<article data-history-node-id="448945" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-and-settlers-kill-palestinian-during-olive-harvest-near" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-and-settlers-kill-palestinian-during-olive-harvest-near" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers and settlers kill Palestinian during olive harvest near Nablus</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Israeli soldiers and settlers opened fire on Palestinians gathering olives north of Nablus, killing a 44-year-old man and injuring 16 people, Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.</p> <p>Wafa identified the man as Ali Hassan Yosr Al-Bazzari and said a large group of settlers, accompanied by soldiers, attacked harvesters in the Sahl Ramin and Burqa plain.</p> <p>The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams treated at least two people who were in critical condition after being shot. The attackers also beat olive pickers, and the injured included at least one woman.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448965" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;authorities have demolished properties belonging to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;citizen of Israel, who rescued 30 Israelis from the Nova music festival during the 7 October 2023 attacks.</p> <p>The Israeli news site Local Call&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mekomit.co.il/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9-%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%93%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%9C/" target="_blank">reported</a>&nbsp;on Monday that Israeli authorities razed a warehouse and chicken coop belonging to Yousef Zyadna, while his nephew's home was demolished.</p> <p>Zyadna, a minibus driver, drove to the site of the Nova music festival in the early hours of the attacks to help people escape.&nbsp;</p> <p>He was subsequently awarded for his heroism at an event at Israel's Friends of Zion museum.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october">Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4b626ae2-cc31-4714-986a-cc43b7115c96" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/IMG_0584.jpeg" width="1242" height="684" alt="Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)</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>

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<article data-history-node-id="448929" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/agonising-wait-gazas-missing-0" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/agonising-wait-gazas-missing-0" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">The agonising wait for Gaza’s missing</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Palestinian families are still searching for answers about thousands of relatives who vanished during the war.</p> <p>Some disappeared during Israeli ground attacks on their neighbourhoods or displacement camps. Others went missing while searching for aid, checking on their homes or travelling near the so-called Yellow Line.</p> <p>For their families, the absence of any definitive answer has left them suspended between hope and grief, unsure whether to keep waiting or begin mourning.</p> <p>According to the Independent Commission for Human Rights, more than 11,000 people in Gaza remain unaccounted for, including those believed to be buried beneath the rubble and those suspected of enforced disappearance.</p> <p>The Palestinian Centre for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared estimates that between 2,500 and 3,000 people are suspected of enforced disappearance, having gone missing or lost contact with their families since the start of the war and through the ceasefire announced on 9 October 2025.</p> <p>Their fate remains unknown, with Israeli authorities still withholding the names of all those detained from the Strip and failing to identify approximately 620 bodies returned to Gaza.</p> <p>Middle East Eye spoke to three families whose relatives disappeared during the war about their hopes, fears and the long wait for answers.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/agonising-wait-gazas-missing">The agonising wait for Gaza’s missing</a></h3> <div alt="child palestinian gaza city" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="42280fd7-fda6-455a-bc92-7740c9cf2ed8" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2026-09-16T125411Z_1691117998_MT1ZUMA000N7OSGB_RTRMADP_3_ZUMA%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1124" alt="child palestinian gaza city" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448933" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-263-journalists-over-three-years-gaza-media-official-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-263-journalists-over-three-years-gaza-media-official-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel killed 263 journalists over three years, Gaza media official says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The&nbsp;director of the Gaza Government Media Office said Israel has killed&nbsp;263 journalists and media workers during its genocide.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ismail al-Thawabta told Anadolu Agency that 50 journalists had been detained in Israeli prisons, with 23 still in custody.</p> <p>"Three journalists remain missing: Nidal Suheil al-Wahidi, Haitham Jamal Abdul Wahid and Ahmad Issam al-Agha,"&nbsp;he added.</p> <p>Thawabta said that Israeli attacks over the past three years have damaged or destroyed 16 satellite television offices, 11 radio institutions, 12 newspaper and magazine offices, 23 digital media organisations, 27 printing houses and five union and rights organisations involved in media work.</p> <p>He estimated that the Gaza's media sector losses equaled to about $1 billion, including premises, equipment, broadcast vehicles and technical devices.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="448824" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-kill-man-southern-syria" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-troops-kill-man-southern-syria" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli troops kill man in southern Syria</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army early on Monday killed a man in southern Syria, as it continues to carry out raids in the country.&nbsp;</p> <p>The army made claims that the individual attempted to enter one of its military posts, when troops opened fire and killed him.&nbsp;</p> <p>It added that it military operations in the area remain ongoing to "remove any threat" to Israeli citizens and troops.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel has repeatedly&nbsp;violated Syrian territory since&nbsp;the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024, with numerous incursions, detentions and attacks taking place in the country.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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