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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, Greek, Malay, and German. The next

Situation Report will be issued on 14 September 2026.

DAY 332 SINCE THE “CEASEFIRE”: ISRAEL KILLED 1,344 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, BRINGING THE

TOTAL TO 73,651 PALESTINIANS KILLED SINCE THE GENOCIDE BEGAN

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to kill and injure the Palestinian people in the genocide-stricken Gaza

Strip despite the declared “ceasefire,” leaving civilians exposed to persistent danger and demonstrating the

agreement’s failure to ensure their safety and protection. Ongoing military attacks, alongside displacement

orders and severe restrictions, also continued to disrupt humanitarian operations and further constrain access to

essential services. On Tuesday, IOF gunfire killed a 73-year-old Palestinian man in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

On Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike killed a Palestinian youth in Jabalia refugee camp, while 51-year-old

Amina al-Hissi succumbed to wounds sustained after being shot by IOF in Deir al-Balah. The same day, an

Israeli bombing killed a 39-year-old Palestinian man inside a displacement tent in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan

Younis. On Saturday, IOF opened fire on a group of Palestinians in Beit Lahia, killing two and injuring several

others. Humanitarian conditions remained catastrophic amid continued military attacks and restrictions. WFP

warned that two thirds of Gaza’s citizens continued to face critical or emergency levels of hunger, cautioning that

recent improvements in food-security indicators should not create a false sense of security. Without sustained

humanitarian food assistance, up to 90 per cent of the population could face high levels of acute food insecurity

by the end of 2026. Health needs also remained very critical, with WHO supporting the evacuation of 106

patients, including 19 children, during the week, while thousands continued to await medical evacuation. WHO

further warned of worsening conditions and a catastrophic water situation, with water trucking remaining a critical

lifeline for much of Gaza’s population nearly three years into the genocide.

ISRAEL CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE FORCED DISPLACEMENT OF PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA

Israeli “Defense Minister” Israel Katz reaffirmed that Israel remains prepared to pursue the forced displacement

of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip—an ethnic cleansing objective that some Israeli officials euphemistically

frame as “voluntary immigration” or “migration.” Katz said the government is “organised to take out [Gazans] to

the extent it will be possible, by sea, by air and by any means to do it.” According to Al Jazeera, Katz said that

Israel’s plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza had not been cancelled but merely “frozen,” adding that “for this

to happen, we need the United States, and the moment will come.” He also said that the Israel’s plan for this “is

being discussed all the time, even now.” “In the end,” he claimed, “there is no real solution for Gaza without this

‘migration’,” Katz said, according to the Times of Israel, reaffirming that Israel’s plan remains under discussion,

and awaiting US support and arrangements for countries to receive displaced Palestinians. Israeli extremist

minister Itamar Ben-Gvir echoed the call the following day, saying that Palestinians should “pack suitcases.” In

response, the US State Department told Al Jazeera that “the United States does not support any plan or

proposal for the forced displacement, expulsion, or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza.” It further

stressed that, as explicitly stated in Point 12 of the President Trump’s plan, “No one will be forced to leave Gaza

and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return,” adding that the United States would

“encourage people to stay and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza.”

Situation Report #102: Occupied Palestine 31 Aug – 7 Sep 2026 (until 08:00 AM)

Key Developments

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ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS DEEPEN FOOD INSECURITY AS WFP HALVES WEST BANK AID

Critical funding constraints have forced WFP to halve food assistance in the West Bank, reducing the number of

people receiving support from 400,000 to 200,000 despite food needs having more than doubled since 2023,

with an estimated 900,000 people are currently food insecure across the West Bank. WFP Country Director for

Palestine Shaun Hughes said that “increasing settler violence and Israeli military operations, coupled with the

economic crisis and rising unemployment, have exacerbated food insecurity.” WFP reported that 76% of

households had experienced a significant decline in income, while 12% of people had poor food consumption

and one-third of families could not afford a nutritious diet.

