srael kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire

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• Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and wounded 230 since the start of the ceasefire, and violated the truce agreement 80 times, the Gaza Government Media Office says.
• The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said were in response to a ceasefire violation by Hamas, which the group has denied.
• 1m ago (10:45 GMT)In Gaza, Palestinians reclaim small moments of dignity amid the ceasefireBy Maram HumaidReporting from Deir el-Balah, GazaLate on October 8, while everyone else in the house was asleep, I lay awake scrolling through my phone and journalist chat groups for updates. There were conflicting accounts from the ceasefire talks – of progress, setbacks, hope and doubt.As my phone battery dwindled, I finally drifted off to sleep, stirred occasionally by distant shelling that told me what my phone couldn’t.When I awoke just before dawn on October 9, my wi-fi was dead. I rushed to the roof, searching for an eSIM signal. The sun was rising as updates loaded onto my phone, and there it was: “Announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza – to take effect within hours.”Read more of this piece from Gaza here.Click here to share on social media
• 16m ago (10:30 GMT)WATCH: Gaza’s streets overwhelmed by piles of toxic waste, increasing health risksBeneath the rubble in Gaza is a hidden crisis.Public services were suspended during the war, and waste piled up. Municipal officials say piles of filthy rubbish need to be cleared from Gaza’s streets.The mounds of rubbish are posing a severe health risk.Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City:https://www.youtube.com/embed/x6z36AUkT9Q?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1Click here to share on social media
• 31m ago (10:15 GMT)Ireland’s FM calls for immediate opening of Rafah crossingIreland’s foreign minister, Simon Harris, has called for the Rafah crossing to be opened for aid “as an absolute priority” and called on both Hamas and Israel to adhere to the ceasefire terms.Speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, Harris said “it is important that the ceasefire holds,” adding that “we all know how difficult it was to get to this point.“I think we need to see an increase in the amount of aid getting into Gaza, we need to see the Rafah crossing opened as an absolute priority.”Click here to share on social mediaAdvertisement
• 46m ago (10:00 GMT)Gaza’s traumatised children urgently need the hope education offersBy Nada HamdonaWhen the ceasefire in Gaza was announced, I experienced a range of mixed emotions.I felt joy that the bombs had finally stopped, but also dread that they could resume at any time. I felt optimistic that we could go back to normal life, but also anxious that this could once again be short-lived.As an English teacher, I hope to see education restored as soon as possible. Education is the only means of reviving hope and helping children start to overcome the trauma of two years of genocide. It can provide a sense of normalcy and purpose. That is why it ought to be Gaza’s top priority.Books, pens and paper are not just school supplies. They are a lifeline that can help the children of Gaza triumph over war, destruction and immense loss.They are critical tools that can sustain their perseverance and willpower to live, learn and see a bright future.Read the full opinion piece here.A view shows the rubble after the Israeli army carried out a nighttime attack on Yafa School, located in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of the Gaza Strip [File: Khames Alrefi/Anadolu Agency]Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (09:45 GMT)Israeli settlers storm school in occupied West BankIsraeli settlers have stormed a school in Khirbet Ibziq, north of Tubas, Wafa news agency is reporting.The head of Ibziq village council, Abdul Majeed Khdeirat, said settlers were under the protection of Israeli soldiers, adding that the settlers stole water tanks owned by a resident.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (09:35 GMT)Israeli army shells central GazaIsraeli forces have fired artillery in areas east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (09:30 GMT)Witkoff and Kushner arrive in IsraelPresident Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner have arrived in Israel.The pair are Washington’s top negotiators overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan and are expected to meet members of Netanyahu’s government.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (09:15 GMT)Trump administration increasingly listening to Arab, Muslim leaders: AnalystJared Kushner has called on Israel to do “more to help the Palestinians” if it wants a sustainable peace.Mohamad Elmasry, a Middle East analyst and academic, told Al Jazeera it was important to “wait and see” what that call by Kushner will translate into, as the Trump administration is one of the most pro-Israel ones in US history.“Some of these comments being made by Kushner and even Witkoff to some extent, humanising the Palestinians, and talking about Hamas, by US standards, favourably – this is of note,” he said.“It looks like the Trump administration is increasingly listening to some of these Arab and Muslim leaders, whether it is Erdogan in Turkiye or Sheikh Tamim in Qatar.”Elmasry said there were clear tensions in US-Israeli relations at present, but they are unlikely to flare up.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (09:05 GMT)Explosions heard in southern GazaOur colleagues on the ground are reporting that three explosions were heard east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. We will bring you more on this as soon as we get details.
