<article data-history-node-id="431826" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-carries-out-ten-air-strikes-khan-younis-artillery-targets-rafah" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-carries-out-ten-air-strikes-khan-younis-artillery-targets-rafah" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel carries out ten air strikes in Khan Younis, artillery targets Rafah</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Saturday carried out 10 air strikes on Khan Younis inside the yellow line, while artillery shelling targeted the eastern part of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.</p> <p>The yellow line in Gaza demarcates the area in which Israeli troops can remain according to the ceasefire plan. It is an operational boundary imposed by the Israeli military, which has, since the US brokered ceasefire came into effect last month, turned into a restricted-movement zone.&nbsp;</p> <p>Al Jazeera reported that&nbsp;the Israeli military also blew up buildings east of Gaza City.&nbsp;</p> <p>A total of 497 violations have been recorded since the US-brokered agreement came into force six weeks ago, with nearly 350 Palestinians killed, the report said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431828" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-carries-out-large-scale-demolition-operation-khan-younis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-carries-out-large-scale-demolition-operation-khan-younis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army carries out large-scale demolition operation in Khan Younis</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army on Saturday carried out a large-scale demolition operation inside the yellow line southeast of Khan Younis city, Al Jazeera reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Earlier in the day,&nbsp;Israeli forces carried out 10 air strikes on Khan Younis inside the yellow line.&nbsp;</p> <p>The yellow line in Gaza demarcates the area in which Israeli troops can remain according to the ceasefire plan. It is an operational boundary imposed by the Israeli military, which has, since the US brokered ceasefire came into effect last month, turned into a restricted-movement zone.&nbsp;</p> <p>Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli military also blew up buildings east of Gaza City.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.

<article data-history-node-id="431823" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settler-attack-central-west-bank-wounds-six-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settler-attack-central-west-bank-wounds-six-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Settler attack in central West Bank wounds six Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the town&nbsp;of Beit Ur al-Tahta in the central West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that at least six Palestinians were wounded in the attack.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Explosive blasts leave a growing wave of deafness across Gaza, with medical care out of reach

<article data-history-node-id="431798" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-blasts-gaza-deafen-thousands-treatment-blocked" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-blasts-gaza-deafen-thousands-treatment-blocked" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli blasts in Gaza deafen thousands as treatment is blocked</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Even after the ceasefire agreement last month, the healthcare system in Gaza has remained in crisis under Israel’s blockade, with around only 50 percent of hospitals partially functional, chronic shortages of medicines and equipment, and 229 essential drugs completely unavailable, according to the Palestinian health ministry.</p> <p>Israel has killed around 70,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 170,000 in two years.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel’s destruction of rehabilitation centres and the displacement or killing of trained staff has created a severe shortage of medical and audiology equipment, Yusra Basil, an audiology specialist at the health ministry, explained.</p> <p>"Gaza lacks all treatment options for severe hearing loss, including cochlear implants, hearing aids, specialised batteries and medical devices for hearing rehabilitation - all are blocked from entering the strip due to Israel’s closure of border crossings,” she said.</p> <p>A field survey covering the period of Israel’s war from 2023 to 2025 by Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children found that 35,000 children and adults have lost hearing temporarily, partially or permanently as a direct result of explosions caused by Israeli F-16 strikes and explosive vehicles.</p> <p>“That’s three times higher than pre-war levels,” Fadi Abed, director of Atfaluna Society, told MEE.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-blasts-deafen-thousands-treatment-blocked">Israeli blasts deafen thousands as treatment is blocked</a></h3> <div alt="A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on al-Shati refugee camp, at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on 26 September 2025 (Reuters/Ebrahim Hajjaj)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cafe274e-896a-4786-92ac-9587583f5cca" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-09-26T094511Z_877537360_RC2JZGAXZB2H_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on al-Shati refugee camp, at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on 26 September 2025 (Reuters/Ebrahim Hajjaj)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431801" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/fresh-israeli-bombings-kills-wounds-palestinians-central-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/fresh-israeli-bombings-kills-wounds-palestinians-central-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Fresh Israeli bombings kills, wounds Palestinians in central Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel is now launching a number of attacks across the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>In one bombing west of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, a house was targeted, killing and wounding a number of Palestinians.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431806" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-gaza-rises-14-saturday" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-gaza-rises-14-saturday" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll in Gaza rises to 14 on Saturday</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Local media is reporting that at least 14 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched attacks early on Saturday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The strikes mainly targeted&nbsp;Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Former rebel leader tells MEE that several of his relatives were 'eliminated' when the UAE-backed paramilitaries overran the city

The move avoids the release of more messages from a Border Patrol agent whose previous texts showed he had bragged about shooting her.

