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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