Palestiina esinduse edastatud ülevaade olukorrast #88

STATE OF PALESTINE

Prime Minister’s Office

Government Communication Center

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The Government Communication Center at the Prime Minister’s Office issues the Situation

Report once a week in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, and Malay. The

next Situation Report will be issued on 08 Jun 2026.

DAY 227 SINCE THE CEASEFIRE DEAL: ISRAEL HAS KILLED 890 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA,

BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 72,783 PALESTINIANS KILLED SINCE THE GENOCIDE BEGAN

Israeli occupation strikes across Gaza continue to inflict more civilian casualties and damage

essential infrastructure, according to UNRWA. On Monday, an Israeli airstrike near the Bani

Suheila roundabout east of Khan Younis killed one Palestinian and injured another. The following

day, another Israeli airstrike struck a civilian vehicle near Palestine Tower on Ash-Shuhada Street

west of Gaza City, killing another Palestinian. On Thursday evening, an Israeli quadcopter drone

opened fire on civilians in the Al-Mahatta area east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, killing 26-

year-old Fatima Al-Zahraa Ramzi Al-Ma'ani. The same day, Israeli gunfire and drone strikes

across Gaza, including in Rafah, Khan Younis, and Beit Lahia, killed four more Palestinians, and

wounded several others, while another Palestinian was injured in Jabalia. On Friday, another

Israeli drone strike near Rafah killed 42-year-old Palestinian sheep herder Rafat Adel Ibrahim

Breika. Meanwhile, UNICEF says that Gaza’s health system is nearing collapse amid severe

shortages of medical supplies, electricity, and medical personnel, while hospitals struggle to care

for premature and vulnerable newborns. According to UNOCHA and the World Health

Organization, Gaza’s health system remains under extreme pressure due to ongoing attacks,

shortages of medicines and fuel, and restrictions preventing patients from accessing treatment.

At the same time, Human Rights Watch said that Israeli is curbing aid and killing civilians during

ceasefire, underscoring that Gaza’s humanitarian infrastructure remains in peril, with aid

restrictions and shortages severely undermining hospitals and basic services.

GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS REPORT ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AFTER

ISRAELI INTERCEPTION

The "Global Sumud Flotilla," which was attempting to reach the Gaza Strip on a noble

humanitarian mission to break the siege imposed on the Strip, was subjected to abuse by the

Israeli occupation forces (IOF), following Israeli interception. According to testimonies cited by

CNN, several activists reported physical assaults, degrading treatment, and sexual violence while

in Israeli custody. In addition, Israel’s ‘National Security’ Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir appeared in a

video taunting detained activists at Ashdod port, where they were held in a makeshift detention

facility surrounded by barbed wire and shipping containers. Detainees were shown restrained and

forced to kneel as the Israeli national anthem played, with Ben-Gvir overseeing their detention

while publicly boasting about the humiliation and mistreatment. Flotilla organizers also reported

widespread abuse, including multiple cases of sexual violence, beatings, forced strip searches,

and physical mistreatment, with some detainees telling Reuters they were “stripped, thrown to the

ground, kicked," subjected to taser use, and denied legal access. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

and Expatriates condemned the treatment of the activists, stating that the degrading and

Situation Report #88: Occupied Palestine 18 May – 25 May 2026 (until 08:00 AM)

Key Developments

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inhumane treatment of detainees reflects the official policy of the Israeli occupation, stressing that

it has lost any connection to law, ethics, and human dignity.

ISRAELI SEIZURE OF UNRWA HEADQUARTERS IN OCCUPIED JERUSALEM The Israeli occupation authorities have approved plans to convert the UNRWA headquarters in

Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, into Israeli military and security facilities, including an

army museum and offices linked to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The Palestinian Cabinet and

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the move, warning that converting UN

premises into military facilities is as a flagrant violation of international law and an attack on the

work, immunity, and presence of the United Nations and its institutions in the occupied Palestine,

and a precedent threatening the framework of international law.

SETTLEMENT EXPANSION AND RESTRICTIONS ON PALESTINIAN CONSTRUCTION Recent reporting indicates a continued tightening of Israeli planning and land-registration policies

affecting the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. According to Haaretz,

only 7% of housing approvals in occupied Jerusalem during 2025 were granted to Palestinian

citizens, despite Palestinians constituting about 40% of the city’s population. Palestinians

continue to face increasing obstacles in obtaining building permits, including stricter requirements

for land ownership and inheritance, leading to fewer permits and the demolition of thousands of

homes. Land registration in Jerusalem has also resulted in large areas being registered under

Israeli state bodies, the Jewish National Fund, or settler organizations. Meanwhile, the so-called

Israeli ‘Yesha Council’ (an umbrella organization of Israeli settlements in the West Bank)has

launched a campaign to recruit settler families to help establish new settlement installations

(outposts) aiming to construct 18 new settlements across the northern West Bank, with support

from the Israeli Ministry of Settlements.

ISRAEL’S SYSTEMATIC TARGETING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION

A report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor highlights an escalating campaign targeting

independent human rights organizations and journalists documenting abuses against

Palestinians, particularly in Gaza and military detention centers. The report states that groups like

Euro-Med face systematic efforts aimed at discrediting their findings and hinder their work,

including smear campaigns and intimidation tactics that undermine their credibility rather than

engaging with the evidence.

