Palestinian seriously injured in Israeli air attack on Gaza City school

A Palestinian has been injured in an Israeli air attack that struck the rooftop of the Daraj school, which was sheltering displaced people in central Gaza City, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Wafa reported that the individual was transferred to a nearby hospital in Jabalia to be treated for serious injuries.

Gaza civil defence updates injury toll following building collapse

Gaza’s civil defence has issued an updated report stating that 21 people have been killed and 45 others were injured after the al-Saada building in western Gaza City collapsed early on Wednesday.

According to the updated figures, 30 others evacuated the building safely during the first hour after the collapse, with the agency adding that these numbers represent the total count of occupants following the revision to the injury toll.

 

Building collapse in Gaza is not an isolated incident

The civil defence announced yesterday that it had concluded an incident involving the al-Saada building.

However, this building is not an isolated case. Residents have begun to feel extreme danger and fear because of sudden collapses and cracking in the buildings where they are living, as they are unable to access tents because of the severe lack of space in the Gaza Strip.

Only 30 percent of the Strip’s area remains after the Israeli occupation took control of 70 percent. This remaining 30 percent is not fully prepared for erecting tents, and the land is not equipped to receive perhaps more than a million displaced people who have fled from different parts of the Strip, including areas where Israeli forces control the land. They have therefore been forced to live in homes at risk of collapse and liable to fall down at any moment.

Even the residents of the Karam building, or the survivors from that building, said they had occasionally heard cracking, but they had nowhere else to go and nowhere safer to live than this building.

Last winter, several buildings collapsed on residents. The Ministry of Health announced 54 deaths as a result of collapses and structural damage to unsafe homes.

Death is present throughout the Gaza Strip

From Nour Khaled, Gaza

There is no place free from Israeli bombardment. All remaining areas of the Gaza Strip outside Israeli control are exposed to Israeli violations and incursions at any moment. Israeli forces do not take into consideration the presence of civilians, the crowding of residents or the fact that hundreds of thousands of people are living in the very narrow area of al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, and they have intensified their strikes on that area.

Yesterday, a number of flares were fired over the northeastern area of Gaza City.

Quadcopters and reconnaissance aircraft also flew continuously late at night, their sound reverberating across the Strip to disturb residents and signal an ongoing war zone. However, this is a situation residents of the Gaza Strip have become accustomed to because of continuing Israeli violations and incursions.

Yesterday, five people were killed as a result of Israeli strikes. Three were killed in different areas, while two died of injuries sustained in an earlier Israeli bombardment. The deaths were recorded in the Tuffah neighbourhood, the al-Mawasi area, and central Gaza.

This is the pattern that Israeli forces continue: more violations and more incursions. Death is present throughout the Gaza Strip.

Gaza Health Ministry reports 5 people killed and 28 wounded in past 24 hours

In its daily statistical report, the Gaza Health Ministry said five Palestinians were killed and 28 wounded in the past 24 hours, including three new deaths and two people who succumbed to their wounds.

Since a ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, the ministry said 1,386 Palestinians have been killed and 4,784 wounded, with 831 bodies retrieved from under the rubble.

The ministry added that the collapse of the al-Saada building had left 21 dead and injured more than 14 others, with several people still missing, bringing the total death toll from building collapses to 61.

Gaza Health Ministry says Israel cut number of patients cleared to leave for treatment in Egypt

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says that Israeli authorities have obstructed the departure of a scheduled batch of patients and wounded people in urgent need of specialized medical care in Egypt.

In a news statement, the ministry said the number of patients with official travel approvals had been cut from 136 patients and their companions, down to 72, with the remaining cases sent back. It said it was then asked to return a further 11 patients and companions, reducing the final number to 61.

The ministry said it had decided to allow only critical cases and those carried by ambulance to leave, while the remaining patients would return as a collective protest against what it described as unjustified punitive policies.

It called on the World Health Organization, the UN humanitarian affairs chief and other international bodies to intervene and press Israel to halt what it called arbitrary conditions, and to facilitate the departure of all patients in line with understandings reached in Sharm el-Sheikh last October.

Ireland to boycott Eurovision Song Contest in 2027 due to ‘ongoing loss of lives in Gaza’

Ireland will not join or broadcast next year’s Eurovision Song Contest due to the “ongoing loss of lives in Gaza,” public broadcaster RTE reports.

