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Israeli forces have killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 13 across the Gaza Strip over the last 48 hours, despite the ceasefire, Gaza’s Ministry of Health has announced.
The ministry said that Israel’s war on Gaza has now killed at least 68,527 people and wounded 170,395 since October 2023.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas must expedite the process of handing over the bodies of prisoners, and that Israel has not violated the agreement.
"We have stopped eight wars in the past months, and we are working to stop the ninth war, and we have saved the lives of millions of people," Trump said.
Israel allowed Hamas to enter areas under the Israeli army’s control in Gaza to search for remains of captives, Israeli media reported.
Channel 12, citing security officers, said Hamas has been working in cooperation with the Red Cross and Egyptian teams for the past 24 hours to locate the remains of captives in areas still occupied by the Israeli army beyond the "yellow line”.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that it had decided to bury the bodies of 41 unidentified Palestinian prisoners in a mass grave.
The bodies were released as part of the prisoner exchange deal, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
Three Turkish nationals were charged in Nazareth with plotting to smuggle pistols from Iran into Israel through Jordan, with one of the three accused of "aiding terror", Israeli media have reported.
A report in the Jerusalem Post said the three Turkish residents, Oktay Asci, Rahman Gokyer and Yunus Ozel, were indicted on charges of weapons smuggling and infiltration into Israel after they had been deported.
All three have been detained until the termination of legal proceedings against them.
According to the indictment, Asci, Gokyer and Ozel had planned to manage a gun-smuggling route from Turkey to Israel via Jordan.
They were arrested last month after illegally crossing the border near Kibbutz Sha’ar Hagolan.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow as part of a planned international force in Gaza, news agency Reuters reported.
"We are in control of our security, and we have also made it clear regarding international forces that Israel will determine which forces are unacceptable to us, and this is how we operate and will continue to operate," Netanyahu said.
"This is, of course, acceptable to the United States as well, as its most senior representatives have expressed in recent days," he told a session of his cabinet.
While the Trump administration has ruled out sending US soldiers into the Gaza Strip, it has been speaking to Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Azerbaijan to contribute to the multinational force.
Defence officials reportedly told Israeli lawmakers that the international force to be deployed in Gaza is likely to include troops from Pakistan, according to a report in Ynet news.
Members of the Israeli parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee were reportedly told during a briefing last week that the international force will be made up of soldiers from Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) said that Israel is continuing to block its staff and humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
"Around 12,000 of our staff continue to deliver healthcare, psychosocial support and education to the people, often under unimaginable conditions,” the agency said in a post on X.
Israel had banned Unrwa from operating in the territory it controls last year, claiming a number of its employees were members of Hamas.
UNRWA international staff and humanitarian aid continue to be denied entry into #Gaza.
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 26, 2025
Food, hygiene kits, tents, and other supplies are desperately needed.
A #ceasefire alone is not enough.
Around 12,000 of our staff continue to deliver healthcare, psychosocial support, and… pic.twitter.com/lIZDyHlS0U
Video footage shows members of Hamas’ military wing escorting International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles through Khan Younis in Gaza, ensuring safe passage amid the destruction from Israel's genocidal attacks across two years.
The convoy comes after a US-brokered ceasefire, under which Hamas returned the remaining 20 living captives and 15 bodies of captives.
US authorities detained a British Muslim journalist on Sunday, apparently due his criticism of Israel, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair).
Sami Hamdi was held by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at San Francisco International Airport during a speaking tour in the US.
Hamdi had spoken at a Cair gala on Saturday in Sacramento, where he condemned Israel's genocide in Gaza.
He was scheduled to speak at another Cair event in Florida on Sunday.
Cair has described the detention as retaliation for Hamdi's criticism of Israel, calling it an "abduction."
“Detaining a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator during his speaking tour in the United States simply for daring to criticise the Israeli government’s actions is a blatant attack on free speech,” the Washington-based CAIR said in a statement.