NEW WAVE OF SCABIES SKIN DISEASE SWEEPS PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS’

CELLS IN ISRAELI OCCUPATION PRISONS

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society reported a dangerous, rapidly spreading outbreak of scabies

in several Israeli prisons, including "Ofer", "Megiddo", "Naqab", and "Janot" prisons, based on

lawyer visits conducted during April and May 2026. According to the organization, overcrowded

prison cells, inadequate hygiene conditions, limited ventilation, and restricted access to medical

treatment have contributed to the sweeping spread of the disease among detainees.

ISRAEL'S CONTINUED AGGRESSION AGAINST THE NORTHERN WEST BANK

The occupation's aggression has persisted for 490 days against Jenin and its refugee camp, 484

days against Tulkarem and its refugee camp, and 464 days against Nour Shams refugee camp.

STATE OF PALESTINE

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Figure 1: Gaza Strip (Since Early October 2023)

at least 72,783 Martyrs, incl. at least 21,638 children

at least 172,779 Wounded

832,865 displacementmovements

until 14 February (since ceasefire)

11,200 Citizens Remain Missing

+1,700 Health Workers

Killed

262 Journalists/ Media

Workers Killed

20 of Gaza's 37 (Partially or Fully)

as of 15 May

- UN: "Gaza | Life-saving medicines blocked as killing continues, disease gains ground"

- MSF: “Five things to know about life for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank”

- UN: "Gaza risks ‘permanent’ state of limbo if transition plan stalls, Security Council hears"

Figure 2: West Bank, incl. occupied Jerusalem (Since Early October 2023)

1,168 Martyrs, incl. 244 childrenUntil 22 May

12,666 Wounded

as of 13 May +9,400

Prisoners + 33,000 Palestinians remain displaced in Jenin & Tulkarem

since January 2025

Figure 3: West Bank, incl. occupied Jerusalem | 18 May - 24 May 2026 (until 8 AM)

56 IOF Shooting Incidents

(Aerial bombardment excluded)

287 IOF Military Assaults

131 Settlers' Terror Attack Incidents

- PPS: "Violations and crimes amount to extermination in the "Rakevet" section of Ramla prison"

- B’Tselem: South Hebron Hills: Increased Israeli effort to complete ethnic cleansing of Area C

- CWRC: The forcible transfer of the Khan al-Ahmar "is a serious colonial escalation that falls within the framework of the annexation project and the isolation of Jerusalem"

-- Sources: Ministry of Health, Wafa, UNOCHA, PJS, NAD's Palestinian Monitoring Group

Summary

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According to a new publication by the Negotiations Affairs Department, settler-led terrorism in the

occupied West Bank has evolved into a structured system of territorial expansion and forced

displacement, closely integrated with Israeli occupation apparatuses. This institutionalized

framework is driven by multi-layered power centers, including the Israeli occupation forces (IOF),

specific Israeli government ministries, and settler organizations, which systematically allocate

budgets and use legal tools to formalize colonial installations (outposts), including colonial farm

installations. Between 2023 and 2025, Israeli colonial farm installations expanded to control

approximately 793,909 dunums (around 14% of the West Bank), with over 95% of these operations

concentrated in the Oslo-defined "Area C." This expansion relies on targeted mechanisms, such as

classifying vast areas as closed military firing zones and unilaterally seizing environmental nature

reserves to restrict Palestinian access. The takeover of Palestinian land is accompanied by

documented acts of terrorism, including cutting water pipelines, sabotaging irrigation pumps, burning

thousands of olive trees, and coordinated physical assaults on farmers and media personnel.

Despite thousands of reported acts of terrorism, approximately 93.8% of Israeli occupation police

investigations into settler conduct were closed without indictment, effectively reinforcing a dual legal

regime and facilitating the demographic alteration of land belonging to the State of Palestine.

The Palestinian Government announced the disbursement of 50% of public sector employees’

salaries for the month of February, amid a worsening financial crisis affecting vital sectors, including

healthcare, education, and security. The crisis stems from the continued withholding by the Israeli

government of Palestinian clearance revenues, which account for approximately 68% of the total

revenues of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance, in violation of international law and signed

agreements. In this context, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warned in a detailed statement of a

serious deterioration in medical stock levels, highlighting severe shortages in hundreds of medicines

and medical supplies, particularly life-saving medications, cancer treatment drugs, and dialysis

medicines. The Ministry stressed that these shortages pose a direct threat to the continuity of

healthcare services and the ability of government hospitals and medical centers to meet patients’

needs. Meanwhile, as part of ongoing efforts to implement the Palestinian Government’s reform

agenda and strengthen institutional governance, the Cabinet approved — based on a

recommendation from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministerial Reform Committee — a

review of the mandates and responsibilities assigned to gender units within government institutions.

The measure aims to strengthen and activate their role in integrating gender-related issues into

government plans, policies, and programmes, in line with broader institutional reform and

development priorities.

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