Ireland, which also declined to participate in this year’s competition over Israel’s entry, joins the Netherlands in skipping the event.

Number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since October 2023 rises to 92

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) says the number of detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since October 7, 2023 – and whose identities have been announced – has increased to 92, including 53 from Gaza.

The announcement follows the death on Wednesday of 21-year-old Palestinian prisoner Moataz Al-Atrash who was detained for almost a year without charge.

The society says the prisoners died as a result of several crimes and violations, including torture, starvation, medical abuse, sexual assault and mistreatment.

The fate of many Gaza detainees is unknown due to forced disappearances. The PPS concluded from its gathering of testimonies and data that dozens of detainees have been executed.

Israeli military claims to kill two Hamas commanders in recent strikes

The Israeli military says it has carried out strikes in Gaza in recent days that killed two Hamas commanders – one from the group’s Nukhba special forces unit and another from its naval force.

The Israeli military identified the Nukhba commander as Muhammad Jamal Ahmad Eid, who it said was killed in a strike yesterday in central Gaza’s Bureij area.

It named the naval forces platoon commander as Saleh Ziad Ibrahim Miqdad, who it said was killed in a strike in the Gaza City area on Tuesday.

They are among nine Hamas commanders the Israeli military claims to have killed this week in Gaza.

Hamas has yet to comment on this incident.

Gaza hospital forced to suspend most services over fuel shortage

The Kuwait Hospital says it will suspend most medical services and accept only emergency patients from Sunday because of a lack of fuel.

The hospital, one of the largest in the strip, said it was notified by the World Health Organization that fuel supplies needed to operate the facility would stop.

Surgical operations, maternity care, outpatient clinics, scans, laboratory testing, ambulance services and patient transport are among the services being suspended. General and maternity emergency departments will remain open.

The announcement comes amid worsening power shortages across Gaza’s health system. On Sunday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said several hospital generators had stopped operating due to shortages of fuel, engine oil and spare parts. It warned that the remaining generators were running around the clock and could not power every life-saving department.

Days earlier, staff at Nasser Hospital in the Khan Younis area of Gaza told Reuters that power was being rotated between buildings and that one of the facility’s four generators was already out of service.

The Kuwait Hospital warned that stopping services would deprive thousands of Palestinians of essential care each day.

Qatar signs agreement with UN to send 1.3 million liters of fuel to health sector in Gaza

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the country will deliver approximately 1.3 million liters of fuel to meet humanitarian needs in Gaza, after a deal with the UN.

The deal comes at a time of continued fuel shortages in Gaza, particularly within the medical field. Just yesterday, bus drivers went on strike due to these shortages, which led to a massive reduction in medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Hasan al-Balaawi, the medical coordinator for Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, said yesterday that low staff numbers forced the hospital to only handle emergency surgery and intensive care.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

Israeli forces and colonists carried out arrests, demolitions, raids and attacks across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Wafa news agency.

Here are some of the reported incidents:

• Israeli authorities informed the family of 21-year-old administrative detainee Moataz Nizam al-Atrash that he had died in Ofer Prison. He had been held without charge or trial for more than 11 months.
• Israeli forces detained 26 Palestinians, including women and children, during raids across several governorates.
• Israeli forces demolished homes and a pastoral community, bulldozed about 250 dunams (62 acres) of agricultural land near Jenin, and issued further demolition orders.
• Israeli colonists set fire to a home and an agricultural structure near Yatta, damaged electricity and water networks, and continued bulldozing Palestinian land.
• Israeli forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, while dozens of colonists entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection.

US extends visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials, PLO members

The United States has extended visa restrictions on Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), accusing both bodies of failing to meet commitments made to Washington.

In a statement, the State Department said the PA and PLO had pursued actions against Israel at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, sought recognition of a Palestinian state outside negotiations, continued payments to Palestinian prisoners and their families, and “glorified acts of terrorism”.

The department said the measures would deny visas under the Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002. It did not identify the officials affected.

A standing waiver will remain in place for personnel assigned to the PLO Observer Mission to the United Nations, it said.

US denies Abbas visa for UN General Assembly again

The United States has refused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa to attend next week’s UN General Assembly in New York, AFP reports, citing a source familiar with the matter.

The decision marks the second consecutive year Abbas has been prevented from travelling to the annual gathering. Last year, he addressed the assembly remotely after member states approved his participation by video.

