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Gaza family forced to live around undetonated bomb lodged in their home

Gaza family forced to live around undetonated bomb lodged in their home
By Urooba Jamal, Stephen Quillen, Nils Adler and Usaid Siddiqui
Published On 1 Nov 2025

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1 Nov 2025 - 22:55
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For more on how Israel is still blocking Gaza aid, read our latest here.

We also have more details on UNRWA’s warning that Israeli attacks on the olive harvest threaten the “Palestinian way of life”, here.

And finally, read our explainer on why the Israeli army’s top lawyer resigned after leaking rape evidence here.

1 Nov 2025 - 22:45
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Here’s what happened today

We will be closing this live page soon. Here is a recap of today’s main events:

  • Israeli fighter jets, artillery and tanks have hit areas around Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
  • Gaza’s Government Media Office says the daily average of commercial and aid trucks entering Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10 has been 145, which it says is 24 percent of the agreed-upon number of 600 trucks that are supposed to enter daily, according to the deal.
  • Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says four people have been killed and three wounded in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.
  • Israeli authorities say the remains of the three bodies transferred by Hamas last night do not belong to any of the remaining 11 Israeli captives in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports.
  • Israeli settlers have shot and injured three Palestinians in the village of al-Maniya, near Bethlehem, the Wafa news agency reports.
1 Nov 2025 - 22:30
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Israeli forces arrest Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank: Report

Israeli soldiers have raided the village of Kafr Ein and arrested 15-year-old Abdullah Malek al-Issa after breaking into his home, the Wafa news agency reports.

Meanwhile, in Nablus, Israeli forces conducted a raid in the eastern part of the city while firing sound bombs and tear gas, Wafa added.

1 Nov 2025 - 22:15
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Photos: Protesters rally in Tel Aviv to demand captive bodies’ return from Gaza

A woman holds a portrait of an Israeli captive during a rally calling for the return of the remaining bodies in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on November 1, 2025 [Jack Guez/AFP]
Israel says 11 bodies of captives remain in Gaza [Jack Guez/AFP]
Former Israeli captive Eitan Horn, second right, speaks next to his brother and fellow former captive, Yair Horn, right, during the rally [Jack Guez/AFP]

1 Nov 2025 - 22:00
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Developing

Health Ministry confirms 4 killed, 3 wounded in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has now confirmed that four people have been killed and three wounded in the Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military says the target was an operative in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.

Hezbollah has not yet responded to that claim.

1 Nov 2025 - 21:45
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Fast facts: Who are Israeli settlers?

In light of the attacks by Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank today, here are some quick facts about who the settlers are:

  • Settlers are Israeli citizens who live illegally on Palestinian land.
  • Israel started building illegal settlements after capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the June 1967 Six-Day War.
  • Now, more than 700,000 settlers – 10 percent of Israel’s population – live in 150 illegal settlements and 128 outposts spread across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
  • Settlements in Gaza were dismantled by Israel in 2005.
  • The government has openly funded and built settlements, and Israeli authorities give their settlers in the occupied West Bank about $5.6m a year to monitor, report and restrict Palestinian construction in Area C, which is administered solely by Israel and comprises more than 60 percent of the West Bank.
  • The UN has condemned the settlements through multiple resolutions and votes.
  • But the US has provided diplomatic cover to Israel for decades, with Washington consistently using its veto power at the UN to protect Israel from diplomatic censure.
1 Nov 2025 - 21:34
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Houthi

Four killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon: Report

Israeli Army Radio reports that a short time ago, the Israeli military launched an air strike on a four-wheel drive travelling in the area of the village of Kafr Rumman in southern Lebanon.

According to Lebanese reports, four people were killed in the attack.

We will bring you more as we get it.

 

1 Nov 2025 - 21:30
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US envoy calls Lebanon a ‘failed state’, would support ‘more aggressive’ Israeli stance

The US’s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state” in remarks underscoring Washington’s frustration with Beirut’s “paralysed government,” even as Syria inches towards closer ties with the United States.

Speaking at the Manama Dialogue summit in Bahrain, Tom Barrack hailed the developments in Syria after the downfall of leader Bashar al-Assad in December. He confirmed that Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is expected to visit Washington on November 10, the first such visit by a Syrian president since the country’s independence in 1946.

Barrack also said that Syria is expected to join the US-led anti–ISIL (ISIS) group coalition, describing it as “a big step”, as well as “remarkable.” The coalition includes some 80 countries working to prevent the resurgence of ISIL.

As for Lebanon, Barrack pointedly said it was the only state in the region “not jumping in line” with the new Middle East realignments. “The state is Hezbollah,” he said, noting that, in a country where basic services like electricity and water are chronically unreliable, the Iran-backed group provides for its supporters and fighters in ways the Lebanese state cannot.

“It is really up to the Lebanese. America is not going to get deeper involved in the situation with a foreign terrorist organisation and a failed state dictating the pace and asking for more resources and more money and more help,” he said.

Barrack added that the US would not intervene in regional disputes, but would support its ally, Israel, “if Israel becomes more aggressive toward Lebanon”.

1 Nov 2025 - 21:15
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Gaza authorities deny US Central Command claims that Hamas looted aid

Gaza’s Government Media Office has denied claims by the US Central Command that members of Hamas looted humanitarian aid in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, describing it as a “media disinformation campaign”.

1 Nov 2025 - 21:00
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Israeli forces continue raids in the occupied West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have stormed the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, the Wafa news agency reports.

Citing local sources, Wafa said Israeli forces entered various parts of the town but did not make any arrests.

1 Nov 2025 - 20:45
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Israeli forces shell the northern part of Beit Lahiya city

Palestinian media sources report that the Israeli military has shelled an area in the northern part of Beit Lahiya, a city in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Israel has repeatedly attacked areas across Gaza, despite the ceasefire.