• 1h ago (09:00 GMT)War is inevitable if Lebanon does not disarm Hezbollah: US envoyTom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy to Syria, has issued an ominous warning to Lebanon: disarm Hezbollah or face another Israeli assault and economic and political crises.“If Beirut fails to act, Hezbollah’s military arm will inevitably face a major confrontation with Israel at a moment of Israel’s strength and Iran-backed Hezbollah’s weakest point,” Barrack wrote in a social media post. He went on to describe how Hezbollah would then push to postpone the Lebanese parliamentary election in May 2026 during a war, deepening the political crisis in the country.Lebanon’s government had issued a decree to disarm Hezbollah, which the group rejected as a “grave sin”, saying it would treat it as if it did not exist.Barrack said Beirut’s push to make Lebanese forces the sole military force in the country remains closer to aspiration than reality due to what he called Hezbollah’s political dominance and “the fear of civil unrest”.Tom Barrack [File: AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (08:45 GMT)Sanctions against Israel remain on the table: EU officialForeign ministers of EU countries are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss a range of issues, including the situation in Gaza. Before the meeting, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, was asked about sanctions the bloc was putting forward against Israeli officials as well as trade restrictions to pressure Israel.“The situation has changed considering the developments last week,” Kallas told reporters. “But we will discuss with the foreign ministers. These measures are on the table. The question is what the foreign ministers decide to do with them.”French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said all crossings into Gaza need to be opened to allow aid to enter. He also called on all parties to the ceasefire to “strictly respect the commitments made in the agreement”.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (08:30 GMT)If you’re just joining us, here is a recap of the latest developments:
  • At least 24 bodies and 74 wounded people were brought to al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza in the last 24 hours.Two Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza City.President Trump said the ceasefire is still in place despite a wave of deadly Israeli air attacks yesterday.Gaza officials say Israeli attacks have killed at least 97 Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
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• 2h ago (08:24 GMT)Israeli army says it killed Palestinians in northern The Israeli army says it shot and killed several Palestinians in the Shujayea neighbourhood, alleging they “posed a threat” to Israeli soldiers after they crossed the yellow line.At least 97 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since the start of the latest ceasefire on October 10.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (08:15 GMT)Photos: Thousands march in Portugal in support of PalestineThousands of protesters take part in a pro-Palestine rally in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday as Israeli forces have broken a ceasefire [Adri Salido/Anadolu]Protesters held signs calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and for peace [Adri Salido/Anadolu][Adri Salido/Anadolu][Adri Salido/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (08:00 GMT)UN official posts video passing through ‘broken buildings’ in Gaza. The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Tom Fletcher, has published a video as he drives through Gaza City, which has been devastated by more than two years of Israeli bombardment and razing operations.Almost 90 per cent of homes in Gaza have either been damaged or destroyed. In the video, Fletcher says: “For the last 25 or 32 minutes, we’ve driven through twisted concrete, broken buildings, rubble, dust. Today is the first day we can get up this road because we’ve cleared extra sections of it of the bodies and the broken buildings and broken lives that are scattered around us.”“What is it that people need at this point that will cut through? It’s too late. We should’ve stopped this.”
• 3h ago (07:45 GMT)Israelis want ceasefire to holdBy Nour OdehReporting from Amman, Jordan. Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. The Israeli public supports this ceasefire agreement and wants to see it maintained. They want to see the return of the bodies of all captives .Even the stock exchange in Tel Aviv reacted negatively when Israel resumed bombardment of Gaza. However, Israeli politicians were competing among themselves as to who would have a more radical statement about the need to resume war, not just those in the coalition, but also in the opposition. All of that was turned on its head when the US signalled to Israel that it was time to wrap it up, resume the ceasefire, open the crossings and allow aid in. It tells us what everybody in the region understands – that it is Washington that calls the shots, and that Netanyahu, and any Israeli government for that matter, cannot really go up against the White House, not on substantive matters where the US signals that it has a vested interest.