The refusal comes as the State Department announced it was extending visa restrictions on Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization, accusing them of failing to implement reforms and undermining prospects for peace.

Palestinian Foreign Ministry rejects US denial of visas to officials, calling it an ‘unjustified measure’

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the US State Department’s decision to deny visas to Palestinian officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in a statement on X.

The statement called the move an “unjustified measure that contradicts the efforts being made to restore trust and develop Palestinian-US relations”.

The statement came after the US State Department said it was extending visa sanctions against Palestinian officials, which, while not naming him, included the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accusing them of not living up to peace process commitments.

The move means Abbas will be unable to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week for a second straight year.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to implementing a two-state solution and said the visa decision does little to “prepare the necessary political climate” to implement the solution and achieve peace and stability in the region.

Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes UN vote to allow Abbas video address

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has welcomed a UN vote in favour of allowing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the annual UN General Assembly next week remotely, after the US again denied him a visa to travel to New York.

The resolution received 152 votes in ⁠favour and three votes against, while four countries abstained. It allows Abbas and other high-level Palestinian officials to take part in UN meetings or conferences via video over the next year if they are prevented from travelling ‌to the United States.

“A total of 152 countries voted in favor of the resolution, rejecting the US administration’s decision as a clear violation of the Headquarters Agreement,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a social media post, referring to regulations guiding the international body.

The US State Department said on Wednesday it would deny visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and officials with the Palestinian Authority over “failure to reform, contrary to their commitments to the United States, and their ongoing activities that undermine the prospects for peace”.

UN chief calls for ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire and end to West Bank annexation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and an end to what he described as the “creeping annexation” of the occupied West Bank.

“We must not forget the dramatic suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank,” Guterres said in a post on X.

He called for the Gaza peace plan to be fully implemented and for unrestricted humanitarian aid to enter the enclave.

“There will be no peace in the Middle East without the two-state solution,” he added, describing a ceasefire as the first step towards a “just, lasting and comprehensive peace”.

Palestinian shot during Israeli raid in Qalqilya, occupied West Bank

A Palestinian man has been shot in the foot during an Israeli military raid on Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams transferred the wounded man to a hospital. Another Palestinian with a disability was also hospitalized after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during the operation.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces separately carried out raids and arrests in the nearby town of Hajja amid a heavy military presence, Wafa added.

Israeli forces conduct several raids in the occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have carried out several raids across the occupied West Bank this morning, as Israeli colonists stormed a village in south Nablus to perform Talmudic rituals, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Troops raided al-Ein camp in west Nablus, forced residents to evacuate and converted a home into a military outpost. They did the same in towns north of Tulkarem, turning the home of a released prisoner into an outpost as well.

The forces raided and searched several homes, ransacked their belongings and detained several Palestinians for field interrogations.

Schools and kindergartens in west Nablus suspended classes for the day, for the safety of the students.

Dozens of colonists also stormed the village of Awarta in south Nablus at dawn to perform religious rituals under the protection of Israeli army forces.

Palestinians hospitalized after brutal beating by Israeli forces in Nablus

Medical sources say Israeli forces have brutally beaten Palestinians in the al-Ein camp in west Nablus, and the injured have been hospitalized.

Israeli troops surround al-Ein camp in west Nablus following beatings

Earlier, Israeli military forces brutally beated Palestinians at the al-Ein camp in west Nablus.

Medical sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that they treated the injuries of two Palestinians aged 60 and 31, after they were detained during field investigations in the camp.

Israeli military vehicles stormed the camp at dawn, before searching and seizing several homes and establishing military checkpoints, Wafa said.

The soldiers have closed the street surrounding the camp, trapping citizens and preventing others from entering.

Israel weaponizes AI for West Bank demolitions

As the world wrestles with the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and the dangers of removing humans from life-altering decisions, Israel has pressed ahead with deploying AI as part of its military arsenal.

In Gaza, AI systems have been used to determine potential bomb targets, contributing to the scale of the killing of Palestinians there as recently documented in the award-winning documentary NAZA.

Israel has not only used AI in its genocidal war on Gaza but also in the occupied West Bank, where it has systematically been weaponized to survey Palestinian land and expedite forced displacement, according to researchers and rights activists.

The Turkish media outlet PalDigital, citing rights activists and Israeli media reports, highlighted how Israel uses AI tools – and specifically a product called ImiSight developed by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael – to monitor vast swathes of land and observe changes that can then be used as justifications for demolitions.

