Children among 8 wounded in Nablus, Israeli forces shoot 2 near Jerusalem
Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had wounded at least six Palestinians during an incursion into the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
The Wafa news agency now reports that at least eight Palestinians, including four children, have been confirmed wounded by Israeli gunfire during that raid. Israeli forces have now withdrawn from the city after besieging a house and arresting a man.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has also said that it has transferred two men to hospital with gunshot wounds after Israeli forces raided the towns of Qalandiya and ar-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
The severity of their condition is not currently known.
Israel arrests director of Palestinian organisation monitoring illegal settlements
Israeli forces have stormed the occupied West Bank town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, and raided the home of Murad Shteiwi, director of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
The CWRC is a Palestinian governmental commission affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, tasked with documenting Israel’s illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and providing legal protection to Palestinians who have had their land taken by Israeli authorities and settlers.
Israeli forces previously arrested Shteiwi in 2014 for organising and participating in “illegal” demonstrations against Israel’s settlements.
Israeli forces arrest 4 people across Nablus, Qalqilya
Sources told the Wafa news agency that several military vehicles stormed the city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, and raided a house on Tunis Street. Soldiers searched the premises, ransacked them and arrested the resident, Murad Imad al-Din Darwaza.
According to the sources, Israeli forces also raided a building in the Rafidia area. At the same time, in Qalqilya, local sources told Wafa that troops stormed the city at dawn from its eastern entrance after being deployed in the Kafr Saba neighbourhood.
Israeli forces raided many homes, including those of Bahjat Yamin, Baraa Hammad and Moatasem al-Baz, who were arrested.
Israeli forces demolish home in West Bank’s al-Mughayyir
Israeli forces have demolished a home in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
The head of the village council, Amin Abu Aliya, told Wafa that soldiers stormed the village this morning and demolished a two-storey house, owned by Wajih Musa Abu Aliya, that was under construction under the pretext of building without a permit.
Al Jazeera has verified footage circulating on social media of Israeli forces using an excavator to demolish the building.
One person wounded by Israeli gunfire north of Jerusalem
One person has been wounded by Israeli gunfire in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, Wafa reports, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
In recent months, Israeli forces have ramped up their attacks on civilians near the separation wall, resulting in injuries and deaths.
Yesterday, Salim Abu Aisha, 57, was killed after being assaulted by soldiers near the wall.
Israeli forces, settlers target Palestinian olive pickers south of Jenin
Israeli forces and settlers have attacked olive pickers in Kafr Ra’i town, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Kafr Ra’i Mayor Ghassan Daraghmeh told Wafa that settlers from the Dotan settlement, under the protection of the Israeli army, attacked citizens who were trying to reach their lands to harvest olives.
Daraghmeh explained that the Jenin governorate, in cooperation with the Agriculture Ministry and the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, had organised an event today to help olive pickers in the town reach their lands, which the Israeli authorities prevent citizens from accessing to harvest the fruit.
He said Israeli forces fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at citizens and those participating in the event.
Freed Gaza photographer finds family alive after being told in Israeli jail they were dead
Shadi Abu Sido said his world shattered in Israeli detention when guards told him his wife and two children had been killed in the Gaza war.
“I got hysterical,” the Gaza Palestinian photographer told the Reuters news agency. It wasn’t until his release on Monday that he discovered his loved ones were alive.
His wife, Hanaa Bahlul, raced down the hallway of his family’s house in Khan Younis and leapt into his arms. He spun her in the air as they clung to each other. Abu Sido kissed his children’s cheeks again and again, murmuring “my love” as he held the daughter and son he thought he would never see again.
“I heard her voice, I heard the voice of my children; I was astonished, it cannot be explained, they were alive. I saw my wife and children alive. Imagine amid death – life,” he said.
Abu Sido, a photojournalist, was detained from al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2024.
Bahlul said a lawyer from Addameer, a Palestinian human rights group, had told her Abu Sido was being held under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law – a form of administrative detention.
Abu Sido told the agency he was severely beaten, handcuffed, blindfolded and forced to kneel for long periods while in detention.
