October
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Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis left eight dead and up to 40 wounded, with four houses destroyed in the east and a vehicle hit in Tel al-Hawa. One victim was identified as an imam and radio journalist, while Israel claimed two Qassam members killed.
Attention shifted to the mass funeral in Gaza City for 105 remains recovered from rubble, described as mostly women and children from Al-Taj tower, as the Health Ministry put the toll above 74,040. New strikes on a tent in Mawasi Khan Younis and recovery of seven bodies in Gaza were reported as violations.
In the West Bank, hundreds of settlers entered Joseph's Tomb under guard and 1,900 entered Al-Aqsa for Sukkot, amid raids in Tulkarm and Nablus and killing of a Palestinian in Salfit. The FlyDubai diversion to Tabuk drew competing Saudi and Israeli claims of a co-pilot assault.
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Israeli fire in Gaza continued despite the ceasefire, with deaths reported in Khan Younis and Jabalia overnight and a strike near Ansar west of Gaza City killing one and wounding others, the toll rising to five within 24 hours amid shelling and demolitions.
Violence spread in the West Bank as settlers shot dead a youth in Yasuf and 19-year-old Baha Sami al-Natsheh in Kobar near Ramallah, seizing his body, amid olive-harvest attacks tallied at 2,051 assaults in September, while Jerusalem saw rituals at Bab al-Rahma cemetery and mass Friday prayers under restrictions.
The FlyDubai diversion to Tabuk drove regional coverage, with Trump linking Iran and threatening a strong strike, reports of US Patriots, a carrier and 10,000 troops deploying, and the UAE cancelling El Al landing permits.
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Overnight Israeli fire hit the Al-Asala residential building in Rimal, west of Gaza City, killing five, including four women. Victims were later identified as an academic and her mother and a Christian mother and daughter. By morning Israeli outlets said the target was Hamas figure Ali al-Amoudi, and by evening Israeli army radio acknowledged the attempt had failed. Additional strikes in Beit Lahia pushed the toll since dawn to eight or nine, with the Health Ministry putting the cumulative toll at 74,228.
West Bank coverage stayed on the olive harvest, with injuries reported in Rantis and Ramallah, 55 trees burned in Abu Dis, and official tallies of 30 killed by settlers since January and more than 2,000 assaults in September.
Outlets followed UAE investigators' account of the FlyDubai co-pilot attacking the captain with an emergency axe in an alleged attempt to crash the aircraft in Israel.
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Overnight Israeli fire across Gaza followed the Rimal strike and the failed attempt to kill Hamas figure Ali al-Amoudi. Outlets cited shelling, demolitions and helicopter fire east of Khan Younis, putting Saturday's toll at nine killed including four women and 35 wounded. A drone strike on a vehicle south of Deir al-Balah pushed Sunday's toll to four killed including a girl reported dead inside her tent, with 16 wounded. The army claimed one dead was a Khan Younis association director involved in October 7. Doctors warned laboratory services faced collapse.
Focus shifted to the West Bank ahead of the October 7 anniversary, with Israel ordering closure of the West Bank and Gaza crossings on October 5 and 7. Reports tracked settler attacks on olive harvesters, a school in Huwara and property near Ramallah and Hebron, and the death of a detainee at a checkpoint east of Tulkarm.
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Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza continued after Saturday's nine killed, with reports of targeted killings in Khan Younis, shelling and demolition of residential blocks by land, sea and air. Outlets cited one killed and up to ten wounded in Gaza City and Khan Younis, pushing the Health Ministry toll to 74,243, as Netanyahu vowed Hamas would not rule Gaza and assassinations would continue.
Attention shifted to the West Bank, where Israeli fire at the Bani Naim entrance east of Hebron killed one Palestinian and wounded two, with medical crews reported blocked. A second driver was later reported killed near Hebron, with outlets alleging soldiers photographed themselves with the body. Reports tracked a critically wounded youth east of Ramallah, settler attacks during the olive harvest, arrests, and the bulldozing of Birzeit University's martyrs' memorial.
Outlets also reported London threatened to expel 27 Israeli diplomats over closure of its Jerusalem consulate.
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Israeli fire in Gaza City and Khan Younis carried over from the weekend, initially reported as one to two killed by drones and shelling amid demolitions and incursions in Shujaiya. The toll rose through the day to five, with the cumulative figure put at 74,245. Outlets framed the deaths as ceasefire violations one year on, citing over 5,000 breaches and warnings of humanitarian collapse ahead of winter. Ahead of the October 7 anniversary, focus shifted to Israeli threats, with Katz warning Gaza residents and Netanyahu vowing action from an underground meeting, while Hamas criticized Guterres's anniversary statement.
Attention also went to Jerusalem, where a five-story building in al-Tur was demolished with Ben-Gvir present, displacing about 70 residents.
The day closed on Israel's refusal to admit the elections commission to Gaza and Jerusalem, with officials insisting the timetable stood, alongside settler attacks on olive harvesters.
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Coverage centered on the third anniversary of October 7 and one year since the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with outlets asking whether the truce had stopped the war. Israeli fire in Gaza was reported throughout the day, the toll rising from three to five killed, including a civil defense worker shot during an evacuation, a child, and one killed and ten wounded in a strike on a displaced tent in Mawasi Khan Younis, alongside drone strikes and house demolitions in Gaza City and Khan Younis.
In the West Bank, settlers under army protection attacked olive pickers in Burqa and Ramin, killing Ali al-Bazari and wounding 16, with his funeral followed in Burqa.
