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Palestinian authorities documented 19 incidents linked to settler violence in the West Bank since Friday morning, including physical assaults and the theft of livestock and crops. Video footage showed a Palestinian vehicle being stopped and a father assaulted in front of his son, while the Israeli military said it was reviewing reports related to the incidents.
Syrian national Waad al-Sindi hopes to return to her country in search of safety after losing her husband in the Gaza Strip while he was going to bring back food. Al-Sindi had sought refuge in the Strip after fleeing the war in Syria, only to face conditions she described as even harsher.
The occupied West Bank saw an escalation in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers as part of a field campaign involving arrests and raids targeting cities, towns and villages, extending operations across multiple areas of the West Bank.
The Palestinian vice-president announced the postponement of the legislative elections, saying that deteriorating conditions made it impossible to hold them. In a later development, a Palestinian source said President Mahmoud Abbas would issue a decree postponing the elections, without announcing an alternative date for the vote.
The United Nations said that nearly all of Gaza’s population, numbering around two million people, will spend the winter without adequate shelter. The statement comes as the Palestinian territory enters its fourth year under tight Israeli restrictions linked to the war.
The Palestinian Authority has decided to postpone the legislative elections scheduled for 28 November 2026 after an official assessment concluded that the necessary conditions for holding them had not been met. The decision comes alongside an agreement among Palestinian factions on an initiative to delay the vote by one year, paving the way for the issuance of a presidential decree.
Various parts of the West Bank saw arrests and raids by Israeli forces on Friday, alongside settler attacks targeting olive pickers, trees and vehicles. The developments included the arrest of 9 Palestinians in Hebron and death and arson threats against a resident, while Palestinian data recorded 2,051 attacks last September.
From 9 to 11 October, actions called by the Global Alliance for Palestine will take place at hundreds of locations worldwide to mark the third anniversary of the war on Gaza, demanding protection for Palestinians and accountability for those responsible for violations, amid continued casualties despite a ceasefire agreement.
London and Tel Aviv have reached an agreement to rename the British consulate in Jerusalem as a mission and reduce its staff, while keeping it independent of the British embassy in Tel Aviv. The agreement followed an Israeli threat to close the consulate in response to British plans targeting trade with, and services linked to, settlements in the West Bank.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face harsh living and health conditions after three years of war. Fabric and plastic tents trap heat during the day, while families cannot cool them and face shortages of water, sanitation and protection from changing weather.
The number of hospitals operating in the Gaza Strip has fallen to 19 from 38 before the war, while bed capacity has declined and all magnetic resonance imaging machines have stopped operating. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says shortages of medicines and equipment are worsening conditions for patients with chronic diseases and cancer, with around 2,800 patients awaiting referrals for treatment outside the Strip.
Health and humanitarian organisations warn that disease and flooding will worsen in the Gaza Strip during winter, with more than 1.76 million people still living in overcrowded camps or inadequate shelters and half of the hospitals unable to operate fully. UNICEF is seeking 97.5 million US dollars to protect 540,000 children and their families in Gaza and the West Bank.
Britain removed the signs from its consulate in East Jerusalem as an Israeli deadline to close it expired, before announcing that the building would continue operating under the name ‘United Kingdom Mission in Jerusalem’. The two sides gave differing accounts of the diplomats’ status: Israel said the consul general and 20 staff members were leaving, while London said the temporary withdrawal of some staff and their families was for safety reasons.
Signs were removed from the British consulate in East Jerusalem before Israel’s deadline for its closure expired, while London considers a diplomatic response that could include expelling Israeli diplomats. The escalation comes as Israeli banks voice concerns about possible British sanctions on institutions involved in financing settlement expansion in the West Bank.
Hamas rejected claims by the Israeli military that militants had left Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and that explosive devices had been removed from the facility, describing them as a disinformation campaign to justify targeting medical facilities. The statement followed shelling around the hospital and the death of a civil defence worker while travelling to help rescue the injured.
The Israeli military has released figures for its operations since 7 October 2023, saying it targeted about 100,000 sites on several fronts and arrested or detained nearly 45,000 people. Its statements did not address casualties or destruction, while Palestinian, Lebanese and Yemeni figures indicate tens of thousands were killed and 82% of Gaza’s buildings were damaged.
Comparisons of satellite images taken over three years reveal damage to around 200,000 buildings in the Gaza Strip, as well as widespread destruction of educational facilities and changes in land use. Roads, earth berms, trenches and 40 Israeli military sites were also identified by May 2026, including eight sites established after the ceasefire agreement.
Two Palestinians were killed and others injured early Wednesday in Israeli airstrikes, shelling and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, as home demolitions and attacks on displaced people’s tents continued in Khan Younis, Rafah, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City, despite the passage of a year since the Hamas-Israel ceasefire agreement.
Israeli forces carried out raids and arrests in cities and towns across the West Bank and Jerusalem, and demolished a house in the town of Biddu, as Palestinians and a journalist were injured in settler attacks. The escalation came on the third anniversary of the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and as the olive-picking season began.
Israeli attacks continued in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, killing a Palestinian in Gaza as the third anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the outbreak of the war on Gaza were marked, amid ongoing Israeli forces’ operations and settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank.
The Israeli army said its forces located and dismantled a tunnel route belonging to Hamas in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, saying it was approximately 500 metres long and about 13 metres deep. The announcement formed part of an account of operations that the army said covered more than 130 sites and military structures over one week.
Angelina Jolie published satellite images comparing areas of Gaza before and after the war, citing a UN analysis indicating that 82% of the territory’s structures had been damaged by 16 June 2026. The Gaza Film Academy welcomed her position, stressing the role of artists in keeping the humanitarian consequences of the destruction in the international spotlight.
A Palestinian official source said the Israeli government had refused to allow the Central Elections Commission to enter Gaza and Jerusalem to oversee preparations for the legislative elections scheduled for 28 November 2026, warning that the decision would obstruct the commission’s work as it continues the electoral process according to the announced timetable.
Haematology patients in the Gaza Strip are facing an acute shortage of blood units, platelets and testing materials, amid warnings that essential tests could stop within 10 days or two weeks. Hundreds of patients urgently need medical evacuation to undergo bone marrow transplants outside the Strip.
