The Palestinian Authority transferred half a billion shekels in payments over the past year to terrorists in prisons and to the families of terrorists, according to i24NEWS as reported by Amichai Stein on X at 8:16 PM UTC on February 25, 2026, in the 29-minute reporting window ending at 8:46 PM UTC. i24NEWS described the payments as the first report in their news edition, with Stein sharing the information via X post (https://x.com/AmichaiStein1/status/2026756474584682746). No further details on the exact timing, recipients, or breakdown of the funds were provided in the report. The report emerges amid ongoing regional tensions, though no direct connection to Lebanese army deployments or Israeli-Indian diplomatic activities was mentioned in the new source.
