Israel is unabashed about its policy of taking over West Bank land, and Israeli soldiers seem content to prevent Palestinians, Israelis, or international journalists from documenting the settler takeover in Qusra
Israeli soldiers standing in front of a home where three Palestinian families are besieged in Qusra, northern West Bank, on Friday. Credit: Itai Ron
It isn't easy to visit the families of Qusra, in the northern West Bank, whose homes have been besieged by settlers since last (…)

Settlers have been besieging a Palestinian family for 10 days in an effort to seize their home. The army's unwillingness to stop them tells the whole story.
For the past 10 days, Qusai Abu Ridi has watched from his balcony as Israeli settlers and accompanying soldiers lay siege to his home.
Qusai Abu Ridi is seen in his besieged home as Israeli soldiers block activists from reaching him, Qusra, occupied West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
The settlers arrived in Qusra — located (…)

As medicine runs out under Israel's blockade and care is routinely disrupted, dialysis and cancer patients in the enclave are left to die slowly.
Dialysis patient Basel Al-Dahdouh in his family's tent on Al-Shuhada Street in central Gaza City, August 13, 2026. (Hussain Al-Jerjawi)
Four days a week, 5-year-old Ibrahim Abdullah travels three kilometers from his family's tent in Al-Mawasi to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where he spends nearly four hours connected to a dialysis machine. (…)