Israel’s war on Gaza has ‘gone far beyond the limits’: Norway

On the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attacks, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called the unprecedented assault a “brutal act of terrorism” against Israel and the Jewish people.

“My thoughts are with all those affected on that painful day and with everyone still living with the deep trauma and lasting repercussions,” Barth Eide said.

He also highlighted the “devastating warfare in Gaza” and said that while every nation has the right to defend itself, such actions “must comply with international law, humanitarian law and human rights”.

“Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks has gone far beyond the limits set by these rules,” Barth Eide said. “Gaza lies in ruins, and the Palestinian population has been subjected to unimaginable suffering.”

‘Open wound’ of Gaza war reverberates for both peoples two years later

Israelis say they’re hoping the peace talks in Egypt will soon lead to the release of all 48 captives still held in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to be alive.

“It’s like an open wound, the hostages. I can’t believe it’s been two years and they are still not home,” said Hilda Weisthal, 43.

In Gaza, Mohammed Dib, 49, said he wants the end of Israel’s war that has caused a humanitarian disaster, displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians multiple times, and killed more than 67,100.

“It’s been two years that we are living in fear, horror, displacement and destruction,” said Dib.

‘Blind logic of hatred and revenge’ must be abandoned: Vatican

The Holy See has marked two years of war in Gaza with its top diplomat, Pietro Parolin, condemning Israel’s disproportionate war.

“Those who are attacked have a right to defend themselves, but even legitimate defence must respect the principle of proportionality,” he said in an interview with Vatican News.

“Unfortunately, the resulting war has brought about disastrous and inhuman consequences… I am struck and deeply afflicted by the daily death toll in Palestine – dozens, sometimes hundreds, every day – so many children whose only fault seems to be having been born there,” he said.

Pope Leo, meanwhile, said: “We must reduce hatred, we must rediscover the ability to dialogue, to seek peaceful solutions.”

Italy’s PM Meloni says she’s been reported to the ICC

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she and two ministers have been reported to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged complicity in genocide in connection with Israel’s war on Gaza.

Meloni made the statement during an interview with state television company RAI. It is the first public comment on the situation, which has not been confirmed by the international court.

Meloni said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani have also been “denounced”, referring to when the court is officially alerted to a possible crime. Meloni did not provide further details about what the complaint alleged.

The ICC has standing arrest warrants for Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant related to the war, as well as several since-deceased members of Hamas.

Meloni’s statement comes during an outburst in protests over the war in Italy, led in part by influential labour unions.

UK protesters take to streets despite criticism from PM Starmer

The demonstration is making its way around four different universities in London. It started at Kings College. Then it went to the London School of Economics and then to University College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote a piece in The Times newspaper in which he basically said: On the anniversary of the atrocities of October 7, students are once again planning protests. This is not who we are as a country. It is ‘un-British’ to have so little respect for others.

He is also clearly linking the demonstrations in support of Palestine with anti-Semitism. He says, particularly on October 7, the day should be left free as a day of mourning for Jewish people.

The people I’ve been speaking to here have a different perspective. They say they’re displaying empathy for everyone by coming out and demonstrating.

Genocide, as they see it, is the primary evil of this situation, and it would be remiss of them not to come out and protest on this day – or any other day.


_{The protests reflect a shift in global sentiment with sympathy that initially flowed to Israel after the October 7 attacks now increasingly directed towards Palestinians}

It is entirely possible to mourn all victims. Btw it was not just Jewish people that were killed and taken hostage on Oct 7... Forgetting about the 'others' again, just as so often with the Holocaust.

It's only warped racist's minds that can interpret protests against genocide as celebrating the deaths of Jews on Oct 7.

Grief can make you say insensitive things as well, the BBC using it to shout antisemitism however is shameful.

Sister of 7 October victim condemns pro-Palestine student protests
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0vz0d10exo

The sister of a Scottish victim of the Hamas attack on Israel two years ago has condemned pro-Palestine protests, accusing students taking part of celebrating the deaths of 1,200 people. 

‘We’re standing up for everyone’: UK protester pushes back on PM criticism

Demonstrators in London have denounced comments by the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who earlier criticised their decision to hold pro-Palestine protests on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel.

In an op-ed for the Times, Starmer appeared to directly link such protests to anti-Jewish sentiment. He said the protests are being used by some as a “despicable excuse to attack British Jews for something over which they have absolutely no responsibility”.

He further called the decision to protest on October 7 “un-British”.

Protester Sim Junaid dismissed the claim.

“We’re showing up for Jews, for Muslims, for Christians, showing up for everyone today,” Junaid told Al Jazeera. “I think to make it a story about anti-Semitism is where Keir Starmer just has completely missed the narrative.”

UK prosecutors to appeal Kneecap ruling

British prosecutors have said they will appeal a court’s decision to drop a charge of supporting “terrorism” brought against a member of the Irish band Kneecap.

“We are appealing the decision to dismiss this case, as we believe there is an important point of law which needs to be clarified,” a Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said, referring to the case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who is also known as Liam O’Hanna (the translation of his name from Gaeilge, the Irish language, into English) and as Mo Chara, his stage name.

The rapper had been charged for allegedly displaying the flag of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in November 2024. However, a judge last month found there had been a technical error in the way the charge had been brought.

O hAnnaidh had denied the offence, saying the flag was thrown on stage during the group’s performance. The band has branded the legal process a “witch hunt”.

The members of Kneecap have been outspoken critics of the war on Gaza and strong supporters of Palestinian rights.

