Israeli strikes on Gaza remained the lead, with raids on displaced in Shati and Sheikh Radwan and a vehicle strike in Gaza City killing three including a child, rising to four by evening, as the Health Ministry put the toll at 74,018 including 262 journalists. Coverage stressed spare-parts failures in bakeries, sewage contamination and premature infants in Nasser.

Finance Minister Smotrich's call to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and wage war on the West Bank as in Gaza drew wide attention, coinciding with a week-long closure for Sukkot, the shooting of a girl at Qalandia, and 1,500 settlers entering Al-Aqsa with plant offerings while funeral prayer was banned, with Ben-Gvir reported leading the incursion.

Abbas extended legislative candidacy to 18 days until 13 October with polling date unchanged as a seventh list registered and Fatah proposed Cairo dialogue, while Israel revoked Dutch diplomats' status after Netherlands measures.