Prison was “the graveyard of the living”, he said. “When I returned to Gaza, it was like my soul returned to my body. But when I saw the destruction … how can I start again?”
Freed Palestinian detainee Shadi Abu Sido sits with his wife Hanaa Bahlul and their children at their home in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, after he was released from Israeli detention as part of a ceasefire deal
‘Gruesome process’: US president recognises difficulty in recovering bodies of Gaza captives
US President Donald Trump spoke earlier on the difficulty of retrieving the bodies of Israeli captives from destroyed areas in Gaza.
“It’s a gruesome process. I almost hate to talk about it so. But they’re digging. They are actually digging,” Trump told reporters in the White House.
“There are areas where they are digging, and they are finding a lot of bodies. Then they have to separate the bodies. You wouldn’t believe this. And some of those bodies have been in there a long time. And some of them are under rubble. They have to remove rubble,” Trump said.
“Some are in tunnels, that died in tunnels, that are way down under the earth. And the tunnels are like three feet. Can you believe it, three feet high? They lived like this for a long period of time. It’s a horrible atrocity,” he said.
A drone view shows Palestinians walking past rubble following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from an area in Gaza City, on October 12
Trump is almost getting it, now who made them live like that... Who drove the resistance into tunnels... Who bombed all the houses... (Actually all the pictures I've seen from the tunnels are more than 3ft high, Google Gaza tunnels - images, but sure Trump, 3ft wide you mean)
And of course Trump knows all this as he was boasting in the Knesset about how well Israel used all the weapons he supplied for the genocide, drawing standing ovations in the Knesset.
Where do things stand with the return of deceased Israeli captives?
As we have been reporting, there is uncertainty around the future of the US-brokered ceasefire deal over the return of deceased Israeli captives.
This is what we know:
Two latest bodies handed over by Hamas sent for DNA testing in Israel
The Israeli military says that the Red Cross has now handed over two additional bodies of captives that Hamas was able to locate inside Gaza. But Israel says Hamas is not holding up its end of the deal – meaning that it needs to give all of the bodies that are still being held in Gaza.
Israel said on Monday they received four bodies, on Tuesday three bodies and tonight two bodies. But those two bodies are still awaiting identification. They are now being sent to the forensic institute in the central part of the country for DNA testing.
Fighters with the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stand guard in Gaza City on October 15, 2025, near the location where the bodies of two captives were handed over to the Red Cross for return to Israel
Remains of two more Gaza captives identified: Israeli military
The Israeli military has released the names of two deceased captives whose bodies were returned from Gaza on Wednesday night.
The military said Israel’s National Centre for Forensic Medicine, in collaboration with the Israel Police and the military, identified the remains as those of Inbar Haiman and Muhammad el-Atrash.
According to the military, Haiman, 27, was at the Nova music festival and was killed during the October 7 attack on Israel, and her body was taken to Gaza.
Advanced Staff Sergeant el-Atrash, 39, served with the Israeli army’s northern brigade and was killed in fighting on October 7, and his body was also taken to Gaza.
Sure killed on Oct 7, decomposing for 2 years in Gaza. Far more likely to be killed in one of the bombardments.
Brother of deceased captive says return of body finally ‘closes circle’ for family
As we reported, Israeli authorities have formally identified two bodies returned by Hamas on Wednesday night as belonging to civilian Inbar Haiman and soldier Muhammad el-Atrash.
El-Atrash’s brother, Nimr, has now offered the family’s first statement since his return.
“At least he should have a grave,” he told Israel’s Ynet News site. “The circle is finally closed. The last two years were tough for us. For a time we did not know if he was alive or dead. Bringing him for burial closes the circle,” Nimr added.
Apparently the IDF knew he was killed on Oct 7... I'm happy you finally got closure, not knowing is the worst. Yet your government is still using your brother for propaganda.
Trump adviser says US, Israel to set up ‘safe zone’ for Gaza civilians who fear Hamas
The US and Israel are working to establish “safe zones” in areas controlled by Israeli troops in Gaza for civilians fearing Hamas retribution, The Times of Israel reports, citing an unnamed senior Trump adviser.