• 3h ago (07:30 GMT)UK MPs support police decision to ban Israeli fans from Aston Villa gameUK MPs have expressed their support for the decision by police to ban Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the match against Aston Villa in Birmingham after violence broke out at a derby match in Israel yesterday. The decision has been fiercely criticised by the UK government, which has framed the issue as a question of discrimination against Israeli fans .In a post on X, independent MP Ayoub Khan said: “To Keir Starmer and others who tried to make this about religion! Here’s more evidence. Even under the world’s spotlight, these fans chose violence, injuring police officers.”Richard Burgon, a Labour MP, broke with his government, saying the developments vindicate the decision by the police to ban away fans from attending the game.“This news exposes how absurd that campaign has been,” he said on X. “The people of Birmingham have a right to be kept safe.
• 3h ago (07:15 GMT)Israeli forces arrest Palestinians in West Bank raidsIsraeli forces have arrested at least 11 people in raids across the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. Here’s what we know:
  • Four young men from the village of Amatin, in Qalqilya, were arrested.In Ramallah, four people were arrested and 15 detained during a large-scale raid on several homes in the village of al-Mughayyir.Three Palestinians, including a student, were arrested in Nablus.
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• 3h ago (07:00 GMT)At least 24 bodies brought to al-Awda Hospital in last 24 hoursAt least 24 bodies and 74 wounded people were brought to al-Awda Hospital in the last 24 hours, sources there told Al Jazeera. Israeli air raids hit multiple areas across Gaza yesterday:
  • At least 42 people were killed across the territory, the worst violence since a ceasefire was declared on October 10.Israeli forces targeted a displaced people’s tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six Palestinians.Six others were killed in an attack on a group of civilians in northern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.Israeli forces also attacked parts of southern Gaza, including Rafah.
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• 4h ago (06:45 GMT)WATCH: Gaza’s markets recover slowly as residents battle costly cash withdrawalsGaza’s markets recover slowly as residents battle costly cash withdrawalsClick here to share on social media
• 4h ago (06:30 GMT)‘Round-the-clock’ efforts yesterday to keep ceasefire intactThe AP is quoting an unnamed Egyptian official involved in the ceasefire agreement process as saying that “round-the-clock” contacts took place overnight with officials on both sides to de-escalate the situation after Israel unleashed a wave of air raids on Gaza yesterday, blaming Hamas for violating the agreement by firing on its soldiers.Hamas denied targeting Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza.Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (06:18 GMT)Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Gaza CityTwo Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military gunfire in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, Wafa reports, citing a medical source at al-Ahli Arab Hospital.Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (06:15 GMT)Beloved Gaza veterinarian killed during ceasefireSulala Animal Rescue, which works to protect and help animals in Gaza, has confirmed that one of its veterinarians, Mu’ath Abu Rukba, was killed while trying to check on his home in Jabalia in the north of the territory.Abu Rukba had gone missing after the ceasefire came into effect. The group did not share details about how and when exactly he was killed, but Israel has been shooting Palestinians whom it deems to have crossed an invisible line of Israeli control.“He was an example of good manners and generosity, carrying a message of mercy,” Sulala Animal Rescue said of Abu
• 4h ago (06:00 GMT)With Hezbollah weakened, the Lebanese state struggles to fill the voidBy Ali HarbIsrael is holding south Lebanon at a proverbial gunpoint.Violations of the ceasefire that started with targeting what it claimed were Hezbollah members and positions have now moved on to openly targeting civilian infrastructure.Hezbollah is on the retreat. It knows that its popular base cannot tolerate another war.A recent statement by the US military’s Central Command said the Lebanese military confiscated more than 10,000 Hezbollah rockets in the area south of the Litani River, near the Israeli border.Still, Israel is not satisfied, and it is continuing its near-daily attacks across the country while enforcing de facto ethnic cleansing of border communities by preventing reconstruction. With the Hezbollah military option off the table, many advocates in south Lebanon have been wondering: Where is the state? In his inauguration speech earlier this year, President Joseph Aoun promised to work on a military, diplomatic, economic and defence strategy to protect Lebanon from Israeli abuses. But so far, the country has been defenceless with no viable options to confront Israel in any arena.