The rapper hailed the court’s decision, declaring that it showed attempts to muzzle the band’s support for Palestinians had failed.

“It was always about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up,” O hAnnaidh had said after last month’s ruling. “Your attempts to silence us have failed, because we’re right and you’re wrong.”

Brazil, Mexico say nationals from Gaza flotilla returning home

Brazil and Mexico say their citizens detained by Israel after being seized from the Global Sumud Flotilla on the way to Gaza are on their way home.

Thirteen Brazilians, including lawmaker Luizianne Lins of the ruling Workers’ Party, “were taken to the border with Jordan and released”, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said six Mexicans were also brought to Jordan, where they were met by the ambassador.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of violating international law by intercepting the flotilla in international waters. Both he and his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, demanded the safe return of their nationals.

US activist from Gaza flotilla alleges ‘psychological torture’ by Israel

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/7/us-activist-from-gaza-flotilla-alleges-psychological-torture-by-israel

A US citizen detained by Israel on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which tried to deliver aid to Gaza, says he and other activists endured abuse and “psychological torture” in Israeli custody.

David Adler, who was released and deported to Jordan on Tuesday, said after Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla in international waters, they took the activists to a prison complex in the Negev desert in southern Israel.

“We were kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded and sent to an internment camp on a police van without any access to food, to water, to legal support,” he said. “And for the next five days, on and off, we were psychologically tortured.”

In an audio message shared with Al Jazeera through the advocacy group Progressive International, Adler said he and another Jewish activist were picked out and forced to be photographed with Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

“After interception, we were violently forced onto our knees into positions of submission, where the two Jews of the flotilla were taken by the ear and ripped from the group for a photo-op with Ben-Gvir, staring at the flag of the State of Israel, taunted by his goons,” Adler said.

He described his time in detention as a “five-day nightmare of serial and systematic violations of our most basic rights”.

Adler, who is co-general coordinator at Progressive International, added that riot troops would raid the prison with attack dogs at night to “terrify and terrorise” the detainees.

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As he was sailing towards Gaza last week, Adler shared a social media post reflecting on his Jewish identity and the decision to participate in the flotilla.

“If there’s any part of the Torah that I still remember, it is this obligation it bestows upon us: ‘Justice, justice you shall pursue.’ How could we stand by while the State of Israel perverts this holy obligation, overseeing a holocaust of the Palestinian people?” Adler wrote.

“I joined this flotilla just like any other delegate – to defend humanity before it is too late. But on Yom Kippur, I am reminded that I am also here because my Jewish heritage demands it.”

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In his message, Adler called the mistreatment of the activists a marker of “how rogue the state of Israel has become in its utter disregard for basic international humanitarian law”.

“I’m obviously very aware that all of this pales in comparison to the treatment that Palestinians endure every single day,” he said.

Six activists from Gaza aid flotilla remain in Israeli detention

The Israel-based Adalah legal centre says the jailed aid activists are citizens of Norway, Morocco, and Spain and promised to continue “to demand their immediate release”.

“Six participants who were aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, unlawfully intercepted and detained on their way to Gaza amid the ongoing genocide, remain in Israeli detention,” a statement said.

Lawyers submitted requests to Israeli authorities to visit the detainees on Wednesday if they remain in custody. Israeli media earlier reported that authorities extended the detention of Spanish activist Reyes Rigo Cervilla for one week.

Last week, Israeli naval forces seized a flotilla of more than 40 boats heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade of the enclave, detaining more than 470 activists from more than 50 countries.


_{Reyes Rigo, a Mallorcan woman who has been accused by the Israeli police of biting a civil servant's hand during a medical examination, for which she will remain detained until Wednesday.}

Gaza-bound Conscience braces for Israeli interception

The Conscience is the latest ship in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to sail across the Mediterranean Sea towards Gaza, carrying aid and nearly 100 medics and journalists.

The mission follows Israel’s interception of a previous flotilla last week.

Israeli army shells Gaza City neighbourhoods

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting the Israeli army has carried out artillery shelling targeting the Shujayea and Daraj neighbourhoods east of Gaza City.

How many Palestinians killed in West Bank since October 7?

As the war on Gaza rages, regular raids by Israeli forces and attacks by settlers have continued in the occupied West Bank.

In two years, 1,048 Palestinians, including 212 children, have been killed in the territory. More than 10,151 have been wounded.

At least 19,000 Palestinians have been detained, with 11,040 incarcerated as of October 1. Of those detained, 3,577 have been held without charges.

Main events on October 7th

• US President Trump again expressed optimism over a Gaza peace deal and said a US mediation team just left to take part in the Egypt talks.
• Hamas detailed its main conditions including a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from all of Gaza, and unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid.
• The release of high-profile Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti is reportedly being demanded by Hamas in a captive-prisoner exchange, Egyptian media report.
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu pledged, “We will continue to act to achieve all the war’s objectives: the return of all the hostages, the elimination of Hamas’s rule, and ensuring that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel.”
• Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in northern Gaza, worsening conditions in overcrowded health centres farther south where newborns are now sharing oxygen masks, UNICEF says.
• The Palestine Red Crescent Society says 29 of its staff have been killed in Gaza while carrying out humanitarian and medical duties since the war began two years ago.

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Israel’s illegal seizure of the humanitarian flotilla has sparked a tsunami of protests. Millions took to the streets. A general strike in Italy, Dockworkers in Spain, France, Italy and Greece closing Europe’s ports to Israel. Colombia’s diplomatic break, pressure on Israel’s backers is surging—while U.S. public opinion turns sharply against the Gaza war and funding Israel.