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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced that the army had been placed on the highest alert based on intelligence about possible Hamas attacks in Gaza, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the ceasefire to be made permanent, expanded aid access and respect for international law.
Medical sources reported that Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis. The territory’s Health Ministry said that breaches of the ceasefire in force since 10 October 2025 had, by Monday, killed 1,460 Palestinians and injured 5,116 others.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israel and Hamas to consolidate the ceasefire and move to the next phase of the plan to end the conflict in Gaza, calling for expanded aid access, respect for international law and a political path leading to lasting peace in the region.
Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad identified rebuilding the Palestine Liberation Organisation, formulating a national political programme based on struggle, and achieving genuine unity as pillars for Palestinian consensus. In a discussion on Gaza a year after the ceasefire began, Mustafa Barghouti called for unified leadership and elections to prevent the Strip from being separated from the West Bank.
Armed settlers attacked Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest in the towns of Beita and Osarin south of Nablus, while Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs and prevented farmers from reaching their land. The attacks followed documentation of 2,051 attacks in the West Bank during September, including 647 carried out by settlers.
Images showed two Israeli soldiers placing the body of a Palestinian man inside a military vehicle and taking a photograph beside it after firing on a vehicle at the entrance to Bani Na'im, east of Hebron. The incident resulted in the man's death and two injuries, while the Israeli army said it was investigating the circumstances after receiving a report of an attempted ramming.
Omar al-Hasayna has continued living in Cairo three years after leaving the Gaza Strip, following an Israeli air strike that killed most of his family. He is waiting for security and stability to be restored and reconstruction to begin in the war-damaged territory so that he can return.
Israeli forces raided the Birzeit University campus north of Ramallah and demolished and seized a memorial to students killed in the student movement, while arresting three children, two young men and a woman during raids in Nablus, Bethlehem and Tubas, according to Palestinian local sources.
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad said Ali al-Amoudi survived an Israeli strike targeting him in Gaza City, warning that continued assassination operations risk causing the ceasefire agreement to collapse. The strike killed five Palestinians, according to al-Shifa Hospital, while the movement called on Washington to pressure Israel to halt the attacks.
Four Palestinians were killed in strikes targeting separate areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while the Israeli military announced the killing of Saqr al-Qaisi in Khan Younis, accusing him of belonging to Hamas’s elite unit. The escalation coincided with the announcement of the closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip crossings on 5 and 7 October.
More than 100,000 Palestinians who left Gaza during the war are waiting for the chance to return, while the accounts of three men in Cairo for treatment or safety reveal the scale of family losses and the difficulty of reunification amid limited crossings, continuing air strikes and delays to reconstruction.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced the closure of the West Bank and crossings into the Gaza Strip to coincide with the anniversary of the 7 October events, amid tightened military measures and the arrest of 15 Palestinians. The Palestine Red Crescent reported the death of a young man after he was detained at the Anab checkpoint, while attacks by settlers on agricultural land and farms were recorded during the olive harvest season.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz approved the army’s recommendation to impose a comprehensive closure on the West Bank and close crossings into the Gaza Strip on 5 and 7 October, based on a security assessment linked to the third anniversary of the 7 October attacks. Exceptions to the restrictions will be limited to specific cases subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is accelerating settlement projects and land registration in the West Bank and East Jerusalem ahead of the 27 October election, amid rights warnings that the next government may struggle to reverse them. This has coincided with escalating settler attacks and the displacement of more than 6,500 Palestinians, according to UN and rights data.
Israeli media reported that the Israeli army attempted to assassinate Ali al-Amoudi, deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau and the movement’s leader in the Gaza Strip, in a strike on a residential building west of Gaza City. Palestinian sources said the strike killed at least five people and injured more than five others, while al-Amoudi’s fate remained unclear.
The World Health Organisation has condemned successive delays in bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying large medical shipments await approval for an average of 74 days. It said the territory’s hospitals are not operating at full capacity, and called for additional crossings to be opened, restrictions to be eased and procedures for admitting shipments to be clarified.
Israeli forces carried out raids in several areas of the West Bank, arresting 6 Palestinians. A Palestinian body documented 2,051 attacks during September, including 647 carried out by settlers that resulted in the deaths of 3 Palestinians, as well as damage to thousands of trees and attempts to establish 21 settlement outposts.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Mashhour Shahir Mohammad Yassin, 51, had died from gunshot wounds sustained during an attack by Israeli settlers on the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit, on Thursday 1 October 2026. Red Crescent teams took Yassin and another injured person to Salfit Government Hospital, while the Israeli army said it was investigating the incident.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are facing a sharp decline in their ability to diagnose complex cases and perform delicate surgery, amid a shortage of specialist doctors and a reduction in imaging and diagnostic equipment from 635 to 240 devices. Breakdowns and shortages of supplies are forcing medical teams to limit tests to the most urgent cases and postpone others.
The United States condemned acts of violence in the West Bank and called for investigations and prosecution of those responsible after more than 100 settlers attacked Jalud village, setting fire to buildings and vehicles. The attack coincided with further assaults in al-Mughayyir village and criticism from Israeli opposition leaders of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Settler attacks have increased in Hebron, Jerusalem, Beitunia, Jalud and southern Nablus, alongside restrictions imposed by Israeli forces at checkpoints and gates. The United Nations has documented more than 1,600 attacks since the beginning of 2026, amid widespread damage to property and agricultural land and disrupted access to services and places of worship.
Israel imposed a week-long closure on the West Bank, alongside a system of more than 300 checkpoints among hundreds of obstacles restricting movement for 3.4 million Palestinians. The effects include preventing workers from reaching their jobs, obstructing patients and medical teams, and forcing residents to take longer routes between cities and towns.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas leaders based outside the Gaza Strip remain on the “target list”, referring to a previous strike in Qatar. His threat came after the announcement that Izz al-Din al-Bik, commander of the northern Gaza Brigade of the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli air strike targeting Gaza City.
A comparison of images taken between April and September 2026 revealed construction and expansion work in the Gad Natan, Makda and Mitzuke Eretz settlements in the West Bank after they received approval from the Israeli government. The work is part of plans to establish 34 settlements and convert existing outposts into officially recognised settlements.
