UAE ‘decisive’ with Israel over West Bank annexation

Anwar Gargash, an adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), says the Gulf nation’s position against Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank was “decisive” during a meeting between its foreign minister and Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City.

“Just as the UAE’s position was decisive in closing the file on Israel’s annexation of Palestinian lands, the meeting tonight between Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and the Israeli prime minister in New York is a bold step to support international efforts to end the Gaza war and reach a permanent ceasefire that puts an end to the humanitarian tragedy and bolsters the path to peace,” Gargash said in a post on X.

According to Israeli media, the top Emirati diplomat warned Netanyahu that annexation would harm the Abraham Accords – a 2020 agreement that established the normalisation of ties between several Arab states, including the UAE, and Israel.

Iranian security official calls for regional cooperation against ‘Israel’s conspiracies’

A leading Iranian security official has called on countries in the region to put aside their disagreements and cooperate closely in response to Israel’s activity against them.

Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the comments in Lebanon’s capital during a visit to attend the anniversary of Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, The Associated Press reported.

“Today, amid Israel’s conspiracies, regional states should closely cooperate, and even if there were disagreements between them, they should put these disagreements aside,” Larijani said after a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

In a speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday, Netanyahu had detailed attacks his country had carried out against its enemies in the region, including in Iran and Lebanon, as well as in Gaza, Yemen, Syria and Iraq.

Thousands march in Cape Town demanding end to Gaza war

Thousands of people have come out in Cape Town to demonstrate against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Cape Town has been the site of many protests in recent months, but this is one of the largest and people here remain resolute. They want an end to Israel’s genocide. They want an end to the occupation.

In 2023, South Africa’s parliament voted to close the Israeli embassy. It also voted to end diplomatic ties with Israel. But that hasn’t happened and people here are now marching to parliament, demanding that South Africa sever all diplomatic and economic ties with Israel.

South Africa currently exports coal to Israel. People here say that coal is fuelling the genocide, and they want that to come to an end. They say this is an important opportunity to have their voices heard, especially as the genocide escalates in Gaza, specifically in Gaza City.

_{Protesters hold placards and Palestinian flags as they march through central Cape Town in a mass rally for Gaza}

Pro-Palestinian protest draws tens of thousands in Berlin

Israeli team excluded from cycling race for ‘security reasons’

Israel-Premier Tech have been excluded from the Giro dell’Emilia cycling race on October 4 in Italy for safety reasons, the organisers told the AFP news agency.

Adriano Amici, president of GS Emilia – which organises the one-day race, said the team “will unfortunately not be present at our race … We had to make this decision for reasons of public security”.

“There’s too much danger for both the Israel Tech riders and others. The race’s final circuit is run five times so the possibility of the race being disrupted is very high. “It’s a decision I regret having to make from a sporting perspective, but I had no other choice for public safety.”

The Giro dell’Emilia, whose 2024 edition was won by cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar, will cover 199km (123.7 miles) from Mirandola to Bologna in northern Italy.

Captives’ families slam Netanyahu’s UN speech

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of Israeli captives, accused PM Netanyahu of offering “words without action” during his address at the UN General Assembly.

It said 48 captives remain held in Gaza after 721 days and warned that Netanyahu’s pledge to “finish the job” in the enclave puts their lives at greater risk.

The families noted that, unlike Netanyahu, President Trump has called for an immediate halt to the war and the release of all captives. They expressed outrage that Netanyahu read aloud only the names of living hostages, saying this erased those who have been killed.

“There are 48 hostages in Gaza, not 20,” the group said, urging Israel’s government to “honour the will of the people” and reach a deal to bring the captives home, warning that every day of war “squanders every opportunity” for their release.

Tensions rise as Lebanese commemorate Nasrallah assassination

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters have flooded the streets of southern Beirut to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah’s death.

Men, women and children draped in black marched through Lebanon’s capital towards Nasrallah’s burial site, carrying portraits of the slain leader and chanting pledges of loyalty to his successor, Naim Qassem.

“We came here to tell everyone in Lebanon that Hezbollah is still strong,” said Fatima, whose husband was killed in the war with Israel last September.

Qassem, who took over a month after Nasrallah’s killing, will make an address.

Tensions over the commemoration have been mounting this week, particularly after Hezbollah projected the portraits of Nasrallah on the famed towering rocks off the coast of Beirut.

The display went ahead despite orders by Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and the Beirut governor not to do so, angering opponents of Hezbollah who said the cliffs should not be used for political displays.

Hezbollah chief says ground will resist disarmament, continue regional fight

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has just delivered a speech marking the first anniversary of the killings of former Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and his close aide Hashem Safieddine.

Qassem hailed what he described as a legacy of “resistance victories” dating back to the 1990s, including Israel’s withdrawal in 2000, the July 2006 war, and later battles in Syria. He said the movement had “changed the face of the region” and continued to inspire allies abroad.

