Israeli army says it dismantled three Hamas weapon storage facilities in Gaza

The Israeli military says it carried out attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, dismantling what it describes as three weapon storage facilities belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad alongside a rocket launch pit.

According to the statement, the targeted sites contained “dozens of different kinds of weapons inside the storage facilities, including rockets, Kalashnikov rifles, and additional combat equipment”.

Gaza authorities call for protection of displaced Palestinians before winter

Ismail al-Thawabta, director-general of the Government Media Office in Gaza, has called on the international community to “unite efforts and provide an immediate response to protect displaced families”.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in war-battered Gaza continue to live in squalid displacement camps and in the rubble of homes destroyed during Israel’s genocidal war.

Al-Thawabta emphasized the necessity of adopting a clear plan to address the dire situation as winter approaches, a statement from his office said.

He warned of the “extreme vulnerability” of Palestinians in displacement camps, where rain and cold pose a direct threat to their lives. The most vulnerable groups – such as orphaned children, the elderly, and people with disabilities – face the greatest danger, added al-Thawabta.

‘Central cause’: Yemen reaffirms unwavering support for besieged Palestine

The Foreign Ministry says Yemen continues to stand by the people of Palestine as they face Israeli attacks and occupation, despite pressure on Yemen from ongoing internal and external conflict.

It described the plight of the Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank as “a central cause of the nation”.

The ministry said “no matter how hard the Saudi enemy tries to mire Yemen in problems, it will not succeed in diverting Yemen’s attention from its central cause” – referring to Israel’s ongoing assault on Palestine – in a statement carried by Yemen’s official news agency.

Israeli army issues forced displacement threat in Gaza City

The Israeli army has issued a forced evacuation threat for a home, a health centre and a school in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

Children in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Iran face education woes during wars

The United Nations reports that nearly 473 million children – or one in five – live in conflict zones, and 273 million children are out of school globally.

Children in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Iran are included in the list of affected places because of Israeli and US attacks.

All states have an obligation to ensure the right to education for every child under international law.

Children in Gaza

In Gaza, 21,000 children have been killed, and 650,000 children displaced.

Israeli minister says no plan to expel entire Palestinian population from Gaza

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says the Israeli government does not plan to deport all 2.3 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip – despite recent comments by far-right cabinet ministers saying that’s the intention.

Saar told a press conference in Slovenia: “If someone ‌wants to immigrate [on] his own will and there is a country which is ready to accept him …. we will not oppose that. We will not force anyone against [their] will.”

A seven-year plan for removing Gaza’s population through “voluntary emigration” was released by Israel’s National Security ⁠Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday. The previous day, Defence Minister Israel Katz said there is “no real solution for Gaza ⁠without this migration” of Palestinians.

The forced displacement of civilians from occupied territory is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

All member states oppose illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank: EU

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says all member states agree that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, after the UK and 11 other countries announced support for trade sanctions targeting the settlements.

“The Israeli Government’s settlement expansions in the West Bank are undermining the prospects for a viable two-State solution,” Kallas said in a post on X.

“The EU remains the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank,” she said. “We remain firmly committed to supporting a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the two-State solution, with two states living side-by-side in peace within secure and recognized borders.”

Amnesty official welcomes UK trade ban on Israel’s illegal settlements as ‘significant step’

Amnesty International’s senior director for research, advocacy, policy, and campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, has welcomed the UK’s decision to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, calling the move “a significant step” and an acknowledgment that settlements drive the “unlawful occupation, annexation, ethnic cleansing and the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians.”

Guevara Rosas said in a post on X that the measures are “long overdue” and must mark “the beginning, not the end” of broader international efforts.

She added that the UK must “match words with action and take the far more meaningful steps needed to help end Israel’s impunity”, including halting military cooperation and supporting international justice mechanisms.

Miliband says UK ‘weighed up costs and benefits’ of move on Israeli settlers

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says Israel’s move to close the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France, and Canada to block imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank “will be damaging”.

“But we weighed up the costs and the benefits in advance,” said Miliband, adding that all representatives of the Palestinian Authority asked London “to act”.

The UK announced a ban on the import of all goods produced by illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in the country’s most significant policy since London’s historic recognition of Palestinian statehood last year.

Israeli closure of UK consulate another attempt to undermine Palestinians

The general consulate of the United Kingdom is in occupied East Jerusalem, a city besieged by Israel’s separation wall and has lots of military checkpoints, preventing Palestinians who do not have an Israeli military permit from accessing it.

Even the consular services that were provided, such as visas and paperwork for Palestinians, were difficult to access because of severe Israeli restrictions.

Nevertheless, it had diplomats who would come and see for themselves the reality of Israel’s occupation and how the state is covering up violence and enabling it through the impunity that settlers enjoy.

The consul-general would invite ministers from the UK to listen to stories of oppression from Palestinians. The measures taken by Israel against the consulate is another example of how it wants to undermine Palestinians.

UK’s PM says support for two-state solution ​must be backed by action

UK’s PM Andy Burnham says support for a two-state solution must be backed by action.

“Britain has to stand for ⁠fairness against injustice. Where people ⁠are being bullied out of their homes, ⁠intimidated, we will always stand ⁠with the ⁠underdog and take what action we can to support ‌them,” Burnham told British lawmakers.

His comments come after the UK announced a ban on the import of all goods produced by illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, marking the country’s most significant policy since London’s historic recognition of Palestinian statehood last year.

Israel announced four “counter measures”, including banning 12 British MPs from entering Israel and announcing the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem.

Footage shows moments after Israeli bombing of Nuseirat camp

Video published on Palestinian social media accounts shows the first moments after the Israeli bombing of a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Footage shows thick dust in the central market as a result of intense bombing.

Israeli forces, settlers kill four Palestinians in West Bank in 24 hours

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces and settlers have killed four Palestinians in Nablus, Qalqilya and Tulkarm governorates over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll in the occupied West Bank alone since the start of the year to 100.

The ministry said the toll reflects continued daily Israeli military raids on Palestinian cities, towns and refugee camps, alongside escalating settler pogroms on villages, even as Israel’s offensive on Gaza continues.

Israeli forces arrest six Palestinians in West Bank’s Tulkarem raids

The Israeli army has detained six Palestinians from the Tulkarem governorate following a dawn home raid, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Wafa identified the detainees as brothers Hamam and Khattab Ahmed Matrouk; Salim Abu Khousa, from the Dhannaba suburb east of the city; Hamza Wahdan and Amr Ghaleb Abu Zeitoun, from the town of Deir al-Ghusoun north of the governorate; and Ismail Awfi, from the town of Anabta, who resides in the Tulkarem camp.

Two Palestinians injured in Israeli military raid south of Nablus

Two Palestinians have been injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Awarta just south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

Wafa reported that soldiers fired live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades, triggering clashes with residents.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said two 24-year-old men were transported to hospital for treatment, Wafa reported.