Israel’s War Without Borders: From Gaza Massacres To West Bank Pogroms And The E1 Annexation Blueprint.

Gaza: Dawn Massacre At Nuseirat:

At least 44 Palestinians were killed in the early morning hours when Israeli warplanes struck multiple locations across the Gaza Strip, including a devastating attack on a family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Civil defence crews, already operating with shattered equipment and dwindling fuel, pulled the bodies of children from beneath the rubble.

“Every strike is wiping out entire families. We no longer know who is alive,” said Mahmoud Ashour, a Nuseirat resident who helped dig through the ruins. Al Jazeera footage showed men carrying charred remains in plastic sheets while women wailed over broken concrete.

The attack comes as Israel intensifies its ground invasion of Gaza City, with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped under fire, starved by Israel’s blockade, and denied humanitarian relief.

According to reports, at least 100,000 Palestinians have been killed and approximately 377,000 wounded or maimed since October 2023. Independent estimates suggest the true toll is far higher, with thousands more still buried under rubble.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, used his podium at the UN General Assembly to defend the war as “unfinished business,” pledging to “finish the job” despite global outrage.

West Bank: Settler Pogroms And Mass Arrests.

While Gaza bleeds, the occupied West Bank is engulfed in its own wave of terror. In Kisan village east of Bethlehem, Israeli settlers, some masked, many armed, raided farmland, torched homes, and assaulted residents. “They beat us in front of our children. They set fire to our crops,” said Ibrahim al-Kiswani, a farmer whose olive groves were destroyed.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces laid siege to the city, carrying out mass arrests and demolitions. Palestinian state media WAFA reported that the army surrounded entire neighbourhoods and detonated the family home of a man accused of attacking Israelis. The explosion damaged nearby houses, displacing multiple families.

“This is the nature of the occupation,” said Mayor Nafiz Hamouda. “They do not punish one man; they punish entire communities.”

Meanwhile, Masafer Yatta, long under threat of expulsion, reeled from a series of settler pogroms in which residents were pepper-sprayed, beaten with iron rods, and stabbed. Children were hospitalised with brain haemorrhages; elders suffered broken bones.

“These are not rogue gangs,” said activist Basel Adra, reporting for +972 Magazine. “Settler violence is the frontline of state policy. It is meant to empty our villages.”

E1: Annexation Blueprint In The West Bank.

Amid the chaos, Israel is advancing one of its most consequential settler projects: E1. The plan aims to link East Jerusalem with the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc, cutting the West Bank in half and isolating Palestinian communities from one another.

For decades, U.S. and European diplomats warned that construction in E1 would be the “death knell” of a two-state solution. Now, under the cover of Gaza’s bombardment, Israel has accelerated settlement approvals, road-building, and demolition orders in the area.

Bedouin communities such as Khan al-Ahmar face renewed threats of expulsion. “We are being erased piece by piece,” said Eid Abu Khamis, a village spokesman. “They demolish, they build, and then they call it legal.”

According to Israeli NGO Peace Now, E1 is not just about expansion but about irreversible annexation. By bisecting the West Bank, Israel cements its control over territory while fragmenting Palestinian geography beyond repair.

“This is not a side issue, it is the blueprint for apartheid,” said Hagai El-Ad, former director of B’Tselem. “E1 ties the whole project together: from pogroms in Masafer Yatta to home demolitions in Tulkarem, it is all about permanent displacement.”

Netanyahu At The UN: Defiance In The Face Of Genocide.

Standing before world leaders at the UN, Netanyahu dismissed accusations of genocide, insisting Israel was acting in “self-defence.” He pledged to continue the war in Gaza until Hamas was “completely eradicated,” a promise that analysts say amounts to a green light for indefinite war and mass civilian casualties.

“His speech was chilling,” said Palestinian diplomat Riyad Mansour. “It was not a defence. It was an admission of intent, the intent to destroy a people.”

Human rights groups argue Netanyahu’s words should be admissible as evidence at the International Criminal Court, where South Africa and others have filed genocide cases. Yet international governments remain largely silent, offering at best muted calls for restraint.

Explainer: What Is E1 And Why Does It Matter?

E1 (East 1) is a planned Israeli settlement expansion project east of Jerusalem that would connect the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc to the city, cutting deep into the occupied West Bank.

Why is it controversial?

• Geographic chokehold: E1 would split the West Bank in two, severing the north (Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin) from the south (Bethlehem, Hebron).
• Jerusalem cutoff: It would isolate East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank, strangling any hope for it to serve as a Palestinian capital.
• Death of two states: U.S. and European diplomats have long called E1 the “point of no return” for a two-state solution.

What’s happening now?

• Israel has revived construction tenders and infrastructure planning under the cover of war in Gaza.
• Demolition orders have targeted Palestinian and Bedouin communities, especially Khan al-Ahmar, which sits in the corridor.
• Peace Now and other NGOs warn that E1 is not just about expansion but de facto annexation, entrenching Israeli sovereignty over occupied land.

Why Does It Matter?

E1 is the linchpin of annexation. Without territorial continuity, a Palestinian state becomes geographically impossible. Critics say this is precisely the point: E1 is designed to cement permanent Israeli control while displacing Palestinians through demolitions, forced transfers, and settler violence.

As Hagai El-Ad of B’Tselem puts it:

“E1 is not a technical planning issue. It is the blueprint for apartheid.”

 Conclusion: Gaza’s Rubble, West Bank’s Annexation.

Israel’s war is not confined to Gaza’s ruins. It is a two-front strategy: mass destruction and starvation in Gaza, coupled with creeping annexation and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.

The massacre at Nuseirat, the pogroms of Masafer Yatta, and the advance of E1 are not isolated events. They are pillars of a single project: the dismantling of Palestinian society and the erasure of its territorial claims.

For Palestinians, this war is not about October 7. It is about a century-long project of colonisation reaching its most violent stage. E1 is the core for Israel, changing the landscape with force, to realise a vision promoted by capitalist idealists and elites.

“The world must understand,” said Munther Amira, a Bethlehem-based activist, “what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank is not two struggles. It is one struggle, the struggle against extermination and annexation.”

And yet, as Netanyahu boasts of “finishing the job” from a UN podium, the silence of global powers signals complicity. In Gaza, Palestinians die beneath rubble. In the West Bank, they are forced from their ancestral hills. In E1, the blueprint of annexation is laid in concrete.“The genocide is ongoing, and the map of Palestine is being erased before our eyes.”