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<article data-history-node-id="448759" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eight-palestinians-including-mother-and-daughter-killed-attacks-across" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eight-palestinians-including-mother-and-daughter-killed-attacks-across" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Eight Palestinians, including mother and daughter, killed in attacks across Gaza since dawn</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Eight Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera reports, citing medical sources.</p> <p>Five people were killed in an Israeli attack on a residential block in Gaza City, one in Beit Lahia and two others succumbed to wounds sustained in previous attacks.</p> <p>Wafa reported earlier that&nbsp;Muhammad Talaat Aqel succumbed to a gunshot wound to his head which he had sustained in an attack days before.</p> <p>Reuters reports that four women were among the five killed in the apartment block attack. Medics and the chuch reported that&nbsp;Maisa Abu Dawoud, and her daughter Mary, were among the victims. The attack reportedly levelled the builing , causing a fire to rip through the debris.</p> <p>"We were asleep and suddenly heard continuous strikes and heavy explosions.The children woke up startled and started running and screaming," witness Ahmed Al-Dahdouh told Reuters.</p> <p>"We ran out and found that our neighbour's house was struck and there were dismembered martyrs, women, men and children.We started to pull them out, they were scattered under the rubble," he said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="448591" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-says-unprecedented-level-israeli-settler-violence-cannot-be" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-says-unprecedented-level-israeli-settler-violence-cannot-be" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Switzerland says ‘unprecedented level’ of Israeli settler violence 'cannot be tolerated'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Switzerland's Ministry of Foriegn Affairs condemned Israeli settler violence on Wednesday following an attack on the village of Jalud by around 100 settlers the day before.</p> <p>"The unprecedented level of settler violence cannot be tolerated," the foriegn office wrote in a post on X, adding that "Israel must protect Palestinian civilians and bring those responsible to justice".</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://x.com/hashtag/WestBank?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WestBank</a> | The unprecedented level of settler violence cannot be tolerated.<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/Switzerland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Switzerland</a> condemns yesterday's attack on the village of Jalud by around 100 settlers.<br> <br> Israel must protect Palestinian civilians and bring those responsible to justice.</p> — Swiss MFA (@SwissMFA) <a href="https://x.com/SwissMFA/status/2105314748313284899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448613" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-representatives-introduce-bill-sanctioning-expanding-israeli" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-representatives-introduce-bill-sanctioning-expanding-israeli" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US representatives introduce bill sanctioning expanding Israeli settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A growing number of Democratic lawmakers are ramping up pressure on Israel, introducing legislation to impose sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.</p> <p>The Stop the Settlements Act, led by Representatives Joaquin Castro, Madeleine Dean, Don Beyer, Greg Casar, Sara Jacobs and Veronica Escobar, would block new settlement construction or expansion through sanctions and a ban on importing goods made in settlements and outposts.</p> <p>“Under Netanyahu’s government, settlers are engaged in a violent land grab that’s ripping Palestinians from their land. Sanctions can help stop it,” US Representative Joaquin Castro wrote in a post on X.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Settlers are driving Palestinians from their homes in a violent land grab. Sanctions can stop it.<br> <br> I'm introducing legislation—alongside Reps. Dean, Beyer, Casar, Jacobs, Escobar—that imposes sanctions against anyone looking to take Palestinian land in the West Bank or Gaza.… <a href="https://t.co/fpEwgItaFM">pic.twitter.com/fpEwgItaFM</a></p> — Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) <a href="https://x.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/2105411781979959424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448415" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-least-four-across-gaza-report-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-least-four-across-gaza-report-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill at least four across Gaza, report says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p dir="ltr">Israeli attacks have killed at least four Palestinians&nbsp;and wounded 12 others across the Gaza Strip since dawn, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.</p> <p dir="ltr">A source in the ambulance and emergency service said that at least one person was shot dead by Israeli forces in the Tuwam area, north of Gaza City.</p> <p dir="ltr">Another Palestinian succumbed to the wounds sustained earlier today in Israeli gunfire in Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital.</p> <p dir="ltr">Israeli drone attacks earlier killed&nbsp;at least one Palestinian on a vehicle in western Gaza City, and another person in a makeshift tent in southern Gaza’s al-Mawasi area.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448397" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/comprehensive-closure-israel-shut-down-all-west-bank-crossings-wafa" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/comprehensive-closure-israel-shut-down-all-west-bank-crossings-wafa" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Comprehensive closure': Israel to shut down all West Bank crossings, Wafa reports</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have tightened restrictions around the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, closing roads and entrances to several towns and villages, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>The development comes after Israeli authorities decided to impose a “comprehensive closure” on the West Bank and close crossings into the territory until Saturday for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.&nbsp;</p> <p>Local sources told the agency that the entrance gate to Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, was closed and residents were “harassed”.</p> <p>Wafa also reported that entrances to Aboud, Nabi Saleh, Atara and Taybeh were closed, while military checkpoints were set up at the entrances to Yabroud and Ein Sinyah.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448379" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-smash-cars-damage-ambulance-west-bank-village" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/settlers-smash-cars-damage-ambulance-west-bank-village" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Settlers smash cars, damage ambulance in West Bank village</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers smashed cars and hurled rocks at Palestinian residents of al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank while Israeli forces looked on, according to a video shared by Palestinian rights activist Ihab Hassan on X.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Masked Israeli settler terrorists attacked the village of Al-Mughayyir in the West Bank today, in front of and under the protection of the Israeli border police. <a href="https://t.co/iUMr72HIex">pic.twitter.com/iUMr72HIex</a></p> — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) <a href="https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/2103907745493651683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2026</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p>Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, also attacked an ambulance and stole agricultural equipment during a raid on al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, on Saturday evening, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.</p> <p>Al-Mughayyir Village Council head Amin Abu Alia told Wafa that the settlers also raided a sheep farm west of the village and stole agricultural equipment.</p> <p>During the attack, Israeli forces raided a house in the western part of the village, searched it and tampered with its contents. The forces also fired tear gas grenades in the area, with no injuries reported.</p> <p>Abu Alia said Israeli forces also briefly detained several citizens, including women and children, at the village's western entrance and subjected them to mistreatment, before releasing them.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israeli settler terrorists attacked a Palestinian ambulance while paramedics were trying to reach and treat people injured in a settler attack on the village of Al-Mughayyir in the West Bank. <a href="https://t.co/2jI8T0qRvU">pic.twitter.com/2jI8T0qRvU</a></p> — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) <a href="https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/2103938823923302858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></blockquote> </div> </div> </article>

