Israeli drone strike reported near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon

Lebanon’s National News Agency says an Israeli drone fired three missiles near the Zefta–Nmeiriyeh junction in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon.

The strike hit a road near a butcher shop, the agency reported, adding that no injuries were immediately reported.

‘We want the PA to be a single agency for Palestinians’: Qatari PM

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has told CNN that he hopes that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be “the single agency for the Palestinians” to take care of Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

“Right now, there were ongoing talks between all the Palestinian factions… in order to make sure that this technocratic committee … will take care of Gaza in this transition period, and will be linked somehow to the PA”

“Once the reforms are in place, the PA should take over the governments in Gaza and the West Bank together. … We cannot separate those two units.”

He added that there was “wishful thinking from some politicians, maybe in Israel, that there are other solutions, other than the two-state solution”. However, at the end of the interview, Qatar’s PM affirmed there “is no solution except the two-state solution”.

Right sentiment, wrong government. The Palestinians do not trust the PA at all.

Labour unions could help disrupt war supply chains and end Israel’s genocide in Gaza

A ceasefire clearly will not stop the killing as long as Israel receives political, military and logistical support from the West to continue its occupation and colonisation of Palestine.

Two years of street protests throughout the world have sought to pressure governments to reverse their position on Israel, but they have failed to achieve significant change.

Large-scale labour mobilisation may be the answer. Labour unions, particularly in Europe, are uniquely positioned to play a central role in undermining their governments’ support for Israel.

Given the active trade between Israel and European countries, and the logistical significance of European ports, workers in many sectors could make a difference by organising for Palestine.

Main events on November 2nd

• Israel has confirmed that three bodies of deceased Israeli captives have been received via the Red Cross.
• A Palestinian man has been killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Shujayea area of the Gaza Strip.
• The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society’s media office has announced the death of detainee Mohammed Hussein Ghawadra, 63, from the town of Burqin near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, saying he died in Israeli custody today.
• Israeli forces have carried out raids in several areas across the occupied West Bank this evening, according to the Wafa news agency.
• Lebanon’s National News Agency says an Israeli drone fired three missiles near the Zefta–Nmeiriyeh junction in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon.

Truth behind Marco Rubio’s video on alleged looting of aid in Gaza by Hamas

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday shared a clip with criticism of Hamas by accusing the group of stealing aid meant for people of Gaza. However, as Rifat Jawaid examines, Rubio’s claim lacks evidence and appears to be a tactic to protect Benjamin Netanyahu who has failed to honour the terms of the peace deal announced by Donald Trump.

Providing Critical Care In Gaza | Dr. Nagham Abu Halima & Dr. Nour Abu Halima

Co-Founders of Pal Humanity, a nonprofit organization providing critical medical care and humanitarian aid to Palestinians in need, Dr. Nagham Abu Halima & Dr. Nour Abu Halima join the program from Northern Gaza to discuss their work and to provide updates on the situation in Gaza. Live-streamed on October 30, 2025.

Israel Just Invented a New War – And It’s Already Falling Apart

Israel says a new war is coming — but there’s no enemy, no attack, and no border. So why are billions being spent, and who’s really being protected?

Despite attacks in Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, Israel has apparently run out of wars to keep Netanyahu’s backside safe in power it seems — so this time they’ve decided to invent one. The IDF is now crying about a “developing threat from Iraq.” The loyal papers print it like scripture, but nobody mentions that Iraq hasn’t attacked Israel once — not the government, not the militias, not anyone.  The only planes crossing that border have Israeli flags on them.

Israeli news outlet Maariv says it’s about “defending the home front.” In the small print, it’s five and a half billion shekels for a new wall and a few well-connected contractors. Well where’s that money coming from with Israel’s economy increasingly going south? This isn’t security policy, it’s crisis cosplay — a state so addicted to war it’s now fighting its own imagination. Netanyahu says he’s keeping Israel safe. What he’s really keeping safe is himself and the lie that Israel’s still in control and only he can protect it. When you start bombing ghosts, you’ve really lost the plot though haven’t you?

Israel is inventing another war. Netanyahu has had a funny dream, and for all we know it could well have been one of those dreams given what is being spoken about now. This time the enemy isn’t Hamas or Hezbollah or the Houthis. It’s Iraq — a country that hasn’t fired a single verified shot at Israel, that shares no border with it, and that is still trying to rebuild from the last American war that flattened it. Yet, according to Israel’s security establishment, Baghdad now sits on the edge of launching a regional assault through Iranian-backed militias. Oh so it’s Iran again then?

