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YouTube has removed hundreds of videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights organisations that documented Israel's violations of international law, The Intercept reported on Tuesday.

More than 700 videos were deleted, along with the accounts of Al-Haq, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre.

All three groups reportedly had hours of footage documenting Israel’s violations of international law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reportedly including the killing of Palestinian civilians.

 

 

 

 

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Israeli forces arrested 540 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem during the month of October, including 8 women and 39 children, the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office said on Thursday. 

The office said that the total number of Palestinian detainees from October 2023 exceeded 19,300, including 600 women and 1,540 children. 

Of these, over 9,250 Palestinians are being held in Israeli custody currently, Palestinian prisoners' rights groups reported.

The organisations said that the majority are administrative detainees held without trial, adding that the figure does not include detainees held in Israeli military camps.

They also reported that 1,242 of those held are sentenced prisoners, of which 49 are women and 350 are children.

Gaza's Government Media Office on Thursday said that an estimated 268,000 houses have been destroyed by the Israeli assault and that 288,000 Palestinian families have been left homeless, causing a "severe housing crisis". 

Unrwa says nearly the entire population of Gaza has been displaced, with many families returning home after the ceasefire only to find their neighbourhoods reduced to rubble.

Using satellite analysis from the UN Satellite Centre, Unrwa said around 81 percent of all structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, a reflection of the devastation caused by Israel’s assault.

Israeli bombardments have levelled homes, hospitals and water networks, leaving Gaza’s infrastructure in ruins. Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to strangle the enclave, keeping crossings closed and blocking essential aid and reconstruction materials from entering.

According to the Gaza health ministry, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,875 Palestinians since October 2023. Another 10,000 are missing, presumed dead.

Israel has committed more than 200 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.

The US officially shared the draft resolution on Gaza with the UN Security Council on Thursday, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, citing diplomatic sources. 

The report said that the resolution calls for the formation of a temporary international force in Gaza, which would work with Israel and Egypt, in addition to the establishment of a reconstruction fund by the World Bank.

The draft resolution also mentions the establishment of a Peace Council as a transitional body for reconstruction and aid management.

The US Ambassador to the United Nations met with elected Security Council members to discuss the draft. The meeting also included representatives from Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. 

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Gaza and the region, 26 days after a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas:

• US has officially distributed the draft resolution on Gaza to the UN Security Council. The document calls for a transitional body for reconstruction and aid management in addition to a "temporary international stabilisation force" that would work with Israel.

• Israeli forces have arrested 540 citizens in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem during October, including 8 women and 39 children, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office. 

• World Health Organisation, which is set to begin its immunisation campaign in Gaza next week, has stressed the need to maintain the ceasefire.

• Approximately 268,000 housing units were destroyed by Israeli forces and 288,000 Palestinian families have been left homeless, Gaza's Government Media Office has reported. 

•  The Israeli army, in renewed violations in Gaza, has demolished several residential buildings east of Gaza City. 

Our live blog will shortly be closing until Wednesday morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

• At least 68,875 people have been killed and 170,679 wounded by Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 2023, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement on social media on Wednesday.

• Israel has handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians, the day after Hamas returned the body of an Israeli-American soldier, according to Al Jazeera, citing health officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

• Gaza’s health ministry says the bodies handed over by Israel under the ceasefire deal were so badly mutilated they could barely be identified.

• Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,350 attacks across the occupied West Bank last month, Wafa news agency reported, citing the Palestinian Authority’s Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission.

• The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) says its complaint accusing the European Investment Bank (EIB) of complicity in Israeli war crimes has moved to a formal assessment phase within the bank’s complaints mechanism.

• More than 26,000 people in the United Kingdom have signed a petition calling for the cancellation of Thursday’s football match between British club Aston Villa and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

• Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October, Israeli authorities have rejected 23 requests from nine aid agencies to bring in essential shelter materials, such as tents, sealing kits, and blankets, nearly 4,000 pallets in total, to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said.

• Over 9,250 Palestinian prisoners and detainees are being held in Israeli custody as of November, Palestinian prisoners' rights groups are reporting.

