• Israeli forces continue attacks on Gaza, killing at least eight people and wounding three in the Palestinian territory.

Gaza

One killed, 10 wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza

A medical source in Gaza says one person has been killed and 10 wounded in an Israeli air strike on a vehicle south of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.

Israeli attacks wound multiple Palestinians across Gaza

Israeli forces have carried out a series of attacks and building demolitions across the besieged Gaza Strip injuring several people:

• A Palestinian was wounded in an Israeli drone strike in al-Shaikh Radwan neighbourhood.
• Several people were hurt in a drone attack near Abbad al-Rahman School in al-Saftawi north of Gaza City.
• One person was hit by Israeli military gunfire near al-Sanafour Junction in the Tuffah neighborhood.
• Israeli military vehicles opened fire east of al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, and north of Beit Lahiya.
• Naval vessels fire towards the coast of Rafah and Gaza City.
• The Israeli military carried out demolitions east of Gaza City.

Young girl killed by Israeli soldiers

Suha Mohammed Nasser, 6, has died of her wounds after being shot by Israeli troops while inside her family’s displacement tent.

The attack occurred in Wadi al-Salqa, south of Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

Earlier, Palestinian man Saqr al-Qaisi was killed and 10 others were injured when an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle south of Deir el-Balah.

One killed in Israeli shelling near Gaza’s Khan Younis area

A Palestinian has been killed during Israeli shelling northwest of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, a source at Nasser Medical Complex reported.

It was the third deadly attack on the war-battered territory today by Israeli forces despite a year-old “ceasefire”.

Palestinians in Gaza have reported a surge in Israeli fire and air strikes across the enclave over the past month.

Nearly a year after the so-called truce in Gaza – which was meant ‌to start a process of reconstruction under a technocratic government along with a political process that would lead to an eventual full Israeli withdrawal – little has changed.

Israeli forces still hold more than 60 percent of the territory and conduct almost daily strikes.

Deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza with heavy gunfire, drone and artillery strikes

Based on available information, the targeted individual killed inside a vehicle was traveling between displacement camps for the delivery of much-needed aid including hot meals.

Nine other people in the vicinity were wounded when the drone strike hit the vehicle traveling in Deir el-Balah city. These were people who happened to be walking on the sidewalk or crossing the road. Some of the victims are in critical condition.

The status of the medical services is very low because of insufficient supplies and a lack of staff. In many cases, these injuries are treatable but the dearth of medical supplies makes it extremely difficult for doctors to save lives.

Another Palestinian did not survive wounds sustained a couple of days ago in the southern city of Khan Younis. He was hit by shrapnel in the abdomen in a drone strike.

Artillery fire and heavy machineguns have been heard since the early morning from the eastern part of Gaza City. Displacement camps – it doesn’t matter the time of day – are constantly targeted by Israeli quad copters or live-fire, stoking panic and fear.

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Israeli army claims it killed Hamas member in Khan Younis

The Israeli army says it has killed a man it claimed was a Hamas member in a strike in Khan Younis.

An army statement on X said the person was Saqr Nabil Musa al-Qaisi and claimed the took part in the October 7 attacks on Israel and held the position of director of the Turkish Deniz Feneri association.

Deniz Feneri, or “Lighthouse”, is an Istanbul-based Turkish charity that provides aid in places including Gaza and Syria.

Israeli army claims it killed two Hamas members in Gaza

The Israeli army says it has killed two people in Gaza it claims were members of Hamas.

Israeli forces carry out demolitions in Gaza City

Israeli forces are carrying out demolition operations east of the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

Palestinian children released from Israeli detention emerge ‘destroyed’

Ayed Abu Eqtaish, the director of the SEYAJ Organization for Child Protection, says psychological “resources are very limited” for Palestinian children arrested by the Israeli military.

More than 350 Palestinian minors are held in Israeli detention centers or military prisons. About half are arrested without charge.

“It’s a terrifying experience to be arrested, interrogated and ill-treated and incarcerated inside Israeli prisons,” Eqtaish said. “So almost every child who is arrested by the Israeli military will be psychologically affected.”

The “needs are huge,” he said, but the “resources are very limited”.

Eqtaish said the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons has significantly worsened since October 2023, with children released from detention coming out “destroyed”.

He cited a fellow psychologist who had said that “before October 2023, our role was to let children step on the ground”, but now, “our role is to extract them from beneath the ground”.

“I believe that every child is in need for psychological support, but there is no program in order to meet these needs,” he added.

Egypt sends critical aid to Gaza in Red Crescent convoy

Egypt has sent another aid convoy to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip carrying more than 3,185 tons of humanitarian supplies.

The Egyptian Red Crescent said the convoy dispatched early on Sunday included fuel for hospitals, food, medical supplies and other vital goods to the Strip, Ahram Online reported.

The aid convoy is part of the Egyptian Red Crescent’s Zad el-Ezza: From Egypt to Gaza initiative. The organization serves as Egypt’s national mechanism for coordinating humanitarian aid deliveries to Palestinians in Gaza.

The dispatch comes as the World Health Organization said on Friday that no hospital in Gaza is fully functioning, largely because of chronic shortages of fuel, medicine and other life-saving supplies.