The claim appeared in Maariv on 24 October and has been attributed to “sources in the Northern Command.” Those sources said the IDF and the Mossad were preparing for “a developing threat to the Israeli home front from Iraq.” It was the kind of line that has kept Israel on a permanent war footing for two years — vague, unverifiable, and politically priceless. Iraq as a state has never attacked Israel. A few militias based in Iraq — mainly within the self-styled Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella — have claimed occasional drone launches in solidarity with Gaza, but none have actually been independently verified or caused damage inside Israel. The only confirmed hostilities between the two countries run the other way.

IDF, Mossad readying for Oct. 7-style attack from Iran-backed militias in Iraq
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-872299

It's a long walk from Iraq for an Oct 7-style attack...

Hamas hands over 3 bodies after ‘complex search operation’

After a complex search operation, Hamas has handed over the bodies of three Israeli captives. The search is happening in areas beyond the so-called Yellow Line, that is, areas under Israeli military control. This requires complex coordination. Hamas fighters enter with ICRC staff. They are aided by outside heavy machinery because these bodies lie under the rubble.

Now, the Israeli destruction of homes continues in those areas, whether it’s in Bani Suheila, where the bodies of the three captives were found this Sunday, or in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, where the search continues for more bodies of Israeli captives. Eight in total remain in Gaza.

According to many experts, including senior US officials, the search for the remaining eight will be even more complicated.

There are hundreds of tonnes of rubble in Gaza, and it is not certain whether Hamas will be able to locate all of those bodies. It will be up to the Trump administration to steer the ceasefire forward, because Israel conditions moving to phase 2 [of the ceasefire] on the return of all the bodies of Israeli captives.

Israeli releases names of three deceased captives returned by Hamas

Israeli authorities have confirmed the identities of the three deceased captives that Hamas returned – Colonel Asaf Hamami, Captain Omer Maxim Neutra, and Staff Sergeant Oz Daniel.

Earlier, Trump confirmed that one of the bodies was that of American Israeli soldier Neutra from New York.

PoWs, not hostages...

Efforts under way to recover more bodies of captives in Gaza

Earlier this morning, members of the Qassam Brigades along with Red Cross teams were allowed to approach a site not far from our location in Gaza City where a number of bodies were buried by Hamas.

This morning, a number of bulldozers and excavators were moving to the site which has been subjected to extensive Israeli attacks. A number of bodies could be retrieved there if the process goes smoothly.

Hamas handed over the bodies of three captives yesterday, which leaves just eight bodies in several locations to be retrieved in order to ensure the transition to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.

There is serious diplomatic pressure being applied in order to return all the bodies and accomplish the first stage of the ceasefire agreement in order to improve living conditions in Gaza and ensure progress to the second phase.

_{Heavy machinery from Egypt is deployed in the search for the bodies of captives in Gaza City under the supervision of the Red Cross and the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing}

Trump says Gaza ceasefire ‘not fragile’

In his first sit-down interview with CBS 60 Minutes in five years, the US president said the Israel-Hamas ceasefire he helped broker “is not fragile” despite the parties to the deal trading accusations of violations.

“It’s very solid,” Trump said as 60 Minutes correspondent Norah O’Donnell pressed him about the deal. He added that the Palestinian group Hamas “could be taken out immediately if they don’t behave”.

“If I want them to disarm, I will get them to disarm very quickly,” Trump added.

The IDF has been trying for 2 years and resorted to starving everyone to death... What's Trump going to do, nuke Gaza? It's not a ceasefire either but it seems Trump wants to remain the current status quo / lower intensity genocide, at least until his meeting with MBS on the 18th at the White House.

Palestinians continue to slowly starve, have little access to clean water, no health care, no shelter while winter is approaching. (For the next 2 weeks it's still 17c/63F at night, up to 27c/81F during the day, water and food are the biggest issues atm)

What’s happening in Gaza right now

Israeli air raid reported near Gaza City

We are getting reports that Israeli warplanes have targeted the eastern areas of Gaza City.

There were no immediate reports on casualties following the attack.

On Sunday, Israel also carried out extensive demolitions in Gaza City and Khan Younis, despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement.

Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli drone attack in southern Gaza

Earlier this morning, we saw Israeli attacks on civilians in southern Gaza. Two Palestinians were wounded and taken to Nasser Medical Complex.

It’s important to highlight that Israel is still using quadcopter drones to drop grenades on buildings left partially standing in Gaza. Authorities here describe these acts as violations of the ceasefire.

The Gaza Government Media Office states that the Israeli military has committed more than 125 ceasefire violations since the implementation of the current ceasefire agreement.