• 5h ago (05:45 GMT)Photos: Palestinians pick olives as settlers intimidate themAn Israeli soldier speaks to a Palestinian woman as he tries to stop the harvest at a Palestinian olive field near the illegal Israeli settlement of Elazar, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Monday [John Wessels/AFP]Palestinians harvest olives near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya near Ramallah [Hazem Bader/AFP]Palestinians stand near a car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near Turmos Ayya [Hazem Bader/AFP]Palestinian first responders douse the flames [Hazem Bader/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (05:30 GMT)Palestinians in Gaza find hope as ceasefire tension easesBy Tareq Abu AzzoumReporting from Deir el-BalahIt was a very difficult day for many Palestinians when they saw tensions spiralling between Hamas and Israel. Following US intervention and pressure from mediators, people started to get a sense of relief again on the ground and feel more confident about the possibility that the ceasefire might hold. It seems that people on the ground believe the situation will improve in the coming days as long as mediators continue to exert more pressure on both sides to push them to commit and adhere to the terms of the agreement. This was quite obvious once Israel started to allow aid into Gaza after it decided to halt it. It was seen as a key change despite growing calls from hardline figures within the current government.Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (05:15 GMT)Israeli forces fire towards Lebanese town: Report Al Mayadeen TV reports that Israeli forces stationed at a base in Lebanon have been firing machinegun rounds towards the town of Kfarchouba near the eastern sector of the border. Israel has been violating the ceasefire with Lebanon daily by launching attacks across the country.
• 5h ago (05:00 GMT). If you’re just joining us is now 8 am in Palestine and Israel (05:00 GMT). Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
  • US President Donald Trump has told reporters that the Gaza ceasefire is still in place, saying, “We want to make sure that it’s going to be very peaceful.”US Vice President JD Vance said that international peacekeepers are needed in Gaza “to confirm that Hamas is disarmed”.The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission reported that Israel has seized more than 28.3 hectares (70 acres) of Palestinian land near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.US media outlets cited Trump administration officials as saying that the killing of two Israeli soldiers, which was blamed on Hamas, was the result of an Israeli bulldozer running over unexploded ordnance.Trump aide Steve Witkoff said he and Jared Kushner felt “betrayed” by the Israeli attack on Doha last month during Gaza ceasefire talks.
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• 6h ago (04:45 GMT)US congresswoman renews call for releasing American boy held by IsraelProgressive lawmaker Ayanna Pressley says Washington should do all it can to ensure the release of teenage captive Mohammed Ibrahim, a US citizen held by Israel since February.“Right now, Mohammed Ibrahim, a US citizen, is being held in an Israeli prison. His health is deteriorating. The circumstances are desperate,” Pressley wrote in a social media post.“The United States must use every avenue available to secure the release of this Palestinian American child.”Mohammed, 16, has been drastically losing weight while in Israeli custody and is suffering from scabies – a skin infection. His relatives previously told Al Jazeera that they fear for his life.Read more about Mohammed’s case here.Mohammed Ibrahim [Courtesy of Mohmmed Ibrahim’s family]Click here to share on social media
• 6h ago (04:30 GMT)Rights group shares names of family killed in Israeli The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has shared details of an Israeli attack that killed 11 members of the same family in Gaza on Friday, including the names of the victims.They are: Sufian Sha’ban; his wife, Samar Mohammed Nasser Sha’ban, and their children Karam,10, Anas, 8, and Nesma,12; as well as Ihab Mohammed Nasser Abu Sha’ban, 38, his wife, Randa Majed Mohammed Sha’ban, 36, and their children Nasser, 13, Jumana, 10, Ibrahim, 6, and Mohammed, 5.“The family was moving from the southern Gaza Strip to Gaza City in a vehicle with an open rear roof, clearly indicating its civilian nature,” the PCHR wrote in a report detailing the attack.“This crime is not an isolated incident but rather part of a recurring Israeli pattern of airstrikes, drone fire, and intermittent artillery shelling targeting Palestinian civilians without any military necessity,” the PCHR added.
• 6h ago (04:15 GMT)UN humanitarian chief’s video shows immense destruction in GazaTom Fletcher has shared a video from his vehicle while travelling from Khan Younis to Gaza City that showed astounding scenes of the devastation that Israel unleashed on the area. There is nothing left – just piles of rubble in a desolate wasteland. Rights advocate Kenneth Roth cited the UN Genocide Convention in response to the footage.“Today’s devastated Gaza: One way to commit genocide is by ‘deliberately inflicting’ on a group ‘conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part’,” Roth wrote in a social media post.
