Israeli Strike on Gaza City Café Kills Six, Including a Child
August 18, 2026. An Israeli strike on a waterfront café in Gaza City killed six people, a Palestinian American confronted a settler at his besieged home, and new working groups tied Gaza's reconstruction to disarmament. Here's each story in brief, with links to the original reporting.
Palestinian American Confronts Settler at His Home
Palestinian American Loui Abu Ridi confronted a settler at his besieged home in Qusra and told Al Jazeera he fears for his family's lives.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Café Strike in Gaza City Kills Six
An Israeli strike hit a café near Gaza City's port, killing six Palestinians, including a child, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settler Children Block Ambulance
Palestine Red Crescent video shows settler children attacking and blocking an ambulance in the occupied West Bank.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Breast Cancer Crisis in Gaza
Women with breast cancer in Gaza face a devastating crisis as the siege blocks treatment, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Gaza 'Working Groups' Put Disarmament First
New Gaza working groups condition reconstruction on immediate disarmament, Al Jazeera explains.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Outcry Fails to Lift West Bank Siege
Despite global condemnation, settlers kept up their siege of Palestinian homes, while the Board of Peace backed away from parts of the Gaza disarmament deal.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Six Reported Killed in Gaza City
At least six people were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City as efforts to end the fighting stalled.
Sources: Al Jazeera
One Activist's Weekly Protest in Japan
A Japanese activist keeps up a lone weekly protest over Gaza in a country where such demonstrations are uncommon.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Context: Gaza and the West Bank
A year of ceasefire has brought no rebuilding to Gaza. Strikes continue, entry restrictions remain, and aid agencies say fuel and equipment shortages are now the biggest obstacle. The recorded death toll in Gaza has passed 73,900, with more than 174,000 injured, according to the health ministry. Over 1,300 of those deaths have come since the truce began.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
Settler violence in the occupied West Bank is near record levels, with the UN counting 275 Palestinian communities affected in 2026, almost matching the total for all of last year. Demolitions continue alongside the attacks: over 1,100 structures have come down this year for lacking permits Israel rarely grants, forcing more than 1,500 people from their homes. UNICEF says 98 percent of Gaza's schools were destroyed or damaged during the war, and more than 90 percent of the territory lies in ruins, leaving families sheltering in buildings engineers have called unsafe.
Sources: OCHA
The UN warns that the dangers facing Gaza's civilians grow as winter nears, with flooding expected in areas where families live in tents and damaged buildings and where sanitation has already broken down. Accountability efforts continue in parallel: cases at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, national investigations in several countries, and growing calls for arms embargoes.
Sources: OCHA
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