For nearly two months, Palestinians in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood had access to water at any time — a welcome sense of stability in the depths of a genocidal war. On Aug. 24, that stability was disrupted by an Israeli airstrike that destroyed the newly built water desalination plant and damaged apartment buildings and tents.
Standing next to rubble and forcibly displaced from the airstrikes, Louay Al-Namnam told Unicorn Riot that at least 14 Palestinian families were now looking for “somewhere to live.”
“We were sitting safely inside the complex,” he said, “when suddenly someone approached us and told us to leave because the area was about to be bombed. A water desalination plant was struck first, and then the complex itself was hit.”
“We are all now out on the streets. We need somewhere to live! We couldn’t salvage any of our personal belongings—we escaped with nothing but the clothes on our backs, just as you see us now. What kind of truce is this? What kind of humanity allows this to happen to us?” Louay Al-Namnam
The water plant had provided free desalinated water to families and over a dozen shelters and collectives. The bombing worsens Gaza City’s drinking-water crisis which impacts 92% of the population.
According to Al Jazeera, the owner of the desalination plant estimated his losses to be at least $500,000 with the machines half of that amount. The plant which was totally destroyed was carefully assembled with hard to obtain equipment and materials.
Despite being condemned for war crimes Israel continues their acts of collective punishment toward all of Gaza, eradicating the infrastructure of all civil society from healthcare, education, to electricity and water plants. They now occupy over 70% of Gaza and are continuing daily attacks.
Credit to UnicornRiot for the report.
Confrontations between Izraeli peace activists and right-wing Jewish settlers have escalated significantly in the occupied West Bank.
Confrontations between Izraeli peace activists and right-wing Jewish settlers have escalated significantly in the occupied West Bank. Groups of Israeli civil society activists regularly mobilize to protect Palestinians, leading to direct and sometimes violent standoffs with settlers.
•Key Frontlines of Confrontation•
-Protective Presence & Shepherding: Organizations like the Jordan Valley Activists consist of Israeli citizens who volunteer to accompany Palestinian shepherds and farmers. They stand between local communities and armed settlers who attempt to drive Palestinians off their grazing lands.
•Property & Outpost Disputes: Activists frequently travel to rural villages to help remove illegal roadblocks or dismantle wildcat settler outposts built on privately owned Palestinian land. During these actions, settlers have routinely responded by vandalizing activists' vehicles, slashing tires, and launching physical counter-attacks.
-•Civil Protests:
Beyond direct field intervention, Israeli peace groups consistently stage demonstrations outside official government locations—such as the Prime Minister’s and President's residences in Jerusalem and major hubs in Tel Aviv. They publicly condemn the violence being done "in their name" and demand military and police intervention against radical settler factions.
•Risks and Legal Escalations:
-The encounters have grown increasingly dangerous for those intervening:
• Physical Harassment: Israeli and international volunteers have sustained severe head, neck, and bodily injuries from coordinated physical assaults by masked settlers.
• Rare Criminal Charges: In a notable legal development, Israeli prosecutors initiated proceedings to indict a settler for reckless homicide following the videotaped killing of a Palestinian activist during a West Bank confrontation. Human rights attorneys note that such prosecutions remain exceedingly rare.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “You can penetrate this machine. You can penetrate this little instrument. And you can say about Major Garrett anything you want. And I can paint you as a monster. And if I say it often enough, enough people will believe it.”
Netanyahu made the remarks while discussing smartphones, social media, and the ability to shape public perception during an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes.
The world MUST unite and put an end to this madness! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
Al Jazeera 29/9/2026, AJ Labs
For most of us, rain is just rain… but for Mahmoud, Samah, and their four children, the first rain in Gaza means water entering their tent, and another night of cold and fear beginning.
Today was the first day of rain in Gaza.
From far away, rain may look like something ordinary, or even beautiful. But for this family, there is no properly prepared shelter to protect them from it, no enough blankets to keep their children warm, and no winter clothes to protect them from the cold.
As you can see in the video, rainwater is already getting inside their tent. They are literally living with water coming into their shelter, and they have nowhere else to go.
Their situation has become even harder because their tent has badly worn out over time, and the tarps and plastic coverings they have been using are no longer enough to protect them from the rain. They have not been able to properly prepare their tent for winter.
They urgently need tarps and plastic sheets to cover the tent and prevent rainwater from getting inside.
They are also facing a severe shortage of blankets and warm winter clothes. Simply put, they do not have enough to keep themselves and their four children warm.
I know that watching rain from somewhere else can make it seem like an ordinary day. But for this family, the first rain is a reminder of how vulnerable they are and how little protection they have.
Please take a moment to watch the video and see what they are facing.
If you are able to help Mahmoud, Samah, and their children with shelter materials, blankets, winter clothes, food, or any other basic needs, even a small amount can make a real difference for them right now.
And if you cannot donate, sharing their story or simply helping it reach more people would also mean a lot.
Last Wednesday, 9/23, ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, resulting in needing ambulance transport for him to Jersey City Medical Center (@jcmedcenter ) At the ER, agents posed as police to try and gain access inside. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jersey City
PD assisted ICE and escorted them demonstrating clear collaboration.
ICE is not welcome in our neighborhoods or our hospitals.
Every day, they endanger our communities with their reckless and violent behavior.
Do not stay silent. Your neighbors are being chased, hunted and dehumanized.
International law professor Ralph Wilde is asked about the argument that Jewish historical ties to the land create a legal right to the territory. His answer is pretty straightforward: historical connection and legal entitlement are two different things.