Reinhilde Van De Weerdt, a WHO representative, said medical supplies awaiting Israeli clearance face an average approval time of 74 days. Critical equipment, such as X-ray machines, is frequently delayed or rejected.

Gaza health facilities face critical lab equipment shortage

Medical sources in Gaza are warning that thousands of Palestinian patients are at risk because of shortages of laboratory equipment crucial for health diagnostics.

Sources told the Wafa news agency that medical labs face “catastrophic” conditions and are lacking critical equipment, particularly chemical analysis machines.

About 52 percent of laboratory equipment has been completely destroyed in Israeli attacks over the past three years of its genocidal war.

The remaining equipment is worn out and frequently malfunctions, while medics don’t have access to spare parts. Modern equipment needs immediate entry into the Strip to help diagnose and treat Gaza’s many patients.

Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers since October 2023

More than 800 Palestinian teachers have been killed and over 3,300 wounded since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education says.

In a statement ahead of World Teachers’ Day, observed annually on October 5, the ministry said Palestinian educators are waging “a genuine struggle” to uphold the right to education “under the most severe conditions of aggression and systematic targeting”.

The ministry said more than 170 teachers remain detained “under harsh conditions”, adding that Israel’s continued withholding of Palestinian clearance revenues has caused severe economic hardship that has hurt teachers’ financial and psychological well-being.

The ministry praised teachers in Gaza for continuing to teach despite bombardment and displacement, saying they turned tents and displacement centers into classrooms.

West Bank

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian man in raid on Nablus

Israeli soldiers have stormed the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank and arrested at least one Palestinian man, according to local media.

Footage and images, verified by Al Jazeera, show several Israeli military vehicles driving along the city’s streets and at least eight soldiers leading away a blindfolded Palestinian man.

Israeli raids were also reported overnight in the village of Al-Mughayyir as well as the Qalandiya refugee camp.

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian journalist in West Bank raid

Israeli forces have arrested a female journalist and two men in overnight raids in the Jenin governorate, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society identified the reporter as Raja Maarouf Jabr and said her home in the town of Arraba was “ransacked” during the raid, Wafa reported,

In 2022, Jabr was shot in the jaw by Israeli forces while reporting from the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom.

Israeli soldiers also raided the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, where they detained two men.

Israeli settlers attack homes, torch car in occupied West Bank attack

Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle and attacked Palestinian homes in the town of al-Samou, south of Hebron, late last night.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the illegal settlers infiltrated the home of a Palestinian man in the Wadi Jheish area, east of al-Samou, set his vehicle ablaze, spray-painted racist slogans on the walls of his him, and damaged property.

 

Palestinian man killed by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

Raafat Khairi Ahmed Abu Khalil, 41, was killed by Israeli soldiers at the Anab checkpoint east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said Abu Khalil was from the northern town of Atti.

Since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Israelis have killed at least 1,212 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 254 children.

Most of the killings were carried out by soldiers. More than 25 percent were committed by illegal Israeli settlers.

Palestinian men beaten by Israeli soldiers in occupied West Bank

Four young men have been beaten and injured by Israeli troops in the town of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that medics attended to the four and subsequently transported them to hospital for further treatment.

Earlier, a 45-year-old man sustained bruises and wounds after being beaten by settlers in the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, Wafa reported. Ambulance crews faced obstruction by settlers and were prevented from reaching the injured man for a period of time.

Israel orders closure of all West Bank and Gaza crossings from October 5-7

Israel is closing all crossings in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip from October 5 to 7, coinciding with the third anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 attack.

Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the move, saying the West Bank closure would be comprehensive based on military and security assessments. Essential medical staff and healthcare workers will continue to be allowed to cross.

In a security alert on Sunday, the US embassy in West Jerusalem said it was informed that West Bank checkpoints will be closed on October 5 and 7, meaning no regular entry into Israel except for strictly medical and humanitarian reasons.

Attacks in occupied West Bank in an upward curve

More than 15 people wounded and one person killed in attacks by Israeli forces or settlers on Palestinian villages and towns.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, a Palestinian man died after he was detained and abused by Israeli forces near the Enab checkpoint, east of the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, at midday.

As he was passing through the checkpoint, Israeli soldiers stopped him, took his ID and detained and assaulted him. It was later announced that he had suffered a heart attack. He was taken to hospital, where his death was officially announced.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said that more than 62,000 attacks have been carried out against Palestinians from October 7, 2023, until the end of September. That means the escalation in the West Bank is on an upward curve as a result of these attacks, particularly with the start of the olive harvest season.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

The wave of pogroms across the occupied West Bank have continued:

• Israeli forces raided al-Mughayyir town northeast of Ramallah.
• Settlers carried out bulldozing operations in the town of Umm Safa, north of Ramallah.
• Amid olive harvest season, settlers stole olives in Bureen, south of Nablus, and Wadi Sayf, south of Hebron.
• Israeli authorities sentenced Manar Karaj, a pregnant woman, from Ramallah to six months in prison.
• Settlers and Israeli forces stormed Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
• Dozens of vehicles were set ablaze after settlers ignited a fire in a car wash between the towns of Silwad and Ein Yabrud, east of Ramallah.
• The Israeli army stormed the Jabal al-Taweel neighborhood in the city of al-Bireh.