Funding shortages are forcing the World Food Programme to reduce monthly food support in Gaza from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are also losing assistance.

Belgium says its consul general, French and Polish diplomats, Catholic representatives and Palestinians were targeted in Taybeh. It is pressing for sanctions.

Italian prosecutors have widened their probe into allegations by Gaza flotilla activists to include senior Israeli military and government officials.

China's foreign minister urged an end to settlements and renewed humanitarian access for Gaza in discussions with Israel's president.

Women and children sought help reuniting with relatives stranded abroad as border restrictions and costly travel arrangements prolong separation.

Palestinian officials recorded 136 incidents tied to harvesting between October 1 and 12, as settlers and soldiers restricted access to land.

Commercial imports have stopped amid disputed claims over truck fees, with Palestinian merchants rejecting Israel's explanation.

Reagan celebrated Afghan resistance as Washington armed anti-Soviet forces with Saudi and Pakistani help. Israel encouraged Islamist rivals to the PLO. The hypocrisy was a policy.

Only about 150,000 of Gaza's two million olive trees remain, local officials say. Destroyed orchards, restricted land and shuttered oil presses have gutted an agricultural lifeline.

Gaza health officials reported two people killed Monday and three in a Sunday night strike in Khan Younis. Israel says it targeted militants; the ceasefire remains under strain.

Thousands marched from the Embankment toward Whitehall on October 10, calling for an arms embargo and accountability for Gaza.

A year after the Gaza ceasefire, Israeli troops still control roughly two-thirds of the enclave, while Palestinians face displacement and stalled reconstruction.

Navi Pillay, who chaired the UN Gaza genocide inquiry, receives the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her defense of international law.

Palestinian Ambassador Nadya Rasheed urged Mexico to scrutinize corporate value chains linked to Israeli settlements, putting trade and investment policy before the Senate.

More than 100,000 Gazans remain displaced abroad as Israeli forces retain control over most of the Strip and reconstruction barely moves.

Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary were among five Palestinians killed in a Gaza City apartment strike, as churches mourned the two women.

Rama Duwaji attended a Muslim women’s retreat whose organizers take a hard pro-Palestine line. She did not run from the association.

Across UNGA 81, fifteen African governments explicitly backed Palestinian statehood, self-determination or an end to occupation. The common thread was political rights, not humanitarian relief alone.

Occupation and war in Palestine are not the same as sanctions on Cuba. The useful comparison is narrower: how stronger states use military, financial and trade power to constrain weaker societies.

Sanders has become one of the Senate’s strongest critics of U.S. arms transfers to Israel, while still operating inside—and largely reforming rather than rejecting—the broader U.S. security system.