The tool was initially used by Israel in the Naqab desert, targeting Bedouin Palestinian citizens of Israel, PalDigital reported in July. Many Bedouins live in villages in Israel not recognized by the government, with authorities issuing few building permits. Activists say the actions are discriminatory and aim to force the Bedouin community out to create Jewish colonies.

Click here for more information on the use of AI in Gaza and the West Bank

Happened in the occupied West bank

• Israeli colonists have set fire to Palestinian citizens’ properties and land in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, local sources say.
• Israeli forces have stormed the towns of Saida and Allar, north of Tulkarem, according to our colleagues on the ground.
• The Israeli army has detained journalist Alaa al-Rimawi from his home in el-Bireh.
• Israeli forces have begun demolishing residential and agricultural facilities in the Wa’er al-Bayek area of Anata town in the Jerusalem district, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.

Israeli colonists raid Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque

Israeli colonists have stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron our colleagues on the ground have reported.

Israeli forces have closed the mosque to Palestinians for a second day and imposed a security cordon around it.

Israeli forces arrest former Al Jazeera correspondent in Ramallah

Israeli military forces have arrested a former correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher after raiding his home in Ramallah, the Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported.

Alaa Hassan Al-Rimawi was taken from his home at dawn, his family said. Israeli forces have yet to issue a statement on the reason for his arrest.

The detention comes less than a year after Al-Rimawi was released in October 2025, following two years in prison. He was also arrested in April 2021, before Israeli forces released him after a month after he staged a hunger strike.

In the last few weeks, Al-Rimawi had launched a community initiative called “Giving Up for God’s Sake” with the aim of forgiving the debts of those facing financial issues in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The initiative expanded across social media platforms, with the amount of debt waived reaching approximately 15 million shekels ($4.93m).

Israel adds tender for 2,167 housing units to illegal E1 colony plan, rights group says

Israel has added a tender for 2,167 housing units to its illegal E1 colony expansion plan, the left-wing Israeli rights group Ir Amim says.

The project would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, fragmenting the land Palestinians hope will form the heart of a potential state.

The tender for 2,167 units is in addition to a tender for 1,234 units announced at the end of August, bringing the total number of housing units to 3,401, Ir Amim said in a statement.

The decision was condemned by a representative for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who said the E1 tenders violate international law.

The tender is scheduled to open for bidding on October 25, two days before the Knesset election. Ir Amim said the bidding date shows the government’s resolve to push ahead with the E1 project.

Under international law, an occupying belligerent that issues a commercial or construction tender to expand infrastructure or housing in a de facto annexed part of an occupied territory commits multiple severe violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international public law.

According to treaties like the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Hague Regulations, an occupation is strictly temporary and provisional. An occupying power acts only as a temporary administrator; it does not gain sovereignty and cannot introduce permanent civilian or structural changes for its own benefit.

The unilateral acquisition of territory by force is strictly forbidden under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. Under international law, de facto annexation carries the same illegal status as formal (de jure) annexation.

Article 47 of the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly states that protected persons in an occupied territory cannot be deprived of their rights by "any change introduced... nor by any annexation"

Turkey welcomes 12-country move against West Bank colonies, urges tougher steps against Israel

Turkey's Defense Ministry says that Israel is “further deepening instability in the region by continuing its simultaneous attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Palestine in full view of the international community”.

In a statement, the ministry welcomed steps by 12 countries led by the United Kingdom, France and Canada to ban trade and business relations with illegal colonies in the West Bank.

“However, we call on the international community to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete and deterrent measures in response to Israel’s targeting of displaced Palestinian camps in Gaza and colonies in southern Lebanon, in blatant disregard of international law,” it said.

“We reiterate that Israel must immediately cease its actions violating international law in order to achieve peace and stability in the region.”

Israeli colonists attack Palestinian vehicles, block road to Palestinian village: Wafa news agency

Israeli colonists have carried out several attacks on Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank, throwing stones at Palestinian-owned vehicles in the town of Asira ash-Shamaliya, near Nablus, and piling up stones to block a road that leads to a Palestinian community near Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, reports the Wafa news agency.

Israeli colonist pogroms are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, according to rights groups and residents. In August alone, Israeli colonists carried out 2,030 attacks against Palestinians or Palestinian-owned land or property, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian Authority government body.