• 6h ago (04:00 GMT)Palestinians don’t have the wherewithal to prevent resumption of genocide Human rights advocate and former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness highlights the difficulty of retrieving the bodies of slain captives in Gaza, and stresses that Palestinians have little power to stop the resumption of the genocide.“In this respect, the deal was set up to fail, right? Because there were so many bodies under so much rubble, there was so much confusion after two years of genocide; it was going to be very difficult for anybody to deliver the bodies of the captives,” Gunness told AJ+.“So Israel has a pretext to call off the plan, to reimpose the blockade, to restart the genocide if it wants to, and the Palestinians in Gaza really don’t have the wherewithal to prevent it.”
• 7h ago (03:45 GMT)Prominent US union organiser links labour rights to Palestine struggleWith his efforts to unionise Amazon workers, Chris Smalls has been one of the most celebrated leaders of the labour movement in the US.In July, he sailed on the Handala flotilla to deliver aid to famine-stricken Gaza, which was intercepted by the Israeli military.Speaking to Al Jazeera’s UpFront, Smalls drew a link between the rights of workers in the US and the human rights of Palestinians under Israeli bombardment and occupation. He also cited Amazon’s massive investments in Israel.“The struggles, connecting the dots with the working class, don’t exclude the liberation of Palestinians,” he said. “One of the mottos that I stand by is a motto that’s well-known in the labour movement: an injury to one is an injury to all.”Watch the full interview with Smalls below:
• 7h ago (03:30 GMT)Photos: Palestinian journalists mourn colleague killed in Israeli attackPalestinian journalists mourn two people killed in an Israeli attack on a house used by journalists in az-Zawayda, central Gaza [Bashar Taleb/AFP]Israeli attacks have killed more than 270 media workers since October 2023 [Bashar Taleb/AFP]Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and injured 230 others since the start of its ceasefire with Hamas [Bashar Taleb/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (03:15 GMT)US congressman suggests Gaza should be turned to glassRepublican lawmaker Randy Fine, who is known for his bigoted comments against Palestinians, strikes again.“They don’t hold living hostages anymore. Glass,” Fine, a Trump ally, wrote in a social media post.. Glass is formed under extremely high temperatures, including in the aftermath of nuclear explosions.Fine regularly calls for mass violence against Palestinians. Earlier this year, he revelled in the Israeli-imposed famine in Gaza, writing “starve away” in a social media post.Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (03:00 GMT)Israel seizes about 30 hectares of Palestinian land in West Bank Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission reports that Israel has confiscated more than 70 acres (28.3 hectares) of Palestinian land near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, declaring the area off-limits for military purposes.“Data from the commission indicates that since the beginning of 2025, the occupying state has issued a total of 53 seizure orders for various military purposes, a significant increase in the use of this type of order, which uses military pretexts to seize control of Palestinian lands,” the group said in a statement.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (02:45 GMT)Gaza reconstruction to cost $50bn: US envoyTrump’s aide, Steve Witkoff, suggests that it will not be difficult for wealthy countries in the Middle East to raise funds to rebuild Gaza, where Israel has destroyed more than 80 per cent of buildings.“The estimates are in the $50bn range. It might be a little bit less; it might be a little bit more,” Witkoff told CBS News. “I happen to think that that’s not a lot of money in that region.”Some rights advocates have argued that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza as the party responsible for the damage.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (02:30 GMT)Despite ceasefire, Israel openly uses aid as weapon against Palestinians Ali Harb. Nearly a year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war crimes charges, including using starvation as a weapon of war, the Israeli prime minister continues to threaten Palestinians with restricting aid.On Sunday, the Israeli government temporarily halted the flow of humanitarian assistance, and for days, it has been partially blocking the aid to pressure Hamas to locate and transfer the bodies of slain captives.Blocking aid appears to be a clear violation of the ceasefire. It is also a breach of international humanitarian law.The ICC Statute bars “using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions”.Moreover, UN investigators concluded in a report last month that Israel was using hunger as part of its genocidal campaign in Gaza.“Israel’s use of starvation as a method of war through the total siege on the Gaza Strip has had devastating impacts on children as well, resulting in starvation, alarmingly high rates of acute malnutrition, increasing risks of outbreak of diseases such as cholera and chronic diarrhoea and significant excess mortality,” the report said.Even after the ceasefire, Israel has continued to block aid to Gaza, while blaming other parties, including Hamas and the UN, for the humanitarian crisis in the territory.Children wait in line to receive food distributed by a charity in the Nuseirat refugee camp, amid the Israeli blockade, September 4 [AA Almaghari/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (02:15 GMT)Photos: Palestinians recover body of man killed in occupied West BankA Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic waits for Israeli soldiers to return the body of Majid Daoud, 42, who was killed by Israeli forces in the al-Ein refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, October 19 [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]Armed Israeli soldiers surround paramedics before the body is returned [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]A relative mourns after the body is returned [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo][Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (02:00 GMT)Israeli police cancel Tel Aviv football match after 4 injuredIsraeli police have suspended a football derby between Tel Aviv’s rival football teams, Hapoel and Maccabi, after at least four people were injured in riots in and around the stadium, The Times of Israel reports.Notably, the cancellation of the match in Tel Aviv comes as West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom have faced criticism, including from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for banning away fans from a Europa League match between Maccabi and Aston Villa over safety concerns.Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are known for making offensive and racist chants. In a match against Ajax in Amsterdam last year, they were filmed chanting “Death to Arabs” and “No children left in Gaza”, and engaging in vandalism throughout the city.
