Two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded others at a checkpoint outside Hebron on Friday before being shot dead, the Israeli military said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a closure of the West Bank, a siege of Hebron and Halhul, demolitions and the displacement of residents of the gunmen's neighborhood, and said a large-scale operation was 'on the way'. The UN said it was extremely alarmed, Israeli rights group B'Tselem urged international pressure to halt planned expulsions, and Hamas praised the attack without claiming it.
An Israeli drone strike killed one Palestinian in Nuseirat camp and another wounded 13 in Gaza City, medical sources and the Palestine Red Crescent said, after four people including a 17-year-old girl were reported killed in 24 hours. UN funding shortages will leave half a million people without food assistance, Middle East Eye reported. Israel's military said it killed a Hamas militant involved in planning the killing of four soldiers in 2025.
Israeli forces detained about 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers helping Palestinians harvest olives near Nahalin, including New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander, several rabbis and a former Israeli deputy attorney general. Lander was released with a warning and said dozens remained in custody.
The World Food Programme is reducing the number of Gazans it supports from 1.6 million to 1.1 million because of funding shortages. The agency says two-thirds of the population faces crisis-level hunger and 200,000 are at risk of famine.
Israeli police detained 10 people in a rare raid after weekend settler attacks on European diplomats, a French mayor and US photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank. A senior Palestinian official warned of an 'explosion', and UN experts urged protection for olive farmers.
Masked settlers attacked a European delegation including diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai near Taybeh while they visited Palestinian olive harvesters, injuring three. The EU strongly condemned the attack and demanded accountability; Israel's military condemned it, but Netanyahu's office questioned the account. The US ambassador separately called a settler beating of a Washington Post photojournalist an act of terror.
The head of the World Food Programme said life in Gaza is brutal, with 1.4 million people facing acute food shortages and funding gaps forcing aid cuts despite the US-brokered ceasefire. Gaza's health ministry said five Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli forces since dawn.
Israeli settlers attacked and beat a group of Palestinians and an American photojournalist working for The Washington Post. The journalist required surgery on his hand.
Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh said the legislative vote planned for November 28 will be delayed, possibly until September 2027, alongside the already postponed presidential election. He cited worsening conditions across Palestinian territories.
Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh said the legislative vote planned for November 28 will be delayed, possibly until September 2027, alongside an already postponed presidential election. He cited worsening conditions across the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli military said an airstrike in Gaza City killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji. Israel says he took part in holding hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Matan Angrest.
The Israeli military said an airstrike in Gaza City killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji. Israel says he helped hold hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Matan Angrest.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military has killed 4,000 militants who took part in the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023. The claim comes on the eve of the attack's third anniversary.