Hamdi is the editor-in-chief of The International Interest, a publication focused on Middle East geopolitics, and is known for his outspoken criticism of US and Israeli policies.
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Israeli forces on Monday bulldozed land in the Palestinian village of al-Lubban Asharqiya, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.
The bulldozing took place to "expand the perimeter of nearby illegal settlements", the report said.
They have also begun constructing a road for Israeli settlers in the area, which Palestinians will be prevented from using, Wafa says, quoting local sources.
According to the Ramallah-based Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and settlers have carried out more than 38,000 attacks on Palestinians and their land or property in the occupied West Bank since October 2023.
Good morning Middle East Eye readers.
Here are the latest updates from Palestine, as Palestinians in Gaza slowly return to what remains of their homes, searching through the rubble for loved ones and personal belongings.
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Unrwa says Israel is continuing to deny entry to its staff and aid supplies into Gaza, in defiance of an ICJ ruling.
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Israeli media reports that a "serious and unusual security incident" was uncovered within the Israeli military.
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The Israeli military has accused UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon of shooting down one of its drones during an intelligence-gathering mission.
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Israeli army drones dropped bombs in the vicinity of the displaced persons' camps near the Shuja'iyya junction, east of Gaza City.
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Israeli forces launched an arrest campaign against seven young men during a raid on the Aqabat Jaber camp in the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.
Here are the day's key developments:
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Defence officials reportedly told Israeli lawmakers that the international force to be deployed in Gaza is likely to include troops from Pakistan, according to a report in the Ynet news.
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A US official with the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that Sami Hamdi, a vocal critic of Israel's war on Gaza, was detained and his visa was revoked.
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The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says that one of its patrols came under a grenade attack from an Israeli drone, as well as tank fire, near Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.
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Two hundred and thirteen patients and their companions left the Gaza Strip on Sunday via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southeast of the enclave to receive medical treatment abroad, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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Lebanon's health ministry said on Sunday that Israeli strikes on the country's south and east had killed three people, despite an ongoing ceasefire deal.
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The United Nations has reported that Israeli forces have killed at least 40 children in the occupied West Bank this year.
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The Red Cross has joined Hamas' armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, to assist the group's search for the bodies of Israeli captives in southern Rafah.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will determine which countries may contribute troops to a planned international force to be deployed in Gaza as part of a ceasefire under US President Donald Trump's plan.
Defence officials reportedly told Israeli lawmakers that the international force to be deployed in Gaza is likely to include troops from Pakistan, according to a report in the Ynet news.
Members of the Israeli parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee were reportedly told during a briefing last week that the international force will be made up of soldiers from Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
A US official with the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that Sami Hamdi, a vocal critic of Israel's war on Gaza, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and his visa was revoked.
“Thanks to the work of @Sec_Noem and @SecRubio and the men and women of law enforcement, this individual’s visa was revoked and he is in ICE custody pending removal,” said the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, in a post on X.
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (Unifil) says that one of its patrols came under a grenade attack from an Israeli drone, as well as tank fire, near Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli attacks “are in violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and Lebanon’s sovereignty, and show disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers implementing Security Council-mandated tasks in southern Lebanon”, Unifil said in a statement.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) on Sunday denounced the detention of Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator vocal about Israel’s war on Gaza.
The organisation said Hamdi was detained by immigration officers at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday morning in response to his criticism of the Israeli government during his ongoing speaking tour.
“Everyone should recognise that arresting a British citizen legally visiting the United States because he dared to criticise a foreign nation’s genocide is our government’s latest blatant affront to free speech,” Cair said in a statement.
“Our nation must stop abducting critics of the Israeli government at the behest of unhinged Israel First bigots; this is an Israel First policy, not an America First policy, and it must end,” the group said. Hamdi has not been deported and remains in custody, Cair said.
Earlier this morning, ICE agents abducted British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco Airport, apparently in response to his vocal criticism of the Israeli government during his ongoing speaking tour.
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) October 26, 2025
We can confirm that Mr. Hamdi has not been… https://t.co/dfcVGvz6UX
