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Israeli politicians intensified campaign rhetoric as settlement activity, demolitions and movement restrictions continued in the occupied West Bank. Killings and humanitarian deterioration also continued in Gaza despite a reported ceasefire.
Homes razed in Jinba
Israeli forces killed Izz al-Din al-Beik, identified as the head of Hamas’s armed wing in northern Gaza, in a strike on an apartment building in Gaza City, according to Palestinian and Israeli officials. Health officials said another person died from wounds sustained in the attack.
Another person died from wounds sustained in the strike.
Updated satellite imagery and UN assessments show widespread damage across Gaza, including destroyed neighbourhoods, farmland, places of worship and infrastructure. The report also estimates 61 tonnes of rubble and up to 10,000 bodies in the ruins, while reporting more than 74,000 Palestinian deaths since October 7, 2023.
UNRWA reported that about 82% of structures in Gaza had been damaged.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led hundreds of Israelis into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under police protection. Authorities also closed nearby roads and forced Palestinian businesses to shut during Sukkot.
900 people entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the morning.
About 160000 Palestinians from the West Bank worked for Israeli employers before the war on Gaza began.
Israel revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats at its Ramallah representative office, giving them seven days to return Israeli-issued papers. Israel said the move responded to the Netherlands enforcing a settlement-goods ban from September 22.
Dutch diplomats operating in Ramallah must return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documentation within seven days.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged the military to launch a war in the occupied West Bank and repeat its actions in Gaza. He also called for annexing parts of Gaza and southern Lebanon.
The Yellow Line covers roughly 58 percent of the Gaza Strip.
Five Israeli opposition leaders met in Tel Aviv and agreed to cooperate before the October 27 Knesset elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised the agreement and said only his Likud party could stop them.
Number of Israeli opposition leaders who agreed to cooperate