Dropsite News On the Genocide That's Being Committed In Palestine-9.16.2026

[S. E. Anderson]

Palestine- 9.16.2026

• Killed and wounded in Gaza: Over the past 24 hours, five Palestinians were killed—two due to wounds sustained in earlier attacks and three in new Israeli attacks—and 28 injured across Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

  • The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 73,821 killed, with 174,897 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,386 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 4,784, while 831 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

• Israeli forces carry out demolitions and raids across occupied West Bank:

  • Ramallah: Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi after raiding his apartment in Ramallah’s Al-Masyoun neighborhood on Thursday, WAFA reported. On Wednesday, settlers attacked homes and set fire to agricultural land in Burqa, east of Ramallah, while Israeli forces prevented Civil Defense crews from reaching the fire. Also Wednesday, Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian man during a raid on Al-Bireh.

  • Nablus: Israeli forces beat and injured two Palestinians Thursday, while detaining and interrogating them during a raid on Al-Ain refugee camp. Forces also raided homes, turned one into a military post, and blocked access to the camp.

  • Qalqilya: Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man in the foot during a raid on Qalqilya, while another man with disabilities suffered from tear-gas inhalation.

  • East Jerusalem: Israeli forces demolished five residential structures and a sheep pen in Anata, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, leaving around 30 people without their homes. Forces beat residents and prevented them from removing their belongings before the demolitions.

• Toll of Gaza’s Israeli-damaged building collapse rises to 21 killed and 45 wounded: Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Drop Site’s Abdel Qader Sabbah that the building collapsed at around 3 a.m. as families were sleeping, crushing its six floors on top of one another. Dozens remain trapped beneath the rubble.

  • “Half an hour ago, there were still voices coming from inside this building. But unfortunately, the resources we have are not sufficient to reach them,” Basal said, describing how rescuers lack specialized equipment to locate survivors beneath the concrete due to Israeli restrictions.

  • Basal said around 2,000 damaged buildings across Gaza are on the verge of collapse while still housing thousands of Palestinians. “Are there any alternatives? The truth is, there are no alternatives in Gaza,” Basal said.

  • With insufficient tents and shelter space, Basal appealed directly to the international community, ceasefire guarantors, Board of Peace, and its High Representative, Nickolay Mladenov: “What more are you waiting for?”

  • Sabbah’s interview with Basal and an eyewitness.

• 21-year-old Palestinian prisoner dies in Ofer prison: An Israeli court has ordered an autopsy of a Palestinian detainee who died in Ofer Prison on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. Mutaz Al-Atrash, 21, had been under administrative detention for approximately a year. He had no known health problems prior to his arrest. Israeli police notified the family on Wednesday without providing any information on the cause of death.

  • Al-Atrash is one of at least 92 Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since the start of the war on Gaza nearly three years ago, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. The group attributed the deaths to torture, starvation, medical neglect, sexual violence, and other abuses, while saying the fate of additional Gaza detainees remains unknown.

• Gaza Health Ministry: Israel cuts approved medical evacuations from 136 to 61: The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli authorities obstructed Thursday’s scheduled medical evacuations to Egypt, reducing the number of approved patients and companions from 136 to 72 before ordering another 11 to return, leaving 61.

The ministry said it would allow only critical cases and patients requiring ambulances to leave, with the others returning in protest against what it called “unjustified punitive policies.” It called for international intervention to ensure all patients can leave for treatment under the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement.

• Israel extends detention of journalist Naqaa Hamed for six days: Israeli authorities have extended the detention of Palestinian journalist and Drop Site contributor Naqaa Hamed for six days, according to a statement by her family. Hamed was arrested near Bethlehem on Tuesday as she was returning from a reporting assignment in the occupied West Bank.

  • According to the family, Hamed’s detention centers around her coverage of the Israeli siege of several Palestinian families in their homes in the town of Qusra.

  • Hamed’s sister, Fatima Salem said on Wednesday in a social media post: “As an American taxpayer, knowing that my own contributions may be helping to sustain the very system responsible for detaining my sister, an American citizen, is unbearable.”

  • Read more about Naqaa’s arrest here.

• U.S. extends visa restrictions barring Abbas from UN General Assembly; Palestinian FM calls decision “unjustified”: The U.S. State Department said it will extend visa restrictions on Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials, preventing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York to address the UN General Assembly next week for the second year in a row.

  • Washington accused the PA and PLO of failing to reform and undermining peace, including by seeking international recognition of Palestinian statehood and pursuing cases at international courts.

  • The Palestinian Foreign Ministry rejected the decision Thursday as “unjustified,” saying: “Recourse to international institutions and international law is a legitimate right of the State of Palestine, and a peaceful and legal means of protecting our people and their rights.”

  • The UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution on Thursday to allow Abbas to address the session remotely, according to The New York Times.

• Israel and Morocco expand diplomatic ties: ​​Israel and Morocco will open embassies, exchange ambassadors, and expand relations under the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, according to a joint statement on Wednesday with the United States, saying “the establishment of full diplomatic, peaceful and friendly relations...will advance the cause of peace and unlock new opportunities for the entire region.”

  • In the statement, the U.S. and Israel reaffirm their recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara which it has occupied since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

• Ireland withdraws from Eurovision 2027 over Gaza: Irish broadcaster RTÉ said Ireland will not participate in or broadcast the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, citing the continued loss of life and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and restrictions on independent international journalists entering the territory.

  • Ireland was among five countries—alongside Iceland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain—that boycotted the 2026 contest after Israeli broadcaster KAN was allowed to participate. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS said last month it will not participate in Eurovision 2027 saying the event “can no longer be considered neutral, with a participating country still involved in a large-scale military conflict.” However, responsibility for Dutch participation has now returned to public broadcasting umbrella organization NPO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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s. e. anderson
author of The Black Holocaust for Beginners
"If WORK was good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor." (Haiti)
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