UN Slashes Food Aid for Gaza and the West Bank
September 1, 2026. The UN cut food aid for the West Bank and Gaza after a US-led drop in donations, three children were among four killed in Gaza City, and East Jerusalem schools went on strike. Here's each story in brief, with links to the original reporting.
EU Considers Settlement Trade Ban
The EU is weighing a ban on settlement goods, with Ireland urging action.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
UN Cuts Food Aid After US-Led Donor Cuts
The UN food agency slashed aid in Gaza and the West Bank after a US-led fall in donations.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera
Children Among Four Killed in Gaza City
Three children were among four killed in strikes on Gaza City.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Jerusalem Schools Walk Out
East Jerusalem schools struck over Israeli curriculum rules and teacher bans.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Five Killed in Gaza, Including Children
At least five people, among them children, were killed in strikes on Gaza, with an Al Jazeera correspondent describing nonstop attacks on Gaza City.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Water Crisis Grows After Plant Destroyed
With a new desalination plant destroyed, displaced families in northern Gaza are struggling to find clean water.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Farmers Survey Bulldozed Olive Groves
Palestinian farmers surveyed olive trees bulldozed by Israeli forces, with decades-old groves uprooted in hours.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Luxembourg Lets Israel Bonds Approval Lapse
Luxembourg allowed an Israel Bonds prospectus to expire, clouding Israel's future borrowing in EU markets.
Sources: Al Jazeera
The Wider Context
The truce reached in October 2025 ended the full-scale offensive but not the killing. Attacks continue, and restrictions on what can enter Gaza still block any real reconstruction. 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
Across the occupied West Bank, 275 communities have been hit by settler attacks in 2026, a pace that has nearly equaled last year's record with months still to go. More than 1,100 Palestinian structures have been demolished this year for lacking building permits, displacing over 1,500 people, more than a third of the 4,300 Palestinians displaced in the West Bank in 2026. Almost every school in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed, and with more than 90 percent of buildings in ruins, people are living in structures that could come down.
Sources: OCHA
Aid agencies say the shortages are now structural, not temporary: without heavy machinery, fuel and engine oil, rubble can't be cleared, water systems can't be fixed, and search and rescue work drags on for days. At the UN, the two-state solution is still the stated goal of the Secretary-General and most member states, even as settlement expansion continues and Palestinian officials call it creeping annexation.
Sources: OCHA
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