Palestine

The pledged reconstruction funding for Gaza has failed to materialize, crippling recovery. The Board of Peace has received only a tiny fraction of the $17 billion pledged, stalling the plan. Global energy market tensions over the Strait of Hormuz persist as a backdrop, but direct economic events for Palestine are scarce.

• 6Over $71bn needed over next decade to rebuild Gaza: UN, EU -
• 5Slovakia to sue EU over Russian gas import ban
• 4Italy's deputy PM calls for return to Russian gas purchases
• 3Kremlin comments on EU's rejection of Russian oil and gas
• 3Board of Peace has received only tiny fraction of $17 billion pledged for Gaza — sources

Political dynamics are defined by Israeli expansionism and international diplomatic friction. Israel approved dozens of new settlements in the West Bank and barred Spain from a Gaza ceasefire monitoring center. Concurrently, Hamas rejects external demands for disarmament and challenges claims about aid, while Turkey pursues legal action against Netanyahu.

• 44Palestinians vote in first local elections since Gaza war
• 11Israel Removes Spain From Gaza Strip CMCC Following ‘blatant Anti-Israel Bias’
• 9U.S. Senate Candidate From Michigan Says Israeli Government 'Evil' Like Hamas
• 8Germany and Italy rebuke Israel over Gaza aid flotilla stop
• 6Trump's Gaza peace board lacks promised funding, stalling plan

Security in Gaza is characterized by persistent Israeli airstrikes causing significant civilian casualties. Strikes killed an Al Jazeera journalist, at least 10 people near a school, and six individuals at a checkpoint. The violence extends beyond Gaza, with Israel claiming a strike killed a Hezbollah leader's assistant in Beirut.

• 34Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, detains 175 activists
• 13Israeli strike kills several people in Gaza City
• 11The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon
• 9Israel expands military operations in Gaza and Lebanon
• 8COGAT says MSF 'lost moral direction' after NGO's report of water in Gaza

The dominant societal tension is between the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza and international civilian efforts to break the blockade through aid flotillas. A new aid flotilla sailed from Spain toward Gaza with double participation, while the WHO suspended medical evacuations after a contractor was killed by Israeli troops.

• 14Average of 47 women and girls killed daily during Gaza war, UN says
• 12Police in London arrest hundreds at protest for banned group
• 8New aid flotilla sails from Spain toward Gaza
• 6WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed by Israeli troops
• 5West Bank mourners hold aloft baby daughters at funeral procession of father shot dead during Israeli settler attack