SvennoJ on 30 September 2025
Main events on September 30th
- Trump told reporters that Israeli and Arab leaders have accepted his Gaza plan and that Hamas has three to four days to respond.
- Qatar says Hamas officials received the full plan late on Monday night and have promised to “responsibly examine” it.
- Netanyahu has released a video message, claiming that the Israeli military will “remain in most of Gaza”, just hours after he agreed to a Trump proposal that stipulates its withdrawal.
- The UN special rapporteur on the right to housing has raised concerns about some of the details included in Trump’s plan, such as a proposed “permanent buffer zone”.
- Amid talks of peace, Israel is continuing its attacks across Gaza, killing at least 59 Palestinians since dawn.
- In the so-called safe humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi, an Israeli strike hit a tent, killing a father, a mother who was seven months pregnant and their child.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla has entered an area classified as “high-risk” where activists and crew members are expecting an interception by the Israeli navy.
It seems the ceasefire between the US and the Houthis are about to be broken after the Yemeni fighters announced their intention to target major US oil firms in the nearby seas. They even released the names of American entities, their CEOs and two ships that they intend to target in time to come. Rifat Jawaid explains the geopolitical significance of this latest announcement.