Aid trickles into Gaza but fails to meet needs of displaced families

Since Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire last month, aid has started entering Gaza but still falls short of what is needed. At a distribution site in Khan Younis, Palestinians receive supplies of rice, canned beans and oil, but many leave empty-handed.

Those who managed to receive the parcel say it is not enough to feed their families.

“We received this box of aid, but it’s not enough to feed us. Our basic needs exceed what this parcel has to offer,” said Nermeen Tramsi, a displaced woman from Gaza City. “If you compare this to the aid coming in, it’s nothing. A family needs more than just beans and rice.”

Ziad Abu al-Jazar, a displaced man from Rafah, says he has seen hundreds of trucks crossing day and night, but he has not received any aid.

“Since the ceasefire started, we saw nothing. No organisation distributed aid to us. We want to know where these trucks went,” he said.

Probably commercial trucks, selling food at exorbitant prices while most people have no access to money.

Gaza hospitals struggle to care for thousands of critically ill patients

Thousands of Palestinian patients – many of them children – are trapped in hospitals that can no longer provide the care they need. With borders closed and medical evacuations suspended, even treatable illnesses are turning into life-threatening conditions.

At al-Aqsa Hospital in the heart of Gaza, Beesan Abu Ameer waits for answers that seem like they will never come. Doctors have yet to diagnose her illness. Her mother says she needs urgent tests, but the hospitals in the Strip no longer have the equipment.

“They don’t know the real problem because there’s no proper equipment,” her mother said. “I took her to many hospitals for the right diagnosis, but it’s all in vain. Now she’s suffering and has no medication.”

Across the ward lies Waleed, who is 13. He was suddenly paralysed – diagnosed with a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks its nerves.

Israeli settler kills young Palestinian man near Hebron

Sources in the occupied West Bank have told Al Jazeera that a young Palestinian man has died after being shot in the head by an Israeli settler in the Ras al-Joura area, north of Hebron.

Earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent stated that “Israeli occupation forces” prevented its crews from reaching the wounded young man.

Israeli settlers burn vehicle during attack south of Nablus

Israeli settlers have burned a vehicle during an attack south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, our colleagues are reporting, adding that the settlers also wrote racist slogans during the attack.

Turkiye set to call for action on Gaza as soon as possible: Report

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to call at a meeting in Istanbul on Monday for arrangements to be made as soon as possible to ensure the security and administration of Gaza by Palestinians, according to the Reuters news agency, quoting a source from the ministry.

Foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia are set to join the meeting on ceasefire developments and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Reuters quoted the source as saying.

Fidan was expected to “emphasise the importance of coordinated action by Muslim countries for the ceasefire to evolve into a lasting peace”, it added.

Retired US colonel says Washington pushed Israeli narrative on Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

A retired US colonel who worked on a report on the Israeli military’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh says he was threatened to be relieved of his duties for pushing back against the report’s watered-down narrative.

Steve Gabavics told Al Jazeera that he and his team were “very upset” at the State Department’s position that Abu Akleh’s killing in May 2022 was “the result of tragic circumstances” and accused the Biden administration of ignoring his team’s account of the incident in favour of Israel’s narrative.

“My entire team was [very upset], as were many others, because what we had presented the entire time was that this was not an accident, it was not a fog of war incident,” he said.

“Basically what [the Biden administration] decided to do was go along with what the IDF [Israeli army] had proposed to them, which was that it was a tragic accident.”

Gabavics said he “argued for literally two years on this”, being taken off his role in working on a report of the killing and even being “threatened to be relieved” of his duties if he did not stop pushing back.

Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian American journalist, was killed by Israeli forces as she covered a raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

Netanyahu backs death penalty bill for ‘terrorism’ suspects

PM Netanyahu is supporting a bill that would introduce the death penalty against those accused of “terrorism”, Israeli media is reporting, quoting Gal Hirsch, the country’s coordinator for the captives and the missing.

According to remarks delivered to the Knesset National Security Committee earlier today, Hirsch said he held a discussion with Netanyahu before the debate, and both agreed on introducing the new law.

Hirsch previously opposed the bill over fears it would create obstacles for the release of captives held in Gaza. But now that all living captives have returned, his opposition has become “redundant”, Israeli media reported. The committee is meeting today to deliberate on the bill.

The controversial legislation stipulated that judges will be able to impose the death penalty “on those who have committed a nationalistically motivated murder of a citizen of Israel… It would not apply to an Israeli who killed a Palestinian,” according to The Times of Israel.