Qassem said Hezbollah had faced a “global war” waged through Israel with US and European backing, but insisted the group had regained the initiative on the battlefield.

He rejected US and Israeli calls to disarm Hezbollah, pledging instead to “confront any project that serves Israel”.

Qassem urged Lebanon’s government to prioritise reconstruction, sovereignty and unity, while also reaffirming support for Palestine, describing it as “the central cause”.

Death toll in Gaza surges in early Israeli attacks

At least 25 have been killed in Israeli strikes on several areas throughout the Gaza Strip since dawn, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera.

Current aid flows into Gaza ‘a drop in the ocean’: UN

Carl Skau, chief operating officer of the World Food Programme (WFP), says current aid flows into Gaza are “a drop in the ocean” and much higher volumes are needed.

Speaking to Al Jazeera outside the United Nations in New York, Skau said the WFP currently averages about 80 aid trucks a day into Gaza, where at least 500-600 are desperately needed.

He said the programme is not able to reach Palestinians in the north, where Israel is waging a heavy offensive on Gaza City, while the “complete breakdown of law and order” in the Strip means the most vulnerable are not receiving supplies.

‘Trickle’ of aid insufficient to address Gaza catastrophe

Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International, has warned that starvation in Gaza continues to spread as Israeli troops press deeper into the cut-off north.

“It’s either displacement or death in Gaza City, or displacement and death in al-Mawasi,” Griffiths said, referring to the area in the south of the Strip that Israel designated a “humanitarian zone”.

Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed in a slim slice of sandy land with no healthcare or sanitary facilities in al-Mawasi, he noted.

Griffiths said of the minimum 500 trucks of humanitarian aid needed, only about 80 are entering the Strip daily: “It’s a trickle.”

The former senior UN official has spent decades on aid operations front lines around the globe. He told Al Jazeera he’s never witnessed anything like the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding now in Gaza.

“I’ve never seen anything like this, and the brazen nature in which Prime Minister Netanyahu set out his stall on Friday still haunts us.”

‘Everything is getting worse’: Palestinians flee northern Gaza

Palestinians displaced from northern Gaza by Israel’s offensive on Gaza City say they face dire living conditions and acute food shortages.

Mohammed al-Buhaisi said he wished he “stayed in the north and died there”. “Although it’s dangerous at least there is water and food,” he said. “Here it is safer but there is almost no food.”

Another man said the situation faced by expelled Palestinians is deteriorating rapidly. “We always say we hope things will get better. Everything is getting worse.”

_{Palestinians escape southward after Israel forcibly expelled residents of Gaza City}

77 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours

The Health Ministry says 77 Palestinians have been killed and 265 others wounded in Israel’s army onslaught over the past 24 hours in war-ravaged Gaza. Among the dead were 17 people killed while waiting for food near US and Israel-backed distribution points. Another 89 aid seekers were wounded by gunfire.

Death toll in Gaza since dawn rises to 51

Video shows Israeli air strikes on Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa

Footage on social media shows huge clouds of smoke rising from the site of Israeli air strikes on Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa area. In the video posted on X, warplanes can be heard overhead while a displaced Palestinian family survey the attack from their tents.

عاجل| طائرات الاحتلال تشن غارة جوية على حي تل الهوا جنوب غربي مدينة غزة pic.twitter.com/tf9DAip5Ox

— شبكة فلسطين للحوار (@paldf) September 27, 2025

Translation: Occupation planes launch an air strike on Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood southwest of Gaza City

Israeli drone attack as Al Jazeera crew films in northern Gaza

An Al Jazeera crew has captured the terrifying moment when an Israeli drone attack hit a beach in northern Gaza close to where the team was conducting an interview.

Footage from the incident shows a displaced Palestinian woman being interviewed. She appeals to the international community to stop Israel’s war on Gaza, when she is interrupted by a loud explosion.

Panic breaks out with people screaming and running for cover as debris from the attack rains down. Many children were in the area of the attack.

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Palestinian reporter killed in Israeli attack in central Gaza

A Palestinian journalist has been killed when Israeli forces shelled his tent in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports. Mohammed al-Dayah is the 252nd Palestinian journalist to be killed in Gaza since the war began.

Families caught in deadly drone strike as Israel pounds Gaza City

Earlier this hour two explosions behind me rocked the entire area. We could hear the sound of the blasts about 15km (7 miles) away. We’re told these attacks happened without prior warning.

The bombing happened simultaneously in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood and in the western and central parts of Gaza City. These two areas are heavily overcrowded, with the vast majority of civilians who remain in the targeted urban centre.

