• Israeli demolitions in the occupied West Bank have displaced 147 Palestinians in one week, the UN’s OCHA says.

Israeli drone strike targets apartment west of Gaza City

An Israeli attack using drones has targeted a residential apartment in the al-Nasr neighborhood west of Gaza City, according to medical sources at the al-Shifa Hospital.

Footage showed children with severe injuries being treated by medics following the attack.

Palestinian killed, children wounded in Israeli drone attack west of Gaza City

Al-Shifa Hospital reports that the Israeli drone attack killed one Palestinian and injured others, including children.

Erdogan pledges continued pursuit of accountability for crimes in Gaza and across region

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned crimes against humanity committed in Gaza and across the region, pledging that his administration will pursue accountability for those responsible.

In a statement posted on X, Erdogan said that “those who have shed the blood of 74,000 of our Gazan brothers and sisters” and those who “sow terror in our region from Lebanon to Syria” must face justice.

“We will never waver in our stance until they are held accountable before the law,” Erdogan wrote, adding that Turkiye would “courageously continue to proclaim the truth and boldly speak the facts”.

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in central Gaza

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian on Salah al-Din Street east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.

Earlier, we reported an Israeli drone attack on an apartment in the Nasser neighborhood of western Gaza City had killed another Palestinian and wounded several others, including children.

Hamas commander confirmed killed in Gaza City strike

Izz al-Din al-Bik, commander of the northern brigade of Hamas’s armed wing, was killed in an Israeli air attack on an apartment in Gaza City.

Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera that al-Bik took over command of the Qassam Brigades unit during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, succeeding Ahmed al-Ghandour.

Earlier, PM Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a statement saying al-Bik had been killed.

Intense Israeli gunfire as attacks throughout Gaza continue

The situation on the ground remains unchanged, with Israel continuing its artillery shelling and gunfire, which can be heard at this moment in the eastern areas.

This is what we have been following since last night, when a number of casualties arrived from the northern areas of the Gaza Strip following intense and unprecedented gunfire directed at Palestinians.

At dawn today, Israel carried out an assassination by targeting a residential apartment in the al-Nasr neighborhood. The fire burned inside the apartment for nearly an hour, while civil defence crews struggled to extinguish it because their equipment is worn out. an hour later, the fire was put out and the bodies of those killed were recovered from the apartment.

It became clear this morning the target was Izz al-Din al-Bik, commander of the al-Qassam Brigades’ unit in the northern Gaza Strip. He succeeded the late Ahmed al-Ghandour, whom Israel also assassinated in northern Gaza at the beginning of its war on the Strip.

Artillery shelling and demolition operations continue in areas controlled by the Israeli army, which is racing to destroy infrastructure and Palestinian homes, particularly in the eastern areas of Gaza City and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Gaza health ministry says 1 killed, 13 wounded in past 24 hours

Gaza’s health ministry says one Palestinian was killed and 13 others were wounded in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours, according to its daily report.

Since a ‘ceasefire’ took effect on 11 October 2025, at least 1,422 people have been killed and 4,996 injured, the ministry said. It added that 834 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble over the same period.

The ministry put the cumulative toll since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza at 74,023 killed and 175,111 wounded.

One Palestinian killed, others wounded in Israeli drone strike on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp

One Palestinian has been killed and others wounded in a drone strike that targeted a group of people near the Al-Faluja Clinic in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, our colleagues on the ground have reported.

Woman dies of wounds from Israeli gunfire in southern Gaza, Nasser hospital says

A woman has died of wounds sustained in gunfire by Israeli forces in the Muwasi area of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, sources at Nasser Medical Complex say.

Israeli strike on Jabalia al-Balad kills two, injures seven, including children

Two people have been killed and seven others injured, including two children, in an Israeli strike on Jabalia al-Balad in northern Gaza, according to our colleagues on the ground, citing the Al-Shifa hospital.

Two killed, 15 injured in Israeli attack on residential building in Gaza

Apart from the two Palestinians killed and 15 injured, the immediate impact of Israel’s attacks on a residential apartment building in the northern part of Gaza is that many of the people who sought refuge in that building are moving out. They’re searching for different places to take shelter.

Meanwhile, the targeted residential building is unstable and at risk of collapsing, so people want to move away out of panic and fear.

An Israeli statement claimed that the target was a Hamas field commander, although there isn’t official confirmation from Hamas yet.

Gaza authorities warn of ‘certain humanitarian catastrophe’ as winter approaches

In a statement marking nearly a year since a ‘ceasefire’ took effect in Gaza, Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel had reneged on its commitments and worsened the humanitarian crisis.

The office said Israel had committed 5,147 violations of the ceasefire agreement, which it says left 1,421 people dead, wounded 4,983 more and led to the arrest of 198.

It said only 72,826 aid trucks had been allowed in, out of 210,600 that should have entered under the agreement, a compliance rate of less than 35 percent. It also said only 13,785 people had been allowed to leave out of 35,000 expected to travel to and from Gaza, a rate of 39 percent.

