Overnight Israeli fire on Gaza City and Khan Younis killed eight to nine, including a woman. By midday focus moved to a drone strike on a vehicle described as a bus in Tel al-Hawa, killing five to six and wounding 13 to 15, with the toll later put at seven to eight. A drone strike in Mawasi al-Qarara killed journalist Mohammed al-Najjar. Hamas called targeting civilian transport an extension of genocide.
A FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 100 Israelis issued a distress call and diverted to Tabuk after first reports of hijacking, later described as a cockpit fight involving an Omani co-pilot. Netanyahu called it an attempt to down the plane, Katz alleged a jihadist operation, and Saudi Arabia refused Israeli rescue aircraft.
Hundreds of settlers entered Al-Aqsa on the fifth day of Sukkot as attacks on homes and olive groves continued in the West Bank.