DAILY ISRAELI ATTACKS KILL TWO PALESTINIAN STUDENTS IN AL-MUGHAYYIR

Israeli colonial settlers and IOF killed two Palestinian students—16-year-old tenth-grade student Khalil Rasem

Abu Alia and 19-year-old Birzeit University student Omar Mohammad Al-Nassan—during a pogrom targeting the

village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah. According to PRCS, Israeli colonists and IOF invaded the village

centre, attacked Palestinian homes, stole sheep, and deployed Israeli occupation snipers on buildings. The

snipers opened live fire, critically wounding the two students, who later succumbed to their injuries while being

transported to hospital. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education condemned the killings, stressing that

they occurred amid an ongoing escalation of attacks by IOF and colonial settlers against Palestinians,

particularly children.

ISRAELI-ENGINEERED FUEL CRISIS IN THE WEST BANK

The fuel shortage in West Bank is not simply a temporary supply disruption but the product of deeper

vulnerabilities. According to +972 Magazine, Israeli restrictions are the primary driver of the fuel crisis. Under the

Paris Protocol, Israel controls the main channels through which fuel reaches the West Bank, leaving Palestinian

supplies highly vulnerable to disruption. At the same time, Israel’s continued withholding of Palestinian clearance

revenues has further deepened the State of Palestine’s fiscal crisis, while Israeli banking restrictions, which have

trapped billions of shekels in Palestinian banks, further constrain payments to Israeli suppliers, with Israeli

movement restrictions further constraining access to already limited supplies.

BEN-GVIR TURNS CHILDREN’S LITERATURE INTO A VEHICLE FOR ANTI-PALESTINIAN EXTREMISM

Israeli extremist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is taking his extremist, anti-Palestinian agenda to Israeli children, with

his far-right “Jewish Power” party publishing a new children’s book portraying his time in office as a series of

“achievements” and preparing to distribute it to students outside educational institutions. Titled The Minister Who

Didn’t Stop, the book uses child-friendly language and is being launched at the start of the Israeli school year, as

the party seeks to appeal to younger Israelis and cultivate support for Ben-Gvir’s extremist political agenda

among future generations. The campaign promotes Ben-Gvir’s political record even as he continues to advocate

increasingly harsher punitive measures against Palestinians, including the execution of Palestinian prisoners and

other policies that have exacerbated their conditions. Ben-Gvir has personally ordered reductions in prisoners’

food and openly stated that worsening their conditions was among one of his top goals. He has also called on

IOF to kill “30 or 40” Palestinians in Gaza every night, while describing some Palestinians as “not worthy of life”

and “not even people.” The promotion of such policies alongside a children’s publication portraying Ben-Gvir’s

record as a catalogue of “achievements” underscores the extent to which extremist and dehumanising anti-

Palestinian rhetoric is being normalised within Israeli political discourse, while the international community

continues to avert its eyes.

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

Figure 1: Gaza Strip (Since Early October 2023)

at least 73,651 Martyrs,

incl. at least 21,638

children

at least 174,575

Wounded

832,865

forceddisplacementmovements

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 Hospitals Partially or Fully Destroyed

as of 24 August

- Video: “In Gaza, families are facing extreme heat with little water, no electricity, no fans and almost nowhere to find shade”

- Video: "In Gaza, securing drinking water is a relentless daily struggle"

- Report: "Gaza Prisoner’s Death Revealed as Israel Detains 500 Palestinians in One Month"

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

1,193 Martyrs, incl. 251

children

Until 5 Aug

13,177 Wounded

as of 28 Jul

+9,400

Prisoners

+ 34,000 Palestinians remain

displaced in Jenin & Tulkarem

as of July 2026

Figure 3: West Bank, incl. occupied Jerusalem | 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2026 (until 8 AM)

37 IOF Shooting Incidents

(Aerial bombardment excluded)

339 IOF Military Assaults

37 Settlers' Terror Attack Incidents

- UN ESCWA: “Children were denied access to their classrooms” as 6 UNRWA schools closed in occupied East Jerusalem.

