Israeli death forces killed at least four Palestinians Wednesday, as the US-brokered ceasefire that took effect more than three months ago continues to be ignored.
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, the Jews have murdered at least 492 indigenous Christian and Muslim Palestinians. At least 1,356 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative.
At least 25 Palestinians in Gaza have died due to the extreme cold, including 21 children, toddlers and babies, since the start of the Jews' genocidal war in October 2023. At least 11 Palestinian children have died of extreme cold this winter.
The Jewish Israel regime has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,300 times (as of Jan. 15, 2026). More statistics below.
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.
Jews cruelty continues after hostage’s body is found
Israeli death forces desecrated and/or exhumed over 200 Palestinian graves in their search for the body of the last Israeli captive.
Residents living near the cemetery where Gvili’s body was discovered said Palestinian remains exhumed during the search were left exposed without reburial.
Two people were killed in an Jews' drone strike while attempting to reach the cemetery to rebury their loved ones.
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‘Every day we are collecting bones’
Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network in Gaza, says many families are still suffering because they haven’t recovered the remains of their loved ones, even as Israel retrieved the body of its last captive from the territory.
He noted there are an estimated 10,000 bodies still buried under the rubble in Gaza, where rescuers lack adequate equipment and access to dig them out, and specialists lack equipment to identify them.
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OCHA: 1M people in Gaza urgently need shelter amid dire humanitarian conditions
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip remain dire for hundreds of thousands of families in need.
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Israel plans large [concentration] camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, retired general says
Israel has cleared land in southern Gaza for the construction of a camp for Palestinians potentially equipped with surveillance and facial recognition technology at its entrance, and capable of hosting hundreds of thousands of people, a retired Israeli general who advises the military said.
He did not speak on behalf of Israel’s military, which declined to comment; the prime minister’s office likewise did not immediately provide comment (continue reading here).
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Hey ChatGPT, is Israel building a concentration camp?
- ✅ Mass Detention of Civilians: Scholarly consensus often defines concentration camps as sites where large groups of civilians are held. Modern definitions emphasize the “concentration” of people from a specific, identifiable group—often based on ethnicity or religion—rather than individuals convicted of specific crimes.
- ✅ Extrajudicial Status: A
primary distinguishing feature is that incarceration is independent of a
judicial sentence, indictment, or trial. Experts at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum note that these camps are “not subject to
judicial review”.
- ✅ Surveillance Technology: While historical camps relied on physical barriers like barbed wire, modern experts observe that “technologies of power” now include facial recognition and digital surveillance to manage and track populations. Human rights groups like Amnesty International have recently described the use of such “automated” systems to enforce movement restrictions as part of carceral or “apartheid” frameworks.
- ✅ Scale and Infrastructure: Facilities capable of hosting “hundreds of thousands” align with historical and modern instances of mass internment. For example, reports in January 2026 indicate that Israel has considered large-scale camps in Gaza equipped with facial recognition for ID checks, leading to discussions about their classification.
- ✅ Historical Association: Because the term is strongly associated with Nazi death camps (extermination camps), many people reserve it only for facilities involving mass murder or extreme brutality. However, historians point out that the term predates the Holocaust and originally referred to the “concentration” of civilians for political or military reasons.
*NOTE: Immediately after the start of Israel’s bombing and invasion of Gaza in October 2023, Israel’s Ministry of Intelligence proposed expelling Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians under the guise of humanitarian concerns; the subject has resurfaced throughout the war. To see a a public database with over 500 instances of Israeli incitement to perpetrate genocide, go here.
RELATED: Israeli plans for Rafah ‘camp’ in Gaza slammed as continuation of genocide
Will Rafah crossing finally open now?
NOTE: Israeli leaders have declared instead that the Rafah crossing would be opened when all Israeli hostages and remains are returned.The return of Ran Gvili’s body on Monday marks the end of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza.
