<article data-history-node-id="431808" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-18-killed-across-gaza-saturday-including-children" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-18-killed-across-gaza-saturday-including-children" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Over 18 killed across Gaza on Saturday, including children </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Sources in Gaza hospitals reported that at least 18 Palestinians, including children, were killed in various Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</p> <p>A civilian car and four homes were amongst the targets of the military.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="431793" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/singapore-imposes-sanctions-four-israeli-settlers-not-government-figures" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/singapore-imposes-sanctions-four-israeli-settlers-not-government-figures" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Singapore imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers, but not on government figures</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Singapore imposed a financial and physical ban on four Israeli settlers, the foreign minister announced on Friday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The sanctions were imposed on Meir Mordechai Ettinger, Elisha Yered, Ben-Zion Gopstein and Baruch Marzel.</p> <p>"As a firm supporter of international law and the two-state solution, Singapore opposes any unilateral attempts to change facts on the ground through acts which are illegal under international law," the foreign minister said in a statement.</p> <p>However, it stopped short of banning senior Israelis in government and recognising a Palestinian state.&nbsp;</p> <p>All four individuals have been previously sanctioned by the European Union.</p> </div> </div> </article>

A series of artillery, air attacks hit near Rafah, Khan Younis, Deir el-Balah, as well as Gaza City.

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The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

<article data-history-node-id="431759" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-caries-out-demolition-beyond-yellow-line-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-caries-out-demolition-beyond-yellow-line-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel caries out demolition beyond yellow line in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army on Friday carried out&nbsp;demolition operations beyond the yellow line east of Gaza City, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;<br> <br> Israeli artillery also renewed heavy shelling towards the northeast of Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza, local media reported.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431762" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-set-homes-new-bethlehem-outpost-deepen-israeli-hold-over" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-set-homes-new-bethlehem-outpost-deepen-israeli-hold-over" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Settlers set up homes in new Bethlehem outpost to 'deepen Israeli hold' over&nbsp;Jerusalem</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli media on Friday reported that settler groups placed the "first temporary homes" in a new settlement established on Wednesday night by illegally grabbing Palestinian land&nbsp;in the Gush Etzion area near the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>The move was publicly announced Thursday by council head Yaron Rosenthal, who made no attempt to obscure the symbolism or intent, Israel Today reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The news website quoted&nbsp;Rosenthal&nbsp;declaring, "the return to the ancestral city of King David and Rachel as a national and spiritual triumph."</p> <p>The report said that the "new village" near Bethlehem deepens Israeli hold over the strategic corridor connecting Gush Etzion to Jerusalem.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431764" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-plant-thousands-israeli-flags-near-ramallah-highway-reclaim" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-plant-thousands-israeli-flags-near-ramallah-highway-reclaim" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Settlers plant thousands of Israeli flags near Ramallah highway to ‘reclaim visibility’</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settler groups on Friday planted thousands of&nbsp;Israeli flags&nbsp;along Highway 60 in the occupied West Bank, saying they aim to “reclaim visibility” in the area.</p> <p>"A flagpole every 40 meters. Both sides of the road. Through Arab areas too," Israel Today wrote, sharing photos on its Telegram channel.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli media described&nbsp;the move as a "youth-led initiative"&nbsp;by Yeshiva student Eyal Spiegel and about 100 volunteers who placed roughly 2,000 flags over 17km between Ramallah ​​​​​​and Nablus.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeshivas are&nbsp;traditional Jewish educational institutions focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud.&nbsp;</p> <p>Spiegel told Israeli media the effort was meant to strengthen a sense of “security and belonging” for Israelis in the area. Organisers say they plan to expand the campaign.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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A displaced person has been killed south of Gaza's Khan Younis city, according to Nasser Hospital.

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<article data-history-node-id="431713" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-pummel-gaza-less-48-hours-after-un-adopts-trumps" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-pummel-gaza-less-48-hours-after-un-adopts-trumps" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli air strikes pummel Gaza less than 48 hours after UN adopts Trump's plan</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;air strikes pummelled the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least 33&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a>, including&nbsp;20 women and children, less than 48 hours after the UN Security Council adopted US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for the enclave.</p> <p>Israeli fighter jets bombed tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, as well as homes in Gaza City, with more than 70 people reported wounded.</p> <p>Shelling and air strikes were also reported on Thursday morning, with most of the casualties reported in Khan Younis, local media reported.</p> <p>The Palestinian group Hamas condemned the latest "massacre" and described it as "a dangerous escalation through which [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu seeks to resume the genocide."</p> <p>The Israeli military said it launched the strikes after its troops came under fire in Khan Younis earlier on Wednesday.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-pummel-gaza-dozens-killed-after-un-adopts-resolution-trump-plan">Israeli air strikes pummel Gaza less than 48 hours after UN adopts Trump's plan</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A man and a child mourn by the covered body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli air strike, according to medics, at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City 19 November 2025 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d8df6307-385a-4b73-ba62-b61642e96bb2" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2025-11-19T164610Z_763409735_RC2RZHAY9T11_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="A man and a child mourn by the covered body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli air strike, according to medics, at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City 19 November 2025 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A man and a child mourn by the covered body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli air strike, according to medics, at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City 19 November 2025 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)</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>

<article data-history-node-id="431702" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-hit-eastern-rafah-drone-fire-kills-one-khan-younis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-hit-eastern-rafah-drone-fire-kills-one-khan-younis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli air strikes hit eastern Rafah as drone fire kills one in Khan Younis</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli aircraft on Thursday launched air strikes on the eastern areas of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, local media have reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Al Jazeera reported artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli helicopters towards the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, behind the yellow line.</p> <p>At least one Palestinian was reportedly killed in&nbsp;Israeli drone fire in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis,&nbsp;Nasser Medical Complex said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431708" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospitals-say-israel-killed-34-palestinians-overnight-bombing" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospitals-say-israel-killed-34-palestinians-overnight-bombing" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospitals say Israel killed 34 Palestinians in overnight bombing</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed at least 34 Palestinians in overnight bombings,&nbsp;including 18 children and women, in Gaza City and Khan Younis, Al Jazeera Arabic reported on Thursday, quoting hospital sources.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that since Thursday morning, Israeli aircraft&nbsp;targeted Rafah and Khan Younis, beyond the yellow line, with intense&nbsp;bombardment using heavy artillery.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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