- The Guardian: "British activist abducted by [Israeli] settlers deported by Israel"

- Video: Israeli settlers stormed Qusra, attacking a Palestinian home. IOF fired tear gas inside, arrested its owner & warned him not to return.

Summary

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According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli occupation forces and colonial

settlers perpetrated 2,030 attacks against the Palestinian people, their land and property across the West

Bank in August 2026, including 628 settler attacks that killed 17-year-old Karim Sand Shalalda, affected 164

Palestinians—including 20 children and 17 women—and damaged 21,508 trees, 19,375 of which were olive

trees. The attacks formed part of an intensifying pattern of ‘colonial violence’ that systematically targets the

Palestinian very existence and undermines their ability to remain on their land. This is coupled with further

Israeli land control and theft, including by attempts to establish 32 new settlement installations (outposts)

and measures targeting 1,945.597 dunums through state-land declarations, military seizure orders and so-

called security measures. Israeli occupation authorities also carried out 71 demolition operations affecting

155 Palestinian structures, directly harming at least 200 people, including 75 children and 56 women, and

issued 44 demolition or removal notifications. At the same time, 12 colonial settlement plans and projects

comprising 3,819 settlement units were advanced across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, covering

5,472.22 dunums, including tenders for 1,861 units and the advancement of the ‘E1’ colonial project

intended to connect the illegal Israeli settlement of ‘Ma’ale Adumim’ with Jerusalem and undermine

Palestinian territorial contiguity. The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs further documented continued

Israeli and settler crimes against Islamic holy sites, including 26 settler incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and

the prevention of the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque 155 times. These systematic measures reflect an

interconnected system of stat-backed terrorism, land seizure, settlement expansion, de facto annexation,

structure and home demolitions, and restrictions on access to land and worship that continues to undermine

Palestinian livelihoods, territorial continuity and the ability of Palestinians to remain on their land. This was

further underscored during US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s visit to Turmus Ayya, northeast of

Ramalla, conducted to “understand the situation on the ground.” The Palestinian village, home to a large

majority of Palestinian-American citizens, has repeatedly been targeted by Israeli settler attacks. During

Huckabee’s visit, an Israeli colonial settler broke into a Palestinian property near the home where the

ambassador was meeting with Palestinian-Americans, accentuating the persistent threat posed by settler

terror to the Palestinian people and private property.

Despite Israeli occupation restrictions and a severe, Israeli-engineered financial crisis, the Palestinian

Government has opened the new academic year while Israel continues withholding Palestinian clearance

revenues for the 17th consecutive month. These revenues account for approximately 68 per cent of public

revenues, while more than 900 Israeli military checkpoints and gates continue to obstruct movement

between Palestinian cities and villages. Under the sustained pressure of the financial crisis, schools will

operate for only three days a week as the Government remains unable to pay full salaries to teachers,

doctors, and employees across various sectors. Israel is currently withholding more than $6 billion in

Palestinian clearance revenues, placing further strain on the provision of essential public services. This

academic year, around 846,000 students in the West Bank, more than 100,000 students in schools in

occupied Jerusalem, and nearly 500,000 students in the Gaza Strip are enrolled. In Gaza, however, the start

of the academic year has been postponed until 16 September to complete technical preparations, in

cooperation with international partners, for the establishment of 700 temporary learning sites. Despite these

severe challenges, preparations for the new academic year have delivered important achievements in

education and infrastructure. Seventeen new schools, constructed and equipped at a cost of $19.5 million,

In Focus

Key Government Updates

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have entered service this year. More than 8,300 classrooms have also been equipped with screens to

support interactive learning, while outdated internet networks have been replaced with high-speed fibre-optic

networks. In addition, more than 900 schools across the West Bank, representing approximately 45 per cent

of all schools, have been equipped with solar power systems to support educational continuity and

strengthen emergency preparedness. Meanwhile, 10,300 primary-school teachers and educational

supervisors have received practical training aimed at strengthening their capacities in interactive teaching

and improving the quality of learning.

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