The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, has said the Israeli military used a drone to drop an explosive device near its personnel during a patrol. In a statement, UNIFIL said peacekeepers on a planned patrol near the town of Adeisse were alerted by local residents to a potential threat at a nearby house, where they discovered an explosive device connected to a detonating cord. As they prepared to inspect another location, a drone hovering overhead dropped a grenade about 30 metres from the patrol. UNIFIL said it sent a stop-fire request to the Israeli army and that no peacekeepers were injured. It said such actions endanger both peacekeepers and civilians, urging Israel to ensure their safety and halt activities that put them at risk. The UN Security Council has voted to extend UNIFIL’s mandate until the end of 2026, followed by an “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal” during 2027.
US judge to issue order protecting academics amid pro-Palestine activism crackdown
A US federal judge has said he will issue an order aimed at protecting academics who are challenging the arrest and potential deportation of non-citizen, pro-Palestine activists on US university campuses. Speaking at a hearing in Boston, US District Judge William Young said the order, expected within a week, would seek to prevent the Trump administration from changing the immigration status of non-citizen academics involved in the case. The lawsuit was filed last year after immigration authorities arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate, in March. Khalil was the first individual targeted under Donald Trump’s effort to deport non-citizen students involved in pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel activism.
In numbers: Casualties across Gaza and occupied West Bank
As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza continues, alongside ongoing settler and Israeli military violence in the occupied West Bank, here is a closer look at the figures since October 2023 shared by the Palestinian Health Ministry:
Gaza Strip
- At least 71,441 Palestinians killed
- More than 171,329 Palestinians wounded
- Since the ceasefire in October 2025, at least 451 Palestinians have been killed and 1,251 wounded
Occupied West Bank
- More than 1,106 Palestinians killed and over 10,904 wounded
- Nearly 21,000 Palestinians detained
- About 9,300 currently held in Israeli jails with 3,385 Palestinians detained without charge or trial.