Hamas said a delegation went to Cairo for national dialogue as the Board of Peace renewed disarmament demands, while reports raised a possible decree postponing November elections after Israel barred the election commission from Gaza and Jerusalem.
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Early reports described artillery fire northwest of Gaza City killing a woman and wounding her family, followed by a vehicle strike and hits on three houses in Gaza City and Khan Younis. The reported toll climbed through the day from four to eight, including two women and a child, with dozens wounded, while Israel said it had killed a Hamas commander. Health authorities put the cumulative toll at 74,254, extending the pattern of deadly violations tracked since the anniversary.
Cairo consultations produced a parallel political track, with outlets citing agreement among Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front to postpone November legislative elections for a year pending an official decree. Fatah tied any delay to general consensus, with dialogue to continue next week, after Israel refused the election commission entry to Gaza and Jerusalem.
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One year after the Gaza agreement, outlets tallied 1,471 killed in violations and Israeli control of 70% of the Strip behind the Yellow Line. Reports rose from three dead to four including a child, with strikes on houses in Gaza City and Khan Younis and shootings east of Maghazi. One hundred international organizations described the truce as ink on paper, as health authorities put the three-year toll at 74,237 killed and 175,267 wounded.
Attention shifted to the West Bank olive harvest, with 19 settler attacks reported on pickers and trees and the arrest of the Ibrahimi Mosque director in Hebron.
On the political track, Hussein al-Sheikh told France legislative elections would be delayed months, while Hamas announced a triple alliance for registration Tuesday and Abbas sought a Security Council session. Pillay's Nobel win drew Israeli criticism and new U.S. sanctions on the ICC.
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Israeli fire in Gaza continued despite the truce, with tolls rising through the day from two to seven and eight killed in Gaza City and Khan Younis, including a child, in drone strikes, artillery and gunfire on homes and displacement tents. Health authorities put the cumulative toll at 74,370 killed, with over 1,400 killed since the ceasefire.
In the West Bank, a young man was shot dead north of Hebron as settlers carried out 12 to 18 attacks across governorates on olive pickers, homes and property, injuring a photojournalist and others.
Midday, President Abbas decreed simultaneous presidential and legislative elections for 11 September 2027, a second postponement since 2021. Dahlan denounced confiscation of popular will, Fatah replied, while Hamas and the Popular Front urged comprehensive national dialogue.
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Palestinian outlets opened with the aftermath of the Houthi missile on King Khalid airport, holding the toll at 12 killed and 309 wounded, noting school closures in Riyadh, Western advisories and a Palestinian presidency condemnation, followed by an Ansarallah warning to avoid Saudi airspace and, by afternoon, reports of a second strike igniting a fire in the passenger terminal.
Gaza dominated in parallel, a year after the ceasefire. Seven were reported killed Saturday, a child died of wounds in Jabalia, and four to five more were killed Sunday, including in a tent strike west of Khan Younis, bringing violations since the calm to 1,488, with health authorities citing 74,377 killed and about 22,000 children.
In the West Bank settlers attacked olive pickers and stole crops, while Israel threatened to assassinate Khalil al-Hayya, drawing Hamas condemnation, and France regretted Abbas's postponement of elections to 2027.
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Israeli fire continued in Gaza despite the truce, rising from four killed including a child in Shujaiya and Rafah to five by morning, with drone strikes on Mawasi and demolitions east of Gaza City. Raya reported the Yellow Line holding and expanding, while health authorities put the total at 74,382 killed.
Midday attention turned to Haaretz accounts in which soldiers said they received orders to bomb inhabited buildings without evacuation, including the Jabalia strike estimated to have killed 300. Netanyahu was reported seeking prosecution of the sources.
In parallel, authorities demolished homes of 80 families and a mosque in al-Dhahiya in the Negev, settlers blocked olive pickers near Ramallah, and European pressure grew over Abbas's postponement of elections to 2027, with France, Belgium and the EU urging a vote and Hussein al-Sheikh pledging an earlier date under conditions.
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Overnight Israeli fire continued in Gaza despite the truce, rising from five killed in 24 hours to a strike on a civilian vehicle in al-Tuffah that killed one and wounded others, later reaching four killed including a child. The army said it killed five Hamas and Islamic Jihad members in the south.
By morning forces entered Ramallah, firing gas around the legislative council, deploying snipers in the courtyard of the Palestine Medical Complex and raiding rights institutions, wounding a boy with live fire and causing suffocation cases, with further arrests across Nablus and injuries in Yamoun.
Olive harvest attacks continued across the West Bank, with assaults on pickers and theft of crops, while the Qatari emir called events in Gaza genocide and a Fatah delegation prepared to go to Cairo amid dispute over Abbas's postponement of elections to 2027.
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Overnight shelling in Gaza killed a woman and wounded others, with outlets counting two to three dead by morning amid strikes, demolitions and expansion of the 'yellow line'. Health authorities put the total at 74,392 killed. By afternoon the toll rose to five, including two killed in a strike on a vehicle north of Khan Younis.
Settler violence dominated West Bank coverage, centered on the burning of a mosque and vehicle in Mikhmas, attacks on olive pickers and 21 assaults on the harvest season. A daylight raid on Ramallah wounded a youth and child, while reports noted 1.07 million dunams under outpost control.
Attention also turned outward to Houthi claims of strikes on Aramco in Dhahran and King Khalid airport and Saudi retaliation in Yemen, and to a Fatah delegation in Cairo discussing reconciliation.
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