• 9h ago (01:45 GMT)Palestinians in Gaza in fear and panic amid Israeli attacksBy Hani MahmoudReporting from Gaza CityThese have been difficult hours for people, particularly those returning to their homes here in Gaza City.Apart from the fact that the majority of people are unable to return to their homes in the eastern part and toward the northern side of the Gaza governorate, the Israeli attacks highlight how fragile this ceasefire is.Palestinians were hoping over the past days that it was going to hold as long as possible without going into any hiccups. But we are hearing from people here that there is a high level of panic, a high level of fear that this is going to roll further into worse situations in the coming days.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (01:30 GMT)WATCH: Hamas rejects claim on ceasefire violation as ‘Israeli The Palestinian group dismisses Israel’s claims that Hamas breached the truce in Gaza as “baseless”.Watch our report below:
• 9h ago (01:15 GMT)US congresswoman says Americans ‘sick’ of paying for Marjorie Taylor Greene says that despite Trump’s efforts to end the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, the violence continues.“Enough! Everyone is sick of these wars and sick of paying for them,” Greene said in a social media post. “It’s time to put all the attention on the American people and solve our problems.”The right-wing congresswoman, who previously described the assault on Gaza as a genocide, has emerged as one of the most vocal Republican critics of Israel.
• 9h ago (01:00 GMT)Macron, MBS discuss situation in Gaza, ‘complete Israeli withdrawal’French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have discussed the situation in the Gaza Strip, including efforts to end the war, in a phone call.According to the Saudi Press Agency, the two leaders spoke about the need to “immediately alleviate the humanitarian suffering” of Palestinians and “achieve a complete Israeli withdrawal”.They also discussed taking “practical steps to achieve a just peace based on the two-state solution”, a political approach the two countries have worked together to promote, including at a recent conference in New York.Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Macron prepare to lead a meeting on a two-state solution at UN headquarters in New York, September 22 [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (00:50 GMT)Israel resumed enforcing the ceasefire after security consultations. Hamdah SalhutReporting from Amman, Jordan. Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned by Israel and the occupied West Bank.On Sunday night, the Israeli military said that it was going back to enforcing the ceasefire agreement after a directive from the country’s political echelon.The military also said that it would be responding firmly to any violations of the ceasefire that they felt were taking place now.Earlier in the day, on Sunday, two Israeli soldiers were killed and three others injured in an [alleged] attack that Hamas is denying responsibility for.But the Israeli prime minister held a security consultation on Sunday about how Israel is going to respond and what they are going to do moving forward.There are still 16 bodies of Israeli captives being held in Gaza, and Netanyahu says that he’s going to continue cutting humanitarian aid in half and is not going to be willing to discuss the second part of Trump’s plan until those hostages are released.But we are expecting some high-profile visits in Israel this week.The American envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, along with Jared Kushner, two people who were instrumental in the ceasefire negotiations, and later on in the week, the American vice president, JD Vance, will visit Israel to discuss the implementation of the next parts of Trump’s deal.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:40 GMT)JD Vance says Gaza ‘security infrastructure’ needed before Hamas The US vice president suggests that international peacekeepers need to deploy to Gaza to maintain security in the territory before Hamas disarms.“Before we actually can ensure that Hamas is properly disarmed, that’s going to require… some of these Gulf Arab states to get forces in there to actually apply some law and order and some security-keeping on the ground,” Vance told reporters.“We don’t even have the security infrastructure in place, meaning the Gulf Arab states, our allies, don’t have the security infrastructure in place yet to confirm that Hamas is disarmed,” he added.According to several US and Israeli media reports, Vance is set to visit Israel in the coming days.US Vice President JD Vance meets members of the National Guard in Washington, DC, August 20 [Al Drago/Pool via Reuters]