During a briefing with reporters, the unnamed adviser said, “the US is working with Israel to try and create some space in the safe zone behind the Yellow Line for people who feel [under] threat to be able to go.”
“This is in response to the reports we’ve been seeing of Hamas executing rivals,” he said.
The comments come after Hamas published a video this week showing its fighters executing eight blindfolded and bound men they claimed were “collaborators and outlaws”.
The Israeli military has continued its assault on civilians in Gaza in the days following the ceasefire, including an air strike on Wednesday that killed three Palestinians.
Israeli forces also opened fire on Palestinian civilians in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City on Tuesday, killing five.
Safe zones for the ISIS affiliated gangs Israel has been funding and arming in Gaza, like the Popular Forces but also the GHF.
https://www.972mag.com/gaza-social-collapse-criminal-gangs/
Safe zones for collaborators and criminals to regroup and get re-armed by Israel... Popular Forces were already operating from behind Israeli lines, so that's nothing new. Just media spin.
British MP calls for Barghouti’s release, says he is ‘powerful unifying voice’ for Palestinians
Ellie Chowns, a Member of Parliament for the Green Party, has called for the release of Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti.
“Marwan Barghouti is a powerful unifying voice for Palestinians who could potentially play a crucial role in securing meaningful and lasting peace in the region,” she said.
Barghouti is known for his commitment to a two-state solution and his broad popularity across a fractured Palestinian political landscape.
He is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for attempted murder and membership in an armed organisation after being sentenced by an Israeli military court in 2002.
Currently Online Marwan Barghouti is a powerful unifying voice for Palestinians who could potentially play a crucial role in securing meaningful and lasting peace in the region.
Imprisoned in Israel since 2002 without a fair trial, his immediate release must be secured. pic.twitter.com/PSkxt5JD0c
— Dr Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) October 15, 2025
Israel ‘expects’ Germany to lift partial arms embargo after Gaza truce
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said her country expects Germany to lift a partial halt on arms exports to Israel and drop a travel warning to the country following the start of the ceasefire in Gaza.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday during a visit to Berlin, Haskel said “we do expect the German government to lift those two restrictions”, Germany’s DPA news agency reports.
Haskel also voiced support for Germany taking part in the ongoing peace process for Gaza, saying she would have no objections to German participation in a peacekeeping force for the Palestinian territory, DPA said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ordered a partial and temporary halt in August on the export to Israel of arms that could be used in Gaza, citing the increasingly aggressive actions of the Israeli military, whose attacks have killed some 68,000 Palestinians since October 2023.
Rights groups write to Rubio condemning Israel’s arrest of US journalists
The coalition of press freedom groups, led by Defending Rights & Dissent, has written a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning Israel’s “illegal abduction, detention, and mistreatment of journalists”.
Three American journalists – Alex Colston and Noa Avishag Schnall of Drop Site News and Emily Wilder of Jewish Currents – were detained when reporting on the Global Sumud Flotilla earlier this month, after Israeli forces illegally intercepted the vessels in international waters as they sailed to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
“It is the responsibility of the State Department to advocate for American journalists. Yet the State Department has made no public condemnation of the unlawful detention of these reporters,” wrote the coalition, which includes PEN America and the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Hundreds of flotilla activists were transported to Israel and jailed, with many alleging mistreatment by Israeli authorities. All the activists have now been deported, Israel’s Adalah Legal Center said on Sunday.
The crew of the Conscience, a Gaza-bound vessel, which was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, sit on board their boat as they are illegally intercepted by Israeli forces in international water
US only cares about its citizens when it suits their (and Israel's) political agenda. Otherwise you're just a tax payer to extract money from.
Palestinian politician calls out Biden’s ‘abject servility, complicity’ in Israel’s genocide
Not only will history judge former US President Joe Biden for his “complicity with genocidal Israel”, but so should international courts that put war criminals on trial, said Hanan Ashrawi, a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee.
Sharing a social media post from the former US president on Gaza, Ashrawi responded to Biden, saying “the less you issue proclamations the better.
