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A Palestinian worker was shot dead and two others wounded by Israeli forces at the entrance to Bani Naim, north of Hebron, on Monday — the bloodiest in a wave of settler and military violence across the occupied West Bank, from demolished homes to olive harvesters beaten in their fields.
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Britain's Green Party voted 1,022 to 813 at its Brighton conference to declare Zionism a form of racism and back a single Palestinian state. Israel called the party 'a body that gives legitimacy to terrorism' and barred leader Zack Polanski from entering the country.
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Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary al-Najjar were among five Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City — the latest killing under a US-brokered 'ceasefire' — and were buried at Saint Porphyrius Church on Saturday.
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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters at Beita in the occupied West Bank on October 2, firing live ammunition and stoning homes, while soldiers opened fire and forced farmers out of their groves at gunpoint, witnesses and footage show.
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Maysa Abu Daoud, 56, and daughter Mary al-Najjar, 36 — Palestinian Christians who served displaced families at Gaza's Holy Family Church — were among five killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City early Saturday. Their funeral at Saint Porphyrius Church drew Muslims and Christians together in grief.
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In an exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Israel is planning a naval base at Berbera — and that Somalia will not accept an Israeli presence 'under any circumstances'.
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The UAE's prosecutor general on Saturday identified Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, 29, as the man who attacked the Indian captain of flydubai flight FZ1073 with a cockpit crash axe, calling it an attempted terrorist attack. Oman had earlier barred him from flying over extremist-view concerns.
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Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh has been forced out of Israel's October 27 election after the electoral body barred him over Gaza-war remarks, while far-right ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich — sanctioned by five countries for inciting violence — stay on the ballot.
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An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians in an apartment building in Gaza City early Saturday, health officials said — the latest in a year of ceasefire that has claimed 1,400 lives. Negotiators have still not agreed terms for disarmament or withdrawal.
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Qatar's PM says Israel rejected a post-October 7 offer to free all civilian hostages for a temporary ceasefire. Netanyahu denies rejecting viable deals. The claim lands weeks before Israel's October 27 election.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, who led Israel's hostage coordination for two years, says the government repeatedly chose partial deals to keep the war going — and that about 40 captives who were taken alive died in captivity.
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Ras al-Ahmar's 300 residents say a two-week Israeli siege around the 'Crimson Thread' barrier has cut their water, feed and medical care. With 15,000 livestock at risk, villagers accuse Israel of trying to force them off their land before the October 27 election.
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Israel's Central Elections Committee voted to bar the two main Arab-led lists from the October 27 election. The Supreme Court overturned most of the bans on Friday, but Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy to avert what his lawyers called a dangerous precedent.
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All FZ1073 passengers have left Saudi Arabia for Israel after the cockpit attack that diverted their Dubai–Tel Aviv flight; Riyadh turned down an Israeli rescue flight, and Netanyahu ordered tighter airline security.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 stabbed the captain and "tried to crash the plane" with 174 people aboard, crediting the Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers who stormed the cockpit with averting disaster. The co-pilot has been arrested in Saudi Arabia.
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