Live: Israeli soldiers kill unarmed Palestinians as they surrender in Jenin

An Israeli security official on Saturday said that US forces are taking part in overseeing and coordinating aid transfer into Gaza with Israel as part of US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan.

The Washington Post on Friday reported that the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) will replace Israel in overseeing aid into Gaza.

It cited a US official and people familiar with the matter as saying Israel was part of the process but that CMCC would decide what aid enters Gaza and how.

The Israeli security official told Reuters that Israeli security services remain part of policy, supervision and monitoring with decisions made jointly, and that the integration of the CMCC was already underway.

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Here's your latest recap of developments, as the world continues to grapple with the impact of Israel's genocide on Gaza. 

• Israel's Hostage and Missing Families Forum said it "will not rest" until all captives are returned from the Gaza Strip. 
• The Red Cross has returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians from Gaza following Israel's confirmation of the identity of the latest captive released from Hamas.
• Israel identified the body of Lior Rudaeff, the latest captive to be returned from Gaza. 
• 23 Israeli captives have been returned since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza.
• Lebanon's health ministry has confirmed that an Israeli drone attack on a car in southern Lebanon has injured seven people. 
• Hamas said the challenges to locate the bodies of captives continue due to the lack of equipment to remove debris.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Tamara Ben Gvir, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and Naval Forces Commander David Saar Salama. 

The officials are accused of committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza, as well as ordering attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded enclave. 

According to the prosecutor’s statement, Israel’s actions in Gaza since October 2023 have included systematic attacks on civilians, hospitals, and essential infrastructure. The office cited incidents such as the bombing of the al-Ehli Baptist Hospital, the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, and the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, allegedly shot multiple times by Israeli troops. 

The investigation also covers Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. Survivors of that operation, who were later repatriated to Türkiye, gave testimony and forensic evidence that contributed to the case. 

Officials said the suspects are not present in Türkiye but confirmed that international arrest warrants have been issued. The prosecutor’s office noted that proceedings are continuing “with precision and in all aspects.” 

If carried out, the warrants would represent one of the most sweeping legal actions by a national court against Israeli leaders in connection with the war in Gaza.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a report saying that October marked the highest number of settler attacks  in a single month in the West Bank since records began.

The agency has been tracking settler attacks since 2006. 

Accxording to the report, more than 260 Israeli settler attacks took place in the West Bank in October.

The US's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation launched a fresh appeal on Friday for the Trump administration to advocate for the release of 16-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, who has been detained in an Israeli prison for eight months. 

Israeli prosecutors allegedly threatened to keep Ibrahim imprisoned for another three years unless he admitted to a crime he did not commit. If he does, he would then serve a two-year prison sentence.

In a statement, Cair’s government affairs director, Robert McCaw, said: “For every day that Mohammed Ibrahim is unjustly imprisoned and abused by the Israeli military, we will continue to pressure our elected officials to demand his immediate release.”

A campaign, entitled #BringMohammedHome, is running until Saturday and will include vigils, rallies, online campaigns, phone banking, and letter-writing initiatives across the country.

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Jenin in the West Bank on Friday after they stormed the centre of the city and opened fire on civilians.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said it treated the teenager, who was shot near the Grand Mosque in Jenin, and transferred him to hospital.

He sustained a bullet wound in his left knee and is currently being treated for his injuries.

The Israeli military assaulted a Palestinian vendor on Friday in the old city of Jerusalem, before detaining him, Wafa news agency reported.

According to the Jerusalem Governorate, Israeli soldiers detained a vendor after beating him while he was working in the Bab al‑Amoud area. 

Soldiers also assaulted several more vendors, confiscated their goods, and forcibly removed them  from the area. None of the vendors have been charged with a crime. 

President Mahmoud Abbas met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday in Rome.

During the meeting, which also included senior Italian officials, they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

President Abbas expressed gratitude to Meloni for hosting injured children from Gaza for treatment, training Palestinian police forces, and participating in the European monitoring team at the Rafah crossing, as well as briefing her on the escalation of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

Meloni, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani have been referred to the International Criminal Court for complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. 

