<article data-history-node-id="429674" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-19-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-village-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-19-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-village-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians after settlers attack village in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli military arrested at least 19 Palestinians&nbsp;from the village of al-Zweidin in Yatta Badia, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli settler attack, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>Israelis from illegal settlements attacked and injured&nbsp;some&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;who were later arrested, village council head Saeed al-Taimat said.</p> <p>The arrests came after settlers stormed the village and shot a young man in the foot.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429675" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-490-people-arrested-uk-during-palestine-action-protest" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-490-people-arrested-uk-during-palestine-action-protest" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Over 490 people arrested in UK during Palestine Action protest</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>British police <a href="https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/1974579189710786661">announced</a> arresting 492 protesters in London during a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the Palestine Action, an activist group designated as a “terrorist organisation” in the country in July.</p> <p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged protesters to stay home this weekend, after a deadly synagogue attack on Thursday. In response, the organisers of the protest <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-campaigners-reject-police-bid-delay-protest-palestine-action-ban">reiterated</a> the intention to go ahead with the protest, urging police to dedicate their resources to protecting communities from reprisal attacks in the wake of Thursday's attack on a synagogue in Manchester.</p> <p>The Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that "488 of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed organisation", adding that&nbsp;the youngest person arrested was 18, the oldest was 89."</p> <p>According to the latest police update, 297 people remain in custody, while the rest have been bailed.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A protester is taken away by police officers at a " lift the demonstration in support of proscribed group palestine calling for recently imposed ban to be trafalgar central on october data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="895c8495-0234-4402-aaa3-f041c0ffa893" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_77P89PV.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="A protester is taken away by police officers at a " lift the demonstration in support of proscribed group palestine calling for recently imposed ban to be trafalgar central on october typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A protester is taken away by police officers at a "Lift The Ban" demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action, calling for the recently imposed ban to be lifted, in Trafalgar Square, central London, on 4 October, 2025. (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>

The human mind, faced with relentless pain, erects invisible barricades. Here, amid genocide, one of them is the ability to express our trauma out loud.

<article data-history-node-id="429692" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/germanys-merz-urges-egypt-talks-end-gaza-war" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/germanys-merz-urges-egypt-talks-end-gaza-war" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Germany’s Merz urges Egypt talks to end Gaza war</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>German chancellor Friedrich Merz said Trump’s Gaza plan is “the best chance for peace” and urged talks in Egypt to lead to a swift agreement on ending Israel's war on Gaza, a German government spokesperson said.</p> <p>“Talks in Egypt must now lead to a swift end to hostilities, a comprehensive release of hostages, full humanitarian access, and Hamas’ disarmament,” the spokesperson said, adding that the “announced withdrawal of Israeli forces in Gaza is the right step”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Kyiv’s Independence Square has turned into a makeshift memorial for Ukrainians killed in the last three years of war.

<article data-history-node-id="429667" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-were-treated-animals-deported-gaza-flotilla-activists-say" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-were-treated-animals-deported-gaza-flotilla-activists-say" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'We were treated like animals', deported Gaza flotilla activists say</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>International activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israel following the military's interception of their&nbsp;Gaza-bound flotilla said Saturday they had been subjected to violence and "treated like animals".&nbsp;</p> <p>The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail last month seeking to ferry aid to war-battered&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;but Israel blocked the boats, detaining more than 400 people whom it began deporting on Friday.</p> <p>Of that number, 137 activists from 13 countries flew into Istanbul on Saturday, among them 36 Turkish nationals. &nbsp;</p> <p>"They put us on our knees, facing down. And if we moved, they hit us. They were laughing at us, insulting us and hitting us," Paolo Romano, a regional councillor from Lombardy in Italy&nbsp;said.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;“They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” Anadolu Agency reported Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik saying.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A screengrab from a live stream video shows Israeli navy forces aboard the Gaza-bound vessel Captain Nikos, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on 2 October 2025 (Global Sumud Flotilla/Handout/Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="20b14ace-3617-4e29-b597-139eca8c9af0" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/greta-thunberg-israel-soldier-interception-sumud-flotilla-afp.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="A screengrab from a live stream video shows Israeli navy forces aboard the Gaza-bound vessel Captain Nikos, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on 2 October 2025 (Global Sumud Flotilla/Handout/Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A screengrab from a live stream video shows Israeli navy forces aboard the Gaza-bound vessel Captain Nikos, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on 2 October 2025 (Global Sumud Flotilla/Handout/Reuters)</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="429691" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-least-19-palestinians-today" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-least-19-palestinians-today" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill at least 19 Palestinians today</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, including 11 people in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="An injured Palestinian prays over his relatives who were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 5, 2025. REUTERS" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5e8219c3-86a6-42de-9c2c-cbb7917cd178" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-10-05T131606Z_1603385845_RC2I5HAW25VK_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-min.JPG" width="5500" height="3667" alt="An injured Palestinian prays over his relatives who were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 5, 2025. REUTERS" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>An injured Palestinian prays over his relatives who were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 5 October, 2025. (Reuters)</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>

For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the U.S. Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous i...