• The United States is set to circulate a draft resolution outlining President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan to the ten elected members of the UN Security Council later today, Reuters reported, citing a US official.

Israel’s military says it has killed a Hamas fighter in Gaza, alleging he was involved in holding six Israeli captives. It produced no evidence to back up its claim.

In a statement posted on X, the army said it had “eliminated” Zaid Zaki Abd al-Hadi Aql in what it described as a targeted strike carried out in response to Hamas’s alleged ceasefire breaches.

Israeli media outlets reported that the strike took place on 29 October.

Israel’s announcement comes amid growing criticism of its continued attacks during the truce, as rights groups accuse it of using “ceasefire violations” as pretexts for renewed aggression against Palestinians.

Israeli forces have shot and wounded a Palestinian man in the town of ar-Ram, just north of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) reports.

According to the PRCS, the man was struck in the leg with live ammunition before being rushed to hospital for treatment.

Local sources told the Wafa news agency that Israeli soldiers had been chasing a group of Palestinian labourers near the illegal separation wall when they opened fire, injuring one of them.

The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions said Israel’s campaign of violence against workers has intensified this year. It reported that since January, 15 Palestinian workers have been killed and hundreds more arrested and abused by Israeli police for allegedly lacking work permits.

Since October 2023, the union has documented 42 worker deaths and over 32,000 detentions, describing Israel’s treatment of Palestinian labourers as systematic persecution under occupation.

Gaza’s health ministry says the bodies handed over by Israel under the ceasefire deal were so badly mutilated they could barely be identified.

An official overseeing the process told Al Jazeera that one of the bodies was returned without a head, describing the condition of the remains as “horrific”.

Health officials say identifying the victims has become nearly impossible as Israel continues to block the entry of DNA testing equipment into Gaza.

The ministry accused Israel of showing “complete disregard for human dignity”, saying the state of the returned bodies exposes the brutality Palestinians have endured under Israeli occupation and siege. 

Hamas has transferred a coffin, which is said to contain the body of an Israeli captive, to the Red Cross for handover to Israel, according to Al Jazeera reporters and the Israeli army.

The move follows the terms of the ceasefire deal, under which Hamas retrieved and returned the remains of captives held in Gaza.

This latest handover marks the 22nd of 28 bodies to be returned, with six still pending. 

The Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed that it has received the body of a deceased captive from the Red Cross.

The United States is set to circulate a draft resolution outlining President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan to the ten elected members of the UN Security Council later today, Reuters reported, citing a US official.

The official said representatives from Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates will take part in discussions, framing the move as a display of “regional backing” for the US-led initiative.

The plan comes amid growing scepticism over Washington’s role, with critics accusing the US of shielding Israel from accountability while pushing a deal that entrenches its occupation rather than ending it.

Israel’s demolition campaign against Palestinian homes and infrastructure in the occupied West Bank continues at full force, according to new data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).

The agency’s latest figures show that in 2025 alone, Israeli forces have demolished at least 1,434 Palestinian structures - including homes, livestock shelters, water tanks and even donor-funded facilities - displacing more than 1,800 people.

Since 2009, thousands of Palestinian-owned buildings have been destroyed or seized, Ocha said, creating what it described as a “coercive environment” designed to push Palestinians off their land.

Most demolitions are concentrated in Area C and occupied East Jerusalem, where Israel almost never grants Palestinians building permits, effectively suffocating Palestinian development and population growth while expanding illegal Israeli settlements nearby, which are illegal under international law. 

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says nearly the entire population of Gaza has been displaced, with many families returning home after the ceasefire only to find their neighbourhoods reduced to rubble.

Using satellite analysis from the UN Satellite Centre, Unrwa said around 81 percent of all structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, a reflection of the devastation caused by Israel’s assault.

Israeli bombardments have levelled homes, hospitals and water networks, leaving Gaza’s infrastructure in ruins. Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to strangle the enclave, keeping crossings closed and blocking essential aid and reconstruction materials from entering.

Hamas’s Qassam Brigades say they will hand over the body of a deceased Israeli captive later on Wednesday, around 9pm local time (19:00 GMT).

The transfer is expected to take place within hours, marking another exchange under the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza.