DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025

The Genocide in Gaza

Israeli kills Palestinian photojournalist: The Israeli military killed Palestinian photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi in a drone strike in Khan Younis on Tuesday. Videos posted online show mourners gathering around Wadi’s body with his press vest laid on top of him. Wadi used to publish drone footage on social media depicting the vast destruction in Gaza as well as the tent encampments sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians. The Israeli military has killed over 260 journalists and media workers in Gaza over the past two years in what is the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern history. The Israeli military killed another Palestinian near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to AP.

The Red Cross’s findings on Israeli captives: Israel is preparing to receive “findings” from the Red Cross that could belong to the two remaining Israeli captives thought to be in Gaza, according to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Conditions remain dire in Gaza, the UN says: Conditions in Gaza remain “extremely dire,” with UN Humanitarian Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov warning after a four-day visit that winter storms are hitting people already living in “appalling” conditions. Alakbarov urged Israel to grant unfettered access to aid groups. 234 health service points are functioning, compared to 197 before the October ceasefire, but the system remains incapacitated by destruction, shortages, and Israeli obstruction, with major roads remain closed to aid trucks, forcing convoys onto overcrowded coastal and border routes. 1.5 million people urgently need shelter, with only 160 new tents available. Aid groups reached just 4,300 households. 18 damaged learning spaces have reopened for just 8,000 children, while basic education supplies remain blocked. Cash transfers have reached 123,000 families since the ceasefire, slightly exceeding initial targets.

Ceasefire violation in Al-Tuffah, artillery shelling in Khan Younis, and attacks on Bureij: A Palestinian woman was injured Monday evening when Israeli drones opened fire on Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, marking a fresh ceasefire violation, Al Araby reported. In the southern city of Khan Younis, Israeli artillery fire reportedly hit the city’s eastern areas Monday evening, alongside attacks on the Bureij refugee camp.

Only 220 trucks enter the Strip daily, while 6,000 wait: No more than 220 trucks are entering Gaza each day, according to the Gaza Chamber of Commerce, an independent body of traders and importers. UNRWA saysIsrael is holding roughly 6,000 aid trucks containing enough food and relief supplies to sustain Gaza for three months.

IDF repeats its “immediate threat” excuse: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza, according to a statement on Monday by Israeli military Defence Forces, which claimed they crossed the “yellow line” into an Israeli-controlled area.

Palestinian clans accuse Israel of smuggling drugs into Gaza: Israel is allowing “large quantities of narcotics” to be smuggled into Gaza through Israeli-backed militias while simultaneously blocking adequate humanitarian aid, the Palestinian Tribal and Clan Council said in a statement Monday. The council described the drug influx as part of a “systematic war targeting Palestinian youth,” and warned that these operations aim to erode Gaza’s social fabric and starve the population. While calling unified action against narcotics a “national and moral obligation,” the statement accused anyone involved in smuggling or distribution of committing “a national betrayal.”

Trump, Gaza, and Oslo déjà vu: The UN’s plan for Gaza, including President Trump’s controversial “Board of Peace,” aims to turn Gaza into a demilitarized investment zone under foreign control, which would grant Israel sweeping authority and kneecap Palestinian self-determination. According to a report from Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad, a broad array of Palestinian factions reject the scheme as a form of colonial guardianship. Human rights lawyer Diana Buttu calls it “an Israeli plan that has been rebranded as a Trump plan,” and notes that “all of the control rests in the hands of Israel.” Abbas and his Palestinian Authority see it as an opportunity to permanently sideline their rivals and to assert their political authority, in a situation reminiscent of the failed Oslo accords. Read the full piece from Scahill and Ahmad here.

West Bank and Israel

Israeli forces kill two teenagers: The Israeli military killed two Palestinian teenagers in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Monday. In Hebron, Israeli troops shot and killed 17-year-old Muhannad al-Zughair, accusing him of carrying out a car-ramming attack that injured an Israeli soldier. 18-year-old Raslan Asmar was shot by Israeli troops during a raid on his village near Ramallah. Asmar was left to bleed on the ground for hours and his body was seized by the Israeli military, according to Al Jazeera.

Israeli demolitions: Israeli forces demolished the family home in Nablus of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a Palestinian currently in detention, on Tuesday. The Israeli military accused Sanoubar without evidence of planting bombs on buses in February. Israeli troops also demolished two apartments in al-Walaja village, near Bethlehem, according to Al Jazeera.

Israeli seizure: Israeli troops raided and sealed the headquarters of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Al-Bireh and its office in Hebron on Monday. Several staff members were arrested and office equipment was confiscated. The military posted a military order prohibiting the organization’s work and engagement with its activities. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the closure as “part of a systematic policy aimed at undermining civil and developmental work.”

Netanyahu talks with Trump: Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with the two leaders stressing their “commitment to disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip,” according to Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office.

Saudi Arabia funds the PA: Saudi Arabia has injected $90 million into the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, according to reports from The Times of Israel. The infusion gives Ramallah a brief lifeline, while Israel withholds an estimated $3 billion in tax and customs revenues, according to a September estimate from Reuters. The funds were delivered to acting Finance Minister Estephan Salameh by the Saudi envoy, with Riyadh framing the grant as support for basic governance during one of the PA’s worst fiscal crises in years.