Gaza Students With US and Overseas Offers Remain Trapped
September 9, 2026. Gaza students holding overseas university offers remained trapped as the term began, Israel escalated its dispute with Britain, and Gaza's hospitals faced an oxygen crisis. Here's each story in brief, with links to the original reporting.
Gaza Students Can't Reach Their Universities
As the term starts, Gaza students with overseas offers and scholarships are stuck, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Settler Siege Keeps Girl From School
Kinda Hassan, 4, missed her first school day because of a month-long settler siege.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Only 12 Oxygen Stations Left in Gaza
Just 12 of Gaza's 34 oxygen stations still work, deepening the health crisis.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Inside Israel's Prisons
Palestinian prisoners are held in inhumane conditions overseen by Ben-Gvir, Al Jazeera reports.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Strike Destroys Home in al-Shati Camp
An Israeli strike destroyed a home in Gaza City's al-Shati refugee camp and badly damaged neighbouring houses.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Parties File Slates for October Election
Israeli parties submitted candidate lists for the October 27 Knesset election before the deadline.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Protest in Slovenia Over Israeli Embassy
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in Ljubljana against the opening of Israel's first resident embassy in Slovenia.
Sources: Al Jazeera
Where Things Stand
The October 2025 ceasefire never fully held. Strikes have continued almost daily, and the machinery, fuel and spare parts needed for repairs are still mostly kept out of Gaza. Health officials in Gaza record over 73,900 people killed and more than 174,000 injured since October 2023, figures that include the months since the ceasefire was announced.
Sources: Al Jazeera, OCHA
The UN has logged settler attacks against 275 Palestinian communities in the West Bank this year, close to the 2025 record and far above levels seen a decade ago. Israeli authorities have demolished more than 1,100 Palestinian structures in the West Bank this year, displacing over 1,500 people, most for building without permits that are almost never granted. More than 90 percent of Gaza is destroyed or damaged. UNICEF puts the figure for schools at 98 percent, and thousands now shelter in buildings at risk of collapse.
Sources: OCHA
Funding is its own crisis. UN agencies have cut food aid in Gaza and the West Bank as Western donations drop, at a moment when humanitarian groups say needs are the highest since the war began. Diplomatically, the past year brought recognition of the State of Palestine by the UK, Canada and Australia in September 2025, followed by the first Western trade measures against illegal settlements. The United States has not recognized Palestinian statehood.
Sources: OCHA
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