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Main events on September 25th

  • Medical sources at Gaza hospitals say at least 57 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since morning across the coastal enclave.
  • Seven more hospitals and health facilities in Gaza City were forced to close in recent days because of heavy bombardment.
  • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says at the UN General Assembly debate: “Hamas will not have a role to play in governance”, and it and other armed groups must hand over their weapons. Hamas has condemned Abbas’s call to disarm.
  • Abbas pledged to work with US President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, France and the United Nations on a peace plan for Gaza overwhelmingly backed by the world body.
  • US President Donald Trump has said that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. He said a deal on Gaza was close.
  • Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has said that Arab and Muslim leaders who met US President Donald Trump on Wednesday made clear their opposition to Israel annexing the occupied West Bank. The Saudi foreign minister announced $90m fund to help support the Palestinian Authority.
  • At least eight people have been killed in the Israeli strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV.

"Itali's PM Melon is just as Pro-Israel as US political leaders, BUT the Italian Dock Workers Union threatened to go on strike if the flotilla is attacked, and they did just that. They are the ones who forced Meloni to act."