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<article data-history-node-id="431357" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-over-10-palestinian-shops-southern-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-over-10-palestinian-shops-southern-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes over 10 Palestinian shops in southern Israel </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel demolished more than ten shops in the Palestinian town of Laqiya in Negev on Tuesday morning, drawing outrage from residents and business owners.</p> <p>The move comes amid a broader military campaign targeting several Palestinian communities in southern Israel, with Israel imposing restrictive policies while offering no planning framework that would allow stable economic activity.</p> <p>Shop owners said the demolished businesses supported dozens of families and that no alternatives or licensing options were provided. On the same day, the Israeli military issued demolition orders for seven agricultural structures west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="431341" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ben-gvir-hands-out-sweets-after-death-penalty-bill-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-ben-gvir-hands-out-sweets-after-death-penalty-bill-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli&nbsp;</a>minister Itamar Ben Gvir handed out sweets in parliament on Monday after a bill&nbsp;allowing death penalty for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/Palestinian%20prisoners" target="_blank">prisoners</a>&nbsp;passed its first reading.&nbsp;</p> <p>The bill was approved by a majority of 39 out of 120 Knesset members, with 16 voting against in Israel's parliament.</p> <p>It would allow judges to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis on so-called “nationalistic” grounds.</p> <p>The legislation would not apply to Israelis who kill Palestinians under similar circumstances.</p> <p>The bill now requires two more readings in the Knesset before it can become an official law.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Hamas called the&nbsp;legislation "fascist and sadistic" and called for global action against Israel, including "deterrent sanctions."</p> <p>The Islamic Jihad said&nbsp;the bill's passing was "a dangerous criminal escalation".</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-distributes-sweets-after-preliminary-approval-prisoner-execution-law">Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir walks inside the Knesset on 13 October 2025 (Reuters/Chip Somodevilla)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0a7329b2-e352-40da-a2d1-4e5b1fc4068f" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2025-10-13T084808Z_1903024092_RC2WAHA3PE1Y_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-TRUMP-min%20%281%29.JPG" width="6096" height="3429" alt="Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir walks inside the Knesset on 13 October 2025 (Reuters/Chip Somodevilla)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir walks inside the Knesset on 13 October 2025 (Reuters/Chip Somodevilla)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="431319" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-has-killed-nearly-250-palestinians-ceasefire-came-effect-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-has-killed-nearly-250-palestinians-ceasefire-came-effect-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel has killed nearly 250 Palestinians since ceasefire came into effect in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Gaza Media Office on Monday said Israel has so far violated the 10 October ceasefire deal in Gaza 282 times, during which it has killed 242 Palestinians, and wounded 620.</p> <p>The latest Israeli drone strike on Monday killed two Palestinians, one of whom was a child.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.

<article data-history-node-id="431312" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/foreign-press-association-condemns-israeli-settler-attacks-journalists" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/foreign-press-association-condemns-israeli-settler-attacks-journalists" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Foreign Press Association condemns Israeli settler attacks on journalists</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents hundreds of foreign journalists, said it was "appalled" by recent Israeli settler attacks on journalists in the occupied West Bank, especially during this year's olive harvest.</p> <p>"Journalists, both local and foreign, have proven to be a clear target as they document an unprecedented level of unchecked violence against Palestinians during this year's olive harvest," the association said, citing two incidents involving journalists from international media outlets.</p> <p>The FPA said that on Saturday two employees of Reuters wearing clearly marked press vests and helmets were assaulted by masked Israeli civilians armed with clubs and rocks near the Palestinian village of Beita.</p> <p>"A mob of dozens of settlers beat one of the employees, a female reporter, while she was already on the ground, resulting in severe injuries," the FPA said.</p> <p>"They also attacked those who tried to help her. A Reuters security person was hit, and two Palestinian freelance journalists were injured while being chased."</p> <p>On 10 October, Israeli settlers beat a veteran AFP photographer with sticks when filming the olive harvest in the same area.</p> <p>His car, along with a handful of others parked at a safe distance from the field, was stoned and then set on fire.</p> <p>"The photographer, who testified it was one of the worst attacks in his 30-year career, reported that Israeli forces at the scene refused to intervene, instead firing rubber bullets and tear gas at olive pickers and activists accompanying them," the FPA said.</p> <p>Several such incidents have occurred in the last few weeks, the FPA added.</p> <p>"Israeli forces routinely harass and intimidate journalists, in some cases detaining them and threatening them with deportation," the FPA said.</p> <p>"This is all part of a deepening climate of hostility toward the media by Israeli authorities," it added, urging the authorities to investigate the incidents and hold the perpetrators accountable.</p> <p>"In particular, we urge central command head Major General Avi Bluth and police commander Moshe Pinchi to uphold their duties to ensure that journalists can work freely and safely," the association said.</p> <p>"There cannot be press freedom in an environment in which journalists are threatened and harmed with complete impunity."</p> <p><em>Reporting by AFP</em></p> </div> </div> </article>