• 10h ago (00:28 GMT)Trump confirms Gaza ceasefire still in effectAsked by a reporter on board Air Force One whether the Gaza ceasefire is still in effect, the US president responded: “Yes, it is.”“We want to make sure that it’s going to be very peaceful with Hamas,” Trump said. “And as you know, they’ve been quite rambunctious… but either way … it’s going to be handled toughly, but properly.”We’ll bring you more soon.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:20 GMT)Palestinian Mahmoud Abdullah was 79th to die in Israeli prisons, we reported earlier. Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Abdullah, 49, from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, has died months after he was imprisoned by Israeli forces.The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has said that Abdullah was the 79th Palestinian known to have died in Israeli imprisonment since October 2023, noting that dozens more people have been subjected to enforced disappearances. Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:15 GMT)Trump envoy says he felt ‘betrayed’ by Israel’s attack on QatarSteve Witkoff says he and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, felt “betrayed” by the Israeli attack on Doha last month as Gaza ceasefire talks were ongoing.Witkoff told CBS News that US officials had agreed to give Hamas a few days to study a truce proposal handed to the group via Qatari mediators.“We woke up the next morning to find out that there had been this attack,” he said.“I think both Jared and I felt … a little bit betrayed,” Witkoff added.The Israeli attack had failed to assassinate top Hamas leaders who were meeting to discuss the US plan, but it killed six people, including a Qatari security officer.Kushner said Trump also felt the Israelis “were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing”.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:10 GMT)Reports Israeli bulldozer running over unexploded ordnance caused ceasefire breakdown. Shihab RattansiReporting from Washington, DC Within hours of Israel resuming its bombardment and threatening to shut down the Rafah crossing and so on, the leaks started.[Trump] administration officials told a select few outlets – one on the non-interventionist left, one on the non-interventionist right – their side of things.Within hours of Israel reporting a breach of the ceasefire, [claiming] that Hamas militants emerged from a tunnel and so on, the US realised that simply wasn’t true.This was an Israeli settler’s bulldozer that ran over unexploded ordnance and caused an explosion.So the US called the Israelis and told them to knock it off, basically.The message really was: We decide what happens in Gaza right now.Stop the bombing and get back to resuming the aid that is coming in on Monday.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:05 GMT)Israel violated the ceasefire 80 times: Gaza authorities, Gaza Government Media Office says that Israeli attacks have killed at least 97 Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10.The office said in a statement that it documented 80 breaches of the truce, which it said constitute a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.“These violations ranged from direct fire against civilians to deliberate shelling and targeting, the use of simultaneous air strikes, and the arrest of a number of civilians,” the statement read.“These practices reflect the occupation’s continued aggressive approach, its clear desire for escalation on the ground, and its constant thirst for blood and killing.”A Palestinian inspects the site of an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip, October 19 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (00:02 GMT)Here’s what happened on Sunday
  • The ceasefire in Gaza was put to the test as Israel launched a wave of air strikes and briefly halted aid to the territory in response to what it said was a Hamas attack that killed two Israeli soldiers in Rafah.
  • Hamas reasserted its commitment to the ceasefire and denied its involvement in the Rafah incident, noting that it occurred in an area under the control of the Israeli military.
  • US President Donald Trump says that if Hamas does not disarm, “we’ll have to do it for them”.
  • Hamas’s armed wing said it had located the bodies of two slain Israeli captives and handed them to Israel via the Red Cross.
  • Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Talal Abdullah died in an Israeli jail after suffering from medical neglect, according to Palestinian authorities.
  • Calls for investigations and accountability continue to grow over the signs of torture and execution on the bodies of slain Palestinian captives returned by Israel.
• Reference Link:- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/19/live-israel-kills-97-palestinians-in-gaza-since-start-of-ceasefire