That, according to AP, “raises hopes for thousands of war-wounded Palestinians seeking travel abroad for medical care, and for tens of thousands of people outside Gaza seeking to return home.” Netanyahu’s comments at a Wednesday press conference may temper those hopes. The crossing has been mostly closed since May 2024,
Netanyahu confirmed that the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt “will be open in both directions” when it finally resumes operations soon. He said he doesn’t know the exact number of pedestrians who will be allowed into Gaza every day, but estimated it at “50 people plus family members coming in.”
“We are not going to prevent anyone from leaving,” Netanyahu added. “There will be no open access — it is not going to be opened for goods. … People go out, people come in — but they are checked, thoroughly checked [by Israel].” There are an estimated 20,000 Palestinians waiting for medical evacuation from Gaza.
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PM: Israeli security control to extend ‘from Jordan River to sea*’
In a press conference on Wednesday, PM Netanyahu reiterated his standard statement that a Palestinian state in Gaza “will not happen,” and touted his efforts to “repeatedly” stop the establishment of a one.
“Israel will maintain security control over the entire area from the Jordan River to the sea, and that applies to the Gaza Strip as well,” he said.
*NOTE: Most Israelis and Israel partisans can not abide the chant, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” They hear it as an existential threat against the survival of Israel and its Jewish citizens – even in a children’s coloring book.
In the words of Ha’aretz writer and researcher Dahlia Scheindlin, Palestinians want all of the land, and they want to destroy Israel. The [coloring] book is incontrovertible evidence that they incite their children to this aim of destruction and therefore they must never, ever have a state of their own.
Scheindlin goes on to point out that maps in Israel almost invariably show “the whole land, undivided – in effect, erasing Palestinian political and national identity.” Israeli textbooks, public maps, home decor, the Prime Minister’s Powerpoint, and on and on.
More importantly, she says, Israel is actively, perpetually expanding its physical borders and control, and “Anyone who accuses Palestinians of a ‘river to sea’ ideology is a fraud – a master of whataboutism for the river to sea reality of the State of Israel today.”
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Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban*
Emmy-winning Owda points to changes in TikTok’s US ownership, remarks from Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to explain ban.
*NOTE: Israel and its advocates have been spending enormous sums, in recent months especially (ever since the genocide in Gaza has stained Israel’s reputation). Pro-Israel billionaires have bought social media corporations and TV networks to control their content; Israel has hired influencers to whitewash its image, media creators to manipulate artificial intelligence chatbots, and enlisted organizations to target groups with pro-Israel propaganda.
For more on the media bias pervasive during this war, start with this and this; for more on the decades-long pro-Israel media bias, check out this and this.
IRAN NEWS AND HEADLINES:
US sends Israel secret message* that outlines timing of possible attack on Iran
According to Israeli channel 14, the US message says preparations for the attack are expected to be completed within about two weeks, and that a suitable opportunity to carry it out could arise in the coming months.
*NOTE: Ahead of last summer’s attack on Iran, Netanyahu and Trump reportedly colluded to lie to the world in order to launch a surprise attack on Iran.
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42+ U.S. Air Force Heavy Airlifter Flights Surge Supplies to Middle East Bases as War With Iran Looms
Data was compiled from publicly available flight trackers.
Iran rejects Trump’s threats, says ready to respond to any US attack
Fears of US attack rise as president says Tehran can either negotiate ‘a fair and equitable deal’ or face a US ‘armada’.
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Near Bethlehem
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: MORE ISRAELI OCCUPATION ACTIONS ON WEDNESDAY:State-backed settler violence has become a key driver of forced displacement, chipping away at Palestinian presence in strategic locations.
— UN Human Rights Palestine (@OHCHR_Palestine) January 28, 2026
Between 23 and 25 January, at least 10 serious settler attacks were recorded across the West Bank, resulting in property damage, injuries,…
Israeli settlers set fire to three villages in occupied West Bank
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel accurately. IAK passes along only factual reporting.)
Ben-Gvir urges Trump to intervene to end Netanyahu corruption trial
Trump has repeatedly urged the Israeli President to pardon Netanyahu; his comments sparked criticism in Israel over what opponents described as interference in the country’s judicial process.
![Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on February 22, 2024 [Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images]](https://israelpalestinenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/9-9-b.jpg)
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Israel’s top court delays Gaza press access ruling amid years-long ban
Court gives Israeli government until March to justify ban on foreign media from Gaza.
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Foreign Press Association says Israel has ‘no security justifications’ to bar journalists from Gaza
Press group criticizes repeated delays by Israel’s top court on its petition seeking media access to Gaza
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U.S.-made David armored vehicle hits 1,000 deliveries to IDF
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Israeli forces arrest man in southwestern Syria* as attacks continue
Israeli soldiers have reportedly entered areas in southern Syria’s Quneitra governorate and arrested an unidentified man there.
*NOTE: Although Israel is not at war with Syria, the Israeli army has carried out over 1,000 airstrikes and 400 cross-border raids on Syria since December 2024.
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:
(You can learn a lot about a country from its headlines. Get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions that receives $63 million a day from America.)
In a statement shared with Haaretz, leading liberal Jewish organizations in the U.S. and Canada called on Israeli leaders to halt the advancement of the bill and to reaffirm the Jewish values of ‘the sanctity of human life and the dignity of every person.’
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‘The Pager Operation Cost 1B Shekels ($325 million)’: a Glimpse Into the True Price* of Israel’s Wars
The June airstrikes on Iran cost 20 billion shekels ( $6.5 billion) in 12 days.
*NOTE: Israel can afford these exorbitant costs because of generous American subsidies of Israel’s military. According to Costs of War, in the 2 fiscal years following the October 7th incident, US military aid to Israel was $21.7 billion; US military operations on behalf of Israel in Yemen, Iran, and the wider Middle East amounted to $9.6-$12 billion, for a total of over $31 billion of US taxpayer dollars.
From the Classroom to the Street: The Religious Right Is Plotting a Gender-segregated Israel
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000* Palestinians Killed During the War
Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry’s data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry’s count until now.
*NOTE: Israel’s acceptance of this figure is likely strategic, as much higher numbers are likely to appear soon. In January 2025, a peer-reviewed analysis of deaths in the Gaza war between October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was published in The Lancet. It concluded that the Gaza Health Ministry undercounted trauma-related deaths by 41% in its report, and also noted that its findings “do not account for non-trauma-related deaths resulting from health service disruption, food insecurity, and inadequate water and sanitation.” A comparable figure for January 2026 would put the true trauma-related death toll at 121,469 (37,288 children). Another roughly 10,000 Palestinians are buried under the millions of tons of rubble, and presumed dead.
The Lancet authors also noted that beyond trauma-related deaths, “indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths.” Given the destroyed health-care infrastructure; severe shortages of food, water, and shelter; the population’s inability to flee to safe places; and the loss of funding to UNRWA,” indirect deaths are likely to be very high, but even applying a conservative ratio of 4:1, Gaza’s total death toll may be over 280,000.
Israel rejects the ministry’s report that 482 Gazans died of starvation, claiming instead that no healthy persons died from starvation.
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‘We need to let this fantasy dissipate’: Former Mossad division head on disarming Hamas
He expects another round of fighting in the future and commented: “It’s hard to hear. None of us want this…The whole system Trump is building, based on a wishful thinking fantasy, is unrealistic.
OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:
Palestinian developer gains massive user support for app challenging censorship*
The app is ranked ninth among free apps on Apple’s App Store, one place ahead of TikTok (as of Monday).
*NOTE: See note following “Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban” above.
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UK Lawyers for Israel feeling uncomfortable about Scout leader’s kuffiyeh
The leader of a Beaver troop of 6-8-year-olds, allegedly caused “distress” to some Jewish families by his clothing choice; they claimed it was a “hostile” symbol towards Israel and therefore inappropriate.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Inside Gaza’s Rejection of Kushner’s Vision for ‘Rebuilding’ the Strip
Israeli Soldiers Kill a Palestinian in Hebron
Former US soldiers turned Palestine advocates make a run for Congress
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
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