The office warned of a “certain humanitarian catastrophe” as winter approaches. It said more than 1.5 million displaced people are living in worn-out tents, with 162,000 of the 270,000 tents in Gaza worn out and unusable. It also warned that more than 255 damaged buildings are at risk of collapse, citing the collapse earlier this month of a building in Gaza City that left 21 people dead.

The office called on the international community and UN bodies to intervene urgently, open the crossings fully, allow patients to leave for treatment, and let in winter relief supplies.

Netanyahu’s assassination strategy in Gaza ‘casts shadow’ over truce efforts

From Fatima Khamaisi, Ramallah.

Looking at developments on the ground over recent weeks in the Gaza Strip, we see a noticeable uptick in operations carried out by Israeli military forces targeting prominent figures, whether in Hamas or Islamic Jihad.

In recent weeks, Israeli forces have assassinated prominent field commanders, particularly in Hamas: the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade, the commander of the Rafah Brigade and now the commander of the Northern Brigade.

Through this policy of assassinations, Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to use these so-called military achievements in his electoral efforts to boost his popularity within Israeli society, especially as the Israeli opposition focuses on the failures of October 7.

He continually resorts to assassinations to replace those headlines amid an intensifying electoral battle.

The escalating number of assassinations in Gaza recently casts a shadow over the ceasefire agreement.

There are efforts by the Board of Peace and also the US administration to consolidate the ceasefire agreement and advance its phases, but Israel does not heed or care about these pressures. Rather, it continues its operations in the Gaza Strip and expands its occupation of what it calls the security zone.

Qatar calls Israeli annexation plans ‘flagrant challenge to international law’

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it “completely rejects” Israeli remarks concerning the annexation of territory in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

In a statement on X, the ministry described the Israeli statements as “a flagrant challenge to international law and legitimate international resolutions”. It urged the international community to “assume its responsibilities” and compel Israel to halt what it called “expansionist plans and colony policy in the occupied Palestinian territories”.

The statement renewed Qatar’s “firm and supportive stance towards the Palestinian cause”, urging an end to the occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. It also reaffirmed Doha’s backing for Lebanon and its “sovereignty over all its territories”.

UK’s Burnham says Labour will be ‘principled’ in securing two-state solution

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the Labour conference in Liverpool that the party will continue to work towards a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

“We will be principled in our leadership in securing a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, as Ed Miliband has shown,” said Burnham, referring to the foreign secretary’s speech yesterday calling the suffering in the Palestinian territories “a stain on the conscience of the world”.

“I want to say to the millions of people in this country and indeed elsewhere who have been moved and outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people. We hear you. You were right,” Miliband had told the conference.

Burnham, in his first speech at the Labour conference as prime minister, also said the UK would “stand up to threats wherever they come from, whether Russia, Iran, or anywhere across the world”.

Qatar criticizes Israeli ‘breaches of international law’ in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria

Qatar has said the continuation of Israeli violence in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Syria constitutes “grave breaches of international law”.

Dr. Hind Abdulrahman Al-Muftah, the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, delivered the country’s renewed condemnation of Israel’s continued attacks on the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank during the UN General Debate on human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.

Israel’s refusal to implement the plan to end violence in Gaza was a deliberate attempt to undermine international efforts aimed at achieving lasting peace, Al-Muftah said, according to a statement published by the Qatari foreign ministry.

In her statement, she called on the international community to “shoulder its responsibilities to end the Israeli occupation, ensure accountability for the crimes committed against the Palestinians, and halt any support that contributes to the expansion and entrenchment of illegal Israeli colonies.”

Israel closes weeklong all checkpoints

Israel has sealed off the occupied West Bank for a week, shutting its crossings and tightening restrictions on Palestinian movement, citing the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the closure on the military’s recommendation, and it will remain in place until Saturday.

Palestinians already face severe restrictions on their movement due to hundreds of Israeli checkpoints and barriers across the occupied territory. Now, controls at checkpoints and barriers across the territory will tighten further, cutting off access to holy sites such as the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the West Bank.

Israeli colonists set fire to property in occupied West Bank village

Israeli colonists blocked roads, set fire to buildings and vehicles, and threw stones at Israeli forces in the village of Jalud overnight.

More than 100 Israeli colonists rioted in the occupied West Bank village south of Nablus, preventing Israeli forces from facilitating the return of a displaced Palestinian family to their home.

The Tubasi family was forced to leave their house in Jalud in July following repeated harassment and violence by colonists.

According to the military, Israeli forces coordinated the family’s return, but Israeli rioters violently intervened. The army said in a statement three police officers were injured and two suspects detained for questioning.

Officers “will enter the area to collect findings and evidence as part of the investigation that has been launched”, it said.

Palestinians face growing attacks and forced displacement as colonists expand control over the occupied West Bank, backed by military raids and regular inaction by troops during colonist violence.