“Your administration worked relentlessly to veto all ceasefire resolutions, to supply genocidal Israel with all the weapons & funds it needed to pursue its death & destruction agenda,” Ashrawi said.
Biden had also lied “repeatedly on behalf of Israel” to ensure that Israel was “exonerated” in public discourse and the blame for the war was placed on Palestinians, she said.
“The whole world witnessed your abject servility to & complicity with genocidal Israel,” she added.
Your administration worked relentlessly to veto all ceasefire resolutions, to supply genocidal Israel with all the weapons & funds it needed to pursue its death & destruction agenda, to lie repeatedly on behalf of Israel & ensure that your public discourse exonerated it & blamed… https://t.co/YjCXByvp35
— Hanan Ashrawi (@DrHananAshrawi) October 15, 2025
And Trump follows right behind. The last ounce of hope that his 'peace' plan can actually bring peace will soon be gone. It's the next big lie to try to exonerate Israel in public discourse.
Gaza’s healthcare crisis – Babies on the brink as medical supplies fall short
While aid is trickling into Gaza, medicine, specialised equipment and nutritional supplements are still in short supply. That’s put a lot of lives at risk, especially malnourished children, who’ve borne the brunt of war for more than two years.
Many now need to leave Gaza for life-saving healthcare.
Civilians killed in Gaza for crossing no-go line ‘they don’t even know exists’
Breaking the Silence, a rights group formed by veterans of Israel’s armed forces, has blasted Israeli troops for shooting civilians in Gaza for their supposed crossing of the “yellow line”, behind which Israel’s military has redeployed as part of the ceasefire.
Breaking the Silence, which monitors abuses of Palestinians in the occupied territory, said civilians are being shot and killed in Gaza for “crossing a line they don’t even know exists”.
“Let’s be clear: that line exists only on a map, not on the ground,” the group said in a post on social media. “The same rules of engagement we’ve seen near the GHF ‘aid sites’ and across the Strip: ‘no-go zones’ cross them, and you get shot,” it said.
Anyone who enters a “no-go zone” is automatically “sentenced to death”, the group added.
Let’s be clear: that line exists only on a map, not on the ground. Palestinians are being shot for crossing a line they don’t even know exists. The same rules of engagement we’ve seen near the GHF ‘aid sites’ and across the Strip: "no-go zones" cross them, and you get shot. pic.twitter.com/2P0hXWhEZL
— Breaking the Silence (@BtSIsrael) October 15, 2025
Commercial trucks largely entering Gaza, not aid
We are supposed to be receiving 600 trucks every day of humanitarian aid, but what’s entering is less than 300 trucks. Palestinians want food, they want shelter, they want medicine.
Children don’t have anything. They need clothes, shoes, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and nothing is going to be delivered to the population until they have good stock in the warehouses, so that’s why we’re not seeing any distributions happening on the ground now.
What is entering are the commercial trucks and things that are being sold in the market. But again, Palestinians do not have the ability to buy these items. Gaza residents do not have money. Banks did not open yet…
We’re talking about a population that has lost everything they have; they lost their money. They spent all of their savings in the past two years.
Everyone is also anxious about the ceasefire holding because the agreement is not being fulfilled. The process is very slow and they’re very, very scared that anything would come and fighting would return at any point.
No change in resources at Gaza’s hospitals, says al-Shifa chief
Director of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, says he has not witnessed any notable progress in terms of health services or the availability of medicines since the ceasefire began.
He told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that the health situation in the enclave remains tragic, with no changes seen as of yet. He emphasised that released prisoners needed to receive special medical attention due to the conditions they were subjected to in Israeli prisons.
Rafah crossing to be opened at later date, says Israel’s COGAT
Israel’s agency for its activities in Palestinian territory has told Reuters that preparations are ongoing with Egypt to open the Rafah crossing for the movement of people, but the date for the opening will be announced later.
The aid agency added that humanitarian aid will not pass through Rafah, but will continue to enter through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) and other crossings.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up at the Rafah border on the Egypt side
Say one thing, do the opposite.
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