The complaint says that Italy's complicity hinges on supplying weapons to the Israeli government.

Italy also allowed Israel to use its airspace during its war on Gaza.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that one in five children in the Gaza Strip has not been vaccinated because of the war.

Umrwa said on a post on X, “After two years of war, reportedly 1 in 5 children in Gaza have missed essential vaccines.

“UNRWA, together with ‌UNICEF, WHO, and partners, is launching a catch-up immunization campaign to reach 44,000 children with life-saving vaccines and malnutrition screening.

“From its side, UNRWA will contribute through 24 health centres and medical points across the Gaza Strip — supporting this vital effort to restore essential care for Gaza’s children.”

Children make up 47 percent of the population in Gaza.

A Palestinian man was badly beaten and another detained on Friday after the Israeli military raided the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, Wafa news agency reported. 

Citing local sources, they said the man sustained injuries and bruises after being seriously beaten by Israeli forces, and was transferred to hospital for treatment.

Another Palestinian was detained during the raid, and his vehicle was seized by the military.

Silwad is close to where Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death by settlers, and the area has become a flash point between the Israeli military and local Palestinians.

An Italian journalist said he was dismissed from his news agency after asking the European Commission spokeswoman on 13 October if Israel should pay to rebuild Gaza in the way that the EU asked Russia to rebuild Ukraine. 

Agencia Nova news agency Brussels correspondent Gabriele Nunziati asked spokeswoman Paula Pinho, “You’ve repeatedly said that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you think Israel should also pay for the reconstruction of Gaza, given that it destroyed much of the Strip and its civilian infrastructure?”

Nunziati said he received multiple calls from Agencia Nova for the next two weeks to discuss the question he had asked. He was dismissed on 27 October. 

The International Federation of Journalists and the European Federation of Journalists condemned the dismissal and criticised Agenzia Nova for having censored Nunziati. 

The National Federation of the Italian Press said in a statement, “It is unacceptable that a question, no matter how uncomfortable, could cost him his job,” and pledged to help Nunziati with any steps he might take going forward.

After every downpour, the displacement camp where Hamza al-Mutawwaq is staying turns into a swamp.

Mud clings to shoes and small ponds shimmer between sagging tents, where children slip and parents struggle to stay dry.

“It’s as if people are sleeping on a flowing river of rainwater,” said the Palestinian father, speaking from the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

After two years of relentless Israeli bombardment of civilians, almost the entire 2.2 million-strong population now dreads another danger from the sky: rainfall.

Al-Mutawwaq is one of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced to make a home from tents, with more than 80 percent of Gaza’s structures destroyed since October 2023.

Read more: 'We hate winter': Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents

A fourth prisoner held on remand in the UK for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action activities has launched a hunger strike over their detention conditions and the government’s proscription of the direct action group.

On Thursday, Jon Cink became the fourth Palestine Action-linked prisoner to refuse food, joining prisoners Qesser Zurah, Amu Gibb and Heba Muraisi in an open-ended hunger strike over what they describe as “systematic abuse” by the prison authorities.

Cink was remanded to Bronzefield prison in connection with a Palestine Action raid targeting RAF Brize Norton air base in June 2025 in which activists allegedly attacked with paint and crowbars two planes they said were "used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East". 

Read more: Fourth Palestine Action prisoner launches hunger strike over ‘systematic abuse’

Israeli settlers burned Palestinian-owned farmland and olive groves near Arraba, south of Jenin, Wafa news agency reported.

The settlers burned land near the Dotan settlement, deemed illegal under international law. 

Israeli forces simultaneously stormed the town and raided a house, according to Wafa.

Settlers also broke fifteen ancient olive trees in Susya, south of Hebron, and destroyed livestock feed near Nablus, Wafa reported.

Over 16,500 people in Gaza are in need of urgent medical care, according to an X post by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday.

Ghebreyesus mentioned that WHO had recently evacuated 19 patients in critical condition to Italy, in order to provide them with life-saving care that is not available in Gaza.

The Director-General called for increased medical evacuations and an expansion of routes.