In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.

Israeli leader attacks everyone from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Turkey's Erdogan and France in his address

<article data-history-node-id="448169" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bds-petitions-un-general-assembly-suspension-israels-un-membership" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bds-petitions-un-general-assembly-suspension-israels-un-membership" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">BDS petitions UN General Assembly for suspension of Israel's UN membership</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has launched a petition calling for action to suspend Israel’s United Nations membership.</p> <p>Coinciding with the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the BDS addressed the petition to Khalil al-Rahman, president of the UNGA’s 81st session, calling for Israel’s UN membership to be dealt with in a manner similar to the measures against South Africa during the apartheid era, according to Wafa.</p> <p>The petition bases its demands on allegations that Israel has committed serious violations of international law and failed to comply with resolutions and positions issued by UN bodies and the International Court of Justice, the report said.</p> <p>The campaign also accuses Israel of targeting UN facilities and personnel, obstructing the work of UN officials, committees, and experts, and failing to abide by international resolutions concerning the Palestinian cause.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="UNGA" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="41c50cea-3681-4916-85cd-f2a757e06f3c" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_76YU8GW.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="UNGA" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>The campaign also accuses Israel of targeting UN facilities and personnel. (AFP)</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>

Netanyahu is attempting to “insult and demean the international system” with his visit, one activist said.

<article data-history-node-id="447630" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/many-gaza-hospital-generators-no-longer-working-amid-fuel-shortage" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/many-gaza-hospital-generators-no-longer-working-amid-fuel-shortage" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Many Gaza hospital generators no longer working amid fuel shortage</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A number of electricity generators at hospitals in the Gaza Strip are no longer working due to shortages of spare parts and fuel, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said.</p> <p>The ministry said the generators had stopped working in recent days and that the small quantities of fuel allowed into Gaza by Israel were sufficient only for emergency needs.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Drone operator tells Haaretz that soldiers are encouraged to kill Palestinians without rules or accountability

<article data-history-node-id="447583" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/xi-says-china-ready-help-bring-peace-and-stability-middle-east" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/xi-says-china-ready-help-bring-peace-and-stability-middle-east" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Xi says China ready to help bring peace and stability to Middle East</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>China has offered to play a role in peace efforts between the United States and Iran, with President Xi Jinping saying Beijing was willing to work with fellow BRICS members to promote stability in the Middle East and Gulf region.&nbsp;</p> <p>“China is willing to work with fellow BRICS members to play a role in achieving peace and stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region,” Xi said&nbsp;on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.</p> <p>“The war has caused serious losses to people across the region and does not serve the common interests of the international community,” he added.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>