Israeli president condemns colonist violence in occupied West Bank village

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has condemned what he called “severe violence” carried out by “rioters” overnight in the village of Jalud, in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement on X, Herzog described the incident as “most egregious act, which must be addressed with the full severity of the law” and “a moral stain, an assault on the rule of law.”

He said the “arson, stone-throwing, assault, and injury” of Israeli soldiers and Border Police officers were “strictly forbidden and can have no justification whatsoever.”

Early today, a large group of Israeli colonists attacked Jalud, south of Nablus, setting fire to two homes belonging to the Palestinian al-Tubasi family.

US ‘aware’ of reports of attacks in Jalud, West Bank

The United States is aware of reports of attacks in Jalud in the West Bank, a State Department official said, adding that the administration is “in regular dialogue with partners about improving stability and security in the West Bank”.

“We condemn criminal violence by any party in the West Bank and support appropriate investigations, legal accountability, and judicial processes for those responsible,” the official said.

US congresswoman urges Senate to pass Israel accountability resolution

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has expressed her support for Senator Chris Van Hollen’s resolution demanding accountability for nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank.

In a post on X, Tlaib listed the names of the nine US citizens killed since 2022, and said: “Meanwhile, our government keeps sending weapons. Enough.”

She added that the Senate “must pass” Van Hollen’s “accountability resolution this week”.

Hollen, along with over 20 other senators, has introduced a resolution to force a Senate vote to hold Israel accountable for the killings of at least nine American citizens by Israeli forces and colonists.

Red Cross warns violence, movement restrictions and colony expansion making life ‘untenable’ for West Bank civilians

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for the urgent protection of civilians in the occupied West Bank, saying surging violence, tighter restrictions on movement and accelerating colony expansion are “making everyday life untenable”.

In a statement, the ICRC said dozens of Palestinians have been killed, hundreds injured and many more displaced this year as homes and property have been damaged or destroyed, leaving many without shelter or livelihoods.

“The frequent and severe violence must be brought to an end,” said Julien Lerisson, head of the ICRC’s delegation for Israel and the occupied territory. He said authorities must protect the population from violence, “including when that violence is inflicted by colonists”.

The ICRC said movement restrictions mean patients cannot reach healthcare centers and children cannot get to school. Ambulances are sometimes held up for hours at checkpoints or forced into long detours, endangering first responders and those they seek to help, he added.

The organization said Israel has a right to take measures to ensure its security but, as the occupying power, must treat Palestinians, who are protected persons under international humanitarian law, humanely and protect them from violence.

“This means protecting civilians from violence and ceasing the expansion of civilian colonies,” Lerisson said.

Pogroms reported in occupied West Bank, Israeli forces fire live ammunition in Beitunia

Israeli forces fired live ammunition in Beitunia, west of Ramallah, as colonists withdrew from the area, our correspondents on the ground report.

The colonists had stormed the town and blocked its main streets, while Israeli forces deployed in Beitunia and nearby villages. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Our correspondents also report that colonists set fire to a house and several vehicles in al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, and that Israeli forces raided Nablus. Separately, the Israeli military said colonists had set fire to Palestinian buildings, vehicles and other property in Jalud, near Nablus.

In occupied East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Governorate said colonists stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police protection. It warned that repeated incursions and tighter restrictions during Jewish holidays were fuelling tensions in the city.

‘New escalation’: Hamas condemns Israeli colonists entering Ibrahimi Mosque

A Hamas official has denounced Israelis for storming the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Hundreds of Israeli colonists – accompanied by rabbis and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, entered on Tuesday despite a decades-old agreement forbidding such moves.

Hamas official Abdul Rahman Shadid called the incident “a new escalation” in what he described as Israel’s war on Palestinian holy sites and “an assault on the feelings of millions of Muslims”.

Israel has turned Hebron into “a military barracks” and imposed a siege on its residents as part of efforts to tighten restrictions across the West Bank, he said in a statement posted on Hamas’s Telegram channel.

The actions will only strengthen Palestinians’ attachment to their holy sites and fuel anger, Shadid added, calling on people in the occupied West Bank to rally in large numbers at the mosque to defend it.

UAE condemns Israel’s Ben-Gvir, colonists for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Emirati foreign ministry has issued a statement condemning the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli colonists, led by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

As we reported, Ben-Gvir joined hundreds of Israeli colonists who stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which Jews refer to as the Temple Mount, yesterday on the third day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Today, Ben-Gvir also joined colonists in storming the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, according to our colleagues on the ground.

The UAE called the storming of Al-Aqsa a “provocative escalation and an unacceptable extremist act”.

Ben-Gvir has repeatedly joined crowds of Israeli colonists storming Al-Aqsa. Yesterday, the Israeli minister said, “We are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa and in the prisons, and we have turned the lives of terrorist prisoners into hell.”

Israeli army raids al-Mughayyir in occupied West Bank

The Israeli army has raided al-Mughayyir, a village east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. No arrests have been reported.