Earlier today, Israeli fighter jets, artillery, and tanks also shelled areas around Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

1 Nov 2025 - 20:30
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Hamas says will continue to abide by ceasefire agreement

The Gaza-based armed group said in a statement that it would adhere to the ceasefire terms following a meeting with Hamas’s Gaza leader Khalil al-Hayya and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul.

According to the statement, this commitment includes efforts to locate and return the remaining bodies of captives, the establishment of an independent administrative committee to govern the Gaza Strip and ensure the completion of a full Israeli withdrawal from the territory.

1 Nov 2025 - 20:15
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WATCH: Palestinian poet reflects on life during two years of war

A Palestinian studying English has used poetry to help paint a picture of what life in Gaza has been like during two years of war.

Watch our report on Layla Salima here:

1 Nov 2025 - 20:00
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Gaza children gradually return to school amid fragile ceasefire

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced this week that, following the start of the ceasefire in Gaza, it was reopening some schools in the territory, with children gradually returning to classes.

At Al Hassaina school in western Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, classes had just resumed despite the shortage of available classrooms.

Warda Radwan, an 11-year-old student, said she was looking forward to returning to her learning routine. “I am in sixth grade now, but I lost two years of schooling because of displacement and the war,” she told the AFP news agency.

During Israel’s two-year war on Gaza, Al Hassaina, like many other UNRWA facilities throughout the territory, became a shelter for dozens of displaced families.

Jenin Abu Jarad, a relative of one of the students, said she was thankful to see the children back in classes.

“Since October 7, there hasn’t been any school for our children,” she said.

“During this time, all they could do was fetch water, get food, or play in the streets. But thankfully, about a week to 10 days ago, schools began reopening gradually,” she added.

1 Nov 2025 - 19:30
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If you’re just joining us

Here’s what you need to know:

  • Israeli fighter jets, artillery, and tanks have shelled areas around Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city in the territory’s south, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
  • The Israeli army has demolished residential buildings east of the Jabalia refugee camp.
  • Israeli settler attacks have continued across the occupied West Bank, including one in the town of Tell, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, where three women were injured after being assaulted.
  • Rescue teams in Gaza have retrieved the bodies of three Palestinians under the rubble in the al-Amal neighbourhood of Khan Younis, Wafa news agency reports.
  • Lebanon’s National News Agency reports an Israeli drone attack targeted a vehicle in Kfar Sir in the southern Nabatieh area.
1 Nov 2025 - 19:15
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German foreign minister says may ease Israel travel advice

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has expressed optimism about the further implementation of the Middle East peace plan and indicated that Germany’s travel advice for Israel will be revised.

His confidence in the peace process has “grown to such an extent” that he also of the opinion that Germany “can revise the travel advice concerning Israel,” the top German diplomat said after a meeting his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, at the end of a trip to the Middle East.

Germany’s Foreign Office in Berlin currently strongly advises against all non-essential travel to Israel. Travelling to certain areas such as the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and the north of the country is also strongly advised against.

Wadephul said that by easing the travel restrictions, he wanted to help ensure that more dialogue between Israel and Germany could take place again.

“This is particularly important to me for the younger generation,” he added. Wadephul said he was disappointed that schoolchildren and students in particular were currently being prevented from travelling to Israel.

1 Nov 2025 - 19:00
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WATCH: The teenage Palestinian boxer killed in an Israeli air strike

This filmmaker in Gaza spent months with teenage Palestinian boxer Malak Mesleh for his film, Left Hook.

Israel killed her in an air strike.

But Yasser Abu Wazna is determined to keep her memory alive.

1 Nov 2025 - 18:45
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WATCH: Gaza civil defence workers use fragile ceasefire to recuperate after two years of war

For two years, Gaza civil defence crews were driven on by adrenaline as bombs fell around them.

Many went days without sleep, and some never went home.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud spoke to civil defence teams on life after two relentless years of war.

1 Nov 2025 - 18:30
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Israeli attacks on olive harvest ‘threaten Palestinian way of life’: UN

Israeli settlers have carried out more attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, as the United Nations warned that this year’s olive harvest is on track to be the most violent in more than a decade.

The Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported several incidents of settler violence on Saturday, including in fields close to the towns of Beita and Huwara, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and in Sinjil, a town near Ramallah.

Three Palestinian farmers also were wounded in al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, after Israeli settlers opened fire on them as they were harvesting their olives.

Palestinians in the West Bank have experienced a surge in settler and military attacks since Israel launched its Gaza war in 2023. But this year’s olive harvest season, which began last month, has brought an even greater increase in violent incidents.

Read our full story here.

A Palestinian woman picks olives during harvest season in the village of Turmus Aya near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [File: Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]
1 Nov 2025 - 18:15
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Displaced Palestinians in Gaza find shelter in Yasser Arafat’s damaged villa

The Gaza residence of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat stands in ruins, like most other buildings in the devastated territory, but the remains of the once-lavish villa now also host several displaced families.

Footage by AFP news agency shows the house, converted into a museum after the Palestinian leader’s death in 2004 and bearing murals in his honour, surrounded by rubble.

Located in the Remal neighbourhood in Gaza City, the house was heavily damaged by Israeli attacks during the two years of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Ashraf Nafeth Abu Salem, a university professor who found shelter in the residence with his own and other families, said he had decided to clean up the rubble inside the house’s courtyard, which was “largely destroyed and burned”.

“We belong to the generation of the first Intifada [1987-1993]. We grew up throwing stones,” he said.

“For us, President Abu Ammar was a model and a symbol of the Palestinian national struggle,” the professor said, referring to Arafat by the affectionate name used by his supporters.