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Disputes between Israel and several European countries over settlements in the West Bank have shifted from political condemnations to trade restrictions and sanctions, prompting diplomatic measures by Israel. The escalation coincides with more than 2,000 attacks recorded in August and UN warnings about the impact of the E1 plan on the two-state solution.
Around 1,731 settlers entered the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection, performing Jewish Talmudic rituals and prayers, as well as singing and dancing, with the participation of minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Palestinian researchers and officials warned of efforts to impose a division of access by time and space, as the Ibrahimi Mosque was closed to Palestinians until Wednesday evening.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip face severe shortages of fuel, generator oil, spare parts, medicines and medical supplies, threatening the continued treatment of hundreds of patients and wounded people. The World Health Organisation says only 19 of the 36 hospitals are partially operational, while the Ministry of Health has warned that generators relied on by vital departments could stop working.
In his 13th work, novelist Said Abu Ghazah presents the story of letters exchanged too late between a married couple, Kamal and Wisal, making love and memory means of resisting loss. The novel, the fifth he has published during the war, was written from inside the besieged Gaza Strip and draws on paper letters, interior monologue and poetic language.
Data from the Shireen Observatory indicates that about 85,597 Palestinians were killed between 2000 and 2026, most of them in the Gaza Strip, including more than 24,000 children and 13,000 women. The figures cover the Al-Aqsa Intifada, popular uprisings and successive Israeli wars, culminating in the war that began in October 2023.
Around 70% of the above-ground homes and facilities in Jenba village, in Masafer Yatta, were damaged during Israeli demolition operations last Wednesday. The damage included homes, water tanks, agricultural facilities and solar power systems, while residents affirmed their determination to remain and rebuild despite some being forced to return to caves.
Gaza residents face growing risks as the rainy season approaches, with hundreds of buildings at risk of collapse, inadequate protection for displaced people’s camps, and widespread disruption to sewage treatment and pumping facilities. UN data warns that flooding and water contamination could worsen humanitarian and health conditions in the Strip.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for expanding military operations and dismantling the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, as the Israeli army reinforced its forces ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The escalation coincided with a Palestinian girl being wounded at the Qalandiya checkpoint, the closure of checkpoints and roads, and an attack by settlers on the village of Abu Falah east of Ramallah.
Israeli academic Yagil Levy says an intertwined network of military units, border guards and armed settlers operates partly independently of the General Staff and helps expand control over the West Bank. This coincided with more than 1,600 settler attacks recorded since the start of 2026, the highest rate since UN documentation began.
The UN human rights office added 61 companies to its database of businesses linked to Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank, bringing the total to 214. The update also removed companies after reassessment, while Israel’s UN mission rejected the mechanism and accused it of bias.
The United Nations has added 61 companies to a database tracking entities involved in business activities linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The UN mechanism is based on human rights standards and reviews sectors including construction, real estate, financial services, transport and the exploitation of natural resources.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet said they targeted a network that included dozens of money changers in Gaza and other countries and had transferred more than $1 billion to Hamas. They added that operations since the outbreak of the war had killed 16 people whom they described as among the movement’s leading money-transfer operatives.
Most people in the Gaza Strip are facing increasing difficulty accessing water as desalination output falls, most wells remain out of service and distribution networks are damaged. UN and official data show that 82% of households face water insecurity, while groundwater pumping and the discharge of untreated wastewater threaten the quality of the coastal aquifer.
UNRWA continues to operate extensive health, education and essential services in the Gaza Strip despite being publicly excluded from the Peace Council’s reconstruction plans. Officials revealed that the council and the Palestinian technocratic committee held meetings with the agency amid disagreement over its future and whether its programmes and staff can continue under new vetting conditions.
The gap between the needs of Gaza Strip residents and the aid reaching them is widening amid Israeli restrictions and the closure of crossings. The Network of Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations says the response meets no more than 25% of actual needs, while hundreds of thousands lack food, water, shelter and essential services.
Two Israeli reserve soldiers were killed after a drone they were operating crashed and exploded as they approached it at a military site in northern Gaza. The Israeli army opened an investigation that includes the possibility that the aircraft was jammed, and suspended the operation of attack drones and drones used to drop munitions until the cause of the incident is clarified.
Users circulated an image of a Palestinian child sheltering behind the base of an electricity pole while returning from school, as Israeli forces entered the town of al-Zawiya, west of Salfit. The image prompted anger and distress across digital platforms, with comments focusing on children’s right to travel safely and reach their homes without fear.
Settlers burned two vehicles belonging to a Palestinian family and wrote racist slogans and threats of displacement on homes in Atara village, north of Ramallah, after monitoring the area with a drone, according to the family. The attack coincided with the burning of agricultural land and an attempt to break into homes in Burqa village, east of the city.
Jerusalem and the West Bank witnessed incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, arrests and raids carried out by Israeli forces on Thursday, alongside settler attacks, the demolition of a house and land levelling. Palestinian bodies also announced a tender for the construction of 400 settlement units and the issuance of orders targeting the removal of trees and vegetation from hundreds of dunams.
Israeli police announced that a Palestinian was killed and a soldier seriously injured in a car-ramming attack near the Beit Horon settlement, west of Ramallah. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the victim was 29-year-old Mahmoud Mohammed Mahmoud Suleiman, and that Israeli forces were holding his body.
The Council of Peace, led by US President Donald Trump, plans to announce a six-month plan to revive the Gaza Strip, comprising 66 projects costing $2.45 billion. The plan covers temporary housing, infrastructure, services and security, while its implementation depends on cooperation from Israel and Hamas and the mobilisation of international funding.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet announced the killing of Mohammed Abu Alwan, whom they described as head of Hamas’s finance department, in a strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli statement said targeting the movement’s leaders and funding sources aims to prevent it from rebuilding its capabilities, while Hamas has not commented.
Palestinian clubs have resumed organised competition through the Thousand Martyrs Cup after a suspension lasting about 3 years, with more than 200 clubs taking part in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, amid movement restrictions, damage to sports facilities and financial pressures facing players and clubs.
Foreign ministers from eight Arab and Muslim countries called for adherence to the ceasefire in Gaza and implementation of the comprehensive plan in all its phases, including the delivery of aid, restricting weapons and a full Israeli withdrawal. They also rejected forced displacement and settlement expansion, and called for sustained US engagement to ensure all parties fulfil their commitments.