Palestinians in the occupied territory face growing Israeli army raids and settler violence

Naledi Pandor played a key role in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice

<article data-history-node-id="431784" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unicef-say-two-children-have-been-killed-day-ceasefire-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unicef-say-two-children-have-been-killed-day-ceasefire-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Two children a day have been killed since Gaza ceasefire, says Unicef</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unicef said on Friday that two children have been killed a day since the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza.</p> <p>The UN agency said that at least 67 children had been killed since 10 October.</p> <p>“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an air strike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City and the south,”&nbsp;said Ricardo Pires, spokesperson for the UN children’s fund.&nbsp;</p> <p>“There's only one party to the conflict in Gaza with the firepower to do air strikes,”&nbsp;Pires also told journalists.</p> <p>Children's lives continue to remain under threat in Gaza from inadequate healthcare and a lack of food.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431749" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-palestinians-severely-beaten-israeli-soldiers-and-settlers" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-palestinians-severely-beaten-israeli-soldiers-and-settlers" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Four Palestinians 'severely beaten' by Israeli soldiers and settlers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli soldiers and settlers assaulted four Palestinians near Ramallah on Thursday, Wafa news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Palestinians were "severely beaten", according to local witnesses, after they tried to remove an earthen barrier that settlers had put in front of their farm in the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah.</p> <p>They were later detained.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Palestinians say the move masks a plan to expand settlements on privately owned Palestinian land under pretext of ‘developing an archaeological site’ 

<article data-history-node-id="431734" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-settlers-illegally-occupy-land-northern-jordan-valley" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-settlers-illegally-occupy-land-northern-jordan-valley" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">West Bank: Israeli settlers illegally occupy land in the northern Jordan Valley</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers set up a new illegal outpost on Thursday in the northern Jordan Valley in the West Bank, Wafa news agency reported</p> <p>Several settlers set up a makeshift structure near the tents of Palestinian residents&nbsp;in Hammamat al-Malih, according to local sources.</p> <p>Erecting structures on Palestinian land is normally a signal that settlers are trying to take over the land.&nbsp;Israeli settlers currently have more than eight illegal outposts in the northern Jordan Valley, which they have used to take control of vast swathes of land.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of forced displacement, widespread destruction, and blocking Palestinians from returning home

<article data-history-node-id="431695" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/after-almost-60-years-their-homes-jerusalem-families-given-demolition" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/after-almost-60-years-their-homes-jerusalem-families-given-demolition" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">After almost 60 years in their homes, Jerusalem families given demolition orders</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli authorities have given&nbsp;demolition orders to four Palestinian families in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, even though the families have lived there for almost six decades, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>The Israeli authorities apparently told the families the homes are unfit to live in.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Hashima, Maswadeh, Kastero, and Sidaawi families, who were given the demolition orders, are said to be shocked by the orders as they have been refused permits&nbsp;to repair or upgrade their homes.,They have also been prevented them from carrying out essential maintenance, leading to&nbsp;deterioration of the structures.&nbsp;</p> <p>The families said they will legally challenge the orders which will leave dozens of family members homeless.&nbsp;</p> <p>The orders come are part of&nbsp; broader efforts by the Israeli government to depopulate Palestinians from the Old City.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.

“It’s like a Frankenstein construction of all the worst possible restrictions from around the country.”

<article data-history-node-id="431627" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-homes-and-fields-fresh-west-bank-attack" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-homes-and-fields-fresh-west-bank-attack" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers torch homes and fields in fresh West Bank attack</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;settlers set fire to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;homes, vehicles and farmland in the latest attack in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a>&nbsp;West Bank on Monday.</p> <p>The large-scale evening assault on the town of Jab'a, southwest of Bethlehem, left three homes torched. The properties belonged to Raafat Hilal Mashaaleh, Muhammad Musa Musa and Yusuf Ahmad Musa.</p> <p>Mashaaleh told Middle East Eye that the attack began as his brother was helping their sister and her children into a car parked in the family garden.</p> <p>A stone was thrown at the vehicle, and when he looked up he saw two men hurling rocks. Moments later, he realised there were around 50 assailants.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/settlers-attack-and-torch-homes-vehicles-and-fields-bethlehem-town">Read more:&nbsp;Israeli settlers torch homes and fields in fresh West Bank attack</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="align-center media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="In several clips circulating online, vehicles and homes in al-Jabaa, southwest of Bethlehem, could be seen engulfed in raging fires (X)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f85fce3b-e7e4-47cf-865e-faf0934fe904" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/20251117070146.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="In several clips circulating online, vehicles and homes in al-Jabaa, southwest of Bethlehem, could be seen engulfed in raging fires (X)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>In several clips circulating online, vehicles and homes in al-Jabaa, southwest of Bethlehem, could be seen engulfed in raging fires (X)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><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>