Since the early hours, we’ve seen more of these attacks and more casualties arriving at al-Shifa Hospital. Just in the past few minutes, we had confirmation of a family evacuating on a road inside a vehicle when it was struck by a drone missile. Four people were reported killed on the spot.

Other people on the road rushed to the vehicle while it was still engulfed in flames, helping those who survived the attacks and transferring them to the hospital.

Hundreds of others have been on the move as Israeli drones and fighter jets chase them from one place to another.

_{A man inspects the site of Israeli strikes on Shati refugee camp in Gaza City}

Israeli drone kills 8 people in Gaza City

At least eight people have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. A medical source said two children were among the casualties.

More hospitals shut down as Israel escalates attacks on Gaza City

The few hospitals still partially functioning in central Gaza have become overwhelmed with wounded and sick Palestinians fleeing Israel’s bombardment in the north. Many forced to leave by Israel’s military assault on Gaza City arrive in need of urgent medical care that cannot be provided.

Dr Khalil Digran, with Al-Aqsa Hospital, says Israeli forces deliberately attacked al-Rantisi Paediatric Hospital – the only specialised medical facility for children.

“Gaza City and the north are left with just two health facilities that are barely functioning: al-Shifa and al-Ahli Hospital,” Digran told Al Jazeera. “As for the remaining health facilities in central and southern Gaza, Israeli actions are already adding more pressure on these facilities and threatening to bring their service to a total halt.”

Twelve people killed in Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp

The Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that we just reported on has claimed the lives of at least 12 people. Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza reported that more than 60 people were also wounded in the Israeli drone attack.

Gaza death toll rises

At least 91 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks throughout the besieged enclave since dawn.

Among those dead, at least 48 were killed in Gaza City.

Israel blocking Gaza rescue teams for second week, civil defence says

Gaza’s civil defence says Israeli forces have, for a second week in a row, rejected all coordination requests to allow rescue teams into areas where residents, including the wounded, have appealed for help.

In a statement, the agency said it submitted 73 requests through international organisations, all of which were denied. The blocked areas include az-Zarqa, al-Mahatta, east of al-Nafaq in Tuffah neighbourhood, as well as Sabra and Tal al-Hawa in southern Gaza City.

It said some of the wounded died while waiting for rescue. Relatives of some also risked their lives to carry them to hospitals.

It warned that thousands remain trapped without access to basic necessities and called on international humanitarian bodies to pressure Israel to comply with international law.

Israeli army demolishes home of Palestinian accused in deadly attack

Israeli soldiers have entered the town of al-Qubeiba and blown up the family home of a man accused of carrying out an attack on Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem in early September.

Troops forced dozens of Palestinian families living in the vicinity of the targeted house to evacuate, and a complete curfew was imposed, residents told the Wafa news agency.

The man identified as Muthana Amro, along with Muhammad Taha, were accused of carrying out a shooting attack near the Ramot settlement in East Jerusalem on September 9. The shooting killed six people and wounded a number of others.

Israel typically destroys the homes of Palestinians it accuses of carrying out attacks – a practice widely condemned by human rights organisations as collective punishment.

Mayor Nafiz Hamouda said the military notified residents 10 days earlier of its intention to demolish the property, the family home of an alleged attacker who shot and killed six Israelis in early September.

“Last night they came, and at dawn today the house was blown up,” he said. The blast also caused significant damage to four or five neighbouring houses, Hamouda said.

“This is the nature of the occupation. It does not stop at harming one individual, but seeks to inflict damage on as many citizens as possible.”


Palestinian boy shot in clashes with Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

A Palestinian child was shot and wounded after Israeli forces opened fire during clashes at Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. The boy suffered minor injuries when he was shot during clashes at the camp, north of Hebron.

Israeli forces also fired tear gas canisters, affecting dozens of Palestinians in the camp.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, assaulting residents, Al Jazeera sources say. The attack on Kisan village, which lies east of Bethlehem, also saw the settlers raid agricultural land and attack Palestinian homes.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in northern Jordan Valley

Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian community in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting, adding that the settlers attacked the community in the al-Hamma area, threatening and assaulting them.

The northern Jordan Valley has been the scene of frequent attacks by Israeli settlers amid rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Elderly woman among Palestinians beaten in Israeli settler attack

An elderly Palestinian woman and two foreign activists were injured after armed Israeli settlers attacked the village of al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

Local activist Osama Makhamra said settlers from nearby illegal outposts, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, assaulted residents and beat 61-year-old Majda Abu Sabha along with two international volunteers.

Makhamra added that settlers also vandalised water tanks, destroyed animal feed, looted property belonging to another resident and raided another home in an attempt to steal livestock.

Child wounded after being struck by Israeli army vehicle

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was wounded after being struck by an Israeli military vehicle in Jericho, occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The organisation said its crews treated the child at the scene before transferring him to hospital for further care.