past week, the Israeli attacks have included killing two Palestinian children in Jenin, enforcing a complete closure on nine Palestinian villages in northwestern Jerusalem where about 40,000 Palestinians live, imposing a curfew on two of these villages, and uprooting trees in Ein Shibli in the central Jordan Valley as well as in al-Yamun and Arkala west of Jenin.
Additionally, the IOF vandalized the Traffic Department headquarters and the vehicle inspection station at Yatta Municipality, tampered with their contents, carried out land leveling in Beit Ummar /Hebron and Yatma/ Nablus, and seized and turned a home into a military barracks in Beitin / Ramallah.
ISRAEL'S CONTINUED AGGRESSION AGAINST THE NORTHERN WEST BANK
The occupation's aggression has persisted for 238 days against Jenin and its refugee camp, 232 days against Tulkarem and its refugee camp, and 219 days against Nour Shams refugee camp.
During its military assault on Tulkarem City last Thursday, the IOF raided shops and homes, arresting hundreds of male citizens and forcing them to march on foot in long lines toward the street leading to the gate of the Khadouri military checkpoint. The IOF also imposed a curfew in the city.
In Focus
Over the past week, Israeli settlers continued to intensify their terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians across the West Bank. The incidents included attacks on civilian vehicles in multiple areas, including
- at the Za'tara Junction south of Nablus and northeast of Ramallah, where stones were thrown, shattering and damaging several vehicle windows;
- an assault on a citizen in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, which left him with bruises and involved the theft of his vehicle;
- expansion work in the "Haggai" settlement at the expense of Palestinian land in the villages of al-Rihiya and al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron;
- attacks on citizens' lands in Farkha, west of Salfit, where approximately 110 meters of stone terraces were destroyed and over 21 productive olive trees cut down; cutting off electricity in Shalal al-Auja, north of Jericho;
- setting a fire in a plant nursery west of Nablus, causing burns to three citizens; and
- spraying racist slogans on the walls of a house in Atara village north of Ramallah.
Moreover, in the al-Tayaran neighborhood, south of Hebron, armed settlers attacked residents' homes and property, preventing students from reaching their schools.
Israeli settlers also attacked the village of Ein Yabrud and beat a young man with disabilities, leaving him with a head injury.
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, settlers stormed the village of al-Rakeez and attacked residents, resulting in several injuries and bruises. Among those hurt was elderly man Saeed al-Amour (60 years old), whose leg was previously amputated after a settler fired live rounds directly at him.
Government Updates
- The State of Palestine, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, welcomed the significant vote by most UN member states "to endorse the New York Declaration and its annexes, as the outcome of the UN Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-state solution." A total of 142 states voted in favor, 12 abstained, and 10 voted against. The Ministry noted that this resolution is "the first adopted by the 80th session of the UN General Assembly," adding that "[T]he State of Palestine expresses its gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to France for their leadership of the international conference and for their vital efforts to transform the New York Declaration into a concrete plan of action with clear steps across the political, economic, legal, and security tracks." The State of Palestine also thanked all the countries that sponsored, supported, and voted in favor of the resolution, making the New York Declaration an official UN document.
- In light of the increasing brutality of the Israeli occupation, the Government's Operations Room for Emergency Interventions in the Southern Governorates said the Gaza Strip is being subjected to systematic genocide. Besides the suffocating blockade and the prevention of essential humanitarian aid, including food and shelter supplies, which have led to widespread famine and malnutrition, the Operations Room said that the disaster is getting worse every day due to violent bombings, extensive destruction, and forced displacement, resulting in increased famine, malnutrition, and civilian casualties. The Operations Room confirmed in a statement issued Sunday that Gaza City is facing a brutal and organized campaign of extermination, with the Israeli occupation presenting Palestinian civilians with only two options: forced displacement or certain death. This situation calls for urgent international protection for the defenseless Palestinian civilians, the statement said.
Summary